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Dr. Ross received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1963, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1966 and 1975, respectively. He has been at Clark since 1972. He is the former Director of the International Studies Stream and was among the founders of the program in Urban Development and Social Change. He currently teaches on a part-time basis.
Since the 1980s, Dr. Ross has worked on the political economy of urban development and the analysis of global capitalism. He still does occasional work on the social movements of the 1960s, and is frequently interviewed about his role in those movements. Dr. Ross has worked as a speechwriter and policy advisor, and he writes occasional commentary for magazines. In 1995, he began research on the resurgence of sweatshops in the U.S. and global apparel industry, and he has given over 100 public lectures on the issue. His work on this topic has been published in The Nation, Foreign Affairs, Dollars and Sense, as well as a number of edited collections of research on globalization. His book, Slaves to Fashion: Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops, was published in 2004.
2011 "The Rag Trade as the Canary in the Coalmine: The Global Sweatshop 1980-2010" New Labor Forum 20(1): 42-49, Winter.
2009 "China, Asia and Labor Standards after the MFA." Asia and the Transformation of the World-system Volume XXXI, Political Economy of the World System. Editor, Ganesh Trichur. Paradigm.
2009 "Reflections on the Sociology Liberation Movement of 1968." Crisis, Politics, and Critical Sociology, Graham Cassano and Richard Dello Buono (eds), Boston and Leiden: Brill.
[With Shelly Tenenbaum] "Who Rules American?" Teaching Sociology No. 4 (Winter 2006): 65-85.
2005 "Sweatshop Labor: (Re)Framing Immigration." In David Croteau, William Hoynes, and Charlotte Ryan, editors, Rhyming Hope and History: Activists, Academics, and Social Movement Scholarship. Essays in Honor of William Gamson. University of Minnesota Press.
2005 "A Tale of Two Factories: Successful Resistance to Sweatshops and the Limits of Firefighting." Labor Studies Journal. Winter 2005/6.
2004 Slaves to Fashion: Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshop. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
2004 "From Antisweatshop to Global Justice to Antiwar: How the new New Left is the Same and Different From the old New Left." Journal of World Systems Research 10:1 287-319.
2003 "Racing to the bottom: international trade without a social clause." With Anita Chan. Third World Quarterly . 24:6. pp 1011-1028.
2003 John Shandra, Robert JS Ross and Bruce London, "Global Capitalism and the Flow of Foreign Direct Investment to Non-Core Nations, 1980-1996: A Quantitative, Cross-National Analysis." [Accepted for publication] International Journal of Comparative Sociology . v44 i3 p199(40).
2002 "The New Sweatshops in the United States: How New, How Real, How Many, and Why?" Chapter 5, in Free Trade and Uneven Development: The North American Apparel Industry after NAFTA. Edited by Gary Gereffi, David Spener, and Jennifer Bair. Temple University Press.
2002 "From North-South to South-South: The True Face of Global Competition." Foreign Affairs . Volume 81:5. Reprinted in Cooperation South . United Nations Development Programme. 2002 Annual Volume. Pp. 70-77.
2001 "The Decline of Labor Standards in The U.S. Apparel Industry." Globalization: Critical Perspectives , edited by G. Kohler and E.J.Chaves (New York: Nova Science).
2001 "Sweatshop Police." The Nation. September 3, 10. Pp. 6-7.
2000 "NAFTA and the Race to the Bottom." In Global Capitalism, Liberation Theology and the Social Sciences: An Analysis of the Structures of Dependency at the Turn of the Millennium . A. Tausch & P.M. Zulehner (eds). Commack, NY. Nova Scientific.
2000 "Countdown in Managua." The Nation. September 4, 2000. Pp. 25-27.
1998 "Influence of C. Wright Mills on Students for a Democratic Society: An Interview with Bob Ross." With Trevino, A. Javier Humanity & Society. v 22 n 3:260-277.
1990 Global Capitalism: The New Leviathan , with Kent Trachte, SUNY Press.
August 3: Special Mini-Conference by the journal Critical Sociology: Power and Resistance: Critical Reflections, Possbile Futures Kick-Off Speaker on "Reflections on "The Sociology Liberation Movement."1968"
August 4: Panel on Emerging Peripheries: Brazil, Russia, India and China. Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association. "Sweatshops in China and the "Race to the Bottom" in Global Labor Standards."
September: Panel on Human Rights Paradigms and Movements. International Sociological Association Barcelona Congress. "Revisiting the social clause: what the post-MFA results show about the Race to the Bottom and labor rights as human rights."
______: Panel on Responses to the Emerging Global Plutonomy. "How do Workers Achieve Inclusion?"
October 1: Invited Lecture: Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA: "Asia Comes to Main Street: Recent Immigration in Global Perspective"
March 29: State and Local Government Sweatfree Consortium Convening Meeting, State House, Harrisburg, PA: "Stopping the Race to the Bottom."
May 3: Panel at Harvard University "Sweatshop Challenges in Bangladesh; How you can campaign to help."
May 10: PEWS Conference on Asia and the World-System. St. Lawrence University. "China, Asia and Labor Standards after the Multi-Fiber Agreement.
August 11-14: Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Organizer, Regular Session, Work and the Work Place.
Presenter: Panel on University as a Site for Social Action: "The University Based anti-sweatshop Movement"
Panelist: Who Rules America? A Forty Year Retrospective"
Panelist: (Sociologists Without Borders): The Global Anti-sweatshop Movement.
October 30: University of Rhode Island, Honors Colloquium (Series: China Rising) "Sweatshops in China and the "Race to the Bottom" in Global Labor Standards"
March 23: "Three women, Three Pillars of Decency for working people": Annual Women's History Month Lecture Worcester Women's History Project.
January 20: Public Forum on Slaves to Fashion Sponsored by the Harvard Trade Union Program, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School.
January 24: Brown bag presentation at AFL-CIO headquarters, Washington, DC. Slaves to Fashion.
February 7: Slaves to Fashion Talk, Co-sponsed by the Humanities Center and the Campus Alliance for Progressive Politics and Action (CAPPA) University of Hartford.
March 3: Seminar at University of California Berkeley, Institute for Industrial Relations Berkeley.
March 3: Slaves to Fashion. Sweatfree Bay Area Campaign Kickoff at New College, San Francisco.
March 16: Talk and discussion, University of Connecticut: Slaves to Fashion.
April 2: Summary and Century-long Overview. Conference on Constructing Markets for Conscientious Consumers.
April 4: Slaves to Fashion, Oakland University, Michigan.
May 23-24: Summary Talk, The Enfranchisement of Labor in the 21st Century at "The End of Global Textile Quotas: Understanding the New Shape of the World Economy." Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School. Conference on May 23-25, 2005.
August 18: Slaves to Fashion, World Fellowship Center Conway, NH.
August 12: Co-Chair, Conference on Labor and Globalization (a conference of the Sections on Labor, Political Sociology and Political Economy of the World System of the American Sociological Association), Philadelphia. Paper: Freeing the Slaves to Fashion; Chair: Session on Auto Textile Industries in Mexico; Moderator: Dinner Panel of Labor Laborers.
January 31: "Exploited Labour: Social Evil or Economic Necessity?" Panelist, Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada.
January 31: Keynote Speech, "Slaves to Fashion." Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada. Conference and Teach-in on Sweatshops.
March 22: Invited Lecture. "Slaves to Fashion." Fraser Center for Workplace Issues, Luncheon Research Seminar, Wayne State University, Center for Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affiars.
March 25: Panelist on screening of Fog of War . Bijou Cinema. Worcester, MA.
March 26: Respondent to Screening of Rebels with a Cause ; Hartford Independent Media Center.
August: Panelist, American Sociological Association, Panel on "Student Activism and the Labor Movement": "Components of Successful Antisweatshop Activism." San Francisco.
October 17: Panelist, Community Economic Forum, Worcester, MA: Low wage labor.
October 21: Friends of the Southborough (MA) Library. "Slaves to Fashion."
November 10: Friends of the Goddard Library, Clark University. "Slaves to Fashion."
December 11: "Human Rights and Labor Rights" Amnesty International Rights Day Conference, panelist. Boston Public Library.
March 27: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: Invited Speaker for Human Rights Week. "Labor Rights as Human Rights: Free Trade, The WTO and Sweated Labor."
April 23: Eastern Connecticut State University (Willimantic) : "Globalization, Sweatshops, and the New International Movement for Social Justice.
April 25: Brown University: Workshop on immigration to New England Cities.
May 1: University of California at Santa Barbara: Keynote speech to student pre-conference on May Day and globalization.
May 3: University of California at Santa Barbara: Panelist at Conference on Critical Globalization Studies. "Global Capital/Global Labor: universal standards and the future of solidarity"
December 5: Invited Plenary Presentation: National network of Committees on Occupational Safety and Health. "The Global Race to the Bottom: Sweatshops, and the New International Movement for Social Justice." Detroit. December 5.
December 8: Colloquium presentation. "Infant mortality down, inequality up, poverty level: what's up in New York City?" School of Public Health, University of Michigan. December 8.


