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A marquee matchup on paper between the top two teams in Class 3A-6 high school volleyball turned into a runaway for Seacrest Country Day as it swept Evangelical Christian in straight sets 25-22, 25-14, 25-23 to take the district championship Thursda
Prep volleyball: Seacrest upsets ECS for 3A-6 title A marquee matchup on paper between the top two teams in Class 3A-6 high school volleyball turned into a runaway for Seacrest Country Day as it swept Evangelical Christian in straight sets 25-22, 25-14, 25-23 to take the district championship Thursda Check out this story on naplesnews.com: http://nplsne.ws/2eWXOcw
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Seacrest Country Day School volleyball players and coaches celebrate beating Evangelical Christian School, 3-0, on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, in the 3A-6 volleyball final at ECS in south Fort Myers.(Photo: Kinfay Moroti/The News-Press)
A marquee matchup on paper between the top two teams in Class 3A-6 high school volleyball turned into a runaway for Seacrest Country Day as it swept Evangelical Christian in straight sets 25-22, 25-14, 25-23 to take the district championship Thursday at ECS.
Evangelical Christian had won district titles in six consecutive seasons, but ran up against a Stingrays team that outperformed the Sentinels from the first set.
"It was a tremendous performance from our girls," Stingrays coach Jan Class said. "The other two matches were so close (during the regular season) and we couldn't pull them out. We came out and made sure we finished the game this time around."
In the first set, the Sentinels struggled to communicate and the Stingrays took full advantage by extending a 10-8 lead to take the set on a kill by sophomore Jordan Corina.
Seacrest continued the momentum into the second set by racing out to an 8-2 lead. The Sentinels closed to 10-5, but seven consecutive points from the Stingrays put the set out of reach. The set was won on a Sentinels return error.
Evangelical Christian came out with more urgency in the third set, and at one point held a 16-12 lead. The Stingrays took eight of the next nine points to lead 20-18. The two sides traded points, but Seacrest clinched the match with an emphatic kill from junior Gem Grimshaw.
Grimshaw tallied eight kills, eight digs and two blocks. Jarene Harberts had 11 kills and 12 digs, and Piper Matsumoto had nine kills, 14 digs and 15 assists for the Stingrays.
"Honestly, tonight was a bit of a shocker," Sentinels coach Theresa Kabel said. "We didn't seem to be in the game all night. Maybe it was a bit of pressure knowing how hard it is to beat a team as talented as Seacrest is for a third time. We can't led this spill over to the next round. We can either lay down or use this as a spark for the postseason."
Lily Tessier dished out 34 assists, and Sam Bebber and Caroline Forster combined for 23 kills for the Sentinels.
Seacrest Country Day will host 3A-5 runner-up Out-of-Door Academy in regional semifinals Wednesday, while Evangelical Christian will travel to 3A-5 champion Sarasota Christian.
In the regular season, the Sentinels (22-5) had dealt with district opponents with the exception of the Stingrays (20-6) with ease, not dropping a single set all season long. Seacrest Country Day took Evangelical Christian the distance in their two meetings in the regular season, but the Sentinels came out of top both times.
The two sides are familiar opponents on their schedules, but Seacrest moved up to 3A this season after seeing a run of three years with a 2A state championship, a Final Four appearance, and a regional final appearance last season that ended in a loss to eventual 2A champion Lake Worth Christian.
"I told our girls, stay humble about this victory because we know we could see them again next week. But we will enjoy this tonight." Class said.
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If you expend the time and effort to build a website, it's only natural you want to have visitors visit your site to see what it is all about. In webmaster lingo, these visitors are referred to as "traffic." Internet marketers and web designers (yes, they can be found in the one package*) use very specific tricks of the trade that will help their sites attract more traffic. What are some of these tricks?
One of their tricks is to make their sites more search engine friendly. For instance, let's say you want folks looking for a good Mexican Restaurant to find your website. For them to find you in Google your website must first practice good SEO, or search engine optimization to give it its full title.
The term SEO may sound complicated but it just means you want to make sure your website is understood by the search engines and they know what your site is about. After all, it would do no good to send someone searching for plumbing supplies to your Mexican Restaurant!
By identifying the right combination of search words you can then optimize your website.
Next, include several posts or pages that include that specific phrase and similar keyword phrases. When Google scans web pages it will be able to recognize these keyword phrases on your website. They give special attention to words and phrases used in titles.
It would be almost impossible for your small restaurant to rank high in Google if you optimized your site for the term "best Mexican Restaurant." Why? Because you would be competing with Mexican Restaurants from all over the country. But when you scale down your target to a specific niche group you eliminate almost all other competition.
A website about the "best Mexican Restaurant on the North side of Chicago" stands a very good chance of ranking #1 in Google for that search phrase — especially when it practices good SEO. It is the search engine optimization that helps Google understand exactly what a website is about.
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A man from Bath is being accused of attempted murder and a host of other charges for apparently trying to shoot and kill a distant relative in Shirley, Maine. While the relationship between the two was distant, some of the charges could have amounted to charges of domestic violence if the facts of the case were only slightly different.
Man Arrested and Accused of Attempted Murder
According to the police and initial reports, a 24-year-old Bath native shot and hit a 29-year-old woman from Shirley.
The two are in-laws.
Police say that the incident happened at the alleged victim's workplace, a local farm and garden store. They say the 24-year-old man planned the attack and that he waited in the horse barn for the woman to enter. Once she came inside, police say he shot her and fled the scene.
He then led police on a car chase that ended in a crash in Albion. He was not hurt in the crash and was taken into custody.
The woman who was shot is recovering with non-life-threatening injuries.
The man is being charged with a host of offenses, including:
Reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon
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Distant Relatives and Domestic Violence
The situation toes the edge of Maine's domestic violence law, which prohibits certain kinds of criminal conduct against "family and household members."
Maine Statute 19-A § 4002(4) outlines what constitutes a "family and household member." While the law covers certain relationships that one would expect to create a domestic violence situation – like spouses, ex-spouses, or parents of the same child – it does not quite stop there.
Importantly for this particular scenario, the statute names "adult household members related by consanguinity or affinity" in the listing of family or household members.
People related by "consanguinity" are blood-relatives. This includes relationships like siblings, including half-siblings, as well as parents and children. It also includes mixtures of sibling relationships and different generations – you're related by consanguinity to your uncle because he's a brother of one of your parents.
