The lamina of Ipponio (the modern city of Vibo Valentia) was found in 1969 in a necropolis located in the lower part of the city; it is supposed to be dated between the 5th and the 4th centuries BC. The inscription is made on a sheet of gold, which was found folded four times, probably to avoid prying eyes from reading the sacred text contained in it. The document presents a progressive from left to right writing and consists of sixteen verses. The content is about the Orphic-Pythagorean initiation, focused on the instructions on the after-death journey to the Underworld for the deceased. The main guide that is revealed from the very first verse is the female deity Mnemosine, mother of the Muses, which plays a purely saving function because the initiates can find salvation exclusively by quenching their thirst at her fount. The text provides instructions to explore the Underworld, in order to help the initiate to liberate himself from the cycle of reincarnations, which is the doom of those people who had not been introduced into the Orphic-Pythagorean mysteries.
Ipponio. Necropoli. Lamina. Iniziazione orfico-pitagorica. Oltretomba. Mnemosine. Muse. Misteri. Salvezza.


An OEM may receive dozens or even hundreds of product quality complaints each year. During a recall, there may be hundreds of complaints per month. One of the greatest challenges in complaint handling is making sure that you have done enough when you are unable to verify the complaint. What do you do when you receive a complaint, but are unable to verify that the complaint actually involved a device malfunction?
A product quality complaint is any communication from a customer in which a real or perceived problem exists. These may relate to product efficacy, safety, purity, identity or any other form or function of the product.
Your complaint handling process must uniformly process each complaint in a timely manner, and you must perform an investigation when a product failure is alleged—even if the product is not returned. Users rarely make the effort to return defective product unless it can be repaired. Therefore, your complaint handling procedure should include a step-by-step investigation process that will be implemented even when product is not returned.
If you don't have the product, what can you investigate?
There are seven things you can and should do to investigate product complaints—in addition to analyzing returned product.
Email is a great productivity tool, but most busy professionals receive hundreds of emails a week. If someone you don't know is asking for detailed information in an email, there are three possible outcomes: 1) delete, 2) spam and 3) ignore.
Try calling the user instead. Personally calling a surgeon will be perceived as a higher level of customer service and will allow your company to gauge the customer's level of concern by the tone in his voice. When you call a user to follow up on a complaint, I recommend using a script. Ideally, you might include an example of this script as an appendix to your procedure. This would ensure that all the important information is addressed in the call, and if the person doesn't answer, you can be confident that a standardized message will be left that includes all of the important information.
Even though emails are not the most effective way of requesting information from customers, emails do a great job of documenting when something was requested. Therefore, when you call a surgeon to collect information about a complaint, you should always follow up with an email, thanking the surgeon for her time and summarizing what she told you. This documents the call. If the surgeon did not answer and you left a message, then the email will document that you left a message.
Most companies will repeat this process three times. Why?
Because that's the way it's always been done.
Typically, the request will be made when the initial communication about the complaint is received in order to request return of product. The request will be repeated again at 30 and 60 days. If there is no response from the customer, the complaint will be closed at 90 days. Why is the frequency every 30 days?
Because email calendars can be easily set up to prompt you with a monthly reminder more easily than every 21 days.
Copies of each email should be printed and added to your complaint file or printed as a PDF and attached to your electronic complaint record. I haven't seen any companies attach audio files recording phone messages, but I suspect a few companies with technical support call centers could do this. The recordings might even provide great training content for new employees.
It wasn't too long ago that companies had only one digital camera to share throughout the company and a surgeon might have one—but not at the hospital. Now my eight-year-old has a tablet and an iPod that can record digital videos and upload them to YouTube. You would have a hard time finding someone at a hospital without one or more camera phones. Therefore, train your sales representatives to remind users to snap and email a picture when there is a product complaint. This is a fantastic way to capture detailed information about a product failure and communicate that information with the manufacturer in seconds. Just a text with a picture communicated so much more than filling out a form—which nobody has time to do. Be sure you train the reps to ask for pictures of any product labeling or laser marking on the product and packaging as well.
This is a phrase that lies at the core of the Toyota Production System. It means "Go to the source and see." Instead of relying only upon emails and phone calls, sometimes you need to go to the surgeon and see how they are performing procedures. If a photo is worth 1,000 words, then a demonstration by a surgeon is worth a 1,000 photos.
The doctor may be freakishly tall, like me (6'6"/2.0m), or may be using a novel technique that he personally developed. These types of ergonomic and human factor considerations are hard to identify unless you can see what is happening in the surgical suite. Therefore, it is important to have sales reps and product managers who visit surgeons and know what issues may exist first-hand. This is also why it is important to have someone familiar with clinical use of product involved in the design team and risk management activities.


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A preliminary investigation of maintenance contributions to commercial air transport accidents
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Khan, F. N., Ayiei, A., Murray, J., Baxter, G., & Wild, G. (2020). A preliminary investigation of maintenance contributions to commercial air transport accidents. Aerospace, 7(9), article 129. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace7090129
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Aircraft maintenance includes all the tasks needed to ensure an aircraft's continuing airworthiness. Accidents that result from these maintenance activities can be used to assess safety. This research seeks to undertake a preliminary investigation of accidents that have maintenance contributions. An exploratory design was utilized, which commenced with a content analysis of the accidents with maintenance contributions (n = 35) in the official ICAO accident data set (N = 1277), followed by a quantitative ex-post facto study. Results showed that maintenance contributions are involved in 2.8 ± 0.9% of ICAO official accidents. Maintenance accidents were also found to be more likely to have one or more fatalities (20%), compared to all ICAO official accidents (14.7%). The number of accidents with maintenance contributions per year was also found to have reduced over the period of the study; this rate was statistically significantly greater than for all accidents (5%/year, relative to 2%/year). Results showed that aircraft between 10 and 20 years old were most commonly involved in accidents with maintenance contributions, while aircraft older than 18 years were more likely to result in a hull loss, and aircraft older than 34 years were more likely to result in a fatality.
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I've just got back from The London Book Fair and I'm still buzzing! This was my first fair, my first time at Olympia and only my second trip to a big bookish event (my first being the WEM Writers' Conference last month).
The first thing I noticed upon entering the fair was just how vast Olympia was. There were exhibitors in every direction, big names like Bloomsbury, Harper Collins and even giant, ferocious dinosaur posters! But my nerves settled once I realised how nice the other attendees were. Everyone I talked to was friendly, interesting without exception and quite often very helpful (I get lost wherever I go).
The first seminar I attended was a breakdown of the recent Young Adult Literature Convention (YALC) at the London Film and Comic Con, and the lessons the organisers drew from it. It was great fun to see all the costumes and hear about all the big names, but there was a serious component to the discussion too: how to reach and engage with teen readers. The YALC organisers made the excellent decision to involve their audience from the off, utilising the reach of YA book bloggers to help spread the word about the convention. Indeed, press for the event went out to bloggers at the same time as it did to major media outlets. A survey the organisers conducted also revealed that 59% of the interviewed attendees heard about the conference through Twitter. It would seem that the internet (being the modern, natural domain of teenagers) is the best place to start a wide-reaching YA lit conversation.
Another personal highlight was a seminar considering the challenges of financing a feature film. The panel of established independent producers were fascinating to listen to, and I've come away particularly interested to see the Outpost films and The Falling starring Maisie Williams.
All in all, I've had a wonderful couple of days, and I would thoroughly recommend bookworms check out the fair next year!
Wow, 59% attendees hearing about the event through Twitter is pretty high! You were right to direct me to Twitter, Jack. It seems Twitter, and bloggers, have huge influence. Thanks for posting about your London Book Fair visit.
I'm not really surprised that a lot goes through Twitter but 59% is really high.
For me personally I love how much more approachable writers have become through social media and especially Twitter.