There are more Americans working remotely today than ever before. According to the most recent reports, about 4 million people spend at least half their work week working from home as of right now.
This has helped cut costs at many companies since it has allowed them to downsize their office spaces and invest in less office equipment. But it has also made it tougher for many bosses to manage their remote employees since they're not working side-by-side with them every day.
If you're struggling when it comes to managing remote teams at the moment, there are ways you can communicate with them more effectively to keep them in the loop at all times. Here are 5 tips that'll help you do it.
Do you expect your remote employees to be sitting next to their computers during regular business hours—or are you going to give them the freedom to come and go as they please as long as they get their work done?
When you're in charge of managing remote employees, it's essential for you to let them know what you are expecting from them from the very beginning. Otherwise, they'll be left to guess what you want them to do, and they won't always guess right.
Come up with a list of rules that apply to both your in-house and remote teams. This will eliminate any confusion as far as what you want out of your employees day in and day out.
When you work in an office with an in-house team, it's easy to have an "open door policy" with them. You can invite them to stop by anytime they have any questions or concerns about the way things are going.
This isn't always possible with remote employees. It'll take a little bit more work on your part and their part if they ever want to speak with you about anything or ask questions.
Encourage them to try to touch base with you anyway. Even though it'll take some effort on both your parts, they'll appreciate knowing that they can come to you any time with questions or concerns.
The easiest way to keep everyone on the same page despite the distance between them when you're managing remote teams is by holding regular conference calls. Set up a free conference call at the same time every week so that you can connect with all your remote employees at once.
In addition to holding regular conference calls, you should also establish virtual chat rooms so that you and your team can collaborate easily when you're at work every day. You'll feel like you're all working in the same room when you're tossing around ideas and solving problems together.
If your remote employees are scattered across the country in virtual office spaces, it might not be possible to meet in person very often. But you should still try!
Meeting in person can help you and your remote workers build better relationships. It can also allow you to have larger discussions that might be difficult to have on the phone or in chats.
Keeping in touch with remote employees is going to be a challenge when you're managing remote teams. But it's not impossible.
By setting clear guidelines for remote workers and keeping the lines of communication open, you can get the most out of your team. You'll get the sense that everyone is working together, regardless of where they might be located.
Read our blog for some tips on keeping all your employees motivated when they're hard at work.


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Manufacturing Grows as a Point of Contention as Election Season Looms Nearer
If you've gotten your mail, turned on your TV, or hopped on Facebook in the last few months, you've likely been inundated with political advertising. And although candidates exchanging jabs is nothing new this time of year, there's been an abrupt and noticeable shift in the conversation over the past 30 days. Headed down the final stretch before November, Joe Biden and Donald Trump have both put manufacturing in the spotlight — each candidate laying down his plan for the future of domestic manufacturing, while tamping down his opponent.
The manufacturing world according to Biden
Manufacturing has traditionally fallen in favor of the Republican platform; however, Democratic candidate Joe Biden is loudly voicing his Made in America tax proposition. The plan is designed to stimulate reshoring by imposing a 21% minimum tax on all foreign earnings. Biden's plan also features an offshoring tax penalty, supplemented by a 10% tax credit for domestic manufacturers taking the initiative to create new domestic positions. His plan would cost taxpayers $700 billion.
Critics of the plan point to lack of a clear roadmap and refined policies for implementing taxes and incentives. Opponents also have been quick to attack Biden's stance on trade tensions, particularly with China. Still, Biden's initiative is picking up traction among domestic manufacturers — particularly steelworkers and machinists.
Trump contends with his track record
President Trump campaigned in 2016 on a strong platform of American manufacturing as part of his America First initiative. During the President's tenure, there have certainly been efforts to fulfill on promises of reshoring. Unfortunately, four years into his term, the data weighs against the President. From a report by Fortune:
According to a survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, which was conducted in June and July, more than 70% of U.S. companies that own or outsource manufacturing in China do not plan to shift production outside China. Just 3.7% said they are shifting some production to the U.S. from China.
There's also trade tensions to consider. While it's too early to determine if the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has helped strengthen domestic manufacturing, there's clear evidence that the American-Chinese trade war hasn't.
Still, the President continues to make reshoring a cornerstone of his re-election efforts. In August, he touted a plan to create 10 million manufacturing jobs in 10 months via tax credits for U.S. companies. The President also has (non-specifically) made mention of imposing penalties for manufacturers who continue to operate overseas.
Who's plan benefits manufacturing?
As the November election date closes in, it's clear both candidates have a lot to say about manufacturing. Unfortunately, that's where it seems to stop. Biden's plan offers clear and direct incentives and consequences, but lacks a method to enact and enforce them. Trump's track record is his biggest adversary and his solution appears to be more of the same.
This election cycle is shaping up to be the most divisive in history. Right now, manufacturing seems to be a trump card both candidates want in their hand.
Election season is in full swing and both candidates have come out swinging over manufacturing. It's unclear who will win — regardless, manufacturing is sure to be a focal point of the winner's platform. Now's the time to start shoring up operations in anticipation of turbulence ahead. You can always count on the professionals at Global Electronic Services. Contact us for all your industrial electronic, servo motor, AC and DC motor, hydraulic, and pneumatic needs — and don't forget to like and follow us on Facebook!

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I had a pair of pink top-siders in high school. Loved them. Wore them until they appeared peach. I want a pair of these silver sequin topsiders! The BF isn't as fond of them as I am. But I see these sparkles in my future! The leopard are pretty cute too! Do you have a favorite pair?
Yes, these are just what I've been wishing for lately! I want a pair in a bright color, or maybe that leopard pair. They're so fun!
I can't decide between the two! The leopard is fun. I Hope you get a pair too!


When should you consider buying a gasoline-driven shredding machine? If over the season you collect a significant amount of sticks and branches that fall or are pruned from your many trees or shrubs, you might consider buying a chipper/shredder machine. While not cheap, they last for decades and might help keep your organic waste on the property instead of sending it out to the trash. It makes wonderful mulch.
Shredders come in all sizes and shapes. Since this is not a low-cost item, it is wise to get a feel of your options.
• Electric chipper/shredders: I do not recommend the little electric chipper/shredders. I've tested a half dozen over the years and because they are under-powered they clog up too easily no matter how careful you might be in feeding material into the machine's hopper.
• Gas chipper/shredders: I have had good experience with gasoline-driven chipper/shredders over the years. All kinds of organic yard waste can be shredded into particles the size of a nickel. In most cases, the leaves, weeds, and twigs will be reduced at a 10-to-1 ratio. In other words, 10 bags of leaves when shredded produce one bag of shredded leaves. In the best machines, the shredding function is joined by a chipper attachment, allowing larger branches to be chipped into more mulch. Depending on the model, homeowner units can accept branches up to 3 inches in diameter.
The two variables to consider when making a selection are: horsepower and size of the chipping hopper.
A 5-horsepower machine will handle the load for an average property that is less than an acre (Yard Machines, $550). It can chip branches up to 2 inches in diameter. If you have a large number of trees to maintain, you should look at machines with 8.5 horsepower (Craftsman, $800) or even 10 horsepower (Troy-Bilt, $900). These machines will chip branches up to 3 inches in diameter. Shredding and chipping requires significant power to be done effectively. The higher the horsepower, the easier it is to handle larger volumes of material, especially if it is wet, which is often the case.
To get an idea of all the sizes of shredders available, check out the shredder section of Amazon.com. Most tool rental outlets will have one or two gas shredders for the home landscape. I used to go in with a neighbor and rent one for a day and cover both properties.
The Yard Machines 5.5-horsepower chipper shredder comes equipped with a 5.5-horsepower Briggs and Stratton engine, and features a 2-inch chipper capacity with a 10:1 reduction ratio. The unit also comes with a 3-way poly drop-down and rake-in hopper with a steel blade for added strength and durability. The chipper comes with a 2.5-bushel bag capacity for added convenience and is backed by a 2-year warranty.
The Blue Max chipper shredder is a heavy duty piece of equipment that was designed with the commercial user in mind. It's high quality design and features also make it an excellent choice around the home without cutting into the family budget. This item must ship motor freight. Make quick work of branches, leaves, and yard clean up. Use the mulch for landscaping, and playgrounds. Turn all of your branches and leaves into valuable garden mulch.


