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Apple loses iPhone trademark appeal in Mexico
Christian Zibreg on March 15, 2013
Apple’s luck protecting the iPhone name has taken a turn for the worse with Friday development that the firm has lost an appeal over its use of the iPhone moniker in Mexico, reports The Wall Street Journal. The ruling marks Apple’s second setback in Latin America after a Brazilian patent office a month ago approved the iPhone trademark to a local electronics maker IGB Eletronica SA.
That Brazilian firm, better known by its brand name Gradiente, owned rights to the iPhone name since 2000, long before Apple introduced its handset. In the case of Mexico-based Ifone SA, it had registered the ‘Ifone’ trademark back in 2003 and was making proper use of it, the nation’s Supreme Court ruled Friday…
Anthony Harrup, writig for The Wall Street Journal:
A Mexican technology services company is hoping to reap compensation from Apple Inc. and local mobile operators for the use of its brand name – Ifone – after Mexico’s Supreme Court upheld a ruling that the local firm owns and makes proper use of the brand in the country.
It was reported in November 2012 that a Mexico City Judge denied Apple’s injunction request to let it sell its iPhone-branded products in the country.
The dispute actually dates back to 2009 when the California firm attempted to register the iPhone trademark in Mexico, only to be told by the Mexican Industrial Property Institute that the name was already taken.
Apple did sue Ifone SA, arguing its rights to the moniker had expired, but a federal court disagreed and now the Supreme Court has rejected Apple’s appeal.
Ifone SA is in it for the money.
They’re a small to medium sized company that sells server systems to telcos and is the local representative for the software solutions provider AltiGen Communications Inc.
A company lawyer said Ifone SA has already submitted claims to the Industrial Property Institute IMPI, seeking damages from Apple and the three Mexican telcos who carry Apple’s handset in the 115 million people country: America Movil’s unit Telcel, Spain’s Telefonica SA and Grupo Iusacell.
This is a repeat of the Brazil case.
After Apple lost the iPhone trademark to Gradiente, a Brazilian phone maker, the Cupertino firm did appeal the decision, but in all likelihood will have to pay a fee for rights to use the iPhone name in the country. It’s also interesting that Gradiente had five years to make use of the iPhone trademark and just before the deadline they cunningly released an Android handset called Iphone Neo One, depicted below.
Local companies like Ifone must be realizing that Apple is willing to pay millions so they won’t settle and instead pursue their claims before local IP authorities, seeking monetary damages in excess of millions of dollars.
The strategy appears to be working: just last year, Apple paid China-based Proview $60 million to drop a challenge of the iPad trademark.
Shortly after the iPhone was announced in January 2007, network equipment giant Cisco began a similar trademark challenge which was resolved a month later.
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20130411 Tension peaks at the Kotel with Women of The Wall on the 1st of Iyar
Five women detained at Western Wall for donning prayer shawls and phylacteries in defiance of Orthodox Jewish monopoly reserving these practices for men, a ruling Women of The Wall have been battling, demanding egalitarian practice of Judaism. Jerusalem, Israel. 11-April-2013.
Tension peaks at the Kotel with Women of The Wall on the 1st of Iyar
Orthodox Jewish men protest the practices of Women of The Wall as they wear prayer shawls and phylacteries, pray and sing out loud, in defiance of Orthodox Jewish tradition and court rulings against these practices. Jerusalem, Israel. 11-April-2013. Five women detained at Western Wall for donning prayer shawls and phylacteries in defiance of Orthodox Jewish monopoly reserving these practices for men, a ruling Women of The Wall have been battling, demanding egalitarian practice of Judaism.
Young female worshippers wrap themselves in Israeli flags in the women's section at the Western Wall. Jerusalem, Israel. 11-April-2013. Five women detained at Western Wall for donning prayer shawls and phylacteries in defiance of Orthodox Jewish monopoly reserving these practices for men, a ruling Women of The Wall have been battling, demanding egalitarian practice of Judaism.`
Women of The Wall celebrate the new Hebrew month of Iyar at the Western Wall wearing prayer shawls and phylacteries in defiance of Orthodox Jewish tradition and court rulings against this practice. Jerusalem, Israel. 11-April-2013. Five women detained at Western Wall for donning prayer shawls and phylacteries in defiance of Orthodox Jewish monopoly reserving these practices for men, a ruling Women of The Wall have been battling, demanding egalitarian practice of Judaism.
Meretz MKs Michal Rozin (bottom) and Tamar Zandberg (top) struggle to escort a police detained woman as she is lead off for interrogation, claiming the right to access within their parliamentary immunity. Jerusalem, Israel. 11-April-2013. Five women detained at Western Wall for donning prayer shawls and phylacteries in defiance of Orthodox Jewish monopoly reserving these practices for men, a ruling Women of The Wall have been battling, demanding egalitarian practice of Judaism.
A couple prays at the Western Wall, limited to the external plaza without access to the wall itself, as they are wrapped together in one prayer shawl in a manner that is unacceptable in Orthodox Judaism. Jerusalem, Israel. 11-April-2013. Five women detained at Western Wall for donning prayer shawls and phylacteries in defiance of Orthodox Jewish monopoly reserving these practices for men, a ruling Women of The Wall have been battling, demanding egalitarian practice of Judaism.
Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg holds a Women of The Wall prayer book at the Western Wall. Jerusalem, Israel. 11-April-2013. Five women detained at Western Wall for donning prayer shawls and phylacteries in defiance of Orthodox Jewish monopoly reserving these practices for men, a ruling Women of The Wall have been battling, demanding egalitarian practice of Judaism.
Police setup a buffer zone between the men's (L) and women's (R) sections at the Western Wall to in an attempt to prevent confrontations between Orthodox Jewish men protesting the manner of prayer practiced by Women of The Wall. Jerusalem, Israel. 11-April-2013. Five women detained at Western Wall for donning prayer shawls and phylacteries in defiance of Orthodox Jewish monopoly reserving these practices for men, a ruling Women of The Wall have been battling, demanding egalitarian practice of Judaism.
One of five detained Women of The Wall (in red) is lead off by police for interrogation. She is suspected of practicing Judaism in a manner reserved only for men at a holy location thus violating public order. Jerusalem, Israel. 11-April-2013. Five women detained at Western Wall for donning prayer shawls and phylacteries in defiance of Orthodox Jewish monopoly reserving these practices for men, a ruling Women of The Wall have been battling, demanding egalitarian practice of Judaism.
Meretz MKs Michal Rozin (L) and Tamar Zandberg (R) enter the Western Wall Plaza through security checks. Knesset Members are exempt, by parliamentary immunity, from being searched at entrance for prayer shawls and phylacteries. Jerusalem, Israel. 11-April-2013. Five women detained at Western Wall for donning prayer shawls and phylacteries in defiance of Orthodox Jewish monopoly reserving these practices for men, a ruling Women of The Wall have been battling, demanding egalitarian practice of Judaism.
Jerusalem Councilwoman, Laura Wharton, prays with Women of The Wall at the Western Wall celebrating the new Hebrew month of Iyar. Jerusalem, Israel. 11-April-2013. Five women detained at Western Wall for donning prayer shawls and phylacteries in defiance of Orthodox Jewish monopoly reserving these practices for men, a ruling Women of The Wall have been battling, demanding egalitarian practice of Judaism.
Meretz MKs Michal Rozin and Tamar Zandberg (C) struggle to escort a police detained woman as she is lead off for interrogation, claiming the right to access within their parliamentary immunity. Jerusalem, Israel. 11-April-2013. Five women detained at Western Wall for donning prayer shawls and phylacteries in defiance of Orthodox Jewish monopoly reserving these practices for men, a ruling Women of The Wall have been battling, demanding egalitarian practice of Judaism.
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Appointments and recognitions
Foodpanda gets printvenue head to lead as ceo
March 26, 2015 / 4 min read
In a bid to stay ahead in the cut-throat competition, online food ordering major, Foodpanda ropes in Printvenue's founder Saurabh Kochhar, as its new CEO and chief business officer to handle company's global operations.
"Food as a whole is an amazing opportunity in India and globally. I see an aggressive growth in this segment and hopefully would be able to make a material difference in this journey," said Kochhar. "My role is to consolidate operations in India and grow them in other markets," he added. Kochhar will continue as CEO of Printvenue, which is also backed by Germany's Rocket Internet, the main investor in Foodpanda,
Offlate, Foodpanda has acquired India-based brands TastyKhana and JustEat. Besides, these brands are expected to merge with Foodpanda and report directly to Kochhar.
'All three brands are expected to be merged into Foodpanda, 'hopefully' by the end of 2015, after which the three managing directors may be reassigned roles. "We are in constantly in search of senior talent. Roles may be reassigned once all brands merge into Foodpanda,' Kochhar added.
Besides,Printvenue's chief marketing officer Gagan Arora will get additional responsibilities letting Kochhar focus on Foodpanda. Already, a part of web traffic from Tastykhana is being redirected to Foodpanda. The trio conglomerate in India will be directly in competition with restaurant search platform Zomato, which is launching a food ordering feature in a matter of weeks, sources told ET Retail.
Foodpanda, launched in Singapore in 2012,is backed by Rocket Internet and is currently active in 39 countries on four continents. In India, its reach has expanded to include 12000 restaurants across 200 cities.
Rival brand, Zomato has expanded to Australia, the US, and a number of Eastern European countries through strategic acquisitions.The online food services market is valued at over $14 billion (Rs 87,200 crore) in India and $371 billion globally.
A graduate of IIM-Calcutta and IIT-Roorkee, Kochhar launched product customization platform Printvenue in 2012, which has been backed by Rocket Internet to expand into Southeast Asia and beyond. In his new role at Foodpanda, he will be focusing on restructuring the company's sales force, introducing target markets, and improving marketing partnerships on a global scale.
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Top Ten Takeaways from EMC World
By Drew Robb
EMC held its annual user conference in Las Vegas this week. Amid a snowstorm of press releases, slick video clips and Lotus racing cars, here are some of the main takeaways.
Storage of Every Flavor
The Harry Potter series made famous Bertie Bolt’s Every Flavor Beans. EMC appears to be going a similar route with its storage offerings. Back in the day, you got a large storage array to plug into a SAN. Over time, NAS and other offerings appeared. And now it’s any flavor you like. While the many announcements at the show appeared to be all over the map, the unifying factor was an effort to offer storage on anything users might desire.
“My big takeaway from EMC World is that the company is allowing users to choice whichever way they want their storage wrapped,” said Greg Schulz, an analyst at StorageIO group. “You can have it big iron wrapped, little iron wrapped, software defined wrapped, tin wrapped (appliance) or open source wrapped.”
EMC Reorg
EMC has shuffled its internal structure. There is an overall EMC federation which consists of VMware, RSA, Pivotal and EMC Information infrastructure. Within the latter, there are two divisions. EMC Core Technologies which consists of the EMC’s traditional products such as its storage arrays and data protection. There is also an Emerging Technologies Division where it puts all its software-defined and cutting edge elements.
“We didn’t want to encumber our Emerging Technologies Division with the designs of the past,” said Jeremy Burton, President, Products & Marketing, EMC. “That leaves them free to architect for distributed architectures and software defined.”
New Converged System
EMC’s VCE unit has supplemented its Vblock converged storage boxes with VxRack, which the company characterizes as a new family of hyper-converged rackscale systems aimed at scale-out mobile, cloud and distributed Tier 2 applications. This pre-engineered system can be run on any hypervisor, said Jonathan Martin, EMC’s Chief Marketing Officer. You can start with a quarter rack and take it up from there.
“You can scale VxRack up to 38 PB, 1000 nodes and 240 million IOPS,” said Martin.
EMC Goes Open Source
EMC made its name with proprietary storage hardware. More than a decade ago, it emerged with a strong software strategy firmly couched in proprietary storage code. What a surprise, then, when the company announced that it was changing old habits and entering the open source world via EMC VNXe (EMC vVNX Community Edition). This free software lets users build test and development environments using whatever hardware they wish.
“We are making customers part of the product development cycle and open source is going,” said Guy Churchward, President, Core Technologies Division, EMC. “This is only the beginning of a strategy where most if not all our next platform software will be open source.”
CJ Desai, President Emerging Technologies Division, EMC, added that the EMC ViPR controller is now fully open source and available for free. How it will work is that there is a community version known as CoprHD which will be developed independently of EMC, though the company will contribute to it. EMC will offer its own commercial version that automates and provisions storage, and can also manages non-EMC systems. Further, EMC is making its ScaleIO software freely available to developers for test and development environments.
Software Only
Burton said this is part of a major philosophical shift for the company. EMC is even questioning the very notion of having dedicated hardware and software on an array. He said the way ahead will likely be software defined storage or else having the storage software directly connected to the server.
“We plan to make all of our products available as software only,” said Burton.
A virtual version of Data Domain is also in the works. But Burton thinks many companies will still prefer to have EMC engineer a combined hardware and software package rather than building their own systems.
EMC Sees the End
EMC’s CEO of Information Infrastructure David Goulden made an interesting prediction about the future – the end or at least the gradual fading away of traditional storage. He noted that despite capacity growth of 30%, overall revenues have been flat i.e. EMC has been selling a lot more storage hardware capacity and has carved a larger slice of market share yet hasn’t been making more money there.
“Backup appliances, scale-out systems, converged systems and all flash will be the expansion areas in storage sales in the future,” said Goulden. “The market for traditional storage arrays will decline over the next three years.”
EMC’s XtremIO all-flash array has been updated to reduce management overhead, boost performance, and provide new features such as automation and in-line data services like deduplication and compression.
“Nicknamed ‘The Beast’ by customers, XtremIO has been a rocket ship for us, growing faster than VMware did after we acquired it,” said Churchward.
He said that revenue is now close to a billion for EMC’s high-end flash offering. He attributed its success to the fact that it’s more than shoving flash into tin. He said it’s about the right software architecture to achieve high performance, high capacity and low latency. XtremeIO’s can be clustered to have up to 16 controllers and around 2 PB of flash.
Cheaper All Flash Array
Instead of flying business class via XtremeIO, those wishing an all flash array but not needing such high performance can select an economy-class alternative known as the VNXe3200 all-flash variant, which is being sold through the channel. The 3 TB VNXe3200 is one has a starting price of under $25,000.
Not All Flash
Despite its heavy emphasis on flash, Goulden doesn’t believe flash will conquer all, at least for now. There is still a place for disk for lower-tier storage and for storing large volumes of data.
“We won’t be seeing all flash data centers anytime soon,” said Goulden.
The Vendors Won
The final point concerns storage and IT industry trade shows. A decade or so back, we had vast independent gatherings like Comdex. Specific to storage there were Storage Networking World and Storage World. All have gone the way of the CD-ROM, the floppy disk and the 56k Internet connection.
In their place are now vendor owned and controlled events. Under the EMC umbrella alone there are EMC World, VM World and the RSA conference. And then you have similar shows hosted by vendors such as Cisco, Dell, Microsoft and others. All are well attended. Bottom line: earlier efforts to establish industry trade organizers to provide an independent voice have lost the war. For better or worse, the vendors have emerged the victors and have vastly more power than any industry body or trade group.
This article was originally published on May 08, 2015
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Sudan internet blackout forces battered protesters into rethink
Data shutdown follows brutal attack on sit-in demonstration that left more than 100 dead
Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 17:52
Tom Wilson in Khartoum
Members of Sudan’s alliance of opposition and protest groups outside Sudan’s Central Bank, in Khartoum, Sudan. Photograph: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters
The Sudanese authorities have extended an internet blackout into a second week, forcing citizens in Khartoum to find new ways to communicate as a bloodied protest movement regroups after a brutal crackdown.
Last week, after government soldiers stormed the protesters’ sit-in in central Khartoum and left more than 100 people dead, Sudan’s network operators Sudatel, Zain and MTN switched off mobile internet access for customers. Then on Monday fixed-line internet services for most offices and houses were also cut, plunging the country into near complete data darkness.
The blackout is the latest in a series of controversial disruptions to internet services in Africa this year, where authoritarian governments are increasingly leaning on telecoms firms to shutdown communications services to disarm opposition movements or hide rights violations.
The latest disruption on Monday came as unverified reports circulated of new killings by state security forces in Zalingei, Darfur, more than 1,200km to the west of Khartoum.
A spokesman for Sudan’s military leaders said the internet had been disconnected “for a limited time” but provided no justification. One of Sudan’s international mobile operators declined to comment, citing concern for the security of its staff if it discussed the disruption publicly. The other operator did not respond to a request for comment. A spokesman for state-owned Sudatel said he had no information about any instructions from the government to shutdown services.
Sudanese forces around Khartoum’s army headquarters as they try to the break up the sit-in demonstration against the authorities. Photograph: Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images
In Sudan’s nascent revolution, which began last December with demonstrations against former president Omar al-Bashir’s 30-year rule, internet access was as central as a sit-in outside the defence ministry in Khartoum that grabbed international attention.
Platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter were used widely to organise protests with hundreds of thousands of images and videos shared online despite regular disruptions to access.
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But a government militia known as the Rapid Support Forces cleared the sit-in with brutal force last week in a move that coincided with network disruptions that were followed by a full shutdown of mobile internet access.
While citizens are still fearful of more arrests and state-backed violence, the resistance is already evolving, activists said. The focus of opposition activities has shifted to small neighbourhood committees that are providing the new backbone of the struggle.
“Right now, everything is being done inside the neighbourhoods,” explained Muzan Alneel, a 33-year-old mechanical engineer who has participated in the demonstrations since December. “People are trying to minimise their movement . . . and coming up with new tools to share information,” she said.
The neighbourhood committees were set-up in January initially to help set the routes of anti-government marches through the city’s different districts. Since then the groups have become important sources of collective strength for Khartoum’s population and they have found renewed purpose since the sit-in was demolished, said Sulaima Ishaq Sharif, an activist and mental health worker.
On Saturday, as RSF soldiers patrolled central Khartoum, as many as 300 protesters gathered in Sharif’s neighbourhood in the Omdurman area of the capital northwest of the centre. Organised into four committees of 50 to 60 households, the community groups in her district are working to sustain the resistance by passing information, providing financial support to those families in most need and building barricades on neighbourhood streets.
The work is knitting communities together in ways that Sudan’s military leaders will struggle to break, said Sharif, who has been treating protesters for psychological trauma at the sit-in and in Omdurman since the demonstrations began.
“During the protests, you find safety in somebody’s house, you meet people from your neighbourhood you never knew,” she said. “It’s integrating people.”
The neighbourhood mobilisation is generating confidence among Khartoum’s residents that they can continue to oppose the might of the Sudanese armed forces.
When 38-year-old Rasha Adam receives any information about protests or military activity in the city she sends it to 20 friends by SMS texts, which are delivered via the cellular network rather than the internet. Each recipient is then expected to forward it to another 20 people, she said.
Her neighbourhood committee in the Bahri area of the capital, north of central Khartoum, put up barricades three days after the raid on the sit-in. They have been sharing information and supporting each other ever since.
“Now is only the beginning,” she said. – Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2019
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Can you ever get tired of Italy? Well, the answer is No but when you get there, you will have so much to see and do that you will DEFINITELY get tired! The trick is to balance your Italian escapade with some people watching, some great food and wine, and perhaps a course here and there.....
Whether you wish to climb the steps of the Leaning Tower in Pisa or the Duomo in Florence, enter the Vatican after hours, explore the Doge's Palace in Venice after the crowds have left or if you just want to experience the underground world which is Naples or Rome, this and more is possible. Meet locals who will introduce you to family and friends and areas which only a local knows; enjoy an aperitif, a day of shopping where you follow the footsteps of your guide and where you will be introduced to concept stores, vintage ateliers, and exclusive boutiques. From opera at Le Terme di Caracalla or La Scala to yoga in the world of the Trullo, an experience at Oasi Zegna to trout fishing in Umbria.....the list is endless. Below are just a few ideas to inspire you.
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Michelangelo & His Secrets
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Path Of The Saracens
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Discovering Art Jewellery
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In The Footsteps Of The Allied Forces
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Your Art In A Church
Inside the deconsecrated Cappella Orsini chapel, now a dedicated art space also known as the Cappella Orsini, we’ll learn to reproduce the historic technique of imitation of faux marble painting, which has been used for centuries in Roman design. Quote reference: 4453o.
Movie Walking Tours
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A Leather Course in Florence
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A Catholic Tour
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Laboratory of Laura Morandotti
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Adrenaline activity takes place on a special track created for this type of session. There are only two of these tracks in Italy, one close to Rome and another close to Brescia. The course simulates dangerous situations which can arise in everyday driving.
Meet Ceramic Artist Ivano Pard
In the workshop of the ceramic artist, you will spend some pleasant hours in the workshop of the master, who will lead you on a journey to discover the art of the workings of ceramics. Be part of the process of creating an object, visiting the shop and attending the explanation of the different stages of processing and creating an artefact, but also experiencing the art of decorating your piece. Abruzzo.
Venice Private Mask Making Workshop
This private 2-hour mask-painting workshop offers insight into an important Venetian craft.
Your Own Private Ensemble Venice
Thanks to the close collaboration with a group of very talented artists, the costumes by Atelier Nicolao and refined Catering, your senses will be inebriated by a kaleidoscope of scents, images and sounds. Entertain your guests.
Traditional Puppet Workshop
Live an authentic artisan experience in Syracuse. Learn to create your own handmade puppet with local artists and tour the museum and discover the history of Sicilian puppetry. VT.
Roman Ateliers Tour
A unique behind-the-scenes experience. Rome, the Eternal City, is not only home to the big fashion houses - the flagship Fendi, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, and Just Cavalli, to name a few - it is also home to craftsmen and beautiful hand-made clothes and accessories that are often missed. Whether you are looking for a tailored shirt, a studio specializing in hand-made bags, an embroidered silk swimsuit, fur wrap, a unique piece of jewellery, or a leather jacket, we know where to take you.
Perfume Workshop Milan
You will be able to create and take home your own unique Italian fragrance, thanks to all the expertise that our guide will gladly provide you. Learn how to identify and describe a perfume’s various note, and go back home holding the scent of Italian purest charm, something nobody else will experience the same way you did thanks to this highly personalised opportunity. Quote reference: 4453u.
Kite Surfing Trapani
Stagnone natural reserve includes the Marsala lagoon which includes the islands of Mozia, Isola Grande, Schola and Santa Maria. Known to many for the herons, windmills and amazing sunsets. The lagoon has an average depth of 30/40cm so that you can come back on foot even if you are hundreds of metres away from the shore and there are no waves or current even with strong wind. This combination of shallow and flat water and a high percentage of windy days makes the lagoon a favourite.
Private Tours Noble Palaces
Enjoy a private tour in one of the many noble palaces in Italy.
Private VIP Tours
Throughout Rome, Venice and Florence.
Movie Making
An incentive activity in which the movie industry flings its doors open to offer an amazing team building experience for performances, both on individual and group skills. This activity allows participants to direct and play a real-life movie, using a script and a digital video-camera.
Group Tours Or Incentive Travel
With a range of great ideas from winter adventures in the Veneto building igloos to cruising in the Tuscan archipelago, from 4x4 adventures outside Rome to hands-on cooking in a winery.
Create Your Own Glass Work
Get hands-on experience with one-to-one guidance during a private glass making lesson. Discover the secrets of Murano glass making techniques from one of the most renowned craftsmen of Venice. The 90-minute workshop includes all materials—including your own marvelous glass artwork to take home—plus a 10 percent discount on glass works from the artist. Quote reference: 4453r.
Mindful Yoga Lesson
Two and a half hours yoga lesson, breathing exercise and mindful yoga at a peaceful spot inside Rome’s Villa Borghese park with Antonella, a qualified multilingual yoga teacher to start your day the right way. Quote reference: 4453q.
Discovering Lecce's Limestone
Discover Lecce limestone and remain fascinated by its features and meet the artist who decided to elect it as the basis for his art. You will explore the workshop where he works with local stone and creates sculptures, lamps and furniture, sinuous and captivating.
We have some great assistants and guides ready to take you to all the fashion spots. If you need to shop for something specific let us know and allow us to assist.
Discover the Centovalli
Public boat from Stresa or Arona. During the 3 hours of navigation on Lake Maggiore, admire the Borromean Islands, the Cannero’s Castles and the Brissago’s Islands. Fascinating banks with picturesque villages and towns. Then departure by panoramic train. The white and blue carriages of the narrow-gauge Railway will take one hour and a half to cross the “Centovalli” . Quote reference: EdnV.
Restoring an Old Painting
A great workshop where you get to watch a restorer at work. Based on theory and practice in Rome.
A Private Lesson With Local Artisan
Get hands-on experience with one-to-one guidance during a private glass making lesson. Discover the secrets of Murano glass making techniques from one of the most renowned craftsmen of Venice. The 90-minute workshop includes all materials—including your own glass artwork to take home—plus a 10 percent discount on glass works from the artist. VT.
Decorating With Gold Leaf
A lot of the greatest ceilings in Rome are covered with gold. In this workshop, you will learn a few secrets, after which you get the chance to decorate an object delicately with the gold leaf technique, such as a small angel, flowers or a picture frame.
Wine & Painting Experience
Wine, food, and art are all an integral part of Rome’s heritage. During this evening class, you won’t just learn about their place in Rome’s history—you’ll get to paint, sip, and snack like a true Roman. Head to the conveniently located Piazza Farnese, and settle in for an evening of painting in a 17th-century palace. Once you have your canvas and brushes in hand, enjoy unlimited wine and plates of cheese and charcuterie, and listen to your instructor’s stories about Rome. VT.
Caravaggio, Veiled Christ and pizza
Naples is a brilliant city on Italy's southwest cost of Italy. A mishmash of architectural styles, with elegant 18th-century palazzos, castles and wonderful churches. Take part in our VIP tour.
A Perfume Master Class
A Sensory Experience in Small Group. The workshop will take place inside an intriguing and atmospheric laboratory, located within the historical cellars of the Renaissance Palazzo Corsini Antinori Serristori. Quote reference: intours.
Private Journey to Cinecitta Studios
Discover the history of Cinecittà: scenes, costumes, sets and personalities – actors, directors, producers – that have passed through, what has been defined as, the "Factory of dreams".. The exhibition trail will take you through every specific stage involved in the making of movies, from screen writing to post-production, tracing the roles and professions of those involved in the creation of the finished work. (INT).
Experience La Mortella Gardens
Enjoy the gardens of La Mortella which shows the love and passion for plants exercised by Lady Walton.
Bombs & Blood, Rome Open City
The term ‘OPEN CITY’ signifies a city that has surrendered to an enemy without any fighting or resistance. A unilateral declaration, however, may not be recognised by the enemy. After arresting Mussolini, although King Victor Emanuel III declared Rome to be ‘Open City’, German troops occupied the Eternal City and the Allies bombed it 51 times......
Painting With Local Artists
Looking for the most stunning views ...Through artist’s eye you will discover new landscapes made of vibrant colors and shades that will inspire you to paint with the precious advice of one of our local artists. Together with a tutor you will choose the best techniques to realize your work while you can discuss how to improve your painting skills.
Following the plot of Paolo Sorrentino’s 2014 Oscar winning movie “The Great Beauty”, guests will be welcomed in a splendid apartment located right on the Piazza Navona. There, guests will taste the finest Italian wines and delicatessen while enjoying the best view on the Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers, the best that Baroque has to offer.
A Painting Course
Join us in our magnificent art studio, located minutes away from Piazza Navona & Campo di Fiori. Located in the heart of Rome our studio boasts a lounge area, and a magnificent space for an introduction to a painting class in the Eternal City.
In Search of the Peregrine Falcon
Come and enjoy the Peregrin Falcon, the fastest animal on earth and hike the path which leads to its nesting place.
Mussolini´s Rome
One of Mussolini´s dreams was to found a new Rome comparable to ancient Rome as Renaissance districts were being demolished to reveal the ruins of the Empire, two districts were designed to fulfill the Dictator’s purpose: in the North of Rome was a wide Sports City where these days an Egyptian style obelisk, engraved with the name of Mussolini, still stands before the Olympic Stadium.......
Odyssey and Aeneid. On the land of the Myths, an expert of classical literature will conduct you during this amazing tour between Campania and the Lazio Regions, recalling the most fascinating chapters of the books Odyssey and Aeneid, reading the verses linked to the visited places. If your adventure spirit is eager of more stimulation, you can live this amazing journey also by sea, sailing along the charming coast, to have a different perspective and to better admire the islet of the mermaids.
Spend a day in one of the most beautiful villages of the Valnerina where you will match the experience of trout fishing to a lunch of fish and truffle....
The Green Lung
Discover the green lung of the city hidden among elegant mansions and ancient churches, such as the 16th-century garden mentioned by Gabriele D’Annunzio, and the garden of Convento del Redentore, where Capuchin friars grow olive trees, grapevines, fruit trees, vegetables and aromatic herbs.
Whether you are in Venice, Verona, Milan, Naples, Palermo.. we can arrange it all for you.
Dolomiti & Renon Train
Come with us on a tour through the Dolomite Mountains, a UNESCO world heritage site, and explore the Renon Plateau and the mountain town of Bolzano. You will leave Milan by coach, take the Renon cable car and Ritten Railway to the Renon Plateau and then spend some time in a charming mountain village admiring stunning mountain views. You will admire the ‘earth pyramid’, a unique rock formation and enjoy the Tyrolean atmosphere of Bolzano on a walking tour with a local guide.
Exclusive Parties & Weddings
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Private Visits
Enjoy the splendour of unique collections.
Pompeii By Boat
Visitors will be picked up from their hotel and taken to the port of Piano di Sorrento and will set off by boat for the port of Castellammare di Stabia to reach Pompeii for a guided tour accompanied by archaeologist. The visit to the archaeological site will be followed by a trip to Vesuvius in the company of an alpine guide. Then a return boat trip to Piano di Sorrento.
Do not miss the chance to visit some of the most beautiful gardens In Italy, group and private individual tours are possible.
A Lesson In The Art of Mosaics
Ravenna’s wisdom of mosaic art has been handed down for generations. You’ll have the chance to take a lesson, followed by a workshop during which participants will create a little mosaic to take home as a souvenir.
The Monumental Cemetery
A contemporary-art expert will lead you through an extraordinary open-air museum of Milan's most eminent citizen's graves.
Breeding Palio Winners & More...
Meet a famous jockey in his horse farm and visit the horse farm guided by the owner..and more. Click here to READ MORE.
Traditional Stained Glass Education
This amazing experience takes place directly in the studio in Siena where the various phases of production can be seen while we work. Subjects covered are as follows: A short history of the story of glass and stained glass.
Discover the beauty of travelling by train. With over 7000 trains a day, 171 Frecciarossa connections per day at speeds of 300 kms per hour, you can choose between standard to premium to executive to business. This is a great way to travel and we can arrange it all for you.
Underground Rome Tours
From Navona Square and The Domitian Stadium; Tiber Island and St Nicholas in Prison; Pantheon and S Maria in Via Lata; Vicus Caprarius; San Paolo alla Regola; Ara Coeli; Tomb of the Scipioni Family; Pyramid of Cestia; Graves of Pomponio Hylas; Church of S Clemente e S Giovanni e Paolo; Jewish catacomb of the Old Appian way; Mithraeum of Curcus Maximum.
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Shadow Scout (With Speeder Bike) - TAC - Exclusives
Name: Shadow Scout (With Speeder Bike)
Collection: 30 (77-07)
Number: N/A
Source: Expanded Universe (Star Wars: X-wing Rogue Squadron)
Availability: July 2007
License: Hasbro
Shadow scout troopers (a.k.a. storm commandos) are trained for missions of deep infiltration. They uncover plots hatched by shadows in dark corners, and they dig up deadly secrets that can be used to make enemies cooperate. Their speeder bikes are designed for silence and speed, with a trideflective energy shield that prevents detection.
In case you weren’t aware, the obsession with all things “shadow” started in 2005, even though a rich history of Star Wars characters donning “all black” armor richly existed in the Expanded Universe years before in 1979. But once Hasbro entered the Utapau Shadow Trooper into the Revenge Of The Sith line, both collectors as well as licensees couldn’t get enough of the metaphorical negative of many of the most popular members of various armies. The fever for shadow really took off in 2006, and Hasbro began planning exclusives utilizing this concept which would be released the following year in the 30 (77-07) line. The Shadow Scout (With Speeder Bike) was one of these releases and while we can get over this trend quite easily, we admit that this release is admittedly quite cool. For us, we found it strange that Hasbro would devote such a huge portion of the 30 (77-07) line to the Expanded Universe. (They released many unique concepts of their own as well as a wide range of official Expanded Universe canon based characters.) But the line was chock full of amazing releases that it didn’t feel at the time that we were being bombarded with so many things that weren’t from the films. The point of all of this is that the Shadow Scout (With Speeder Bike) release is actually not half as bad as you think.
Shadow Scout (With Speeder Bike), a 2007 San Diego Comic Con exclusive, utilizing 100% previous parts, but Hasbro has turned them into something new and interesting this time around. Let’s talk about the Shadow Scout first. Hasbro took the super popular 2006 VTSC Biker Scout figure and then they repositioned its legs so that the figure could set itself on the speeder bike effortlessly. Lastly, the figure was completely repainted in the Shadow Scout color scheme as first seen in the Star Wars: X-wing Rogue Squadron comics. Call us crazy, but because the legs received a slight bit of new retooling, we feel we were able to get a lot more use out of the included articulation. We found it easier to pose this action figure in more dramatic poses. See out photo gallery for a better idea of what we mean. The paint job is obviously simply dark, but we love it and it suits this time of character well. Also called storm commandos, the Shadow Scout would have been awesome to see in Return Of The Jedi had that been an option. The Shadow Scout comes with the standard Biker Scout pistol we have seen these figures come with in the toy line since 1983. We truly love the way this figure turned out.
The Speeder Bike has also been retooled. Although it’s been completely repainted and sports the original 1995 date stamp, Hasbro “glued” the vehicle together so that it no longer has the “exploding” feature. It still has basic articulation like the swivel handlebars and the spring-loaded landing gear feet, but aside from the obvious differences, it’s just more of the same. The dark “shadow” paint operations do this old sculpt a world of good. The paint operations have been executed so well that it takes away some of the pains that the old sculpt has. Sure, an all-new vehicle is required at this point, but Hasbro does what they have to so that old can appear new again. The rear exhaust flaps still articulate when the landing gear is moved and are also removable should you decide to take them off of the vehicle. Generally speaking, the Shadow Scout (With Speeder Bike) is a pretty exciting release. Again, we would have loved to see a focus on items based on Episode IV, but Hasbro did make it clear that 2007 was intended to represent 30 years of Star Wars, the entire property, and not just the first Star Wars film. Hasbro could easily give the “shadow” themed merchandise a rest at this point, but if they make it remotely interesting like the Shadow Scout (With Speeder Bike) release, we bet collectors will be happy.
Collector Notes
Shadow Scout (With Speeder Bike)
Assortment Number: 87452
Retail: $24.99 USD
Market Value: Click here to check the latest prices based on listings.
Shadow Scout
Status: Shadow Scout is a retool and repaint of 2006's VTSC Biker Scout figure. This time the legs have been repositioned to allow for a wider stance so he can be seated on the speeder bike comfortably.
Articulation Count: 14 points
Articulation Details: ball-jointed head, 2 ball-jointed shoulders, 2 ball-jointed elbows, 2 swivel gloves, ball-jointed torso, 2 swivel hips, 2 ball-jointed knees, 2 ball-jointed ankles
Accessory Count: 1
Accessory Details: blaster pistol
Date Stamp: 2005
Speeder Bike
Status: Speeder Bike is a retool and repaint of 1995's POTF2 Imperial Speeder Bike vehicle. This time the "exploding" feature has been removed. It's also been repainted in "shadow" colors.
Articulation Count: 7 points
Articulation Details: rotating cannon, 2 spring-hinged landing gear feet, spring-loaded thigh bar, 2 swivel handlebars, non-functioning action feature button
Accessory Count: None
Accessory Details: None
Added: July 26, 2014
Category: 30 (77-07)
Reviewer: Paul Harrison
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There’s no denying that Boy George has a fabulously feisty personality, but it turns out that there’s one other Brit who may just be more cheeky than he is.
You wouldn’t pick it after her rather boring demeanour at the Royal Wedding but Boy George reckons that Victoria Beckham, also known as Posh Spice, wasn’t always as serious as she is now and that she actually had a little fun with him when they met at a radio station once.
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Jackie was asking George if he knew Victoria personally when he explained that they weren’t good friends but that he did have a pretty hilarious story involving the fashion icon.
“I don’t know her personally but we definitely met,” said George. “I asked her to sign an autograph for me many years ago and so she wrote ‘To the bitch, f*$! off!’.
And while many people might get offended by that, it turns out it was all in jest and Becks was just having some fun with George! In fact, George actually asked her to write him something rather cheeky.
“She’s a little bit more serious now isn’t she, but this was a fun moment in her life,” explained George. “I nabbed her at a radio station and said will you write something funny on this for me and she wouldn’t write what I asked her to write, but she wrote, ‘to the bitch, f*$! off’.”
Okay so not only did George ask her to write him the pretty scandalous message but the one he originally asked for was far, far worse than what she ended up penning in the message. We were shocked enough to hear even these words come from Posh!
So it turns out that while George won’t take any crap for anyone while he’s here down under judging on The Voice, the one person that he will take the attitude from is Victoria Beckham.
In fact he’s so proud of the moment that he said he’s actually got the autograph hanging up to this day as a little memento in his kitchen! But wow if you didn’t know the context behind that story you might seriously think that Victoria Beckham has some serious beef with Boy George!
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Snapchat faces backlash after app redesign
The goal of Snapchat's newly redesigned app was to make it easier to use.But as the update rolls out to more u...
Posted: Feb 13, 2018 8:05 AM
Updated: Feb 13, 2018 8:05 AM
The goal of Snapchat's newly redesigned app was to make it easier to use.
But as the update rolls out to more users, Snapchat is getting criticism that the new interface is difficult to navigate.
"I might start using Instagram Stories now," Ashley Vasquez, a 21-year-old Snapchat user who is a senior at the University of Maryland in College Park, told CNN.
A Change.org petition asking the company to remove the new update has amassed more than 590,000 signatures by Monday afternoon.
Related: Snapchat redesigns confusing app as user growth stalls
Other users began sharing a workaround for reversing the update by deleting the app and turning off automatic updates before redownloading it, but Snapchat advises against it.
In November, Snapchat said it was working on a major redesign of its flagship app to attract new users. Even CEO and founder Evan Spiegel has acknowledged in the past that Snapchat can be hard to understand.
The app, which is popular with teens and Millennials, previously featured content from friends, publishers and celebrities on one page. Now, there's a designated page for publishers and a page for friends.
The redesigned app was rolled out to 40 million users as of last week, and all of its users will have it by the end of this quarter. Snapchat currently has 187 million daily active users. It does not disclose it's total user base.
Snapchat Stories, which are photos and videos shared by users that disappear after 24 hours, are now mixed in with direct messages and individual Snaps. Users you've interacted with recently appear higher on the screen rather than a list of recent Stories.
In response to the backlash, a Snap spokesperson told CNN: "Updates as big as this one can take a little getting used to, but we hope the community will enjoy it once they settle in."
Related: As Facebook stumbles, Twitter and Snapchat show new life
In the past, social media users have been resistant to change. In 2008, Facebook drastically redesigned its site, spurring criticism. Groups formed on the platform such as "Petition Against the New Facebook" and "1,000,000 Against the New Facebook Layout," and each had over one million members. Facebook did not change the design back.
However, some analysts believe Snapchat's update could turn off the app's key user base of teens and young adults in their 20s.
"Snap's new product strategy and redesign runs counter to why Snapchat was appealing to its younger demographic in the first place and it could alienate that existing user base because they're now trying to cater to the masses and Wall Street," said Jessica Liu, a senior analyst at research firm Forrester.
Others argue the update was necessary to expand Snapchat's user base.
"This was a much needed redesign for Snap as the complexity and nature of the app was shunning older demographics and a major issue for advertisers, which remain the golden goose for the company," said Daniel Ives, chief strategy officer and head of technology research at GBH Insights.
Ives said the update comes at the right time as Snap looks to boost its engagement and advertising growth. Last week, Snapchat reported quarterly sales and user growth that topped Wall Street's expectations.
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by Javier Marías
Pub Date: Nov. 25th, 1996
The first US appearance of an accomplished and elegant novel, first published in Spain in 1990, by the author of A Heart So White (p. 18) and other highly praised fiction. Set in Oxford, and drenched in the ambience of academic myopia and departmental power politics, it recounts in polished Jamesian prose the two-year lectureship enjoyed and endured there by its narrator, a visiting Spanish scholar. He encounters an alluring married woman tutor whose affair with him piques her conscience rather less than it does his. She, in fact, can't even be bothered to keep silent about their intimacy. Other complications are provided by a richly observed bevy of colleagues who exhibit most of the commoner academic and British eccentricities (notable among them are an economist who will discourse at length about his obsession with an 18th-century cider tax, and a professor of literature who moonlights as a successful author of ``horror blockbusters''). There's little plot beyond the (unnamed) narrator's romantic intriguing, but it's a rare civilized pleasure to overhear his incisive analyses of cultural, temperamental, and sexual differences between Britons and Iberians, or to follow his peregrinations through the meaner streets of Oxford (whose beggars elicit a feeling of kinship in this deracinated wanderer) or several antiquarian bookstores, ever in search of the odd and engaging. The novel is as much a record of life at Oxford as it is a narrative. Its characters, though vividly drawn, are really little more than functional, especially as measured against Mar°as's only real character creation here: his thoughtful protagonist, whose confusions and insights alike more often than not sparkle with the brilliance of aphorism (``In Oxford the only thing anyone is truly interested in is money, followed some way behind by information, which can always be useful as a means of acquiring money'')—translated with deadpan clarity and precision by the ever-dependable Costa. Another stunning work from one of Europe's best younger writers.
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Silversmith Biography
The success of this well known firm of electro-platers and manufacturing silversmiths, the original patentees of the electroplating process, was largely due to the energy of George Richards Elkington. The son of James Elkington, a gilt-toy maker, he was born at St. Paul's Square, Birmingham on the 17th October 1801 and was subsequently apprenticed to his uncles Josiah Richards and George Richards, later becoming a partner with them. Although the partnership with G. Richards only lasted til 1840, G.R. Elkington was also in business at about this time with various other individuals, most noticably his cousin, Henry Elkington with whom he conducted researches into gilding base metal which led to three patents in 1836 and 1837. In 1837 a subsidiary partnership, lasting until 17th October 1843, was formed to exploit these patents with the proprietors of two Birmingham firms of button makers; besides G.R. Elkington, the partners in this venture were John Hardman senior and junior and Jeremiah Illiffe of Hardman & Illiffe, William Hammond Turner, James Turner and Henry Turner. Meanwhile, G.R. Elkington and Henry Eklington, together with a number of assistants, among whom was Alexander Parkes, were able to bring the technique of electroplating to perfection in 1840 with the reluctant help of John Wright whose invention of electrolyte containing potassium cyanide was the deciding factor. Convinced of the eventual success of their experiments, G.R. Elkington commenced the building of a large factory in the late 1830's at Newhall Street, Birmingham; another, for the manufacture of 'electro-plated goods of the plain and useful kind, as spoons, forks, etc.' was built between 1848 and 1851 at Brearly Street, Birmingham. Money to finance such an ambitious programme was provided by the introduction in 1842 of a third partner, Josiah Mason, a successful steel pennib manufacturer, whereupon the style of the firm was changed to Elkington, Mason & Co. In addition, G.R. Elkington, listed at his London showroom at 74 Hatton Garden as a gold, gilt and silver ornament manufacturer, came to an agreement in 1840 with his relative by marriage, the London manufacturing silversmith, Benjamin Smith (Jr.) , to open electroplating workshops at 45 Moorgate Street, City, and retail shop at 22 Regent Street. The connection ended unfortunately for Smith when G.R. Elkington took control of both premises in 1849, forcing the former into bankruptcy. Although Elkington's electroplate met with intilal resistance in the trade, especially among those connected with the Sheffield plate industry, it was soon accepted with the result that the firm allowed a number of other manufacturers to use the technique under licence. Among the earliest granted were those to Christofle & Cie in France and in England to Thomas Prime & Son of Birmingham, and William car Hutton of Sheffield. Described as electroplaters, gilders manufacturers of silver, gilt and plated goods and brozists of Birmingham, Liverpool, London and Dublin, the partnership between G.R. Elkington and J. Mason was terminated, by an agreement dated January 1858, on 31st December 1861 after which the business traded under the style of Elkington & Co. G.R. Elkington died at the age of 64 on 22nd September 1865, leaving an estate of £350,000; under the terms of his will his four sons and co-partners, Frederick Elkington, James Balleny Elkington, Alfred John Elkington and Howard Elkington continued the firm. Further retail premises were opened at Church Street, Liverpool, a branch which was subsequently moved to 9 Parker Street, Liverpool, Before taking over in 1901 at the lease of William Angus & Son's premises at 27 Lord Street, Liverpool. Early in 1874 Elkington & Co. acquired the business of Giovanni Franchi, the Italian electrotypist, who died in 1875, and his nephew remained to manage the workshops, from where Elkington & Co. advertised in 1881 that, 'having established a branch manufactory at (Franchi's place of business), (they) are now prepared to do depositing in Silver and Copper and also Plating and Gilding for the Trade; Prices and estimates on application.' The partners, meanwhile, were joined by Hyla Elkington and Herbert Frederick Elkington. Described as goldsmiths, silversmiths, electrogilders, electroplaters and general metallurgists, their partnership was dissolved on 31st December 1886 prior to the firms conversion into a limited liability company in 1887 under the style of Elkington & Co. Ltd.with Thomas Henry Rollason recorded as managing director, and the following as directors: Frederick Elkington, Herbert Frederick Elkington, Hyla Garrett Elkington and William Lee Matthews, Sir George Scott Robertson, Gerard Bartlett Elkington and Andrew Binniw. During this period the company opened additional retail premises at 73 Cheapside, EC, which were opened in 1893 and then closed in 1925; St. Anne's Square, Manchester; 84 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, which were opened in 1898 and subsequently moved to Buchanan Street, Glasgow; Commerce Street, Glasgow; and at 32 Northumberland Street, Newcastle, which were relinquished in 1913. On 25th April 1907, Elkington & Co. Ltd. was registered as a new company under the same style. Elkington & Co.'s vast output over the hundred years after 1840 included all types of silver and electroplate, from table silver and domestic holloware to fine display and artworks. Besides their original experiments, the firm constantly improved techniques, such as the perfection in the late 1890s of electroplating for decorative purposes on to glass or porcelain, a process which appears to have been pioneered in America. Elkington & Co. were probably the most frequently represented of all British manufacturing silversmiths at the many local, national and international exhibitions held between 1840 and 1914.
The cup with strapwork bands enclosing scrolling foliage on blue enamel ground with applied classical figures, busts and putti also with musicians at intervals. The cup applied with garnet cabochons at the knop and on the cover and with turquoise cabochons on the foot as well as the putto finial.
The cup hallmarked throughout, the base applied with a Department of Science and Art, Elkington plaque. From 1853 to 1899, the British government operated the Science and Art Department under the leadership of Henry Cole to promote education in art, science, technology and design. Elkington owned the patent to the electrotype process, which made faithful copies of original objects, and was licensed to bring international examples of the greatest items ever made to a wider audience. The plaques were applied to electrotypes made by Elkington that were officially approved of by the Department.
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Immortals Fenyx Rising’s Pinball Mini-Game Is The Best (And Worst) Puzzle In The Game
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Last night, I stumbled upon a puzzle in Immortals Fenyx Rising that can only be described as “pinball, but Ancient Greek.” It’s cool as Hades, and I love it. I also hate it with the fire of the Phlegethon. You should definitely check it out.
The pinball game in question is the crux of Aiolos’ Strength, a vault in War’s Den, the eastern region of Immortals Fenyx Rising’s open world. Aiolos’ Strength isn’t easy to find. Even if you mark the vault with your Far Sight ability, tracking down the exact entrance is kind of a pain. It’s tucked away in a cave, on the side of a plateau, surrounded by four rivers of lava, accessible most prominently via a labyrinthine network of narrow slate pathways.
Screenshot: Ubisoft / Kotaku
Truth be told, I found Aiolos’ Strength completely by accident. As I’ve made my way through the various regions of the Golden Isle, I’ve hewed to a three-step formula. Step one: Climb the god statue, scout the region. Step two: Find the wraith — those powerful, irritating, region-specific enemies that “randomly” show up at the worst possible moments, until you defeat them — and kill it. Step three: Start having fun. While hunting for Herakles, the wraith of War’s Den, I — much as it pains me to admit — got lost. Here’s the cave where Aiolos’ Strength is tucked away:
And here’s the vault where you can find Herakles’ lair, precisely one 180º turn to the left or, unless you’re not an ambi-turner, right:
Years of internalized video game deduction led me to believe that Herakles lived in the cave. Not quite.