People related by "affinity," on the other hand, are those who are related to one another only because of a marriage. They are colloquially referred to as "in-laws" because the phrase is commonly put on the end of these types of relationships. For example:
If your brother marries a woman, she becomes your sister-in-law
If you marry someone, their mother becomes your mother-in-law
While this suggests that the criminal charges in this particular case could be pursued as domestic violence charges, the possibility is likely scuttled by the piece of the law that requires in-laws be "adult household members." Unless the alleged shooter and victim lived in the same house, the charges that have been filed will not be domestic violence allegations.
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The Price Of Plywood Is Absolutely Ridiculous – But It Is Also A Sign Of The Times…
April 20, 2021 April 20, 2021 by Michael Snyder
Would you pay $100 for a sheet of plywood? I know that sounds absolutely crazy, but we are almost there. The price of plywood has been soaring into the stratosphere in recent weeks, and analysts are telling us that it will remain high for the foreseeable future. Memes about plywood have started to pop up all over social media, but this is no joking matter. These extraordinarily high prices are causing a lot of pain in the homebuilding industry, and many Americans have had to postpone construction plans indefinitely. Unfortunately, our national leaders continue to flood the system with even more new money, and that is going to cause even more extreme inflation in the months and years to come.
Prior to the pandemic, any discussions about plywood on social media were likely to be painfully boring, but now everything has changed. Thanks to skyrocketing prices, plywood has suddenly become a very hot topic, and one post on Facebook that circulated quite widely ended up getting national attention…
"Food for thought — 3/4″ Plywood Standard:
March 2020 – $37.98 /sheet
February 2021 – $72.49 /sheet
April 2021 – $95.98 /sheet
That is 252% price increase on one of the most used piece of common lumber for construction."
Not surprisingly, this post got flagged on Facebook for being "misinformation".
But then PolitiFact looked into this, and they confirmed that the price of plywood really has risen to such levels…
Shawn Church, editor of Random Lengths, which publishes price data on the wood products industry, gave us figures for 23/32-inch plywood produced in the Pacific Northwest and the South.
The price in the Northwest for Fir 23/32-inch sheathing for the first week of April was $1,610 per thousand square feet, up 287% from $560 a year earlier.
In the South, the price of that panel was $1,500 per thousand square feet, up 230% from $455 one year ago.
Personally, I could never see myself shelling out $100 for one piece of plywood, because that just seems nuts.
But our world has become a much different place over the past year. The system has been absolutely flooded with new money, and there is no going back to the way that things once were.
Let me give you another example of the sort of extreme inflation that we have been witnessing. According to the Guardian, an old pair of Kanye West's Air Yeezy sneakers that are being auctioned off have been valued at one million dollars…
Kanye West's Air Yeezy sneakers are being auctioned for $1m, making them Sotheby's most expensive shoe listing ever. They are expected to break the record set by a pair of Nike Air Jordan 1s worn by Michael Jordan, which sold for $615,000 last year.
The black, size 12 Nike Air Yeezy 1 prototypes, designed by West and Nike's Mark Smith in 2007, were groundbreaking. Aesthetically they altered the shape and form of sneakers in the decade that followed.
Who in the world would be dumb enough to pay a million dollars for a pair of old sneakers?
That is literally insane.
Speaking of insane, Dogecoin now has a total market value of approximately 50 billion dollars…
Dogecoin, which is pronounced dohj-coin, has already leaped to roughly 39 cents, up more than 8,000% for 2021 so far. That towers over the roughly 11% return for the U.S. stock market, which itself is getting criticism for rising too high. Collectively, dogecoins have a total market value of roughly $50 billion, according to CoinDesk. That puts it on par with Dow Inc. or Kimberly-Clark, which makes Kleenex and Huggies.
Dogecoin doesn't even pretend to be a serious cryptocurrency. It was started as a total joke, and nobody ever thought that it would have any real value.
But thanks to Elon Musk and other proponents, Dogecoin really has gone to the moon.
In the end, I believe that Dogecoin will be the "Pets.com" of this financial bubble, but for the moment Dogecoin investors are loving life.
Of course it won't last, and those that are comparing it to "tulip mania" are right on target…
"This is like a cross between a pyramid scheme and tulip mania," one user on Reddit, named hazardousmeme, said in a discussion about Dogecoin after another user asked if it's a safe investment. "Safe is the absolute last thing that this is."
"Let's hope this goes up!" another Reddit user, Enough-Construction5, wrote after saying they bought $500 worth of Dogecoin. "Better than putting it into a slot machine!"
No, it is exactly like putting it into a slot machine.
Maybe social media hype can drive Dogecoin even higher, but eventually it is going to zero.
So I hope that the guy that is currently holding close to 15 billion dollars worth of Dogecoin is able to sell while he still can…
There is little we can add here that David Einhorn didn't already say yesterday, but it's probably worth noting for those keeping track of where in the bubble we are now, that in the magical world of dogecoin – a cryptocurrency that was specifically created as a joke spoof on the crypto concept and which has been promoted aggressive by such luminaries as Elon Musk – there is now a holder residing at address "DH5yaieqoZN36fDVciNyRueRGvGLR3mr7L" who owns 36,711,935,369.11 dogecoins or whatever the plural is, and whose holdings – which started accumulating back in Febriary 2019 – after the latest surge in dogegoin which has sent the joke crypto up 150% in the past 24 hours and 5x in the past week…
… are worth just under $15 billion.
In the old days, investing was all about fundamentals, and rational investors were often greatly rewarded.
But now the "markets" are all about meme stocks, crypto speculation and following whatever moves the Federal Reserve is making.
We are in the financial bubble to end all financial bubbles, and the eventual implosion of this epic bubble is going to be spectacular.
But in the current environment, Dogecoin investors are laughing all the way to the bank, and a single deli in rural New Jersey can have a value of close to 100 million dollars.
The markets are completely broken, and the current insanity on Wall Street will not last for much longer.
On the other hand, the rampant inflation that we are witnessing is here to stay, and it is going to be a major issue in our society from this point forward.
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Gualala woman found dead after long search & rescue operation (updated 1/2/21)
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UPDATE 1/3/21 — The Gualala woman who went missing last week has been found dead on her own property after a couple day search
The body of Kerry Bonnano, 69 of Gualala, was found by Mendocino County Search and Rescue, according to a social media post from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office. Bonanno's body was located on New Year's Day down a steep ravine on her property in the Gualala area. She was first reported missing on December 30, 2020.
A coroner's investigation has begun, including a toxicology test, to determine casue of death.