Day 19 – My journey to find reasons to vote for Hillary rather than just against Trump.
She surrounds herself with professionals and experts.
There are 15 key advisors working on her campaign. Among them, they have worked on a total of 22 presidential campaigns as well as several local and state-level campaigns.
Personally, I have always liked when I am surrounded by smart and knowledgeable people because it does make me smarter and better.


It's well known that cannabis can help to alleviate pain and nausea associated with chemotherapy, but can cannabis oil actually kill cancer cells? A number of studies point in that direction, and the anecdotal evidence is stacking up as well.
Here's how it works: There are at least 60 known cannabinoids in cannabis, which activate the cannabinoid receptors that naturally exist in the body. One of the most well-known compounds, THC, produces the "high" that is associated with cannabis inhalation or consumption. But there are other compounds too, and they are well-documented to produce beneficial effects to the central nervous system and immune system, according to cancer.gov.
To date, several studies on humans and animals have solidified the link between cannabis compounds and cancer cell death. Essentially, when cannabinoids enter the body, they exclusively target cancer cells and force them to "commit suicide" — all while having no negative effect on healthy cells, according to molecular biologist Dr. Christina Sanchez from the University of Madrid.
A 2015 in-vitro study in Oncology Reports found that stimulation of the cannabinoid receptors led to programmed cell death (apoptosis) in prostate cancer cells.
A 2013 study published in Plus One showed that cannabidiol (non-psychoactive CBD) may induce cancer cell death and decrease the expression of proteins involved in the spread of brain cancer cells.
A 2007 Harvard study published in the American Association of Cancer Research found that THC cuts tumor growth in half and reduces the spread of lung cancer.
A 2007 study published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics found that cannabidiol (CBD) inhibited the growth of breast cancer cells in mice.
A 2003 study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation found that activation of the cannabinoid receptors slowed skin tumor growth.
Back in 2003, Rick Simpson was diagnosed with skin cancer. When surgery proved to be unsuccessful, he decided to try something a little different. He extracted cannabis oil and applied it directly to his skin, which cured the cancer in a matter of days. Since then, he's been a medical marijuana activist and helped more than 5,000 patients cure their own ailments — for free.
When cancer patients use cannabis oil to inhibit the growth of cancer cells, they often use the Rick Simpson Oil (RSO) Protocol. The method involves consuming 60 grams of cannabis oil over the course of 90 days. Find out more about this method and how to extract your own oil here.
The research is sound by itself, but the anecdotal evidence is remarkable as well. A quick Youtube search for "cancer survivors and cannabis" yields dozens upon dozens of amazing stories. Here are some of the cancer survivors who have come forward about their controversial and lifesaving cannabis treatment.
After being diagnosed with stage-4 breast cancer at age 30, Larue left her high-stress work environment, changed her diet, used supplements, tried acupuncture and worked on personal fitness, along with six rounds of chemotherapy. When the cancer came back, Larue declined further chemo. Instead, she followed the Rick Simpson Oil (RSO) Protocol using cannabis oil until she was cancer-free.
When young Mykayla was diagnosed with childhood leukemia, her parents were determined to create a balance between conventional and natural medicine to give her the best chance. They fed her a vegetarian diet, free from processed foods and refined sugar. They also gave her supplements including vitamin C, green tea extract, milk thistle, coconut oil, vitamin D and more. In addition, they gave her cannabis juice, edibles and cannabis oil. She's now in remission.
At age 64, Ashcraft was diagnosed with stage-4 mesothelioma from working with products containing asbestos. Thinking he only had one year to live, he took part in a clinical trial of monoclonal antibody amatuximab (MORAb 009). After three years of treatment, his health took a turn for the worse. That's when he added cannabis oil to his regimen and eventually stopped chemotherapy. Now cancer-free, Ashcraft continues to use cannabis oil for health.
At age 54, Kelly was given nine months to live due to stage-4 lung cancer. After months of chemotherapy and the chemo tablet Tarceva, doctors told her that the cancer might slow down temporarily, but it would likely return — and more severely the next time. Without help or hope from the medical community, Kelly turned to cannabis oil and cannabis suppositories. After just seven months of treatment, she was declared cancer-free.
There's no doubt that the research and stories are compelling. And should you add cannabis or cannabis oil to your treatment plan? Probably. But rely on it completely to cure cancer? Experts say this isn't a good idea — yet.
Perhaps it's time to finally put the war on weed behind us. The mounting scientific evidence of marijuana's benefits is indisputable for a range of conditions, from kicking opioid addiction to managing epilepsy. But if you live in a state where weed isn't legal yet, you need to know about your other options. Along with cannabis oil, there are a handful of cancer treatments that have risen to prominence in recent years.
Gerson Therapy: This natural treatment includes a plant-based diet, raw juicing, natural supplements and coffee enemas to help the body detox.
Budwig Diet: Invented by Dr. Johanna Budwig in the early 1900s, this diet includes organic flaxseed oil and cottage cheese to starve cancer cells.
Raw juicing: Part of the Cellect-Budwig Protocol and Gerson Therapy, this method floods healthy cells with the nutrients they need to overpower cancer cells.
Essential oil therapy: Thyme, rosemary, oregano, chamomile and frankincense have been proven to calm the body, soothe the mind and kill cancer cells.
Angiogenesis foods: This diet focuses on foods that promote the formation of new blood vessels. These include fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, spices, herbs, seeds and mushrooms. See a complete list here.
As is so often the case, perhaps the cure lies in nature. A growing community of scientists around the world certainly seem to think so. For the future of humanity's sake, let's hope that turns out to be the case.


PARLIAMENT – The licenses for the seven defunct Banks that were closed by Bank of Uganda have never been revoked over two decades when the first Bank was closed in 1993.
The matter came to light on Friday during the probe hearing into the procedure used by the Central Bank to close the banks, which investigation is being conducted by the Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) Among.
Anita Among, the COSASE Vice Chairperson, asked the Bank of Uganda officials to provide evidence of the instruments for the revocation of the licenses of the defunct Banks, but Margaret Kagwa– Legal Counsel Bank of Uganda said there was no need to issue this notice because the Central Bank had taken over management of these banks during receivership period.
Among fired back asking Kagwa why Bank of Uganda would write a letter announcing to the Banks of the licenses but fails to do the same when the licenses elapses asking, "Do you issue a license when a financial institution is beginning to operate, how will I know that my license has been revoked because of failure to fulfil conditions when you don't write to me?
Kagwa maintained that licenses of Financial institution is different from other institutions and once Bank of Uganda takes over the Bank, the license ceases to exist automatically.


Should Southwest Airlines expand operations into new markets?
l) Ticket fares – Low fares were possible due to operational efficiencies which raised the demand for SWA tickets.
m) Customer service – Southwest Spirit created a significant POD in gaining and retaining a large customer base.
n) Wages – They gave highest salaries to employees which ensured commitment from employees towards Southwest goals.
o) Leadership – Kelleher still plays a dominant role in the decision making and a clear succession plan should be established.
Was Polanyi right to argue that "work is a vital human institution and an end in itself, not just a means to aggregate social wealth?" How do labor rights relate to the five goals of development?


Juan Cole has a summary the depressing news from Iraq over the past day or so. A shorter summary: a US soldier opened fire on a car entering the US headquarters in Baghdad. Unfortunately, the passenger in the car was a member of the IGC showing up for a meeting. Insurgents blew up 16 Italian peacekeepers in Nasiriyah.