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As an action group of the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP), the IBPIO strives to provide data for real-time operational requirements and research purposes, including support to the World Weather Watch Programme (WWW), the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), to tropical cyclone forecasting and monitoring, as well as research activities of participating institutions throughout the region. The programme is built upon cooperation from these partner institutions to not only focus on Indian Ocean interests, but also liaise directly with data users to ensure the programme is meeting user requirements.
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This volume presents a history of the ways in which human beings have shaped the landscape at cult sites, in cities and on great private estates, from prehistoric times to the present, throughout the world. The book considers what the evolution of the design of the landscape reveals about the development of society and culture, examining famous cities, palaces and parks, as well as lesser-known designed landscapes, and even sites now vanished from around the world. Illustrated with hundreds of phtographs, drawings and plans, the book leads the reader through ancient cities, palatial gardens and magnificent sanctuaries. Also covered are: the royal cemeteries of ancient Egypt; the superb temples of ancient Greece and Rome; the magnificent gardens of Renaissance and Baroque Europe and the Far East; the great public parks of the late 19th century; and some of the most exciting avant-garde gardens and earth works of the present day.


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Yellow is the new Orange
July 5, 2016 · by jennieyangwritessometimes	· in Uncategorized.	·
Red and yellow make orange.
It may not surprise you that artists and craftsmen have known this for millennia. They might have mixed paint made from red lead or vermilion with Indian yellow or ochre to achieve an orange color.
But sometimes, mixing paints is just too much work. Enter realgar.
Realgar! (Image courtesey of Dakota Minerals)
Realgar, an arsenic sulfide mineral, was used as a vivid orange pigment centuries ago. Some pockets of realgar use were early China (where it was also believed to have medicinal properties), early Egypt, 17th century Dutch still life, and 16th century Venetian oil paintings.
13th century Byzantine Gospel lectionary. The background is composed of a mixture of realgar and pararealgar (read on to find our more about pararealgar!)
Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne, 1520-23. Realgar was used to paint the orange robe of the woman right of center.
Rachel Ruysch's Flowers in a Vase, c. 1685. The orange lilies were painted with realgar.
There are two major problems with realgar that explain its generally limited use throughout history.
First of all, as an arsenic-containing compound, realgar is quite toxic, and people have known that since ancient times. (Why they would use it in ancient Chinese medicine is beyond me.)
The other issue is that realgar degrades over time, losing its vibrant orange color. With light exposure, realgar degrades into a related compound, the yellow pararealgar.
Pararealgar 😦 (Image courtesy of Dakota Minerals)
Both compounds have the formula As4S4, just with different arrangements of atoms.
Realgar molecule. The purple atoms are arsenic and the yellow atoms are sulfur.
Pararealgar molecule.
What happens is that realgar gains an extra sulfur atom, becoming As4S5. It then releases a different sulfur atom, becoming the pararealgar form of As4S4. This released sulfur atom can then react with another molecule of realgar, and the cycle continues until all of the brilliant orange has bleached to yellow.
The mechanism for realgar (orange) degrading into pararealgar (yellow)
The question is, how does this cycle kick off in the first place? Where does the initial As4S5 come from? For a while, it was believed to come from the reaction of realgar with oxygen.
The combustion of realgar to form As4S5 and arsenic trioxide. This model was initially proposed in a 2003 paper.
The only evidence for this reaction taking place was the presence of arsenic oxide, As2O3 as a byproduct of the degradation.
What Shawn Lee found by the end of his REU project last summer (you can read a little about it here) was that realgar still degraded into pararealgar, even in a purely nitrogen environment (in other words, without oxygen). However, this finding doesn't completely rule out the model outlined above—it might just not be the only way for As4S5 to form.
What I'm exploring is the effect of oxygen on the degradation of realgar. While oxygen might not be a requisite for the process to occur, it could still be a contributing factor. I will be varying the level of oxygen around my realgar samples and seeing how that affects the rate and extent of their bleaching.
At the end of the day, all of my beautiful orange will become yellow. Maybe I could take that, mix it with red, and produce orange again. But that's just too much work.
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Timeline building offers students a chance to get to know the flow of history by recording dates and events into a timeline book. Students write in their timeline book as they learn key events and their significance in their main program. They can also write in dates important to them personally, such as family events or things they learn in their own reading time.
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There are many books on news and current affairs, but most are aimed at an academic or professional audiences. There has been a notable lack in the past few years of books aimed at a general readership on news and news history. Recently, however, three significant titles have appeared which each touch on the fundamental role news plays in society. Each is highly readable, and each is a reflection of the current turmoil in news production worldwide.
Andrew Pettegree's The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself (Yale University Press, 2014) is a history of how the thirst for news developed and was commercialised from 1400 to 1800. It shows how in the pre-industrial era news was shared orally, then through handwritten texts delivered by messengers in the service of church, state or business, then how it was radically transformed in its audience, content and impact through the introduction of print, starting with news-sheets before gradually evolving into the newspaper form that remains with us today.
What is paticularly refreshing about this history is its focus on those for whom the news was produced. News histories have a tendency to take the consumers of that news for granted. Here there is a vivid understanding of who wanted news, the ways in which they were prepared to pay for it, the degree of trust they placed in it, and how their world was changed by exposure to news. The background to this is clearly laid out, so one sees a modern Europe emerging, bound together by networks of information and with a public that gained greater power the more it became informed of the world about it. News is both a by-product of, and the catalyst for profound changes in society.
All of this gives Pettegree's history a real relevance to news and communication today. News exists because of our great desire to belong. The communication revolution of 1400 to 1800 feels very much like the communication revolution we are going through today, not least because we can recognise ourselves in those times. It is a particularly enjoyable and well-written history.
Alain de Botton's The News: A User's Manual (Hamish Hamilton, 2014) is the popular philosopher's attempt to question why we have the news that we do have, and what impact it has upon society. It is quite unlike the usual books on news or current affairs, in its elegant design quite as in its approach. De Botton's critique of news as presently constituted, and how it fails to find space for consideration of underlying causes or a more positive view of human activity, has been greeted with much scorn among news professionals and academics, not least for this lyrical call for a different definition of news:
"It is also the cloud floating right now unattended over the church spire, the gentle thought in the doctor's mind as he approaches the patient's bare arm with a needle, the field mice by the hedgerow, the small child tapping on the surface of a newly hard-boiled egg while her mother looks on lovingly, the nuclear submarine patrolling the maritime borders with efficiency and courage..."
De Botton's call for a different kind of news is likely to find greater favour among some readers and viewers of news who are repelled, distressed or even simply bored by the common round of news stories. In doing so he may be tapping into a reluctance to engage with the news that has more to do with world-weariness and angst, a wish that the world were other than it is. He wants a form of news that will help make us better people, which is a dubious - not to say improbable - goal. His understanding of news itself is unclear, sometimes seeming to be triggered by newspaper headlines, sometimes by TV news highlights, sometimes by web news sites, but with criticisms directed hapazardly at all three. Many news services are very good at providing the background context that he craves, and the diversity of news stories that he would like to see already exists: it just requires an active engagement with the different news sources available. But if news services end up serving themselves more than they serve their audiences, then there is a case to be answered.
Our third title, George Brock's Out of Print: Newspapers, Journalism and the Business of News in the Digital Age (Kogan Page, 2013) is written by a former journalist turned journalism professor, but it is written in a very accessible way that should appeal equally to a public readership as to the student. It certainly touches on themes that are relevant to all of us. This is a guidebook for the world of news as we now have it, and for what it may be turning into.
As all will be aware, newspapers face an uncertain future, as the internet and digital technologies have completely overturned how news is distributed and consumed. This demands a complete rethink on what journalism is, what value it holds, and how it can be maintained. Brock provides a handy historical summary of news production in Britain from the Middle Ages to the present day, then introduces the reader to a clear and stimulating overview of the new world of social media, citizen journalism, news aggregators, pay walls, and information overload.
We have no inalienable right to good journalism. As Brock observes, in his introduction: "Journalists in the 21st century rarely stop to recall that 'mainstream' journalism has only been a short period in the history of public information. The supply of information to democratic societies only matured as a mass-market industry in the 20th century, allowing journalism to be practiced and controlled in more concentrated and organized ways. Journalism of an earlier era was smaller scale, more intimate, opinionated and much of it resembled the social networks now carried out by the internet."
Is news production as we have understood it, as something composed by journalists and transmitted by news organisations, only a phase in how public information is communicated? What connection is there between the world of the Internet and the social networks of earlier centuries that Andrew Pettegree describes? Do news organisations ignore the troubled thoughts about engagement with the news as we now have it that Alain de Botton identifies, or have they discovered the key to their future in socially-driven news aimed at young audiences, as exemplified by such vogue-ish services as Buzzfeed, Upworthy, Now this News and Reddit? If the latter, then who generates the news that gets shared, and if we want journalists to do so, then who will pay for them if the advertising revenues fall and too many expect to find their news for free?
The answers - whatever they may be - lie in best understanding our enduring "hunger for information" (in Andrew Pettegree's phrase), something that all three books address in different, but complementary ways. There is no more important debate than the one we are now having about news. It is what binds us together.