Once you pop into Aiolos’ Strength, you’ll have to use a series of air currents to glide to a platform. On the platform, you’ll see two pedestals — each with a switch — and a lever. Walk up to them and the camera pans out, showing a sloped, rectangular board with three borders and two triangular contraptions on an unbordered bottom. Pull a lever, and you’ll launch a large, flaming sphere onto the board. Hit the right switch, and the right-hand triangle will flick upward. You probably don’t need me to tell you what the left switch does.
Your goal is to use those switches to sink the sphere smack into the centre of the board. On each wall, there are panels that will bounce the sphere some errant direction on the board. If the sphere rolls between those two triangular contraptions at the bottom, you’ll have to pull the lever again to summon a new one. A secondary challenge introduces a more complex board, and forces you to juggle multiple spheres.
In other words: pinball.
The degree to which Immortals captures pinball’s infuriating, intoxicating spirit is nothing short of impressive. It’s also enough to drive a guy mad.
See, in the real world, I’m just absolutely rubbish at pinball. Once, during a round of Lord of the Rings pinball, I lost all of my balls before the theme song could finish. At a bar in Toronto, I spent more money than I care to admit on a pinball drinking game — something I’ll chalk up to misunderstanding the exchange rate — that really was nothing more than an exercise in tequila-fuelled obstinacy. I won nothing, and lost everything (a couple rounds of drinks for my friends).
Given that Immortals grants you all sorts of magical abilities — flying, double-jumping, summoning purple unicorns with a snap — I figured pinball, of all things, would be a breeze. But no amount of otherworldly powers, it seems, can cure an inherent lack of skill at history’s most basic arcade game. I’d flick the sphere up, only to have it fall just short of the goal. I’d stand by the right-side switch, only for the ball to roll over to the left at the last second. Round after round after round, the sphere would simply roll between the flippers, while I stood there, feckless.
But, as bad as I am at pinball — both in the real world and in Immortals Fenyx Rising’s take on Ancient Greece — I still enjoy it. You needn’t be skilled at something to enjoy yourself. And hey, Immortals, by and large, hasn’t been terribly difficult, so the challenge was much appreciated. (No, I’m not telling you how long it took me to beat Aiolos’ Strength.)
I’m taking my time with Immortals, combing over the map at a glacial pace, exploring every cel-shaded nook and cranny, hitting every optional objective I can find. Many of the Vaults of Tartaros have contained some fascinating puzzles — Zelda-style physics problems, intricate obstacle courses — but none, so far, have fascinated me as much as this pinball mini-game. I’m just glad it didn’t require any quarters.
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Immortal Fenyx Rising, Ubisoft’s cartoonish take on an open-world game, has fine combat. It’s not amazing, being lifted straight from Assassin’s Creed Odyessy, but it works and it feels nice. However, killing enemies in Immortals is amazing because they don’t just collapse and die, but instead shoot off into the...
Immortal’s Version Of Assassin’s Creed’s Leap Of Faith Is More Of A Panicked Plummet
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VIDEO: Large waves capsize sailing class in Santa Cruz
Updated: 11:38 AM PST Jan 11, 2021
Josh Copitch
CAPSIZED THE BOATS OF JUNIOR SAILORS IN SANTA CRUZ THIS AFTERNOON.. <3E2A2166 SHOW WHEN THE BOATS CAPSIZE> THE SANTA CRUZ HARBOR MASTER TOLD US THIS TOOK PLACE AROUND 4:30 .. THE JUNIOR SAILORS WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SAILING LESSON WHEN THE WAVES SMASHED THIER BOATS.. THROWING THEM INTO THE WATER.. THE HARBOR MASTER TOLD US 5 OF THE 6 CHILDREN WERE ABLE TO SWIM TO SHORE.. ONE CHILD HAD TO BE RESCUED... BUT FORTUNATELY... ALL OF THEM ARE OK.. THE VIDEO SERVES A STARK REMINDER OF HOW DANGEROUS THE OCEAN CAN BE.. ESPECIALLY DURING A HIGH SURF WAR
Video sent to KSBW 8 shows the moment large waves capsized the boats of junior sailors in Santa Cruz, Sunday afternoon. >>Watch the video above.The junior sailors were in the middle of a sailing lesson when the waves smashed their boats and threw them into the water.Five of the six kids were able to swim to shore while the final kid had to be rescued. Officials said they were all okay.“We've had days like this where we end up with nine, ten people on our boat that are being rescued simultaneously, so it's not just one person getting rescued because they got in over their heads. It's half the people in the water sometimes,” said Assistant Santa Cruz Harbor Master, Sean Rothwell.
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Video sent to KSBW 8 shows the moment large waves capsized the boats of junior sailors in Santa Cruz, Sunday afternoon. >>Watch the video above.
The junior sailors were in the middle of a sailing lesson when the waves smashed their boats and threw them into the water.
Five of the six kids were able to swim to shore while the final kid had to be rescued. Officials said they were all okay.
“We've had days like this where we end up with nine, ten people on our boat that are being rescued simultaneously, so it's not just one person getting rescued because they got in over their heads. It's half the people in the water sometimes,” said Assistant Santa Cruz Harbor Master, Sean Rothwell.
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Florida man arrested for allegedly changing Florida Gov. DeSantis’ address in voter database
by: WFLA 8 On Your Side Staff and Nexstar Media Wire
AP, Collier Co. Jail
NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) –While attempting to vote on Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was told his address had been changed in the Florida voter database. The governor contacted the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), who eventually arrested a 20-year-old Naples man.
DeSantis was attempting to vote Monday at his assigned polling location around 2 p.m. when the poll worker advised him his address had been changed to 2185 Pretty Lane in West Palm Beach. DeSantis said he did not authorize a change in his address, and immediately asked the FDLE to investigate.
The FDLE contacted the supervisor of elections office in Leon County and requested the logs for the date and time the address change request came through for Ron DeSantis.
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They discovered the IP address used to make the request was subscribed to Comcast and contacted Comcast for the user’s home address.
A search warrant was conducted at the home in Naples where Anthony Steven Guevara was present with two others.
An FDLE digital forensic examiner searched through Guevara’s computer, where Google searches for “Florida my vote” and “Florida governor” were found. Evidence also showed Guevara accessed the site “DOS.MyFlorida.com,” and the Wikipedia page for Ron DeSantis.
Guevara was placed under arrest and taken to the Collier County Jail where he was held on a $5,000 bond.
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Blossoms for Bees
Flowering areas as part of the contractual nature conservation are used to provide food resources for wild bees and other wild animals. At the same time, these flowering areas can also provide honeybees with honey yield and thus possibly serve as a distraction from ragwort mass populations. The latter is being investigated by the Schleswig-Holstein Foundation for Nature Conservation. The research of the working group Landscape Ecology focuses on the effects on wild bee occurrences and the occurrence of other functional groups. So far, the positive effect of flowering strips on wild bee diversity has been demonstrated. However, it is completely unknown whether flowering areas of wild bees are not only used as food resources but also for all other phases of life - for example for nesting and wintering. The importance of these areas for other functional groups, such as prey-hunting wasps, is also uncertain. However, these findings are essential for assessing subsidised flowering areas as functionally complete protective habitats. In our project "Blossoms for Bees", launched in 2015, we now want to investigate to what extent flowering areas fulfil these functions in order to sustainably protect biodiversity and the ecosystem functions provided in agricultural landscapes.
Agro-environmental measures, Agroecology, Agrobiodiversity, Wild bees, Flower strips
Duration: 2015-2018
Project participants: Uta Hoffmann M.Sc., Dr. John Herrmann, PD Dr. Tobias W. Donath, Prof. Dr. Tim Diekötter
Cooperation partner: Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig-Holstein
Supporter: Ministerium für Energiewende, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume (MELUR) SH
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BURTON MCMAHON George's Vineyard Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley 2018
95 points - NB 95 NB 94 points - SC 94 SC 91 points - GW 91 GW
BURTON MCMAHON George's Vineyard Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley
Style: Pinot Noir
Region: Yarra Valley
Code: BMGV
Varietal: Pinot Noir
Review Steven Creber
"Seems more open and approachable at this stage than its Syme Vineyard stable mate, although it's still a baby of course. Aromas of lifted ripe cherry with touches of whole-bunch character and lightly smoky oak. A supple and textural palate with fresh but refined red-berry flavours and gentle tannin/acidity."
94 points, Wine Companion (March 2019)
Review Gary Walsh
"Light, pretty, spicy and a little smoky, red cherry and strawberry. Fine tannin, crisp, sweet red fruit and smoky spices. Solid finish. Attractive and enjoyable."
91 points, The Wine Front (April 2020)
Review Nick Butler
"Pale red colour - translucent - bright at the same time. Red licorice, stewed rhubarb, wild strawberries, all framed by spicy oak and bunch-spice. Soft and balanced when sipped. A delicious pinot with lovely flesh, length underwritten by lovely red-cherry acidity. A beautiful wine."
95 points, The Real Review (December 2019)
Region Yarra Valley
Yarra Valley The Yarra Valley was first planted by the Ryrie brothers who explored a way through the Snowy Mountains to the Yarra Valley, planting grapes in 1838 just three years after the foundation of Melbourne. A wine industry (developed by Swiss Settlers particularly Hubert de Castella and Baron Guillaume de Pury in the 1850s) thrived during the gold rush era and heyday of the 19th century. However, the end of the gold rush brought the wine industry into decline and it was not until the 1970’s that the modern wine industry started up again. The region is probably Australia’s best-known cool-climate area, yet it is really a patchwork of meso-climates. This varied topography creates an incredible set of variables. Vineyards are planted on elevations of 50 to 400m on varying aspects and management programmes. The more exposed sites are subject to severe spring frosts and winds. Overall, the area experiences a relatively high rainfall pattern and is known for its temperature extremes
The Yarra Valley was first planted by the Ryrie brothers who explored a way through the Snowy Mountains to the Yarra Valley, planting grapes in 1838 just three years after the foundation of Melbourne. A wine industry (developed by Swiss Settlers particularly Hubert de Castella and Baron Guillaume de Pury in the 1850s) thrived during the gold rush era and heyday of the 19th century. However, the end of the gold rush brought the wine industry into decline and it was not until the 1970’s that the modern wine industry started up again. The region is probably Australia’s best-known cool-climate area, yet it is really a patchwork of meso-climates. This varied topography creates an incredible set of variables. Vineyards are planted on elevations of 50 to 400m on varying aspects and management programmes. The more exposed sites are subject to severe spring frosts and winds. Overall, the area experiences a relatively high rainfall pattern and is known for its temperature extremes during ripening. Site selection is crucial, with the best vineyards often located where the original vines were once planted, generally on sandy clay loams and gravels. The Yarra Valley is well known for high quality Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Blends with Shiraz increasingly garnering attention. Sparkling wine production is also extremely important, with many of Australia’s finest examples produced in the region.
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LCV Action Fund Endorses Representative Pete Aguilar for Re-Election
Courtnee Connon, 727-744-4163, courtnee_connon@lcv.org
May 5, 2020 Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, which works to elect pro-environment candidates, announced today its endorsement of Representative Pete Aguilar for re-election to the U.S. House from California’s 31st Congressional District.
“Representative Pete Aguilar is exactly the kind of climate champion we need to keep in Congress,” said LCV Action Fund Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Tiernan Sittenfeld. “We are thrilled to endorse him for re-election because he is committed to continuing California’s leadership in clean energy and he prioritizes the health and safety of all communities.“
“From rolling back protections against offshore drilling that will harm our coastal communities, to weakening emission standards that will lead to more air pollution in places like the Inland Empire, the Trump Administration’s assault on our environment is only intensifying the climate crisis,” said Congressman Pete Aguilar. “I’m proud to have the endorsement of the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund and I will continue to be an unwavering ally in the fight against climate change and this administration’s dangerous policies.”
“As California continues to witness the creeping effects of the climate crisis, we need representatives who will advocate for our communities, public lands and push the agenda when it comes to creating clean energy jobs,” said Mike Young Political & Organizing Director of the California League of Conservation Voters. “Congressman Pete Aguilar is an environmental champion who prioritizes the health of Californians before Big Oil and we are proud to support his re-election.”
Pete Aguilar is a fourth generation San Bernardino County resident. Representative Aguilar has been a strong environmental ally since he was first elected to Congress in 2014. He has consistently voted against attacks on our bedrock environmental laws and has co-sponsored bills to protect clean water and strengthen environmental protections for communities affected by fracking, as well as legislation to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Representative Aguilar has earned an excellent 96 percent lifetime score on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard.
About LCV Action Fund
The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, the connected federal political action committee (PAC) of the League of Conservation Voters, works to elect leaders who stand up for a clean, healthy environment and to defeat anti-environment candidates who oppose climate action. Since the 1990 election cycle, LCVAF has helped elect and re-elect 90 U.S. Senators and 450 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Over the last several years, our efforts have also helped elevate climate change and clean energy as critical issues in key elections.
Paid for by the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund and authorized by Pete Aguilar for Congress
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Today in History 1/15/21
What started seven months ago as an inquiry into DHS financial practices has progressed into a criminal investigation that includes a forensic audit.
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County expects negative outcomes without more federal funding
By Ryan Patterson Leader-Telegram staff
Ryan Patterson
Dec 16, 2020 Updated Dec 16, 2020
EAU CLAIRE — Eau Claire County will face more negative impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic without additional relief money from the federal government.
During the county COVID-19 task force meeting Wednesday, County Administrator Kathryn Schauf said local businesses are worried about the local economic situation if federal funding is not approved shortly by Congress. She said concerns include Paycheck Protection Program money running out and changes to unemployment funding that are effective Jan. 1.
“There’s not a lot of optimism at this point regarding where things will go if the federal government does not move,” Schauf said.
With the pandemic still raging locally and across the country, the effects are far from over and could become worse over the next several months without financial assistance. That includes unemployment, which is far higher this year because of the pandemic. Last year, the county saw 4,531 initial unemployment claims. So far in 2020, it has received 19,547 claims, an increase of 431.4%.
Schauf also said unemployment has the “potential to significantly increase” if no federal funding occurs, since businesses would likely have to lay off more workers.
One positive indicator is that county revenue is slightly up through the first nine months of 2020 compared to the same time in 2019. This year the county has made a shade under $73 million in revenue, about $730,000 more than 2019, an increase of about 1%.
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County Board Chair Nick Smiar told the COVID-19 task force that Berlye Middleton will likely be appointed as the 20th and final member of the newly formed local communicable disease ordinance task force. Middleton is a former Eau Claire City Council member, former president of Uniting Bridges and a military veteran.
The task force’s first meeting will occur in January. Smiar, a non-voting member of an advisory group to the task force, said the task force will meet at least once, perhaps twice, per month.
The task force is charged with reviewing current communicable disease ordinances and recommending potential changes to the Eau Claire City Council and County Board. Smiar hopes the task force’s duties can be completed by March but said a more realistic timeline is to conclude the work in June.
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Home › Study with Us › International Students › English Language Requirements and Support › English Language Requirements
Pre-sessional English and Academic Study Skills
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As part of the application process to the University of Lincoln, you will be required to show proof of English language proficiency, even if English is your first language. This page contains information regarding our English language requirements and the wide range of tests and qualifications we accept. Please note that policy updates made by UK Visas and Immigration may result in changes to the English language requirements detailed on this page.
Accepted Qualifications
In the entry requirements section of our programme pages, you can find detailed information regarding the University’s academic and English language requirements. The English language requirements listed on the programme pages refer to the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), and typically range from a score of 6.0 to 7.0.
In addition to IELTS, we also accept a wide range of equivalent English language qualifications and tests. Those listed below are accepted in lieu of IELTS 6.0.
Accepted Online/Offline English Language Proficiency Tests for January/February 2021 intake
Please see the table below to see which English language proficiency tests we accept for the January/February 2021 intake, and their equivalent IELTS Academic score which is listed on individual course pages.
IELTS Academic *
TOEFL IBT/
TOEFL IBT at Home
PTE Academic*
LanguageCert online
Lincoln PEASS course
IELTS 6.0 overall
Reading: minimum 5.5
Listening: minimum 5.5
Speaking: minimum 5.5
Writing: minimum 5.5
100 overall. No subscore below 90
Reading: 18
Listening: 17
Speaking: 20
Writing: 20 58 overall
Writing: 51
Listening: minimum 5.5 Speaking: minimum 5.5
B2 (Pass or High Pass in each component)
Pass at 40% or above
100 overall. No subscore below 100
Writing: 58 IELTS 6.0 overall
Writing: minimum 6.0 B2 (High Pass in each component) IELTS 6.0 overall
Writing: minimum 6.0 Pass at 50% or above
100 overall
Writing: minimum 6.5 C1 IELTS 7.0 overall
* Valid for two years from date of the test
Should I take the IELTS Academic or IELTS for UKVI (Academic) test?
IELTS Academic is for students who wish to study at undergraduate or postgraduate level.
IELTS for UKVI (Academic) is a Secure English Language Test (SELT) for students who need to take a Pre-sessional English and Academic Study Skills (PEASS) course in order to meet the English language condition of their main course offer.
Accepted Online/Offline English Language Proficiency Tests for October 2021 intake
Please see the table below to see which English language proficiency tests we accept for the October 2021 intake, and their equivalent IELTS Academic score which is listed on individual course pages.
TOEFL IBT
100 overall.
No subscore below 90
No subscore below 100
IELTS for UKVI (Academic) is a Secure English Language Test (SELT) for students who need to take a (PEASS) course in order to meet the English language condition of their main course offer.
Cambridge English, Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), and Edexcel IGCSE
Cambridge English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
Cambridge English: Advanced, commonly known as the Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) - overall score of 169, with no less than 162 in each element
Cambridge English: Proficiency, commonly known as the Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) - overall score of 169, with no less than 162 in each element
Cambridge B2 First - overall B grade, with no less than 170 in any individual element. Accepted for students who do not require a visa to study in the UK
University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE)
GCE O Level English Language (Syllabus 1119/1120/1125/1126/1127) - grade C or better (must include reading, writing, listening and speaking and grades achieved in each element must be equivalent to at least CEFR B2)
IGCSE First Language English (Syllabus 0500) - grade C or better (must achieve at least CEFR B2 in reading and writing and Grade 2 in Listening and Speaking components)
IGCSE First Language English (Syllabus 0522) - grade C or better (must achieve at least CEFR B2 in reading, writing, listening and speaking)
IGCSE English as a Second Language (Syllabus 0510) - grade C with grade 2 in Speaking Endorsement
IGCSE English as a Second Language (Syllabus 0511) - grade C (to include count-in Speaking)
Singapore-Cambridge English General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (Syllabus 1128) - grade C or better
Evidence of the syllabus you have studied will be required in order for the International Admissions Team to consider your CIE qualification.
IGCSE English as a Second Language - grade C or better (must include reading, writing, listening and speaking)
IGCSE English Language (Specification A) &- grade C or better
Please note that English Language (Specification B) does not test speaking or listening and is therefore not accepted).
The following may be accepted in place of IELTS 6.0. The qualification should usually have been completed no more than 5 years before enrolling at the University of Lincoln.
English A: Language and Literature /
English A: Literature HL 5
HL 5
Country-specific High School English Language Qualifications
The following qualifications may be accepted in place of IELTS 6.0. The qualification should usually have been completed no more than 5 years before enrolling at the University of Lincoln. However, this requirement will usually be waived for applicants who achieved the required High School English grade and subsequently completed a degree in their home country that was taught fully in English. An official letter from the previous institution, confirming that the degree was taught in English, may be required.
Minimum grades required
Caribbean Examinations Council Secondary Education Certificate (General Proficiency)
English language within Provincial Secondary/Senior School Certificate or Diploma
Reifeprüfung / Matura
2 ('Gut')
GCSE / GCE O Level
GCE Ordinary Level
A-C/1-6
Certificat d'Enseignement Secondaire Supérieur
Diploma van Secundair Onderwijs
Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (BGCSE)
High School Diploma (or regional equivalent)
Apolytirion of Lykeion
Bevis for Højere Forberedelseseksamen (HF)
European Baccalaureate Diploma
Abitur / Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife - English as a 'Leistungskurse'
10 ('Gut')
WASSCE
A1-C6
Studentsprof (from Gymnasium)
Standard XII (awarded by CISCE or CBSE)
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)
Malawi School Certificate of Education
Cambridge GCE O'level Syllabus 1119
Advanced Matriculation / Matriculation Certificate
National Certificate in Educational Achievement at level 2/3
NECO Senior School Certificate
WAEC WASSC
VVO
National Senior Certificate
Slutbetyg / Avgångsbetyg från Gymnasieskolan
VG (15+)
Secondary School Leaving Certificate
Certificate of Secondary Education
Caribbean Examinations Council Secondary Education Certificate
Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE)
East African Certificate of Education (EACE)
High School Graduation Diploma
Zambia School Certificate / General Certificate of Education
Zimbabwe General Certificate of Education O Level
Please note that requirements for some programmes may be higher than those listed in the table above.
Bachelor's Degree From A Majority English-speaking Country
UK Visa and Immigration (UKV&I) requirements regarding English language proficiency - UK NARIC Statement of Comparability
Some students who are relying on a Bachelors, Masters or PhD award from a ‘majority English-speaking country’ (excluding the UK) as evidence of their English language ability for their Student Route visa application are now required to include an original ‘Statement of Comparability’ from UK NARIC.
Students who are nationals of the ‘majority English-speaking countries’ listed below are NOT required to apply for a UK NARIC Statement of Comparability:
Students who are not nationals of a ‘majority English-speaking country’ but will be relying on a Bachelors, Masters or PhD award completed in one of the countries listed below as proof of their English language ability WILL be required to obtain a UK NARIC Statement of Comparability.
Further information regarding the Statement of Comparability, including how to apply, can be found on the UK NARIC website.
What if I haven’t met the English Language Requirements?
If you have not met our English language requirements, you may be able to enrol onto a Pre-sessional English and Academic Study Skills (PEASS) course at the University of Lincoln, prior to starting your undergraduate or postgraduate degree.
The University of Lincoln’s International Admissions team are available to help answer any questions you may have regarding English Language requirements.
Tel: +44 (0)1522 88 6677
Our telephone lines are open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday and 9am to 4.30pm Friday, excluding public holidays.
Email: intadmissions@lincoln.ac.uk or use our online enquiry form.
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Notice of SUCCESSOR Trustee’s sale
WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of an Open-End Deed of Trust dated June 20, 2014, executed by BARRY L. HALL, conveying certain real property therein described to JOE CARTER, Trustee for Citizens Bank of Lafayette, with said Deed of Trust of record in Trust Deed Book 528, Page 214, Register’s Office, Macon County, Tennessee; and WHEREAS, Citizens Bank of Lafayette is the true and lawful holder of the debt, has declared the entire indebtedness due and payable, has appointed the undersigned, a. russell brown, as Successor Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Macon County Register of Deeds, and has instructed the Successor Trustee to foreclose said Deed of Trust in accordance with its terms and provisions; and
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310 Sparrow Road, Lafayette, Tennessee 37083; Map 18, Parcel 16.40; described in Deed Book 193, Page 298, Register’s Office, Macon County, Tennessee.
Said sale shall be to the highest bidder for cash in bar of all rights and equities of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, dower, and all other rights or exemptions of every kind, all of which are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust. The title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will convey and sell only as Successor Trustee. The property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. Said sale is subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat, any unpaid taxes, easements, covenants, any prior or superior liens or encumbrances, and to any matter that an accurate survey might disclose. This sale is also subject to the rights of any person in possession.
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If a high bidder fails to close a sale, the Successor Trustee shall have the option of making the sale to the next highest bidder who is able, capable, and willing to comply with the terms thereof. The right is reserved to adjourn the sale to another day, place, or time certain, without further publication, upon announcement of same at the time of adjournment. This law firm is attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
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Maserati opens the doors to its Innovation Lab
Modena, 12 November 2019 – In a surprise move, Maserati is opening the doors to an exclusive and usually off-limits location: the Maserati Innovation Lab.
The Brand’s engineering hub, inaugurated in September 2015 and located on via Emilia Ovest in Modena, is for the first time sharing with the outside world its fundamental role as the Brand’s beating pulse, driving research technology, development and planning.
The Maserati Innovation Lab is a state-of-the-art facility where the cars of today and tomorrow are developed. Here, the digital processes support the product development, applying the exclusive Maserati formula which, by means of an integrated approach, prioritizes the human factor right from the initial phases. Concern with customer needs has been scrupulously incorporated into the virtual simulation process thanks to an exclusive mix of hardware and software.
The digital processes supporting product development take place in three major areas: the Static Simulator, the latest generation Dynamic Simulator featuring DiM (Driver-in-Motion) technology and the “User eXperience” development labs.
The Product Development hub (or Technical Department) employs more than 1,500 technicians (divided into the Modena offices in Via Emilia Ovest, in Viale Ciro Menotti, via delle Nazioni, in the headquarters of Grugliasco and Balocco). At its headquarters in Via Emilia Ovest covers a total area of 33,744 square meters (of which 14,000 square meters are covered and 19,744 square meters uncovered). More than 1,100 people carry out their activities, the majority of which are engineers, representing 17 different countries. The environment is comprised of a very young and dynamic workforce of an average age of around 37 years. Almost half of the employees are under 35 and 20% are under 30. The organization has grown considerably in recent years, attracting top graduates from the best Italian universities, including those that collaborate with Maserati.
Static Simulator
The Static Simulator is the starting point for every experience in the Maserati realm of simulation.
The system is composed of a cockpit, three projectors and high computational power. It is a simple system that helps engineers, from the very initial phase of the development process, obtain immediate feedback from the driver, and makes a major contribution to new model validation.
In particular Maserati engineering ensures a driver-centred strategy even during virtual development, by creating a link between the Hardware In the Loop (HiL) methodology and the simulator. Using this approach, real subsystems such as steering and braking, ABS and ESC can be added in, to create tests that connect physical and simulated components to provide a test-bed for developing all the characteristics of a new vehicle. Last but not least, driver assist systems can be developed, trialled and validated in a safe environment by reproducing the complex scenarios which may arise anywhere in the world.
Dynamic Simulator with latest generation DiM (Driver-in-Motion) technology
The Dynamic Simulator featuring latest generation DiM (Driver-in-Motion) technology, the most modern and advanced exemplar found in Europe, supports the Maserati engineers in the development of all the new models. The Dynamic Simulator incorporates state-of-the-art technology and enables full exploitation of systems' integration thanks to the evolution of proprietary control strategies, cutting development times and costs. It also helps to reduce the number of prototypes and ensures that the Virtual Sign-Off is very close to the final product.
With various directions of movement, this tool generates an effective driving experience, emulating in a virtual environment the driving dynamics of a car in the real world on a wide variety of road surfaces or contexts, including the world's top international racing circuits. The simulator makes it possible to test cars on various racetracks on the same day. Modifications to the vehicle can be made with a few simple clicks and this greatly simplifies the analysis of the data gathered.
The majority of simulators utilize six actuators in order to offer six “degrees of freedom”. The innovative dynamic simulator used at the Innovation Lab takes full advantage of nine actuators, thanks to which it can utilize 3 degrees of freedom with the lower platform and 6 with the upper one. In this way it can offer in total 9 degrees of freedom to accurately reproduce the driving characteristics of a car. All of this enables the engineers to precisely analyse the dynamics of the car, in addition to driving performance and comfort, all on the same moving platform. Another particularly interesting characteristic is a very thin cushion of air which makes the entire platform float over the pavement, enabling dynamic, silent and continuous movement thanks to the electric actuators.
The Dynamic Simulator featuring latest generation DiM (Driver-in-Motion) technology offers tried and tested technology that makes it possible to achieve a 50% reduction in time-to-market for new cars, to carry out 90% of all development on the simulator and to reduce by 40% the use of physical prototypes.
Using the simulator makes it possible to study and emulate the electrified vehicles included in Maserati's future plans even before physical tests become possible. Thus, the new opportunities offered by this different propulsion method can be analysed and explored in ways that keep the Maserati DNA absolutely intact. Weight distribution and the location of the centre of gravity have been effectively optimised thanks to the scope for testing hundreds of different configurations. A centralised logic that guarantees all the car's active contents and its electric traction has been developed, maximising dynamic performances since the entire car provides an integrated reaction to all inputs from the driver. Particular care has been focused on exploiting electric motors' vast potential in terms of power and rapid response.
The “User eXperience” development labs
The “User eXperience” development labs are fundamental in the design of the human-machine interfaces, one of the major challenges of the latest Maserati development projects.
The rapid evolution of connectivity and the use of driver assist systems, combined with electrification, generate a vast number of scenarios for multisensorial interaction with the vehicle, which are often completely new and require state-of-the-art tools for managing their extreme complexity, to take full advantage of all the opportunities and deliver a unique user experience, with competitive development times and costs.
The Maserati driver simulator hub includes a lab dedicated to vehicle ergonomics, enabling accurate reproduction of driving posture, visibility and interactions with the on-board controls and displays, and where the vehicle under development can be driven in any scenario with the utmost realism.
The integrated design of the user experience is aided by the effective, coherent visual, acoustic or haptic alerts in highly automated driving mode, from the level of distraction generated by the most frequent operations to the accessible layout of the controls, and full information in the different driving modes.
The ergonomics lab is completed by a set of sophisticated, specialised instrumentation to analyse the various issues that contribute to the user experience. Two examples: the skylight simulator, designed to reproduce lighting conditions at all times of day, at any point in the year and at any latitude. Here there is an in-depth focus on reflection problems, to avoid disturbance at the wheel while still providing solutions with attractive shapes, materials, finishes and colours.
The psycho-acoustics lab where the soundtrack of future Maseratis is developed: the acoustics of the controls, the audio alerts, the driver assist systems and.... much more!
The "User eXperience” development labs support the integrated development of ergonomics, the human-machine interface and the vehicle's perceived quality for genuine "user-centred design" dedicated to delivering the distinctive Maserati user experience.
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80th anniversary of Maserati's Targa Florio victory Maserati tests an MC20 prototype on the roads of the world's oldest race
A unique MC20 prototype dedicated to Sir Stirling Moss Testing of the Trident's new super sportscar continues
Sir Stirling Moss: a big loss for Maserati and the entire Motorsport World
MMXX: The Way Forward September 2020 - Modena
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Maserati Multi 70 and Giovanni Soldini set sail for the RORC Caribbean 600
MC20: the name of the new Maserati super sports car climbs aboard the Maserati Multi 70
Maserati MC20: the name of the new super sports car of the Trident Brand is announced
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Maserati Multi 70 and Giovanni Soldini started the 5th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race
Giovanni Soldini and Maserati Multi 70’s Team started the 39th Rolex Middle Sea Race
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World Premiere of the V8 Levante GTS at Goodwood Festival of Speed. MY19 Maserati range officially launched while Levante Trofeo makes its European debut.
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Mon Seul
Ikeda Masaki, called Ikeuchi by his friend, is a college student living alone with his little sister, Minami, who is in grade school, after their father suddenly left one day leaving only a note behind. After thinking about dropping out of university to work and support himself and his little sister, Ikeuchi was encouraged by his best friend, Kanda, who currently has a job after dropping out himself, to continue his studies, and if ever the need arises, Kanda would be there. Ikeuchi believes that even if misfortunes come, as long as he has friends and family, they will be happy.
As time goes... More...
As time goes on, Ikeuchi gets any part-time job he can get to pay the bills. He eventually forgets Minami's birthday, but is saved by Kanda, who not only remembered it, but bought a gift that the little girl really liked. Ikeuchi notices strange behavior on Kanda's part sometimes, however, he pays it no mind.
One day, Ikeda gets a job that requires him to leave home for a while, so he asks Kanda to stay with Minami. Kanda intially furiously refuses, telling Ikeda not to depend on him all the time. When Ikeuchi is about to leave saddened, Kanda reluctantly changes his mind. After he finished his work at a hotel, Ikeuchi returns earlier than expected because he believes that his little sister is missing him, as she called him to inquire about the time that he will be coming back. Since it is late at night, he does not phone her when he gets off the train, but heads straight home instead.
Ikeda goes to Minami's room as soon as he walks in, and knocks on the door. She is surprised that it is her brother, and when he opens the door, Minami screams hard for him not to enter. What Ikeda sees there shatters everything he believes in . Less...
My Only
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Clearly misunderstood
by Oobaka-san
March 14th, 2016, 3:46pm
I've seen comments on here that claim this manga is promoting pedophilia and claiming that it's trying to portray a 10-year-old girl as being mature enough to consent to sexual relations. I would suggest these people take a closer look. Yes, the girl is portrayed as either mature or jaded, at least in comparison to her father and brother who are clearly shown to be more than a little lost when it comes to raising and supporting others. But it never claims that the girl was right or in her right mind to have tried to get her brother's friend to have sex with her, or that the guy was in any way right to have done so. In fact, it makes it rather clear that her biggest reason for wanting to become romantically/sexually involved with the man is because he called her "family" and in her mind "family" is someone who's never around and provides food but doesn't care beyond that. The moment he called her "like a sister" she turned hard, and when she meets him again much later she goes on about starting their "relationship" back up and trying to handle things, and concludes it with "so please don't leave me alone" with lost, desperate eyes. And it's also made clear that the guy himself realizes this, realizes that he'd taken advantage of a girl's desperate search for attention and a "love" she'd feel secure in. In the end, I'd say the author made it quite plain that the girl had some maturity but was still very much a little kid, that her actions were the desperate attempts of a little kid to get attention with nowhere near the understanding necessary to even approach "consent", and that thus this is a tragic crime that was committed. Just read some of the author's other works and you'll get a good idea of her view on pedophilia. One of her other works I read had two girls around this girl's age trying to work up the courage to run away from their father who'd been sexually abusing them both; said story ended a lot worse than this one.
It's not good.
by kimiz
January 6th, 2016, 2:42am
Let me tell you one thing that many you should already know. Children at the age of 10 do not think like adults at the age of 18 or older. Even if they have genius level intellect and can do calculus problems in their heads and are able to recite Shakespeare in Latin, it does not mean that their maturity is that of an adult. Kids have a very limited knowledge about the world and their experiences are limited. Let me tell you what this manga suggests. It suggests that a 10 year old girl has the maturity and cognitive reasoning of an adult and because of this some of the characters actually do treat her as an adult. In one sense, this manga is promoting pedophilia by saying that if a child has a mentality of an adult, it is fine for that child to make his or her own choices in regards to her life
The 10 y/o sister suggesting to her father that he should just leave in hopes that it would better that way
. With that being said, they could potentially agree to have intercourse with an adult
which happens in the first chapter where the brother finds his 10 y/o sister and his best friend naked in bed together
. There are reasons why there are consent laws around the world. It is to prevent the potential abuse that children could face when they are young due to their lack of judgement and what this manga is suggesting is that it is okay to have sex with a 10 year old kid because she or he seems adult like. Let me tell you all this; that is statutory rape and he or she should be put into prison. Seriously don't read this manga. It is bad and promotes all the wrong ideas.
by kreatur
January 29th, 2015, 1:16pm
I'm a perv and how can i not enjoy a cute girl having mature relations?
But there's no way a 10 year old girl thinks mature enough to act and talk like our protagonist. Mangaka just put an adult character into a 10yo body for shock effect.
He could have done much more with the setting but he was either lazy or that's just the best he can do.
A Disgusting sister and an a****** Friend
by pinkparparak
August 4th, 2014, 11:47pm
I don't know why Author wants to show this girl pitiful, she's such a Disgusting sister who just thinks for hers good being. her brother just suffering and everyone are telling him he's selfish what is wrong is being right in this story. really she makes me sick. and such an a****** friend he has doing something like that to a 10 years old child and ran away. this story is a real bad one to read.
... Last updated on August 5th, 2014, 5:37am
by Seijurou
December 27th, 2011, 2:09am
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
This manga handles a sensitive topic in such a realistic & amazing way. It does not try to convince the reader of anything; it just shows what happens, and the logical aftermath.
The use of dark panels, the powerful endings of chapters . . . The storytelling method is astonishing. This is a manga that will make you think, & think hard . . .
This title handles the one subject that Aki-Sora, another psychological series that I hold in high regard, did not . . .
A true gem in the manga world . . .
... Last updated on December 27th, 2011, 2:15am
Among People, Anything Can Happen...
by cecropiamoth
November 21st, 2011, 12:33am
...including the stuff in this manga. The brother has been hurt to the core by the divorce and then the father's abandonment, followed by having to take on a crushing workload. The sister has been hurt worse by those two prior abandonments, because, as I've read many times, children react to abandonment with terror and self-blame. She finds a desperate last possible way of assuring herself a reliable kind of parent, and goes for it. The brother reacts personally. Effectively he's been abandoned AGAIN, by the only family member he had left. Caught between his horror of now not being number 1, or even very important, to that last family member, and his disgust at the betrayal of trust by his friend, he goes into a kind of ecstasy of self-pity, and desire to wound all those around him, from which he may never recover. As for the friend, he most likely had always felt the desire that he acted on after resisting it for a long time.
Anyone who's felt abandonment during a period of their childhood will recognize the desperation of the child and the self-pitying world-hatred of the brother will realize that this is the kind of thing that can happen in a passage of extreme misfortune in life. Since we are, in terms of what motivates us, primarily emotional creatures, when our emotions become too dreadful to bear, considerations of morality and duty cannot stop us from going kind of nuts.
This is how these forces might well play out.
... Last updated on August 22nd, 2015, 6:36am
by DorkFishOK
September 27th, 2011, 9:17pm
But I always find stories like this so hard to get through. It really shows the depth of humanity's flaws and it's disturbing but at the same time filled with important themes and such. I had the same hard time with Lolita which is an amazing book, probably the best writing I've ever encountered-yet there were some parts I found so hard not to reject humanity altogether. If you're like me, just... read it. Without any of your own judgement and biases to get in the way.
Perfect for an in-depth analysis
by Communist_Rob
September 8th, 2011, 10:41pm
I can understand why there are so many negative reviews and ratings for Mon Seul: the vast majority readers view manga as a superficial source of entertainment and thus do not seek to derive anything greater than its ostensible value.
In that sense, the content of Mon Seul would not be very appealing and no reader would be able to sympathize with the immorality of Kanda's actions. The plot is nothing special and all the characters are flawed to the extent that even an optimistic ending would hardly justify the toils they struggled through to reach that point.
However, from an analytical perspective, Mon Seul would serve as excellent material to deconstruct and examine. If viewed as a piece of literary work and not as pure shallow enjoyment, then Mon Seul is rich in themes and content that mirrors the realism of our current contemporary society. In that aspect, this mature piece of work is thought-provoking and rather highlights some important issues.
Don't waste your time if you're looking for something lighthearted that concludes with a happy ending. You won't find any of the sort here.
Mixed feelings...
by yumemiru
This is a huge moral dilemma. I'm very disturbed by this one(morally, at least). It's unbelievable that this kind of thing could occur willingly between two people such as Kanda and Minami. It's especially mindblowing on Minami's part. I really disagree that this manga is trying to justify statutory rape. If that was indeed the case, then *SPOILER ALERT*Minami and Kanda would have had a "happy ending" *SPOILER END* I find the characters of the brother and the father to be very believable. There are all sorts of people out there and this kind of thing is totally plausible.
In the end, I see a giant cause and effect pattern occurring with each interaction between the characters. The divorce impacted the whole Ikeuchi family as a whole, resulting in different negative results. It weakens the father's self-confidence in his role as the breadwinner of the family. It lowers the brother's belief in "family", which causes his lashes at the father. It serves as the reason why Minami is more "mature" than other children her age. And then when the father loses his job, the whole family setting goes into a downward spiral; Minami basically seduces Kanda, and this serves as the main moral dilemma of the story.
Another thing I found really interesting was the character of Kanda. He's really...confusing. The mangaka portrayed him as this generally "good" guy. We can see scenes in which he genuinely cares for Minami. At the same time, however, he took Minami's bait and went for the kill. Is this a case of pedophilia or a case of love defies age? I can't decide; if he really loved her, then why did he leave her?(because he feels that it's "wrong"?); and yet if this is simply pedophilia, Kanda seems really deeply emotionally invested...
Man, this is just really disturbing. I don't regret having read this though. Well, not too much.
Not that well-crafted
by VampireBanana
July 18th, 2011, 12:27pm
For such a topic that aimed to be taken seriously, it felt more like one of those Asian dramas where everyone tries to "deal with the topic" but ends up lashing out at one another. Furthermore, none of the characters were very complex and it was a bit too simple: soo everyone of the cast has some "problems" in order to create some strife in the story.
However, in reality, very few adults would take the advice of a child to heart and run away just 'cos it was suggested. And in reality, no person would sleep with a child just 'cos he or she "seemed" a bit like a woman or had been in contact with them for a while: I'm sorry but they have to desire the child sexually or they need to have a sliding scale of morality. But nothing was shown or built up for any of these characters so there's very little to base on.
And imho, it feels very wishful and more like one of those generic lolicon eromanga you read(except without the sexual scenes). And also, very contrived too 'cos pedophiles don't behave like that at all: from what I know, they desire children for all their life and not suddenly. If people want a far more realistic approach to pedophilia(and if you can tolerate BL/yaoi), try A Cruel God Reigns. And actually, it felt more like this was a shoujo manga than a seinen. -__-;; Plus, even if someone matures a lot as a child, there had to be warning signs beforehand but there were none.
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India vs Australia 2017: 5 Players To Watch Out For
MW Staff 2 min read
The much-awaited Test series between India and Australia is underway, and while all the pundits are predicting a 4-0 whitewash, the outcome may be different if some Australian players find their A-game. For India, the usual high-performers will be expected to perform and deliver the goods once again like they did in the series against England.
We are excited to see how it all pans out, and have our eyes set on these five players.
India’s captain seems in a form where he cannot do anything wrong. But we all know about the ruthless way in which law of averages works. Will it catch up with Kohli in this tournament? We’ll have to wait and see.
Steven Smith will be key to Australia’s campaign both as a batsman and as a captain. It’s likely that Australia will be pegged back early in the tournament, but they will have their opportunities too. It’s whether Smith can inspire his men to grab those opportunities at crucial moments that can make all the difference.
With India’s tendency to provide turning tracks, Ravichandran Ashwin is expected to be the wrecker-in-chief just like he was during England’s tour of India. If he allows the Australian batsman to figure him out, the home side will be under huge pressure to deliver the requisite twenty wickets innings after innings.
India’s pitches are conducive to reverse-swing, and Mitchell Starc (along with Josh Hazelwood) will be expected to wreak havoc with his speed and ability to consistently bowl in the right areas. Even though, he may not be as effective as he is on Australian pitches, he will still be expected to take key wickets and get the team out of troublesome situations.
During Australia’s last tour of India, Nathan Lyon had given the visitors reasons to smile by his superb performance in Delhi where he took 7 wickets for 94 runs. He’ll be expected to bowl a lot of overs, and trouble the Indian batsman with his off-spin.
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Economía / Economía del trabajo / Relaciones laborales /
The new structure of labor relations
tripartism and descentralization
Editor/a Katz, Harry C.
Editorial: Cornell University Press
Lugar de la edición: Ithaca. Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
Encuadernación: Cartoné
Idiomas: Inglés
Papel: Cartoné
Sin Stock. Envío en 3/4 semanas.
Edited by Harry C. Katz, Wonduck Lee, Joohee Lee. Contributors from eight industrialized countries (Australia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, and the United States) examine the changing nature of labor-management relations, with a particular focus on the role of tripartism and the decentralization of collective bargaining. Although nonexistent in the United States and on the decline in Japan and Australia, tripartism flourishes in Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands, expanding beyond traditional corporatist partners to include women's organizations, senior citizens, and other representatives of #civic society.# The vibrancy of the coordinating mechanisms that help shape employment conditions and labor policy contradicts the traditional belief that an overpowering unilateral decentralizing shift is underway in labor-management interactions. The contributors show that these mechanisms are in fact increasing in the face of intensified pressures, promoting greater flexibility in work organization and working time.
Eds. Harry C. Katz, Wonduck Lee, Joohee Lee
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Labor relations in a globalizing world
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Petty Party: The Most Guiltily Satisfying Celebrity Things That Happened This Week
"A plague o' your house." —Lana Del Rey
By Chelsea Peng
Getty, design by Monica Park
This week in petty...un-tribe-like behavior at SoulCycle, Comfort Chicken Parmesan, and multiple examples of how timing really is everything. Welcome to the Petty Party, which is like a newsletter email you get from the office-supply store because you wanted the welcome discount but not daily updates on what binder clips they just got in. But funner.
When Sean Spicer Made His Last Stand
Among Sean Spicer's many difficulties: He even had trouble taking a mini-fridge from junior White House staffershttps://t.co/LFXN1syKrP pic.twitter.com/j7X9SajB7i
— Michael C. Bender (@MichaelCBender) July 21, 2017
Except it sounded like the junior staffers were like, "Uh, no, dude" when he tried to commandeer their mini-fridge (full of "Lean Cuisine frozen lunches"—one of the saddest things I have ever read, by the way). So he just laid in wait like that one really janky hyena from the Lion King and stole it in the dark of the night (8 p.m.). The imagery, people! The poetry of it. For nothing but your gift for buffoonery, you will be missed, Ol' Spicey.
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When Lana Del Rey Did a Lot of Shit
Not the hex bit, because I like that, but the way she confirmed that she did cast a spell to ward off Tr*mp. (It can kick in anytime now.) "Yeah, I did it," she said. "Why not? Look, I do a lot of shit." We can only hope she chose something zesty, such as uncontrollable diarrhea or African sleeping sickness.
When Trent Reznor Took It Back
Similarly, it's all in the phrasing when you backtrack on calling Ashton Kutcher an "asshole" whose supposed "f*cking tech genius" you don't "give a shit about."
"I don't know where that rage just came from," said Trent Reznor, frontman of Nine Inch Nails and author of the above quote. "But all I can say is that I've learned a hell of a lot from working at Beats and Apple...Being in that world has made me realize the true value of being an artist...The economics of music aren't what they should be, and the culture isn't giving the arts its fair due, but humans are always going to respond to emotion and storytelling. I believe that as much as I ever did. More, even." Change of heart? Or someone remembered his publicist sitting in the corner having a quiet conniption.
When Charlize Theron Pulled an Aretha on Tia Mowry (Sans Fax Machine)
She was asked, but still: The only thing more pleasing than visual symmetry is celebrities shading one another in the style of Aretha Franklin dusting off the Brother PPF1270e to drag Dionne Warwick...five years after the fact. This is essentially what Charlize Theron did to Tia Mowry, who said in a 2014 interview that when she approached Theron at SoulCycle, the latter rolled her eyes and said "Oh, my god." Fast forward to Sunday, when Theron responded to the allegations by saying "What a bitch" and questioning the integrity of the publication that first reported the incident. Classic.
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The Dirty Knobs release F*ck That Guy video starring extremely annoying virus man
By Fraser Lewry (Classic Rock) 02 November 2020
Former Heartbreaker Mike Campbell's F*ck That Guy is a 'bizarre and darkly humorous take on 2020'
(Image credit: BMG)
The Dirty Knobs, featuring former Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac guitarist Mike Campbell, have released a video for Fuck That Guy. Taken from the band's upcoming album Wreckless Abandon, the footage follows a COVID-headed protagonist around the streets of Los Angeles as he causes trouble and annoys locals.
“Fuck That Guy is a simple song that could really be about anyone you know," says Campbell. "The video is a bizarre and darkly humorous take on 2020. It’s been a hard year. It helps to just laugh. We shot the video in September, just last month. Sometimes life ends up imitating art in almost unimaginable ways.”
Video director Gilbert Trejo adds, “For the Fuck That Guy video, we leaned into some of the motifs from my favourite silent films, creating the ‘me against the world’ character that guys like Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin perfected, but we stripped away what made those characters so endearing and empathetic. There’s no need to empathise with the physical embodiment of COVID – seriously, fuck that guy."
Appearing in the video are Jeff Garlin, best known for his role as Larry David's agent in the HBO comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, and actor Danny Trejo, perhaps most famous for playing former Mexican federale and all-round badass Isador Cortez in the exploitation movie Machete. The song was co-written by country music's very own Chris Stapleton.
The Dirty Knobs were originally formed 12 years so that Campbell had something to focus on while Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers weren't touring, but Petty's death has forced him to rethink.
“Losing Tom was earth shattering for me," says Campbell. "It was a total shock. It had felt like we would be playing together forever. For a while it was hard to imagine playing in my own band again, let alone one where I’m the frontman. Tom was always my beacon. But everything I’ve been doing since Tom passed, including this album with The Dirty Knobs, is in the spirit of honouring what we did together."
Wreckless Abandon is released on November 20.
Wreckless Abandon tracklist
1. Wreckless Abandon
2. Pistol Packin’ Mama (featuring Chris Stapleton)
4. Southern Boy
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10. Anna Lee
11. Aw Honey
12. Loaded Gun
13. Don’t Knock the Boogie (Coda)
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The beautiful and terrifying power of Mother Nature in 29 incredible photos
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Nature at its most thrilling
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While many of Mother Nature's creations can be staggeringly gorgeous (think rainbows, gushing geysers and technicolour coral), she also has the capacity to wreak havoc. From pink lakes and stunning natural light shows to humongous waves and lava flows, we take a look at the beautiful and terrifying power of Mother Nature.