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Steve Jobs created the most valuable company in the world
August 25, 2011 by Sky
I remember the first time I met Steve Jobs like it was yesterday.
It was 1998, and Steve had returned to Apple the previous year. The first Internet gold rush was under way, and EarthLink was signing up the masses who wanted to get on the Internet for the first time. A long time Apple user, I had worked hard to make EarthLink the best ISP for the Mac, and I guess Steve had noticed, because he asked us to come up to Cupertino and meet with him. Steve walked into the conference room in jeans and flip flops and introduced himself. I told him I was an Apple fan boy since forever and asked him to tell us what his strategy was for the company. Steve got up on the white board and drew out his plan, confidently explaining how he was drastically simplifying Apple, cutting it back to four computers: a desktop and laptop each designed for home and business. And then he proposed to to make EarthLink the default ISP for Apple's new home desktop (the iMac) and eventually all Apple products.
As a result of that meeting, EarthLink became the first ISP presented to a new Mac user as soon as they turned on their computer for the first time. Apple later invested $200 million in EarthLink and one of Steve's most dedicated and insightful lieutenants, Phil Schiller, joined our board.
Today, as he steps down as CEO to battle problems with his health, many people are sharing Steve stories. Here's one from me: It was a hot August evening in 1998, and I was living in a little rented house in Toluca Lake, California. The phone rang, and I picked it up. "Hi Sky, it's Steve Jobs." After quickly getting over how he'd gotten my number, I asked him what was up. It turned out that one of EarthLink's PR team had gotten a little overly excited and briefed a reporter on our new partnership in advance of the press release. Steve had gotten wind and politely asked me to reign them in. I told him I really appreciated the heads up, and I'd do that right away. Steve gave me his home number and told me to call him if I ever needed anything. This was a guy who had at least 10,000 employees at the time.
A lot about being a great manager is knowing how much or how little detail to focus on. Howard Schultz has said, "Everything matters," and Steve Jobs certainly embodies that idea. But to me, it's as simple as, whether the outcome is accomplished directly or through your team, a great manager truly cares about everything. Steve truly cares about every detail of the user experience, far more than anyone I've ever seen, and he has an indomitable combination of being unrelenting and right.
Steve's legacy already spans generations. My 9 year old daughter isn't prone to idolize anyone, let alone me or the founder of a computer company. Last night, she asked me if I knew Steve Jobs, and when I nodded my head, she said, "cooooooool."
August 25, 2011 /Sky


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You Say Tomato: Test Your Mater Smarts
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Chances are good that if you haven't eaten something that contains tomatoes today, you'll make up for it tomorrow. Think you know everything about this tasty treat? Then test your tomato smarts in this quiz.
Where were tomatoes likely first domesticated?
It's generally believed that while wild tomatoes originated in the Andes region of South America, they weren't domesticated until they hit the Central American scene.
What other produce product is closely related to the tomato?
the apple
the pear
Tomatoes are part of the nightshade family, which also encompasses potatoes, eggplant and peppers. There are also several black sheep in the family, including tobacco, belladonna and jimson weed.
Are all tomatoes either red or green?
no, they also come in yellow
no, they come in lots of colors
Even though red might be the color that first leaps to mind when someone mentions tomatoes, they actually come in an array of colors, ranging from red all the way to black with orange, yellow, green, pink, purple and white in between. Some are even multicolored.
Are tomatoes prone to pathogens?
Tomatoes can suffer from a wide range of maladies -- caused by a number of different beetles, fungi and viruses -- such as tobacco mosaic virus, early blight, verticillium wilt and curly top.
only a couple
Are tomatoes technically fruits, vegetables or both?
Technically speaking a tomato is a fruit, but in 1893 the U.S. Supreme Court decided to label it a vegetable so tariffs would apply for taxation purposes. Tomatoes are typically rooted firmly in the vegetable camp in the culinary world as well.
What U.S. state produces the most tomatoes annually?
Florida may have the largest fresh tomato industry, producing about 1.1 billion pounds (498 million kilograms) of fresh tomatoes annually, but California has by far the largest overall crop. In 2008, for example, California tomato processors churned out a whopping 23.6 billion pounds (10.7 billion kilograms) of processed tomatoes. That's almost half of the world's processed tomato production.
How many pounds of produce can a typical California tomato truck haul?
10,000 pounds (4,500 kilograms)
25,000 pounds (11,000 kilograms)
California tomato trucks typically haul a 50,000 pound (23,000 kilogram) load. That averages out to about 300,000 tomatoes depending, of course, on the weight and size of the particular fruits in question.
Have modern tomatoes been genetically modified?
Tomatoes have been both bred and genetically modified to encourage a variety of traits. Because of these alterations, many modern commercial tomato crops are more resistant to pathogens, grow larger and fleshier fruit, ripen simultaneously, drop from the vine more easily and have thicker skins -- a good thing for those tomatoes trapped at the bottom of the tomato truck!
they've been carefully bred for specific traits, but not genetically modified
What antioxidant do tomatoes boast of the most?
Tomatoes have loads of lycopene, one of the antioxidants widely believed to help the body fight the damaging effects of free radicals.
Are tomatoes healthier for you if they're fresh, canned or does it depend on the circumstances?
It definitely depends on the circumstances. Lots of variables affect nutrient levels, among them how early a tomato is picked, whether it's processed, how it's transported and if it's cooked.
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The principal problem holding back Indian economic growth now is the "twin balance sheet" problem described in the Economic Survey, whereby the investment cycle has been stymied since public sector banks are unable to lend due to high NPAs, and large conglomerates are unable to borrow due to high debt on their books.
To solve this policy interventions are required on two fronts- with large conglomerates, and with the public sector banks.
In Part 1- What the Indian economy needs is to help more companies fail!, I described the potential solutions with large conglomerates. We turn our attention now to the policy interventions required with public sector banks.
The NPAs and stressed assets in public sector banks is at over 12% of total assets. With high NPAs, and stressed assets, the banks are constrained from lending; and without such lending large companies will be unable to borrow to invest- leading to lower GDP growth. In fact the public sector banks are in such bad shape that the market cap of 20 public sector banks put together is nearly matched by HDFC Bank alone- despite those banks having 70% of the assets of the entire banking industry!
The simplistic solution would be for the Government to bailout the banks- essentially by infusing equity into them. Then the banks will not be capital constrained any more and can lend. Variations of this include hiving off the stressed assets into a "bad bank" that is passed on to an asset reconstruction company, so that the PSBs do not have them on their books any more and can then start lending.
Two challenges with this approach are i) The stress it would place on the Government's own finances- and the opportunity cost of the use of such funds and ii) The moral hazard it creates which would exacerbate the problem in the future.
Firstly on the Government's own finances: By the FRBM Act, the Government needs to reduce the fiscal deficit to 3.5% of GDP by 2017. It would be unwise to deviate from this path as that would reduce credibility, leading to increasing costs in the bond markets. Also, it is highly unlikely to work anyway- what India suffers from now is not lack of domestic demand (in fact consumer demand has been quite healthy), but inability of the supply side to work due to balance sheet problems; a credible argument for Government spending to drive fiscal stimulus could have been made if the issue is low consumer spending due to stressed consumer balance sheets (like it was in the USA after the financial crisis), but that is not the situation that obtains in India today.
The scale of the requirement for recapitalisation is also huge- the government has already committed Rs. 70,000 crore for recapitalisation, but several agencies, such as Moody's, believe that the amount required would be much higher- upto Rs. 1.45 lakh crores (and could be even higher given that the total impaired assets are closer to Rs. 7 lakh crores). While some of this can be raised by the RBI itself helping bank recapitalisation, there will still be a huge gap to fill.
While evaluating whether recapitalisation led by the government reasonable we should look also at opportunity costs. Money spent on large scale bank recapitalisation is money that is diverted away from other core functions of the government. In fact the Economic Survey itself points out that the highest Return on Investment (RoI) that the government can get from any spending is on maternal and early life health and nutrition. Even at its current stage of economic development, India underperforms on key indicators of maternal and early child health. Hence from a both moral and practical standpoint it would make sense to over-index on government spending in these areas, rather than on bank recapitalisation.
The moral hazard issue is the other to consider. This bank recapitalisation is yet another in a series undertaken periodically- a virtual bailout now will probably lead to the same behavior repeating, and a need for further recapitalisation in a few years. Merely recapitalising banks is a Band-Aid solution, that doesn't address the underlying issue- which is that the political economy of public sector banks is fundamentally flawed. Over 90% of the loans written off over the last 5 years have been of large corporates– and this is no coincidence. Public sector banks are prone to interference from political forces, which in turn could also lead to capture by large, well connected corporations. While the "Indradhanush" reforms, and Bank Board Bureau are welcome reforms, they are still far from addressing the root and branch reform of the way PSBs are governed and managed.
The only way out is a large scale privatisation of banks- essentially a full reversal of the nationalisation undertaken by Indira Gandhi. That would not only infuse equity capital into the banks and help them cleanup their balance sheets without the government ploughing in more money, but it would also address the root cause- and cause a change in the management and governance of PSBs which would help their long term health. Japanese banks, in particular, may be attractive candidates to court as they are awash with funds and large balance sheets with low yield ,and search for high growth opportunities which the Indian market offers.
The Chinese character for "crisis" is composed of two parts- danger and opportunity. The boldness of the Government in reversing the course set by Indira Gandhi will determine which of those two paths the current crisis leads us to.
Akshay Alladi is a participant of the 13th cohort of GCPP, the flagship course in public policy of Takshashila Institution.