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St Pancras Intelligencer no. 6
Welcome to the latest edition of the St Pancras Intelligencer, our weekly round-up of news about news - stories about news production, publications, apps, digitised resources, events and what is happening with the newspaper collection (and other news collections) at the British Library.
Before & After - Kiev's Independence Square: A stunning composite image published on Reddit.
You're not going to read this: But you'll probably share it anyway. The Verge points out the huge difference in numbers between what we tweet and what we actually read of what we tweet.
Scientists develop a lie detector for tweets: More on the shakiness of social media, this time on a system - Pheme - which could help determine whether a Tweet contains credible information or not. From the Daily Telegraph.
The Historian and the Home Movie: A nice 5-part set of thoughtful blogs from the Media Archive of Central England on why home movies matter as history. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5.
The YouTube War: A fine piece by Amnesty International's Christoph Koettl for PBS on the rise of YouTube videos in reporting on the Syrian conflict, and the opportunities and challenges of using such videos as evidence of human rights violations.
Letter asks for release of Peter Greste held in Egypt: The BBC, ITN, Reuters, Sky, NBC News and ABC News have signed a letter asking for the release of Australian freelance journalist Peter Greste and his two Al-Jazeera colleagues, being held in prison by the Egyptian authorities.
Highlights from the IFLA newspaper conference: A handy blog post from the Oregon Digital Newspaper Program on the International Federation of Library Associations' (IFLA) Newspaper group's conference held at Salt Lake City. Newspaper history, digitisation and preservation.
Hacked Off to Daily Mail: you are the biggest ethical code offender: The Press Complaints Commission published a list of publications responsible for breaches of the editors' code of practice. The Daily Mail came top. The Mail protested and defended its position. Hacked Off was not impressed. Roy Greenslade refrains from comment.
Anti-"Daily Mail" Signs Appear On Britain's Rail Network: Talking of which, these signs have been popping up on UK trains (having been handed out by satirical comedian Mark Thomas on his current tour). Buzzfeed dutifully collates a selection of photographs.
On the Ramsgate to Victoria line, photographed by Nicola Branch
How digital weighs up against print for UK magazine circulations: Journalism.co.uk reports on the new data from the Audit Bureau of Circulation which for the first time gives combined digital and print sales for magazines. Print still dominates, for now.
BBC accused of political bias - on the right, not the left: The Independent reports on Cardiff University research which finds that "the BBC has compromised its impartiality by depending too heavily on sources from business, the media, law and order and politics" and that the BBC "was more likely than ITV or Channel 4 to use sources from the right – such as US Republicans or Ukip politicians – than from the left (US Democrats or Green politicians)."
Should UK licence-fee payers still fund the World Service?: More BBC worries - The Observer is concerned that the end of Foreign Office funding for the World Service could put the service in jeopardy when the next round of cuts is made.
Former Colindale periodicals available to order again: Good news for British Library users - the periodicals formerly held at Colindale and embargoed since June are available to order once more.
Readers love Johnston weekly's UGC: Can a regional newspaper find 75% of its copy from user-generated content, and thrive? Steve Dyson reviews the Pocklington Post for Hold the Front Page and emerges pleasantly surprised by what he reads. "The resulting copy may be a little loose in style, but there seems to me to be finer detail, more names and probably fewer factual errors".
Are quizzes the new lists?: More to the point, are quizzes journalism? Caroline O'Donovan looks at the latest Buzzfeed viral phenomenon.
The case of the poisonous Bath buns: Michelle Higgs' discovery of a shocking tale from Victorian times found when using the British Newspaper Archive.
WikiLeaks now offers a search engine to help you find documents linked to any keyword: And here it is.
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Doctoral open day: Media, Cultural Studies and Journalism
Just started working on your PhD? Is it in the field of media, cultural studies or journalism? Well then, the British Library's Media, Cultural Studies & Journalism Doctoral Open Day on 24 February 2014 should be for you. We organise these postgraduate open days each year on a variety of subjects, giving new PhD students the chance to discover the British Library's unique research materials, find out how to access them, and meet the curators and other researchers in your field.
The Media, Cultural Studies and Journalism open day will introduce you our extensive news and media collections. These include our vast newspaper collections, the UK national and regional titles going back centuries and access to many international titles too; our UK web archive, with its special focus on news-based websites; our extensive radio holdings; our television news service; our BBC access service, and much more. Much of our news content can only be accessed onsite, so this is a great chance to get a sense of what we have and to plan future research trips.
The day will feature an introduction to British Library services overall, then session on our news holdgings, on using the newspaper collection in particular (with up-to-the-minute information on our new news reading room, opening in March), on web archives, media studies collections and how we are opening up our collections for digital scholarship. You'll get to meet expert staff, and we'd be delighted to hear more about your research and to advise or to suggest sources. It's also a great chance to meet with other researchers in your field.
It's free, and lunch and refreshments are provided, though do note the event is for first year PhD students only, who are new to the Library. Finally, a small number of £20 travel bursaries are available for students coming from outside Greater London.
Booking details are here.
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This being a blog about yesterday's news and the news today, it seems only right to have our own news series. So welcome to edition number one of the St Pancras Intelligencer, which will be a weekly round-up of news about news - stories about news production, publications, apps, digitised resources, events and what is happening with the newspaper collection (and other news collections) at the British Library. Most of these stories with have been tweeted via @BL_newsroom over the previous week, but we'll bring you a weekly summary of the most interesting ones each Friday.
The New York Times website redesign is great, as far as it goes - which isn't very far: The online redesign of the New York Times has generated a huge amount of discussion. Gigaom's Mathew Ingram is a little disappointed and suggests improvements.
Journalism Today: The big news event at the British Library this week was James Harding, Head of BBC News, delivering the inaugural W.T. Stead lecture. His comments on the BBC's relationship with regional news production got the most comments in the press, but his thoughts on how an era of a particular kind of journalism is coming to an end are what is most striking about the talk. You can follow up the links to the many news services that he mentions in our report on the lecture.
Read All About it # 2 - Building a Future: Our British Library colleagues at Collection Care have been blogging about the challenges of conserving newspapers. Number two in the series compares conditions at the recently closed Colindale library with the state-of-the-art Newspaper Storage Building in Boston Spa (with lots of pictures).
Independent owner Lebedev looking for buyers: The Independent is up for sale.
The reality of digital newsrooms: An anonymous young journalist writes of her disappointment at the modern digital newsroom in this sobering post on Roy Greenslade's blog.
Introducing Newspeg: Mark Potts introduces Newspeg, a social news-sharing platform which isn't a million miles way from Pinterest.
175,000 extra newspaper pages added: The British Newspaper Archive (home to digitised newspapers from the British Library collection) announces 175,000 pages added in December 2013, from the Aberdeen Journal to Y Goleuad.
New digitised newspapers on Trove: The National Library of Australia's peerless digital library Trove has issued a long list of titles now being added to the service. They now boast now free online access to over 12 million pages from over 600 Australian newspapers.
Here's the thing about last year: Journalism professor George Brock looks back over 2013 and find it a year in which optimism about journalism came back.
Evening Standard's local TV channel London Live to launch 31 March: Among the local television channels due to start appearing on Freeview as Ofcom issues licences, of particular interest is London Live for its connection with the Evening Standard. It is promising five-and-a-half hours of news per day, reports DTG.
Global Press Freedoms Organisations begin Press Freedom Mission to the United Kingdom: The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers has sent a delegation to the UK to investigate press regulation "amid deep international concern about press freedoms in the United Kingdom".
Romanian woman from Vlad the Impaler's town lands job in UK as knife thrower's assistant in Circus of Horrors: And the news tweet of the week undoubtedly goes to the Daily Express for this gem.
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Changing places, changing news
Welcome to The Newsroom, the British Library's new news and media blog. Its aim is to provide the news about yesterday's news, and to look to where news may be going in the future. It will inform you about aspects our collections, provides guides to their best use, and reports on activities in news production and news-related research.
The British Library has one of the world's greatest news archives. Our collection of UK, Irish and world newspapers numbers over 60 million issues, from the 17th century to the present day, and we have growing collections of television, radio and web news. In March 2014 we will be opening our News and Media Reading Room at our London site in St Pancras (for more information, see our guide to our Newspaper Library moves). The new reading room will bring together print, television radio and web news resources in an exciting new media research environment, one that reflects the ways in which news production itself is changing.
James Harding
There will be various events to help mark the change in our news service from the Newspaper Library at Colindale (now closed) to St Pancras. Among these are lectures we are organising in the name of W.T. Stead, the transformative 19th-century journalist whose multi-faceted involvement in news production and the media of his time was celebrated at W.T. Stead: Newspaper Revolutionary, a conference held at the British Library in 2012.
The first W.T. Stead Lecture will be given by James Harding, director of BBC News & Current Affairs, on 13 January 2014. Harding's career is indicative of the great changes taking place in the news and media industries. He has recently moved from being editor of a leading national newspaper, The Times, to heading the BBC's news service. This looks like part of a growing trend. BBC Director General Mark Thompson left the corporation to head the New York Times, and the BBC's former head of Future Media & Technology, Ashley Highfield, is now CEO of the Johnston Press, which publishes many local newspapers in the UK. The skills in the one medium are becoming essential for understanding the other media.
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St Pancras Intelligencer no. 29
Why is this lying bastard lying to me?