Northern Lights, Norway
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The Aurora Borealis – otherwise known as the Northern Lights – is an elusive yet beautiful natural display created by charged particles from the sun combining with the Earth’s magnetic fields. This powerful combination can result in a technicolour display which can even be seen from space. Key places to spot them include Iceland, Norway and Canada.
Perito Moreno Glacier, Santa Cruz, Argentina
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Situated in the Los Glaciares National Park in the Santa Cruz province of Patagonia, this imposing ice formation measures a staggering 30km (18.6 miles) in length and perfectly demonstrates just how majestic some of Mother Nature’s creations can be.
Strokkur geyser erupts, Haukadalsvegur, Iceland
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Iceland’s most-visited active geyser is as terrifying as it is beautiful. It blasts water to heights of up to 40m (131ft) every five to 10 minutes. It’s caused by magma close to the Earth’s surface which boils melted water from nearby glaciers – quite the natural phenomenon.
Mount Etna erupts, Sicily, Italy
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Sicily’s Mount Etna is the largest active volcano in Europe and has been erupting regularly for thousands of years. Eruptions can create lava flows which measure hundreds of metres high.
Hurricane Ophelia, Ireland
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One of the worst storms to hit Ireland in recent times, Hurricane Ophelia wreaked havoc across Ireland and beyond in 2017, causing three deaths, power failures and road closures. Gusts of up to 119 miles per hour were recorded.
Hurricane Ophelia, Porthcawl Lighthouse, Wales
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Here, Hurricane Ophelia hits Porthcawl Lighthouse in Wales, causing gigantic waves. The storm also carried Saharan dust to the UK, resulting in hazy orange skies and a visibly red sun.
Vatnajökull glacier ice caves, Iceland
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Mother Nature exerts her power and influence across all of the elements and in all terrains. In Iceland’s Vatnajökull region, giant ice caves are formed each winter, made from meltwater running underneath giant glaciers.
Lenticular clouds, Kamchatka, Russia
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While these spherical floating shapes could be mistaken for UFOs, they’re actually lenticular clouds which are created when winds blow across and over hills and mountains. If there's enough moisture in the air, the clouds will form as the wind rises. Here, they float above the mountain ranges of Russia’s Far East.
Eyjafjallajökull erupts, Iceland
The 2010 volcanic eruptions at Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland, saw volcanic ash being ejected into the atmosphere. As a result, it caused significant air travel disruption across northern Europe for close to a week, as well as a number of evacuations across Iceland.
The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest reef system and comprises more than 900 islands. It’s so expansive it stretches more than 2,500 km (1,553 miles) and can be seen from space. It’s home to more than 1,500 species of fish.
Snowstorm, Umnugobi, Mongolia
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Located in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia's Umnugobi province is home to many a nomadic herder and their cattle. When snowstorms hit in May 2019, thousands of animals froze to death and six people died.
Lightning, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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One of the most dazzling ways to observe Mother Nature’s beautiful yet terrifying power is in the eye of a storm. This photo captures a bolt of lightning through the window of a plane over Kuala Lumpur.
Tornado devastation, Kaiyuan, China
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Tornadoes can cause widespread devastation and this picture documents the destruction from a rare tornado hitting Kaiyuan in northeastern China, in July 2019. As well as upturning cars, knocking out power, and destroying buildings and factories, this turbulent twister killed at least six people and injured at least 190.
Darvaza gas crater, Turkmenistan
Otherwise known as the Gates of Hell, Turkmenistan’s Darvaza gas crater is a burning, terrifying natural gas field, and you can see why it has earned such a name. It’s at least 20m (65.6 ft) deep and has been burning since the 1970s after scientists set it alight in a bid to get rid of what they thought was a small amount of natural gas escaping from the crater.
Lightning, Calbuco volcano, Chile
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Active volcanoes are rather scary in themselves but did you know they can also be accompanied by lightning? This image shows volcanic lightning and lava spewing from Calbuco, a volcano in southern Chile, in 2015.
Plane flying by a rainbow, Sydney, Australia
Ian Waldie/Getty Images
Given their majestic, multicoloured beauty, rainbows could be considered the calm after the storm. These incredible arcs are caused by a combination of reflection, refraction and light dispersion in water droplets, and they never cease to amaze and inspire. Here, a plane is captured flying past one on its approach to Sydney airport, Australia.
Tsunami, Carita, Indonesia
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This aerial photo captures just part of the wreckage in Carita, Indonesia, in December 2018 when a tsunami killed more than 200 people and injured more than 800. It was thought to have been caused by the eruption of Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano.
Rainbow, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia
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Classed as the largest waterfall in the world, based on its width – 1.7km (5,604 feet) – Victoria Falls, located on the Zambia and Zimbabwe border, is overwhelming in size. The sight is made even more majestic in this stunning photo by a rainbow which has formed above the cascade. Discover more incredible photos of the world's most impressive waterfalls here.
Fire tornado, Malibu, California, USA
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In November 2018, the Woolsey Fire, a destructive wildfire, whipped through Malibu in California, USA. This photo shows a fire tornado, also commonly known as a fire whirl. They may only last a couple of minutes but these flaming whirlwinds can pick up burning embers, debris and gas.
Cyclone Kenneth destruction, Pemba, Mozambique
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Cyclone Kenneth, which hit Mozambique in April 2019, was the one of the strongest tropical cyclones to hit Mozambique since modern records began. It destroyed more than 3,500 homes, killed more than 52 people and saw more than 30,000 people being evacuated.
Monsoon floods, Kerala, India
While making vegetation that bit greener, heavier-than-usual monsoon rains can cause life-threatening and devastating floods, landslides and even droughts. The floods that hit Kerala in 2018 battered homes, displaced more than one million people and killed more than 400.
Milky Way and Perseids, Black Sea, Bulgaria
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Want to really feel small? The Milky Way (of which the Earth is a part of) contains several hundred billion stars. It’s possible to observe the Milky Way with the naked eye, given the right conditions. Here, it's captured over the Black Sea and framed by the jaw-dropping Perseids meteor shower.
Natural pools, Pamukkale, Turkey
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Turkey’s mineral-rich thermal pools are a stunning natural phenomena. This natural spa in the town of Pamukkale features 17 hot water springs and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988.
Lava flows, Pacific Ocean, Hawaii
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When fire meets water: this photo captures fresh lava from Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano flowing into the Pacific Ocean. While lava flows can help to create new land, they can destroy anything – or anyone – caught in their wake.
Sunset, Horseshoe Bend, Arizona, USA
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Located in the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, USA, the Horseshoe Bend is a beautiful natural wonder. So-named after the horseshoe-shaped meander in the Colorado River, it's particularly stunning when captured at sunset.
Mount Everest, Nepal
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Formed by tectonic plates pushing against each other more than 60 million years ago, Mount Everest is the world’s highest mountain above sea level, measuring a staggering 8,848m (29,029 ft). People are still dazzled by the formation, with more adventurers than ever risking their lives to conquer the mountain.
Lake Hillier, Middle Island, Australia
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If you need reminding of nature’s inherent beauty, head to Australia’s Lake Hillier, a vibrantly pink saline lake located off the south coast of Western Australia. It’s safe to swim in and is often considered to be one of Australia’s most amazing natural wonders.
Read more: The world's most dramatic weather photos since 1900
Supercell thunderstorm, Kansas, USA
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While supercell storms are impressive to look at, they can cause heavy hail, flooding, thunderstorms and tornadoes. Commonly known as rotating thunderstorms, they can wreak havoc in their wake. This photo of one was taken in Kansas, USA.
Read more: The most significant weather event in every state and DC
Waves, Felgueiras Lighthouse, Porto, Portugal
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If the thought and sound of crashing waves fills you with awe, head to Portugal’s Felgueiras Lighthouse in Porto. As a gateway to both the River Douro and the Atlantic Ocean, this dainty lighthouse gets its fair share of swell and flotsam, especially on windy days.
Read more: Amazing ruins where Mother Nature ran riot
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Directory and blog about low income housing programs, food stamps, and other social issues affecting poor Americans.
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Congress Finally Approves Potatoes as Part of the WIC Program For Low-Income Moms -- Buy Why Not Sooner?
The Women, Infants and Children nutrition program (WIC) was established by Congress in 1974 through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service program. The program provides food, nutrition counseling, and access to health services to low-income women, infants, and children. But until now, potatoes were not included as part of the program. Why?
What's wrong with potatoes?
WIC did not include white potatoes on their list of authorized food to purchase with WIC vouchers because they were concerned that program participants would turn them into french fries. Because of this, the white potato has been off the list since 2009. Is this the right thing to do?
It raises the question as to whether or not the government program should rightfully exclude a food item not because there is anything wrong with the food but because of the way people might prepare the food that could be unhealthy. But, couldn't this happen to other fruits and vegetables that are included in the program?
Potatoes back on the list
The fact is that potatoes are considered a staple in most homes, especially the white potato. Potato proponents across the country also point out that potatoes contain good nutritional benefits with potassium and vitamin B. They are inexpensive, too. After strong push back from the potato industry and others, the WIC program has reinstated the potato.
To find out more about how to qualify for WIC nutrition benefits, visit www.fns.usda.gov/wic/wic-eligibility-requirements
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Sale of Energy business to Inspirit Capital
Lloyd’s Register Group announces sale of Energy business to Inspirit Capital.
Oil & Gas Downstream Midstream
Deal to create a new engineering and technical consultancy
Jack-up rig, North Sea
London — 7 October 2020 — Global professional services organisation, Lloyd’s Register Group (LR), today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Energy business unit to Inspirit Capital, a London-based investment firm focused on building long-term value. The agreement follows a comprehensive review of LR’s business portfolio and strategic direction.
The deal will create a new engineering and technical consultancy offering specialist asset performance, risk management and project management expertise across complex industrial assets, the energy transition and rail infrastructure.
Commenting on the announcement, LR’s Chief Executive Officer, Alastair Marsh said: “As part of an ongoing strategic review of our business, we reached the decision that this transaction is the best option to realise the long-term growth potential of our Energy business. LR Energy offers world-class engineering solutions across the sector, and the partnership with Inspirit provides them with further support and investment to underpin their growth objectives. The LR Group remains committed to the energy sector, continuing to support our clients through our offshore compliance, digital products and inspection services businesses, in collaboration with our former LR Energy colleagues where appropriate.”
David Clark, LR’s Energy Director, who will lead the new company, said: “This is an exciting new chapter for us, which supports our mission to help clients tackle complexity head-on. This announcement provides us with a partner to build on our existing track record and unlock our growth potential as a standalone business, offering our full suite of technical, regulatory and operational expertise. Our purpose is to help clients manage risk and maximise performance, blending deep technical knowledge, data-driven insights with hands-on expertise. The increasing complexity we are seeing, with the transition and restructuring of the energy markets and the impact of digital transformation across our global energy, complex industrial and transport customers, means our solutions are more relevant than ever. We look forward to working with the Inspirit team to deliver on our ambitions.”
Will Stamp, founding partner at Inspirit Capital said: “LR’s Energy division has an excellent reputation internationally and we are proud to be supporting the next phase in the development of the business. We are backing a world-class team and look forward to building a valuable standalone organisation in a market undergoing dramatic change.”
The transaction is expected to complete on or before the 31st October 2020 and is not subject to any formal regulatory or other approvals.
About Lloyd’s Register (LR)
Lloyd’s Register is a global professional services organisation specialising in engineering and technology solutions. Our experts advise and support clients to improve the safety and performance of complex projects, supply chains and critical infrastructure. We help to keep the world moving safely, efficiently and sustainably.
Lloyd’s Register is the world’s first marine classification society, created more than 260 years ago to improve the safety of ships. Now our technical expertise is offered in more than 70 countries, by more than 6,000 employees. The profits we generate fund our shareholder, Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a global charity whose mission is to enhance the safety of life and property. Our independence means we provide reliable, impartial and informed advice.
All of this helps us stand by the purpose that drives us every single day; working together for a safer world.
About LR Energy
LR’s Energy business was founded in the 1930s following LR’s diversification from marine assets into the oil and gas industry. LR Energy has subsequently supported the transformation of global energy infrastructure, working on complex and large-scale energy projects around the world, becoming one of the leading engineering consultancy partners of choice. Since 2005, numerous strategic acquisitions including Capstone, ODS, Human Engineering, Celerity3, ModuSpec, Scandpower and WEST Engineering propelled the business. The acquisition of Senergy in 2013 expanded LR Energy’s portfolio, covering the full energy value chain and life cycle, from reservoir to refinery and beyond.
About Inspirit Capital (www.inspiritcap.com)
Inspirit is an investment firm that provides capital and expertise to drive transformation and growth in UK-headquartered businesses. With committed capital from a consortium of institutional investors, Inspirit typically invests in businesses that are no longer core to a parent company’s strategic objectives or require a different ownership structure and skillset to achieve their full potential.
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Romney's Head Tilt
Christian Lorentzen
If you sit long enough in the company of jolly Republicans, you will hear that the president’s problem is that he’s a ‘pansy-ass’, that he wouldn’t come to Israel’s aid against Iran because he’s ‘too Muslim himself’, that he’s trying to hide his family from the country because he’s ‘not a real American’, that it would be easy for him to prove everything with some ‘microfiche’ from the hospital where he was born, that the best thing about America is our defence, and that Obamacare is ‘full of terrible, terrible things’ called ‘entitlements’. I have heard this stuff in Tampa, not, it should be said, from delegates or officials, but from nice people who believe things if they hear them repeated enough times. I’ve also heard that the best years ever were the ones between 1983 and 1987, that no one ever did as much for American women as the dynamic duo of Ronald Reagan and the personal computer, that the parties at the RNC have never been as good as they were for Goldwater in San Francisco in 1964, that New York is a bad place to live because of rapists, and that the hottest guys at the convention are the officers of the Secret Service. I saw a woman swoon as she said the words ‘tax cut’.
I heard these things in hotel bars. At the Sheraton Riverwalk on Wednesday I tried to buy the Fox News presenter Megyn Kelly a drink, but she was drinking on Murdoch’s tab. She told me that she was enjoying the convention, her second, it was good to get out of the studio and out among ‘real people’, there was ‘a lot of energy in the room’ when Paul Ryan spoke, but generally people in Minneapolis four years ago had been ‘more fired up for Palin’. Palin meanwhile was throwing a fit about Fox cancelling her spots.
Yesterday C-Span was playing old GOP acceptance speeches while I was waiting for my laundry to dry. The delegates on the floor for Reagan’s 1984 speech looked a generation younger than the crowds in Tampa. It occurred to me that they may all be the same people. On the way into the hall I saw Martin Amis, apparently on assignment for Newsweek, being scanned with a metal detector. I collected my floor pass and headed for stage right, by the West Virginia delegation.
Jane Edmunds, an African American who served as workforce development secretary in Massachusetts under Romney, took the stage. ‘Minority speaker, turn your camera off MSNBC,’ someone behind me said. I turned and saw a young man wearing a West Virginia delegate credential and chomping on an unlit cigar. ‘That's how I see Governor Romney,’ Edmunds said. ‘He is authentic. He is open to good ideas wherever they come from. It doesn't matter if they are from a liberal Democrat like me.’ Not to state the obvious, but the crowds in the convention hall are overwhelmingly white. Among the delegations sitting in front of me I didn’t see a single non-white face from West Virginia, Wyoming, North Dakota or Maryland, though in front of them was the mostly Hispanic Puerto Rico delegation.
I had thought that the West Virginia delegates’ blue plastic helmets had something to do with sport. Kris Warner, a delegate and former state party chairman, told me they were meant to remind television viewers that when they switch on a light bulb the energy comes from coal. ‘I can’t explain love,’ Romney said in a promotional video about his family as Warner told me about Obama’s war on coal. Clint Eastwood came on to a standing ovation. I’d always thought of him as a tall man, but from stage right he looked almost as short as Martin Amis.
Marco Rubio followed with a history lesson: ‘For most of history almost everyone was poor. Power and wealth belonged to only a few.’ Indeed, some things never change – for example Mitt Romney’s habit of tilting his head downward and to the left when he finishes a sentence that makes him happy, as when he accepted the party’s nomination. The down-left tilt was combined with an up-right finish when he said that Obama wanted to succeed when he got to office. Another down-up when he talked about how women make good governors. He went with a left-hand palm flare when he said his wife would have succeeded in any career she wanted if she hadn’t been home with the kids. A squint when he said he didn’t ask his church to invest in Bain because he didn’t want to go to Hell if the company failed, and a squint when he talked about poverty. He raises his eyebrows when he says something he thinks is going to surprise you, as when he spoke of his plan to create 12 million new jobs as soon as he takes office. While he was talking about what it’s like to lose your job, two people in the upper deck to my left stood up holding a pink sign and yelling: ‘People over profits!' The crowd around me chanted ‘USA’ to drown them out. Security guards showed up and ripped the sign from the hecklers hands in a way that did not look gentle. When the USA chant stopped Romney was still talking about what it’s like to be unemployed.
I was surprised to see that most of the crowd stuck around when the gaggle of Romney grandchildren ran out on the stage, so my getaway was quick. Outside the gates, mounted police were kettling a protest of what looked to me to be a couple hundred people. The protesters were angry and lots of them were holding both middle fingers to the TV cameras. They were all chanting: ‘Shame! Shame! Shame!’ One guy looked at me, mistaking me for a delegate, and said: ‘You people are freaks.’
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2 September 2012 at 12:25am
Bob Beck says:
I wonder what happened -- from the present-day Republican point of view -- in 1983 and 1987 that those years bookended "the best years ever"? I'd have expected recent Tampa delegates to commemorate Reagan's inauguration in 1981 as Day One of Year One of the Golden Age.
As for 1987, all I can specifically recall of an epoch-ending character was a stock-market crash in the fall (a fairly routine crash, it appeared in retrospect, with no consequent collapse of the Real(tm) Economy).
But wait a minute -- in Congressional hearings that year on the Iran-Contra thing, it emerged that Reagan had been running rough-shod over the Constitution. Or ambling loafer-shod, more like.
Now, I doubt me much that our Tampa friends would have been disillusioned by this scandal, or would have concluded that their hero, proverbially, had feet of clay. Rather, I imagine they'd regard it as a halfway-successful witch-hunt by the Democrat [sic] Party and their sinister* allies in the Librul MSM.
(*Meaning of course "left". Coincidence? I think not!)
3 September 2012 at 12:36pm
semitone says: @ Bob Beck
It's U2 albums. Ask anyone: War (1983) was great, The Unforgettable Fire ('84) also, but The Joshua Tree ('87) spelt the beginning of the end.
3 September 2012 at 3:13pm
Bob Beck says: @ semitone
Well, you could have something there. Certainly U2's decision to move their corporate headquarters out of Ireland (to the Netherlands, wasn't it?) for tax purposes is the kind of thing you can imagine Romney or his richer supporters doing, or approving.
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Blackberry’ CEO Chen inspired by Steve Jobs to focus on consumer needs
By Rishabh Jain On Mar 10, 2014
BlackBerry has been ailing for a long time, but it might finally have found its white night in CEO John Chen. The company will focus more on software than hardware and will become more of a consumer brand rather than just a corporate brand, which is what its identity has currently become.
The most interesting anecdote from Chen during his interview with the New York times was,”I watched Steve Jobs on YouTube, when he came back to Apple – He got up and said, ‘I don’t have a new product, I’m insanely focused on my customer base.’ That’s me now.”
In our opinion, Chen has actually started on the right path and if the company keeps focussing on this market, it is definitely looking towards a great future.
Not just that, Chen is also realistic about BlackBerry’s future and is devising a plan for sustainability not some short term benefits, which was visible from his comment on Apple – “Apple has to sell 58 million phones to get, I’d guess, a 10 to 12 percent margin. If you’re not first or second in phone sales, where do you get any margin? You could sell 30 million phones and lose money. I have to be realistic here.”
When asked about BlackBerry’s upcoming devices, Chen replied,” I’ll let the software determine what kind of device we make.” This indicates that just like BBM, BlackBerry’s software offerings in the future could land on devices from other companies. Chen himself has a wide experience of the software business, since he was the brains behind turning around a company called Sybase, which was then sold to SAP for $5.8 Billion.
All is not so glum for Blackberry now as it was a few months ago. The company has doubled its sales in UAE by putting great price cuts in place.
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MBDA Completes SEA VENOM/ANL Qualification Trials
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Soon to start equipping British WILDCAT and French Navy GUÉPARD naval helicopters, the anti-ship missile is an Anglo-French cooperation project developed under the Lancaster House Treaty. SEA VENOM/ANL is the first programme to take full advantage of the cross-border centres of excellence on missile technologies launched by the treaty, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this month.
Previous trials have tested the missile’s launch envelope, release envelope and engagement modes, such as its low-altitude sea-skimming flight, lock on after launch (LOAL), lock on before launch (LOBL), operator-in-the-loop, and aimpoint refinement.
SEA VENOM/ANL will soon begin to be deployed on British and French naval helicopters. (Photo: MBDA)
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OCC Issues Capital and Dividends Booklet of the Comptroller Handbook
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The revised booklet reflects changes to the regulatory capital rule and reflects the integration of the Office of Thrift Supervision into OCC. It includes expanded examination procedures for capital, dividends, and capital adequacy, along with an internal control questionnaire and verification procedures. Additionally, the revised booklet incorporates the information in OCC Bulletin 2012-16, titled “Capital Planning: Guidance for Evaluating Capital Planning and Adequacy.” The revised booklet rescinds and replaces the “Capital Accounts and Dividends” booklet, which was issued in August 1991 (narrative) and March 1998 (procedures), along with the following:
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Tony the Tiger motivates a suicide bomber in a truly WTF commercial
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Everyone knows Tony the Tiger, the cartoon-anthropomorphic tiger that shows up out of nowhere to encourage unsuspecting children to eat his cereal. Now though he’s helping motivate hookers, abusive cops, and a suicide bomber, all of who presumably ate his cereal when they were kids.
“I’ve helped so many kids to solve their every day [sic] problems over the years. But the kids have grown up and the world has changed,” the tiger explains on Tonyisback.com, the mind behind these commercials. ”What used to help is now making things worse. Now I am the one who needs help. Please, help me.”
The videos are a part of a campaign called #TonyisBack, a campaign whose ultimate motive remains unclear. Whatever their motive, Kellogs has seemingly taken legal action and had all of the campaign’s social media profiles taken down.
Take a look at the videos which are still online for now below:
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Chris Kelly, Milan Lucic undergo surgeries, will be ready for training camp
By Dan CagenDaily News staff
Bruins forwards Chris Kelly and Milan Lucic both have gone under the knife.
"Milan underwent successful surgery to repair his [left] wrist," general manager Peter Chiarelli said in a statement. "Chris also underwent successful surgery to repair a herniated disc in his back. Both players are expected to be ready for the start of Training Camp."
Kelly had his surgery Friday morning, which repaired the L5 vertebra in the small of his back. There's a 4-8 week timetable for recovery. The 33-year-old originally was hurt April 8 at Minnesota and missed the remainder of the regular season as well as the postseason.
Lucic's injury occurred in Game 7 against the Canadiens. Wearing a brace two days later, he said he jammed the wrist during the season-ending loss. He had avoided significant injury prior to that.
The only other Bruin expected to need offseason surgery is winger Matt Fraser, who broke his foot during the playoffs. Defenseman Adam McQuaid had season-ending surgery on his right ankle in April.
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Celtics 120, Rockets 109: C's get a signature victory
By Scott Souza/Daily News Staff
After three games of being outmuscled, getting punked on the court, and throwing temper tantrums on the bench, the Celtics decided to take out their frustrations on the Houston Rockets in the second half Wednesday night in their biggest victory of the season.
BOSTON — It was time to get angry.
Tied at 98-98 with 5:12 left in the game, James Harden drew blood from Jonas Jerebko with a shot to the face after the whistle.
The Celtics then played as if they saw blood for the next three minutes during a game-deciding 13-2 run in a 120-109 victory.
Isaiah Thomas was the best player on the court on a night in which he shared the parquet with Most Valuable Player favorite Harden as Thomas scored 13 of his 38 points in the second half to go with five rebounds and nine assists.
Al Horford scored 20 points to go with nine rebounds and Jae Crowder scored 23 to go with 10 boards and four assists as the Celtics won a game in which they were tagged with three technical fouls and had a 38-16 disparity in foul shot attempts.
Harden had 30 points, 12 assists, and six rebounds for the Rockets, but shot just 6-for-18 from the floor — including 2-for-11 on 3-pointers.
The Celtics came out a surly bunch to start the third quarter and turned that saltiness into results with a 14-3 run to start the half after being down six at the break. A Thomas 3-pointer stretched the gap to 69-63 with 8:06 on the clock, with Crowder pushing the lead to seven at 73-66 on a steal and lay-in with 6:56 to go.
The Rockets closed within one with 4:23 left before Boston shot back with an 11-4 run as Gerald Green’s 3-pointer had Boston up 88-80 with 1:09 left before Houston closed the quarter with six straight.
Houston made it an 11-0 run into the fourth before Green scored a basket and Horford hit a 3-pointer for a 93-91 Boston lead with 9:01 on the clock. After Houston briefly got even, Marcus Smart ripped away a loose ball and Thomas hit a 3-pointer, then Terry Rozier picked off a pass and found Thomas on a breakaway for a 98-93 lead with 7:08 to go.
Houston scored five in a row to get even when Harden was tagged with the Flagrant 1 foul after backhanding Jerebko in the face — drawing blood. Thomas hit the two free throws, drilled a 3-pointer, then drove for a 104-98 lead.
After Houston stopped the Thomas run, Rozier knocked down a 3-pointer for a seven-point game. Thomas came up with a steal down the other end and Horford finished inside for a 109-100 lead with 3:17 to go.
Crowder then went in alone after another steal and it was 111-100 with 2:59 left. Thomas matched a Houston basket with one of his own for an 11-point game with as the clock hit two minutes.
Crowder’s 3-pointer in the final minute iced Boston’s first signature victory of the season.
The Celtics largely survived a second quarter in which they were hit with three technical fouls, had a 16-6 disparity in free throws, and were still somehow only outscored 31-28.
The pinnacle possession of the bizarre quarter came when Jerebko was hit with a charge, a technical foul, and personal foul, Thomas was hit with a lane violation and Brad Stevens a technical foul all in a 20-second stretch of game time.
Boston emerged from the ordeal down 51-41, but was able to get within 58-52 at the half when Smart — who was also tagged with a technical foul with 46.4 seconds on the clock — found Horford for a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer.
Scott Souza can be reached at ssouza@wickedlocal.com. Follow him on Twitter @Scott_Souza.
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Perspective > Medscape > Impact Factor with F. Perry Wilson
'Sex Addiction' in 10% of US Men, 7% of Women?
F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE
Welcome to Impact Factor. I'm Perry Wilson. This week: sex addiction. Does it exist, and if so, how many people have it?
Okay, what we're actually talking about today goes by many names. The latest moniker is compulsive sexual behavior disorder, or CSBD—coming soon to ICD-11!
Source: ICD-11 for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics (ICD-11 MMS), 2018 version
But let me start by saying that the idea that one can be addicted to sex or have a sexual compulsion is controversial, with psychiatrists on both sides. CSBD doesn't mean that you have a lot of sex; it means that you are distressed by sexual urges. The idea is that if these urges are causing distress, they must be pathologic. Subtext: If they are pathologic, they should be treated.
But first, just how many people have CSBD? This JAMA Network Open article argues that the condition is surprisingly common.[1]
Researchers from the University of Minnesota used data from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, which is a nationally representative and, well, really interesting dataset to review.
Have you ever wanted to know whether cuddling increases sexual satisfaction? This is the dataset for you.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Spoiler alert: It does.
In any case, the survey includes the Compulsive Sexual Behavior Inventory, which is a validated set of 13 questions that ask about sexual urges. Higher scores are consistent with CSBD. And a lot of people had high scores.
Top-line results: 10% of men and 7% of women reported clinically significant levels of distress about their sexual urges or desires.
A number of factors were associated with CSBD. Rates were significantly higher among non-whites and dramatically higher among sexual minorities. But no factor was as strongly associated with distress about sexual urges as income.
Source: Dickenson JA, et al.[1]
But the relationship with income was weird: a U-shaped curve showing higher rates of distress about sexual urges from the poorest and richest portions of the population. It might be time to re-watch Eyes Wide Shut.
Source: Alamy
But here's the thing: Pathologizing sexual desires can go really wrong really quickly. There may be people who feel distress about their sexual urges because they are totally consuming and intrusive; but much more common is the distress that comes from moralistic or societal pressures to conform to certain sexual norms. The survey can't capture that crucial difference.
Do I think that 10% of American men and 7% of American women have a sexual pathology like this? No.
I think there are plenty of reasons for people to have hang-ups about sex and sexuality. But most of those are cultural. In the end, if you're not being hurt by a sexual feeling, and no one else is either, it probably doesn't deserve a diagnostic code.
Medscape © 2018 WebMD, LLC
Any views expressed above are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of WebMD or Medscape.
Cite this: 'Sex Addiction' in 10% of US Men, 7% of Women? - Medscape - Nov 13, 2018.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine; Interim Director, Program of Applied Translational Research, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Disclosure: F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
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MVCAC > Mosquito and Vector News > Chino mosquitoes test positive for West Nile Virus
Chino mosquitoes test positive for West Nile Virus
From Champion Newspapers
The West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District detected the presence of West Nile Virus in a collection of five mosquitoes trapped near Mountain Avenue and Satterfield Way in Chino on Aug. 18.
It is the first detection of West Nile Virus in the boundaries of the District this year, said community outreach coordinator Brian Reisinger
The District includes Chino, Chino Hills, Montclair, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, and Upland.
The virus was found in the native Southern House mosquito, not the aggressively biting Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes that are bothering residents.
West Nile Virus can be transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito, he said.
Up to 20 percent of people who become infected will have symptoms that could include body aches, fever, headaches, nausea, and vomiting, according to the California West Nile Virus website.
Eighty percent of infected people develop no symptoms.
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Posted on September 1, 2018 by Bryan Walters
Wildcats pounce on Rebels, 41-6
South Gallia junior running back Kyle Northup receives a handoff from quarterback Tristan Saber during the first half of Friday night’s Week 2 TVC Hocking football contest against Waterford in Mercerville, Ohio.
South Gallia senior Gavin Bevan wraps up Waterford's Braden Bellville (30) for a tackle near the goalline during the first half of Friday night's Week 2 TVC Hocking football contest in Mercerville, Ohio. (Bryan Walters|OVP Sports)
South Gallia junior Jeffrey Sheets bullies through a handful of Waterford defenders during the first half of Friday night's Week 2 TVC Hocking football contest in Mercerville, Ohio. (Bryan Walters|OVP Sports)
MERCERVILLE, Ohio — It’s the time of year when fleas, ticks and mosquitoes have no problem drinking a little bit of your blood.
On Friday night, however, the turnover bug went out of its way to drain the life out of the Rebels.
Visiting Waterford forced six turnovers and scored 28 points off of those miscues during a 41-6 victory over the South Gallia football team in Week 2 Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division opener for both programs at Rebel Stadium in Gallia County.
The host Rebels (0-2, 0-1 TVC Hocking) committed three turnovers apiece in each half, including a trio of miscues before halftime that gave the Wildcats (2-0, 1-0) great field position on three scoring drives en route to building a 21-0 intermission advantage.
Waterford recovered a fumble on South Gallia’s first offensive possession, then needed only five plays to cover 38 yards while taking a permanent advantage.
George Pantelidis hauled in a Peyten Stephens slant pass and covered 24 yards to paydirt, giving the guests a 7-0 cushion with 5:55 left in the opening period.
Joe Pantelidis came away with an interception on South Gallia’s ensuing offensive drive, which gave the Green and White the ball at the Rebel 26.
WHS needed just three plays to cover the distance as Braden Bellville plunged in from a yard out, giving the Wildcats a 13-0 edge with four seconds left in the first stanza.
The Rebels answered by stringing together a 15-play drive that made it all the way down to Waterford 16, but a sack and a Zane Heiss interception return gave the guests possession at the Rebel 32 with 4:08 left in the half.
The Cats needed just four plays to cover the distance as Stephens capped things with a one-yard run at the 3:07 mark, making it a 21-0 contest.
The Red and Gold forced their lone takeaway of the night midway through the third period as Caleb Johnson recovered a WHS fumble during a punt return, giving the hosts new life at the Wildcat 30-yard line.
Three plays and 30 yards later, the Rebels were back in the ball game following a 27-yard scoring run by Kyle Northup that made it a 21-6 contest with 4:33 remaining in the third.
The Wildcats, however, needed just 15 seconds to increase their lead back out to three possessions as Holden Dailey picked up a semi-deep kickoff and returned it 80 yards to the house — putting Waterford back out ahead by a 27-6 count with 4:18 left in the third canto.
The guests put together their longest drive of the night between the third and fourth quarters, a nine-play, 70-yard drive that led to a 35-6 advantage following a Bellville five-yard run with 9:15 left in regulation.
The Rebels responded with a 13-play drive that led to a first-and-goal situation at the one, but the hosts ultimately lost four yards on third down and then ran into misfortune on fourth down.
Joe Pantelidis stepped in front of a Tristen Saber screen pass at the two, picked it off and rumbled 98 yards down the field untouched while making it a 41-6 contest with 1:50 remaining in regulation.
South Gallia’s final drive made it out to the 23 before the final play of the game resulted in a Waterford interception.
The Wildcats outgained the hosts by a slim 204-172 overall margin in total offense, but the Rebels did have a sizable edge in the rushing department with a 172-72 advantage. South Gallia also claimed a 13-9 edge in first downs, but also finished the night minus-5 in turnover differential.
The Red and Gold were flagged only once for two yards, while the guests had nine penalties for 65 yards. Waterford also amassed all 132 passing yards in the contest.
Following the game, SGHS coach Mike Smith noted that the turnovers played a large roll in the outcome — particularly since everything else in the game plan seemed to be working.
“We did everything that we wanted do that we thought would give a chance to win this ball game, but we just had way too many mistakes to be able to pull it off,” Smith said. “In the end, we just self-destructed after doing some things well. That’s part of the process with young kids because they have to learn how to win. Right now, we’ve got to learn to get over that hump and win. Winning ain’t easy, but it comes down to doing the little things well … and we didn’t do that tonight.”
The Rebels rushed 54 times for 172 yards, an average of 3.2 yards per carry. Northup paced the hosts with 102 yards on 17 carries, followed by Jeffrey Sheets with 37 yards on a dozen totes.
Tristen Saber had a rough night under center in going 0-for-5 passing with four interceptions to go along with seven carries for minus-10 yards. South Gallia did not have a reception in the setback.
Bellville led Waterford with 74 rushing yards on 14 carries, while Stephens completed 8-of-11 passes for 132 yards, throwing one touchdown and zero picks.
George Pantelidis led the WHS wideouts with three catches for 68 yards, followed by Nick Fouss with three grabs for 58 yards.
The Rebels — who have now dropped eight consecutive decisions — return to action Friday when they travel to Stewart to face Federal Hocking in a Week 3 TVC Hocking contest at 7 p.m.
http://www.mydailyregister.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/09/web1_9.2-SG-Northup.jpgSouth Gallia junior running back Kyle Northup receives a handoff from quarterback Tristan Saber during the first half of Friday night’s Week 2 TVC Hocking football contest against Waterford in Mercerville, Ohio. Bryan Walters|OVP Sports
South Gallia senior Gavin Bevan wraps up Waterford’s Braden Bellville (30) for a tackle near the goalline during the first half of Friday night’s Week 2 TVC Hocking football contest in Mercerville, Ohio. (Bryan Walters|OVP Sports)
http://www.mydailyregister.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/09/web1_SG-Bevan.jpgSouth Gallia senior Gavin Bevan wraps up Waterford’s Braden Bellville (30) for a tackle near the goalline during the first half of Friday night’s Week 2 TVC Hocking football contest in Mercerville, Ohio. (Bryan Walters|OVP Sports)Bryan Walters|OVP Sports
South Gallia junior Jeffrey Sheets bullies through a handful of Waterford defenders during the first half of Friday night’s Week 2 TVC Hocking football contest in Mercerville, Ohio. (Bryan Walters|OVP Sports)
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Georgia Democrats Turned Out in Record Numbers During 2020 Primary Despite Massive Poll Problems
By Alexandra Hutzler On 6/15/20 at 2:05 PM EDT
U.S. 2020 Election Georgia
Georgia Democrats turned out in record-breaking levels for last week's state primary despite the broken machines and long lines that plagued in-person voting.
More than 1 million Democrats cast their ballot on the June 9 election, surpassing the number of Republican voters by tens of thousands.
Stacey Abrams, the founder of the voting rights initiative Fair Fight Action and a former state representative, tweeted Monday morning that "with more votes left to count, more Georgia Dems voted in last week's primary than ever." She announced that 1,074,766 ballots had been counted so far.
Breaking: With more votes left to count, more Georgia Dems voted in last week’s primary than ever. 1,074,766 counted so far, surpassing 2008. This of course does not include all those who were unable to vote because of suppression. But Georgia Dems are fired up. #gapol
— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) June 15, 2020
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the number of votes cast last week surged past the previous high mark of 1,060,851—which was set during the 2008 presidential primary between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Turnout was also higher on the Democratic side than it was during the state's gubernatorial primary in 2018, when 550,000 ballots were cast. In 2018, Abrams became the Democratic nominee for governor and challenged Republican Brian Kemp. That election, which Abrams lost by less than 2 percentage points, was riddled with accusations of voter suppression.
"Georgia is the premier battleground state," said Seth Bringman, a spokesman for Fair Fight. "Georgia is growing, becoming more diverse, and becoming more Democratic. We have the highest percentage of Black voters and the youngest electorate of any presidential battleground. Georgia Republicans are afraid—and their smoke signals to national funders now becoming loud, desperate cries for help. With the right investment, Democratic victory up and down the ballot in Georgia is within reach."
Voter suppression was also a top issue in last week's election, as voters experienced hours-long lines and broken machines when they tried to cast their vote in-person at polling stations across the state. The problems were particularly prevalent in minority neighborhoods in Fulton County and DeKalb County in Atlanta.
State Representative Jasmine Clark, a Democrat from Lilburn, told Newsweek at the time that many polling stations in her district had no machines ready when they opened that morning and that workers were handing out provisional ballots, which they could not guarantee would be counted by that evening.
"There are a lot of things that need to change, but this just cannot be the way we do elections," Clark said.
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Later that day, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said his office would start an investigation into the voting problems in two of Georgia's largest counties.
"The voting situation today in certain precincts in Fulton and DeKalb counties is unacceptable. My office has opened an investigation to determine what these counties need to do to resolve these issues before November's election," he said in a statement.
State leaders had warned ahead of the primary that voters should expect longer wait times because of a new touch screen voting system as well as the increased sanitation measures being taken due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Georgia postponed the election twice and heavily expanded mail-in balloting due to the health crisis. The number of absentee ballots surged to record levels, with nearly 7 million absentee ballots being sent to residents. About 1 million people voted by mail, roughly 30 times the amount of votes cast by mail in the 2016 primary elections.
People wait in line to vote in Georgia's Primary Election on June 9, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia. Despite problems at the polls, Georgia Democrats came out in record numbers during the primary. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty
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Cannvas Appoints Wesley Tulshi, Director of Hololens HW Group at Microsoft to AI, Technology and Data Advisory Board
Cannvas MedTech Inc.
Board Provides Independent Consultation and Oversight for Cannabis Analytics
Platform Cannvas Data
TORONTO, March 28, 2019 /CNW/ - Cannvas MedTech Inc. ("Cannvas" or the "Company") (CSE: MTEC) (Frankfurt: 3CM) (OTCPK: CANVF), a leading digital cannabis education and analytics company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Wesley Tulshi to its AI, Technology and Data Advisory Board. Mr. Tulshi is currently based in Silicon Valley and serves as Director, Hololens HW Group at Microsoft, helping develop wearable mixed reality technology powered by artificial intelligence. He will support the Cannvas Data platform with his wide-ranging expertise and rich experience in technology, innovation and digital security. Mr. Tulshi joins the recently appointed, Dinesh Kandanchatha, founder and former Chief Technology Officer of Patriot One Technologies (CVE:PAT) (OTCMKTS:PTOTF) (FRA:0PL).
"Wesley has been diligently leading a team at Microsoft to develop its Hololens technology, among the most advanced and complicated mixed reality platforms to emerge from the tech sector in recent memory, and one that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to provide a superior user experience to consumers across a range of industries," said Shawn Moniz, Chief Executive Officer, Cannvas MedTech. "Wesley's mastery in technology and his aptitude for innovation are precisely why we are proud to have him join our AI, Technology and Data Advisory Board to help guide the evolution of our Cannvas Data cannabis analytics platform as we continue to grow into the Google of Cannabis in Canada and beyond."
A graduate of the University of Waterloo, Mr. Tulshi has held positions as an analyst with Greater Toronto Airports Authority and Deloitte. In 2006, he was recruited by Marvell Semiconductor to make the move to Silicon Valley and design component chips for the System-on-a-Chip (SoC) group, which aims to bring cost-effective Wifi/Bluetooth wireless solutions to the growing cell phone and consumer electronic industries. For several years, Mr. Tulshi has worked at Microsoft's Mountain View office as the Director of the Hololens HW Group.
The Cannvas AI, Technology and Data Advisory Board provides independent consultation and oversight for Cannvas Data, the Company's cannabis analytics platform providing AI-driven cannabis data and analytics to organizations looking to learn more about the audiences in the cannabis space. With the global legal cannabis market projected to reach a valuation of $27 billion dollars by 2020 and $146.5 billion by 2025, Cannvas Data is positioning itself as a leader in cannabis analytics delving deep into the industry trends, consumer behaviours and pre-purchasing patterns shaping the global cannabis sector.
The Company also announces that it has granted incentive stock options to purchase a total of 1,000,000 common shares at an exercise price of $0.275 per share for a period of five years to certain directors and officers in accordance with the provisions of its stock option plan.
About Cannvas MedTech Inc.
Cannvas MedTech is a leading digital cannabis education and analytics company delivering accessible and evidence-based education while harnessing the power of data to paint a clearer picture of cannabis consumption across Canada.
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Some of the statements contained in this release are forward-looking statements, such as estimates and statements that describe the Issuer's future plans, objectives or goals, including words to the effect that the Issuer or management expects a stated condition or result to occur. Since forward-looking statements address future events and conditions, by their very nature, they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. For a description of the risks and uncertainties facing the Company and its business and affairs, readers should refer to the Company's Management's Discussion and Analysis and other disclosure filings with Canadian securities regulators, which are posted on www.sedar.com.
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NJ.com’s girls soccer final Top 50 ranking for 2020, Part 2: Nos. 1-20
Updated Nov 26, 2020; Posted Nov 25, 2020
Eastern celebrates with the trophy after winning the NJSIAA South, West D (Group 4) girls soccer final between No. 1 Eastern and Washington Township at Eastern High School in Voorhees, NJ on Sunday, November 22, 2020. Eastern won 3-0.Scott Faytok | For NJ Advance Media
By Brandon Gould | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
This was a different year and a unique season, but teams took full advantage of the games they were able to play and some squads continued the ride to a regional championship.
Check out the second part of NJ Advance Media’s two-day release of the final girls soccer Top 50.
Our focus here is on teams ranked No. 1-20, and that elite group includes some amazing squads, including a few who finished with a perfect record and other who won championships.
NJ.COM TOP 20-NOs. 1-20
1-Eastern (15-0)
Eastern has been a great program for more than a decade and has been nearly unbeatable the last four years. Rutgers commit Riley Tiernan has been a constant during that time, with 85 career goals and 87 career assists. If this was a normal year, the senior most likely would have hit the century mark in both categories. Tiernan is the best forward in the state and with her in the lineup, Eastern has gone 86-3-3 since 2017. The tough thing about the Vikings this year though is that they have a handful of scoring threats that you also have to keep an eye on all game. Army commit Cami Silvestro and Sydney Ritter were breakout stars this fall. Silvestro thrived after moving from midfield to forward, while Ritter took off in her first season of high school soccer. Sophomore Hayley Marsden and junior Devyn Shapiro also made big plays. There were a few close calls this year against Bishop Eustace in the regular season and Cherokee in the playoffs, but the defense held up in those games until the offense could strike. Junior Alex Clark came back to play high school soccer and was really good in net. Junior Klio Kokolis and La Salle commit Stella Kahn led the back line for Eastern, which capped off a perfect year with a 3-0 win over Washington Township in the South West D (Group 4) title game.
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Check out the first part of a two-day release of the final Top 50.
2-Montclair (13-0-1)
Montclair had a special season and ended it with a big championship win over rival Livingston in the North East E (Group 4) final. This season included a couple of close calls, including a double-overtime win in the regional semis. Montclair always found a way to win though with a lineup led by star midfielders. Georgetown commit Claire Manning scored the game-winner to send Montclair to the regional final and finished the year with a team-high 20 goals. Indiana commit Sydney Masur was there alongside Manning in the midfield all year and dominated play in that area of the field. Sonia Neighbors is a star on the rise and scored some big goals in 2020. Baldwin Gittens and Shelby Duffy were just a few of the game-changers for a defense that was anchored by standout junior keeper Molly Brumbach.
3-Ocean City (11-0-1)
Rutgers commit Faith Slimmer and Monmouth commit Summer Reimet were great all year and made sure that Ocean City never lost, extending its unbeaten streak to 34 games. Slimmer finished with a state-best 30 goals and also had 17 assists. The senior scored four times in the South East B (Group 3, Group 4) championship victory to reach career goal No. 100. Reimert finished with 23 goals, while Slimmer’s younger sister, Hope, had a team-high 18 assists. Seniors Paige Panico, Suzy Dietrich and Kelsey White were tone-setters on the defensive end.
4-Scotch Plains-Fanwood (12-1-1)
Scotch Plains-Fanwood put a loss to Summit in the rearview mirror on its way to a dominant finish. Lehigh commit Corinne Lyght delivered with a hat trick in the Central East F (Group 4) final. Those three goals were scored in a seven-minute span and created distance in a 4-0 win over Toms River North. Lyght’s play at forward was game-changing all season for the Raiders and led an offense that also leaned on Faith Price and Holly Nelson. Tennessee commit Leah Klurman and Ashley DeFrancesco led the defense this fall, while first-year starter Rebecca Kessler locked things down in net. Klurman also stepped up and scored some big-time goals, including a game-winning strike in the regional semifinals vs. Jackson Memorial.
5-Holmdel (15-0)
Holmdel didn’t get to play in the postseason, with its athletic program shut down. That was tough because it beat the team that won its region in the regular season. Holmdel got the best of Rumson-Fair Haven just a few weeks earlier in a game that Penn State commit Sofia Mancino won, 2-1, with 1.8 seconds left. Mancino had a breakout year in her final season at Holmdel and led an offense that also leaned on Taylor Bielan, Lindsay Guarnaccia, Katie Vassilakos and Julianna Kolbasovsky. Bayonne transfer Adrianna Morales was a leader on defense.
The Rumson-Fair Haven girls soccer team celebrates its state final victory over Wall.
6-Rumson-Fair Haven (14-1)
Rumson-Fair Haven’s only loss this fall came in a game that it lost in the final minute of regulation on a questionable no-call. The Bulldogs did not let that loss derail the season, however, and came back and won a Central East B (Group 2) title. To win that championship, Rumson-Fair Haven won in a classic 3-2 double overtime win. Katie Aglione hit the game-winner in that game to knockfoff previously undefeated Wall. Aglione, Chase Boyle, Sam Cesario and Brynn Pritchard were great all year for a balanced offense. Senior defender Lilly Frick and keeper Eva Kalman were both leaders on defense in 2020.
7-Wall (16-1)
Wall’s undefeated streak was snapped in the regional final during a 3-2 double overtime loss to Rumson-Fair Haven. That marked the second year in a row that Wall dropped an overtime time game on the last day of the season. It was a tough way to finish the year, but there’s no denying how talented this group was in 2020. Senior Olivia Ramiz played at an All-State level, with 25 goals and 15 assists. Kiersten Brown paired well with Ramiz and came through with 15 goals and 10 assists. Rookie keeper Saige Santa Cruz had a really good year in net.
8-Toms River North (15-1-1)
The last game of the season was rough, but you can’t deny how special the 16-game unbeaten streak was on the way to the regional final. Rutgers commit Cameron Kennett was the best keeper in the state this season and led a tough defense. Rookie Alexis Garcia was a bright spot on an offense that also featured Isabella Pures and Madison DiEugenio.