Here's the post from MCSO, the original article is included below:
On 01-01-21 Sheriff's Deputies, Mendocino County Search & Rescue volunteers, South Coast Volunteer Fire Department personnel and Redwood Coast Fire Department personnel continued the search for Kerry Ann Bonanno on her property.
Today's search consisted of approximately 34 people and 2 specially trained dogs.
During a search of a steep wooded ravine on the property, searchers located Bonanno who was deceased. A coroner's investigation has been initiated to determine the cause, mode and manner of death which is expected to take several weeks to determine due to BA/Toxicology testing (normal protocol).
The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office would like to thank all the public safety agencies and community members who assisted during the search.
MENDOCINO Co., 12/31/20 — Mendocino County Search and Rescue are searching for Kerry Ann Bonanno, a Gualala woman whose last known location was at her home on Old Stage Road. Bonanno is 69 years old, and 5 feet, six inches tall, weighing 130 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes. Anyone with information about her disappearance should contact the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office at 707-463-4086.
Bonanno reportedly called a friend around 4 p.m. on December 30, and said she was walking into the woods "because she was despondent," according to a press release from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office. Friends and family began a search with assistance from the South Coast Fire Department, and continued with Search and Rescue overnight in the vicinity of the 37000 of Old Stage Road. Search and rescue will continue looking for Bonanno this morning, bringing dogs to the vicinity.
Here's the announcement from MCSO:
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37000 block of Old Stage Road in Gualala, CA
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On 12-30-2020 at about 5:30 PM, Mendocino County Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to a missing person situation in the 37000 block of Old Stage Road in Gualala, California.
Upon arrival Deputies learned several members of the community, family and South Coast Fire Department personnel were searching the area for Kerry Bonanno.
During their investigation, Deputies learned Bonanno had telephoned family/friend and said she was walking away from her home into the woods as she was despondent.
Deputies searched the area during the night but were unable to find Bonanno.
Bonanno is described as being a white female adult, standing 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 130 pounds. Bonanno has blonde hair, blue eyes and it is unknown what clothing Bonanno was wearing when she walked away from her residence.
This investigation is ongoing at this time and anyone with information about Bonanno's current whereabouts is urged to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office by calling 707-463-4086.
The Sheriff's Office will be deploying Mendocino County Search & Rescue resources for a further search during the morning of 12-31-2020 to include a bloodhound tracking dog to aid in the search.
Further updates will be posted via press release and on the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/MendocinoSheriff) as they become available.
Sheriff Matthew C. Kendall would like to thank the Mendocino County Search & Rescue volunteers for their continued support and dedication to life saving missions of this nature.
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Cultural beliefs about what constitutes mental illness and how to respond to it will affect how people from migrant and refugee backgrounds display distress, explain symptoms, seek help and whether or not they will choose to access health services. Mental health and other professionals who try to understand and work with differing cultural views about mental illness will more successfully engage with culturally and linguistically diverse consumers and communities and achieve better mental health outcomes (Kleinman and Benson 2006 as cited in MHiMA 2014). Read more about some of the key issues related to transcultural mental health.


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South Korea's unemployment rate hits 11-year high | Coronavirus pandemic News
The number of people in work slumped at the fastest rate in nearly 21 years as shops, restaurants were slammed by COVID.
South Korea's unemployment rate surged to an 11-year high in December, while the number of people in work plunged at the fastest rate in more than 20 years, as stringent COVID-19 curbs at home intensified pressure on businesses.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate – which takes into account holidays, calendar variations and the weather among other factors – jumped to 4.6 percent in the final month of 2020, up from 4.1 percent in November and the worst since January 2010.
For 2020 as a whole, it stood at 4 percent, the highest since 2001, data from Statistics Korea showed on Wednesday.
The data also showed the number of employed was 26.5 million in December, 628,000 fewer than a year earlier, marking the 10th straight monthly drop and the worst downturn since February 1999.
South Korea's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate [Bloomberg]
"Damages on retail, accommodation and restaurant businesses were the biggest strain for December figures," Statistics Korea official told Reuters news agency.
Breakdowns showed workers at retailers, accommodation facilities and restaurants were the hardest hit last month, as the numbers of new jobs fell 511,000 from a year earlier.
Those at manufacturers also took a big hit with the number of new jobs falling 110,000 year-on-year.
Year-on-year percentage change in South Korean manufacturing jobs [Bloomberg]
South Korea raised its social distancing measures for the metropolitan Seoul area enforcing a ban on gatherings of more than 50 people and shutting most businesses including restaurants by 9 pm, on December 8.
Curtailed hours for most shops and the shutdown of karaoke parlours and other businesses where the spread of disease is more likely to have hurt workers in the service sector, especially during the holiday season.
The daily virus cases surged to a record level in late December, leading to more new restrictions, but that has slowed in recent days, thanks to the nation's aggressive tracing and testing system.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in last week pledged to expand support for those vulnerable to job insecurity, including temporary workers, daily labourers and youth.
Asia's fourth-largest economy is set to shrink in 2020, the first contraction in 22 years, even as the government rolled out about 310 trillion won ($283.28bn) worth of stimulus last year. Preliminary 2020 gross domestic product (GDP) data will be released later this month by the Bank of Korea (BOK).
The worst job losses since the late 1990s' Asian financial crisis could spur more calls for the BOK to put increased emphasis on employment in setting monetary policy. The BOK is expected to hold rates at a record low when it meets on Friday.
The deteriorating labour market also adds pressure on the government and lawmakers to come up with more ways to shore up the economy.
Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki, in a statement, said difficulties in the labour market are likely to persist through February and pledged to do more to combat it.
Moon's administration already plans to give 4.6 trillion won ($4.2bn) in cash handouts to millions of South Koreans before next month's Lunar New Year holiday and front-load fiscal spending in the first half of the year.
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While Byron Buxton is still searching for his identity at the plate, there is one area in which his impact is unquestioned.
"Our defense got better when he came up," fellow Twins outfielder Eddie Rosario said.
Among the Twins' many difficulties over what might be a 100-loss season is their outfield defense. Robbie Grossman has taken poor routes to balls. Max Kepler, in recent weeks, has dived for balls he shouldn't have and watched them roll away. Rosario is tied with Kepler with a team-high eight assists, but his throws have not been as accurate as they were a year ago, when he was second in the major leagues with 16 assists.
Buxton's speed, willingness to sacrifice his body to make plays and strong arm will slow down the graying of Paul Molitor's hair.