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The Ugly Side Of Racing
Normally, the Monday after Bump Day is nothing more than a media blitz and goodwill tour for the drivers and team owners. You can feel a palpable sigh of relief among drivers that know they are in the race. They are still almost a week away from Race Day, and everyone is in a festive and optimistic mood.
This year was a little different. We thought that Bump Day ended on Sunday. What we found out was that the bumping on the track finished on Sunday, but continued behind closed doors on Monday. For the second time in three years, Bruno Junqueira has done an admirable job of safely sticking a car in the field, only to be replaced by a driver who had failed to do so.
In case you live under a rock and haven't heard, Michael Andretti has cut a deal with AJ Foyt to pull Bruno out of the car, in favor of Ryan Hunter-Reay – who got bumped Sunday by his Andretti Autosport teammate Marco Andretti.
I am not naïve and I understand that racing is a business, but this is tough to watch. In 2009, Eric Bachelart gambled and lost that the time of Alex Tagliani, his primary driver, would hold. It didn't. His one-off teammate, Bruno Junqueira, had put his car safely in the field. Bruno brought no money to the team, so he was expendable. Ironically, Bruno lost his seat to Tagliani, because Tags had been bumped by…Ryan Hunter-Reay.
I don't blame Ryan Hunter-Reay for this move. It is within the rules to make a switch like this, but that doesn't make it right. This is a move made in the name of keeping sponsors happy. I know I am old-fashioned, but I just don't think someone should be allowed to buy their way into the Indianapolis 500. They set up a schedule to allow a full week of practice with two days of qualifying. If buying your way in is an option, why do they put in all of this work? Why do drivers wear a face full of concern if all that needs to be done is have someone write a check?
This just isn't right. It cheapens the other entrants that earned their way into the field the right way. When Marlboro Team Penske failed to make the field in 1995 – to his credit, Roger Penske didn't try to deal his way into the field or to force the Speedway into setting up some type of exemption. He simply took the approach that they knew the rules going in, they didn't get their cars right and they were beaten fair and square. Although he certainly had the resources to buy a path for both of his drivers – Al Unser, Jr. and Emerson Fittipaldi; he chose to respect the spirit of the rules and take their lumps.
I realize the sponsorship situation was different. Penske was already five years into a full sponsorship program with Marlboro, whereas Hunter-Reay's sponsors – Sun Drop and DHL are both new this year. Having won the 500 three of the previous four years with Marlboro, Penske had a lot of credibility with Philip Morris that Andretti does not have with these new sponsors. It has been said that RHR had to be in this race in order to keep the sponsorship package going into next year.
What makes this so odd is that this switch is taking place between two different teams. The Tagliani for Bruno switch occurred within Conquest Racing. Mike Groff qualified Scott Goodyear's car in 1992. When Goodyear was bumped, Groff knew he had lost his seat to his full-time teammate.
In all honesty, I was afraid all day Monday that Eric Bachelart would repeat his actions of 2009 and yank Pippa Mann out of her first Indianapolis 500 start to turn her qualified car over to Sebastian Saavedra, his full-time driver. At the moment, that doesn't look to be the case. That's good. Conquest Racing is unique because it has one of my favorite drivers in Pippa Mann, along with one of my least favorites in Sebastian Saavedra. Had Bachelart pulled Pippa out of the car in favor of Saavedra, I think he would have had a fan revolt on his hands.
So there is a precedent. This has been going on for years, but that doesn't make it right. One of the many things that has been so appealing to me about the Indianapolis 500 is that there are no provisional starting spots – only the fastest thirty-three get in. After yesterday, I guess you need to add the phrase "unless you've got a fat checkbook." I think this may be one tradition they might should consider changing.
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43 Responses to "The Ugly Side Of Racing"
Bent Wickerbill Says:
I agree George and I also agree regarding Conquest and Pippa Mann… My only caveat is the following:
Guys with fat checkbooks would have nowhere to take their cash if there was no one out there willing to accept it.
The other day Mr. Foyt made a point of stating that he was not in favor of the qualify twice method of the fast nine, particularly for pole position, if one put their car p front that was that. But yanking Junkie for a fist full of dollars doesn't seem to bother him in the least.
I also understand that Tom Anderson was terminated as a result of the AA qualifying debacle. That is unfortunate as he was perhaps one of the few people at AA that might have eventually helped turn the ship around. In my opinion, AA (of which I am a fan) has been in steady decline with regard to both drivers, engineering and race strategy staff for several years now. But I suppose it is more important to be able to point the finger of blame at anyone but ones self.
Fred McMan Says:
Dear Bent Wickerbill:
Why don't you go ahead and STFU…! That would be greeeeaaaaaat…!
"I know I am old-fashioned, but I just don't think someone should be allowed to buy their way into the Indianapolis 500."
I agree, but I take it a step further – I don't think someone should be allowed to buy their way into ANY race. I haven't liked it when it's happened in IndyCar, I haven't liked it when it's happened in NASCAR and I won't approve of it regardless of series or driver. Simply put, it cheapens the sport. Can you buy a place in the Super Bowl, the World Series, the NBA Finals? Why should you be able to buy your way into the Indy 500, the Daytona 500, the Grand Prix of Monaco?
As a kid in the 70s and 80s, one of my heros was Foyt. Later, I was a Michael Andretti fan. This entire episode has led me to lose a lot of respect for both.
As a Foyt fan, this hurts. This looks awful for the sport, and I hate that AJ is involved in anything that tarnishes the Indy 500's prestige.
However, I don't believe this is only, or even mostly, about money. Did Foyt need Andretti's funding to keep Vitor's team going for the rest of the season? No, that's already taken care of. Did Foyt just want to enhance his personal nest egg? I doubt it. He has ranches, thoroughbred horses, car dealerships and a private jet! And, he fully expected to be funding the 41 car out of his own pocket. So, I don't see this as a cash-grab.
Instead, as fans, I guess we need to realize that our series is hurting even more than we already admit. We've had lots of good news the past couple years. But our TV ratings are in the tank and next year is going to be expensive on the teams. We can't turn away sponsors like DHL and Sun Drop who can afford to advertise.
Also, I assume AJ and RHR have a relationship beyond racing. Wasn't AJ's plane used to transport Ryan's dying mom? These are human beings, not cash registers we're talking about. There's an emotional element to this decision that has little to do with money.
Maybe I'm just biased and I'm rationalizing in favor of my hero. Or, maybe I just see the realities of the big picture our struggling series faces.
However, having already said that I've made my peace with the situation, I'd be remiss not to point out how cheated I feel to have ridden that emotional roller-coaster on bump day and now realize it was just an illusion. It was all for nothing.
Tom G. Says:
Et tu A.J.?
Gurney Eagle Says:
Starting spots are now simply commodities to be bought and sold.
There is no longer any reason to push it to the limit on Bump Day. If you don't make it, no problem. Just find a one-off team, throw some cash at them, and buy your way back in.
It would be nice if Bernard would step in and stop this travesty "for the good of the sport" but I won't hold my breath waiting.
Foyt is the last person I would have ever expected to pull an end run like this. His attempt to spin this would be laughable if it weren't so disgusting.
E.M.H. Says:
I'm not exactly turning cartwheels over this, and would much rather see a rule implemented in the future linking car and driver, with reasonable exemptions for unpredictable, extraordinary circumstances (folks can hash out what exactly those would be later, but the point of mentioning exemptions is to allow for fair flexibility while preserving integrity). But even with all that said, maybe we ought to step back a bit and make a few allowances:
1. AJ's paying for this car out-of-pocket. Having a car paid for helps float the team; paying for one out of pocket is risky, since an individual's capital will be far less than a corporations. This helps keep his team alive, and he's got to think about his own people.