9-Freehold Township (13-1-1)
Towson commit Ryann Leohner led an offense that got a huge boost in 2020 with the stellar play of rookies Cassidy Corcione and Ainsley Moy. That pair along with sophomores Gabby Koluch and Kayla Wong gives Freehold Township a bright future. High Point commit Gabby Zuczek led the back line for a defense that saw Ava Madoff and Alexa David split time in net. Freehold Township got by East Brunswick in penalty kicks in the regional semifinals and then beat Union, 5-1, to take home the Central East E (Group 4) title.
10-Hunterdon Central (12-2-1)
Rutgers commit Emily Mason had another great year as the leader on defense for Hunterdon Central. The Red Devils season came to an end in the regional semifinals, with Ridge coming out on top in penalty kicks after a scoreless tie. Sophomore Reagan Schubach had an incredible year, scoring 20 times for the best team in the Skyland Conference.
Red Bank Catholic poses for photo after winning the Central, East G, Non-Public Tournament.
11-Middletown South (10-3)
The chance to chase a regional title was taken away from Middletown South, with the district’s athletics shutting down before the playoffs started. That was tough because there was a clear path to the final. Notre Dame commit Katie Coyle led the team with 18 goals and seven assists for Middletown South, which was really good when it was playing consistent soccer. Meghan Carragher is a center back, but she came up with some clutch scoring and had the game-winning goal against Freehold Township in an OT comeback win. Senior keeper Jess Bucello played well as the full-time starter this fall.
12-Red Bank Catholic (10-4)
There was a rough stretch in the middle of the season, but the Caseys turned it around and no one could stop this team on the way to a Central East G (Non-Public) title. Junior Morgan Cupo led the offense once again as the team’s top scorer. Senior Aubrey Silverman is D1-bound and will play defense in college, but started at forward all year for RBC and had 10 assists. Red Bank Catholic made that move because of its depth on defense.
13-Jackson Memorial (13-2-1)
This team went on a 12-game unbeaten streak after a loss to Toms River North earlier this fall. That run started with a 1-1 draw with that same Toms River North team. That run came to an end in the regional semifinals with a 1-0 loss to Scotch Plains-Fanwood. Towson commit Krista Lauro was dominant on the back line and led a defense that received great play in net from both Riley Miller and Brooke McKown. Hannah Reese and Victoria Pungello led the offense.
14-Ramapo (8-2)
Ramapo’s only losses this season came in overtime. This squad had to overcome some hurdles in 2020, but still proved it was one of the best teams in the state. The Raiders did not get the chance to play for a title unfortunately, with the athletic program shutting down before the playoffs. The midfield was loaded with D1 talents Mary Cochran, Mia Suchora and Haley Schmidt. Senior defender Ella Onal and senior keeper Sara Pecorelli were also leaders.
15-DePaul (9-2)
DePaul needed an offensive boost this year after all that it graduated from last season ‘s team and got exactly what it needed when sophomore Madison Krakower joined the team. The star striker came up with 16 goals and 10 assists for a team that went all the way and won the North West E (Non-Public) title. Marshall commit Camryn Wolf was also an offensive playmaker for the Spartans along with Alyssa Winkler. Junior Arianna Silva was a leader on the back line for a defense that was anchored by junior keepers Kayla Bower and Madison Miniutti.
The Chatham girls soccer team jogs off the field after defeating Wayne Valley, 2-1, in the North, West C, Group 3 final.
16-Montclair Kimberley (13-1-1)
The season had a tough ending, with Montclair Kimberley coming up short in penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie with Immaculate Heart in the North East F (Non-Public) final. Sophomore Bella Douglas played high school soccer this year and was sensational with 26 goals and 14 assists. Sophomore Sofia Vinasco was also amazing with 15 goals and 18 assists. Veteran defenders Chloe Skipper and Sarah Hobbs made the Cougars hard to score on and that’s how this team finished the year on a 13-game unbeaten streak. Rookie Salange Bell had a really good freshman year and she’ll be one of the top keepers to watch moving forward.
17-Manalapan (9-4-1)
This is a very young team and there were times this fall where half the lineup included freshmen. Those rookies are really talented though and Manalapan showed that in an upset win over Middletown South earlier this year. Freshmen Vanessa Sarf and Sydney Spilsbury broke out on offense, while rookie Emma Guidotti was solid in net. Manalapan’s losses this season all came against Top 20 teams, including a few one-goal, down-to-the-wire thrillers.
18-Chatham (14-1)
Chatham lost to West Morris in the regular season, but recovered and won the last six games of the season on its way to a North West C (Group 3) regional title. Purdue commit Elizabeth Droner was amazing in the midfield this fall and in the last two games of the year, she converted on three penalty kicks. Two of those came in a 2-1 win over Wayne Valley in the title game. Droner’s sister, Paige, also had a really good year for the Cougars. Ashley Kiernan and Sophie Straka stepped up as well. Keeper Cate Hackett was lights out in net late in the season.
19-Wayne Valley (12-2)
Wayne Valley lost on opening day, but then won 12 straight games on its way to the regional final. Emily Jozak and Kelsey Ramos both ended the year with double-digit goals and double-digit assists. Jozak also spent some time on defense for Wayne Valley. Senior Ava Whisten also stepped up for the offense this year for Wayne Valley. Junior Astrid McGraw stepped in as the starting keeper and was solid for a defense that pitched nine shutouts.
20-Washington Township (8-2)
This team’s only loss in 2020 came to the state’s best team, Eastern. James Madison commit Amanda Attanasi led the team in scoring and came through with the game-wiining goal against Shwnee to send Washington Township to the regional final. Junior keeper Kelsey Newton came up with some big saves throughout the season.
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Solar energy can power our homes through blackouts and climate change | Opinion
Updated Dec 05, 2020; Posted Dec 05, 2020
This homeowner with solar and batteries who was able to keep their lights on in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias. (Courtesy Sunrun)
By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist
By Evan Dube
Isaias caused 1.4 million people in New Jersey to lose power this summer. It is shocking that a storm much less powerful than Hurricane Sandy caused a significant number of blackouts. Thousands of New Jerseyans were left without power even a week later after this storm. What you may not know is that hundreds of households were also able to power through these power outages using solar power generated on their roof and stored in batteries at their home.
I am glad to see that the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) is investigating what went wrong, but it’s clear they must act now to advance local clean energy technology that can help people keep their lights on and reduce the demand for electricity on our overall grid.
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), the owner of the leading utility servicing New Jersey and parts of New York, recently announced a plan earlier this year to sell all fossil fuel generating assets by 2021 and “focus investments on building a cleaner, more efficient and modern grid.”
The company’s decision to move away from fossil fuels is an important step that will support New Jersey’s transition to 100% clean energy by 2050. However, their “investments” will come with a big price tag for anyone who pays an electric bill in PSEG territory.
Utility capital investments matter because of the fine print. Utilities get paid for building traditional infrastructure. The more they build, the more they get paid to the tune of billions of dollars. All energy consumers pick up the tab for utility spending. We can’t afford to continue to spend money on a traditional centralized grid that holds New Jersey back.
Today, there are over 125,000 solar installations on homes and businesses in New Jersey that provide nearly 5% of the state’s total power. A growing subset of these also has batteries, which keep the lights on when the grid goes down, something that decades of a utility spending billions of dollars can’t seem to fix.
As New Jersey moves toward a more resilient, equitable and affordable clean energy future, PSEG should not be the only game in town. Nearly 400 solar companies currently sell and operate in New Jersey. This competitive market helps keep costs low for consumers. People in every community in this state want to take control of their own electricity and reduce energy costs. Preserving a competitive, community-driven marketplace makes sure this will happen.
Reducing energy costs through community-driven solutions is particularly important for low-income communities and communities of color. A recent study found that African-American homeowners paid $408 in utility expenses more every year on average than white homeowners, all else being equal. This is one regressive burden too many for people already fighting to keep their heads above water as we continue to navigate the COVID-19 crisis. While investments in grid maintenance and clean energy assets like utility-scale solar play a role in reaching climate goals, they cannot be the only method.
So what’s the bottom line? People should be empowered with options –– beyond the utilities’ offerings –– to control their energy futures.
Home solar and battery storage solutions can give New Jerseyans control over their energy future and hedge against increasing electric bills. The unemployment rate in New Jersey last month hit 8.2%, meaning tens of thousands still remain without a job. People simply can’t afford higher electricity bills and the uncertainty that they may lose power.
Fortunately, we’re at a pivotal moment in New Jersey’s energy transition where we can expand access to reliable locally-sited clean energy resources, provide more opportunities for jobs, and better manage increasing electric rates. We need to encourage utility cooperation and partnership with clean energy providers, who are on the cutting edge of innovation, cost reduction and consumer empowerment.
It’s time for a better energy system –– one that will remake our dated, economically inefficient existing energy infrastructure into a more consumer-centric, affordable, clean and reliable system that puts people in control.
Evan Dube is vice president of public policy at Sunrun.
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South Korea launches reforestation campaign in North
Anyone who has spent time visiting North Korea on Google Earth will have noticed the acute shortage of trees. I am not alone in this observation. Dr. Lankov recently reported that South Korean tourists to Kaesong also sense this.
Donating trees to the North might sound like a particularly harmless form of aid–all the symbolism of inter-Korean cooperation without the messy politics of monitoring food aid or investment. But the reality is far more pragmatic:
[H]elping North Korea to plant more trees is one of President Lee’s campaign pledges.
He said the South will send seedlings to the North but no details were given as to whether or when the two Koreas will meet for the forestry project.
The spokesman said when the Kyoto Protocol takes effect, the South can buy the right to emit CO2 from North Korea.(Korea Times)
The South Korean government is not alone in hoping to make money off increasing North Korea’s stock of trees. Singaporean entrepreneur Richard Savage started a tree farm in the DPRK back in 2002:
Richard Savage kneels in the rich brown earth of a field on the outskirts of Pyongyang and reverentially spreads out the broad, green leaf of a young paulownia tree. The saplings have been in the ground for only a month but already they are a meter high; the first harvest could take place in just five years. Eyes shaded by his black cowboy hat, the Singaporean native gazes down the rows of juvenile trees, each worth thousands of dollars at maturity, with a satisfied grin. The experimental lumber crop has survived the harsh North Korean winter and is flourishing in the loamy soil. “The paulownia loves this,” he says. Glancing at another leafy plant, a new hybrid, he confides, “We’re going to let the Dear Leader name it.” (Time)
UPDATE 2002 (Via Werner Koidl):
The IHT wrote on Oct. 27th, 2006:
“Richard Savage, executive director of Maxgro, a company based in Singapore, is probably one of the most ambitious foreigners in North Korea. He is developing a hardwood plantation on 1,500 hectares, or 3,700 acres, manufactures Snow Pine cigarettes for the local market and is building an eight-story financial center in Pyongyang in a joint venture with the government and other investors.”
Even the North Korean government, though, has noticed that the forests are not as dense as they used to be. Bradley Martin reported in Bloomberg that Kim Jong il has been pushing a reforestation program for some time:
North Korea’s deforestation program dates back to a 1961 speech by Kim Il Sung. In a mostly mountainous country, he proclaimed, “it is necessary to obtain more land through the remaking of nature.” Not only tidelands but “hills throughout the country and plateaus” should be “brought under the plough,” he said.
“The hills and mountains still had trees, and I never heard of floods,” said Hiroko Saito, a Japanese woman who moved with her Korean husband to North Korea in 1961. Her husband joined one of Kim’s vast mountain work teams in the early 1970s, said Saito, now 66 and back in Japan.
Following Kim’s death in 1994 — just before a flood-linked famine gripped the nation — his son and successor Kim Jong Il continued the sacrifice of forest cover until 2000, when he began encouraging reforestation. But the shift hasn’t reversed the damage, and some analysts warn that another famine, close to the scale of the 1990s disaster that may have killed millions of people, might occur as soon as next year.
The government’s agricultural policies launched a cycle of events that lead to greater and greater numbers of trees being culled. Clearing the forests contributed to seasonal flooding. The floods exacerbated the food shortage, and pushed people to adopt coping mechanisms to meet their minimum caloric intake for survival. These coping mechanisms take a toll on what remains of the forests–which exacerbates the flooding. Repeat annually. This cycle of destruction has seemingly frustrated Mr. Kim’s plans to bring back the forests:
“For the past few years, I have been telling you to work hard afforestation and have encouraged you at every opportunity.”
“However, an forestation has not met the criteria of authorities and is not going according to plan.”
What Kim Jong Il is trying to say is that, “The reason afforestation is not working is because of the people’s reckless slash-and-burn cultivation, as well as the inefficiency of officers unable to block it.”
After the food crisis in ’95, people uprooted vines and trees to suffice their underfed diets, as well as cultivating illegal farms for food. Further, to save themselves from freezing to death, people used trees as firewood.(Daily NK)
Spontaneous coping mechanisms aside, efforts at increasing forrest cover might prove more difficult than the government expects. Even if it resolves the food shortage (which does not seem likely in the near term), it has seemingly lost control of its technocrats who have no problem selling DPRK lumber overseas:
…Oh Moon-hyuk, branch manager of the Ruengra 888 trading company in Yunsa, North Hamkyung Province, was executed after being implicated in the smuggling of timber. The trading company was responsible for the export of timber, and operates under the control of the Party’s accounting bureau. The inside contact stated that because of this incident, North Korean authorities carried out further inspections, leading in October of last year to the dismissal of one official receiving vice-minister pay, and the broadening of the inspections nationwide. (Institute for Far Eastern Studies)
The full articles can be found here:
S. Korea to Help N. Korea Plant More Trees
Kim Yon-se
Kims’ Clear-Cutting of Korean Forests Risks Triggering Famine
Bradley Martin
Hideko Takayama
Cause of Barren Mountains: Imperialism-Natural Disaster-Officers
Daily NK
Han Young Jin
Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES)
NK Bfrief No. 08-2-5-2
Light from the North?
Donald MacIntyre
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Werner Koidl says:
You asked: … Does anyone know how that turned out ?
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Caprese Salad Recipe with Buffalo Mozzarella
1 HOW IS MOZZARELLA CHEESE MADE?
2 THE OTHER INGREDIENT: THE TOMATO
3 Caprese Salad Recipe
If I was forced to choose a favorite Italian cheese, I’d leave the room because it’s impossible so I’d have to choose a top 20 and, without doubt, good mozzarella will be one of them.
Whilst many people believe that this cheese is essentially a generic term for a number of Italian cheeses, as far as I’m concerned, they’re all wrong because Antonio who knew everything about Napolitan food, said so. There is only one mozzarella and that’s the perishable cheese made with the milk of the black water buffalo and it’s best eaten on the day that it was made (di giornata).
HOW IS MOZZARELLA CHEESE MADE?
Simple as that. The name originated in Campania and it comes from a process called the mozzatura (cutting off) of the cheese. Whilst scamorza, meaning shirtless (scamozzata), is a similar cheese, it isn’t mozzarella. Bartolomeo Scappi first spoke about the cheese in his 1570 Opera dell’arte del cucinare, written while he was Pope’s Pius 4 & 5’s chef.
The cheese is made by separating the milk using rennet as with all other cheeses. The curds this process produces are roughly chopped into pieces, heated to about 80 – 90 C (180-200 F) and then the cheesemaker starts to stir and knead the steaming mass until it forms an elastic paste that he can draw out into long threads (which is why it’s known as a pasta-filata cheese) that will be divided into equal portions of paste; these are then divided into balls, plaited (which I don’t like because it totally destroys the eating experience) and other shapes.
Because the cheese is so popular, it’s made with cow’s milk as well which is (or should be) called fiordilatte or fior di latte (a milk flower), depending where you find yourself in Italy.
The black water buffalo are kept in large herds mainly on the plains of the Volturno river north of Naples and in the triangle between Paestum, Eboli and Salerno and has, since 1993, been recognized as an official DOC product.
Today it’s also made in Lazio, Foggia and Apulia and you need to look for the quality mark when you’re buying. Provolo is the smoked version but Caciovallo is made from cow’s milk but it’s good and if left long enough, can be grated much like Parmigiano Reggiano or pecorino Romano.
THE OTHER INGREDIENT: THE TOMATO
Neapolitans have this love affair with the tomato, more particularly the San Marzano plum tomato that’s grown in the Sarno Valley between Naples and Salerno and of course those grown on the slopes of Vesuvius.
The volcanic soil & loads of water produce a tomato with a flavor that you’ll never forget. It took the Neapolitans a long time to accept the tomato and if it wasn’t for the Bourbon chefs, they probably wouldn’t have.
Neapolitans can be stubborn that way but ironically Campania became the first area in Italy to plant them and they grew like mad. Soon tomatoes were included in almost every meal.
Today, San Marzano tomatoes have PDO status due to the unique flavor; they’re sweet yet tart with an elongated shape, flesh with few seeds or fibers and the skin is peeled off easily. So when you’re in the supermarket next and you need to buy tins of tomatoes, look out for the Italian San Marzano. You wont be sorry.
Caprese Salad Recipe
This salad is an authentic version from Campania. Easy to make and so fresh that it will be an absoulute winner!
Keyword: caprese, salad
300 g mozzarella cheese Use buffalo mozzarella for extra taste
4 San Marzano tomatoes peeled, seeded and sliced
8 fresh basil leaves get perfect leaves, it makes such a difference
Extra virgin olive oil for drizzling
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Drain the mozzarella and cut into slices – don’t cut them too thinly.
Arrange the mozzarella and tomato slices alternately in concentric rings on a serving dish.
Sprinkle with the basil leaves, drizzle generously with the oil and season with salt and pepper if you must.
Serve immediately or keep cool for a few minutes.
This is all, nothing else, no pesto, no beetroot, no rocket and certainly no vinegar or any other odd things.
Calories: 295kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 59mg | Sodium: 1058mg | Potassium: 830mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 1030IU | Vitamin C: 38.2mg | Calcium: 506mg | Iron: 4.3mg
Other salad recipes:
Italian Chicken Salad Without Mayo Recipe
Authentic Italian Antipasto Salad Recipe
Easy Octopus Salad Recipe
One Response to “Caprese Salad Recipe with Buffalo Mozzarella”
Fiona Manoon says:
Salad is so healthy to eat.
Thanks for this amazing post .
Keep Posting !!
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/ Portrait - NPG P22(21); Mrs Duncan and her children
Mrs Duncan and her children
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Mrs Duncan (active 1861). Sitter in 1 portrait.
George Washington Wilson (1823-1893), Photographer. Artist of 22 portraits.
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The Balmoral album: photographs by George Washington Wilson, W. & D. Downey and Henry John Whitlock, 1854-68
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Books and libraries
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Death of Prince Albert, from typhoid fever. Queen Victoria goes into a long period of mourning, withdrawing from public duties, and becomes known by the satirical title 'Widow of Windsor'.
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published by her husband Sidney, who successfully maintained the Beeton brand after his wife's early death seven years later. The highly popular book, containing recipes and advice for housekeeping, appealed to the Victorian belief that a woman's role was managing the home.
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company is founded, marking the start of the arts and crafts movement.
The American civil war begins after the Confederate army attacks Union forces at Fort Sumter in April. The Confederates, comprised of eleven southern states who seceded from the Union over the right to independence on issues such as abolition, are presided over by Jefferson Davis, formerly senator of Mississippi. Although the Union had early successes, the Confederates' victory at Bull Run sets the Union up for a long, four-year war.
Queen Victoria Trail
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NSF International Consulting Services Bring Science-Based Methodologies to Sustainability Practices
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – NSF International, a global independent organization that works to protect the environment and human health, has launched new services to help companies measure their environmental impacts, identify potential risks and capitalize on improvement opportunities. NSF International’s environmental services use evidence-based methods and quantifiable measures to help organizations navigate complex sustainability issues and determine cost-effective reduction strategies in the areas of energy, water, materials and land.
As investors, customers and regulating bodies continue to demand socially and environmentally responsible operations, companies are increasingly pressured to enhance their sustainability efforts. In a recent literature review by Arabesque Asset Management, Ltd. and the University of Oxford, 80 percent of cases showed a positive correlation between good sustainability practices and a company’s stock price performance.
“More than ever, organizations are expected to take responsibility for their environmental impact and continually report their progress toward more sustainable operations,” said Jenny Oorbeck, General Manager of Sustainability Services at NSF International. “Our expert team of highly regarded professionals uses scientific rigor to help determine, manage and continually improve sustainability goals and initiatives. With our proven methodologies, we can help organizations set aggressive targets, develop strategies, and implement policies and programs that will make a lasting, positive impact on their operations and on the environment.”
Through NSF International’s analysis of nearly 4,000 sustainability goals listed on Pivot Goals, results to date indicate the world’s largest companies have only achieved three to eight percent of climate, water, waste and land-use goals. Additionally, according to the CDP Climate Change Report from 2016, only 1.4 percent of more than 1,000 survey respondents issued science-based emission targets that were approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi).
NSF International’s environmental consulting services are designed to complement its existing responsible sourcing consulting services, and are focused on helping organizations meet and develop sustainability targets and strategies in the areas of energy, water, materials and land. Clients can choose to approach their sustainability efforts from four different pathways by focusing on products and processes, projects, facilities or supply chains.
NSF International’s three-step process for engaging with clients to develop customized sustainability targets and strategies.
For more information on NSF International and its environmental consulting services, please visit NSF Sustainability or contact sustainability@nsf.org.
Editor’s Note: For media interviews, please contact Thomas Frey, APR at media@nsf.org or +1 (734) 214-6242.
About NSF International: NSF International (nsf.org) is a global independent organization that writes standards, and tests and certifies products for the food, water, health sciences and consumer goods industries to minimize adverse health effects and protect the environment. Founded in 1944, NSF is committed to protecting human health and safety worldwide. With clients in more than 170 countries, NSF International is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center on Food Safety, Water Quality and Indoor Environment.
NSF’s sustainability certification, testing and consulting services can lower risk, increase growth and reduce costs, while instilling marketplace and investor confidence. Services include safer chemistry, responsible sourcing for food and textiles, landfill-free, GHG management services, sustainable product certification and e-waste and forestry verifications.
NSF Is Now an Accredited Solution Provider for CDP Consulting at the Silver Level for Climate Change
NSF International and Soil Association Team Up to Offer SFI® and FSC® Forestry Certifications
NSF and E-Reuse Services Collaborate to Make Electronics Reuse Conference Waste-Free for Second Year
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https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Chevron-provides-second-grant-for-job-skills-7453653.php
Chevron provides second grant for job skills training program
Kathleen Thurber
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Published 1:43 pm CST, Monday, December 5, 2011
Chevron announced this month it will provide an additional $75,000 to Casa de Amigos for a second year of its Take 2 Job Skills training program.
The program -- aimed at helping people acquire the training to qualify for "hard to fill" occupations -- launched last year through a $100,000 grant from Chevron and now will have funds to continue through 2012.
In addition to the $75,000 coming from Chevron's Engage, Execute and Empower Social Investment grant program, the company's Houston office also is providing $50,000 to the Midland nonprofit, said Lael Cordes-Pitts, Casa de Amigos' executive director.
Josefina Samaguey, Take 2 program coordinator, said officials were grateful for the renewal of the program, which already has helped nearly 50 people train for new careers.
"I'm very excited and happy and feel that it's a blessing to be coordinating the program," Samaguey said. "I always tell my clients with hard work and dedication they can make it possible."
Samaguey interviews everyone who applies for the Take 2 program and then will do an in-depth assessment and goal-setting session for those participating. Applicants also can receive help with applying for financial aid and paying for programs in which they're participating, she said.
Truck driving has been one of the major career fields participants have pursued. Several area companies struggle to fill those positions and the pay typically is much steadier than Take 2 clients had received in their previous lines of work, she said.
Margarita Morales, one of the program's participants, spoke last week during a meeting with Chevron about the positive affect the program has had on her and her children's lives.
Before earning her CDL license, Morales had worked as a school bus driver, which only provided her about 26 hours per week. Now she's able to work full time and is earning more than double what she used to take home.
Various other career training programs can be pursued, including nursing. A group is graduating this month from the licensed vocational nursing program at Midland College, Samaguey said.
"We want to focus on the jobs that are in high demand that are hard to fill here in the Permian Basin," she said, adding they also can consider fields that don't necessarily fit that category.
Dolores Vick, Chevron community affairs coordinator, said previously that officials have been pleased with the program because it's been able to quickly fill industry needs while also increasing the earning potential of those who participate. Vick helped in securing the second grant for Casa de Amigos, Cordes-Pitts said.
Once this grant from Chevron is used, Samaguey said the nonprofit will seek support from other companies to continue the endeavor.
"We're in the process of getting businesses involved," she said.
Kathleen Thurber can be reached at kthurber@mrt.com.
Take 2 Job Skills Training Program
1101 East Garden Lane
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Termbases for Building Multilingual Content
By Kristin Lynch
Photo Credit: Kake . via Compfight cc
Establishing a glossary of preferred terminology is a critical first step toward a globalization campaign for your business. By defining your core vocabulary and vetting translations of these terms, you create a solid foundation that will save time and expense when you translate your content for your target markets.
What is a termbase?
Terminology is a body of specialized words relating to a particular subject. In business, it is the system of words you use to describe your products and services and engage your customers. It may include highly technical words and phrases as well as stylistic choices. While all businesses use terminology, oftentimes the terminology database or “termbase” only exists in the heads of the employees. Words are chosen for various reasons by employees in different roles, including creative teams in marketing campaigns, technical writers preparing product documentation, and customer service representatives communicating with your client base. Codifying your termbase and establishing a shared vocabulary for key concepts, products, and services unifies the brand message and ensures consistency across all your content.
Establish a termbase before translating your content
If lack of coordination on the matter of terminology creates problems in your native language, these problems will multiply when you translate your content for foreign audiences. If you establish a termbase before beginning translation and localization, not only will you communicate more effectively with your business partners and customer base, but you will also lay the foundation for a strong global communication platform. If you skip this step, when translation begins you will have translators struggling to understand what you “really meant” when the source words they are looking at are confusing or inconsistent. These generate queries whose resolution can cause delays in the editing and proofreading stage.
Establishing a set of terms and their preferred translations at the beginning of the process also prevents problems with internal review. Internal review is notorious for creating delays because the employees doing the review may disagree with the terminology choices made by the translator. If you plan on having bilingual experts within your company review the translated materials, you should first engage them in reviewing the translations for the termbase. This will streamline internal review because the reviewers are invested in the project from the start. For example, when working with a client to translate dermatology materials into Japanese, our first step was developing a termbase and securing the approval of the Japanese clinical review team ahead of time.
How do you create a termbase?
If you don’t already have a corporate glossary, we can use tools to extract terminology from a set of existing corporate documents, often referred to as “corpora.” The program looks for certain patterns in your corpora, such as repeated use of words or phrases that are not common dictionary terms. From your provided corpora, we can help you identify a set of potential key terms, which you can then pare down to the terms that comprise your essential message. The key terms are translated by subject matter experts and vetted by your internal reviewers. While it is often easiest for clients to review the termbase in an Excel spreadsheet, after it has been finalized it will be integrated into our CAT (Computer-Aided Translation) tool. This ensures that translators and proofreaders receive prompts whenever key words and phrases appear in the source content. With the terms integrated into the translation workflow, translators won’t miss them, ensuring accuracy and consistency across all your content and a solid translation memory for future projects. If you are optimizing your website for foreign search engines, this process will also give you a head start on multilingual keyword research.
Establishing clear and concise terminology is the foundation of a solid communication strategy for reaching new markets. Consider your terminology before embarking on your translation projects, and save yourself a lot of trouble when you go global.
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Tags: b2c, global marketing, technical translation, terminology
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The NXT Stars Of Bethlehem
NXT House Show
Sands Bethlehem Event Center - Bethlehem, PA
My interest in WWE has faded quite a bit over the past 15 years or so. I still keep up with current events in the promotion, but it's mostly through podcasts. Back in the late 90's, I never missed an episode of Raw or Smackdown. These days, I watch some of the pay per view events, and I go to live shows when they come within a reasonable driving distance, but I honestly can't remember the last time I actually sat down and watched even part of an episode of Monday Night Raw or Smackdown. It's got to be over a decade at this point. For far too many years, the presentation of the WWE "main roster" was cringe worthy, comprised of heavily scripted, poorly written dialogue that makes everyone sound exactly the same, and an inconsistent story arc that made little sense. Additionally, there's simply too many hours of programming to bother trying to keep up with it, even if it was an enjoyable show, which it hasn't been for many years. Quite frankly, even most of the WWE pay per view events are tough to sit through these days.
In contrast, I never miss an episode of NXT from Full Sail University. It's a fantastic, well written show with great matches and consistent storytelling that makes sense. The backstage skits and diatribes on the microphone are kept to a minimum, and when they do happen, the performers sound like they each have an individual personality. Also, the programming is just the right length - one hour per week with semi-monthly special event shows called NXT Takeover. This promotion has been a breath of fresh air in an industry that has felt stale for too long.
This was my second time seeing NXT at this venue, and I very much hope that it won't be my last. It was an excellent show that delivered on every level.
The show began with a ten bell salute to the late Bruno Sammartino. The former two-time WWF World Heavyweight Champion, whose second title reign lasted over seven years, passed away on Wednesday. He was 82 years old. The opening match began shortly afterward. Here are the results of the show:
Singles Match No Way Jose defeated Chad Lail
(Chad last wrestled as Gunner in TNA)
Singles Match Bianca Belair defeated Candice LeRae
Singles Match EC3 defeated Kassius Ohno
Tag Team Match The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) defeated The Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake)
Tag Team Match
Kairi Sane and Nikki Cross defeated Shayna Baszler and Lacey Evans
Singles Match Tommaso Ciampa defeated Oney Lorcan
(Johnny Gargano ran out to the ring to stop Ciampa from hitting Lorcan with the bell after the match)
Tag Team Match Aleister Black and Ricochet defeated Andrade "Cien" Almas and The Velveteen Dream
Here are some photos from the show:
Former two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, EC3
Kassius Ohno - I've watched him wrestle as Chris Hero in ROH, CZW and Chikara for over a decade.
A new team: The Forgotten Sons. One of its members, Wesley Blake, is a former NXT Tag Team Champion with Buddy Murphy.
Japanese superstar Kairi Sane
NXT Womens Champion Shayna Baszler
Shayna Baszler immobilizing Kairi Sane as Lacey Evans looks on.
Kairi Sane and Nikki Cross
Tommaso Ciampa - I first saw him wrestle for Ring of Honor in 2014.
Oney Lorcan reminds me a bit of Dean Malenko.
Oney Lorcan gets ready to slam Tommaso Ciampa's head into the turnbuckle.
The Velveteen Dream - one of the most interesting new characters I've seen in a long time.
Former NXT Champion, Adrade "Cien" Almas. He lost the title two weeks ago to Aleister Black at Takeover: New Orleans
I've been following Ricochet for his entire career, since he first uploaded a personal highlight reel to YouTube. I don't think he was even out of high school at the time. The dude is a phenomenal talent.
The new NXT Champion, Aleister Black. This show was the 13th day of his reign.
The NXT Champion has a lot of incredible tattoo work, including the head of Lilith on his back.
This was taken just before the opening bell of the main event tag team match.
Aleister Black in mid-air, about to crash into the man who he defeated for the title.
The tag team of Aleister Black and Ricochet.
The 15th NXT Champion, Aleister Black, right before the end of the show.
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Book Book Tour Elise Kulik Giveaways Review
Rockstar Book Tour: Return to Tortall in ‘Tempests and Slaughter’ [+Giveaway]
Elise Kulik
I’m absolutely enamored with this world and its characters. I highly recommend Tempests and Slaughter for anyone who’s a fan of magical schools and young adult literature – including Harry Potter fans.
Title: Tempests and Slaughter
Author: Tamora Pierce
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
Goodreads | Amazon | Audible | B&N | iBooks | TBD
Arram. Varice. Ozorne. In the first book in the Numair Chronicles, three student mages are bound by fate . . . fated for trouble.
Arram Draper is a boy on the path to becoming one of the realm’s most powerful mages. The youngest student in his class at the Imperial University of Carthak, he has a Gift with unlimited potential for greatness–and for attracting danger. At his side are his two best friends: Varice, a clever girl with an often-overlooked talent, and Ozorne, the “leftover prince” with secret ambitions. Together, these three friends forge a bond that will one day shape kingdoms. And as Ozorne gets closer to the throne and Varice gets closer to Arram’s heart, Arram begins to realize that one day soon he will have to decide where his loyalties truly lie.
In the Numair Chronicles, readers will be rewarded with the never-before-told story of how Numair Salmalín came to Tortall. Newcomers will discover an unforgettable fantasy adventure where a kingdom’s future rests on the shoulders of a talented young man with a knack for making vicious enemies.
Act fast! The first printing of the hardcover includes a collector’s edition poster!
It must be so frustrating to write a book about magical schools.
J.K. Rowling has had a monopoly on the genre for a full 20 years now, and you’ll never avoid the inevitable comparison to one Harry Potter. So let’s get the comparison out of the way – this book is like the first four Potter books meshed into one. It’s a magical coming-of-age from late childhood to early adulthood at a boarding school with a talented trio of friends. That’s where the comparisons end.
And where it differs from Harry Potter is where Tempests and Slaughter shines. Tempests and Slaughter highlights the academic pursuits of magical school storylines in a coming-of-age story without an overarching enemy or quest.
The book follows Arram Draper, a magical protege, through his education. Over the years, he makes friends, grows up, and confronts the injustices in his society. It’s a leisurely stroll through a magical education, focusing on the fundamentals of magic and the mysteries of spiritualism.
Arram lives in a fictional world that has elements that reminded me of 1000 Arabian Nights meshed with Gladiator-style Greek and Roman slavery and polytheism. Pierce slow walks the reader through her world so that the world-building doesn’t feel rushed or over-explanative. It’s fed to the reader as needed without an abundance of world-specific jargon or emphasis on foreign lands and locations. The world feels natural, with new things to learn and surprises to uncover with every chapter. It’s truly magical, entwined with mythology and religion.
What’s particularly well done in this book is that the magical elements are equally as important as Arram’s coming of age. In other magical boarding school books, the balance between character development and magical lore is weighted too far one direction or the other: either they read like a how-to manual or an adventure where magic is a secondary plot tool. Here, readers get equal doses of Arram’s perspective on everything from bullies to plagues to slavery while learning about new forms and uses of magic. Both are intertwined, and each cannot exist without the other.
In particular, I love experiencing Arram’s personal growth: Pierce takes the reader through Arram’s experiences with schoolyard bullies to the awkward phases of puberty (erections and all), to his teenage questionings of his society’s status quo. Where other books may suffer from taking this approach without a likeable character (look at the fifth installment of Harry Potter), what works here is that Arram is largely hapless. He’s a blank slate with a kind and empathetic core, and he approaches all challenges with this goodwill toward others. Arram is willing to be taught and knows the difference between morally right and wrong. The character is never irritating or entitled, and there’s just enough of his personality for the reader to root for him while we’re whisked away on a series of entrancing lessons.
My one criticism is that Arram’s ease with learning magic makes him unrealistic- his lack of struggles with his academics slightly cheapens his journey. The reader always knows that everything will turn out all right, and Arram’s knowledge and skill will let him slide past any obstacle. I just wish that there was a little friction along the way.
Other than that, each chapter is a new mini-adventure with a constant cast of characters we grow to know and love. From working as a medic during the plague to deep-diving along the riverbed with a crocodile god, every installment feels new and exciting.
Meanwhile, as Arram’s friendships change over the years, we witness the small steps toward one of his friends becoming a villain, tragedies occurring on the political stage, all of which queue up Arram very well for the following books in the series.
As part of the book tour, Rockstar Book Tours has three finished copies of Tempest and Slaughter to giveaway! Make sure to enter now. The giveaway ends on March 2nd at Midnight EST! (US addresses only.)
Tamora Pierce is a bestselling author of young adult fantasy books that break past the traditions of the fantasy genre to feature teenage girls as knights, wizards, and above all: heroes. A #1 New York Times bestseller and the recipient of the 2013 Margaret A. Edwards award, Tamora has written over 30 books, including the upcoming TORTALL: A SPY’S GUIDE (Oct. 31, 2017) and TEMPESTS AND SLAUGHTER (Feb. 6, 2018).
Tamora was drawn to books from a young age. Raised in rural Pennsylvania, the child of a “long, proud line of hillbillies,” her family never had much. “We were poor, but I didn’t know it then. We had a garden where my folks grew fruit and vegetables and our water came from a well,” she explains. But one thing they did have was plenty of books. So Tamora read.
A self-proclaimed “geek,” she devoured fantasy and science fiction novels, and by the age of 12 was mimicking her literary idols and writing her own action-packed stories. It was thanks to her father that Tamora began writing. “He heard me telling myself stories as I did dishes, and he suggested that I try to write some of them down,” Pierce says.
But Tamora’s novels had one major difference: unlike the books she was reading, her stories featured teenaged girl warriors. “I couldn’t understand this lapse of attention on the part of the writers I loved, so until I could talk them into correcting this small problem, I wrote about those girls, the fearless, bold, athletic creatures that I was not, but wanted so badly to be.”
Seventeen years later, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, a brief career in teen social work and some time spent writing for radio, Tamora Pierce held true to her childhood crusade, and published ALANNA: THE FIST ADVENTURE, the first in a quartet about a valiant, young, female warrior. Pierce’s heroine struck a chord with readers across the country and quickly earned her a loyal following.
Now, with over 30 critically-acclaimed books to her name, Pierce lives in upstate New York with her husband Tim and their menagerie of nine cats, two birds, a flock of pigeons, various raccoons and squirrels, and one opossum. “It’s a pretty good life, if I do say so myself. Struggling along as a kid and even through my twenties, it’s the kind of life I dreamed of but never believed I would get. Yet here I am, after a lot of work, a lot of worry, a lot of care for details, and a massive chunk of luck, the kind that brought me such strong friends and readers. Pretty good for a hillbilly, yes? And I never take it for granted.”
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Dig Diary – Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Tuesday, August, 11, 2015
Day Twenty-Seven
Tori’s smile says it all, with her discovery of the drain parallel to the wall in Trench T.
‘It is hard to overstate the importance of this . . .’
There are days which just potter along, in a contented archaeological sort of way. And then there are days which fairly effervesce with excitement. Today was definitely the latter.
It started quietly enough — although with loads of visitors on tours and three special tours arranged for members of the Council for British Archaeology.
They were led by Orkney Archaeological Tours and included Dr Mike Hayworth, last seen by site director, Nick, when they were both at the Pool excavation, in Sanday, more years ago than both wish to remember.
We were also joined on site by Ann Clark, the distinguished stone tools expert. Ann will be here for a couple of weeks and she will disapprove of being called distinguished. Never mind, we think she is.
Chris’s decorated stone disc, from the passageway surrounding Structure Ten.
As often happens when an expert in a particular form of artefact visits, we promptly turn up exciting examples for them.
In the space of an hour, two fascinating stone tools emerged.
Billy, working in the robber cut in the south-west corner of Structure Ten, found a very fine example of a ground stone knife.
Soon afterwards, Chris, in the paved passageway to the west of Structure Ten, unearthed a lovely stone disc, with a beautifully bevelled edge.
As if that was not enough, Chris’s tool turned out to have finely incised decoration — an exceedingly rare example of a decorated stone tool.
Billy’s polished stone knife.
Ann suggests that these finds illustrate the individuality of objects at the Ness.
Then, just about everything went ballistic in Trench T.
We have already told you about the broken orthostat and the stone wall at the bottom of the trench.
This afternoon, Tori, working in one of the pits adjacent to the wall, discovered a beautifully built, stone drain running parallel to the wall.
It appears to run for some distance under the midden and away from the trench.
Inside the newly discovered, and beautifully constructed, drain in Trench T.
Drains of this sort are usually outside a building, or they may be in the entrance to the building.
Either way, it is a momentous find, raising intriguing possibilities of a large, finely built structure at the bottom of the trench.
But, more was to come.
Thirty minutes later, trench supervisor Ben revealed that a very large orthostat had emerged, together with what may be the very badly robbed remains of another wall.
How these elements fit together with the other structural features is yet to be proven. Although the wall lines and drain appear to be parallel and the orthostats perpendicular to the wall lines, they do not easily fit together in one comprehensible form!
It is hard to overstate the importance of this.
We may have another substantial building, but one which has been sealed under huge quantities of midden, which, remember, was a precious commodity to the people of the Neolithic.
Will it prove to be an early Neolithic structure that forms a primary focus for the Ness and the start of all that it became! Watch this space . . .
We can hardly wait for tomorrow, although tomorrow evening will bring another treat in the form of a lecture by Professor Richard Bradley — The Use and Reuse of Stone Circles: recent fieldwork on the Scottish Mainland, at 8pm, in the St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall.
No doubt about it, we are a thoroughly spoiled bunch of archaeologists.
See you tomorrow.
At last — the location of Structure Eight’s southern end wall reveals itself. More on this later . . .
From the Trenches
The paved passage to the west of Structure Ten, where Chris found the decorated stone tool.
It is day number two in the trenches for this soon-to-be second year undergraduate and there has been a wealth of information to attempt to retain, and process, for all us UHI students taking part in field school.
It would be fair to say that I was fairly daunted at the prospect of coming to the Ness (especially as it is my first experience of a dig), but from the moment I stepped on to site, the support and direction from staff and volunteers has been outstanding.
From our orientation to the site, to the patience and assistance of those around us in the trenches, encouraging us all the way and answering the never ending questions.
So far we have removed bone, pottery and foreign stone, started to get to grips with recording finds, sampling and identifying different contexts and photographing context areas.
The remaining time at the Ness is bound to fly by as we look forward to spending time in different structures, tutorials from our on-site supervisors and, of course, the thing that we are all looking forward to — our half-day with Ann in the Finds Hut!
Shona Morrison
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Galcanezumab Gets FDA Go-Ahead for Migraine Prevention
This approval marks the third of its kind in the calcitonin gene-related peptide inhibitor class, starting with erenumab in May 2018.
David Dodick, MD
The FDA has green-lit galcanezumab-glnm (Emgality) 120 mg for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults, according to manufacturer Eli Lilly & Co.1
The calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) inhibitor’s approval marks the third of its kind, following erenumab (Aimovig, Amgen/Novartis) in May 2018, and fremanezumab (Ajovy, Teva) earlier this month. Its list price is $575 once-monthly, or $6,900 annually, according to Eli Lilly.
The supporting data for the biologics license application was supplied from the EVOLVE-1, EVOLVE-2, and REGAIN clinical trials, which evaluated the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous injections of galcanezumab at 120 mg or 240 mg once-monthly, following a 240-mg starting dose. In the trials, which evaluated the therapy in 2,901 patients, those treated with the monoclonal antibody experienced a statistically greater decrease in the average number of monthly migraine days compared with the placebo.
“Glass half-empty people might look and say, ‘Well, the efficacy of the responder rates don’t look that much different than what we see with other treatments we’ve been using for years,’ and that’s true,” David Dodick, MD, a neurologist at Mayo Clinic who’s been involved with multiple trials of headache medicines, including galcanezumab, told NeurologyLive. “On the other hand, we know that at least with the oral treatments in use for migraine prevention, the tolerability is not very good. Studies have been published showing that over 80% of people who are started on an oral preventive drug for migraine prevention are no longer taking that drug after 1 year. And these are patients who have chronic migraine and have a very large unmet treatment need, who are the most disabled.”
“If the most disabled patients in this group—8 out of every 10—can’t tolerate or don’t respond to these drugs and are not on them after 1 year, that’s a problem,” Dodick added. He said that the difference with the CGRP inhibitors is the fact that they have, by and large, placebo-like tolerability. Patients have been able to adhere to the medication long-term.
In EVOLVE-12, a significant percentage of patients treated with both doses achieved a reduction of ≥50%, ≥75% and 100% in the number of migraine days compared with placebo throughout the treatment period. In total, 62.3% of those on the 120-mg dose and 60.9% for the 240-mg dose achieved ≥50% reduction, versus 38.6% for placebo (P <.001).
Meanwhile, a ≥75% reduction was achieved by 38.8% of those in the 120-mg dose group and 38.5% in the 240-mg dose group, compared to 19.3% for placebo (P <.001); and 15.6% of the 120-mg dose group and 14.6% of the 240-mg dose group experienced a 100% reduction versus 6.2% for placebo (P <.001).
In EVOLVE-23, a significant percentage of patients also treated with both doses achieved at least a 50%, 75% and 100% reduction in the number of migraine headache days compared to placebo throughout the treatment period. Patients that experienced a ≥50% reduction were as follows: 59.3% for the 120-mg dose, 56.5% for the 240-mg dose, and 36% for placebo. Likewise, those that experienced a ≥75% reduction was 33.5%, 34.3%, and 17.8% for the 120-mg, 240-mg, and placebo groups, respectively. In total, 11.5% of the 120-mg group and 13.8% of the 240-mg group achieved a 100% reduction, versus 5.7% for placebo.
Additionally, patients treated with galcanezumab in both of the EVOLVE studies experienced a greater reduction of monthly migraine headaches with acute medication use compared to those treated with placebo.
Throughout a 3-month treatment period, patients with chronic migraine in the REGAIN study4 treated with galcanezumab 120-mg and 240-mg doses experienced a statistically greater decrease in the average number of monthly migraine headache days versus placebo. A greater percentage of patients also achieved a ≥50% reduction in the number of migraine headache days versus placebo throughout the treatment period (27.6% for the 120-mg dose and 27.5% for the 240-mg dose versus 15.4% for placebo).
Compared with placebo, patients treated with the 240-mg dose of galcanezumab achieved a ≥75% reduction in the number of migraine headache days (8.8% versus 4.5% for placebo) after multiplicity adjustment and achieved a greater reduction in the number of monthly migraine headache days with acute medication use (an average of 4.3 days compared to 2.2 days for placebo).
Galcanezumab was further evaluated in REGAIN for an additional 9 months of an open-label extension phase following the 3-month phase.
“The longer [patients] stay on [the CGRPs], if you look at the 1-year, open-label data for those that are staying on it, efficacy rates climb over time,” Dodick said. “So, while in 2 months, let’s say, you may have a reduction by 50%. At 6 months, you may be at 75%, and at 12 months you might have had an 80% or 90% reduction. The longer you’re able to adhere to a treatment that’s working for you, the better the patient outcome is over time. That’s the real difference here.”
“The fact that for those who GGRP appears to be a very important mechanism, we may see these super-responders. We may see these people for whom there’s just been a dramatic change in the expression of this disease because of the pivotal role that CGRP plays in the biology of their illness,” he added.
In a June presentation at the American Headache Society’s 60th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, the therapy reported efficacy in a cluster headache trial. Patients were treated with either 300-mg galcanezumab once monthly or placebo, with assessments across weeks 1 to 3. The trial therapy revealed a -8.7 reduction in weekly cluster headaches compared to -5.2 with placebo (P = .036). Of those receiving galcanezumab, 76% achieved a ≥50% reduction in weekly cluster headache attacks at week 3, compared to 57% with placebo (P = .04).
Lilly's Emgality™ (galcanezumab-
gnlm
) Receives U.S. FDA Approval for the Preventive Treatment of
in Adults [press release]. Indianapolis
Eli Lilly & Co;
Published September 27, 2018.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/lilly-s-emgality-galcanezumab-gnlm-receives-u-s-fda-approval-for-the-preventive-treatment-of-migraine-in-adults-1027572874. Accessed September 27, 2018.
2. Stauffer VL, Dodick DW, Zhang Q, et al. Evaluation of galcanezumab for the prevention of episodic migraine: the EVOLVE-1 randomized clinical trial. JAMA Neurol. 2018;75(9):1080-1088. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.1212.
3. Skljarevski V, Matharu M, Millen BA, Ossipov MH, Kim BK, Yang JY. Efficacy and safety of galcanezumab for the prevention of episodic migraine: Results of the EVOLVE-2 Phase 3 randomized controlled clinical trial. Cephalagia. 2018 Jul;38(8):1442-1454. doi: 10.1177/0333102418779543.
4. AHS 2018: Lilly’s Emgality (galcanezumab-gnlm) Significantly Reduced Monthly Migraine Headache Days in Patients with Migraine Who Previously Failed Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA) [news release]. Indianapolis, IN: Eli Lilly & Co; Published June 27, 2018. investor.lilly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/ahs-2018-lillys-emgalitytm-galcanezumab-gnlm-significantly. Accessed September 27, 2018.
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These Photos Prove Just How Scary Tanning Beds Are
Warning: Graphic images ahead!
By Brittany Burhop Fallon, Beauty Director · Feb 20, 2020
Photo Credits: Dean Drobot / Shutterstock
I’ll be the first to admit I’ve seen my fair share of tanning beds—heck, I used to work at a tanning salon, but that was in 2003, before the scare tactics had really ramped up and the medical data wasn’t as solid. Trust me, I’m not making excuses—I didn’t have the knowledge that’s available to us today. The fact that people still partake in this method to obtain a faux glow blows my mind, but nonetheless, so do many other things.