I disconnected my Facebook from my Spotify account recently and now I am left with a string of numbers as my public-facing username. This is frustrating because my friends see these numbers instead of my name and I cannot easily be searched.
My acct num is *snip* and I'd prefer if it displayed as "travers" or "seetravers" instead.
Could you login on the website and go to Privacy Settings? Check if you have opted out of Spotify processing your Facebook data. When you opt out there, it keeps your account usable but it will stop using a lot of data, for example your name. You can read here what information exactly.
Log in on your Facebook profile as well and make sure that you have granted Spotify access to your personal information, for example your friends list.
Give it 48 hours and your information should be displayed again. Hope it works!
Let us know if it doesn't or if you have further questions.
Hello @guido, thank you for your reply.
Yes, I opted out of Spotify processing my Facebook data. I disconnected my Facebook and do not want the two accounts associated anymore (I will be deleting my Facebook officially soon). I also turned Spotify off in the list of apps on my Facebook account. I will not be reconnecting my Spotify to my Facebook account.
Now, what are my options for regaining an identity on Spotify without Facebook?
Since you created your account through Facebook, your display name will be the randomly generated string of numbers unless you re-connect to Facebook.
Create a new account with the display name you'd like to have.
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Cancelling my suscription and creating a new one is not an acceptable solution. Specially if one has a Premium Family account. Is there any way we can get this issue surfaced with the appropriate people in the product team? I mean, sending users to cancel their suscriptions is not a good idea.
Furthermore, I was chatting with a customer service agent about this, and she went to great length to try to convince me this was not a bug. Well, I disagree.
I hope many others find this issue and we can convince Spotify that it's worth solving it.


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O Recife Amazonas é um extenso coral de algas calcárias e sistema esponjoso de recife localizado próximo à costa norte do Brasil e da Guiana Francesa. Trata-se de um dos maiores sistema de recifes do mundo, com uma extensão aproximada de quase 1000 quilômetros e uma área de 9.300 km2, com possibilidade de ocupar uma área muito maior, em torno de 56.000 km2.

A publicação de sua descoberta aconteceu em abril de 2016, após um estudo oceanográfico na região realizado em 2012. Evidências de uma grande estrutura próxima à foz do Rio Amazonas já existiam desde meados da década de 1950, mas a primeira hipótese sobre a ocorrência de recifes foi publicada na década de 1970.

O recife está ameaçado por atividades de prospecção de petróleo que serão realizadas por empresas petrolíferas como BHP-Billiton, British Petroleum, Ecopetrol, Petrobras, Queiroz Galvão e Total S.A.

Localização
Devido sua grande extensão, mais de mil quilômetros, o recife margeia o litoral de três estados brasileiros: o Maranhão, o Pará e o Amapá e ainda a Guiana Francesa.

A distância média do litoral é de 120 quilômetros e a profundidade varia de 30 a 120 metros. Sua identificação permitirá a descoberta de novas espécies de seres vivos adaptados a um ambiente com essas características.

Geografia e Ecologia
O recife foi identificado como um recife de coral de esponja. Os cientistas anunciaram que ele cobre uma área de 9.300 km² (3.600 milhas quadradas) de área e mais de 970 km (600 mi) de comprimento, fazendo dele um dos maiores sistemas arrecifes do mundo, comparável ao tamanho da Ilha do Chipre. A área do recife estende-se a 120 km (75 mi) da costa e é estimado por localizar-se entre 30 e até 120 metros abaixo do nível do mar. A existência do recife é incomum, uma vez que recifes de corais não existem próximos à foz de grandes rio como o Amazonas, devido à baixa salinidade e alta acidez e em adição à contínua deposição de sedimentos. Antes da descoberta do recife, acreditava-se que o Amazonas, com sua rica pluma de sedimento representasse uma brecha na distribuição de recifes do Atlântico Ocidental. Mais de 60 espécies de peixes e pelo menos 73 de esponjas foram identificadas habitando as águas próximas ao recife. Espécies de corais descobertas em meados de 1999 foram encontradas na região e supôs-se que elas poderiam ser da região das Caraíbas e que haviam migrado para a foz do Amazonas.

Após filmagens submarinas, estimativa publicada em 2018 expandiu a área do recife para até 55 000 km2, com a base de algas calcárias ocorrendo de 70 m a 220 m de profundidade.

Descoberta
As evidências iniciais da existência de recifes de corais na região datam da década de 1950, quando um navio dos Estados Unidos coletou esponjas do fundo do mar na foz do Amazonas. Mais evidências voltaram a aparecer em 1977, quando um peixe habitante de recifes fora avistado no local e em 1999 quando espécies nativas do Caribe foram encontradas em regiões isoladas na foz do Rio Amazonas. Contudo, até 2012 inexistiu algum grande estudo que citasse a possibilidade de existência de algum recife na região, quando uma equipa internacional de pesquisadores, liderada por Rodrigo Moura da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro além de pesquisadores dos Estados Unidos, da Universidade da Geórgia, conduziram uma busca pela área a bordo do navio RV Atlantis. Suas descobertas e achados foram apresentadas em um artigo publicado na revista científica Science Advances, em abril de 2016.

Características únicas
Os recifes de corais conhecidos até então, são seres que exigem características peculiares e específicas para a sua existência no ambiente. Ocorrem em águas rasas e quentes, com temperaturas que variam entre 24,5 e 28,3 °C, concentração salina entre 3,45 e 3,64%, boa luminosidade e oxigenação.

Em contraste, os Corais da Amazônia estão localizados em uma região onde a água doce - proveniente do rio amazonas - encontra-se com a água salgada do oceano atlântico, alterando significativamente a concentração salina e o pH da água. A luminosidade é baixa, devido a grande quantidade de sedimentos em decomposição, de animais mortos e outros detritos da floresta amazônica que são levados pela correnteza do rio até o mar. Essa baixa luminosidade dificulta a existência de organismos fotossintetizantes, implicando em baixa oxigenação.

Todos os fatores citados inviabilizariam a existência desse sistema, mas no caso desse bioma, houve adaptações que permitiram essa existência. Bactérias que fazem quimiossíntese substituíram organismos fotossintetizantes como fonte primária de energia. As esponjas dessas colônias se alimentam dessas bactérias, e isso permite a existência desse ecossistema com características nunca vistas no mundo até então.

Em coletas exploratórias iniciais, foram encontradas algas vermelhas, verdes e marrons (25, 6 e 4 espécies respectivamente), além de algas calcárias. 61 espécies de esponjas, 73 espécies de peixes recifais, além de cnidários e diversas novas espécies.

Esses corais oferecem também uma importante fonte econômica para comunidades de pescadores que vivem na zona costeira da Amazônia.

Ameaças
A região onde foi encontrado esse ecossistema está ameaçada pela possível exploração de empresas petrolíferas como BHP-Billiton, British Petroleum, Ecopetrol, Petrobras, Queiroz Galvão e Total S.A., que pretendem perfurar regiões próximas a essas estruturas recifais para prospecção de petróleo. Isso acarreta em um acentuado risco de derramamento de óleo, tornando-se uma grave ameaça não só aos corais, um bioma extremamente frágil, mas também a todos os ecossistemas da foz do rio Amazonas, que abrigam inúmeras espécies em risco de extinção, como o peixe-boi-marinho e a ariranha, de acordo com os dados da União Internacional para a Conservação da Natureza (IUCN). O processo de licença ambiental para exploração ainda está em andamento, embora estejam paradas por determinação do Ministério Público Federal.