2. As ugly as this looks for Michael Andretti, he's helping his driver keep a sponsor. I don't like kowtowing to the almighty dollar either, but it's either do this or potentially strand RHR next year if the sponsors drop him. This isn't 100% selfish, it's also looking out for his driver.
3. RHR, too, knows that it's the driver that brings in the money. And he's out of a job if he loses his sponsor; look at what happened to TK.
No, I don't like ride buying. And yes, I would much rather see rules implemented eliminating this. That said, can you really blame the participants for doing what they did? I see the injury to the aura of the sport too, but my paycheck and finances don't depend on making the race; theirs do. As long as the rule doesn't tie the driver to the car, this will remain legal, so if we want something done, amend the rule. But lets be careful about blaming the participants. This is a classic "don't hate the player; hate the game" situation.
The Speedgeek Says:
That's about the most even handed write up I've seen on this issue so far. Good work, E.M.H., and I agree with every word that you wrote.
I'm no fan of what happened either, and I hate it for Bruno. I think people probably need to deal with the realities in play here, though.
gnome Says:
you said it, EMH. I don't link this, but I refused to get too worked up about it. It does make sense. The only thing that annoys me is that Bruno is out of a ride, and he's a hell of a driver.
OMG! Can't believe that #3 has more votes!!!!
xenophobia?!?!?!?!
PC Says:
Agree was really shocked when the results popped up myself. Bruno is as skilled and deserving as anyone – I am all for more Americans, but I want the field filled on talent above all else.
Jim Gallo Says:
I too was so surprised with that number of votes for #3. I thought that box was there as a joke, but either there are that many believe it to be true or a few ballot box stuffers.
Ron Ford Says:
In my opinion there is just no way of putting a good spin on this or rationalizing what took place by talking about sponsorship issues.
It is one thing for a ride swap to take place within a team, it is quite another thing when owners buy and sell a ride. I have been a fan of the Andretti teams and of Mr. Foyt, but this action certainly diminishes my respect for them.
The rule needs to be changed. Allowing someone to buy a ride into the race makes bump day with all the drama and emotion involved a farce. This has cheapened the 100th anniversery race. I am counting on Randy Bernard to do the right thing.
Bruno Junqueira has a fine record at the Indy500 and in open wheel racing in general. He is at least as good as RHR. He earned his way into the race. RHR did not.
As for those of you who voted above that this is a good thing because it gets another American in the race and takes out a Brazilian, that is just appalling! The end does not justify the means. I am all for more American drivers in the race, but they have to earn it.
In my opinion there are no shades of gray here. This is just wrong!
redcar Says:
I thought George meant for the "more Americans" option as a joke. And I hope that even folks who want more American drivers in the series could see that this isn't the right way for that to happen. So I'll just assume people are picking that option with a bit of irony.
I get the business part, and I know that money is the answer to most questions, but it doesn't make it right. I don't understand why Sun Drop didn't just move their sponsorship to someone elses car who needed a sponsor–like Pippa Mann.
It certainly puts a gray cloud over a great weekend for Indycar.
Oilpressure Says:
It was meant to be a joke. There has been a serious ballot box stuffer. This morning, there were almost as many votes as hits, which is WAY out of proportion. Oh well, if you have enough time on your hands to take the time to alter the poll results of a blog – you might need a hobby. – GP
If the health of the IndyCar series is dependent on keeping the 3rd place shipping company and a Mountain Dew knock-off soda pop happy, then our beloved sport still has a loooooong way to go my friends!
Good points Vic. I work for the 2nd place shipping company. If we pulled a stunt like this I would have to retire early.
Hey, cash is cash. If the Mountain Dew Knock-off wanted to give me money to do a job, well, I'm not going to say no to that.
The 'health' of Andretti Autosport (and any team) depends of cash flow.
Simona Fan Says:
Geez. So much cynicism. So much righteous indignation. Look, the car qualifies, not the driver. The team owner can hire whomever he wishes to drive the car. It's happened plenty of times before, it'll happen many times again. Listen to the stories of Donald Davidson about guys who were brought in to qualify certain cars. Or teammates who make way for the series regular or the better sponsored driver. It happens.
And this is even less egregious considering that RHR was 34th in the closest field in history, and given 5 more minutes probably would have qualified anyway.
When Bruno was hired by AJ to drive Vitors back-up car, Bruno knew that his job was just to qualify the car. If anything happened to Vitor, he'd lose his ride. Bruno's a pro. He got paid to put the car in the field for his owner. Well done, Bruno.
Is it pretty? No. But it's far from the most underhanded, despicable thing ever to happen in motor racing that certain bloggers are making it out to be.
I agree with you that this is not the most despicable thing to happen in motor sports. By far. And hopefully it will not overshadow the truly remarkable story of Simona getting into the race.
Having said that, I think to say that under the rules the car qualifies and not the driver is to ignore the human factor. During qualifying drivers put their physical well being on the line to qualify a car. Having done that, they deserve to be in the race. Simona is a perfect example of that. She earned it. Bruno earned it. RHR did not.
I believe the rule needs to be changed.
Ha. Indirectly you asked me "What if it was Simona who got yanked?" And to be honest, I'd be pissed. So you got me there. I'm probably more ho-hum about this because I don't have not an emotions positive or negative tied to RHR or Bruno. So maybe I'd feel differently if it was "my" driver. 🙂
I'll argue the other point, which is to say that this was less of an issue when all the cars weren't the same. But now, with the cars being essentially spec, it's hard to make the claim that the car qualifies. Obviously, right now, the difference is the set-up and the driver.
I still think the teams are well within their right to put whomever they want in the driver's seat. And I have to point out that someone above said "Can people buy their way into the Superbowl?" Yes, sorta. The team qualifies for the Superbowl, not the players. When Troy Aikmen was hurt in the playoffs and Bernie Kosar (don't ask me why I remember this) led the team through the playoffs, Troy played in the Superbowl when he was healed even though he didn't play in the playoffs. Why? Because it was the team that qualified not the individual.
I don't know much about horse racing, but my understanding is that jockeys ride different horses all the time, sometimes switching horses the morning of the race. Doesn't seem to bother the people in the funny hats. 🙂
"Bruno earned it. RHR did not.
~ agreed ~
Yeah — I wasn't bothered, because I have no affinity for Bruno or Ryan. I thought that Bruno was a hired gun who knew it and seemingly didn't mind a payoff to step away. And Ryan is a licensed, fast, race-winning driver who was handicapped by one of A.A.'s under-performing cars, not a slowpoke like Milka Duno wandering gasoline Alley waving a check from Citgo.
All persons who're disgruntled should e-mail complaints to IndyCar so that the rulebook is changed before next May.
The business logic makes total sense. BUT… Most of the historical precedent comes from intra-team swaps as opposed to pure ride-buys, which is exactly what this is. This is truly the purest and most despicable form of ride buying. Bernard has been responsive to fan feedback and there is no way I see him letting this continue. Last weekend was the greatest weekend of qualifying in many years. This totally undermines it. Randy is smart enought to understand that. Micheal, this is no way to re-build your team. This just adds to the bad Karma that has been bringing your team down since employing your son and Danica became more important than winning. Seriously, you aren't in business to win. You are in business to be in business and ride the Danica money train. Time for a clean sheet of paper and to decide if you are a race team or not.
I find it odd that anytime somebody has a chance to attack Danica…they will…even if it's something that has nothing to do with her. She easily Andretti Autosport's greatest whipping-boy….I mean, girl…