"You would think that your outfield would be better with a Byron Buxton in it," the Twins manager said. "You could look up all the defensive metrics. Some things they say he does very well. Some things they say there's room for improvement. As far as natural ability and closing speed and throwing arm, yeah."
Using defensive runs saved — a product of Baseball Info Solutions that determines how effective a defender is compared to an average player — Buxton's impact compared to the other outfielders is clear.
Grossman has dipped to a minus-18 in left field. Rosario is at minus-2 in left and plus-2 in center. Kepler is right at zero, or average.
Buxton is the only one on the plus side, at 6.
While Buxton entered Friday batting just .195 with two home runs and 19 RBI in 64 games, the Twins have seen little evidence of his struggles at the plate affecting his defense.
"For the most part, I just try to separate defense and offense," said Buxton, who was called up Thursday and hit a three-run homer in his first at-bat. "I don't want my offense to carry over into me making an error in the field that could have been prevented, or make an error that is going to make us lose the game or anything like that."
Logan Schafer, who was called up Monday, started in left Friday. But one thing to watch during the final weeks of the regular season is how the trio of Rosario in left, Buxton in center and Kepler in right develops.
Outfield range should not be a problem, as Buxton and Kepler showed in making impressive catches against the White Sox on Friday. Buxton might not take the best route to balls at times, but his elite speed helps him recover. All three throw well, with Kepler and Rosario leading the team in assists and Buxton having an arm that hit 97 miles per hour as a prep pitcher.
"They both take away hits," Buxton said of Rosario and Kepler. "They both throw runners out. I'm comfortable with both of them playing side by side with me. I know they are going to go all out. That makes it easier for me to go out and play my game."
Nothing is a given, but if all three continue to perfect their game, the Twins might have an outfield they can rely on for a few years.
"It kind of gets back to a potential glimpse of how we might shape up with those three guys who are going to get a lot of playing time here down the road," Molitor said. "But there's no locks. You kind of hope guys keep going to the next level. They are far from being established. We have to keep having them find ways to finish here and come back next spring and see how it shakes out."
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After being delayed twice due to bad weather the game was finally played on the 18th of July.
A beautiful evening at West Park, the game started at 7pm due to a mutual understanding and the lighter nights.
The Beavers shut the Pulse down in the fist three innings and then added on runs at a fast rate until the Pulse came back in the last inning played to push 7 runs over the plate, but unfortunately it was too late to get back into the game.
The final score was 30 -7 to the Beeston Beavers. The Pulse are a new team which are not experienced yet, but play with heart and should be challenging soon.


Genetic and metabolic reaction networks of cells are modeled by multidimensional nonlinear ODEs using a purpose oriented software package (MiniCellSim) developed in house. This conventional (forward) analysis of biologically relevant dynamical systems will be complemented by usage of existing and design of novel methods to solve inverse problems. Unknown or inaccurately accessible parameters will be reconstructed from recorded solution curves (Level I) and the qualitative behavior of the dynamical systems will be engineered by means of calculated changes in the external conditions (Level II). Reverse engineering techniques will be applied to experimentally accessible chemical reaction networks containing autocatalytic terms, which lead to typical nonlinear phenomena. The algorithms will be scaled up to the size of small modules of cellular metabolism in order to be ready for applications to real biological problems.


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haterology Apr. 22, 2013
Ann Curry Has the Anne Hathaway Problem
By Kat Stoeffel
One of the most surprising things about the Today show saga in The New York Times Magazine this weekend — after the vivid "professional torture" of poor Ann Curry — is how familiar Curry's co-worker's anonymous complaints sounded. They sounded a lot like us, and our colleagues, and random tweeters trying to rationalize our collective and yet inexplicable distaste for another Ann(e), Hathaway. I've rounded up all the similarities below, not to pile on Hathaway, again, but because cross-referencing their supposedly objectionable qualities might help us understand what triggers the irrational hatred of a woman.
They try hard.
Unlike their professionally likable foils, Katie Couric and Jennifer Lawrence, you can see the sweat on Ann Curry and Anne Hathaway's brows. They obviously care about what people think, and that makes them vulnerable in some way. Reporter Brian Stelter called Curry's ambition "legendary," because she was obviously angling for anchor jobs at NBC Nightly News and Today. Couric "didn't appreciate Curry's eagerness." As for Anne Hathaway, she "really, really wanted" the Fantine part in Les Mis. As writer Neal Gabler told the New York Times, "everything she does seems managed, calculated or rehearsed."
They're dramatic …
Producers told Stelter that Couric found Curry "melodramatic," while one woman told our own Ann Friedman that Hathaway belonged to the class of "really affected drama queens" you can picture "non-ironically yelling 'Acting!'"
… and that makes them suspicious.
Gabler, again in the Times: "Her inauthenticity — or the feeling of her inauthenticity — is now viral." One producer told Stelter that Couric thought Curry was "fake."
They are silly, nice, and non-threatening.
Writing of Hathaway's casting as Catwoman, Esquire complained that there's "this kind of lovable goofiness to her that's more doglike than catlike." Tom Touchet, the former executive producer of Today called Curry a "wacky chick" with a "great heart." I repeat: The former executive producer of Today referred to the talent as a "chick."
They know they're getting screwed over because they're women.
After Hathaway was photographed coming out of a limousine sans underpants, she told a concern-trolling Matt Lauer (of all people) that she felt sorry, not for herself, but that we all must live a society that "commodifies the sexuality of unwilling participants." When execs criticized Curry and Lauer's "chemistry," Curry noted that only one gender ever gets blamed for the lack thereof. She reportedly told friends. "'Chemistry,' in television history, generally means the man does not want to work with the woman. It's an excuse generally used by men in positions of power to say, 'The woman doesn't work.'"
No one actually hates them.
Despite all the haters inside NBC, the post-Curry narrative at Today is that viewers have "fled" because they love Curry and can't forgive Lauer for his perceived role in her demise. Even as NBC executives were pushing her off the show, her defenders pointed to her high Q score and popularity in focus groups, Stelter reports. As Ross Douthat pointed out, the "Hathahater" phenomenon has less to do with her popularity with studios, and more to do with how easy it is for too-cool bloggers to find a dozen people who have tweeted about hating anything and then cry "trend." According to Star, Hathaway is only the ninth most hated person in Hollywood. That's three below Matt Lauer, but his haters don't have a cute name yet.