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Then I see stories like this one, as originally reported on by the BBC, and I’m reminded of our duty as beauty editors to continue speaking out against the serious threat these UV beds pose. Anthea Smith, a 44-year-old mother of two living in the U.K., was diagnosed with Stage 3 melanoma after noticing a flesh-colored growth in her ear. Doctors were quick to dismiss it as a wart in the beginning, but eventually it spread, turning black and brown in the process, and bleeding when she’d touch it. The treatment plan included two operations and rounds of radiation.
“I was addicted to having a tan, to being tanned,” she told the BBC. “Predominantly it was sunbeds because it was quicker, and the results were faster.” Now she’s warning everyone not to use them. “I lost my left ear to my tanning addiction. [My] whole left ear has been amputated, and then [in a] second operation I had my whole inner ear, middle ear, all my salivary glands on my left side, all my lymph nodes. Full temple bone taken from my skull. The guilt that I feel to my husband and children, really, that this is all, this was self-inflicted.”
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Shockingly, the American Cancer Society estimates that 100,350 new cases of melanoma will be diagnosed this year in the U.S., and the rate has risen rapidly over the past few decades. As all dermatologists stress: Don’t forget your annual skin checks! Something tiny that looks like a wart or a pimple could be ominous, and it’s better to let a doctor make the call.
“Statistics for skin cancer are surprising for many of my patients,” says New York dermatologist Melissa Kanchanapoomi Levin, MD. “Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States with 1 in 5 Americans developing some form of it by the age of 70, and women under the age of 49 are more likely to develop melanoma than any other cancer except breast and thyroid cancer.”
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Seaford boys bowling team comes alive late, finishes fifth at states
Chris Pupa of Seaford rolls during the Nassau boys bowling championship at AMF Garden City Lanes on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019.
By Peter Kersich peter.kersich@newsday.com Updated March 11, 2019 5:30 PM
SYRACUSE — When the Seaford boys bowling team struggled to get going in the early going during Sunday’s state Division II championship, they knew something needed to change.
The Vikings were in seventh place after the first three games, but following an hour lunch break, the team emerged with a completely different mentality.
“In the beginning of the day, we were in our own heads and thinking too much,” Seaford coach Berto Cerasi said. “The guys decided that they were going to stand up the whole time, pick each other up and not let anything else bother them.”
The Vikings blocked out the noise, turned up the intensity in the final three games and went on to place fifth at Strike ‘N Spare Lanes with a 5,697 pin total. Section II’s Lansingburgh was first with 6,213.
Max Pedone rolled a 216 in the final game of his senior season to finish with a six-game series of 1,202. Jonathan Saloman had a 234 in Game 5 of a 1,200 series and ended with three straight strikes in the 10th frame of Game 6.
“It was emotional because it was the last time I’m going to bowl, but it was the way I wanted to end,” Pedone said. “It’s probably the best year I have had bowling.”
Pedone increased his average by 13 pins from last season, improving from 177 to 190. He averaged 200 for the six games he bowled at states.
During the offseason, Saloman changed his non-traditional rolling method; he had been propelling the ball like a chest pass in basketball.
“I was practicing with my coach, who told me multiple times that I should start throwing underhand,” Saloman said. “During the summer I started doing underhand more and more and got better. When the season began, I went completely underhand, and started sparing.”
The Vikings had a Game 5 total of 1,094, the third-highest game of the event. Joseph Gallagher bowled the high-game of the day for Seaford in the fifth game with a 247.
“It was great to see the seniors have an excellent day,” an emotional Cerasi said. “They were a big part of building this program. When it comes to your seniors having a day like they did today, there’s no feeling. On the way home, it’s really going to hit me.”
Although he didn’t bowl his best, Chris Pupa played a crucial role in getting Seaford back on track. The junior had the sixth-best average (210) in Nassau during the regular season and threw a 1,040 series on Sunday.
“Not only did the team pick him up when he wasn’t doing well, Chris did a good job of picking up the team,” Cerasi said. “It was his idea to have everyone stand up and cheer. My proudest moment of the day was how Chris handled not bowling his average, and how he continued to motivate his team.”
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How the Media Continues To Aid Trump
Despite the mainstream media, save Fox, either being openly hostile to Trump or often slanting headlines against him even if the actual reporting is “Just the facts, ma’am,” may be doing Trump favors far more routinely than they understand.
Despite regularly treating Trump with disdain and hostility, the press, particularly newspapers fighting for survival, is in an unholy alliance with him.
During the campaign, cable networks couldn’t get enough of Trump. As Forbes said in December:
Donald Trump wasn’t the only winner of this year’s election. The three major cable news networks earned record profits and attracted record audiences as millions of Americans tuned in to watch the dramatic showdown between Trump and Hillary Clinton…
In November, Fox averaged 3.3 million viewers in primetime, a 68% increase over November 2015. CNN averaged 1.5 million viewers, a 128% increase from last November. MSNBC attracted 1.3 million viewers, a 98% increase. Among daytime viewers, Fox News averaged 2 million audience members, compared to 993,000 for CNN and 736,000 for MSNBC. Year over year, daytime viewership grew by 60% for Fox, 75% for CNN, and a remarkable 83% for MSNBC.
Even though the coverage was routinely unflattering, it was no secret that Trump got the equivalent of billions of dollars in free advertising.
Similarly, the New York Times saw an over ten-times increase in new subscriptions shortly after the election versus the same period in 2015. Other publications made very successful post-election subscription pushes.
The wee problem is that more intensive coverage of Trump is not necessarily as bad for Trump as it appears, particularly given the press fondness for focusing on Trump’s hot-headed reactions to criticism and willingness to make stuff up. Of course, it’s not as if politicians don’t do that occasionally, but Trump does it regularly and clumsily.
Don’t believe me? Let’s look at the big actions Trump took yesterday.
Trump made nice to the heads of the Big Three automakers. After having boxed their ears on Twitter, he played conciliatory, promising them breaks on emissions regulations and tax goodies if they kept more production in the US. Superficially, this looks like the same sort of government bribing of manufacturers that goes on at the state level, which pretty much never works out to be a net benefit for the state that “won”. But these gimmies are pretty inconsequential. Trump made clear he intends to gut environmental regs in the name of jawbz; he’s trying to position his existing plans as a special bennie to automakers that play ball. As for taxes, the big US car companies already pay very little in the way of Federal income taxes. The one place they might get a break is on taxes resulting from CAFE, as in Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards. Basically, big honker cars built on truck chassis (meaning the biggest SUVs) are subject to high taxes unless they don’t represent too much in the way of total sales. But there are already enough ways for the car companies to game CAFE that they don’t pay meaningful if any CAFE charges either.
However, the MSM will never get this granular, and the optics look bad, unless you are a corporate Republican who was upset that a President dared to browbeat executives.
Trump promised to “get that pipeline built.” He signed executive orders supporting the completion the Keystone pipeline and DAPL. These have become key battles for environmentalists. Mind you, Obama fence-sat on the northern leg of the Keystone pipeline and was silent as NoDAPL protestors were treated brutally by police. His Damascene conversion in the final weeks of his presidency looks an awful lot like resume-burnishing. Nevertheless, Trump’s executive order isn’t dispositive. Trump has at least two routes he could use to push the pipelines through, but environmental groups have vowed legal challenges.
Both pipelines mobilized protestors, and with loathing for Trump looking for an outlet, it’s not hard to imagine that the renewed opposition will be more intense.
Trump imposed new gags on Federal employees. Mind you, George Bush also clamped down on Federal employees. Despite promising more transparency, Obama pursued leakers ferociously and created bizarre procedures, like regularly restricting officials to speak only on background or not for attribution when the contact was officially approved, including small-group briefings. But the Trump measures are draconian to the point of looking paranoid. From Politico:
Those concerns were compounded on Inauguration Day, when the Interior Department ordered a shutdown of all its Twitter accounts after the National Park Service retweeted photos showing a substantially smaller crowd at Trump’s swearing-in than had greeted Obama in 2009. Interior’s Twitter service was restored the next day, but only after the park service deleted the offending tweets and apologized….
At EPA, the lockdown extends well beyond formal coordinated messaging. Aside from a block on any press releases and social media posts, a Monday memo circulated internally and obtained by POLITICO warned that EPA employees scheduled to speak at public events like conferences in the next month must alert Trump’s team of temporary political appointees.
Buzzfeed had a more troubling report, in that the ban snares scientific work too:
The US Department of Agriculture has banned scientists and other employees in its main research division from publicly sharing everything from the summaries of scientific papers to USDA-branded tweets as it starts to adjust to life under the Trump administration, BuzzFeed News has learned.
According to an email sent Monday morning and obtained by BuzzFeed News, the department told staff — including some 2,000 scientists — at the agency’s main in-house research arm, the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), to stop communicating with the public about taxpayer-funded work.
“Starting immediately and until further notice, ARS will not release any public-facing documents,” Sharon Drumm, chief of staff for ARS, wrote in a department-wide email shared with BuzzFeed News…
The memo was also met with some confusion. When asked if the notice constituted a halt on the publication of academic articles, one regional director told scientists that research papers could be published in academic journals and presented at conferences, but that all media interviews must be approved by the office of communications in Washington.
Trump plans to sign executive orders tomorrow on immigration. The Washington Post reports that Trump will use an executive order to green-light his infamous wall and punish target “sanctuary cities” where local officials refuse to comply with certain deportation orders. He may also impose a 30-day ban on visa issuance to applicants from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen until more stringent procedures are in place.
Now there’s a lot to be upset about if you are a loyal Democrat or are otherwise regard any of these issues as important are on the anti-Trump side.
But how was the mainstream media reporting on Trump yesterday? Admittedly, this was only one sighting, but major broadcast news have more reach than print or Internet publications, and it was an extreme example of what I believe is a more general syndrome.
By happenstance, I caught the segment of CBS Evening News on the Trump deeds of the day. The lead story was Trump’s barmy claim that he would have won the popular vote had illegal immigrants not been improperly included.
Now admittedly, this story broke Monday evening at around 8:00 PM Eastern so it was still within the last 24 hour news cycle and hence fair game for the Tuesday evening news show. However, it was not only the first story but was also covered in some depth. For instance, the network interviewed a Senator who harrumphed that Trump was calling the integrity of the American electoral system into question and needed to cut it out.
You can watch the segment, but the CBS site gives you an idea of what they thought counted:
And how about all of the actions and policy markers that Trump set down yesterday and the heads up about the immigration hot button items for Wednesday? All a CBS viewer got was a female newscaster in front of the White House describing Trump playing nice with the auto execs after having beaten them up on Twitter, and mentioning the pipeline-related executive orders.
Why is this significant? The coverage of the latest bit of Trump insanity diverted attention from how he is moving forward aggressively with his program. Some troubling developments were left on the cutting room floor and others reviewed in a cursory manner.
Trump’s apparent erraticness may look decidedly unPresidential, but going off the deep end in response to personal insults doesn’t have policy impact. Now Trump may later take action related to some of his rants, and that does bear watching. But on one of his most consistent topics, his hatred of the press, despite his regular browbeating, the idea that a President would attack the media frontally is disturbing, but Trump’s measures so far are no an overreach. For instance, his breaking the White House press corps’ monopoly and letting other outlets get access isn’t a violation of press freedom. And I’m of two minds about the historical practice of past Presidents allowing the press to dog at their heels all the time.
And I hate to have to say this, but the media coverage of during the campaigns was biased against Trump as it was against Sanders. Lambert and I without even looking found multiple occasions where the press misrepresented what Trump said, as anyone could ascertain by checking the full segment on YouTube. Thus while Trump’s overt hostility is childish and guaranteed to make a bad relationship worse, his underlying beef does have some substance.
What Trump’s regular hissy fits do is two things: they make Trump look reckless, even mad, which is a persona that Kissinger advised Nixon to cultivate. They also, as described above, divert press and pundit attention to upset and hand-wringing about Trump’s posturing as opposed to his actions.
To put it more simply: The Constitution did not make emotional immaturity grounds for impeachment. And as Clinton learned the hard way, never fight with a pig. The pig enjoys it and you get dirty.
I am beginning to wonder if Trump, unconsciously or even once in a while consciously, isn’t playing the press and the public. He may figured out how to make his reflexive temper tantrums work for him. His seemingly unhinged remarks of the last few days would play well with a fair portion of his base, such as Republicans who hate the “liberal” media and those who are convinced that the Democratic party organized black and minority voters to cast ballots multiple times. This video argues that Trump’s campaign persona is the same as the one he used in the WWE, and not like his character on The Apprentice:
For instance, despite Trump’s almost predictable overractions to disses, I don’t recall a single time when he responded to repeated media stories about how his campaign was plagued by turnover at the top, lack of clear separation of roles, infighting, and a supposedly fatal lack of a ground game. Trump did nothing publicly to counter the impression that his campaign was an utter mess. And sometimes that was true: Lambert noticed a lack of adequate advance work at some of his rallies.
However, the idea that the Trump team was hopelessly disorganized and underresourced fed into Clinton hubris. It served Trump to let the press run with that assessment.
It was only after the election that the public learned that Trump’s nephew Jared Kushner was running a high tech operation out of Austin that was focused on how to get the maximum bang out of Trump’s smaller warchest in Electoral College terms. And that effort also studied how to make the best use of social media. As one DC contact said, “Political scientists will be studying the Trump campaign for the next 40 years.” Yet the supposedly hopelessly undisciplined Trump managed to keep his mouth shut on this topic and let his opponents’ prejudices work to his advantage.
Whether by virtue of being lucky (and recall Napoleon preferred lucky generals to talented ones) or more design than the pundits are willing to attribute to him, Trump mowed through a huge field of opponents and is getting more and more of the Republican establishment on his side, or at least only selectively opposed. One big test of whether he would quell at least some of his dedicated opponents was the Rex Tillerson nomination for Secretary of State, where Republicans threatened to join Democrats and block a candidate deemed too Russia-friendly. That would have been a highly visible setback, both in terms of proving that Trump was vulnerable, as well as showing he could be defeated in his efforts to improve relations with Russia, which would feed even more resistance on that front.
So again, Trump opponents, beware: underestimating him has proven to be a losing strategy. Fixating on his erratic behavior may be great fun because it confirms how awful he is, but the more time you spend on social media and with friends nattering about that, the more it takes your eye off the stuff you should be fighting.
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UserFriendly January 25, 2017 at 5:53 am
How do the ratings compared to 2012? Our electoral circus is allways a bigger draw than off years.
PlutoniumKun January 25, 2017 at 6:02 am
I think another thing the media don’t get is that Trump has successfully insulated himself from attacks by making attacks on him represent attacks on his supporters. The more he is attacked, the more defensive his supporters will be and the less likely they are to question his inevitable betrayals. Just as ridiculous attacks by tea party types and their supporters on Obama helped provide him cover to walk back on his promises, the same will apply to Trump, except he is even better at this game than Obama.
The media have a duty (long forgotten of course) to report fairly and critically. Everyone else should focus on what Trump does, not what he says.
RUKidding January 25, 2017 at 10:54 am
Agree. Trump has been very good at getting his supporters to very closely identify themselves with Trump, himself. Ergo, when the media attacks Trump, they feel attacked. And then rush to defend him more.
I’m frankly sick and tired of endless memes about Trump’s latest twitter hoo-hah.
Meanwhile Trump’s been extremely active almost since the second he took his hand off the Bible. Let’s hear much much more about all of his Executive Orders. Those affect me (and all of us) much more directly than some ridiculous twitter thing, which Trump does habitually.
Focus on what he’s doing, not on what he’s bleating.
JMM January 25, 2017 at 1:07 pm
Newspapers should start a new section, called it “Trump says”, fill it with the latest blatant lie of the day, hide it behind page 10 so as not to give it any notoriety, and just keep reporting on important stuff. That way, at least you are not silent about stupid stuff *and* you avoid giving the clown his daily dose of attention.
clarky90 January 25, 2017 at 2:43 pm
Mr. McMahon and Donald Trump’s Battle of the Billionaires Contract Signing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVeVcVBW_CE
“Say what you want about him being our president, but this, he is funny in this.” the top comment.
shargash January 25, 2017 at 6:13 pm
The press and most Democrats just spent 8 years focusing on what Obama said and ignoring what he did. Why would they change now?
ChrisFromGeorgia January 25, 2017 at 6:26 am
a new era of American douchebaggery
The 2nd video is gold for that quote alone.
jackiebass January 25, 2017 at 6:55 am
What the media is doing is making his supporters more loyal. I, on a daily bases in a local bar have contact with many Trump supporters. I sit and listen to their discussions. Not a day goes by that the Trump supporters aren’t complaining about the way the press is covering Trump and picking on him.They never look at the facts but simply believe Trump isn’t treated fairly. This makes them even more loyal. They think that what Trump says Trump believes. The Trump supporters actually believe he is keeping his campaign promises of draining the swamp and making America great again.None of them have clue about Trump’s nominations and what they stand for. They actually cheer when FOX plays a tape of Trump complaining or using name calling. They don’t have clue that they were conned. With the way that the media covers Trump his supporters will only continue to increase their support for Trump. They don’t have a clue that most of what he is doing is going to inflict long term harm on them. The media would be better off focusing on policy and not Trump. Trump loves being in the spotlight and the media is playing right into his hands. The only thing I say to Trump supporters is that you reap what you sow and over time the real Trump will surface.
Ptup January 25, 2017 at 9:19 am
I am so tired of hearing dispatches from bars. Just yesterday I read another account from somebody trying to gauge the sentiment of the Trump voter by visiting two bars in West Virginia. Is every disaffected American a drunk leaning over some dive bar waiting for the next one? How about, at least, the local fast food joint? At least they’ll be relatively sober.
peter January 25, 2017 at 10:06 am
politics and beer have been bedfellows and a real gauge of the public’s sentiment for quite some time. I vaguely remember what turned out the most significant piece of research when Bush II ran against Gore… Who’d you rather have a beer with in a bar? It turned out that Bush was a clear winner on that front. It’s quite distinct from what who you’d think is the more honest of the two and I guess it’s more to do with one’s gift to act natural and be a like a next-door neighbour. Folks could cope better with Bush’s flaws (his alcoholic past, draft dodging, nebulous business past and being a multi-millionaire) than Gore’s flaws (coming across as a fake and would probably bore you to death in the bar about the environment). Then came Tipper’s kiss and the rest was history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0wDNESHl8M
Rojo January 25, 2017 at 2:39 pm
What better place to guage public sentiment? Your workplace/
I do not drink, so I cannot report on bar talk. I believe that the important take-away is that The People are questioning The Party Line and The Official Dispensers (the MSM) of The Line.
Einstein shattered our concept of “reality”, causing consternation among the Newtonians.
I see humanity being herded into one giant, amorphous, mono-cultural “World”. (Globalization) And, funnily enough, it is not Utopia, even for the Elite, who struggle 24/7 with the curse of depravity.
China is choked with smog, and diabetes is skyrocketing. Lucky China etc.
I NEVER wished that my children could be “spoiled brats”. I pitied the children who were, knowing that they would struggle (their “kampf”) emotionally in life. The fact (to me), that the world is mostly being run by grown-up spoiled brats is cause for great concern.
I had NO IDEA that Donald Trump was involved with Big Time Wrestling! That revelation justifies my time reading this site. Yves, the video is priceless. How can anybody in the super-duper serious MSM, Democratic Party and TPTB go into the metaphorical ring (life) with Donald Trump and not come out as ridiculous, sulking, defeated bad guys? They are going to get their heads shaved on TV. Trump is absolutely fearless! AND has a sense of humor. (He plays the straight man!)
I view Trump as a consciousness raiser, the same way Einstein changed our view of reality. And, long after Trump has gone, we will be able to see a rainbow (multitudinous points of view) world, not the mono world being pushed by the Politically Correct Kommissars.
And, no, I do not agree with everything Trump is doing, but….It may be worth it.
Ptup January 25, 2017 at 5:20 pm
“It may be worth it.”
Good lord. The same argument that he took advantage of when building his stupid little casino empire, hand in hand with the Philly mob. “It may be worth it” was the sales con to the people of New Jersey and Antlantic City, because, after all, the place had been the victim of such “carnage” since the fifties, hey, whatdowegottolose? How’d that turn out? And now he’s sitting in the damn catbird street. “Chicago, you suck! Only I can fix it. Besides, I have an investment to protect! My condo tower with those big gold letters!Me!”
Good lord. Sir, are you situated somewhere in our society where you have nothing to lose? Because, trust me, this wrecking ball disaster of a man has the potential of screwing it up for almost anybody in our society. Pretty much, anybody and everybody, including the much hated 1 and .1 percent. Don’t even think he cares what happens to the little people.
fresno dan January 25, 2017 at 7:38 am
Trumps lies are obvious and childish. That doesn’t mean that they are not effective. Or that some of them are certainly profoundly disturbing.
So…is Obama getting a Nobel peace prize a “lie”? Only very objective, and informed people could look at that question, and understand that the security state expansion was aided and abetted by Obama. That it is a systemic lie of neocon and neolibs, that war is peace. And having Hillary to foist the blame on for Libya and sundry other disasters in comparison is the only thing that makes Obama look reasonable.
So to paraphrase the axiom that had come up, “The press takes Obama literally but not seriously, while the people take Obama seriously but not literally”
Northeaster January 25, 2017 at 7:43 am
“So again, Trump opponents, beware: underestimating him has proven to be a losing strategy.” –
It was the underestimating the anger of The American People that put him into office, Trump simply seized on it.
Something opponents from all corners refuse or cannot understand, especially the media, which is overwhelmingly Democrat/liberal/far-left. The more they piss off the disenfranchised, the more push back they will get, and the more ground they will lose. The insular liberal cities filled with people that think they know what’s best, and surrounded by the very same to agree with them, think they can impute their will on a middle-America farmer, or a betrayed union worker, just adds to the insult.
Yves Smith Post author January 25, 2017 at 8:17 am
The media is NOT far left or even left. Wash your mouth out. It is neoliberal, which is a different kettle of fish, but they’d like to fool you into believing that any further left is the political equivalent of going over the edge of the earth. Go read Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank for starters to disabuse you of the myths you’ve swallowed.
The media ignored and then attacked Sanders, who not that much to the left of middle of the road Reagan era. A Javits Republican would have been on board with 80% of what Sanders called for. Improving Medicare and Social Security, even if it means raising taxes (although the rich should pay more of them), raising the minimum wage, strengthening environmental regulations, cutting back on military spending, have for decades gotten large majorities or at worst clear pluralities in polls (some polls are designed to suppress support for these positions and survey results are very sensitive to survey design). Another supposedly leftie position, punishing executives who engage in wrongdoing, would clearly get majority support.
The country is well to the left of the pundit class. The idea that the country is right wing on anything other than gunz and social issues is a myth. That is how the elites have kept the peasants divided.
The positions that got Trump votes are not right wing. He in fact moved to the right after he won the nomination to appease the Republican party grandees, which was necessary for him to get access to their campaign infrastructure. He will probably not shift back to the left since catering to the mainstream Republicans suits him and his billionaire buddies just fine and also helps keep the Republicans who hate his guts placated enough to forestall a revolt.
Sanders like Trump recognized the need to get employment up and wages up, including draining the swamp, getting better trade deals, investing in infrastructure. Trump even talked up a minimum wage increase but retreated from that. It is unlikely that Trump was ever sincere, but he did see power lying in the street and recognized what the leverage points were. Sanders’ measures would have done a much better job of delivering. Readers tell me they personally know a lot of young blue collar people who voted for Sanders in the primaries and Trump in the general.
The media is neoliberal, and as Adolph Reed has pointed out, identity politics is the left edge of neoliberalism. They believe as long as the 1% has proper out-group representation, the peasants should be satisfied since they can be told that they have a fair shot at getting to the 1%. Never mind that the 1% is increasingly open to at best the top 10%.
Science Officer Smirnoff January 25, 2017 at 10:09 am
Sanders’ measures would have done a much better job of delivering.
Massively understated, Yves! :-)
Carolinian January 25, 2017 at 10:11 am
Great analysis–also the above post. I for one would like to see more articles on the origins of Trump’s political philosophy if he has one. Did he get all his ideas from Pat Buchanan (who seems mighty pleased with Trump in his recent columns)? People really do need to start taking Trump more seriously instead of trying to pretend all this isn’t happening. Since he has no track record politically or as an office holder there is much we need to know.
jrs January 25, 2017 at 12:19 pm
I suspect he got most of his ideas from talk radio and it’s bizarre theories. Pat Buchanan maybe as well. Books? No, and stop looking there as he doesn’t read, but who does he listen to on the radio or t.v.?
Take him seriously and then DO WHAT exactly?
Carolinian January 25, 2017 at 12:26 pm
Stop obsessing about tweets and other nonsense. WaPo and NYT leads focused on making Trump look bad are crowding out real news.
nobody January 25, 2017 at 12:55 pm
Carolinian,
Canadian political anthropologist Max Forte (more recent piece reposted by Fabius Maximus included in today’s links) has given Trump some serious consideration over the past year or so. This, from his piece “Donald Trump and Empire: An Assessment,” at Zero Anthropology (October 6, 2016) speaks to your question about his “political philosophy if he has one”:
In developing this assessment I have relied principally on two of Donald Trump’s recent books, plus all of his foreign policy speeches this year, interviews with Trump (especially those concerning foreign policy), transcripts from his debates in the Republican primaries and in the presidential race, and online compilations of his position statements on a multitude of foreign policy issues from over more than two decades. The two books were either timed for release during this campaign, or revised and updated for re-release in 2016: 1) Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again (2015); 2) Time to Get Tough: Make America Great Again! (2011 [2016]). Crippled America closely resembles Trump’s improvised speeches, as if dictated to a typist, with all of the usual flourishes, “believe me,” and few sources or references; Time to Get Tough, on the other hand, is filled with quotes, references, and footnotes, and more closely resembles his scripted speeches and the policy statements on his campaign’s website…
Trump is no drafter of ideological blueprints. He candidly admits to not having time to read, and to reading little as a result. Therefore, efforts by analysts to root his ideas in those of Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, Charles Lindbergh (Trump dismisses this association), Dwight Eisenhower, etc., are more reflections and impositions of analysts’ own understandings of the genealogy of certain ideas, rather than uncovering intellectual paths that Trump himself has likely (never) walked. In his speeches, Trump virtually never cites any source of intellectual inspiration, and seems to take particular pride in doing his own thinking, in his own way (something which I personally admire). At some point, analysts will have to decide to judge his thinking for what it is, rather than for what they believe it was. Trump seems to respond to the immediate context, and to the main actors in the dominant political arenas, rather than configurations of past political theories. What he gets as political theory is then likely a highly distilled, reinvented and loosely concocted version that surfaces in contemporary struggles and is often encoded in Hollywood movies, which Trump has likely seen, and which he then remixes and alters to suit his preferences.
Buttinsky January 25, 2017 at 1:51 pm
Reading this it suddenly occurred to me that this is part of what has made Trump an electoral success — isn’t it exactly how most people form their political opinions:
“Trump virtually never cites any source of intellectual inspiration, and seems to take particular pride in doing his own thinking, in his own way… Trump seems to respond to the immediate context, and to the main actors in the dominant political arenas, rather than configurations of past political theories. What he gets as political theory is then likely a highly distilled, reinvented and loosely concocted version that surfaces in contemporary struggles and is often encoded in Hollywood movies, which Trump has likely seen, and which he then remixes and alters to suit his preferences.”
(I exclude from “most people,” of course, the Naked Capitalism commentariat, which does indeed seem to read and take the intellectual history of ideologies seriously.)
Carolinian January 25, 2017 at 2:09 pm
Thnx 4 the quote and the thoughtful reply. Here’s the take of Raimondo (an antiwar libertarian) on how we should think about Trump.
Suffice to say that his revival of the “America First” tradition is, in and of itself, a mortal threat to the War Party, and they recognize the danger he poses to them. That’s why every faction with an interest in maintaining the Empire – the neocons, the liberal internationalists, the national security bureaucracy, the CIA, the cold war Democrats – have pulled out all the stops in their unrelenting assault on the Trump administration. They know who their enemies are.
That Trump is inconsistent, and an imperfect vessel, hardly needs to be said. That the danger of war still looms over us is also a fact that none can deny. Yet all this is irrelevant in the face of the conceptual victory his winning the White House represents. Here is a candidate who campaigned against GOP foreign policy orthodoxy, explicitly rejecting the legacy of the Iraq war and even going so far as to call out the Bush administration for lying us into that war. Even if he had been defeated in the general election, Trump’s triumph in the Republican primary signaled the end of neoconservatism as a viable political force, at least inside the GOP. What this means is that the War Party’s monopoly on the foreign policy positions of both parties is ended: Garrett’s lament is now outdated, because the voters do have a choice. They can choose between republic and Empire.
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2017/01/24/taking-the-long-view/
For those who missed some of this Trump history (in self-promotion etc.),
What Trump Is Throwing Out the Window
by Jessica T. Mathews (NYRB):
. . . Trump’s foreign policy often seems invented in the moment—a mixture of impulse and ignorance amid a morass of contradictions. But in fact its essence, the opposite of the three core beliefs I’ve cited, has been remarkably consistent for decades.* In 1987, either toying with the possibility of a presidential run or building publicity for the forthcoming publication of The Art of the Deal (or both), Trump paid to publish an open letter to the American people in The New York Times and two other major papers with the headline “There’s Nothing Wrong with America’s Foreign Defense Policy That a Little Backbone Can’t Cure.”
Other nations, he wrote, “have been taking advantage of the United States.” They convince us to pay for their defense while “brilliantly” managing weak currencies against the dollar. “Our world protection is worth hundreds of billions of dollars to these countries”; yet weak American politicians respond “in typical fashion” to “these unjustified complaints.” “End our huge deficits,” he concludes, “reduce our taxes, and let America’s economy grow unencumbered by the cost of defending those who can easily afford to pay us for the defense of their freedom. Let’s not let our great country be laughed at anymore.”
*I am indebted to Thomas Wright for this insight. See “Trump’s 19th-Century Foreign Policy,” Politico, January 20, 2016. ↩
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/02/09/what-trump-is-throwing-out-the-window/
[emphasis added]
Your link is just a summary of what seem to be not terribly interesting books about the FP moment unless one buys into the ‘OMG those America Firsters’ alarm of that great political thinker Philip Roth (sarc). I did know about his 80s newspaper ad.
Admittedly it may be difficult to find philosophical origins for Trump since, as Jeff St. Clair point out, his apartment is completely devoid of books.
Perhaps people’s confusion lies in what Nancy Fraser calls ‘Progressive Neoliberalism’, two words that make awkward bedfellows, but which, I believe, can be easily recognised in some of the mainstream media. People get blinded by the (somewhat) ‘progressive’ part and therefore call it ‘left’, just like they recognise a progressive side in Obama and therefore consider him left-wing. To call it ‘far-left’, otoh, is just an easy way to denounce/condemn it, without actually knowing what it really means.
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/progressive-neoliberalism-reactionary-populism-nancy-fraser
Futility January 25, 2017 at 1:41 pm
Thank you, Ives, for putting it so clearly. I am still amazed how after the publication of ‘Manufacturing consent’ or ‘The real terror network’ (OK, somewhat dated regarding their examples but still spot on in their general analysis; ‘communism’ just needs to be replaced with the perceived menace du jour) anybody can still think that American MSM is in any meaningful way described as ‘left’. One only has to look how they treated slightly left of center positions like Sanders’ (Krugman in the NYT comes to mind). The only publication deserving the qualifier ‘left’ (and very readable) is Mother Jones.
witters January 25, 2017 at 4:46 pm
My US mother-in-law got me a subscription to MJ a couple of years ago. She too thought it was ‘Left’, so I’d like it. It was – beautifully accurate phrase! – ‘progressive neoliberal’ tripe.
If that is all the left left, then there is nothing left.
Yves Smith Post author January 25, 2017 at 4:53 pm
Google “Jane Hamsher” and “veal pen”. She described how the Obama Administration went after the left systematically. They would have 8:45 AM calls with leftist publications to give them their talking points for the day. The ones that bucked their orders and opposed the party line would soon find the Administration calling their major backers and telling them to withdraw funding.
That is why the few remaining serious social justice oriented pubs are small donor funded.
I fail to see how exposing ExxonMobil’s financing of anti-climate change junk science (relevant again with one of Trump’s cabinet picks coming from this very company) or reporting about the abysmal state of American prisons (just to name 2 examples) qualifies as neoliberal tripe. Are there that many other American publications where you can read stories like this?
Brad January 25, 2017 at 12:43 pm
Dear Northeaster,
Never forget that “the media” are commercial capitalist enterprises. Like the other capitalists who may have not cared for Trump such as in Silicon Valley and Hollywood, the media are now drafting behind Trump the POTUS, mulling over whether of not to steer their own black-flagged privateer into Trump’s pirate fleet.
The problem that most capitalists have had with Trump, and not just media capitalists, is that he is the one and only True Naked Capitalist. (And Yves may have attained a blogger’s epiphany) Trump shamelessly struts it all out there, his market-driven genitalia wagging in their faces. And as in the parable of the Emperor Without His Clothes, Trump’s class mates point their fingers and gasp, scandalized. But unlike the Emperor, Trump merely replies, “Yeah, that’s right, I’ve got no clothes on. I’m naked. So what?”.
So at last we in the USA will get to experience a real capitalist despot in all his glory. No more of the hypocritical Postwar charade of the capitalist as rational economic social servant “bringing good things to life”. Instead we will get a good dose of government run as a business tyranny. The kind I and, presumably, you, labor under every day.
I say, though, question this first before all other things.
Sylvia Demarest January 25, 2017 at 8:20 am
Yves: I am so glad you wrote this. I woke up this morning feeling the same way. Trump manages to send the media off on tangents wasting their time while the significance of what he’s really doing isn’t adequately covered. This happened, again, yesterday and, again, the media focus was on the latest “Trump outrage” rather than the significance of the real news of the day. It’s the equivalent to shouting “squirrel” to your dog, pointing far away, and watching him go off on the chase. Trump keeps shouting “squirrel” and off the media goes.
flora January 25, 2017 at 10:16 am
I agree. I also think the media would rather report on anything other than economic issues or issues of substance – or have been advised by the editorial/owner groups to focus on circus over substance. Sanders’ campaign didn’t even exist in media reporting for a very long time. Neither did the OWS protests and issues. That said, the media seems entranced by circus and disasters of one kind or another. Those don’t require much analysis and the reporting won’t alarm their corporate owners.
jsn January 25, 2017 at 11:02 am
People refuse to entertain the reality that Trump is not who he plays on TV. He has a couple of well tested TV personas and I’m pretty sure a half dozen others he’s used over the years in his other lines of business, I’ve seen several.
He has used the iconography of opulence to appeal to serfs the same way the Royal Family does in England, he has used the iconography of business success to appeal to common aspirations, he has used NeoLib Identity Politics to destroy itself on the shoals of its own exclusivism/elitism.
He is deeply and profoundly manipulative, and based on the last year knows what he’s doing better than anyone is prepared to credit him for.
I think he will mostly be disasterous, but he won’t be defeated at the juvenile level to which he’s managed to lower the discourse. He is now beginning to DO THINGS, focus on that!
George Phillies January 25, 2017 at 8:27 am
A fine article. We shall see if the Democratic (I did not say ‘liberal’) press wises up. On the other hand, I listened to TV news last night…I do not do this all the time…and to some extent they were still bloviating about attendance at the inauguration.
oho January 25, 2017 at 8:33 am
>>I am beginning to wonder if Trump, unconsciously or even once in a while consciously, isn’t playing the press and the public.
Scott Adams, long ago in 2015, deemed Trump a ‘clown genius.’
Pundits mocked Adams’ commentary and his Trump victory prediction, as he’s a mere cartoonist.
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/126589300371/clown-genius
JEHR January 25, 2017 at 10:03 am
Thank you for the link. I think a person has to trash a lot of her own beliefs about why people do things to really understand this man. Trump is in a different world from ours but he makes his reality ours. Ingenious! We are not “normalizing” him; he is normalizing us!
TheCatSaid January 25, 2017 at 10:27 am
great link, thank you oho.
how genius do you have to be if the press is complicit in not covering issues. I suspect they kinda are …
PH January 25, 2017 at 8:41 am
Thoughtful essay.
As an additional point, I would note that media gravitates toward “he said, she said” and so is reflexively looking to “the opposition group” for a quote.
This makes the lack of organization of any “Bernie faction” within the Dem party more acute.
Indeed, Bernie himself has been muted to a degree by putting him on Schumer’s communication team (along with a bunch of Blue Dogs).
We need a visible organization whose mission is to speak for peace and economic fairness, and whose short-term goal is to run Dem primary challengers in Federal elections, and to develop a Progressive farm team at state electoral level.
Not only is there no such organization, I am not aware of any person or groups talking about banding together to form such an organization.
Without such a group to answer press calls, the “official” spokesman for the anti-Trump position is Schumer — architect of. 25 years of selecting moderate Republicans to run as Democrats in purple states (and collecting funds for their election).
And so there is no official voice for Dem populism.
RenoDino January 25, 2017 at 8:42 am
Never underestimate someone who is willing to make a fool of himself.
TomV January 25, 2017 at 8:50 am
Yves,
The election is over. Trump clearly understands this and is issuing ex. orders like a machine gun. So how about some serious economic analysis which you are uniquely capable of, sans ideology!
Agreed. Enough with the Hillary/Obama neoliberal bashing. They lost, fine, now let’s get on with it. And let’s stop bashing the press. Like it or not, we need them right now to go toe to toe with these nasty mofos in the west wing who, it seems, have a number one priority of shutting them down so they can get on with their work of turning this country into the white, Christian heaven they’ve always imagined in their little brains. I know, I know, they’re detached from the anger, they only hear the language of the upper class liberals, but, imagine a life without them if Trump succeeds in neutralizing them. Sorry, they’re all we’ve got right now. And, yeah, I think that a President of the United States basically telling the country that our electoral process is corrupted and therefore invalid is quite the news story, and should be covered, over and over, because if that notion is “normalized”, than we’re really screwed.
He’s not that smart and calculating. He’s nuts, and a child. Don’t give him so much credit.
Ptup, I suggest you read oho’s link. Tells you right there what is going on and, when you think about it, it makes more sense than anything else I have heard about Trump.
Ptup January 25, 2017 at 10:58 am
Yeah, I’ve read his stuff. Sounds like someone doing the runaround telling me the Trump “supporter”, or the Trump dupe, is an idiot who can be taken with so called brilliant sales techniques. In other words, a rube. Doesn’t paint a pretty picture of both the salesman and the sale victim. Sad to think this is what it’s all come to. Sure, that’s politics, we’ve all been conned all our lives by these people, but, with this guy, we know he’s a total screw up that’s convinced the American public he’s a smart businessman, which is such a shame, coming from a lifetime New Yorker who’s watched this guy with disgust all his adult life. I find it all so depressing that this boy screwup is where he is today, and some people have to come off their high horses with their I told you so sneering and start to fight this crap daily, or we’re really in trouble soon, probably as soon as he finds a handy excuse to declare Marshall law, like what he’s hinting at in Chicago in one of his damn tweets. Enough already.
Brad January 25, 2017 at 3:17 pm
When you unplug from the LibDems, I’ll stop bashing them and their media. They’re all capitalists.
[Yves] “They also, as described above, divert press and pundit attention to upset and hand-wringing about Trump’s posturing as opposed to his actions.”
Yep, this is the real danger.
A new article, “Nothing is Real: When Reality TV Programming Masquerades as Politics” by Newsbud.com’s contributing editor John B. Whitehead, explores further:
[Whitehead quoting Professor Neil Postman] “No one needs to be reminded that our world is now marred by many prison-cultures…. it makes little difference if our wardens are inspired by right- or left-wing ideologies. The gates of the prison are equally impenetrable, surveillance equally rigorous, icon-worship pervasive…. Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him, by ours…. When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility.”— Professor Neil Postman” . . .
[John B. Whitehead] “Much like the fabricated universe in Peter Weir’s 1998 film The Truman Show, in which a man’s life is the basis for an elaborately staged television show aimed at selling products and procuring ratings, the political scene in the United States has devolved over the years into a carefully calibrated exercise in how to manipulate, polarize, propagandize and control a population.
Indeed, Donald Trump may be the smartest move yet by the powers-that-be to keep the citizenry divided and at each other’s throats, because as long as we’re busy fighting each other, we’ll never manage to present a unified front against tyranny in any form.
This is the magic of the reality TV programming that passes for politics today.
It allows us to be distracted, entertained, occasionally a little bit outraged but overall largely uninvolved, content to remain in the viewer’s seat.
The more that is beamed at us, the more inclined we are to settle back in our comfy recliners and become passive viewers rather than active participants as unsettling, frightening events unfold.
Reality and fiction merge as everything around us becomes entertainment fodder.
We don’t even have to change the channel when the subject matter becomes too monotonous. That’s taken care of for us by the programmers (the corporate media).”
Distractions, “entertainment” and “infotainment” prevent us from taking the lead in creating our lives.
PhilM January 25, 2017 at 10:38 am
Please never leave the lying press alone. Who guards the guards themselves is the question of the day. Without Yves and Lambert on this beat, we would be left to read HP and WaPo and, heaven help us all, The New Yorker–wherein a recent article on plutocrat prepping is a garden of earthly delights for Team Guillotine.
Whether Trump is smart or nuts is at least a better conundrum than whether he is stupid or lying, which is what everyone since Nixon has presented us with. We all know he’s lying–everyone in politics is lying all the time, because “What is truth?”; and they are ignorant, we all know that, too, because data are infinite. Me, I think it is a deliberate strategy to delegitimize (big word these days) the chattering classes. He is flooding what little signal remains in the establishment media with reflected noise of their own making. Mohammad Ali: bob and weave, dance and feint, and at the end, the frantic opponent has beaten himself to the floor.
dbk January 25, 2017 at 10:47 am
Good post, thanks Yves.
I have trained myself to ignore the noise and focus on what’s actually being done; for example, I’d caught all the stories you noted and recognized their significance.
But doing so takes serious time – in addition to this site, I check about 10 other sites every day, and that’s on a light-news day without my doing in-depth reading.
This morning I got up, logged on and did my usual round of sites, and then I said, “Okay, I need a day off.” I was overwhelmed by all that’s being signed off on.
The MSM is to some extent still covering the President the way they were when he was a candidate – this is a mistake imho. I’m interested in in-depth reporting and policy discussion, but this takes time, too, and sometimes it’s just easier to follow the twitterstorms. But that’s not the job of reporters; theirs is to offer in-depth reporting and policy discussion in a form non-experts – voters – can understand. That’s hard, but hey, it’s what they theoretically signed up for when they chose their profession.
One more thing: in addition to following what the President’s signing off on (a slew of EOs, at present), I wish the MSM would also follow what else is going on in terms of push-back and potential problems – the emoluments clause lawsuit, the Aetna-Humana merger scandal (wow, that judge), and – the one I’m following – the lawsuit filed on Jan. 11 against the USG on behalf of Native American schoolchildren. I’m reading the complaint, and this will be a landmark case, just at the moment we have a new Sec of Interior (the lead Defendant). My sense as a decades-long news junkie is that there are a lot more lawsuits waiting in the wings for filing, and I’m just wondering whether some of the push-back won’t be waged through the court system instead of in Congress. The loyal opposition, at least in legal corridors, hasn’t been wringing their hands the last two months. Just a hypothesis for now.
I’ve decided to only follow two areas in depth, one chosen for professional reasons, and the other due to personal interest and the fact that one of my Senators is the ranking minority member on the committee that oversees that area. Even humble citizens need to strategize a bit about priorities now.
Ivy January 25, 2017 at 10:54 am
Who else tells the truth, backed up with facts, references, objectivity? NC remains a beacon and a must-read, so tell your friends to tell their friends to read it.
Which other outlets, blogs or other media presentations do NC readers believe may qualify for that?
PhilM January 25, 2017 at 2:57 pm
And send them money, too. By Grabthar’s Hammer, what a deal!
JamesG January 25, 2017 at 10:59 am
If the media, Hollywood, the climatistas, late-night Trump-bashers and other members of the hate Trump mob keep it up they will eventually face a 9 to 0 Supreme Court for, just as surely as the Electoral College is here to stay, non-liberals will control the White House for decades.
TheBellTolling January 25, 2017 at 11:51 am
I mean the “fraud” thing is quickly becoming a policy issue. They are now talking investigations and reforming voter fraud. This is going to be used to disenfranchise a lot of people. And it’s a huge farce.
Yesterday was extremely scary in terms of how any of this is going to be combated because whatever opposition exists just looks so freaking ineffective. Police will steamroll pipeline protesters violently and media won’t cover and if they do it will immediately be jammed into a R vs D framework. Government agencies will become even more private/corporate by being gagged. R’s will secure even more outsized power by kick people off voter rolls and there won’t be any internal dissent within their ranks.
Killing TPP was nice but I don’t see how any of these little bright spots are going to stand up to the compounding effects of all the other harmful actions.
fajensen January 26, 2017 at 11:55 am
TPP (and TISA) will come right back once that “They” realize that TTP et. al. would have been a good conduit for spreading the corporation driven dry-rot to the competition in Europe and other places.
BrianC January 25, 2017 at 12:20 pm
Good summary. While the media focus on the obvious, they miss the sleight of hand, which is where the real action is.
So today… Huff Post is calling out Trump for insisting that illegal voters swayed the popular vote. This ties in to the Republican plan to disenfranchise voters. Let’s fast forward a few years after more *successful* efforts to remove legitimate voters. (Which Democrats won’t do anything to stop.) Removing a couple of million from the roles shouldn’t be too hard. Then when Trump *wins* reelection he can then say: “See! Told you so! As soon as we removed the illegals from the rolls – I win the popular vote too!”
flora January 25, 2017 at 10:09 pm
I agree. Unfortunately, the Dems undercut their own argument about objectivity. Hard to not see this in part as an “in your face” from Trump to the Dems who cried voter fraud in swing states, Russia interference, attempts to suborn electors, the Stein recount, yada yada. Sauce for goose, sauce for gander.
Yes, pushing more voter id laws is a really bad idea, but the Dems cried wolf about voter fraud so loudly so long without any real evidence that they don’t have a lot to stand on now to argue their wasn’t voter fraud. They spent the past 6 weeks building the very climate for Trump to push voter id/ voter suppression laws. It’s cringe worthy to hear them say (The Newhour tonight) that there was NO voter fraud, except for the Russian interference. sheesh…..
Kronosaurus January 25, 2017 at 12:22 pm
Trump is playing with fire. I believe his wild tweets and remarks are designed to distract, but also, serve other roles. As many have stated, they serve to draw out who his true supporters are vs enemies. If he blatantly lies then those who point it out and make a big deal of it are his enemies. But scariest of all is that he is steadily feeding us insanity so that we will slowly get inoculated to it. When blatant lies turn to mere distortions and exaggerations we will start to take him seriously. His extreme positions will start to appear rational and moderate. And after we get worn out knocking down his daily lies he will be able to lie with impunity because we will be desensitized to it all.
I don’t know what to do. If we call him out on each and every lie we get distracted. If we ignore them then we literally let him get away with lies. There are too many lies to attack all at once. Take the issue of the wall. The whole premise is based on disinformation. That immigration is a horrible problem, that there is not enough wall already in place, that walls will even work, that we can adequately staff it and so on. Just debunking his BS on that issue alone takes up most of each person’s cognitive capacity. Or how about trade? Where do you start with the internal contradictions his ideas contain, or for the fact that his ideas are rejected by most Republicans and Economists, or that TPP is mostly about intellectual property rights and other things that have nothing to do with protectionism? The mainstream media still hasn’t covered any of that to any adequate degree.
We have to use lying/disinformation triage when approaching Trump. But the fact that we need to use emergency procedures just to understand our President and Congress is startling. Our mainstream media is not up to the job and the internet, while it can cover it all, does not filter out the priority news very well. The internet amplifies the sugar-coated stories and we consume it. Trump understands how that cycle works better than most and until we figure out how to produce and consume information in a healthier way he will have his cake and eat it too.
Seamus Padraig January 25, 2017 at 1:17 pm
Trump’s a wily warrior. He knows that the press is relentlessly hostile to him, and he also knows how to turn their hostility to his own advantage, judo-like. The more the press indulge in pointless personal attacks, or spread obviously bogus “fake news” about him, the more they discredit themselves, not Trump. Meanwhile, people respect Trump because they see that he fights back; they see that Trump is doing what they themselves never could do, and so they live vicariously through him.
“Wily Warrior”
Holy.
Listen, I know HRC and the DNC are not liked here. I can’t stand her and what she stands for either, but, please, please, people, this guy is NOT a good alternative. Here, here’s just a few low hanging pieces of fruit from that poisonous tree that represents that foul man’s history. Just, you know, to gauge this man’s character. First, the Central Park 5. Remember that? Over twenty five years ago, so, we can safely assume, this was no “wily” campaign tactic by the orange headed fool. He took out full page ads in all four NYC dailies, essentially, calling for a lynching of these five innocent black men by calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty in NY. If it was Georgia in the thirties, the lynching would have happened, I’m sure. He has never apologized for this action, and attempted to justify it durin his campaign this summer. Second, the birther thing. Much more recent, but, doubtful he was considering this presidential run at the time – he’s way too impulsive and ADD. A very public and overt act of racism combined with his penchant for believing conspiracy theories. He never apologized for that, either, and, once, just once, this summer, said that it wasn’t true.