This is an unfortunate situation, but it doesn't besmirch the sport of auto racing. It didn't seem to bother anyone up until now. In fact, it was pretty much expected. I saw John Andretti on TV being asked if he'd give up his seat for one of his teammates.
Fact is, auto racing is a sport that wouldn't exist without "selling out". It's simply far too expensive to make a go at without financial backing. How many times in the history of the sport has a lesser driver been put in a car because the sponsor wanted him? For some reason, I'm thinking of Loy Allen going in the Hooter's car after Alan Kulwicki's death.
I wish this didn't happen, but I'm not sure how to prevent it in the future. Andretti and Foyt simply made business decisions that worked in their respective self interests.
Donald McElvain Says:
This whole thing is a sorry mess. It has now become THE story of the 500 this year. I'm hoping Randy nixes this idiot rule for future races. Kudos to Penske and Bobby Rahal for showing how it done.
Right. Penske. When he didn't qualify in 1995 he took his lumps, didn't buy a ride and came back the next year more determined than ever to qualify his cars.
Oh wait. No, he didn't. He launched an owner revolt and developed a competing racing series devoid of ovals and didn't return to Indianapolis until 2001.
Penske is a great car owner and competitor, but he is not about being "fair". He's about winning. If Power or Castroneves had failed to qualify, you better believe he'd be looking to swap his way in.
"When he didn't qualify in 1995 he took his lumps, didn't buy a ride," but you think that without Phillip Morris's millions that he'd rent cars this month? I don't think so. And Penske didn't launch "an owner revolt" and create a new series. Anton George created a pet league to revolve around his family's race track.
Fair enough. I know the split had to do with more complicated matters than Penske's poor 1995 qualifying experience. But regardless, lets stop holding Penske up as someone who did it the "right" way. He didn't buy a ride for his drivers, but he also didn't come back for 7 years.
Penske's poor performance at Indy in 1995 had nothing to do with the split, and likely little to do with his decision to not compete in the 500 again until 2001.
Tony George had announced the creation of the Indy Racing League in 1994.
Penske, a founder of CART with a major stake in its success, stuck with that series for 1996 just like Honda, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Goodyear, Firestone, PPG, every non-Indy track that returned excpet for Phoenix and Loudon, and 16 of 1995s 17 full-time team owners. Foyt was the only full-time team in 1995 that ran exclusively in the IRL in 1996. He did not act alone…
all i can say is indy car racing is already in the toilet and they should be doing everything they can to make it better
for those that where there did you see what was up in the stands
nobody the place was a ghost town !
the fast nine does nothing to make it better
the problem with pole day is no more track record
fans came out to see more speed every year
i'm very sad for indy
my sons and friends don't want to go anymore
its a mess
It would be impossible to establish a new track record every year. At some point race cars turn into airplanes.
Indycar is not in the toliet. They may be in the pantry where no one can see them, but not in the toliet.
The fast nine was exciting and did make it better.
They're trying many things to make the sport more interesting. But usually when they do, people complain that they're changing.
I didn't think it was a ghost town. It wasn't 1965, but it wasn't a ghost town.
I find this situation incredibly irksome because I can't fully line up on one side of it or the other.
I'm as disgusted as anyone that Bruno's spot is being purchased instead of earned. I agree that this greatly cheapens the entire qualifying process by making it completely unnecessary in (way far out there) theory. I absolutely 100% do not want to see this happen, ever.
On the other side of the coin, to me, it's not about the health of the series or the 500, the need to keep sponsors happy, or increasing the number of Americans in the field, it's about car owners being able to employ who they want to employ. While it's good that the series has some control of who drives for safety reasons, I struggle to like the precedent it may set if such control was taken further.
I am seriously considering making shirt that says "Bruno Wuz Robbed" and wearing it this weekend. For what that's worth…
Neon18 Says:
Bruno Junqueira has been targeted for this twice already:
Bruno Junqueira entered the IZOD IndyCar Series full time in 2008 with a wealth of experience in open-wheel racing, including four starts in the Indianapolis 500. He earned the pole position at Indianapolis in 2002, driving for Target Chip Ganassi Racing.
Junqueira enjoyed success competing in Champ Car for seven seasons. With his 2005 win at Monterrey, Junqueira became the first driver in 19 years to win races in each of his first five years in Champ Car. He also finished runner-up in the series standings three times.
Junqueria is part of a proud tradition of Brazilian open-wheel drivers, coming up through the Brazilian karting ranks and competing in South American Formula 3 and FIA International Formula 3000 before landing a ride in Champ Car.
Maybe they think this racing driver is replaceable… Very Sad when RHR is a questionalble driver at best . His 2010 record is not so great…but then again his team-mate did cry his way to 3rd place in 2010. Don't forget mr. Conway, who almost lost his leg, becuase RHR ran out of fuel.
William Power was thrown to the wall and lost his championship in 2010…everyone overlooked it because?
There is a reason they have qualifying for the indy 500 and it is NOT just for business;
If it were just for business why not buy Tags' pole position?
They do have 5 cars.. and twice as many employees as most of the teams at their level.
Cheaters never win.
what happens if ryan and marco are leading on the last lap of the 500
does marco get the win ?
what sponsor wins ?
who cares
Brian McKay Says:
If Marco & RHR are 1 & 2 on the last lap, RHR will lift off his throttle so that the car chasing him will vault overhead to the fence and Marco can cruise to the finish.
AJ's the worst guy in this thing, in my book. Hate to say it, but he sold out.
BTW, DHL isn't some third rate delivery service, it's number one in Europe, and partially owned by the German Postal Service.
RHR deserves to be last…at best.
And who really cares..RHR and his third rate team already showed the world last year that stunt of running out of fuel close to the finish line …it almost cost Mr. Conway his leg…and then RHR's team mate cries his way to third place..some people might have actually required the prize go to Conway.
Then William Power was shoved to the wall and he lost his 2 million…no one cared about that either…It looks like Vegas wrestling.
Who cares? Just get them to please STOP talking about the poor cancer victims who are "loosing" their battles every day…Where is Roy BTW…I think I saw him puking at the pagoda.
JohnMc Says:
Regardless of who sold what, Bump Day 2011 will forever be rememberd as the the day that Michael Andretti had his @ss handed to him.
From a business perspective, I understand the decision somewhat. I would imagine that Michael Andretti promised DHL and Sun Drop would be visible at the Indy 500 if they inked with Andretti Autosport-this is purely speculation on my part.
From an emotional/fan perspective-which is somethng I try not to view things from very often-this decision stinks to high heaven. I didnt' have a lot of respect for Andretti Autosport before-mostly due to their hiring decisions-but now I have even less respect for them. I still respect A.J. Foyt as a driver. As a car owner? Not so much anymore. I do understand he was funding the #41 car out of his own pocket, but that begs the question: if you couldn't afford to run the car, A.J., why did you enter it?
I do not-unlike some people on an internet message board-view Andretti, Foyt and Ryan Hunter-Reay in the same vein as murderers; yes, that is the comparison being made by some on a message board. Nor do I wish RHR would crash in the race. I don't root against anyone in INDYCAR-okay, maybe one driver-but I imagine when the introductions are made on Sunday, there will be a helping of boos mixed in with the cheers, not only for RHR, but for all of the other drivers on both AA and AJFR who are blameless for this PR nightmare.
I do understand that this is not the first time this has happened, and technically, it isn't against the rules-hopefully Randy Bernard will change the rules after this debacle. But the bigger issue will be how AA, AJFR and DHL and Sun Drop, deal with the potential fallout from this situation. If the internet postings-message boards, twitter-are any indication, the above entities will be doing some major spinning in the next few days to try to repair their public reputations. I have a feeling, though, that this dirty won't come clean for a long while.