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Kristen McCauliff received her Ph.D. in rhetoric from the University of Georgia, after graduating with a master's in rhetoric from Wake Forest University. Dr. McCauliff's research interests include: rhetorical criticism and theory, feminism, citizenship and media. Her articles have appeared in a number of journals including Communication Studies, Women & Language, and Rhetoric Society Quarterly. Her co-authored book entitled Listening to Women on the Right: Communication Strategies of Today's Female Republican Politicians was published in 2017 with McFarland Press. She is currently working on a book manuscript about feminist friendship as a model for civic engagement. Dr. McCauliff teaches classes and advises graduate students in the areas of rhetorical theory and criticism and media analysis.
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M.A., Wake Forest University
B.A., Central Michigan University
Rhetorical Criticism and Theory
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COMM 412 Rhetorical Criticism and Theory
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COMM 611 Theories of Rhetoric
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Conner, B,; McCauliff, K.L.; Shue, C.; Stamp, G. (Winter, 2018), Explaining Mansplaining. Women & Language, v. 40 (1).
Friedman, R.; McNabb, N.; McCauliff, K.L. (2017) Listening to Women on the Right: Communication Strategies of Today's Female Republican Politicians. Jefferson, NC, McFarland Press.
McCauliff, K.L. & Denker, K.J. (2016) "Popular Culture, Pedagogy and Dialoguing Difference: Starting Difficult Conversations in the Communication Classroom." Chapter accepted as part of the book series Communication Perspectives on Popular Culture Series.
McCauliff, K.L. (Winter, 2014). The Internet, Capitalism, and Food Activism: Helping Students See the Connection. Teaching Media Quarterly, v. 2 (2). http://www.teachingmedia.org/tmq/.
Gronnvoll, M., & McCauliff, K.L. (September, 2013). Bodies that Shatter: Interrogating Media Representation of Agency in Reports of Female Suicide Bombers. Rhetoric Society Quarterly, v. 43, pp. 335-354.
McCauliff, K.L., (January-March, 2011). Blogging in Baghdad: The Practice of Collective Citizenship on the Blog Baghdad Burning. Communication Studies—Special Issue on Muslim Women and the Media, v. 62, pp. 58-73.
Cisneros, D., McCauliff, K.L., & Beasley, V.B. (2009). The Rhetorical Perspective: Doing, Being, Shaping and Seeing. In An Integrated Approach to Communication Theory and Research (2nd edition). New York, NY: Routledge.
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Port Authority's board of governors has selected Damian Cartwright to serve as VIPA's Acting Executive Director.
David W. Mapp, Sr. retired as the agency's Executive Director on January 31 after 32 years of service at VIPA.
Cartwright, who resides on St. Croix, is a Civil Engineer who has worked with the Port Authority for over four years. He has served as VIPA's Assistant Executive Director and Director of Engineering since 2017. He will act as VIPA's Executive Director until a permanent director is chosen by the board.
The board has also named VIPA's St. Thomas/St. John District Marine Manager, Captain Angelo Raimondi, to serve as the Acting Assistant Executive Director. Raimondi will retain his duties as Marine Manager while assisting the Acting Executive Director with the daily operations of VIPA. He will directly supervise VIPA's employees on St. Thomas and St. John.
Anise I. Hodge was chosen to serve as VIPA's Deputy Executive Director at the board's monthly meeting held yesterday. Hodge joined VIPA's Administration and Finance Department in November 2015 as a Business and Policy Operations Analyst. She was instrumental in the agency's recovery after Category 5 Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017 and coordinated its federal and local insurance and grant programs to fund the ports' restoration projects.
Hodge's position as Deputy ranks her third in command at VIPA. She will act as VIPA's emergency preparedness officer and coordinate all disaster response activities with other government and private agencies.


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God has a unique way to show Himself to each of us. I am still not 100% sure why He chose cancer to reveal more of Himself to me, but despite my resistance it has been an extremely effective method. He began setting this path long before I knew it so that I could travel this road with as much "ease" as possible. Here are a few things He placed in my life over the last few years…improved overall health, my loving husband became self-employed (flexible time), a supportive and loving church family, an amazing supportive work environment and supervisor. There are many other specific details of how God has directed me here. Just know that if you ask and if you really look, you will see Him in the chaos. It is like the flood water rose without warning and pulled me into the rushing water, but it is a smooth ride. Sounds strange huh? Calm in the storm? It's real.
You may say…wow, how is she so peaceful about all this? Let me be honest. I threw a temper tantrum that would rival any toddler when the thought of cancer first entered my world. I demanded that God choose somebody else. I refused to have the "c" word be part of my story. I cried, I screamed, I kicked my feet…you know…I acted like an angry toddler. Slowly but surely, God began to show me that this journey has purpose. I am not sure exactly why I have to do this, but I am sure that God is in it. I am positive that I will come out on the other side stronger and better for having fought this fight. God is faithful to show me the "why" along the way. I pray daily for glimpses of how He is using my experience to change me and those around me.


The UK FSA has issued a food alert to confirm that Tins of Mas-River branded Fried Dace are being recalled by the UK importer Oriental Merchant (Europe) Ltd, because the product is from an unapproved establishment in Malaysia and high levels of histamine have been found in one batch. High levels of histamine can cause scombrotoxic fish poisoning if eaten. The Agency has issued a Food Alert for Action asking all authorities that may have distributors or retailers of this product in their areas to take action. The Food Alert for Action updates the Product Recall Information Notice issued on 19 January 2011, which can be found via the links in the alert.


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Many people and communities helped us on our pizza journey.
We give thanks for each and every one of them.
Southern Utah - Kayenta, Ivins, Santa Clara, St. George, Entrada, Springdale - we love all of you!
Northern Utah - Salt Lake City & Olympus Hills Mall.
Let's start with Vicki & Bryce Frei of Frei's Fruit Market fame.
They helped us get started in Santa Clara and continue to support us any way they can.
Neighborhood dog sitting friends who take care of our dogs while the 2 of us nourish hungry souls.
Friends who anchored our booth when the Kayenta winds came up and nearly blew us away.
Friends who provide a comfy bed, laughter and good times when we travel north to buy our Central Milling Flour.
Kayenta Friends who supported us from the start at our Tuacahn soft opening, our first festival and numerous weekends over the past years.
A Xetava Garden Cafe Friend who buys copious quantities of our pizza for his team during Kayenta festivals.