Now, this is the man who should be President?? You’re white, of course, right? Safely ensconced in some little white world with white police officers protecting you, right? Of course you are.
Wily warrior, my ass. This man is a dangerous bigot who is only concerned with himself, and is now commander of the most powerful military in the world and the nation’s police forces. Think about that, please.
Massinissa January 25, 2017 at 9:59 pm
Saying he is a wily warrior is NOT endorsing him. Hes going to be a terrible president. But to think that he is an idiot is silly. Trump is a very cunning man. Underestimate him at your own peril. Over a dozen republican presidential hopefuls and Hillary Clinton have already made that mistake. Hes probably the most wily and cunning son of a bitch since Tricky Dick Nixon. And we all know how THAT presidency went…
He is an idiot. He’s not cunning, he’s not wily, he’s deluded, a madman. How in the hell did this happen? And how is it that so many supposedly smart people insist on talking about him as some sort of calculating genius. For gods sake.
Here. Did you catch the ABC interview? Here is an exchange about the CIA speech. Did you see the speech? I did. I was flabbergasted. But, this is just off the charts:
DAVID MUIR: Mr. President, I just have one more question on this. And it’s — it’s bigger picture. You took some heat after your visit to the CIA in front of that hallowed wall, 117 stars — of those lost at the CIA. You talked about other things. But you also talked about crowd size at the inauguration, about the size of your rallies, about covers on Time magazine. And I just wanna ask you when does all of that matter just a little less? When do you let it roll off your back now that you’re the president?
(OVERTALK)
PRESIDENT TRUMP: OK, so I’m glad you asked. So, I went to the CIA, my first step. I have great respect for the people in intelligence and CIA. I’m — I don’t have a lot of respect for, in particular one of the leaders. But that’s okay. But I have a lot of respect for the people in the CIA.
That speech was a home run. That speech, if you look at Fox, OK, I’ll mention you — we see what Fox said. They said it was one of the great speeches. They showed the people applauding and screaming and — and they were all CIA. There was — somebody was asking Sean — “Well, were they Trump people that were put–” we don’t have Trump people. They were CIA people.
That location was given to me. Mike Pence went up before me, paid great homage to the wall. I then went up, paid great homage to the wall. I then spoke to the crowd. I got a standing ovation. In fact, they said it was the biggest standing ovation since Peyton Manning had won the Super Bowl and they said it was equal. I got a standing ovation. It lasted for a long period of time. What you do is take — take out your tape — you probably ran it live. I know when I do good speeches. I know when I do bad speeches. That speech was a total home run. They loved it. I could’ve …
PRESIDENT TRUMP: … gotten …
DAVID MUIR: You would give the same speech if you went back …
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Absolutely.
DAVID MUIR: … in front of that wall?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: People loved it. They loved it. They gave me a standing ovation for a long period of time. They never even sat down, most of them, during the speech. There was love in the room. You and other networks covered it very inaccurately. I hate to say this to you and you probably won’t put it on but turn on Fox and see how it was covered. And see how people respond to that speech.
That speech was a good speech. And you and a couple of other networks tried to downplay that speech. And it was very, very unfortunate that you did. The people of the CIA loved the speech. If I was going to take a vote in that room, there were, like, 300, 350 people, over 1,000 wanted to be there but they couldn’t. They were all CIA people. I would say I would’ve gotten 350 to nothing in that room. That’s what the vote would’ve been. That speech was a big hit, a big success — success. And then I came back and I watched you on television and a couple of others.”
Ok. Now, I’m 64 years old, not very smart., but, smart enough to know that that is talk from a man who is deranged. For the life of me, I don’t see any other purpose of all that rambling than just weird, crazy childish bragging. It’s crazy. It’s not cunning. It’s nuts. And here we are, having to deal with this for four years. It’s quite depressing. But, please, don’t call him smart. Just, please.
Idiot Savant then? That would work too!
I think, this knack Trump has of cloaking himself, the hiding of his true intentions and perhaps even his real personality, assuming that he actually has one that is not a mask crafted for a specific purpose*, makes Donald Trump a much more capable, tougher, and maybe even a truly dangerous person.
Overall, I am beginning to get a very bad vibe from all of this “organized disorganization”, all these slips, that somehow juuust always works out right. Twitches some sense like smell.
Maybe someone really cooked up a Strong AI (or even summoned something).
My consolation so far is that Hillary would have started a war with Russia to look good on her “resume”.
I knew someone like that once, the finest, generous, most funniest guy ever. Always just fitting in and doing exactly “the right thing” for the scene / moment. Always hot women around him. Except … “he” wasn’t really “in there” and whatever was renting the place in his head could probably kill someone and not even remember it. He is a CEx now, of course. For all we know, Trump could be like that guy too, like a fish in the water moving in concert within any crowd and then leading it along. *That* would be *really* scary.
DarkMatters January 25, 2017 at 3:00 pm
It’s perhaps significant (at least interesting) that he’s one of three presidents who have effectively exploited new communications technologies: Roosevelt (radio), Kennedy (television) and Trump (social internet). They could go rogue because there was a way to take their message directly to the American people which had not yet been preempted. These direct channels provided the independent popular support essential for undercutting the dominant paradigm and policies.
An elite coup was attempted (and hushed up) against Roosevelt, and Kennedy was assassinated, with arguments still continuing over which and how many offended elites were actually involved. For good or ill, Trump’s actions have already revealed an unusual personality trait: he is showing exceptional bravery in opposing the current elite agenda. (Credit to Gilbert Doctorow, the only columnist I’ve heard who has made this observation.)
Imaseaward January 25, 2017 at 9:15 pm
DT seems more like a man exhibiting the symptoms of a serious Personality Disorder which is perhaps why so many women marched. We recognize the cray. His behavior is that of a guy who can’t take no for an answer, can’t take criticism, lives in an alternate reality, tells whoppers, is jealous, believes he’s ‘God’s Gift to women’ and can’t keep it in his pants. A normal man – just doesn’t play like this – but a guy who behaves just like DT goes in for the kill, sometimes literally, at even the slightest dis. Sometimes women ‘just know’ and those who would support a man like this usually end up being hurt and discarded, so watch out KAC. Policy aside.
Hemang January 26, 2017 at 8:22 am
In one fell swoop Donald Trump has taken the rug of hypocrisy off the feet of the U.S. media establishment- do remember if you please that 98 out of the top 100 U.S. print newspapers endorsed his opponent- by winning the last election. Sure the media while licking its wounds of humiliation of having been proved completely inconsequential by the results must adopt a civilized course and accept the results! The continuing anti-Trump ranting by the media proves more and more with each passing day that for its professed understanding of the nature of the reality in which the election took place continues to be incorrect. Let us see, my feeling is that in a short time the vituperative hissing of the media snakes will turn into a curving long queue of favour- seekers from the Trump administration! What the election result and the subsequent reaction to it of the media even in a post-information literate society throws light on is the possibility of describing the world essentially as a savage place and the only manner a semblance of order may be brought to the rawness of that world is by the use of bad technology and bad grammar in public conversations, heavily punctuated by vulgarities.
yuan January 26, 2017 at 4:34 pm
“I am beginning to wonder if Trump, unconsciously or even once in a while consciously, isn’t playing the press and the public.”
Beginning? Trump has been gaslighting the public and press for years — and this tactic has a long history among authoritarians. By politicizing the trivial the important issues become harder to distinguish from the trivialities.
Someonewhoreads January 26, 2017 at 9:40 pm
Excellent article. Trump is a showman and a conman. His artifice is perfectly suited to his position as president, much to the surprise of the liberal world. I have found however plenty of articles on what he is actually doing as oppose to saying. TV media won’t do it alone. People have to read beyond the headlines. But yes generally agree the media is getting lost in the sh&tstorm.
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School is the best medium to carry forward the message of national reconciliation – President
President Maithripala Sirisena says the school is the best medium to carry forward the message of national reconciliation to the society.
He made these remarks participating in the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Zahira College in Anuradhapura, yesterday (27). The President also vested the new three-storied building for classrooms at the school with the students.
President Sirisena was warmly received by students of the school when he arrived at the school. The President also opened the Smart Classroom which included in this new three-storied classroom building and this Smart Classroom was built under the financial assistance from Zahira College old boy, Kosala Jayarathna.
A sapling was planted in the school premises to mark the visit of the President to the school.
The principals and teachers who had served in the fifty years of the history of the school were felicitated and the President presented awards to the first Principal and the first teacher of the school.
Addressing the students, the President further said that a great message delivers to the society regarding the national reconciliation through a school where students belong to different communities study together in a same place. President Sirisena added that the school education plays a pivotal role in building national reconciliation.
Ministers Rauff Hakeem, Duminda Dissanayake, Chandrani Bandara, P. Harrison, Governor of the North Central Province, M. P. Jayasinghe, the staff of the school, including the Principal, the parents, past pupils and others participated on this occasion.
Meanwhile, President Maithripala Sirisena also vested the new three-storied classroom building and the auditorium at the Anuradhapura Central College with the students today.
President Sirisena was warmly received by students when he arrived at this school too.
The President unveiled the plaque and vested the new auditorium and the building of classrooms to the students and had a friendly conversation with them during the observation tour.
While addressing the gathering, the President stated that it is very import to give consideration to the problems occur in school administration, in extra curricular activities and supplying resources while compilation of National Policy making on Education as highly competitive students are being enrolled to a single national school based on its popularity.
President Sirisena said that the situations of developed countries are very different and all the investments done by our country on behalf of free education more than all those countries must be properly governed and managed to get positive results for the whole nation and it is our responsibility to do that.
Awards were offered to the drama group of the college who won the first prize in State Drama Festival 2017.
A special token of appreciation was offered by principle H. M. Abeykoon to the President.
Chief Sanghanayaka of North and North Central province, Anuradhapura Siri Sambodhi Viharaya Ven Nugatenne Pannananda Thero, Ministers Duminda Dissanayake, Chandrani Bandara, P. Harrison, Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Sunil Hettiarachchi, Principal, teachers, parents, old students and others were present at the occasion.
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6 Responses to School is the best medium to carry forward the message of national reconciliation – President
Amarakoon says:
Yes Mr. President, When development of mother Lanka your Alma-mater counts! Colombo Royal & Polannaruwa Royal doing great!!!
have more muslim and tamil schools
Already reconciliation happened in SL. There won’t be necessity to do more things.
Think about economy. Make the country stable first.
I think you and the PM holding Guinness world record, for holding your respective seats when people request to go home. Plus cabinet shuffles in every 3 months.
Nandana Sinhala-Veeraya says:
Well, there was Provincial Chief Minister / Education Minister who made a School Principal kneel down in front of him.
Today, he is a hero!
The Political Party to which he belongs should have sacked him for life.
This is nothing but to get more Tamil and Muslim votes to keep this man in power. Shame.
Elara Sirisena. Tamil man precedent to be a Sinhalese.
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Child workers need rights, not policing, to weather the pandemic
The development community wants to help child workers during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, but unless it rethinks its programming it could cause harm itself.
Roy Maconachie Sam Okyere Neil Howard
Working children in Vietnam.
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Today is the World Day Against Child Labour. It is the most visible point of a largely unseen political and institutional consensus, one which pushes governments, NGOs, and international agencies to invest hundreds of millions of pounds annually in support of policies and projects to end ‘child labour’. We contend that this money often does more harm than good.
The drive to ‘do something’ about child labour has only increased in urgency with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and with the release of reports suggesting that children may suffer the brunt of the fallout more deeply. We agree with the ILO that coronavirus will undoubtedly impact child workers. But in order to ensure that its negative effects are mitigated rather than exacerbated by policy, we feel compelled to highlight the significant body of evidence showing that there are major problems with orthodox thinking around children’s work.
The dominant approach involves preventing children from working in sectors deemed unacceptable and removing them from sectors where prevention has failed. Implicit here is the concept of ‘harm’ and the idea that certain kinds of work are inherently harmful for children. Yet researchers from all continents as well as movements of working children themselves argue that this approach fails. At times it even harms the young people it is supposed to be serving.
What do they mean by this? What actually is harm?
Challenging the dominant narrative on child labour and ‘harm’
The International Labour Organisation defines child labour as work that is mentally, physically, socially, or morally harmful to children. It views ‘hazards’ as anything with the potential to do harm and ‘risks’ as the likelihood of potential harm arising from a given hazard. But for all the extensive lists developed to identify hazards and risks, nowhere has the institution actually defined harm. The ILO’s definition of hazardous child labour as “work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of children” is imprecise and subject to interpretation through different lenses.
Ultimately, as with most human rights, the boundaries of hazards and harm tend to be delineated by those in positions of institutional power. Their understanding of these terms is particular to themselves, yet they assume their understanding is universal. This is a problematic, exclusive, and unscientific basis on which to build policy.
By contrast, anthropological and sociological research into child work has repeatedly found that removing children from work that is difficult, dangerous and at times even damaging is often not in their best interests. This is because, as working children themselves argue, it prevents them from accessing the resources they and their families need to get by. It also overrides their autonomy and interrupts their social development.
Whether or not work is experienced as harmful is more closely connected to its social context and the relationships in which it takes place than to the nature of the work itself.
Data from every continent show that young workers feel proud and experience heightened self-esteem when they can contribute to their families’ wellbeing through their labour. This, in turn, gives them confidence – which is vital in contexts of poverty and can only be obtained through exposure to hazards that one then learns to manage. Likewise, we know that work offers children a chance to develop their social skills and through these to accumulate social capital. Evidence of children living and working on the streets has made this point especially clear.
Whether or not work is experienced as harmful is more closely connected to its social context and the relationships in which it takes place than to the nature of the work itself. In turn, this means that cultural contexts are vital for understanding whether any given experience will be understood and processed by the individual in question as harmful or beneficial.
Embedded within all of the foregoing analyses is the concept of wellbeing as the ‘true’ benchmark by which we should evaluate the pros and cons of children’s work. And, by extension, the benchmark for evaluating policies which seek to intervene in children’s lives. On this argument, although any individual experience of harm will necessarily diminish aggregate wellbeing, decisions regarding how harm should be navigated should only be made contextually and with reference to the overall bundle of inputs contributing to a child’s wellbeing or ill-being.
What are the implications for research and policy?
At the heart of this is the idea that the concept of harm is ambiguous, relative and contextual. It may be unhelpful (and even problematic) to present harm as an ‘objective’ concept that can be defined, measured and assessed with discrete criteria. What is more, in assessing harm, a variety of factors should be taken into consideration. These must include the cumulative or ‘invisible’ aspects of harm, and the trade-off between potential benefits and potential risks inherent in any intervention.
This all points to a set of key questions that must be asked and answered by anyone seeking to help children who work: who is assessing the relative nature of harm, and how does this sit with other perspectives? How are different perspectives on harm reconciled? Likewise, is one instance of a hazardous activity enough to describe the entire work experience as ‘harmful’? And how does any intervention affect wellbeing, the implicit metric against which harm and benefit is being evaluated?
It is, above all, vital that the international development community and especially the ILO prioritise meaningful engagement with these questions to avoid accidentally causing further harm to the vulnerable working children they seek to serve during and beyond this pandemic.
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Oromo Diaspora
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Should language disqualify my Oromo identity?
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(OPride) — My grandfather Ayana Debosie Halo had a habit of making the entire family tune into his favorite radio station: The Voice of Oromo Liberation (better known by its Oromo acronym SBO).
Began in late 1980s, SBO is a shortwave radio run by the Oromo Liberation Front, a political organization that struggles for the advancement of Oromo rights in Ethiopia. SBO broadcasts to Ethiopia daily in Afan Oromo and Amharic, two of Ethiopia’s main languages.
One night some 15 years ago, when I was still in Oromia, Ethiopia’s Oromo region, as he always did, grandpa turned on the SBO program and cranked up the volume to get everyone’s attention. Typically, no one in the house paid much attention. My aunt asked him to turn the volume down while my uncle increased the volume on his TV set to tune out the “unusual” voice coming through grandpa’s beat up stereo tape.
Meanwhile, my Amhara grandmother, who’s gotten accustomed to this chaotic scene over time, grinned in amusement. Despite grandpa’s subtle and vocal encouragement, I always preferred watching TV to hearing a“foreign” language over the radio. In short, except grandpa, no one in the family had appetite for what the OLF (or ONEG as we call it in Amharic) had to say. Besides, growing up in Finfinne — as Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa is known in Oromo — even if we wanted to listen to SBO, we couldn’t tune in because we did not understand or speak Afan Oromo. That was grandpa’s genius: Despite living in Finfinne most of his life, he never lost touch with his Oromo heritage and was fluent in his native Oromo language.
Later, grandpa told us we could listen to SBO’s Amharic broadcasts, which at the time we didn’t know it even existed. But he wanted his grandchildren to learn Afan Oromo. In fact, he had previously bought several Amharic-to-Oromo dictionaries for us. Some of these books got lost while others simply gathered dust on our shelves.
My grandfather was a proud Oromo from western Oromia, and he went to the Mekane Yesus protestant church. His church was the only legally recognized protestant congregation during the communist Derg regime. In those days, his children, including my father, aunts and uncles, alternated between their parents churches every Sunday. They would attend their mother (my grandma’s) Orthodox church one week and grandpas protestant church the week after. They did so to make grandpa happy, but I later learned that they preferred going to the Orthodox church. This tolerance for each other’s beliefs and efforts at accommodating the “other” helped keep our family’s the social equilibrium.
Growing up, I did not care much about religion so I followed the crowd. After all, the majority of my schoolmates and friends in Finfinne were Muslims — ethnic Gurage, Adare, Silte, Oromo and others. But I was always curious about politics. My uncle once told me why he hates the OLF — a group that he believed wants to “divide mixed families like us.” He seemed adamant that the ONEG people even sought to separate his parents. He told me that this “evil” group would kill grandma and the rest of our family for not speaking Afan Oromo. I remember the lecture but I was too young to grasp the gist of his fear mongering at the time.
Over the years, I heard the worst of rumors about ONEG’s bad deeds. One day, I asked grandpa what would happen to our family, friends and neighbors if the people he listens to on the radio ruled Ethiopia. He did not mince words: ONEG is a peaceful organization that struggles for justice and equality. His response left me even more confused but I took his words for it, not least because I trusted grandpa more anyone in the family.
As my family prepared to leave for United States, grandpa made extra efforts to teach me Afan Oromo. He lamented how he did not want English to be my second language (Amharic being the first). He did not want me to lose my Oromo heritage. But learning Oromo was hard because Amharic was spoken at home, school and everywhere else I went in Finfinne.
After living in the U.S., I realized grandpa’s fears were coming true — I was beginning to forget everything. My parents struggled financially and adjusting to a new life and learning a new language was not always easy. I had no time or incentives to learn Afan Oromo. In fact, I did not even have much use for Amharic. Many years later, I phoned grandpa in Oromia: His voice changed a little but his message was the same. He wasted no time to remind me not to forget my Oromo roots. A few years later, my aging grandfather sent me a new trilingual Amharic-Oromo-English dictionary. By then an adult, I realized the only way to learn Afan Oromo was to find Oromo speakers in the states.
I found and contacted the New York-based Oromo Diaspora Association (ODA). I went to a couple of their meetings but I always struggled because I did not speak the language. Some ODA members knew Amharic but it was clear they did not want to use it to conduct their business or even to help me understand what was being discussed. My efforts to learn Afan Oromo on my own ended in vain. Soon, I cut contacts with ODA members and found another “Ethiopian” group. Despite its Ethiopia label, I was surprised to find that many of the group’s members had mixed Oromo ancestry. But like me, most of them did not speak Afan Oromo. We mostly spoke in English as even Amharic was proving difficult to carry a decent conversation.
My grandfather passed away two years ago. We had previously missed grandma’s funeral because of financial problems. But, we saved enough money to fly to Finfinne for his funeral. As per his dying wishes, the biblical writings on his tombstone was done in Afan Oromo. Trying to read Qubee, the Latin alphabet used for writing Oromo, was a harsh reminder that I let grandpa down. I am sure we all did.
Since his death, my whole family has made some efforts to learn Oromo and inherit our Oromo culture. My younger aunt even gave her newborn an Oromo name. For the first time, we started listening to Oromo music. Now, most of us occasionally tune into SBO’s Amharic broadcasts online. Also, for the first time, we began to understand that unlike our parents happy marriage, the marriage of the Oromo nation with Ethiopia was done by force. We began to sympathize with the Oromo cause despite uneasiness over ONEG’s “secessionist” ideology, which we still felt was a direct attack on our mixed identity and heritage. Even my one-time fearful uncle went to his district office in Finfinne and requested the officials to change his ethnic identification on local ID card from “Amhara” to “Ethiopian” — in honor of his mixed identity, though it was in vain.
When I returned to the U.S. after grandpa’s funeral, I began giving donations to the Oromo Studies Association (OSA) and followed Oromo current events in North America. But the struggle to fit-in has been an uphill battle because there is even more ethnic division in the diaspora now compared to a few years ago. Unfortunately, those of us with mixed identities who do not speak Afan Oromo don’t get much help from the Oromo diaspora communities.
As grandpa so eloquently professed long ago, it is now clear to me that learning the Oromo language is key. My uncle once told me that many Tigrean businessmen (especially the ruling TPLF party associates) are learning Afan Oromo so that they can easily exploit Oromia’s resources. This revelation raised a lot questions for me: Does not speaking the language discount my Oromo identity? Is speaking the language what makes one a “real Oromo?” What would that make Oromo speaking Tigrean or Amhara businessmen? Would mixed Oromos, who don’t speak the language, be accepted in “free” Oromia? Is it blood, language or something else that forms the basis of Oromo identity?
There are more that 5 million mixed Ethiopians, including Oromo, who would agree that language or blood alone should not determine a person’s identity. I don’t think language deficiency should disqualify my Oromoness. Intolerance for those with mixed heritage is found among all ethnic communities in Ethiopia, especially the Oromo. There needs to be more acceptance for people with multiple ethnic ancestry.
I hope a time will come when Ethiopians with multi-ethnic identities can be equally proud of all their heritage. Perhaps then we can bridge the growing ethnic divide in Ethiopia. When that time comes, we will all get along and embrace our diverse identities just as grandpa hoped to see in his own life.
I am Oromo and I am proud of it. Rest in Peace Grandpa!
*The writer, Daniel T. Ayana, is an accountant based in New York City.
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Mayor Ted Wheeler of Portland denounced by Trump
Sunday August 30, 2020 - 11:00 AM
PORTLAND, Oregon - Portland police were seeking video Sunday of a fatal shooting on the embattled Oregon city's streets after Black Lives Matter protesters clashed with Trump supporters in a caravan hundreds of vehicles long.
President Donald Trump responded with a Twitter barrage aimed at social justice protesters, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden and top Democrats in Congress.
It was not immediately clear whether the shooting was related to the confrontations. Homicide detectives said they were aware of videos circulating on social media that showed the shooting Saturday night.
"If anyone can provide information about this case, I ask them to please reach out to our detectives, Police Chief Chuck Lovell said. "This violence is completely unacceptable and we are working diligently to find and apprehend the individual or individuals responsible."
Kenosha in crisis:'It's surreal in the worst possible way': Kenosha reels after Jacob Blake shooting and a week of violence
Officers responded to fights, disturbances and collisions throughout downtown and made some arrests Saturday night, police said. By about 8:30 p.m. local time, the caravan of vehicles, part of a Trump rally held at Clackamas earlier in the day, had left downtown. The shooting took place about 15 minutes later.
Photos from the scene showed the victim wearing a Patriot Prayer hat. The right-wing group has involved in several demonstrations in the city. Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson told The Oregonian he had seen the photo but did not say whether he knew the person.
?I have to figure out what the hell is going on,? Gibson told the newspaper.
Trump urged local leaders to call in the National Guard. Residents of Portland and other cities led by Democrats are disgusted with their leadership and with top Democrats in Washington, Trump said.
"Wheeler is incompetent, much like Sleepy Joe Biden," Trump tweeted. "This is not what our great Country wants. They want Safety & Security, and do NOT want to Defund our Police!"
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, condemned all violent protests in an appearance on on ABC News' "This Week."
"I don't care who's engaging in it, you condemn it," she said. "And, of course, Joe Biden has clearly condemned it. But ... this isn't just happening in one place. It's happening all over the country. It is happening under Donald Trump's watch."
Portland has been the scene of sometimes violent protests on an almost nightly basis since Memorial Day, when the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis while in police custody prompted protests nationwide.
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Early Saturday, fires set outside a police union building that is a frequent site for protests prompted police to declare a riot. At least one dumpster had also been set on fire in a nearby street.
The event in Clackamas hours later drew about 1,000 cheering, flag-waving Trump supporters.
?This rally is not a protest,? Alex Kyzik, an organizer, told the crowd, according to The Oregonian. ?This rally is a celebration of a great president.?
Trump has repeatedly railed against Portland's leadership in recent weeks. Speaking at the Republican National Convention last week, the president held up Portland as an example of a far-left city drowning in violence ? and in need of his law-and-order, get-tough policies.
Klobuchar, however, cited an increase in hate crimes and growing dissatisfaction with social injustice during Trump's tenure in the White House.
"What is going on? We have innocent people like George Floyd shot by police," Klobuchar said. "We are not safe in Donald Trump's America."
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by Prof. Peter Mellini
Blimp (blimp):
1. Small non-rigid airship.
2. Colonel Blimp, character invented by the cartoonist David Low (b. 1891) representing a pompous, obese, elderly figure popularly interpreted as a type of diehard or reactionary. Hence Blimpery or Blimpishness.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary, 1964
Almost 70 years ago, David Low introduced Colonel Blimp to readers of Beaverbrook's Evening Standard. Blimp's career, in Low's cartoons and elsewhere, is a window into an era crucial to Britain's fortunes in the world, on the evolution of her national symbols, and on the impact of editorial cartooning. By the end of 1934, Blimp's opinions were savoured widely. Blimps soon became a class, and 'Blimpish' a synonym for military or administrative incompetence and heartfelt, unthinking patriotism. This plump, choleric, walrus-moustached, towel-clad habitué of a West End Turkish bath replaced John Bull, Britannia and the Lion as the epitome of Britain. Blimp so aptly represented and reflected the 1.930s that he became public property, endowed with the virtues and prejudices of the viewer. Tories claimed Blimp for themselves. 'It may well be,' C.S. Lewis observed in Time and Tide in September, 1944, 'that the future historian, asked to point to the most characteristic _expression of the English temper in the period between the two wars will reply without hesitation, "Colonel Blimp".' After the war, Low used the Colonel less frequently in his cartoons for the Evening Standard, the Daily Herald and the Manchester Guardian. Low felt Blimp was pass , over-identified with the pre-war and war years and his military legend.
Yet more than a few insist that a slimmed-down Blimp still flourishes, his opinions polished by a public relations hack. In 1969 a Low disciple, Abu (Abu Abraham, then an Observer cartoonist) complained, in Twentieth Century, that Blimp had won:
Nowadays the Blimps march in their thousands to demand war, to protest against the blacks. So common are they in the clubs, in parliament, in business houses, in universities, and in the dockyards that they have ceased to be 'types' and are virtually uncartoonable. Unlike the blunt bounder draped in his Turkish towels, the modern Blimps are impeccably dressed, soft-spoken, highly educated. Last year, John Jensen, an Australian cartoonist working in England, sighted some at the TUC annual conference. 'There were, up on stage, Blimps with cloth caps on.' This spring, an Observer columnist identified 'the Young Fogies,' who sound suspiciously like Blimp descendants.
In August 1942, in Strand Magazine, Low wrote, a bit prematurely, of the death of. Low, the Cartoonist: 'His best known invention was Colonel Blimp. Low thought he had created in Blimp merely a comic figure typifying stupidity, but public opinion decided he was a symbol of profound meaning.' In his Autobiography late in the 1950s Low observed that the rotund Colonel was 'an object lesson in what can happen to a symbol.
Early in 1934, Percy Cudlipp, the Evening Standard's editor, gave Low a cartoonist's dream an entire page each Saturday for a panorama of small local cartoons. For continuity in Low's Topical Budget, he needed a few regular features. 'I decided to invent a "character",' he recalled, 'typifying the current disposition to mixed-up thinking, to having it both ways, to dogmatic doubleness, to paradox and plain self-contradiction.' Doubletalk, doublethink and diehards appalled Low. Abroad, Goebbels was spreading confusion 'softening up the democracies by changing the labels on the bottles.' Public discourse in Britain was discordant. Of the 1930s, A.J.P. Taylor in English History, 1914-1945 observed, 'Public affairs were harsh and intense; private lives were increasingly agreeable... the two sides did not join up. The public men themselves had the air of appearing in a charade," In 1932 Winston Churchill agreed; 'I cannot recall any time when the gap between the kind of words statesmen used and what was actually happening was so great as it is now' ('Arms and the Covenant).
The word 'blimp' fitted Low's notion of his character, especially its association with spluttering and bureaucratic blundering. Blimp meant a gas bag and an experimental non-rigid aircraft. In 1930, one of these, the R101, after much official fanfare, crashed in France on its maiden voyage. One morning, still pondering to what profession Blimp belonged, he chanced to read a Colonel's letter to the newspapers, protesting the mechanisation of the cavalry, yet insisting they must wear spurs in their tanks. Later that day Low enjoyed a Turkish bath in the West End with 'Terry,' the reporter Horace Thorogood. Since 1932, this pair had entertained Evening Standard readers with a series, Low and Terry, on the byways and rituals of London life. Low, hot and bathered through the mist, overheard 'two pink sweating drops of military bearing' gurgling that what Japan did in the Pacific was no business of Britain's. 'Hah, I thought, the attitude of mind! The perfect chiaroscuro! Colonel Blimp of course!'
The public met Blimp on April 21st, 1934 in a corner of the first Topical Budget:
It began almost as a formula: Colonel Blimp and I at the Turkish bath performing our ablutions or exercising, he uttering to me a blatantly self-contradictory aphorism. It continued in that form with a few exceptions until a war shortage of paper ended my topical budget six years later.
Quickly, Blimp and his relatives were ubiquitous. By the end of 1934, he, or they, attended a meeting of the Cabinet, the League of Nations at Geneva, the motor show at Earl's Court, inspected the Waterloo Bridge, and assisted Lord Beaverbrook with his fire escape design. The latter's butler apologised to Lord Robert Cecil and Gilbert Murray of the League of Nations Fire Brigade. 'Sorry, my man, His Lordship and Colonel Blimp are too busy inventing their own fire escape to subscribe to the Fire Brigade' (Low Cartoon, November 1.6th, 1934). Beaverbrook immediately telegrammed Low: 'My God if only Colonel Blimp and you would change sides. My butler is going to bring a libel action.'
Objections and commendations alike on Blimp poured into Low and the Evening Standard. Some perceived the Colonel as subversive, almost seditious. Harold Nicolson thought Blimp 'a vast excuse for deriding authority and justifying disobedience.' To Arnold Lunn the Colonel was an assault on 'England's feudal and aristocratic tradition.' Others accused him of siding with crime and anarchy; part of a press plot to foment international disorder, Some Blimp cartoons elicited vicious threats, including savage anti-Semitic diatribes, against Low and his family. Balanced against these were many who appreciated Blimp. 'Until I read the letters concerning Low I had not realised how many Colonel Blimps there are in real life.' (Michael Stewart, London, July 27th, 1936). 'Sir: Colonel Blimp is an immortal creation positively Shakespearean.' (A Low Brow, London, March 21st, 1935.) 'Sir Apparently the Blimps are raising their unctuous hands in protest... I buy your otherwise but by no means exceptionally mediocre paper because of Low.' (G.N. Marshall, London, March 21st, 1935.) 'Long may Low and Colonel Blimp flourish to pour satire on injustice and tyranny.' (V.G. Williams, Blackheath, July 27th, 1936.)
And flourish he did. A.P. Herbert sang: 'To be colonel after all is not exclusive evidence that one's a blot.' Earlier, in the November 1934 Independent, Basil H. Tripp stoutly denied that the modern British officer bore any resemblance to Low's mythical colonel. Low agreed, and pointed out that Blimp's comments were almost exclusively political. An old fogey or two threatened to sue Low unless Low ceased lampooning him as Colonel Blimp. A number of people provided information on Blimp and his relatives. In 1938 Low amplified Blimp's family tree:
Never have I met a man with more numerous and more powerful relations. A family tree that boasts of Mr. Neville Blimp, the prime minister, Mr. Herbert Blimp, the Labour leader, Sir John Blimp of the BBC, Mr. Beverley Blimp, the writer on daffodils, Lord Blimp, the celebrated economist, Baron Blimp, the newspaper magnate, and George Blimp, the celebrated comedian, have no fear for the survival of its reputation. Does Blimp exist? Blimp is immortal.
Early in the war, Low buried Blimp, which stimulated Robert Graves to explain 'Colonel Blimp's Ancestors'.
The ox-headed Saxon strain has always been dominant in the Blimp family. Qualities of shrewdness, wit, humanity, logic, resourcefulness, that intermarriage with more gifted neighbour races has grafted on our brutish Germanic stock have never been noted in a Blimp... A word about the old man who has just died... He was David Low's Colonel Blimp... His son but his son is still alive and, I regret to say, still on the active list.
Four years in the public eye gave Blimp more confidence. The activity seemed to keep him trimmer. In December 1938, he was only momentarily embarrassed by the sudden appearance of one of his relatives, his long-lost brother PMILB. He was a true Blimp with leftish views, who habitually stood on his head. 'Gracious ma'am, Lord Dither is right. Pacificism even unto the annihilation of Peace' (Evening Standard, December 17th, 1938). He vanished shortly, along with such sentiments. Foreign Blimps surfaced periodically in France, Russia, and, after the war, in America.
The appendix of the 1937 edition of the Universal English Dictionary recognised the Colonel: 'a figure in cartoons by Low, caricaturing an extreme die-hard type of outlook.' Bathroom tiles and ashtrays with Blimp in action were offered for sale. 'Nine Sharp,' a 1938 Herbert Farjeon review at the Little Theatre included a skit, 'The Great By-Gadder.' J.F. Horrabin, the radical cartoonist, wrote to Low in May that the revue was 'easily the most intelligent show now on. It's a good scene and goodish Blimps.' Low evidently approved too, since he granted the promoters ex post facto permission to use the Colonel.
Blimp's influence was noted in the House of Commons. 'It is a complete misrepresentation and a mistake to suppose that I am associated with a number of respectable, shall I say, Colonel Blimps,' huffed the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, Sir Thomas Inskip, in February 1937. The War Minister, Sir Leslie Hore-Belisha in May 1939 assured the House he had buried Blimp long ago. Low wondered if Hore-Belisha really existed? In January 1940, Blimp and his relations toasted Hore-Belisha's dismissal: 'Gad gentlemen, Here's to our greatest victory of the War.' (Low cartoon, Evening Standard)
As noted earlier, Low buried Blimp in 1942 and then resurrected him. That provoked 'Disgusted' to accuse Low of demeaning religion and Blimp in the Evening Standard (July 2nd, 1943):
I was taught never speak ill or make fun of the dead... It's neither witty nor funny but sheer bad taste... I'm beginning to think his name suits him. Low by name, Low by nature.
P.S. I know Colonel Blimp is a myth, but that does not alter the fact they are still having a rub at religion.
In 1942 Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell dazzled Low into lending the Colonel's name for their satirical film, 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'. Churchill was not amused and demanded it be stopped. In 'Blimp, Churchill and the State' Ian Christie suggests that Churchill and the officials at the Ministry of Information thought this film undermined their notions of propaganda and the morale of the officer corps. It threatened Churchill's intense, even mystical identification with the war effort. Blimp and Churchill were, moreover, too much alike for Winston's comfort, as Christie wryly observes. Between the wars Low's cartoons often ridiculed Churchill's pretences and posturing. When the public is ready to tolerate a 'warts and all' picture of the great war leader, Low's cartoons will be a revealing source. Meanwhile, despite bureaucratic obstruction and inept bullying by Churchill and his Government, the film was made, shown in England, and then censored before being allowed to be seen abroad. Low enjoyed the brouhaha and the film. He considered that it sentimentalised the old fool so much that many viewers missed the message about Blimp on which Low had insisted: 'if Britain followed his out-of-date ideas in modern war, we should all be blown to blazes.'
By the middle of the war, many others had revalued Blimp, especially the Tories. When Blimp refused a room in the British Empire Hotel to Learie Constantine, the West Indian cricketer, a Conservative MP, Sir Herbert G. Williams protested that the Colonel Blimp he knew would do no such thing:
Dear Low, I always enjoy your cartoons, though I do not always approve of them, hut I think your 'Blimp' one today is rather deplorable. Perhaps I can say the more freely as I am asking, as you know, a Question about the deplorable case of Constantine.
'Colonel Blimp' as far as I know him, is a decent English squire in uniform. He has frequently been a Colonel in the Indian Army, or a District Commissioner in Nigeria, and, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred secures the devoted respect of the coloured men whom he commands or rules. It would never be 'Colonel Blimp' who would treat the black man as Constantine was treated at the Imperial Hotel the other day.
Low replied: '... Had I drawn the "decent English squire" you describe, I agree the cartoon would have been rather deplorable. But your conception of Colonel Blimp is your own and not mine.'
Low's protest was too late. Blimp escaped his control years earlier. An American in London, General Raymond E. Lee, observed in 1940:
Lady Astor was bound to acknowledge that England was now being saved by its Blimps and its Blimpish character. I did not get far enough to say what I really think, which is that Churchill's strength and the reason he refuses to give ground is because he himself is a Blimpish character who has a very high intelligence and knowledge of history on top of it.
Even Low's victims insisted on their version of Blimp and his beliefs. One example among many must suffice. David Margesson, former Chief Whip of the Conservative Party, and now the War Minister, was the object of 'Blimp's War for Democracy' in January 1941. Low was sent a copy of Margesson's August 1941 letter to Alfred Douglas, a long-time Low hater:
It was most kind of you to send your sonnet, 'The old soldier!' I liked it a lot. It's hill of sadness and truth. Looking back on things it would have been better if we had paid more heed all of us to Colonel Blimp. If only we hadn't disarmed.
Low was reproached regularly for ridiculing Blimp and men like him, 'without whose steadfast courage we should never have won war.' The Conservative Party claimed Blimp fox their own and, in 1943, compiled a dossier and an exhibit designed to show that Blimp was right and Low wrong.
By the end of the war Low was bored with Blimp. He told Basil Taylor of the BBC in May 1946: 'I have talked of Colonel Blimp on the air four times. So far as I am concerned, it is now old stuff anyway.' Blimp appeared infrequently in his cartoons, and Low left the Colonel to look after himself alongside John Bull, Britannia, Ally Sloper, Old Bill and Strube's Little Man. He did, however, strongly protest when Sir Arthur Bryant published 'In defence of Blimp' in The New York Herald Tribune in 1951. Low told that paper's editor:
Mr. Bryant's theme is that Colonel Blimp was a derisory and contemptuous symbol used against the loyalty and patriotism of British public servants... I must emphatically deny that Colonel Blimp was ever used by me or any one else so far as I am aware...
In this letter he specified Blimp's origins:
Colonel Blimp was created in the thirties to symbolise the stupidity and confusion then prevalent in ruling political circles concerning the threat of Hitler. It was directed particularly against those who thought it wise to ditch the League of Nations and. Collective Security and make a private deal with Nazi Germany. Ever since then those who backed the wrong horse have been trying to distort his meaning into some.
What made Blimp so popular? A rotund chameleon whose colours came to symbolise Britain of the thirties? First, Blimp embodied that generation's physical version of the elderly respectable man. Low had finely focused his eye for stereotypes of all kinds, and his Blimp encapsulated a type everyone recognised. During the inter-war years most knew a plump personage with a walrus moustache. Photographs and group portraits, election leaflets, cartoons and newspaper advertisements often included a Blimp. Some were military; many were not. Sir Frederick Wall, Secretary of the Football Association and General Lord Plumer are representative. The latter, however was intelligent and humane; qualities not evident in Blimp, who understood only half of Mrs Simpson's adage: 'You can never be too thin or too rich.'
Before the 1914-18 War, Will Dyson in the Daily Herald drew a fat, spluttering Colonel Corpuscle, outraged over his club staff, who threatened to deny him dinner by striking. Between 1910 and 1925 H.M. Bateman evolved a stock Colonel, an active volcano ever ready to erupt. Blimp himself, unlabelled, turned up in Low's cartoons in the 1920s.
Second, Blimp's world view captured the well-meaning patriotism and reactionary muddle-headedness of so many public figures in the twenty years between the wars. Looking back Law recalled:
In the thirties, however, the most notable feature of what remained of the privileged classes was certainly neither culture, art nor philosophy. Here and there I encountered the survival of an arrogance which was almost ferocious. I understood why Britain had lost the American colonies. I understood for the first time why so many of my own grandparents generation had chosen to pack up and go to live somewhere else. Looking at and conversing amiably with some of these respected relics I felt that not very far under their skins was the brutal stupidity that, even in 1930, could regard human beings as property and quite naturally identified the public interest with the sanctity of their purely private interests those disagreeing being, prima facie, treasonable dogs.
Public life teemed with Blimps, obsessed with good form, taste, patriotism and a return to the pre-war verities. The New Statesman produced anthologies of their notions, This England. Dame Lucy Houston (1857-1936) demonstrated that Blimpishness was not exclusively male. Her memorialist in the Dictionary of National Biography characterised her as:
... a keen Suffragist... philanthropist and eccentric... a warm-hearted woman who would brook no contradiction, and demanded implicit obedience from those who served her. To the general public she was a strident, perhaps sincere, patriot, who painted her rooms in red, white and blue her racing colours.
She named her yacht Liberty. In 1932, convinced that war was inevitable, she offered the London County Council £200,000 for air defence of the metropolis. It was politely refused.
Lucy Houston appreciated her picture in the papers. When Low obliged she sent him poetry, in mauve ink, and cigars. Her inclusion in 'Signor Mussolini's language class' alongside other 'black shirts' Jack Squire, Leo Amery, James Maxton and Stafford Cripps prompted notes to the Standard editor and Low:
I have only just seen Low's cartoon. I am still a freelance. I belong to no man, but if I did change my colours I would rather wear a black shirt than a dirty one stained with the blood of Englishmen.
Dear Mr Low,
Someone's been pulling your leg, I trou For I must let you known I was quite de trop Sitting in a row with men I don't know. So here and now I deny in toto Changing my shirt or my love for Low.
In another letter she gushed to Low:
When I say I admire you l mean it. You are brilliant but you do not understand my politics. Very briefly I work and live to help our dear country back to the days when we were honoured and respected by the whole world! And you do the same I feel sure. So why go for me?
Your true admirer.
When she died in 1936, Low lost one of his favourite victims. The New Statesman mourned her thus:
We sincerely regret the passing of Lady Houston. She rivalled Low in her power of making detestable opinions appear ridiculous, and was herself an incarnate argument against the inheritance of wealth.
She died intestate. No heirs were found and the state received about two and a half million pounds.
The officer corps had its full quota of Blimps, hostile to change, obsessed with horses, sport and their regiment, at home mainly in the Empire, which meant India. B.H. Liddell Hart, in his Memoirs, contended: 'the cavaliers of the twentieth century jeopardised their country under the influence of their preference for the horse and the prejudice against the machine.' When Duff Cooper, then War Minister, introduced the 1936-7 Army Estimates to the House, he apologised for the mechanisation of the cavalry. 'It is like asking a great musical performer to throw away his violin and devote himself to the gramophone.'
Blimp lived; Low provided him with a regular public platform, his cartoons. The Topical Budget, a weekly comic commentary ran for almost six years, from April 21st, 1934 to March 16th, 1940. Low, a self-described 'nuisance dedicated to sanity,' organised an entire page using single gags based on timely events and gossip, strip cartoons and, invariably, an exhortation from Colonel Blimp. In the 1930s, many people appear to have learned more about prominent personalities and events from the Topical Budget than from newspaper prose. A Standard critic lamented:
The review is a living art in France, but in England, where the Lord Chamberlain won't let you lampoon Sir Oswald Mosley in a theatre, it's a dead art. Low's Topical Budget represents the field of modern satire. Yet 75% of Low's targets would be ruled off the stage.
Low learned to structure an entire page for comic and satirical effect in the Antipodes, especially at the Sydney Bulletin. Throughout his career he lobbied incessantly for more room for his cartoons. 'Space was one of my father's manias,' his daughter Rachael told me. Another was the freedom to attack or tease whomever he wanted. He ensured his independence from censorship in his employment contracts, and by selling newspapers with his cartoons.
Examine Low's Topical Budget for February 26th, 1938. The ways in which Low manipulated ideas, visual and verbal, caricature, both shape and pose, and space, dark and light, all become apparent. A bagged-up Low (A visual pun on the woolsack or woolgathering?) is his sign of the pressure which the Establishment brought to force him to tone down his one-man campaign against Hitler and Mussolini and Chamberlain's appeasement policy. He then caricatures Chamberlain and Mussolini in a parody of the 'England is proud of her sons' genre. The ridiculous figures patently undermine the wishful thinking of the appeasers on The Times. Low's dog, little Mussolini, completes the process of exploding the pretences of appeasement.
The two gags in the centre of the Budget illustrate a technique Low developed to bring a subject alive. He experimented with poses awkward to draw, rather than relying on the conventional repertoire of stock figures. The result, as here shown, is that both jokes move, through we may not realise why. Tom Driberg, at one time a colleague of Low's on the Standard, observed: 'David Low is a glutton for difficulties and rarely refuses an artistic challenge.' Low's affinity for puns is demonstrated by the two leaners, Lord Ashfield and Frank Pick, and the double perhaps triple? meaning of 'stagger.'
Low sometimes included strip cartoons within the Topical Budget. 'Muzzler' was another part of Low's response to the direct pleas coming from the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, to tone down his personal attack on Hitler and Mussolini. Last, but not least, on the right is TRIUMPH OF BLIMP. Many Standard readers had seen the Nazi propaganda film, The Triumph of the Will. This use of the Colonel exposed its pretences. Vladimir Poliakoff was an informant who leaked Low tidbits on the miasma of self-deception that so polluted the high politics of the Chamberlain era. Blimp and Low salute each other with a crossed Heil. Is not one message a double cross?
Throughout his professional life Low was absorbed by the impact of visual symbols. Cartoonists improvise them to personify the impersonal. The staying power of obsolete symbols, such as John Bull, Britannia or the Lion worried him: 'Symbols have a way of obscuring reality,' he wrote in 1936 (in his introduction to Low's Political Parade) 'and living long after their reason for their invention is dead; and there is nothing so dangerous as the living symbol of a dead idea.' Years before he discovered Blimp, Low sought to revitalise and modernise these outmoded figures. In the 1920s he introduced Joan Bull, a slim flapper, as a more topical combination of old John and Britannia, Punch's female tank. Joan Bull never captured the public's fancy as a contemporary symbol of Britain. Neither did his post-war common man. Blimp did because his looks were typical, and his opinions captured the well-meaning, yet muddled mood of the 1930s.
Low was a fertile creator of symbols. There are glimpses of several in the cartoons used to illustrate this article. Others had to be ignored, notably the gentle TUC carthorse, the two-headed ass (the Lloyd George Coalition Government), and the Shiver Sisters (the Cliveden Set). His facility and imagination in using these images is a key to Blimp's staying power and Low's accomplishment. He manipulated his characters and meshed ideas, symbols and words so effectively, that years later, when we look at his cartoons and his caricatures, we laugh and comprehend, even if the references are obscure.
From 1934 on, the British public adopted Blimp as theirs. In 1942, after Low resurrected Blimp, Alfred Lambert wrote how glad he was to see 'dear old Blimp again':
In this crazy world he brings a little brightness into my life. I am very old and have known many Blimps: few families have been without them and your genius has crystalised the type. I should be so proud of having added a word to the English dictionary. Three cheers for the Antipodes! When I read of Blimp I think of Low. When I eat a peach (rarely alas) I think of Melba.
Blimp existed; it took Low to personify him for the public.
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India Are Seeking Complete Mastery Over Defending Totals: Shikhar Dhawan
The Indian team management is looking at trying out different players for the pivotal number three position ahead of the mega event in Australia later this year, Shikhar Dhawan said.
PTI 11 January 2020
Shikhar Dhawan bats during the third Twenty20 cricket match between India and Sri Lanka in Pune.
PTI 2020-01-11T12:40:23+05:30 India Are Seeking Complete Mastery Over Defending Totals: Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan says India are seeking complete mastery over defending totals, the ambition prompting them to make a "conscious" decision to bat first on winning the toss in a T20 World Cup year.
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Invited to bat, India scored 201 for six before crushing Sri Lanka by 78 runs in the third T20 International on Friday.
Dhawan said that as a unit, the team wanted to bat first.
"Today we wanted to bat first because we want to refine ourselves more while batting first and winning more games, so that brings more confidence," the opener said.