Preservação e repovoamento ecossistêmico
Outro fator que denota a importância desse recém descoberto bioma, é que devido a sua localização em águas profundas, os cientistas acreditam que os recifes de coral da Amazônia podem estar imunes aos efeitos do aquecimento global, e assim podem ajudar a preservar formas de vida que correm risco de desaparecer. Esse é o caso da grande barreira de corais da Austrália, que corre sério risco de morrer devido aos efeitos do aumento da temperatura do planeta, e consequentemente da água do mar. Os cientistas afirmam que esse coral de águas profundas, por não sofrer influência negativa do aumento da temperatura, possam ser os responsáveis pelo futuro repovoamento dos corais em zonas mais rasas.

Ligações externas

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Here we go again folks; Armstrong's famous footprint on the moon. It is reproduced in books and magazines etc all over the globe. But when we see Armstrong's boots being cleaned for a museum display, we don't see the same tread... Got you NASA!
This example shows how shallow a conspiracy supporter's research really is. The tread is on the boot cover known as an Overshoe (right side of picture below) not on the boot itself. These are slipped over the boots before leaving the Lunar Module. They are designed as an insulator against heat in the soil as well as providing extra traction.
Are you getting the picture now of how shallow these people think? Sad isn't it?


I am convinced that our biggest expense at the end of this project is going to be magazines. We have a ton of ripped up home design magazines now. We buy them, tear through them, and rip out the pages of the things that we like for the contractor.
Like anything, the more you learn about something, the more different your view point on things change. The range in pricing for ranges is insane from the $300 at Sears to the custom kitchen Viking for $8 or $10 thousand dollars. I never thought that I would think about transom windows so much, but when you are thinking about 10 foot ceilings, do you want extra large custom windows or two standard windows?
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Reinventing urban India
Turning our cities into environmentally friendly zones is tough but not impossible if we make the right moves
By Manit Rastogi
A view of Pune, Maharashtra. We need to realize that our urban systems must now become self-sustainable ecosystems. (iStock)
The latest Intergovernmental report by the Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) makes for bleak reading. It reveals that the health of our ecosystems on which we and all other species depend is deteriorating more rapidly than ever. We are eroding the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide. At this point, scientists believe that ecosystems untouched by human intervention no longer exist. Human civilisation and technology have permanently altered our planet and some of the most tangible impacts include imploding population numbers, deforestation, pollution (air, water, soil, industrial), ocean acidification, climate change and invasive alien species.
Today, 55 per cent of the world's population lives in urban areas, a proportion expected to increase to 68 per cent by 2050. Projections show that urbanization, combined with the overall growth of the world's population, could add another 2.5 billion people to urban areas by 2050, with close to 90 per cent of this increase taking place in Asia and Africa. It's further projected that by 2050, India would have added 416 million urban dwellers, China 255 million and Nigeria 189 million, according to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
As the world continues to urbanize, sustainable development depends increasingly on the successful management of urban growth, especially in low-income and lower middle-income countries where the pace of urbanization is projected to be the fastest. Many countries will face challenges in meeting the needs of their growing urban population, including for housing, transportation, energy systems and other infrastructure, integrated with some basic services. What is crucial is that we need to realize that our urban systems must now become self-sustainable ecosystems.
Today, India's per capita consumption is one of the lowest in the world and that is where we have a window of opportunity. In order to combat the growing rate of urbanization, we need to adopt a closed-loop building approach where all that's produced is consumed as opposed to an open-loop system where everything that's produced is discarded. Furthermore, we need to consider the carrying capacity of our land. Currently, India's population is 1.33 billion, if we consider 5 people per family on a land area of 400sq m each, comprising of residential and social infrastructure, the total land required to house them would be approximately 98,000sq km. which amounts to approximately 9 per cent of India's landmass. If we draw energy from clean renewable sources, the amount of land required to house the solar panels would amount to roughly 10,000sq km. or 2.2 per cent of India's wasteland, i.e. 0.1 per cent of India's land mass. Based on the country's annual rainfall, proper storage and utilization of rainwater can result in the availability of 2,000 litres of water per day per person. It's evident that we have land, water and energy resources in abundance. Despite that, Indian cities have the poorest air quality and are facing an acute shortage of water and energy.
This narrows down to how we build. Traditional Indian architecture has always been green as interventions have always been built within a localized/regionalized context. That's been a response to paucity of resources of water and energy; almost all our traditional buildings have been a response to the local climate, materials and resources. Today, though, environmentally sensitive architecture is no longer a choice, or a "layer" that can be applied to the design of a building.
Rather, it must be integral to the process of design, from concept to completion, and to the entire lifecycle of the development. The need of the hour is to use passive design strategies to create conducive microclimates that can result in lowering the energy consumption by 50 per cent and freshwater demand by 30 per cent. This approach for the emergent economy and its built manifestation must be rooted in socio-cultural, financial and environmental sustainability in equal measure -- resulting in exemplars of self-sustainable architecture that is net-zero in water, energy and zero-waste to landfill.
Today, rampant development triggered by population explosion has caused the demise of urban spaces and walking options that allow people to experience a city close-up are diminishing. For instance,, the Delhi nullahs (watercourse) have stemmed from the realization that the city has stopped generating memories. Its network spans 350km (217 miles) with 20,000 branches, across 708 hectares (1,750 acres) of land, leading to tributaries that connect to the Yamuna River.
Currently, the nullahs are unhygienic drains, in a dilapidated state. They smell, breed disease and pollute the Yamuna River. However, a relatively small effort can turn them into a valuable asset for the common citizen and address the distortion between infrastructure, transport and land use that's evolved over time through the city's rapid urban growth.
A key aim of this would be to use these rehabilitated waterways as an alternative transport network and create last-mile linkages along the nullah network. Walking and cycling paths along these nullahs would provide commuters with connectivity to public transport (buses and metro), resulting in significantly improved effectiveness of the existing public transport system whilst enhancing the social and cultural networks of the city. This would also provide an alternative environmental corridor.
Simple strategies like using a system of organic reed beds and aerators to clean the sewage entering the nullahs would help their rejuvenation. Re-establishing a channelled waterway system that is both environmentally friendly and relatively inexpensive offers a solution to many urban connectivity issues. It also has the potential to dramatically improve public health in the city as well as help replenish aquifers and finally alleviate the extreme pollution of the Yamuna River.
Hence, urbanization, environmental sensitivity and a greener world are core issues that need to be addressed today and in the future. As we move towards a turning point in this global crisis, we need to take a step back and re-position this to be the core of our thinking and consciousness. We need to consciously work towards global financial and economic models of development to build a global sustainable economy, steering away from the current limited paradigm of economic growth
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Of interest, as a fun project is the use of Escher's artwork on apparel. Seemingly no matter the item of clothing, be it men's or women's wear, of T-shirts, shirts, trousers, dresses and skirts, they have all be used. However, whether all these are with permissions is unlikely, although there are indeed some that are licensed by the official M. C. Escher company, and indeed, are marketed by them, to this day. Some licensed popular brands are Andazia, of at least of the 1980s and Supreme, of 2017, both detailed below. For the sake of general order, I differentiate between labels and designers, placed in alphabetical order, and then men's and women's wear in general. Note that, by the very nature of the investigation, I make no claims as to this being an all-exhaustive listing. Further, fashion per se is not one of my concerns. However, I have indeed my normal thorough self in its investigation, and likely what is inadvertently omitted would be relatively minor.
Some instances of Escher use I exclude. Many pirated prints of Escher's works are used on sites such as RageOn! (described as the world's largest all-over print online store), Redbubble and CafePress, where the premise is a global online marketplace for print on demand products based on the user-submitted artwork of which then the company software generates a computer rendering, for a whole range of goods (such a clothes). For instance, RageOn! lists no less than 44 possible items! The item is then made available for purchase. These 'homespun' affairs I omit from the listing, only including bona fide manufacturers and designers, although where I consider some 'homespun' item is of interest, loosely defined, for whatever reason, I may make an exception and include. Note that I also exclude what can be described as a 'tribute' works to Escher, in the style but not actually of Escher, such as that by the noted fashion designer the late Alexander McQueen.
Much to be preferred, aesthetically, is apparel of an 'overall' design (such as Van Heusen), rather than an image of an Escher work applied to the fabric (such as Supreme), typically of a square format. By the very nature, an 'overall' design is of a more substantial nature and is vastly more appealing.
Where dates are given, this should be regarded with due caution at times. Typically, the owner of the item is lax on the matter, guessing or giving a date of Escher's work per se, leading to misinterpretation.
Note that at times in the literature, the terms 'Escher dress', 'Escher shirt' etc. are somewhat misleading, and in fact sometimes refer to apparel that has nothing to do with Escher whatsoever! Simply stated, some writers extend the description of Escher's unique geometrical works, believing any geometric design to be described quite fairly as Escher-like! Obviously, this is not so!
Note that as such, establishing the copyright holder of the photos is an invidious task, in that either it is not given, or they are successively 'borrowing' each time that tracking down the original is simply not practical. This being so, I have unashamedly not pursued the photo owner, in contrast to my general policy. If anyone's copyright has been infringed, I would be only too pleased to give due credit or remove if preferred.
Designers/Labels
Andazia
Andazia, of the US, under the auspices of Linda Terrell, marketed a whole range of apparel, of short and long sleeve T-shirts, sweatshirts, mock turtleneck shirts, tank tops and baseball caps all imprinted with reproductions of artwork of various artists, including Escher, who featured prominently, as well as scientists, such as Einstein. These appear to date from the 1980s, although they no longer seem to be in business. Unconnected to apparel, they also produced a range of cups with Escher imagery. The link below gives a good overall view of their range:
https://www.pictaram.org/hashtag/andazia
Boxelder, Inc.
The US company Boxelder, Inc, under the leadership of Jim Stratte, have since 1989 (and continuing to the present day), been marketing ties, in silk (and scarves, too), with a whole host of Escher imagery. Indeed, in the early days, these proved very popular indeed, with 30,000-40,000 a year sold, which coincided with the yuppie period, and featured on the cover of Signals catalogue. Further, they were marketed by the Museum Company, a chain store, opening stores in shopping malls. However since those heady days, neckties have gone out of style, and the museum market has faded; the company closed completely in 2002 and the catalogue business died. Even so, Boxelder still sells a respectable 4,000 Escher ties a year.
Further, of note is that famous people and celebrities have been seen sporting the ties, notably including President Bill Clinton, who is shown pictured and discussed in the famous people/celebrity section below.
http://www.boxelderinc.com/
Dress and trousers by the noted French/USA fashion designer Catherine Malandrino, autumn, 2009 collection, with the prints 'Liberation' and 'Relativity'.
Cotler
Nothing is known as to this company! I have seen the same name used for labels but as a different logo. Whether these are the same company is unclear. Used is 'Swans' tessellation, periodic drawing 96, albeit with a different colouring.
ILGWU (International Ladies Garment Worker Union)
ILGWU or the International Ladies Garment Worker Union has a dress featuring 'Curl-up'. With the label name known, I then investigated this, and found this below:
ILGWU or the International Ladies Garment Worker Union was formed in 1900. In 1935 the union became part of CIO. Tags are notable for their "AFL-CIO" attribution or lack thereof. The AFL and the CIO merged in 1955, therefore any ILGWU labels with AFL-CIO (look closely, as it is often very small) on them are post-55.
In 1974 the labels were changed to a red, white, and blue colour scheme. This was in conjunction with their efforts to urge Americans to not buy imported goods: Buy American: The Job You Save May Be Your Own. The ILGWU remained active up until 1995, when they merged with another union, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, to form UNITE.
As can be seen, the label here is of red, white and blue, so this is from 1974 to 1995.
Matthew Williamson (1971- ) of the UK, is seemingly a major name in fashion circles, beginning in 1997 when he launched his début collection, 'Electric Angels', at London Fashion Week. Of particular note among his work is that of the spring/summer 2006 fashion show of September 13 during Olympus Fashion Week at Industria, New York City, US, where he made extensive use of Escher imagery for women, and of which a ten-minute video is shown below. Especially see up to 4.30 for a runway presentation, and again at 8.20, where the girls make an encore. The other links give additional images:
https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2006-ready-to-wear/matthew-williamson/slideshow/collection#1
https://www.therealreal.com/products/women/clothing/tops/matthew-williamson-escher-top
Pierre Pascal/Michel Axel
A seemingly early instance that was a false dawn is that of an Escher shirt with 'Two Birds', periodic drawing 18, with a 'Pierre Pascal' (presumed French) label, at a Netherlands textile museum, Tilburg, described as of the 1950s. However, this attribution is misleading; upon correspondence with them, this was nothing more than an educated guess. Interestingly, the same sheet it is also seen with a different French label, Michel Axel. I see that the company is still in business and is a notable concern, although apparently the shirt is no longer stocked.
'Roland', features an amalgamation of the print 'Day and Night'. However, background details are essentially unknown. All that is stated is '1970s Vintage M.C. Escher Poly-Shirt'.
Supreme, formed in 1994, is well-known in the US for their street-wear collection, and recently, in May 2017, they introduced a line of Escher-wear, with trench coat, long and short sleeve tees, a baseball shirt, hoodie, cap and shorts. This was celebrity endorsed, with Justin Bieber. The link below gives a good overall view of their range:
https://godmeetsfashion.com/2017/05/01/supreme-maurits-cornelis-escher-release-comig-soon/
Tee Jays Sof Tee
Founded in 1976, in Alabama, USA, by Terry Wylie. A variety of Escher's works are used.
Van Heusen describes themselves as the best-selling dress shirt brand in the world. However, I have not been able to find out any more detail on this, for now at least, single instance, of a shirt. Used is 'Metamorphosis III'.
Vera Mont, Paris, c. 1970s
As such, there is little background detail as to this Escher-themed maxi dress from Vera Mont, Paris, of a stylised version of Sky and Water I. I only know of a single instance. My correspondent, Jo, of HoneychildLoves on Etsy, tells that this is of the 1970s from the label, print and style. This being so, obviously a relatively early use of Escher-style imagery, and so more so than others of interest in a historic sense. Latter-day labels are different in style. Further research on the web gives:
In 1961 The Betty Barclay Fashion Group, who own a collective of fashion brands, first developed the Vera Mont collection. The brand concentrates on formal evening, cocktail and bridal fashions.
The brand (under the Betty Barclay Fashion Group) continues to the present day (2018). Betty Barclay Fashion Group is seemingly now a Germany-based company, with numerous branches. Whether there was ever an actual person named Vera Mont is unclear, and what, if any, connection there is to France is likewise as well. As ever, does anyone know more on this?
Water Witch
As such, the first instance of use appears to date back to the late 1960s, with a company known as 'Water Witch' in Maine, USA, who marketed Batik fabric with Escher's 'Sky and Water I' birds and fish. However, there is seemingly next to nothing known in this instance or the company itself. Although they are listed in the US 'Maine Business Directory', this is seemingly more of a legacy detail, rather than anything else. Upon alerting Jeffrey Price, my US-based Escher research collaborator to this, he phoned the number given, but this was not operational. Likely they have been out of business for a considerable while. Previously, in 2012, Escher in het Paleis museum put out a plea for details on the company, and of which it appears that this went unanswered. Does anyone know of this? Any detail, no matter how small or thought insignificant, would be of interest.
Celebrity/Famous People Interest
Of interest is the 'endorsement' of Escher by celebrities and famous people, with just three known instances, most notably of President Bill Clinton, and also the actor Lindsay Lohan and singer/songwriter Justin Bieber.
Undoubtedly, the most illustrious person is President Bill Clinton, wearing an Escher tie by Boxelder, Inc., (also see the company discussion above) although it is not known as to his extent of interest in Escher, although he must presumably be aware of him. The tie he is sporting is of Escher's 'Swan' periodic drawing, No. 96. The background to this is that he was going to wear it his second inauguration, in 1997. However, at the last minute, in the holding room, he changed his mind, considering it 'a little busy', and opted for a more sombre choice instead. This is the earliest known celebrity/famous people endorsement. Other celebrity/famous tie people possibly include multi-billionaire Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., an American multinational conglomerate holding company and Paul Shaffer from late night talk show host David Letterman, although details are sketchy, with no pictures are available.
Lindsay Lohan can be seen sporting an Escher-themed dress, 'Day and Night', whilst shopping in Malibu, California, of 2006. The background to this is unknown. I tweeted her asking for details, but she didn't respond. Interestingly, the choice of wear may be no accident. It is possible she has a mathematical interest, as Wikipedia states '… she did well in science and mathematics, until grade 11….'. She may have her troubles, but a lack of taste is certainly not one!
Justin Bieber is pictured with a Supreme item, of 2017, of which again, the background to this is unknown.
Does anyone know of others?
Mathematicians/Scientist Interest
Of interest is the 'endorsement' of Escher by mathematicians/scientists, with again two just known instances, John Horton Conway and Douglas Hofstadter. Does anyone know of others?
John Horton Conway, FRS (born 26 December, 1937) is an English mathematician active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He has also contributed to many branches of recreational mathematics, notably the invention of the cellular automaton called the Game of Life. Conway is currently Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Princeton University in New Jersey.
Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is an American professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on the sense of self in relation to the external world, consciousness, analogy-making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. Hofstadter's book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, first published in 1979, won both the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction and a National Book Award (at that time called The American Book Award) for Science.
Miscellaneous, not labelled
The blue dress (9) with 'Liberation' variation was displayed at the Escher in het Paleis museum. However, whom this was by is not known.
Although not strictly of an actual Escher image, included here is an example of knitwear (11), of which by the very means of production, this is more of a tribute nature. However, the better ones are indeed of sufficient verisimilitude to an actual image of Escher that I have deemed to include. The knitwear is said to be of 'Campus Casuals', of California, US, seemingly of a major concern, with apparel of the 1960s, and continuing, although whether this garment is indeed of that earliest time I doubt. Whether they are still in business is unclear. Does anyone know more of the company? Further examples of knitwear can be seen on the Ravelry site, link below.
As can be seen, there is a wide variety of Escher's works used, with no one tessellation or print dominating. However, some are more prominent than others, such as 'Day and Night', 'Metamorphosis III' and 'Liberation'.
Links/References:
ILGWU in detail: https://vintagefashionguild.org/label-resource/ilgwu
Escher-related merchandise at RageOn!: https://www.rageon.com/a/search?q=escher
Escher-related merchandise at Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/escher
Merchandise at the official M. C. Escher site: http://store.mcescher.com/t-shirts
Merchandise at the official M. C. Escher site: http://store.mcescher.com/ties
Tee Jays (no Escher images): https://www.teejays.dk/en/collection-2017/t-shirts/t-shirts.htm
Escher shirt at Tilburg, Netherlands textile museum: http://www.textielmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/08285
Knitwear: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/search#sort=best&query=escher
New Details Sought
As ever, I am open to correspondence on this. Although in the individual entries I raise some open questions, I reiterate the more important requests here:
1. Does anyone know of Water Witch? And were they indeed the first?
2. Do you have a suitable example for inclusion?
3. Does anyone know of more mathematicians/scientists and celebrities endorsing Escher?
4. Generally, I would like to know more background detail as to the labels and designers, especially where the details given are sparse. Related to this is I would like to know is why the designer or label chose an Escher artwork. I have not been able to establish a single instance!
5. Or indeed, have anything to add in a general sense.
Jeffrey Price for details on Water Witch.
Jim Stratte, of Boxelder, Inc., on company background and on President Bill Clinton.
Jo, of HoneychildLoves, for background details on Vera Mont
Created on 19-20 October 2017. Boxelder Inc., ties, Bill Clinton added 30 January 2018. Vera Mont, Paris added 30 May 2018