Kayenta Friends who hosted private events in support of our beginning, the Kayenta Arts Foundation, and Kayenta Volunteers.
The Santa Clara Friends we get to see on a weekly basis.
Our 2 Golden Retrievers who draw names for free pizza winners and help out with golden love and comfort whenever we might need a little boost.
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and further increased innovation capacity and performance.
We greatly improved the innovation ecosystem to keep innovators of all kinds fully motivated.
and the building of major science and technology infrastructure and innovation centers was stepped up.
and extended the policy on raising the proportion of additional tax-deductible R&D costs to cover all enterprises.
We developed policies and measures to support innovation and business startups.
The volume of contracted technology transactions grew by over 30 percent.
Fifth, we intensified reform and opening up and continued to strengthen the momentum of development.
and made new gains in upgrading and restructuring SOEs and in improving their quality and performance.
In addressing difficulties and issues encountered by private enterprises, we used every feasible means to help them overcome problems and concerns.
and launched performance-based budget management reform across the country.
We reformed the financial regulatory system and improved the mechanisms through which interest rates and exchange rates are set by the market.
Steady progress was made in reforms related to agriculture, rural affairs, social programs, and environmental protection.
In o二式大艇pening up, we introduced a series of major moves.
and economic cooperation, trade, and cultural and people-to-people exchanges under the Initiative have gathered momentum.
and cut the time needed for customs clearance by more than half.
and the overall tariff level was reduced from 9.8 to 7 .5 percent.
A number of new integrated pilot zones for cross-border e-commerce were established.
Reform measures proven to work in pilot free trade zones were replicated and applied elsewhere.
and sped up the implementation of a number of major foreign investment projects.
The number of new foreign enterprises grew by nearly 70 percent.
Sixth, we pursued balanced development across rural and urban areas and regions and sped up the formation of a pattern of positive interplay.
grain output was kept above 650 million metric tons.
and close to 14 million people originally from rural areas gained permanent urban residency.
A full range of reforms and innovative measures were introduced to advance development in the western region, revitalize the northeast, energize the central region, and support the eastern region in spearheading development.
Major progress was made in boosting the coo帝王攻略,「Part4」2019政府工作陈述中英文对照注释版,努力奋斗rdinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
Along the Yangtze Economic Belt, efforts to prioritize ecological conservation and boost green development were strengthened.
and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge was opened to traffic.
We expanded support for reforms and development in old revolutionary base areas, areas with large ethnic minority populations, border areas, and poor areas.
and over 6,000 kilometers of expressways and more than 300,000 kilometers of ru阿拉善石斌ral roads were built or improved.
the balance in development between rural and urban areas and between regions has continuously improved.


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Men plead guilty to making threats to kill over failure to supply Canada Goose jackets
Aaron Cunningham (20) and his uncle John Cunningham (38), both from Dublin 15, to be sentenced next year
Two men are to be sentenced next year for threatening to kill a man after he failed to supply them with luxury Canada Goose jackets. Photograph: Reuters
Jessica Magee
Thu Dec 1 2022 - 17:17
Two men are to be sentenced next year for threatening to kill a man after he failed to supply them with luxury Canada Goose jackets for which they had paid deposits.
Aaron Cunningham (20), of Cruise Park Drive, Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15, pleaded guilty to four counts of threatening to kill or cause harm and threatening to damage property on dates between February 1st and 7th, 2021.
His uncle John Cunningham (38), of Drumheath Avenue, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, admitted to five counts of threatening to kill or cause serious harm to the same man on dates between January 7th and February 1st, 2021.
A sentence hearing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday heard that the threats were issued in person and using voicemail recordings, text messages and Snapchat voice messages.
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Garda Conor Newman told Emmet Nolan BL, prosecuting, that the injured party began buying clothes from a website in September 2019 in order to sell to people in his locality in Blanchardstown.
He would obtain stock by collecting deposits to buy the clothes, including high-value Canada Goose jackets, and promoted his business through Snapchat.
He arranged to meet Aaron Cunningham, who gave him €450 by way of deposit for three Canada Goose jackets, in November 2019. The jackets were duly delivered and about a year later Aaron Cunningham contacted the man again looking for more jackets.
Aaron Cunningham invited the injured party to his house in November 2020, where he met John Cunningham, who wanted to order a large amount of clothing as it was coming up to Christmas.
The court heard that the two Cunninghams between them handed over €4,300 in cash to the victim, who ordered further stock from his supplier. However, the clothes did not arrive and the injured party told the Cunninghams they had been delayed due to Covid-19 related issues.
Garda Newman said the exchanges were initially friendly but became more threatening and John Cunningham began to send angry voice mails and texts to the injured party. On January 7th, 2021, John Cunningham sent a message saying, "I'm going to go up to that gaff and burn it down. Get that money or your ma and da is paying for it, ya little black c**t."
The two accused called to the injured party's house initially looking for €7,000, but lowered this to €6,000. The victim's uncle paid €1,700 to John Cunningham. On January 15th, both accused again called to the victim's home and his mother paid them €200. The Cunninghams gave the injured party a further four weeks to pay the bill.
That night, John Cunningham sent a voicemail to the victim saying, "if you don't have €2,000 for me tomorrow I'm going to shoot you in the head".
'Going to be smashed up'
On February 2nd, the injured party got a voice message via Snapchat from Aaron Cunningham saying that "if you don't have that money by tomorrow I will smash your uncle's face, and I'm coming down with people, and see that gaff, it's going to be smashed up".
The victim complained to gardaí who arrested both Cunninghams after tracing one of the phone numbers used to a number printed on the side of John Cunningham's van. Aaron Cunningham made full admissions and told gardaí he had acted out of anger.
The mother of the injured party made a short victim impact statement which was read out in court on her behalf, saying she had not been at peace since the threats were made and she was scared of noises in her house and of her son going out.
Aaron Cunningham has no previous convictions, while John Cunningham has 19, mostly for minor offences including possession of drugs for sale or supply.
John Fitzgerald SC, defending Aaron Cunningham, said his client had sent a letter to the court apologising for his behaviour and expressing regret. He said his client's childhood had been characterised by stress and anxiety after his father was murdered while in bed with him when he was aged three.
Fiona Murphy SC, defending John Cunningham, said her client was a hard-working married man with two children who accepts that his behaviour was appalling.
Judge Pauline Codd adjourned the matter for sentencing to March 3rd next.