"So that is why, consciously, we are doing it and the result is in front of you that we are winning even while batting first.
"We are making (setting) big targets and that brings a lot of confidence to us as a team."
The Indian team management is looking at trying out different players for the pivotal number three position ahead of the mega event in Australia later this year, Dhawan said.
India sprang a surprise when they promoted Sanju Samson at number three ahead of skipper Virat Kohli in the third match.
India have tried six different players at the crucial number three spot in the last six matches.
Asked about it, Dhawan said, "I'm sure the management wants to try players. Today also we wanted to try other players who haven't batted in the series and give them a fair chance because we're only left with five T20 (actually over 12) games.
"As a team, we wanted to give chance to everyone and that's why they've been rotating players. Till World Cup comes, everyone is refined and know their job as well."
Samson, who just played his second T20 after 2015, scored just six.
Dhawan was then specifically asked whether the move by the team management was to give every player game time or there was a plan B for World Cup. To which he said, the idea was to give players more time in the middle.
"It is more to give players (time), like how Sanju Samson came in today (at number 3), then Shreyas (Iyer), so they can get more time in the middle, because it is a totally different field when you are batting in the match and having more overs and so that was the reason today.
"And last game was quite normal and before that I was not in the team, so I didn't watch matches as well and I didn't knew what was happening. But today's one I can tell say that that was the reason.
"Even Manish Pandey went up. So they can have more time, otherwise same pattern going on," Dhawan said, explaining the management's rationale.
Even Pandey, who was warming up the bench series after series, played a responsible knock after being sent in at No. 4.
Dhawan also felt that the series like the one against Sri Lanka was ideal for experimentation.
"In these series we can do the experiment, it is best time to experiment and once we know that this guy is clicking, then we are going to go ahead with those pattern again, because No. 1 2 3 we always know who is going to come.
"That is why it is important to experiment and we can take that risk right now, like we won the first match," he added.
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Football App Comparison: Any Leaders on the Radar?
In our previous blog post, we went through advanced football app functionality that can open up additional revenue opportunities. Now we’ve picked up 15 leading football clubs residing in Europe to compare their official mobile apps based on these revenue-generating features.
Take a look at the comparison chart below to understand who is giving it their best shot in terms of mobile commerce, VoD monetization, brand games, public commenting, social and news hubs, and smart bots.
VoD monetization
Brand games
External stats
Smart bots
Score (max. 8)
Facebook, Instagram 4
incl. football selfie 3
mobile web 2
Manchester City FC 2
Arsenal FC 1
incl. AR
Twitter, Instagram 4
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram 4
AS Monaco FC
Facebook, Twitter 1
redirects to web 1
AS Roma 2
A Brief Commentary
As you can see from the table, there are no ideal apps or clear winners — the points scored vary from 1 to 4 (out of 8).
The app analysis shows that some football clubs are trying to capitalize on advanced functionality, while others are still watching from the sidelines.
Selling tickets and branded items is an obvious way to increase the club’s value. The majority of clubs understand that and integrate e-shops with their official mobile apps.
Some clubs (Liverpool FC or Borussia Dortmund) provide users with an in-app shop option, others (Paris Saint-Germain FC or SSC Napoli) redirect users to a responsive mobile website.
Arsenal, Juventus, and Marseille can’t boast an in-app store, and fans, in turn, have to use a desktop version to purchase a desired item.
Multimedia content on football apps is the norm rather than the exception. Still, not all clubs decide to monetize their VoD content to improve the bottom line.
MUTV is an example of how a personalized VoD service may look like on mobile: recent interviews, expert analysis, groundbreaking series and documentaries, behind-the-scenes videos, and more. But note that MUTV is a stand-alone app, not integrated with the main one.
Almost every club offers a number of engaging mobile games. Some of them are listed within the main app, others can be found in app stores through search.
With fantasy manager and football selfie being the most popular ones, such club-related games entertain users and expand revenue streams. FC Bayern Munich, for example, is trying to stand out from the crowd by introducing an augmented reality feature.
Real Madrid CF and Juventus FC try to leverage the second-screen trend by offering individual or group chats. Thanks to this feature, fans can add or invite friends and communicate with them without leaving the football app.
But you can go the whole hog and add a YouTube-like comment wall so that fans could publicly share their thoughts via a mobile app while watching a live broadcast on the main screen.
Despite the gambling popularity worldwide, none of the analyzed mobile apps boasts an online betting feature.
However, if gambling is permissible by the local legislation, think of adding this functionality to your mobile app, because that might boost user engagement and positively affect your bottom line.
External news and stats
As the table shows, many football apps are integrated with social networks, allowing fans to easily access a team’s or a player’s profile within one app.
Still, the integration with leading news and statistics sites is only available in unofficial stand-alone apps, e.g. FC Torino or ACF Fiorentina.
Advanced search is not a distinctive feature of football apps. Many of them lack simple search functionality, not to mention chatbots that could take personalization to a new level.
Rest assured that smart bots will not only make navigation through the app easier, but will also improve users’ knowledge.
The table features a smaller part of the apps we’ve analyzed — primarily of those clubs that are now leading the standings in their leagues. If we go further, it turns out that some clubs don’t have their official apps at all. Others have a number of apps functioning in isolation (live scoring or multimedia content). But this is a story for another article.
Does your football club have an official mobile app? What other engaging app features have sprung to your mind? Share your ideas in the comments.
If you want to create a new sports app or extend the functionality of the existing one, don’t hesitate to drop us a line.
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Jan 6, 2010 Posted by Sebastian in Boneheads | 12 comments
Japanese Whalers 1 – Eco Pirates 0
What happens when you sail non-ice rated vessels down to Antarctic seas and tangle with vessels that are ice rated? Hilarity. I have to admit, I love Whale Wars. Not because I like these pirates, but because I enjoy chortling at their incompetent seamanship and gimmicky attacks that don’t really seem to faze the whalers all that much.
You can see my other coverage here. Though I was appalled when I first saw the show, I have since changed my tune. I don’t think putting these incompetent boobs on TV is doing anything to win people to their cause. If anything, I’m more sympathetic toward whaling than I was before watching the show. These guys make the Somali Pirates look like true professionals.
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I loved seeing this story last night. And I love watching Whale Wars — it’s like a bunch of kid’s playing war, pretending they’re about to fight a desperate and dangerous battle against a fierce enemy, then just going out in a powerboat and throwing stink bombs while getting doused with a hose. And crying victim when the people they are attacking — workers trying to make a living — fight back.
I, too, have actually become more supportive of the Japanese whalers. But I think this is an issue like guns, we take out of it what we want. It certainly was unpleasant watching a whale be killed, but the Japanese have a long history of eating whale meat.
Heather from AK says:
I am in no way supportive of the whalers, but I’ve been waiting for something like this to happen since I saw those idiots on tv.
dubber308 says:
Just a simple lesson in gross tonnage right of way. Or, get out of the way of the bigger boat!
Gregory Morris says:
If you try and ram a heavy duty whaling boat with a fiberglass boat, you’re gonna lose. Duh.
The video is great. First their boat gets smooshed. Then they get the hose.
Flighterdoc says:
I love practical lessons in physics. Maybe those asshat tree-huggers will learn something.
Or probably not..
Dannytheman says:
Law of the Sea!!
Avoid a collision at all cost. Japanese Captain veered to port, idiots failed to give way. Funny stuff.
Dannytheman: The rules of the road also say that the more manuverable vessel is obliged to take the lead in avoiding a collision, and no vessel may deliberately maneuver to put another vessel into a situation where they are ‘burdened’ with avoiding a collision.
The econauts are just plain wrong, all the way around. And despite causing the trouble, they still benefit from another law of the sea where the whalers have to rescue their worthless asses.
dakotas5 says:
I had to laugh. They declared WAR. Then when they lose they squall that there p@##* hurts.Kind of like liberals in government.
dusty says:
I think it should be the US Navy going after the whalers, since they are violating international treaties and whales might be a key part of the ecosystem.
But, the forbearance the whalers have is absolutely amazing.
hillbilly says:
The Sea Shepherd people are nothing but terrorists and pirates.
I’m surprised the Japanese navy hasn’t gotten involved in treating these pirates and terrorists like they deserve to be treated.
dusty:
The international treaty on whaling allows whales to be killed for scientific research. This is one of those rare cases where I’ll admit that the Japanese are exploiting a loophole. The Japanese whalers claim, and probably with justification, that they are taking scientific notes of the whales they kill. But they are also selling the meat on the Japanese market, which I think is the primary purpose for their whaling activities.
That said, I would have no problem with whaling if it were managed in a responsible manner, with an aim to avoid over hunting, and with keeping stable populations in mind. The world market for whale meat and whale products is no longer that large, so I think you wouldn’t see much harvesting outside of the nations that consume whale meat, which are few.
Zak J says:
Minke is absolutely delicious. Whale blubber/fat is all on the outside, like rabbits, so the meat is incredibly lean. It has a strong but not overbearing taste, like water buffalo but 99% lean and very tender.
I agree the pirate wanna-bes are idiots. Funniest incident I’ve heard about is when Sea Shepherd (I think) was harassing Makah Indians whaling in a canoe in Washington State waters and the protesters hit a whale with their boat–the coast guard then charged the protesters with violating the marine mammal protection act! That must have been a fun ticket to write.
But the Japanese are doing more than exploiting the loophole–DNA studies on meat sold in stores there indicate a lot more individual whales have been harvested than they admit. If they want to win friends and influence world opinion, they should stop hiding behind the double-talk about “research” and just say they are practicing a traditional industry in a sustainable way, like the Norwegians & U.S. Makah do. Then they should do exactly that, & not overharvest which they may be doing currently–numbers aren’t clear.
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Editorial: Wellness centre wonderful news for Hawke's Bay
28 Oct, 2018 05:17 PM 3 minutes to read
Linda Hall, Assistant Editor, Hawke's Bay Today.
By: Linda Hall
What absolutely fantastic news for this region from the Hawke's Bay Cancer Society.
Tomorrow the society will launch a project to build a Cancer Wellness Centre right here in Hawke's Bay.
Well done to all involved for getting this off the ground.
The project is the first of its kind in New Zealand and it is expected other regions will follow.
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I always shudder when I read the statistics on how many people in our region are diagnosed with cancer. More than 1000 people every year get the news that will forever change their lives, along with the lives of their family and friends.
Treatment and research has come a long, long way and that's mainly thanks to the very generous public who always give money to collections such as Breast Cancer Awareness and Relay for Life.
More and more people are surviving cancer and getting on with their lives. But as we all know, not everyone is so lucky.
To have a place to turn to for help and support while going through treatment and beyond is just priceless.
The centre will also be a place to go for treatment, which will mean less stress for patients, as well as family and friends who help out by getting people to treatments.
Cancer has touched the lives of us all in one way or another.
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Hawke's Bay Centre manager for the Cancer Society, Trudy Kirk, said: "The wellness centre will be a positive step towards growing and extending cancer support services at the time of diagnosis and seeing it continue to be available to those living with cancer and beyond in the community."
It is predicted that the number of people diagnosed with cancer will increase by 50 per cent within 15 years.
That's easy maths to do. By 2033, 200 people in our region every year could be told they have cancer.
That's pretty scary, and while we should all be doing everything we can to keep ourselves fit and healthy, one never knows what's around the corner. And one never knows what the next thing is that the "experts" are going to tell us may cause cancer of this or that.
To have a wellness centre right on our doorstep is a huge bonus for our region. Sometimes just a chat with someone about what you are facing or what a family member is going through can help immensely.
So thanks to all the people that came up with this idea and followed it through. Let's give them all the support we possibly can.
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You may love holiday lights, but there's a good reason why some people don't, experts say
Jordan Culver, USA TODAY
It’s officially the most wonderful time of the year and across the nation, people are stringing holiday lights through tree branches and putting elaborate displays in front of their homes.
What are the benefits of those bright holiday lights? Psychology experts say holiday decorations can bring on feelings of joy — for some.
"The fact that they can elevate your mood is rather intriguing," said Dr. Krystine Batcho, a professor of psychology at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York.
But multiple psychologists agreed: It's not the lights that can make a person happy. The lights are just reminders, and the memories they bring up can be happy or sad.
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Yes, holiday lights are among the most obvious and joyful reminders that Christmas is around the corner. The change in routine around Christmas, particularly from work, is valuable, Batcho said.
“Decorations are a symbol of a marker in time,” she said. “Holiday decorations are a way of almost pushing the pause button in a very busy lifestyle. Who isn’t busy these days?”
On a deeper level, Christmas lights and decorations help people recall memories. Batcho said over multiple studies, she’s asked for early childhood memories and has frequently been told stories that revolve around holidays and, specifically, decorating around the holidays.
“In our childhood, or in our younger days, those decorations were followed by good things, such as the coming together of family, good food, exchanging presents – all kinds of great, happy things,” Batcho said. “By classical conditioning, then, those decorations take on those properties of elevating our mood.”
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Holiday memories, however, can work both ways.
If someone has experienced traumatic events around the holidays – a rough childhood, a death in the family, even a particularly bad breakup – holiday lights can be harbingers of "holiday blues."
The National Alliance on Mental Illness has tips for avoiding the holiday blues, or “temporary feelings of anxiety or depression during the holidays that can be associated with extra stress, unrealistic expectations or even memories that accompany the season.”
Those who are already struggling with depression are even more susceptible to holiday blues, said psychologist Dr. Leslie Connor, who works in Wilmington, Delaware.
It's tough to feel the holiday spirit when previous holidays have triggered negative experiences — no amount of lights set to music can automatically fix that.
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For those who associate the holidays with bad childhood memories, there are ways to get that holiday cheer back as adults.
“They’re more in charge of their holiday experience now," Psychologist Dr. Elaine Rodino said.
Rodino, who is based in State College, Pennsylvania, said people can overextend themselves around the holidays, which can lead to feelings of unease around the end of the year.
“There is an art to approaching the holidays," Connor said.
“For example, maybe you don’t want to do the whole thing: Baking cookies, Christmas caroling, hosting parties, and all of that. But maybe you enjoy the music. Maybe your focus, then is, ‘I’m going to look for things that speak to me. That brings me joy.'”
Awareness of the potential negative psychological impact of the holidays is also important, Rodino said.
Batcho said reaching out to others is another way to avoid the holiday blues. Talking to a professional for counseling, or just to friends and family, can help around this time of year.
“Even if someone doesn’t have financial resources or expertise or time to donate to a cause or to give to others, there are so many ways we can reach out to others that cost nothing at all. One example of that is simply being kind.
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Churches urged to counter threat to water, cradle of life
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The Ninth Assembly of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil, 14-23 February, has called on churches and ecumenical partners to work together to preserve and protect water resources against over-consumption and pollution.
In a statement approved today the Assembly described water as "an integral part of the right to life".
The statement on "Water for Life" drew on the demand of the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, that water never be treated as private property and that "indifference towards the vitality of water constitutes both a blasphemy to God the Creator and a crime against humanity".
The Assembly said "access to freshwater supplies is becoming an urgent matter across the planet. The survival of 1.2 billion people is currently in jeopardy due to lack of adequate water and sanitation."
It said, "Agreements concerning international watercourses and river basins need to be more concrete, setting out measures to enforce treaties made and incorporating detailed conflict resolution mechanisms in case disputes erupt".
Other public issues - on Latin America, vulnerable populations, terrorism and human rights, and reform of the United Nations - will be considered by the Assembly on 22 February.
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Arizona Lawmaker Mark Finchem Struggles to Keep His Capitol Riot Story Straight
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Top Legal Official Investigated
Paul Rubin, Amy Silverman | December 12, 1996 | 4:00am
The State Bar of Arizona has asked a retired judge to investigate allegations of sexual harassment against Bruce Hamilton, the agency's longtime executive director.
On Monday, Bar officials confirmed rumors that have circulated widely in Arizona's legal community since a heated Board of Governors meeting November 22: Hamilton is on a voluntary "leave of absence" until at least the end of the year.
The allegations against Hamilton involve at least two female Bar employees. Through his attorney, Hamilton denies sexually harassing the women, saying he only attempted to "pursue a personal relationship" with each.
State Bar president Michael Piccarreta says the organization's ruling body--its Board of Governors--has ordered a sweeping investigation of the allegations.
"When we receive internal complaints," says Piccarreta, a Tucson attorney, "we take them seriously, conduct an investigation and, if well-founded, take appropriate action. However, it would be inappropriate to comment on ongoing internal complaints and how the [Bar] Association is responding to those complaints."
Several high-ranking Bar officials say one of the employee complainants, Pam Mundy, an administrative assistant, has retained Phoenix attorney Michael Manning to represent her. Both she and Manning declined to comment about the allegations; Manning refused to confirm even that he is Mundy's attorney.
Meanwhile, State Bar communications director Becky Weiner confirmed that she complained to a Bar official about Hamilton.
Steve Timarac, a former human resources director at the State Bar, confirms that both Mundy and Weiner complained separately to him about Hamilton's alleged behavior. (Timarac, who left his position at the Bar in July 1995, now is executive director of the Arizona Special Olympics.)
"It was before that that I had had the conversations with Pam and Becky," Timarac says.
Timarac is one of many current and former State Bar employees expected to be interviewed by Elizabeth Stover, a retired Maricopa County Superior Court judge who has agreed to investigate the claims against Hamilton. Attempts to contact Stover were unsuccessful.
It's unclear as to why it took so long--more than two years in both instances--for the Board of Governors to begin to address allegations of impropriety against Hamilton, an attorney.
Hamilton has retained Phoenix attorney David Gomez to represent him. In a letter to New Times, Gomez wrote:
"My understanding is that you propose to write an article in the New Times that two employees have alleged sexual harassment against Mr. Hamilton. Such an article would be false and defamatory and the New Times publishes at its peril. The truth is two complaints were lodged with executive management against Mr. Hamilton relating to attempts to pursue a personal relationship, one in 1991 and one in 1994. Both incidents were handled internally and resolved. Earlier this year, five and two years later, respectively, these incidents were brought to the attention of the State Bar president [Michael Kimerer, at the time], and were again reviewed. He was satisfied that the issues had been resolved."
However, in an interview with New Times, Kimerer--a Phoenix attorney who immediately preceded Piccarreta as Bar president--did not indicate satisfaction with the outcome.
Said Kimerer: "I will tell you that information came to the Board of Governors which led them to believe that a complete investigation was merited."
A State Bar handbook calls for employees who claim to have been sexually harassed to complain to the executive director. However, no provision exists for a situation in which the executive director himself is the alleged harasser.
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LASYS offering planning security – new date in 2022
In view of the growing prevalence of the new coronavirus, the Baden-Württemberg State Government issued a legal ordinance regarding infection protection measures (Corona Ordinance) on Monday (16 March 2020). According to this Ordinance, all gatherings and events with more than 100 participants are banned up until 15 June 2020 – this also applies to the start of stand construction for LASYS.
In order to give planning security to everyone involved in the trade fair, Messe Stuttgart is therefore postponing LASYS which was originally scheduled to take place from 16 to 18 June 2020. By agreement with the event partners and the LASYS Trade Fair Advisory Committee, the next International Trade Fair for Laser Material Processing will be held from 21 to 23 June 2022.
Postponement of the International Trade Fair for Laser Material Processing / Planning security for everyone involved in the trade fair /
"LASYS meets…" will shorten the waiting time
Messe Stuttgart is postponing LASYS, International Trade Fair for Laser Material Processing. This is due to the increasing prevalence of the new coronavirus and the enactment of the related legal ordinance on infection protection measures (Corona Ordinance)
by the Baden-Württemberg State Government. By agreement with the event partners and the LASYS Trade Fair Advisory Committee,
LASYS will now be held from 21 to 23 June 2022.
"We attach maximum priority to the health of exhibitors, visitors, supporters and employees of the trade fair," said Thomas Walter,
Vice President Industry & Technology and a member of the Board of Management of Messe Stuttgart. We want to offer exhibitors,
project partners and visitors planning security and use alternative formats to bridge the waiting time up to the next trade fair date in 2022.
We are planning to launch two new "LASYS meets" events on the following topics
"Laser material processing in and for medical technology" and
"Laser system solutions and applications for tool, pattern and mould making"
during T4M – Technology for Medical Devices, Trade Fair for Medical Technology (4 to 6 May 2021), and during Moulding Expo,
International Trade Fair for Tool, Pattern and Mould Making (8 to 11 June 2021).
About LASYS
The next LASYS will be held at the Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre from 21 to 23 June 2022. It is the only international trade fair which consistently focuses on system solutions for laser material processing. Since the start of the trade fair in 2008, it has become successfully established as a user platform for laser system solutions and applications. LASYS covers all industries and materials, and is primarily aimed at decision-makers from international industry.
Further information is available online at: www.lasys-messe.de
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Britney Spears — "Till the World Ends"
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Home / Categories / Vintage Fender Stratocaster – USA 1958
Vintage Fender Stratocaster – USA 1958
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Wow – here’s a find !
This is a fabulous vintage ’58 Strat in completely original condition. The only thing changed on this guitar are two rubber tubing spacers under the pickups. Everything else has been left the way it was the day it came out of Fender’s Fullerton facility in 1958.
It was bought directly from the wife of its only and original owner – Kenny Brown of Evansville, Indiana. In 2007, this lovely Strat’s current owner was living and working in the USA mid-west. He developed a hobby, which became a passion, of seeking out classic instruments for sale by their original owners. To alleviate the boredom of the workaday week, he’d spend his weekends driving to the homes of (sometimes quite old) guitar owners who were selling instruments, often listed only in local newspapers etc.
Kenny Brown was a well respected singer and guitarist in the late 1950s and 60s, playing around southern Indiana and Kentucky. For much of his career Kenny played a 1952 blackguard Telecaster, but in his later years his favourite became this ’58 Strat.
The Strat was purchased by Kenny in 1958 from Schuttler Music Store in Evansville for US$360.
Kenny started teaching his son Randy to play guitar in 1955, thus creating the need for another guitar in the household. Randy, who managed the sale for his mother Henrietta who was 81 at the time, recalls his father playing the Strat a lot, and it had great sentimental value to the family. Henrietta’s receipt for the sale of this guitar in 2007 is in the case. A photo of Kenny & Henriette at home in Evansville in 1954 is included in the pics.
After its purchase in 2007, this classic instrument was taken to Gruhn Guitars in Nashville for assessment. The Gruhn’s appraisal, carried out by George himself and which is included in the sale, describes the guitar as “conforming to the typical specifications of the period with 3 tone sunburst finish, single ply white pickguard, tremolo bridge, and typical Stratocaster electronics, hardware and ornamentation. This guitar shows only moderate playing wear, but appears to be fully original with the minor exception of the replaced surgical tubing spacers under the pickups.”
Neck date is 8/58, body date is 6/58. Pot codes are 304825 = 1958. Original cloth wiring in place, nothing touched, no solder disturbed. Ashtray bridge cover present and accounted for.
This is a magnificent guitar in every way. Apart from strings and the occasional setup, It has been left untouched and unmolested, in its original condition for 60 years. The original frets are in fine shape with lots of life left in them. Everything works as it should. It plays beautifully and sounds amazing.
Can’t fault this one. It would be an absolute standout in any collection.
Comes in its original Fender tweed hard case in good condition.
If you would like to know more about an item or buy it, please click on "I'm interested" on the product page or call John on 0414 994 506
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The Drought Summary
Series Title : Sex and the City
Episode Aired : 16th August 1998
Watched by 2273 People
Network : HBO
S01E11 The Drought Summary
Carrie's relationship with Mr. Big is moving into a more mundane, less physical stage, and she's worried whether it's due to her inadvertant flatulent indiscretion. Charlotte is dating a former lover of Carrie's, and finds that he's not interested in sex anymore. Samantha discovers that not having sex can be erotic. Miranda hasn't had sex for months.
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s01e01 - Sex And The City
s01e02 - Models and Mortals
s01e03 - Bay of Married Pigs
s01e04 - Valley of the Twenty-Something Guys
s01e05 - The Power of Female Sex
s01e06 - Secret Sex
s01e07 - The Monogamists
s01e08 - Three's a Crowd
s01e09 - The Turtle and the Hare
s01e10 - The Baby Shower
s01e11 - The Drought
s01e12 - Oh Come, All Ye Faithful
Sex and the City Show Summary
Carrie Bradshaw writes a column entitled "Sex and the City" for The New York Star, has a self-proclaimed shoe addiction, is known for her taste in fashion, and continues an on-again, off-again relationship with Mr. Big.
Samantha Jones is the oldest of the girls and is known for her seductiveness when it comes to men. Though she has a few real relationships during the series - including one with a woman - Samantha is more interested in having good sex than a real relationship.
Charlotte York is the most conservative of the four and has her heart set on finding her perfect soul mate. However, that proves to be more challenging than Charlotte had originally planned.
Miranda Hobbes is Carrie's best friend and has a more cynical view of relationships than the other three girls. Miranda is career-minded and focused on making partner at her law firm, but begins to soften and take a different approach to relationships as the years progress.
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Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua ‘hold talks over a big-money unification fight in Saudi Arabia’
Talks over a huge world heavyweight title unification fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia are officially underway, according to ESPN.
The British rivals, who between them hold every major heavyweight belt, had been expected to finally meet in the ring at some point in 2021.
But with the coronavirus crisis throwing both Fury and Joshua's next title defences into doubt, discussions over a mega-money showdown in December are now being held.
The Gypsy King was scheduled to face Deontay Wilder for the third and final time in Las Vegas this summer, having knocked him down twice on his way to a seventh round stoppage victory in their rematch in February.
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The Bronze Bomber exercised a clause in his contract to secure the trilogy fight, but ESPN claim that he is likely to be paid-off in order to give up his shot at revenge.
It has been reported that Fury's advisers, MTK, are negotiating terms with Joshua's promoter, Eddie Hearn, because of a 'rift' between the Matchroom Boxing chief and Frank Warren, who usually handles talks for the WBC champion.
That has opened up the possibility of a Battle of Britain between Fury and Joshua being pushed forward, with Hearn telling ESPN: 'The conversations between myself and MTK are that we've had an approach.
'We've had a number of approaches from territories to stage that fight. So the only discussions at the moment are where this fight takes place - and we don't even know when this fight could take place.
'We're certainly open to have discussions about the possibility of this happening this year or in the next fight.'
Asked about the possibility of facing Joshua in Saudi Arabia, Fury told ESPN: 'I'll fight in Timbuktu if the money's right. I have a bag, and I will travel.
The offer for Fury would need to be large enough to pay off Wilder, who has previously insisted that he has no intention of pulling out of the third fight.
Joshua, meanwhile, was due to defend his WBA, IBF and WBO belts against Kubrat Pulev at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in June, but the fight has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
It was originally hoped that Joshua could face the Bulgarian at the same venue in July, but that now appears unlikely.
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Uber uses psychological manipulation to keep drivers at the wheel
In 2017, Uber began a programme experimenting with using psychology and social science insights to influence when, where, and how long its drivers work. Among other techniques, Uber auto-loaded the next fare to encourage the driver equivalent of binge TV-watching; reminded drivers when they're close to their earnings targets to keep them from logging off; and used game-style graphics and small-value awards to keep drivers at the wheel. The company also had male managers adopt female personas…
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TYM Tractor Partners With Team Tractor Corp As Its Western U.S. Sales And Service Center
Team Tractor represents TYM Tractors and provides full product support for the Western United States
By: Team Tractor Corp.
TYM Team Tractors Arizona, New Mexico, California
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PHOENIX - June 25, 2020 - PRLog -- Team Tractor Ranch (Team Tractor Corp.) of Phoenix, Arizona announces that it has been appointed by TYM America to be the Authorized TYM Tractor and Equipment Dealer in the western United States, primarily focusing on the markets Arizona, New Mexico, and Southern California. Team Tractor has recently received a full stock of TYM Products including Tractors, Implements, Attachments, and has recently completed the buildout of a product support infrastructure for TYM's products, including parts and service. Team Tractor's dealership headquarters are located in Phoenix, Arizona at 1100 W Happy Valley Rd, Phoenix, Arizona 85085. teamtractor.com
"We're pleased to take this important step in representing and fully supporting TYM's outstanding products here in Arizona," said Sean Raimbeault, Team Tractor's Managing Director. "TYM's long history of delivering quality for over sixty-nine years speaks for itself. We simply could not have selected a better partner."
"It is with joy that we welcome Team Tractor to the TYM family as our partner and distributor for TYM Tractors and products in the western United States. This relationship could not have come at a better time," said Hiyong Kim, Chairman and CEO of TYM Co. Ltd.
TYM's machinery lines include Tractors, Agricultural Combines, Rice Transplanters, Excavators, and Heavy Implements. In addition to machinery manufacturing, the company is also a leading producer of heavy components and parts to the agricultural, automotive, and heavy equipment industries including heavy transmission assemblies, cast steel parts, gears, and shafts. TYM is an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) supplier to John Deere, Cummins Engines, Mahindra, Iseki, and IHI, among others.
About Team Tractor Corp.
Team Tractor Corp (dba) Team Tractor Ranch is an equipment dealership and services company headquartered in Arizona. Originally founded in 1998, it is a privately held company serving over 8,000 customers. The company has built a strong reputation for its customer focused sales and product support capabilities. Additional more information about Team Tractor Corp., its products and services can be found at teamtractor.com.
Team Tractor Ranch
1100 W Happy Valley Rd
Phoenix, Arizona 85085 USA
About TYM
TYM America is located at 4734 Potato House Ct. Wilson, North Carolina 27893 which serves as the company's North American headquarters. TYM Co., Ltd. was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Seoul, S. Korea. Over the past sixty-nine (69) years, TYM has become a global leader in machinery, metals, and filter materials manufacturing. For more information about all of TYM's solutions, please visit www.tym.co.kr
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About Arizona
With a population of 7,378,494, Arizona ranks as 14th largest state by population, with Phoenix Arizona ranked as the 5th largest city in the United Stated. The state of Arizona located in the southwestern region of the United States and shares the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico; its neighboring states are Nevada and California to the west, and the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.
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Ann Cooper
Jerry Bailey
Thomas Howard
Alan Yamamoto
Allan Adler
Andrew Pyle
Anne Wojcicki
Anthony Chan
Bill Hemmer
Brad Coker
Bruce Feirstein
Bryan Lee Omalley
Carol Braun
Colin Morton
Craig Berman
Confuse Quotes
People who dismiss science in favor of religion sometimes confuse the challenge of rigorously understanding the world with a deliberate intellectual exclusion that leads them to mistrust scientists and, to their detriment, what they discover.
Either Quotes
It didn't matter what we did or where we did it as long as we were together. We knew we'd found what most people either pursue in years of futile search or dismiss as a fantasy at the outset: the missing half of ourselves. The real thing.
John Perry Barlow
Beginnings Quotes
I'm a firm believer in stories with arcs and beginnings and endings and all that. 'Scott Pilgrim' is sort of one long novel, and it's so long that I get confused and sort of tread water sometimes. But there's definitely a goal to it. People who just dismiss it as shallow, that's their prerogative, but it's not really my intent.
Continue Quotes
In one sense, Obama's point couldn't be clearer: race is a distraction from class-based inequities. And if we dismiss working-class resentment as camouflaged racism, we will continue to be distracted by the spectre of race.
Sarah Churchwell
Connects Quotes
I don't dismiss the music that I was involved with, I don't think it was a joke, I don't think it was funny or a phase, I don't think it was just something I was doing back then, to me it was who I am. It connects all the way through. I don't distance myself from any of it.
Ian MacKaye
I still meet old-school scientists who are like, 'Oh honey, women aren't good at science.' You kind of dismiss them as insane.
I dismiss personal profit and focus exclusively on people and planet. That's what I call social business: a nondividend company dedicated to solving human problems. You can go all the way, forgetting about personal profit, being single-minded about solving problems. The company makes profit, but profit stays with the company.
Muhammad Yunus
Computer Quotes
Yes, I play computer games. I think you've got to embrace the latest technology. For someone to dismiss games as not important would be the same as saying the Internet is not important.
Believe Quotes
I don't believe in a golden mean; I don't believe you find policy wisdom between two polar points. I don't dismiss that possibility, but I look at the platform that's so ideologically based, that's so dismissive of facts, of evidence, of science, and it's frankly hard to take seriously.
Thomas E. Mann
Guided Quotes
I don't like to pretend I was guided in any way by the supernatural world, but the more you talk about that, the easier it is to dismiss those notions.
Artists Quotes
I'm always weary of connotations. I don't want people to listen to the music I make presently because they liked my previous work, or to dismiss it because they didn't. I'm guilty of this as well - having preconceptions about other artists - but it's stupid because all music exists on its own and should be listened to with a clear head.
Consumed Quotes
It is easy to dismiss the world as 'irrelevant,' or consumed by 'paranoid anti-Americanism,' but perhaps not wise.
Despite Quotes
In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence, an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how can one dismiss something that persists despite every reasonable theory that it shouldn't?
Behave Quotes
If someone's a cartoon villain, you can dismiss them, but if they behave despicably but you kind of like them, they really get under your skin.
According Quotes
I am one of the most successful economists, according to what markets tell us, though most of my professional colleagues, who are much keener to accept market outcomes than I am, would dismiss me as a crank or - the worst of all abuses among economists - a 'sociologist.'
Bring Quotes
Today mythical thinking has fallen into disrepute; we often dismiss it as irrational and self-indulgent. But the imagination is also the faculty that has enabled scientists to bring new knowledge to light and to invent technology that has made us immeasurably more effective.
Franklin Quotes
My liberal friends love to dismiss Reagan. You know, they'll say something like, 'Oh, didn't he, like, only read one-page memos when he was in the White House?' Well, that's just good managerial practice. I mean, Franklin Roosevelt made people write one-page memos.
Rick Perlstein
Core Quotes
We've always tried to reflect people's diverse music collections. We don't want to dismiss our core in any way, but . . . as great as Widespread Panic has been to us and has been a really big part of what we've done, we can't have Widespread Panic every single year.
Jonathan Mayers
We remain hopeful that when the attorney general's office has completed its review of the charges against him, it will elect to dismiss this case rather than seek an indictment.
Kevin Marino
We brought the motion to dismiss because we believe there's racial discrimination in the charging process. They have very little evidence to even have probable cause.
Earl Gray
We have no choice but to dismiss with prejudice,
Robert Waters
Above Quotes
When federal judges arbitrarily choose to dismiss the will of the nation's elected representatives and chief executive, they place themselves above the law they are sworn to uphold.
Todd Akin
Paper Quotes
There are people who'll dismiss me as 'just' a singer. That's how it is, how it's always been, but just because I'm not hunched over a piece of paper with a pen in my hand doesn't mean I'm not putting in the graft.
Mercies Quotes
Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing, Thanks for mercies past received.
John Sheffield
Adjust Quotes
Many of us dismiss talk that does not convey important information as worthless - meaningless small talk if it's a social setting or "empty rhetoric" if it's public. Such admonitions as "Skip the small talk, " "Get to the point," or "Why don't you say what you mean?" may seem to be reasonable. But they are reasonable only if information is all that counts. This attitude toward talk ignores the fact that people are emotionally involved with each other and that talking is the major way be establish, maintain, monitor and adjust our relationships.
Many consumers dismiss hotel suites as solely for celebrities and expense-account business travelers, but we want to show them that living in style is not only affordable, but also a great value.
Tom Griffiths
Decision Quotes
She has received a letter informing her of the secretary- general's decision to summarily dismiss her for misconduct, including sexual harassment, effective immediately.
Stephanie Dujarric
Absent Quotes
Nevada was never Carter country back in the 1970s, and I just don't think Jack Carter has much of a chance, although you never completely dismiss anyone. Absent any fiasco by Ensign, Carter is going to have a tough time.
Difficult Quotes
I would rather have students read a difficult text that they find challenging than one they dismiss because it is too easy.
Loath Quotes
I would be surprised if someone was willing to pay at this price for the stock. I am pretty cynical, but I am loath to dismiss it completely.
Capacity Quotes
I don't dismiss the capacity measures. I just don't rely excessively on them.
Gary Stern
Committee Quotes
I have been confident that the committee would dismiss this matter, and I was pleased to learn of their decision to do just that,
Richard Shelby
Entity Quotes
I don't think you dismiss out of hand an independent, nonpartisan report from an entity that's looked and used the same factors to grade all 50 states as something that's totally erroneous.
Mike Blouin
Articles Quotes
Forty-four senators have now voted to dismiss the articles of impeachment, ... The president will not be removed from office. For the good of the country and in keeping with the Constitution it is now time to end this trial. We are here not to protect the president of the United States; we were here to protect the Constitution and we have done so faithfully and fully.
Admirable Quotes
He had three or four years of experience in his one year. If you go and look at the things he had to do ... he had to dismiss players, had to dismiss a coach. So many of the things he had to do, a lot of coaches go two or three years without having to do. I think he has done an admirable job in growing at such a fast rate.
Pete Boone
Asset Quotes
His track record is unimpeachable over a very long period, and his criticisms in terms of cost are valid, but you can't just dismiss a whole asset class.
Tim Price
I thought a lot of people would dismiss the subject as trivial, ... and ... that regardless of what I achieved, the subject would be dismissed. I think I've been gratified more than anything. Whether people like the book or don't like the book, they treat the subject as worthy of discussion.
Peter Guralnick
I think we can with confidence dismiss . . . the 'imminent demise' theory.
Case Quotes
Law enforcers no longer refuse to write up a complaint report like they used to, nor do they try to dismiss the case unless it was the victim who decided to drop the charges.
Ratna Munti
I think they're not as quick to dismiss his bluster as they used to be.
Michael Shifter
Our primary case is to dismiss the application and that would result in the deal falling through.
Duncan Robertson
Actions Quotes
Our power has the grave liability of rendering our theories about the world immune from failure. But by becoming deaf to easily discerned warning signs, we may ignore long-term costs that result from our actions and dismiss reverses that should lead to a re-examination of our goals and means.
Henry Hyde
Access Quotes
Our win was the constitutional right of the defendant to have access to the witnesses even though they are across the sea. The government's win is that don't have to produce them, and they don't have to dismiss the case.
Agreed Quotes
Patent litigation has been amicably resolved and the parties have agreed to dismiss the patent claims.
Jennifer Smoter
Appearance Quotes
My view, as of this moment, is that to dismiss this case would in appearance and in fact improperly 'short circuit' this trial,
Russell Feingold
That would be a big block in terms of the way Telstra looks at this. But I wouldn't expect the board to dismiss it out of hand. They will at least look at it.
Attempt Quotes
We believe the court should dismiss this lawsuit, which has no basis in fact and presents another flawed attempt to use the legal system for remove a legitimate reference to the religious heritage of our country.
Jay Sekulow
Option Quotes
We have the option to proceed with the citation or dismiss it.
Frank Mateljan
Intelligence And Intellectuals Quotes
Yeah, we weren't certain, ... Still, in the context of everything else (intelligence chatter and a terror attack in Saudi Arabia), we could not set it aside and dismiss it as not credible.
Tom Ridge
Among Quotes
We can attribute some of last month's decline to the rise in the Canadian dollar and increased concern among companies as to the impact this will have on export penetration and earnings, but at the end of the day the Ivey has never been a valued directional indicator because of its volatility and desks may partially dismiss the decline as a result.
Overall Quotes
The overall weakness was so pervasive that it would be silly to completely dismiss the devastating weakness of this report.
Audience Quotes
When one looks at the results so far for Stephen King, it is something of a wash, ... He simply has made back the money it cost him to pursue this means of reaching his audience with his latest work. For authors who don't have the track record, reputation and built-in audience following of a Stephen King, obviously his example is one that doesn't necessarily encourage them to go out and dismiss their publishers.
Although Quotes
There has never been any discussion about his dismissal, although there were indeed many demands from our members to dismiss him. But we never talked about it.
Din Syamsuddin
Truth is, I don't like movies that are only good once; I tend to dismiss them. I like movies that get better the more you watch them.
The government will dismiss the remaining counts of the Miami indictment at the time of sentencing and will also recommend that the sentence imposed in the Miami case run concurrently to any sentence imposed as a result of charges filed today in the District of Columbia.
Neal Sonnett
Turkey is on the way to removing curbs on the media as it seeks to join the European Union, but cases like this undermine that progress. We urge the court to dismiss all charges against these five journalists when it reconvenes in April.
Turkey has made important progress in reforming restrictive media laws as it seeks to join the European Union, and the court should not allow hard-liners to take the country backward. We urge the court to dismiss all charges against these journalists.
City Quotes
You can't dismiss the power of these 31 murders and the impact they have on the city of Edmonton,
Stephen Mandel
Excuse Quotes
We had a hung jury, ... and instead, he used (the holdout juror's) illness as an excuse to dismiss her from the jury.
Bothered Quotes
What bothered me most about chick lit, frankly, was how the term was used to dismiss a huge chunk of the bookstore as silly, girlish prattle.
Rachel Sklar
Editorial Quotes
Commissioner Mattingly has the mayor's full confidence. You don't dismiss a dedicated, experienced professional in a knee-jerk reaction to appease an editorial board.
Ed Skyler
Body Quotes
Europe needs an umpire to ensure fair play between member states and to dismiss the cheats. The Commission is the only body that comes close to fitting that role.
Building Quotes
The trend is now clear. Inflationary pressures are building and prices are rising; only the pace remains at issue. September's figures may prove to be just a spike, but we can't dismiss the growing risks of a sudden acceleration in inflation.
Bigger Quotes
The thing that would make me say this is more than something you can dismiss as exceptional local circumstances is that it fits a new bigger pattern.
America Quotes
I've lived in Europe for the better part of twenty years, and I've noticed that one of the biggest errors Europeans make is to dismiss America as having no culture. That's an incredible mistake, and whether it's born of arrogance or neurosis, it's wrong.
Bombarded Quotes
I wanted to escape Small Town U.S.A. To dismiss the boundaries, to explore. My life experience came from watching movies, TV, and reading books and magazines. When your culture comes from watching TV everyday, you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting, people who have jobs and careers and opportunities.
People tried to dismiss my candidacy when I ran for the United States Senate against an incumbent in 1992, and I had little money... And so I believe that so long as we have enough to keep going, to keep our operation going, to get to the point that people -- the people can speak, not just the money. The money primary is one thing, but the people's votes in the end will determine who wins,
Cannot Quotes
One cannot dismiss the emotional response to September 11, which has led to a renewed 'life is too short' mentality,' ... Before September 11, many younger would-be entrepreneurs might have postponed their dreams until they were older, had more experience, etc. Now, we are seeing this younger generation proceed with their dreams, throwing caution to the wind.
John Challenger
Due Quotes
A point-three increase is a big increase. ( But ) to the extent the increase was due to tobacco prices, the market may be willing to forgive it, dismiss it, to put it aside.
Robert Brusca
Ad Quotes
As a Fundamentalist I had discovered while I was in college that it is possible to dismiss the entire Church as having gone off the rails by about AD 95. That is, we, with our open Bibles, knew better than did old Ignatius or Clement, who had been taught by the very apostles themselves, just what the Church is and what it should look like.
Alarming Quotes
Australia's brazen move confirms that an alarming government-industry strategy is in play to overturn the UN moratorium on Terminator. The process and outcome dismiss the contributions of Indigenous and local communities.
Lucy Sharratt
Fact Quotes
You shouldn't dismiss the fact that the post this horse had breaking. He took the worse of it today, and still was very authoritative in winning.
There isn't a lot of honesty when it comes to discussing Obamacare. Too many Republicans lie about the implications of the health-insurance program and dismiss out of hand the reasons a massive overhaul of the long-time system is necessary.
There remains some risk. If turmoil in the equity markets should continue, that would impact consumer sentiment and consumer behavior. No one really knows what will happen. There can be a second wave of scandal from other companies. I can't dismiss that possibility.
Kiichi Murashima
Blatant Quotes
The most blatant forms of denialism are rarely malevolent; they combine decency, a fear of change, and the misguided desire to do good - for our health, our families, and the world. That is why so many physicians dismiss the idea that a patient's race can, and often should, be used as a tool for better diagnoses and treatment.
Michael Specter
Former Quotes
It was improper to dismiss him for having consensual relationships with former students.
Cartoon Quotes
It's a cultural phenomenon. So, saying it's a cartoon doesn't dismiss it, doesn't denigrate it, it even makes it more powerful. Because why? Now it's getting into the unconscious or the subconscious and the minds of our children.
Michael Dyson
It's an interesting kind of arrogance to dismiss something that you don't know a lot about.
Kirk Johnson
Biggest Quotes
The biggest risk in 2006 is that the Fed will be seduced by worries about inflation into raising rates too high. A lot depends on what the 10-year does and while I would hope that they would take notice that it's going down in yield, the question is whether they will take it seriously or dismiss it.
Hugh Johnson
Certainly Quotes
It's certainly not something we would dismiss automatically.
Energy Quotes
It was just funny to me that some of our leaders would take that much time and energy to dismiss something that was loved by so many of our people,
Heard Quotes
The message is the kind of boastful propaganda we've heard before, but I wouldn't dismiss it as bluster.
Artistic Quotes
Increasingly, to dismiss any popular artistic style is seen as the worst kind of snobbery. And snobbery, it goes without saying, is unacceptable in a diverse and democratic world.
Russell Smith
Afraid Quotes
In my first story, 'Mr. Mysterious & Company'... I was asked to take out some of the humor because editors were afraid reviewers would dismiss the book as a joke. Today, humor is enjoyed and no longer regarded as literary brummagem.
Sid Fleischman
Alley Quotes
I knew I had that horse, ... Flower Alley is a good horse, you can't dismiss him. But I really felt confident.
I had to dismiss him from the team,
Houston Nutt
Based Quotes
I had to learn to dismiss people who would criticize me based on nothing, but I also had to learn not to believe the people who would compliment me and think I was great based on nothing. And that led me to have a very, very strong sense of myself and my strengths.
If you're going to dismiss a person for poor performance, part of the implied term of mutual trust and confidence includes the need to give a person reasons for that and give them an opportunity to improve before you dismiss them and possibly give them warnings if that's a practice in your workplace.
Generic Quotes
If you're inclined to dismiss L.A. as a place of unrelenting vapidity and generic 1980s architecture, then you're doing yourself and L.A. a huge disservice, and you're just not looking hard enough.
Bad Quotes
If you read 'Lord of the Rings' and dismiss it as a lie because it has orcs and elves, you're missing the whole point of the story. If children don't have to be concerned about strangers because there's no such thing as a Big Bad Wolf dressed like Granny, you're missing the point.
Doug TenNapel
Apparent Quotes
If you ask consumers, they'll tell you they want COOL, but it's apparent that Congress isn't listening. We've already watched members of the House dismiss their constituents by voting to delay this important consumer act. We urge the Senate not to follow in their footsteps. Consumers deserve to know where their meat is produced, and in light of all the problems our food system faces on a daily basis, COOL would serve as a vital precautionary measure.
Wenonah Hauter
Convey Quotes
I really would like to have the image put forth which is the same thing I try to convey to my son, that you don't have to be perfect to be lovable, that you may not like some of the things someone does, but that doesn't mean you have to dismiss the person, ... In my father's world, you're either perfect or you are an anathema. And I don't feel that way. I don't love him less for understanding him more.
Care Quotes
I heard some of the comments that were made, but I just take that as it is, with a grain of salt, being that they lost the game and, of course, when you lose, you always tend to have a certain point of view. So I'm going to dismiss it as that and concentrate on what we have to do, and I think our main concern is making sure that we take care of things that we can and play Saints' basketball. If we do, I feel pretty good about our chances of winning tomorrow.
Along Quotes
Because a given era lacked a given body of information, we feel that its whole consciousness was naive. We can, therefore, sniff at, say, twelfth-century imagery of evil along with twelfth-century notions as to the shape of the solar system. The idea is that, having come upon information that supervenes the medieval cosmology, we can thereby dismiss all medieval notions as merely medieval.
But I don't think a prudent business or household manager can dismiss these energy prices today. We'll have to see what impact this all has on spending, employment plans and the rest.
John Silvia
Consider Quotes
But I do not consider it sufficient reason to dismiss a minister.
Helen Clark
J. M. Roberts
I do not dismiss Merritt's allegation out of hand.
Harvey Kronberg
Answer Quotes
The key question, and one we won't know the answer to until after jury deliberations, is will the jury then dismiss all of Mark Fuhrman's testimony from consideration.
This is a complete, thorough investigation that's occurring right now. Every possibility will be examined. You cannot dismiss anything. It is possible that one of Dan's former clients may have had some sort of connection. It's possible. It's something that must be looked at. I know. I worked a lot of these cases with Dan.
Ivan Golde
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Father of five who thought COVID was fake needs double lung transplant to survive
January 9, 2021 01/09/2021 6:21 pm
A South Dakota father of five who believed coronavirus was a hoax has revealed he needs a double lung transplant to live.
Prior to contracting the novel virus in October, Nathan Foote thought it wasn’t real.
“I was a non-believer in this COVID stuff,” the 42-year-old said, according to CBS affiliate KELO. “If you would have asked me before this, I thought COVID was fake. But it’s not fake.”