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The 1975 Davis Cup was the 64th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 55 teams would enter the competition, 32 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Americas Zone, and 11 in the Eastern Zone. Kenya made its first appearance in the tournament.

Chile defeated South Africa in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, Australia defeated New Zealand in the Eastern Zone final, and Sweden and Czechoslovakia were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating Spain and France respectively.

In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Czechoslovakia defeated Australia and Sweden defeated Chile in the semifinals. Sweden then defeated Czechoslovakia in the final to win their first title and become the sixth nation to win the Davis Cup. The final was held at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden on 19–21 December.

Americas Zone

North & Central America Zone

Preliminary rounds

Main Draw

South America Zone

Preliminary rounds

Main Draw

Americas Inter-Zonal Final
Chile vs. South Africa

Eastern Zone

Final
New Zealand vs. Australia

Europe Zone

Zone A

Pre-qualifying round

Preliminary rounds

Main Draw

Final
Spain vs. Sweden

Zone B

Pre-qualifying round

Preliminary rounds

Main Draw

Final
Czechoslovakia vs. France

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

Semifinals
Sweden vs. Chile

Czechoslovakia vs. Australia

Final
Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia

Controversy
The Inter-Zonal Zone semifinal between Sweden and Chile was played on 19–21 September in Båstad, Sweden, two years after Augusto Pinochet's military coup in Chile. Many people in Sweden wanted the match to be cancelled, in protest of the junta's violations of human rights, however others wanted sport and politics to remain separated.

Chilekommittén mobilised protests against the match. The call for the manifestation was issued on July 30, 1975. The slogan of the protests was Stoppa matchen! ('Stop the match'). About 7,000 people took part in the protest. Hundreds of balloons, with names of political prisoners were released in the vicinity of the match venue, guarded by a police force of 1,300. Through Chilean sports commentators on site, news about the protests reached Chile. A special issue of Chilebulletinen was produced for the protests, with 20,000 copies.

The then governing Swedish Social Democratic Party didn't take part in the protests on September 20. A protest march was instead organized in Båstad by the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League on September 18, ending at the town square, where former prime minister Tage Erlander and Sweden's former ambassador to Chile Harald Edelstam (who personally helped rescue over 1,200 political prisoners in Chile after the 1973 coup) addressed a crowd of some 3,000.

Olof Palme's government tried to stop the match, but on September 12 negotiations ended with a decision to play. During the game on September 20, which was guarded by 1,300 police, over 7,000 demonstrators gathered peacefully on the square. The match was played behind closed doors with no spectators present.

See also
 1975 Nations Cup

References

External links
Davis Cup Official Website
Davis Cup at SVT's open archive (including the 1975 tournament)

Davis Cups by year
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Just because you're tying the knot in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, doesn't mean your day can't have a lush, garden feel, and Bonny + Shane's DIY wedding at Events on Jackson – a brand new hidden-gem-of-a-venue – is about to show you exactly how it can be done. Blooms + greenery bought wholesale ahead of time were put together by friends and family and, in the end, it looked as if the venue's brick walls were practically dripping in eucalyptus + garden roses! But the main focus of the day for this sweet duo was enjoying their moment with their nearest + dearest.
Bonny says, The thing that inspired us most about our wedding was the idea of togetherness. That all of our closest friends and family could join us in celebrating something so pure and special. Although it wasn't easy embracing the spotlight, we found ourselves sticking together throughout the whole night and trying to hold each moment as long as we could.
Big thanks to Luke and Mallory for the gorgeous photos + congrats to Bonny + Shane on a truly beautiful day!
Bonnie wore a gorge dress by Truvelle (from Bella Lily Bridal) and her bridesmaids wore modern, white sheath dresses from…get ready for it…Forever21!
Our most memorable moment of our wedding day was having to hide from each other all day (we got ready at our venue)! When we finally got to see each other for the very first time we both had tears in our eyes (first time in 5 years I had seen my "now" husband cry). It was so surreal! Also, sharing our written vows with each other for the first time truly makes it so personal and gets the guests laughing. The whole day was truly the most memorable day of our lives, I still get butterflies and tears thinking about it.
The next day, Bonny + Shane headed out to the Superstition Mountains with Luke and Mallory for a day after shoot! Mallory says, We hiked in gentle rain for a moment before enjoying a magical Arizona sunset as we captured some endearing moments with the happy couple to encapsulate their love that began in the desert.
Bonny: I think the best advice we could give to other couples is to stay true to the vision you have. Even if it's the little details you have always wanted (bride always wanted confetti, best choice ever). Don't give up- there are so many loved ones, friends, co-workers and neighbors who want to help, let them- they will be such a great help. Take a deep breath, the day that you worked so hard on is finally here- stay close to each other, its easy to get separated the whole night trying to talk to everyone and take pictures,etc. Don't forget to invest in an amazing wedding photographer and videographer- I promise you won't regret it. Take your shoes off and dance the night away, you'll look so cute on film.
Shane: Don't break your toe on the wedding morning, happens to the best of us (ME) haha.
I am obsessed with this wedding! Everything about it. The ivory bridesmaid dresses with those green flower crowns are just stunning. Perfect wedding!!
Beautiful! Love the photos so much!
Do you mention who designed the invitations or did I just miss it?
Sooo lovely! I love the dessert backdrop! Such a gorgeous wedding!
Oh my gosh! Those bridesmaids are so cute! And that venue? So beautiful!
I love how the urban venue and garden accents were brought together. They looked absolutely lovely and the wedding party seemed as if they were having the time of their lives.
Wow! Stunning wedding images. We love the pops of forest green against the dry Arizona desert red. Beautiful contrast!