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TRU Acquires Majority Stake in Asia
Toys 'R' Us and Li & Fung Retailing have partnered for the Toys 'R' Us business in Southeast Asia and Greater China. Existing Toys 'R' Us licensed operations throughout Asia, which includes more than 100 stores and offices across nine markets, will be
Toys 'R' Us and Li & Fung Retailing have partnered for the Toys 'R' Us business in Southeast Asia and Greater China.
Existing Toys 'R' Us licensed operations throughout Asia, which includes more than 100 stores and offices across nine markets, will become 70 percent owned by Toys 'R' Us and 30 percent owned by Li & Fung Retailing. Toys 'R' Us will control the stores and will have the opportunity to acquire the remaining share of the business in the future.
The deal increases the number of TRU's wholly owned international locations by 17 percent, gaining more than 350 employees. The joint venture will include ownership and oversight of office operations in seven markets, including the regional TRU headquarters in Hong Kong. An existing network of eight distribution centers in Asia will be used to stock Toys 'R' Us stores.
"Li & Fung has been a terrific partner in establishing and growing the Toys 'R' Us brand in Asia, and we are pleased to continue our work with them as we enter this exciting next phase of our business development there," says Jerry Storch, chairman and chief executive officer, Toys 'R' Us. "We believe there is significant growth opportunity for our company in this region, and we look forward to an aggressive expansion of our business in both existing and new Asian markets, including Northern China. International growth remains a key part of our long-term business strategy, and we are proud to celebrate this important milestone for our company."
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Q: iOS use cached image with SDWebImage properly I am using SDWebImage to get pictures.
let's say I have two view controllers A and B. B is the next view of A. they need to show the same image:
[iconIamgeView setImageWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.example.com/icon.jpg"];

I thought SDWebImage would cache http://www.example.com/icon.jpg after this code in A, so B was going to use the cache. Thus there should not be a detectable latency when I used this code to show the same image in B. However, it seems that I was wrong. there was an obvious latency when I wanted to show this image in B.
How can I use the cache properly? thanks!

A: I am sorry that the problem I mentioned in the question was not the real problem.
[iconIamgeView setImageWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.example.com/icon.jpg"];

this code does the cache work well.
the real problem is my code of setting image was not on the main thread, so I could not show the image immediately. I used dispatch_async to solve the problem:
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
    [iconIamgeView setImageWithURL:[NSURLURLWithString:@"http://www.example.com/icon.jpg"];
});

hope this answer may help someone who faces the same issue.

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Banner Health IT rallies to overcome COVID-19 challenges
Deanna Wise, CIO of Banner Health, sees a stronger and more agile team emerging from the coronavirus crisis.
In early February, Deanna Wise, CIO of Banner Health, had just finished building her senior IT leadership team, when COVID-19 suddenly became a reality. "We were focused on normal things like replacing phone systems and data governance, when all of the sudden we needed to stand up an emergency command center," says Wise, who became CIO of the 28-hospital healthcare system in January 2019. "If the pandemic had hit six months earlier, when I did not have my team in place, it would have been chaos for me personally."
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Wise and her team knew that delivering data — from bed counts to personal protective equipment inventory to staffing models — was at the top of the list. The CDC needed information on infected patients. Senior medical leadership had questions about ventilator inventory. Do we have enough oxygen? Which ventilators are out of compliance, but still in our warehouse? Can we get new parts to refurbish them? Can we put two patients on one vent? How do you staff for that?
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As they were digging through and automating volumes of data, Wise and her team were also shifting as much staff as possible to work from home. To aid in that effort, her newly formed team created videos to show people how to unplug and set up their equipment, which Wise also shared with her peer group of CIOs, and expanded the capacity of their virtual private network.
But they also had clinical staff who would remain in the hospital. Here, Banner's IT team really thought out-of-the-box. They turned hospital TVs into video monitors with cameras to monitor who was coming into the rooms and began exploring the use of 3D printing for swabs and masks. They also implemented the vacuum hydrogen peroxide sterilization method for reprocessing masks, at six Banner facilities.
"With so many critical priorities, we communicated and delivered at a level none of us had experienced before in our lives," says Wise. "It's been really incredible."
While Wise acknowledges that the crisis is far from over, she is already able to see some positive changes emerging from it.
Flattening the hierarchy: Before the crisis, IT had been implementing a new ambulatory and acute care telehealth tool, with the target of supporting 350 patients in the first year. The pandemic caused a spike in usage to more than 6,000 people in a three-week period, which created system performance issues. When Wise was on the phone with a vendor CEO, to talk through possible solutions, she dialed in engineers and technical experts who were many layers down in the organization, because they would provide the most relevant information. Together, they were able to solve the performance problem within 24 hours.
"In IT, we get used to saying that my director needs to talk to your director," says Wise. But in a crisis, when you do not have the time to go through two or three organizational layers, you go right to the expert, regardless of level. You don't need 20 people on a call. You just need to get something done."
Wise is optimistic that her post-COVID organization will be less title-conscious. "We have all seen the huge value in flattening the hierarchy," she says. "It allows us to solve problems faster and gives real leadership opportunities to people at all levels."
Modeling multi-level leadership: Sometimes CIOs need to coach and direct, and sometimes they need to dive in with both hands. The ability to work at multiple levels is a skill that Wise has been able to demonstrate through the pandemic. Wise wrote the first scope document for Banner's COVID-19 dashboard initiative herself, while at the same time stepping in to lead the chief medical officer's organization when that executive was tasked to lead the executive committee meetings. "Leaders need to be a player and a coach, especially during these critical times," says Wise.
"I am in way deeper than I have been since joining Banner just over a year ago," says Wise. "My team is seeing me move from leading a crisis call, to writing scope documents, to working long hours right there with them. My team can see that leaders have been able to set vision, create plans, and dive in and execute. Leaders have to work at all levels. Knowing this, our team will be stronger coming out of the crisis."
More agility: Wise and her team had begun to introduce agile development into the organization, but "we still spent way too much time collecting requirements," she says. From the sudden need for better data, to scaling up telehealth in record time, to iterating on technology solutions for mask sterilization and 3D face shield printing, the team now understands that a solution does not have to be perfect before it is deployed. "We still have work to do before we are fully agile," says Wise. "But we are miles ahead of where we were and IT has never been closer to the patient experience."