COVID-19’patients have received lung transplants, but there is a shortage and without one, this man won’t survive: https://t.co/16ESHGfzOv
— Angela Kennecke (@AngelaKennecke) January 8, 2021
Foote developed pneumonia and was hospitalized. Now doctors tell him he needs a double lung transplant to survive.
“The COVID really messed my lungs up,” Foote said. “The only thing I can explain it is, they’re scarred. My lungs are scarred.”
Due to the pandemic, there has been a drastic increase in the medical procedure and a shortage of lung donors.
“They say even if I make the list, lungs are hard to come by,” he added. “They’re hard to come by so I could be waiting forever for a pair of lungs.”
Foote needs to have the transplant within the next two months and shared the seriousness of his condition in a Facebook Live earlier in the week.
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Posted by Nathan Foote on Monday, January 4, 2021
“Just so you all know, this ain’t a joke,” Foote said while hooked up to oxygen in the hospital. “I’m not going home. I’m going to die in this room right here.”
Foote, who has five children between the ages of 7 and 17, has had to have tough conversations with his family.
“I just thought I’d have a lot more time with them; a lot more years with them,” he said. “You can’t take it for granted, you know.”
While he wants others to take COVID seriously and is remaining hopeful that a lung donor will be found.
“If I’m ever going to win the lottery, then this is the time,” Foote shared. “Pray for me, man, that I get this transplant. I really need this transplant.”
A GoFundMe account has been set up to help pay for Foote’s mounting medical bills and to provide for his children.
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All Blacks make one forced change
The All Blacks have made one forced change to their side to face the Wallabies in the second Bledisloe Cup rugby Test in Auckland on Saturday night.
Prop Tony Woodcock's unavailability through injury has opened the way for Wyatt Crockett to return to the Test arena after a break of 12 months.
Woodcock suffered rib damage in New Zealand's 27-19 win over Australia in Sydney last weekend in the opening round of the Rugby Championship and was ruled out on Tuesday.
WhileWoodcock has 87 caps, the 29-year-old Crockett, who made his debut in 2009, has six Test appearances.
The last of those was against the Wallabies at Eden Park last August, when New Zealand ran out 30-14 winners.
Coach Steve Hansen says the All Blacks were happy with the victory in Sydney last Saturday, but want an improved performance this week.
He expects the Wallabies to lift in intensity and the All Blacks will have to be ready to match that.
Meanwhile, squad members Charlie Faumuina, Tamati Ellison and Adam Thomson have been released to their respective provinces for this week's opening round of the ITM Cup.
The All Blacks management are keen for the trio to get game time.
All Blacks: Israel Dagg, Cory Jane, Ma'a Nonu, Sonny Bill Williams, Hosea Gear, Dan Carter, Aaron Smith, Kieran Read, Richie McCaw (captain), Liam Messam, Sam Whitelock, Luke Romano, Owen Franks, Keven Mealamu, Wyatt Crockett.
Reserves: Andrew Hore, Ben Franks, Brodie Retallick, Victor Vito, Piri Weepu, Aaron Cruden, Ben Smith.
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Matt Thompson’s 2008-2009 RJI fellowship explored new models for news sites structured around context.
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A Free Online Education Series for Maryland Residents and Businesses
Even though 2020 is in the rearview mirror, Maryland businesses continue to suffer from the effects of the pandemic and the COVID economy it has created. The goal behind the Maryland Business: Rebooted series was to offer local residents and business owners a free educational program, taught by our faculty experts, that would inform them about the latest business trends and strategies, as well as sharpen key business skills.
Due to the overwhelming, positive response to these webinars, we are proud to announce that Maryland Business: Rebooted will continue to serve the local Maryland community in 2021, helping Maryland businesses and business owners address challenges such as:
How can we revisit our purpose in life?
What steps can we take to make sure we are meeting our personal challenges?
Which strategies can be used to address challenges in the retail industry?
Which performance metrics should be used to diagnose problems in the retail industry and to improve retail decisions?
What data to consider when making business decisions?
What are the best approaches to mitigating risk now?
Smith’s expert faculty will help you sharpen key business skills:
Personal and business leadership skills
How to mitigate financial risks
Data-driven economic decision-making
How to improve retail business operations
Series Details
We asked Maryland businesses what areas they most need help with right now and designed this series to cover all. In 2021 we will focus on personal and leadership effectiveness, retail management, and data-driven decision making. Each focus area consists of three live webinars offered in conjunction with Maryland Smith's existing free MicroMasters courses. Attend the webinars while you take the MicroMasters course if you like – or just attend the webinars! It's all free, and it's all for you!
The courses each include three one-hour, live webinars.
We will host panel sessions for you to share experiences and exchange ideas with others facing similar challenges.
Maryland Smith is excited to partner with the Maryland Small Business Development Center, which offers business coaching to participating small business owners.
Every Maryland Business: Rebooted webinar is free and hosted live, on Zoom.
You will need to register for each webinar individually.
Successful and Purposeful You: Where Abilities and Aspirations Enable You to Soar
3-4:30 p.m EDT
The New Year often brings with it new resolutions. On January 19th, learn how to ensure that these resolutions do not fall on the wayside. Create your entrepreneurial journey towards success by attending this free webinar. After all, you are the CEO of a very important enterprise. You! You are the CEO of Me, Inc. Smith professor Rajshree Agarwal will lead us through a session revisiting our purpose in life and the steps we can take to ensure we are heading in the right direction to achieve it.
Strategies for Survival: How Local Restaurants are Adapting in the Face of COVID
Restaurants have been particularly challenged by the pandemic and Maryland Business: Rebooted has organized a panel discussion with local restaurateurs who are willing to share ideas on how they have survived thus far and how others might learn from those experiences. The panel will be led by special guest Tim Carman, award-winning food writer for the Washington Post and Judy Frels, Clinical Professor of Marketing.
There will be an opportunity for participants to engage in a Q&A with the panel and moderators.
Tim Carman
Food Reporter, Washington Post
Tim Carman is a James Beard Award-winning food writer and columnist for The Washington Post. His work has appeared in numerous editions of the “Best Food Writing” collection. He has also written for Imbibe magazine, American Scholar, Food Network magazine and other publications. Before joining The Post in 2010, he served as food editor and columnist for Washington City Paper. He lives in Hyattsville, Md., with his wife, the writer M. Carrie Allan, and their two dogs, Lucinda and Hans Floofer.
Judy Frels
Clinical Professor of Marketing
Maryland Smith School of Business
Guest Panelists
Eric Shu-Pao Wang
Co-Founder/Partner
Toli Moli/Thamee, Washington, D.C.
Josh Phillips
GM/Mezcalier, Espita Washington, D.C.
Peter Opare
Chef/Co-owner
Open Crumb, Washington, D.C.
Janet Yu
Hollyweed East, Wheaton, Md.
Jackie Greenbaum
Quarry House, Silver Spring, Md.
Little Coco's, Washington, D.C.
Bar Charley, Washington, D.C.
Course Four
Retail Management Strategies for Success
Explore the latest trends in the retail industry and implications for small and medium-sized retailers through active discussion on what strategies, data and metrics can be leveraged now. Make sure your resources are aligned for maximum impact!
Facilitated by: Jie Zhang
Dates: Jan. 27 to Feb. 24, 2021
Webinar 1: Retail Industry Trends and Implications for Small and Mid-sized Retailers (SMR)
3-4:30 p.m. ET
This session will focus on the "big picture" and major trends of the retail industry, more or less organized by different retail sectors, as well as the implications for SMR's. We'll also define the strategies to address these challenges, from the perspective of SMR's.
Webinar 2: Utilizing Data Analytics to Build a Winning Retail Business
This session will cover retail performance metrics and how to utilize them to diagnose problems and improve retail decisions. It will focus on those performance metrics that can be implemented using a retailer's existing inventory management and bookkeeping infrastructure (so that they can be easily adopted by SMR's). We will also discuss more advanced metrics and frameworks that have been utilized by sophisticated retail operations and the additional data/resources required.
Webinar 3: Forum on Strategic Retail Management
Open discussion with participants about the challenges and issues they face in the retail industry. A forum facilitated by Zhang where additional retail topics, trends and analysis will be highlighted.
Jie Zhang is a professor of marketing and the Harvey Sanders Fellow of Retail Management at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. She received her PhD in marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She was a faculty member at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan prior to joining the Smith School. Her general research interest is to apply advanced econometric and statistical models to study consumer purchase behaviors and retail strategies.
In Case You Missed Them
Watch the 2020 Webinars & Panel Discussions On Demand
The first series of Maryland Business: Rebooted webinars addressed strategies to manage the challenges of the new marketplace and capitalize on new opportunities, accounting techniques to interpret financial information and to make sound financial decisions, and techniques to create effective websites and maximize social media efforts. You will find the recordings of these webinars below. Make sure you also check out our panel discussion with black business owners, and our interview with Andy Shallal founder and owner of Busboys and Poets on how he has adapted his business strategy in the face of COVID.
Course Three
Digital Marketing and Targeting the Right Customers
Learn key marketing strategies and tactics to help your company develop products that match customers' needs, create awareness and demand for those products, and drive sales.
Facilitated by: Mary Harms
Dates: Sept. 22-Nov. 30
Webinar 1: Creating your Company’s Website for the Best Customer Experience (WATCH)
Once you’ve decided on your site’s target audience(s), it’s time to design the site with their needs in mind. We’ll explore infusing your company’s site with your unique company brand personality through content and design to guarantee a positive user experience. We’ll also look at the nuances of a mobile site/app design to assure a frictionless interaction.
Webinar 2: B2B Websites – How Amazon has Elevated Industrial Buyers’ Expectations and How a Business should Respond (WATCH)
As the general population has gravitated towards e-commerce, industrial buyers have come to expect more from B2B sites. We’ll look at how you can make your B2B site more engaging and informative for procurement officers. With millennials entering the supply chain field, we’ll also explore what content and platforms they are seeking to guarantee a smart B2B purchase.
Webinar 3: Social media – Maximizing your Social Media Efforts (WATCH)
In this webinar, we’ll discuss selecting the social media outlets that resonate with your target audience(s). As the number of social media platforms expands, it becomes more confusing for the business owner to decide where to invest their time and resources in the social arena. We will look at established and emerging social media platforms to better understand who is using them and how businesses can make the most of their social media efforts on each SM platform.
Mary B. Harms joined the University of Maryland in 2001. She is an associate clinical professor in the department of marketing, the program champion for the Strategic Design and Innovation in Marketing undergraduate fellows, founder of the Young Alumni Marketing Council, academic coordinator for marketing internships and the faculty advisor of MasTERPiece, the Smith School’s fashion organization for undergraduates.
Course Two
Key Metrics for Performance Management
Financial accounting is the language of business. Learn to effectively interpret financial information to make sound decisions and confidently communicate to other leaders in your company and with potential investors and creditors.
Facilitated by: Eugene Cantor
Dates: Aug. 10 - Oct. 12, 2020
Webinar 1: The Nature of Accounting and its Relevance to Business (WATCH)
We will review the conceptual framework that defines financial accounting and explore the four fundamental statements accountants use to present financial information to investors and creditors. In addition, we will examine accrual accounting, the core method accountants use to determine a company’s income, and compare it to cash basis accounting, which is used by many smaller companies.
Webinar 2: Income and Cash Flow Statements (WATCH)
We will expand the discussion of accrual accounting to specific areas of a company’s business and explore the key differences between a company’s income statement and its cash flow statement. We also will review concepts of financial analysis and use analytical tools that use accounting information to assess the financial health of a company.
Webinar 3: Managerial Accounting (WATCH)
We will broaden our studies to include concepts of managerial accounting. This type of accounting involves the application of business management tools, including budgeting, cost accounting, performance management, breakeven computations and incremental analysis.
Eugene Cantor retired in 2015 after 31 years of federal service to return to his alma mater the University of Maryland to teach on a full-time basis. He served 25 years as an attorney with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, an office of the United States Treasury Department.
Course One
Strategy for Businesses of All Sizes
Learn how to capitalize on opportunities, and manage the challenges of the COVID-19 marketplace, and leverage this dynamic environment for long-term value.
Facilitated by: Oliver Schlake
Dates: July 13-Sept. 7, 2020
Webinar 1: Strategy Health Check (WATCH)
How to test your plan forward in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world. Whether or not you have a formal strategy or you are “muddling through” a crisis, it is essential to review your plan forward. The session will give you a simple framework on what makes a “good” and a “bad” strategy – given the current business environment there are plenty of examples available.
Discussion questions for the Webinar:
How much could you rely on your strategy when the pandemic hit?
Why do you need a strategy – for your business or for your career?
When was the last time you led, acted or thought strategically?
How to detect a good and a bad strategy?
Webinar 2: Rethinking your Strategy (WATCH)
Why planning is so much more important than the plan. Building on Webinar 1, we will discuss the process of building a better strategy. In essence, your value proposition serves as the baseline of “what to do”. The strategic planning process takes the “what” and tries to find the best ways “how to do it”. While there is eventually a plan emerging, the webinar will stress the importance of planning over plan.
What are the critical skills for a strategic planner?
What is the real benefit of having a formal strategy?
Are formal strategies as important for small and medium-sized business as they are for large organizations?
Webinar 3: Future Robust Planning (WATCH)
How to create a strategy that maximizes flexibility and captures opportunities no matter what the future brings? Strategic plans are always about the future. Therefore, you can’t build a great strategy without a better understanding of the immediate and distant future of your industry, your competitors, your customers and the world at large. This webinar shows you how to find opportunities locally and globally by discovering early warning signals and capitalizing on trends before your competitors do.
How to discover the important trends that change my strategy before it is too late?
Can you predict the future enough to include in your strategy?
What kind of strategies could have helped during the COVID 19 pandemic?
What is the impact of the post-COVID world on business strategies?
Oliver Schlake is a clinical professor at Maryland Smith, a senior business consultant, entrepreneur and researcher. His publications and research on scenario-based strategic planning and innovation strategy have been featured in leading academic and practitioner journals worldwide.
Concluded Webinars
Here are the insightful webinars in our Maryland Business: Rebooted series you may have missed. Enjoy any or all of them for free, at your convenience.
Pivoting is the New Normal (WATCH)
Pivoting is the New Normal
WATCH READ HIGHLIGHTS
Andy Shallal, CEO and founder of Busboys and Poets joins Maryland Smith Associate Dean Victor Mullins in a conversation about pivoting your business strategy in the midst of a global pandemic, economic distress and racial protests. Join us to share your thoughts and ask questions on how to move your business and your career forward in uncertain times.
Panel Discussion With Maryland Black Business Owners (WATCH)
Panel Discussion with Maryland Black Business Owners
It’s clear that Maryland’s African American community, Black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs have been affected disproportionately by the economic, health and psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As part of the Maryland Business: Rebooted program, Maryland Smith is hosting a virtual, open panel discussion with local Black entrepreneurs and small business owners. Panel members will shed light on the challenges that these particular companies currently face and share experiences of successes and failures in meeting those challenges.
Interested in taking a deeper dive?
Don't forget! Each of the courses above will be synchronized with the beginning, middle and end of seven online Maryland Smith MicroMasters business courses for those participants who seek deeper knowledge on a particular topic. Just like the Maryland Business: Rebooted webinars, your access to the MicroMasters program is also free.
Whether you need to re-engage with your job more effectively, launch a new career, restart or revitalize an existing business, start a new enterprise, or prepare for further education, this free program for Marylanders will provide you with key skills and insights needed to succeed during and after the pandemic. You are invited to participate in any or all of these webinars.
For support, please direct all questions to execed@rhsmith.umd.edu.
The program is the brainchild of Michel Wedel (Distinguished University Professor), Judy Frels (Clinical Professor and MicroMasters Program Director), and Christine Thompson (Executive Director of Executive Education).
At the Smith School of Business, we believe in lifelong learning. With that in mind, we have compiled a list of respected resources for you to consult as you continue to navigate changes in Maryland business due to the pandemic.
Chamber of Commerce (CoC)
Economic Development Corporations (EDC)
Forbes article on state of support for SMBE
Innovation Uncovered
Maryland Office of Small Business Regulatory Assistance (OSBRA)
Maryland Partners in International Trade (MAPIT)
Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority (MSBDFA)
Maryland Smith's Center for Digital Innovation, Technology and Strategy
Maryland Smith Center for Global Business MAPIT Webinars
Business Language Award
Maryland Global Export Consulting
Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE)
SCORE (Baltimore)
Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)
State of MD BusinessExpress
Support local Black-owned businesses this month
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Fishing Terms Glossary
Catch quota implemented to protect swordfish
November 23, 2016 — A world body of fishing and shipping nations approved a catch quota yesterday to protect the overharvested Mediterranean swordfish, the EU and conservation group Oceana said.
The limit was set at 10,500 tonnes for 2017 at a meeting of the 51-member International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas in Vilamoura, Portugal.
It will be reduced by three per cent per year between 2018 and 2022.
“It’s done. Finally, ICCAT on its 50th anniversary moved a step forward on this too long-neglected stock,” Oceana’s Ilaria Vielmini said in the coastal town where the commission held its annual meeting.
Read the full story from AFP at NT News
Environmental Bullies – Conservationists or Agenda-pushers?
March 22, 2016 (Saving Seafood) – Dr. John Sibert, an emeritus professor at the University of Hawaii, has come to the defense of scientists whose research conflicts with the agendas of conservation ideologues. Dr. Sibert specifically targets Carl Safina and others who have painted recent research by Dr. Molly Lutcavage as “controversial.” Dr. Lutcavage’s research, which appeared in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and was featured in NPR, presented evidence that Western Atlantic Bluefin tuna may be more resilient to harvesting than previously thought.
In an article for CFOOD, a University of Washington project chaired by Dr. Ray Hilborn that corrects erroneous stories about fisheries sustainability, Dr. Sibert criticizes environmentalists who resort to personal attacks on researchers whose findings they oppose. Saving Seafood partners with CFOOD to help deliver these facts to the public.
“Instead of attacking the messenger and implying that Lutcavage and her colleagues are industry tools, Safina should have embraced the science, supported tuna conservation, and applied pressure in ICCAT to change its antiquated management. By attempting to smear Lutcavage and her NOAA colleagues, he demeans science in general and those of us who try to apply scientific approaches to resource management in particular,” Dr. Sibert wrote.
Last week, Dr. Lutcavage wrote a piece about her own struggles with environmental bullies.
Dr. Sibert’s full comments are below:
I, like many other scientists, practice my profession with the expectation that my work will be used to improve management policies. However, scientists who choose to work on subjects that intersect with management of natural resources sometimes become targets of special interest pressures. Pressure to change or “spin” research results occurs more often than it should. Pressure arrives in many forms— usually as phone calls from colleagues, superiors, or the media; the pressure seldom arrives in writing.
I have had a long career spanning several fields and institutions and have been pressured to change my views on restriction of industrial activities in intertidal zones in estuaries, on the necessity of international tuna fisheries management agencies, on the limited role of commercial fishing in the deterioration of marine turtle populations, on the lack of accuracy and reliability of electronic fish tags, and on the inefficacy of marine protected areas for tuna conservation.
My most recent experience with pressure came from a stringer who writes for Science magazine. Some colleagues and I had just published a paper that analyzed area-based fishery management policies for conservation of bigeye tuna. Although the paper was very pessimistic about the use of MPAs for tuna fishery management, this particular stringer contacted me about MPAs. We had an exchange of emails in which he repeatedly tried to spin some earlier results on median lifetime displacements of skipjack and yellowfin tuna into an argument supporting creation of MPAs. We then made an appointment to talk “face to face” via Skype. His approach was to play word games with my replies to his questions in order to make it seem that my research supported MPAs. I repeatedly explained to him that our research showed that closing high-seas pockets had no effect whatsoever on the viability of tuna populations and that empirical evidence showed that the closure of the western high seas pockets in 2008 had in fact increased tuna catches. We hung up at that point, and I have no idea what he wrote for Science.
When critics run out of fact, some resort to personal attack. During discussions about turtle conservation in the early 2000s, an attorney for an environmental group told a committee of scientists that we were in effect a bunch of fishing industry apologists with no knowledge of turtles or population dynamics. More recently, my friend and collaborator, Molly Lutcavage was recently subject of a personal attack by Carl Safina after she and her colleagues published an important discovery of a new spawning area for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna. This discovery ought to push the International Commission of the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna to abandon its simplistic two stock approach to management of ABFT. (Whether ICCAT will actually change its approach is another question.) Safina made the outrageously false assertion that the authors’ “… main concern is not recovery, not conservation, but how their findings can allow additional exploitation.” Instead of attacking the messenger and implying that Lutcavage and her colleagues are industry tools, Safina should have embraced the science, supported tuna conservation, and applied pressure in ICCAT to change its antiquated management. By attempting to smear Lutcavage and her NOAA colleagues, he demeans science in general and those of us who try to apply scientific approaches to resource management in particular.
Read the commentary at CFOOD
DAVID SCHALIT: Report from ICCAT
December 7, 2015 — The following is a commentary submitted to Saving Seafood by David Schalit, the Vice President of the American Bluefin Tuna Association:
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) used to be the regional fishery management organization everybody loved to hate. Its dysfunctionality was legendary. ICCAT became famous because it is the regional fishery management organization responsible for Atlantic bluefin tuna, the famously “iconic” and “charismatic” tuna stock that has been the subject of intense media interest for a very long time and the only tuna species to star in its own cable television series.
ICCAT’s Problem
In the mid-late 1990’s, due to concerns expressed by ICCAT scientists about the status of Atlantic bluefin, ICCAT began adopting measures to limit harvest of both east and west stocks. Only the west Atlantic harvesters heeded the advices of ICCAT scientists. European Union fishing countries and other eastern harvesters who target east Atlantic bluefin weren’t listening. During the next several years the east Atlantic stock was subject to consistent and increasing overfishing, illegal fishing and unreported fishing. In 2007 – the worst year on record for east Atlantic bluefin – ICCAT scientists estimated that catch in the east Atlantic could be as high as 60,000 MT, almost twice the allowed quota.
As a consequence, “the plight of the Atlantic bluefin” became the subject of ongoing public relations campaigns by numerous environmental organizations. Annual meetings of ICCAT in the years leading up to 2008 developed a circus atmosphere, consisting of a full complement of delegates, a large number of industry representatives, media and environmental observers as well as environmental activists who regularly demonstrated outside of the meeting venue. As a result, ICCAT meetings were regularly covered by media worldwide.
ICCAT’s Redemption
ICCAT finally began to redeem itself during its 2008 meeting when it mustered the political will to cease overfishing and begin the process of rebuilding east Atlantic bluefin stock. Today, both east and west Atlantic bluefin stocks have become a fishery management success story.
The New Problem
However, ICCAT may be returning to its old ways. This time, the problem is with Atlantic bigeye tuna. ICCAT scientists turned in a stock assessment on Atlantic bigeye this October indicating that the stock is presently overfished and with overfishing presently taking place. ICCAT scientists urged the adoption of conservation measures to immediately address this problem. Last week, the 24th annual meeting of ICCAT was held in Malta. Unfortunately, when the meeting came to a close on November 17, ICCAT had failed to achieve meaningful conservation measures for Atlantic bigeye tuna. Sound familiar?
What Were the Objectives?
The scientists recommended steps that would lead to increasing “future chances that the stock will be at a level that is consistent with the convention objectives.” The primary means available to ICCAT for achieving this were a reduction in harvesting of mature bigeye in the central/south Atlantic and a reduction in bycatch of juvenile bigeye in the Gulf of Guinea skipjack fishery. Neither of these goals was met.
Major Harvesting Forces
The Atlantic bigeye tuna fishery consists of 8 major harvesters and 11 minor harvesters. The eight major harvesters (China, EU, Ghana, Japan, Panama, Philippines, Korea and Chinese Taipei) are, in total, a fleet of 659 longline vessels plus assorted “support vessels”, mostly fishing in the equatorial Atlantic, in deep water, for mature bigeye. The EU alone has 269 vessels in this fleet, and Japan has 245.
In addition, there are 51 purse seine vessels permitted by ICCAT to operate in the Gulf of Guinea skipjack fishery that are responsible for significant bycatch of juvenile bigeye and yellowfin. Of those 51 vessels, the EU (France and Spain) is the largest fleet, with 34 vessels.
To put this in perspective, in 2014, the 8 major harvesters were responsible for over 53,000 MT of bigeye catch, whereas the 11 minor harvesters, including the U.S. and Brazil, were responsible for just under 14,000 MT. (The U.S. reported 800 MT of catch in 2014.) And there is a great deal of uncertainty regarding the level of mortality on juvenile bigeye in the purse seine fishery.
The Negotiations
During the negotiations at last week’s meeting, the U.S., Brazil and a few other minor harvesters squared off against the very well prepared forces of the EU and Japan who had the backing of their formidable fishing industries. It is said that those who have “the most skin in the game” tend to prevail and so, notwithstanding the efforts of the U.S., Brazil and others to reduce fishing effort by these major harvesters, the EU, Japan and the 6 other major harvesters were the winners and Atlantic bigeye tuna was the loser.
Curiously, the major harvesters can make the claim to have reduced the overall TAC. Atlantic bigeye harvesting is presently governed by an Atlantic-wide TAC from which each of the 8 major harvesters are given a fixed, “not to exceed” individual TAC. Last week, the major harvesters agreed to reduce their combined allowed TAC from its present level of 79,000 MT to to 58,000 MT. This gives the distinct impression that significant conservation measures were taken. However, landings averaged over the last 5 years are below 58,000 MT. In actual fact, this agreement allows these harvesters another 9,000 MT above their reported landings of 2014. Consequently, no actual cuts in catch were made.
The Fiasco in the Gulf of Guinea
The problem in the Gulf of Guinea is an issue that has plagued ICCAT since the 1990s. ICCAT has made various attempts, beginning in the late 90’s, to reduce bycatch of juvenile bigeye and yellowfin typically weighing no more than 3-6 lbs, in the Gulf of Guinea purse seine skipjack fishery. According to the scientists, none of these attempts yielded any reduction in bigeye bycatch. Why?
At each ICCAT meeting in which this bycatch problem was addressed, the EU has tendered its own fully detailed proposal to address the problem. In each instance, their proposal involved a variation on the concept of a time/area closure in the Gulf of Guinea for a fixed period during each fishing season. Since the EU purse seine fleet is the dominant force in the Gulf of Guinea skipjack fishery, it is difficult to imagine why ICCAT would have ever seriously considered an EU proposal. Clearly, the EU’s interests are best served by thwarting any conservation action that would have a negative effect on its seining activities in the Gulf. However, in each instance, ICCAT has adopted the EU’s proposal. And in every instance, ICCAT scientists subsequently found that these closures did not result in the reduction of bycatch. Today, these facts are well known to ICCAT member countries. So, why did ICCAT, in last week’s meeting, adopt a new EU-authored solution to the problem of bigeye bycatch that is likely to achieve nothing? This, too, is reminiscent of the “old” ICCAT.
We can point to other successes that came out of the ICCAT meeting such as significant progress on Convention amendments, eBCD and the development of harvest control rules; all important issues. But if ICCAT fails in its primary task – the “conservation of Atlantic tunas” – all other successful initiatives are diminished in importance because of that failure.
Fortunately for ICCAT, it has a chance to partially redeem itself at next years’ meeting, when it will address Atlantic yellowfin tuna, a stock that has some of the same problems as Atlantic bigeye. Unfortunately, ICCAT will have to wait until 2018 to have a chance to again address the issue of conservation of bigeye tuna.
Statement by U.S. Commissioner Russell F. Smith III at the Conclusion of the 2015 Annual ICCAT Meeting
December 3, 2015 — The following was released by NOAA Fisheries:
This year’s International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) meeting was characterized by an unprecedented level of engagement from a broad range of parties that joined together to promote the sustainable management in ICCAT fisheries. This collaboration is critical to the effective work of ICCAT, and we hope that these relationships will continue to be fostered and strengthened in the future.
Negotiations on amendments to the 1969 ICCAT Convention were advanced to a near-final stage. The amended Convention will reflect modern principles, such as the precautionary and ecosystem approaches to fisheries management, clarify the Commission’s management authority, particularly for sharks, and improve the governance of the Commission.
In keeping with another major U.S. priority, the electronic system for tracking bluefin tuna catch and trade is near completion and is anticipated to be ready for full implementation in the spring of 2016. This should help address and prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and help improve management of the stock by providing ready access to data about catch and trade.
Agreement was reached on the development of harvest control rules and management strategy evaluation as important tools to support future decision-making. This measure details the process by which alternative biological reference points (i.e., threshold and limit biomass levels, and the target fishing mortality rate) will be identified and tested by the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS). North Atlantic albacore will be the first stock; a management objective has been defined and the development of harvest control rules will continue in 2016. The Commission will provide specific input in three areas for individual stocks: (1) management objectives; (2) acceptable levels of probability (e.g., of achieving targets or avoiding limits); and (3) timeframes for ending overfishing and/or rebuilding.
We are disappointed that the Commission did not do more to address overfishing of bigeye tuna despite the clear advice from the SCRS, which called for a reduction in the total allowable catch (TAC) and in the fishing mortality on the smallest juvenile bigeye tuna that are caught in the Gulf of Guinea. Tropical tunas support important U.S. commercial and recreational fisheries. With this in mind, we sought a more comprehensive approach to rebuild the stock with greater certainty, including a lower TAC as well as a longer and larger time/area closure to protect juveniles. Although these positions were rejected by the major players in the fishery, we will continue to manage bigeye tuna responsibly within the United States.
Atlantic-wide TAC levels for overfished stocks of blue marlin and white marlin will remain in effect until new scientific advice is available in 2018. We had hoped to include provisions to require the use of circle hooks to minimize post-release mortality, and related scientific research, but these efforts were rejected.
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Book Talk - (Moderator: dewsanddamps)
How Opal Mehta got plagiarized...
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Re: How Opal Mehta got plagiarized...
Quote from: steph on April 26, 2006, 04:43 PM
On a different note for those of you wishing that KV has her advance taken back, what if, she is only one small cog in this wheel of deceit - wouldn't her only incentive to keeping her mouth shut and 'falling on her sword' be the advance - let's call it, oh I don't know, hush money.
Me thinks LB will not remove said advance
thanks steph, that was my point. i don't think kv did this all by herself.
the way i see it, a lot of people saw huge dollar signs when they signed kv. and rather than examining, asking questions, or deliberating, they pushed the whole process through on the fast track. i'm not exonerating kv, she certainly played her part. but i am calling into question her being singled out as having done *all* of this to herself. and yes, it would be different in my book if this had happened to a 25 or 40-year-old. as someone (jen, maybe? sorry!) mentioned, someone older would have more life experience behind them and would, more likely than not, be better equipped to handle some of the fallout. also, if there *was* a whole crew behind the *idea* of opal mehta, someone with more experience/years might have handled *that* differently as well.
i completely disagree that the packager, publisher, and editors are absolved of all responsibility. i would think that, since the editors and publisher are familiar with the ya, chick-lit world, at least *one* of them, somewhere in the two years between idea and going to print, might have read mm's book/s and noticed the similarities. certainly enough to investigate the matter further. after all, sloppy firsts was not some obscure novel that went largely unnoticed. also, what if, as someone said before, she was encouraged to read mm's books as points of reference for what the packager and the publisher had in mind? if that is the case, the connection between the two is deliberate.
no, no one felt sorry for her when she got the advance (why would they?), or that it might be too much for a college student to be academically successful and write a book worth a lot of money (probably because many have. some even on this board). my inclination is to feel for people who are being unfairly mobbed up on. i'm on board with the fact that kv should face some harsh consequences and that she should never, ever do this again (though i'm sure she's well aware of that herself at this point). but some of the over-the-top outrage is what gets to me.
the person who should be *most* outraged, in my view, is mm -- and she seems to be handling it all with more grace and poise than the average observer.
#181 - April 26, 2006, 05:48 PM
Yes, I posted Monday morning regarding this, and my position has not changed. The agent, editor, packagers all are culpable.
Actually since my post on Monday, I happened upon an article ( pre-scandal) that KV did with a local paper. In reading the details of the deal in KV's own words, I was more convinced than ever that KV did not act alone.
** okay here's the actually link
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxNjcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY5MTI1MjAmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3
jadedmetaphor
Considering how much KV's parents paid to help get her into Harvard, if there really was some big conspiracy (and I seriously doubt there is), I doubt $500k makes enough difference in their life to be worth KV's dignity.
« Last Edit: April 26, 2006, 06:23 PM by jadedmetaphor »
No, but the shame of the removal of the contract and no second book might! I'm going with my gut on this one and from the beginning it has been telling me smoke meet fire.
*Just to clarify - I don't see it as a 'big conspiracy. I see it as an ugly underbelly of the publishing world, and this is not an isolated case.
« Last Edit: August 12, 2006, 07:34 AM by steph »
Paulahy
Someone stop me. I can't stop reading this thread!!!
And I will give up trying to figure out whose post I'm responding to. However, someone brought up a very good point about the fact that the author can't use her age both ways (to defend her actions as the young nave and to promote herself as the young prodigy author genius).
It's just too convenient.
Yes, I too feel the publisher, packager and all those who touched the book need to stop with the "she's such a sweet girl and would never do this on purpose" and just admit they screwed up and now plan to launch a $500K educational program full of PSA's and print ads talking about the evils of plagirism.
As far as the packager issue - I can only speak from the perspective of a reader on this. When I read Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and The A-List Back in Black, I had no idea a packager was involved. Yet both books seemed to be missing something, one of those, can't put your hands on what, qualities. Later, I was able to say for Sisterhood, I never got a clear picture in my head of the characters. So I felt the descriptions weren't as vivid. For Back in Black, the plot was super thin.
When I found out they were produced by packagers, in my mind, that explained some of their voids. I didn't find out until after I'd read them. Well after for Sisterhood, about a month later for the other.
I am NOT saying packaged books are bad. I am saying that when a packager becomes involved you know that the publisher is looking to distribute en masse and churn out books at a much faster pace than a single author could ever do alone. So no surprise the books may not have the depth of non-packaged books.
Opal certainly does nothing to boost the image of packaged books.
The more links I read with passages from Opal, the more this thing stinks to the heavens.
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Here's an interesting article from the Harvard Independent...
http://www.harvardindependent.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=9933
It's an interview with a former 17th Street editor, about how the packaging process works. Nothing specific to this case, but more info on the general procedures...
http://jenlyn-b.livejournal.com/
Thanks for that link Jen! WOW! :
I just read the posted link and it was very informative. I guess I'm still trying to figure out if packaging is beneficial to a writer. We know it is to the packager. Has anyone heard of Parachute Publishing? (www.parachutepublishing.com). That name has come up a few times and now I'm sort of understanding what it is.
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Great article about the book packager. So the packager would have gotten "a hefty chunk of the advance, up to half, plus a cut of royalties."
The existence of the packager in this scene I think will ultimately make KV less culpable. It sounds tremendously chaotic, and how can a 17-year old girl possibly stand up to high pressure commercial people?
Not that I think she didn't do it, but with all these hands in the pot, each person is going to feel less responsible for what comes out. (and I think she is in the front rank of the first generation of kids who grew up on the web, and find it all too easy to pick and grab from sources without really coming to grips with the fact that they're plagiarizing.)
I think the book packager is going to end up taking a big part of the rap. Some of these publishers are trying to make big bucks producing books by sidestepping the usual ways of going about it--where someone is truly author of the product--and they shouldn't be surprised when the product ends up being tainted.
Not that packagers are necessarily low-life, but when no one is individually responsible, and the bottom line is the end-all, what can they expect?
Athena529
The NY Times had this article on the thickening plot and Alloy:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/27/books/27pack.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Quote from: Athena529 on April 26, 2006, 08:56 PM
Very interesting article! Thanks!
I think the ending speaks for itself:
"Little, Brown, for one, was not blaming Alloy. 'Our understanding is that Kaavya wrote the book herself, so any problems are entirely the result of her writing and not the result of the packager's involvement in the book,' said Michael Pietsch, the publisher.
Even officials at Random House, the parent company of Ms. McCafferty's publisher, said they did not consider Alloy responsible. 'Most relationships with packagers and book producers have been relatively free of the kinds of problems cited in the coverage of this story,' said Mr. Applebaum, the spokesman, 'and beneficial for all concerned.'"
Frainstorm
I don't know if I'm more naive than the rest of you, but my jaw is in a perpetual state of astonishment. Did I know book packagers existed? Yes. But I had no idea of the extent. Right now, one book packager owns three of ten slots in the children's best seller list. That's amazing for my ignorant mind. And that's just one packager.
I feel like I just discovered that not only Santa Claus isn't for real (sorry if I blew that for anyone out there), but my parents never got me any gifts either; that nasty great uncle the family doesn't talk about got paid to buy and wrap the gifts every year.
I'm just shaking my head wondering now if it's pre-ordained if I'm ever gonna get published.
Great, great links!
John, you are not alone. Let me tell you, I read Sweet Valley High as a teen and loved them. I didn't find out they were the product of packaging until four years ago. I didn't find out about the Sisterhood until last year and discovered the truth about Gossip Girls and The A-List earlier this year. With each discovery I'm less and less shocked. But the original revelation left me feeling like you - like it was all a lie.
There's something about the whole thing that takes the passion out of writing.
You come to sites like this where people write because they feel driven to. Because they have stories inside of them screaming to get out. The whole packaging process seems to dilute it down to a corporate fundamental - let's make lotsa lotsa dough. And it kind of hurts my stomach.
I don't mean to come off self-righteous. God knows I'm all for making money. I kind of have to in order to keep a roof over my head. But to date, except for SVH (which I read when I was like 12 or 13) I haven't picked up any of the packaged products mentioned and felt fulfilled with the end product.
And - I did not go into reading them with a bias. I didn't find out about them until after I had read them - usually well after reading them.
I mean no disrespect to writers who have been authors of these books or any other. I'm just saying for me, as a reader, I haven't read a packaged book (that I'm aware) that left me feeling the same as when I put down a Stephen King or James Patterson or Karen Robey Lawson.
Yeah, none of those are high literary material by any means. But my gut knows when it really enjoyed a good book. For those Seinfeld fans it's the difference between faking it (oooh, I loved that book...er, I mean a little) and the feeling you get after eating the risotto (mmmmm...ahhhh....ooooh....ummm...). For those who can't speak Sein-language, just saying, I know when I think a book is weirdly generic and somewhat toneless vs. really good and had an authentic voice and the author really put their foot in it.
I will gladly keep my mind open and continue to read any book that captures my interest. If something by a packager comes by and I like it, I'll admit it. Just hasn't happened yet....um, since I've been an adult.
Oh, and Writeaway about whether it's beneficial to the author....I'm going to lean towards "maybe." I'm sure there are some work-for-hire authors who have come away from that process with a strong enough tie with the publisher that they experienced success on their own.
But, I wouldn't be surprised if that number was fairly low.
#193 - April 27, 2006, 05:05 AM
« Last Edit: April 27, 2006, 05:08 AM by Miss P »
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I swore to myself I wouldn't respond more on the subject...but!
I just had another question/comment, now that Alloy was brought up in this thread. In today's NYT article (the one that I believe Athena provided the link to), KV states that Alloy only helped her with the first four chapters and outline -- that too, she said that most Alloy's input was minor editing. After Little, Brown bought the book, the editing was done entirely by them. So my question is, why does Alloy share in the copyright of Opal if its only input in the book were editing the first 4 chapters at the mss shopping stage? This might just be a general packager question, but I thought it was relevant here. Anyone know?
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Quote from: Miss P on April 27, 2006, 05:05 AM
I didn't find out about the Sisterhood until last year and discovered the truth about Gossip Girls and The A-List earlier this year.
Hey, Miss P. I think Sisterhood might be in a different category. Ann Brashares did work for a book packager, but the idea for Sisterhood was hers. It was my impression that she wrote the books; because she worked for a packager, people assume her books are "packaged." But you've got me wondering if she wrote them completely on her own. Here's an interview: http://www.powells.com/authors/brashares.html
Jennifer Mckissack:
SANCTUARY, Scholastic Press
Jenny Moss:
TAKING OFF, Bloomsbury
SHADOW, Scholastic Press
WINNIE'S WAR, Bloomsbury
I love this: "For publishers, the appeal [of book packagers] is that the packagers will take care of jobs like copy-editing and designing book covers." Well, what do publishers do then, anymore? If they are looking to packagers for authors and for editing, how is our subbing books to publishers going to get us published?
I'm disillusioned by the book packaging too. It doesn't sound good for the rest of us, does it? There are the celebrity books too, and have you noticed another permutation of this, the popular nonfiction adult book, like about salt or the cod or some famous figure, that also shows up in a kids' version later?
Hey Ette. I'm not sure. You may be right that she, like Viswanathan, was a different type of packaging. Maybe it was just her way to go from editor to author. She had the ties with Alloy so she used them.
Quote from: richmond on April 27, 2006, 06:58 AM
Well, what do publishers do then, anymore? If they are looking to packagers for authors and for editing, how is our subbing books to publishers going to get us published?
I think this quote from Lizzie Skurnik in the Crimson article answers your question, Richmond:
“A packager basically serves as both the writer and editor of a book,” Skurnick said in a phone interview. “The advantage for a publishing house is they don’t have to do anything — they don’t have to design the book, they don’t have to think about a concept…. They can just say, ‘Here’s $80,000 for twelve of these books.’ They don’t have to do any of the work.”
As far as how we get published - keep plugging at it. Packaging has been around for a long time but seems to have gotten a surge with the success of Gossip Girls and the like. Yet there are still plenty of publishers looking for original material.
We can't lose faith in the system...let's just look to those who succeed outside of packaging.
My concern? Books by, I'll call us non-packaged authors, simply can't compete with packaged books that get the lion's share of dollars put into marketing them. I've got to work with whatever my publisher will do and whatever my shoe string budget can handle.
Again, the answer is keep plugging.
here's a link to lizzie skurnik's ruminations on that interview:
http://www.theoldhag.com/
just confirms my suspicions that kv is the one going down in flames for something that took a whole team and a couple of years to put together.
It would be interesting to see if other packaged books from Alloy contain the same kinds of copying as Opal did -- because failing that, I would find it impossible to believe that a corporation would open itself up to a huge lawsuit for something they were already paid for. Remember, Alloy wasn't trying to sell Opal to LB after it was written, and therefore needed to make it "good" -- LB prepaid and would have published anything that was written. Where is the upside for Alloy to tell KV to go ahead and copy someone else's work? They wouldn't get any more money in the advance, and if it was found out, they would potentially lose sales and get sued. Not a good business model.
On the other hand, since Alloy was prepaid, they also had no incentive to edit KV's manuscript at all. Why didn't anyone catch the similarities before? Maybe because no one spent any time reading the manuscript apart from running spell check. After all, there were other projects they were working on that still needed to be sold, and those would get the most attention.
I would believe that someone at Alloy told KV, "go read MM's books and write something like that." And she did -- exactly like that, in places. But to tell her, "go copy parts of MM's novels -- not the really good parts, either, but some of the mediocre ones," seems ridiculous.
almarrone
http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/lunch/Passages.pdf
Sorry if this link had been posted already--but it details all forty something plagarized passages side by side. Gotta say--some of them are a really nitpicky and I think using the word "uppercrust" to describe the top dogs at school or "dreg" for a stoner is fairly common. It may be that these phrases come up in similar places in each story and that's what makes them suspect--if that's not the case the rest of us will have to try harder to avoid some common language lest we're accused of copying.
While there were some that I didn't think had merit, there are plenty that do.
« Last Edit: April 27, 2006, 10:09 AM by almarrone »
Quote from: ShirleyH on April 27, 2006, 10:05 AM
I don't know how all contracts read, but the ones I've seen say something about a contract not being final until a final revision is accepted. A publisher does not have to publish the book and may ask for fifty percent of the advance returned.
But when the fifty percent that they lose is six figures, chances are, they're not going to ask for it back. They invested so much up front that I really don't think there is ANY way they would have backed out of the project.
Not to mention, as long as the author has made a "good faith" effort to make the MS acceptable, it is almost impossible to get the advance back, at any figure. Also, almost impossible to prove that someone hasn't made a good faith effort.
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I heard an editor from Alloy speak about six months ago. I too was shocked to find out that Sisterhood was their creation. He said that Alloy comes up with the concepts and that they also outline the entire novel. I'm sure there are cases where the author brings them the concept, and he said the author definitely has creative input, but my impression after he spoke was that the author is basically a puppet - that the author answers to Alloy, not the other way around. So KV's claim that Alloy was only in on the first four chapters isn't sitting well with me. Alloy has too much on the line to be that disinterested. One of the first things this man said when he was presenting was how many books Alloy has on the best seller list. This is why they make the big bucks. This is why the publishing houses don't want to make them mad. If Random House doesn't tread lightly, Alloy might pull all business from them in the future. And that would be kissing lots of mula goodbye. Who knows? Maybe KV had to sign a confidentiality agreement. I wouldn't put it past them.
Given the liklihood that KV was handed a detailed outline and told to fill in the blanks, how far of a stretch would it have been in her mind to just lift the basic ideas from other novels she had read?
And I find it very fishy that one of the Alloy editors involved with the creation of "Opal" was also the editor or assistant editor on MM's books. Usually I am not a conspiracy theorist. I honestly believe that Oswald killed Kennedy. But this stuff is getting rediculous.
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An interesting point, about 'good faith.' I would assume that 40 plus paragraphs which include plagiarized phrases, sentences, etc. would indicate the author DID NOT act in 'good faith.'
I looked at the contract I have with my agent, and there is a clause that states clearly I must be the sole owner of my own work. That it IS my work. Hard to believe anyone acting in 'good faith' would present work that's not their own(especially to that degree) and think it's a decent thing to do. Especially after signing a contract which must have included the same sort of language.
I would think the responsible adults in her life would encourage KV to return the advance. Personal integrity is what's missing here --- and there are only so many ways she's going to be able to look at herself in a mirror again. Returning the money might get her started in that direction.
Just my opinion.
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Tracy, that is very interesting. Where did you find that out?
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Novelist Lev Grossman was speaking on All Things Considered this afternoon about plagiarism and Opal. I think the audio version will be available later tonight, but he was comparing Kaavya with Melissa Jareo (whose Star Wars fanfiction was for sale on Amazon) and Geraldine Brooks, whose book March won a Pulitzer last week.
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Steph, it was mentioned in the NY Times article, which is linked on page 7 of this thread. Her name is Claudia Gabel.
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And I find it very fishy that one of the Alloy editors involved with the creation of "Opal" was also the editor or assistant editor on MM's books.
Ooooh, yeah, I didn't know that. But since this story broke the thing that's bothered me is the Alloy connection. My understanding is that the writing is specific to the predetermined outlines and even detailed character profiles. Not to excuse KV at all in this, but if Alloy was involved in plot development and works like most book packagers, over the shoulder of the author, then there would be no excuse for not recognizing MM's style and themes. So wouldn't they also have checked the paragraphs in question for authenticity? I don't buy it that they didn't.
The whole thing reeks.
This article Athena529 posted yesterday articulated Alloy's connection. It's the source of the bit about that editor who worked on both projects. She only worked on Opal Mehta in its conceptual stages. Regardless, the article explains why Alloy should not be to blame, despite this connecting editor. Unless further evidence arises showing otherwise, accusations against Alloy and the editor seem unfounded.
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The Saskatchewan Election: A 2020 Perspective provides a snapshot of the provincial election and the outcomes in a variety of policy areas.
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SASKATOON – The Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS), at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and the University of Regina (U of R), has published a new e-book that provides context and a historical record of the 2020 provincial election and examines the core policy issues that made headlines.
On Oct. 26, the Saskatchewan Party won its fourth consecutive majority government with voter turnout being the lowest in the province’s history.
“The 2020 Saskatchewan election occurred during a period of considerable national and international stress, with a global pandemic, national unity strains, and challenges to the provincial resource economies. The context for the election was truly remarkable,” said Dr. Loleen Berdahl (PhD), JSGS executive director and co-editor and co-author of the e-book.
“As scholars and co-editors, we felt it was important to document the 2020 election, both to inform current understanding of what occurred and to accurately create a record of the election for future scholars. Narratives about politics and events shift and change over time. By creating a clear, accessible summary of what actually occurred, we aim to contribute to the historical record while informing current public discussions.”
Available for download on the JSGS’ website, The Saskatchewan Election: A 2020 Perspective features contributions from 35 experts from USask, U of R, First Nations University of Canada, University of Manitoba, University of Toronto, Regina Leader-Post/Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Western Producer, Ag-West Bio, and the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce.
With insight from academia, industry and media, the e-book’s 26 chapters examine the performance and platforms of the six registered political parties—the Buffalo Party, the Green Party, the Liberal Party, the New Democratic Party, the Progressive Conservative Party, and the Saskatchewan Party. It also touches on the impact of COVID-19 on the provincial election, and analyzes critical issues important to voters, such as the provincial economy, health care, budget deficits and spending, federal-provincial relations, Indigenous inclusion and governance, and issues of gender and diversity.
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