As both performers remarked, their previous visits to Philadelphia had been met with little but empty rooms and lackadaisical barkeeps. But to the obvious excitement of both Aidan Knight and headliner James Vincent McMorrow, Union Transfer was filled with humans in eager and rapt attention to the full and rounded waves of synth sound and bittersweet voices they offered up.
Aidan Knight and his band played through a quick set that cruised to the chamber pop vibe. Knight stepped away from the mic and toward the audience for a final plaintive solo guitar piece called "Margaret," which proved that he could pluck heartstrings with the same delicacy as those of any guitar.
James Vincent McMorrow performed among a field of illuminated pyramids, swathed in light that alternated between warm and cool as the music from his group of skilled multi-instrumentalists did the same. They'd made it to the stage in spite of myriad difficulties (think strep throat, losing a drummer, and taking a U-Haul across the Rockies) but in their performances not a single struggle could be perceived. In melodies ridden by McMorrow's deft falsetto and driven by a beat at once ethereal and grounded, the music of the evening reverberated among those assembled to leave us all a little fuller than we'd come.


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                element.Loaded -= ElementLoaded;
                element.Loaded += ElementLoaded;
            }
        }

        private static void ElementUnloaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            FrameworkElement element = sender as FrameworkElement;
            element.Unloaded -= ElementUnloaded;
            ScrollViewer scrollViewer = element.FindChildOfType<ScrollViewer>();
            if (scrollViewer != null)
            {
                scrollViewer = null;
            }
        }

        private static void ElementLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            FrameworkElement element = sender as FrameworkElement;
            element.Loaded -= ElementLoaded;
            ScrollViewer scrollViewer = element.FindChildOfType<ScrollViewer>();
            if (scrollViewer != null)
            {
                var listener = new BindingListenerService();
                listener.Changed += delegate
                {
                    if (scrollViewer.ScrollableHeight > 0)
                    {
                        bool isAtBottom = scrollViewer.VerticalOffset >= scrollViewer.ScrollableHeight;

                        if (isAtBottom)
                        {
                            var command = GetCommand(element);
                            if (command != null && command.CanExecute(null))
                            {
                                command.Execute(null);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                };
                Binding binding = new Binding() { Source = scrollViewer, Path = new PropertyPath("VerticalOffset") };
                listener.Attach(scrollViewer, binding);
                element.Unloaded += ElementUnloaded;
            }
            else
            {
                System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Error on EndOfScrollCommand: ScrollViewer not found.");
            }
        }
    }
}


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package com.amazonaws.services.medialive.model;

import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.annotation.Generated;

import com.amazonaws.AmazonWebServiceRequest;

/**
 * Placeholder documentation for DeleteChannelRequest
 *
 * @see AWS API
 *      Documentation
 */
@Generated("com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-code-generator")
public class DeleteChannelRequest extends com.amazonaws.AmazonWebServiceRequest implements Serializable, Cloneable {

    /** Unique ID of the channel. */
    private String channelId;

    /**
     * Unique ID of the channel.
     *
     * @param channelId
     *        Unique ID of the channel.
     */

    public void setChannelId(String channelId) {
        this.channelId = channelId;
    }

    /**
     * Unique ID of the channel.
     *
     * @return Unique ID of the channel.
     */

    public String getChannelId() {
        return this.channelId;
    }

    /**
     * Unique ID of the channel.
     *
     * @param channelId
     *        Unique ID of the channel.
     * @return Returns a reference to this object so that method calls can be chained together.
     */

    public DeleteChannelRequest withChannelId(String channelId) {
        setChannelId(channelId);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string representation of this object. This is useful for testing and debugging. Sensitive data will be
     * redacted from this string using a placeholder value.
     *
     * @return A string representation of this object.
     *
     * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append("{");
        if (getChannelId() != null)
            sb.append("ChannelId: ").append(getChannelId());
        sb.append("}");
        return sb.toString();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (this == obj)
            return true;
        if (obj == null)
            return false;

        if (obj instanceof DeleteChannelRequest == false)
            return false;
        DeleteChannelRequest other = (DeleteChannelRequest) obj;
        if (other.getChannelId() == null ^ this.getChannelId() == null)
            return false;
        if (other.getChannelId() != null && other.getChannelId().equals(this.getChannelId()) == false)
            return false;
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        final int prime = 31;
        int hashCode = 1;

        hashCode = prime * hashCode + ((getChannelId() == null) ? 0 : getChannelId().hashCode());
        return hashCode;
    }

    @Override
    public DeleteChannelRequest clone() {
        return (DeleteChannelRequest) super.clone();
    }

}


African Americans enjoyed equal educational opportunities right after slavery ended. Before slavery was abolished in 1865, African Americans were prohibited from literacy by law in many states. However, from 1865 until 1890, African Americans enjoyed equal education in their own schools and received funding to run the schools. Unfortunately, as the European Americans saw African Americans becoming educated and taking jobs they felt were rightfully theirs, this equality took a backward step, and in the early 1900s Black people were once again given fewer educational opportunities than their White counterparts.
Historically, there are parallels in the educational experiences of Hispanic children and African American children, as both attended segregated schools.
Just as many African American families have been in the United States for longer than many European American families, many Hispanic (or Latino) people in the United States have been in the United States much longer than many families of European descent. Many Hispanic families in the Southwest come from families that have been in California, Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico since the time these states were still a part of the Republic of Mexico.
Hispanic children were finally able to attend desegregated schools in 1973. Despite that ruling, today, two of every five Hispanic students still attend intensely racially segregated schools. And almost 90% of Hispanic students attend public schools in urban centers, with almost absolute racial isolation.
American schools as a whole face a challenge in educating Hispanic students. Recent statistics on the educational attainment of Hispanic students paint a bleak future, unless proper measures are taken.
More than 50% of fourth-grade Hispanic students are not skilled in math and reading, and by the time they are 17 years old, many exhibit math and reading abilities equivalent to those of 13-year-old White students. Only around half of Latino students finish high school, and the graduation outlook is even worse for Latino males. One predictor of academic success is school attendance. For whatever reason, Hispanic students are absent from school at higher rates than their peers.
Native Americans were made slaves during colonial times, but they were given the opportunity to become educated in the late 1800s.
Unfortunately, their education was a form of deculturalization, as they were sent to boarding schools with the goal of assimilating them into American culture. They were frequently physically abused when they spoke their traditional language and/or engaged in Native American cultural behaviors.
Since the 1960s, Native Americans have been given an increasing amount of control over the education of their children on Native American reservations. They can hire their own teachers and create their own curriculum, and they still receive government funding. This has allowed them to create schools that keep their culture and traditions alive.
Like other minority groups, early Asian immigrants to America were made to attend segregated schools. This practice that declined after World War II as Asian Americans began to move into more integrated settings.
Children who identify (orare identified by their parents) as multiethnic increased by 50% since 2000, making it the fastest-growing group among young people. This is especially interesting, considering that interracial marriage was still illegal in several states until 1967.
I hope you have enjoyed reading about these seven interesting facts. If you have any more valuable, less-known information about ethnic minorities and their access to education in the United States, feel free to leave a comment below.
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Implications - Offering greater value in the increasingly competitive hospitality market, hotels are turning to cultural and artistic touches in order to attract the attention of travelers. By pivoting to experiences that businesses like home-shares can't easily replicate, these businesses protect themselves while helping to develop their brands.
Implications - The use of biometrics in the travel industry is no longer restricted to airport security, with a wide range of brands now adopting biometric means of authentication in order to enhance security, allow access, or provide information to travelers. As consumers become more aware of the various ways in which their security may be at risk while traveling, such features are able to put more cautious customers at ease.
From user-generated content to maker culture, today's consumers are content creators and experts.
Brands have taken a role of accelerating the personal development of consumers.
We are entering a transformative new era, denoted by an exponential growth in data, robotics and intelligence.
Fond memories fuel a desire to bring the past into the present, especially with respect to one's formative years.
The desire for sustainable products, including local, organic, recyclable and pronounceable ingredients.
The world is becoming more playful, driven by generations not ready to grow up, including Boomers who desire a more active, enriched life.
New services make it easier than ever to conceptualize, fund, launch and companies.
Hyper-targeted offerings, services, subscriptions and recommendations to simplify lives with better things.
Allegiant groups are more readily formed around specific interests, causes and even brands.
The application of game dynamics to real-world problems results in a world that's more competitive and engaging.
In a world abundant with 'stuff,' experience becomes a more important currency and life priority.
Tech, AR, VR and interactive experiences are raising our expectations in the realms of entertainment, retail and even food.
Brands, products, services and customers are increasingly co-creating an interdependent world.
Social media and a resistance to traditional advertising have created a desire for authenticity and reality.
Small batch production technologies and more personalized media are creating an expectation for personalization.
A mass proliferation of sellers and media creators has shifted the world to a many-to-many economy.
Implications - Airlines are increasingly prioritizing more engaging or productive means of passing time for their passengers by prioritizing on-flight experiences like meditation programs or educational platforms. Such initiatives appease consumers frustrated with the process of flying by offering environments that make them feel as though they're gaining something from their time and money spent.
Implications - The lack of digital payment infrastructure that extends to small and micro businesses is a significant challenge for businesses operating in primarily cash economies. In an effort to combat this, an increasing number of payment technology providers are establishing merchant-centric benefits ranging from loyalty programs to cost-free implementation processes. These offerings help move businesses out of a cash economy and away from potential risk.
Implications - As part of unique promotional campaigns, some brands are exchanging healthy habits and experiences for their services--seen in everything from step-exchanging pop-ups to travel memory point systems. These campaigns appeal to consumers by giving them more incentive to create and maintain healthy wellness-related habits.
Implications - Brands are targeting personalized apps to a niche but prevalent group of consumers – backpackers. With apps that include everything from geographic education to backpacker-specific blogging platforms, the focus on this group reveals opportunities for brands to both steer and empower those who have more divergent lifestyle habits than the average consumer.
Implications - Moving beyond just food products, veganism is expanding into broader lifestyle categories to satiate those looking for more health-minded products and services. Infiltrating categories like hospitality, fitness and even household goods, brands are utilizing vegan practices to better adhere to those sustainable practices and cater to those looking for more mindful products. These examples speak to the broader adoption of health and wellness trends, but also a sense of ethical practices in typically unrelated categories.
Implications - As the desire for travel and the appeal of escapism continues to rise, fashion brands react with hotel-themed apparel. Whether creating cozy pieces that encourage staycations or presenting luxe lines to reflect 5-star resorts, this new fashion wave targets individuals and families alike. This latest fashion movement showcases how brands from any industry can gain inspiration from many adjacent markets.


To better cater for our international clients and Australian GST registered resellers, we have transitioned to an ex-GST list price on all products. This brings our pricing policy in line with Australian Wholesale business standards.
Prices have not changed, we simply removed GST from our list prices. It is then added back in at checkout for Australian Domestic orders. International Export orders will not be charged GST.


CFP: Chapman Law Review 2019 issue on "The Commerce Clause and the Global Economy"
Chapman Law Review is pleased to invite article submissions on the theme: "The Commerce Clause and theGlobal Economy." Publications will appear in a symposium edition, and authors will receive an honorarium.
With the growth of online retailers and the rise of the global marketplace, federal and state governments have beencharged with the task of navigating the waters of the global economy and its inevitable collision with the CommerceClause. In June, the United States Supreme Court is expected to render a decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., inwhich South Dakota has asked the Court to reconsider its ruling in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota and allow states to requireout-of-state retailers that do not have a physical presence in the state to collect local sales taxes from their customers.Regardless of the outcome, this case has opened up a series of questions about the scope of the Commerce Clause in anincreasingly global economy—specifically the ability of state and local governments to regulate global economic actorsin order to protect communities against the adverse effects of globalization.
Should cities be able to ban big-box stores to protect local retailers?
Should cities be able to give hiring preferences to local residents?
Should states be able to ban the importation of products that will compete with locally produced goods?
Chapman Law Review has dedicated its written symposium issue to these timely questions. We are open to submissionswith other perspectives as well, related to this general topic. Chapman Law Review would be honored to publish yourwork.
We are looking for papers at a minimum of 20 pages (with a suggested length of 25 pages). If you would like to apply toparticipate in the Symposium, please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words by June 30, 2018, to Carlos Bacio.A flexible deadline for the completed paper will be on August 27, 2018. The Chapman Law Review will be offering anhonorarium to authors who choose to write for the 2018 journal.
Although there is not a live symposium attached to this themed Issue, papers can resemble what one might submit for asymposium, and the Issue will be identified as a themed issue so that you may also designate it as such, if you wouldlike. Papers selected for this issue will be published in a special issue of the Chapman Law Review in approximatelyMarch 2019.
If you have questions, please contact Carlos Bacio, Senior Articles Editor, at bacio101@mail.chapman.edu.
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The Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law (the Journal) invites articles and essays exploring any of the Journal's traditional themes: affordable housing, fair housing and community/economic development. Topics could include important developments in the field; federal, state, local and/or private funding sources; statutes, policies or regulations; and empirical studies. Articles and essays could analyze new issues, tell success stories and draw lessons, or explore problems and propose legal and policy recommendations. The Journal welcomes essays (typically 2,500–6,200 words) or articles (typically 7,000-10,000 words).
Interested authors are encouraged to send an abstract describing their proposals to the Journal's Editor-in-Chief, Tim Iglesias, at iglesias@usfca.edu by August 1, 2018. Submissions of final articles and essays are due by October 1, 2018.The Journal also accepts submissions on a rolling basis. Please do not hesitate to contact the Editor with any questions.


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From Winter Festivities to Carnival
Researchers have persistently yet fruitlessly sought to determine the exact origin of the word Carnival. Some state that it comes from the term 'carnevelarium', which in Latin defined the religious prohibition of eating meat during Lent, whilst others relate it to the concept of carrus navalis (boat on wheels) which the God Baco rode on during Roman Bacchanalia.
Nevertheless, historians agree in their definition of these celebrations as a pagan festivity that dates from before Christianity, with rituals and customs that would later be adopted by Christians. Whatever its etymology, experts state that this was a celebration that went against pre-established rules and social standards to become an expression of freedom, joy and wantonness.
Carnival endured relentless religious and monarchic attempts to eradicate the celebration during the Middle Ages and has lived on to this day. It was in the 16th century when it was introduced to Tenerife by the Spaniards and the Portuguese on their way to the New Continent and American colonies.
According to travellers and chroniclers from that time, the Carnivals in the 18th century were a celebration for both the upper classes in their balls and banquets, and for the people in their more popular parties. They would all celebrate Carnival despite the religious and civil ban on holding balls and wearing masks in the public thoroughfare.
During the 19th century, new kinds of festive events emerged (street races, exhibitions and contests), in addition to the traditional dances. This was also the time when the custom known as "tapaderas" became more popular, when high-class women would mingle with the lower echelons of society thanks to the anonymity provided by their masks. Historians believe this tradition to have preceded what is known as the "sheets masquerade" and the "abanador" celebrations, which became popular at the beginning of the next century.
During the first few decades of the 20th century, the number of tourists who were drawn to Tenerife by the Carnival grew. The prosperity of the 1920s favoured the celebration to the point that, in 1925, the first Carnival Programme was established by the City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
It was then that the simple tradition of wearing masks gave way to a variety of carnival groups: rondallas, comparsas, estudiantinas and murgas. The costumes and masks became more sophisticated and also evolved in terms of quality, which gave rise to the first competitions.
The Spanish Civil War and the ensuing dictatorship quashed these celebrations which by that time had become deeply rooted in Tenerife's society. Despite the repression, clandestine celebrations were held in the privacy of peoples' homes.
In 1961, the celebration of Carnival was once again officially accepted under the euphemistic name of Winter Festivities, which in 1967 were declared a Celebration of National Tourist Interest. With the arrival of democracy, the Carnival recovered its name and gradually became the ultimate popular festivity of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which was finally declared a Celebration of International Tourist Interest in 1980.
Since then, having moved far on from its presumably religious origins, Tenerife's Carnival has become the world's second most popular carnival after Río de Janeiro in Brazil, thanks to its flamboyance, the quality of its contests, street parties and concerts, and the authenticity of its street vibe.