More on thriving through the coronavirus crisis:
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IT's 10 biggest challenges amid COVID-19
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Symmetric positive definite (SPD) matrices, e.g. covariance matrices, are ubiquitous in machine learning applications. However, because their size grows as n^2 (where n is the number of variables) their high-dimensionality is a crucial point when working with them. Thus, it is often useful to apply to them dimensionality reduction techniques. Principal component analysis (PCA) is a canonical tool for dimensionality reduction, which for vector data reduces the dimension of the input data while maximizing the preserved variance. Yet, the commonly used, naive extensions of PCA to matrices result in sub-optimal variance retention. Moreover, when applied to SPD matrices, they ignore the geometric structure of the space of SPD matrices, further degrading the performance. In this paper we develop a new Riemannian geometry based formulation of PCA for SPD matrices that i) preserves more data variance by appropriately extending PCA to matrix data, and ii) extends the standard definition from the Euclidean to the Riemannian geometries. We experimentally demonstrate the usefulness of our approach as pre-processing for EEG signals.
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The World Cup and its Impact on Host Countries
September 8, 2018 December 24, 2018 by ChristinaLeave a Comment on The World Cup and its Impact on Host Countries
In the run-up to each World Cup, countries seeking to host the tournament often talk about benefits to be gained. For instance, Russia claimed that this year's World Cup will boost its economy by up to $31B over the 10-year period between 2013 and 2023 1. After all, how else do host countries – Qatar (2022) and Canada-U.S.-Mexico (2026) included – justify spending billions of dollars on infrastructure and new stadiums? Since these investments are government-financed (and coming out of taxpayers' pockets), one theory is that it's a politically-charged, self-promotion tactic, designed to boost national pride and rally the people in support of an event that puts the spotlight on the country 2, 4. While analyses done on previous host countries are not exact and vary based on each country's economic state, maturity level (i.e. developed versus emerging markets) and cultural attitude toward soccer, they generally show that there's limited direct financial gain from hosting the World Cup. However, there are other intangible sources of positive impact, such as improved wellbeing of its citizens due to better infrastructure and international perception of the host country. As such, let's take a step back and provide a more comprehensive, impact assessment of the World Cup using the framework below:
Direct Profitability (from / during the World Cup)
Increase in Tourism Revenue (e.g. Hotels, Attractions, Restaurants, Nightlife, etc.)
Increase in Expenses (e.g. stadiums, public transportation, security)
FIFA emerges as the real winner through revenues generated from broadcast rights, sponsorships and ticket sales ($4.8B in 2014 and an expected $6B in 2018) 3. On the other hand, host countries rely on increased employment and consumer spending (during the construction phase) and increased tourism (during the event) – both of which are hard to measure due to opportunity costs and crowding out effects 2.
As an example, Brazil and Russia spent $15B and $11.8B, respectively, on projects for the tournament and in doing so, created hundreds of thousands of jobs 3, 4. However, these jobs are mostly "temporary", with many of the stadiums left unused after the event. Furthermore, it's difficult to assess whether that money would be better spent elsewhere 2. After all, funneling public funds towards the World Cup means reducing other public services, such as training and educational programs, which may have contributed more to the country's GDP 5, 7.
With respect to tourism, the 2014 World Cup in Brazil provided $13.2B in revenues from soccer fans who travelled to the country specifically for the event 6. However, this barely covers the costs that went into preparing for the tournament. Furthermore, it "crowds out" regular visitors who have no interest in the sport and thus, may choose not to come during that time 2, 7. As such, how much "additional" tourism dollars does the tournament really bring?
Long-Term Economic Impact (after the World Cup)
International Perception of the host country
Business Alliances (potentially attract investments from foreign companies)
Hosting the World Cup, allows emerging countries to showcase their greatness and demonstrate that they deserve a seat at the "superpowers" table 8, 12. In addition to political benefits, there's the anticipation of investments from business leaders 13. Research from UC-Berkeley shows that countries hosting the Olympics experience an increase in trade, which in turn translates into increased employment 10. Nevertheless, the same study also shows similar increases for countries who've made losing bids, which calls into question whether the outcome was ever a result of hosting the event or if simply entering the bid (and therefore signaling one's capacity to host) is enough 10.
Overall wellbeing of its citizens due to better infrastructure and improved employment
Feel-good effect
Beyond stadiums, host countries also invest in public infrastructure (i.e. roads and transportation systems) that benefit citizens and lead to productivity in the long-run 9. Unfortunately, this is often overshadowed by pictures of abandoned stadiums built without a sustainable purpose in mind. Which brings up that opportunity cost question again: could the spending have yielded better results elsewhere?
Perhaps one of the most underestimated impacts of the World Cup is its feel-good effect on residents 2, 11. The host population often feel an immense sense of unity and national pride due to the prestige associated with hosting such a large, global event 8. This results in increased topics of conversation during the tournament, as well as improved wellbeing, as stories of triumph can inspire more kids to partake in the sport 5, 11.
Needless to say, there are many quantitative and qualitative factors that go into assessing the impact of the World Cup on host countries. While statistics suggest that there's hardly any immediate economic gain from the tournament, there may be benefits that are either realized after a longer time period or are intangible. After all, for some countries, the "prestige" that comes with hosting the World Cup is priceless. In these situations, a positive perception of the country, along with improved diplomatic relations and national pride, justifies the net loss 8. One area worth exploring further is, based on the framework above, how and why do certain types of host countries benefit more than others? For instance, developed countries like the U.S. (1994) and Germany (2006), have fared better, because with good infrastructure systems and some stadiums already in place, their spending was less than those of others 5, 10. As such, it'd be interesting to find other patterns and factors that impact the success of a host country. Perhaps doing that will help countries make more informed decisions around whether or not they should host.
1 http://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup/story/3471440/russia-predicts-world-cup-will-have-%2431-billion-economic-impact
2 http://pitjournal.unc.edu/article/assessing-long-term-economic-impacts-world-cup-mega-sport-event
3 https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/14/the-business-of-the-world-cup–who-makes-money-and-how-much.html
4 http://www.businessinsider.com/fifa-brazil-world-cup-revenue-2015-3
5 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/world-cup-football-smart-investment-russia-host/
6 https://theurbantwist.com/2017/10/18/brazil-world-cup-affect-brazilian-economy/
7 https://psmag.com/economics/is-there-any-real-economic-benefit-to-hosting-a-world-cup
8 http://etd.cput.ac.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.11838/1628/208127992_visser_sd_mtech_sport_bus_2015.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
9 https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=3609&context=honors_theses
10 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/magazine/does-hosting-the-olympics-actually-pay-off.html
11 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/46526400_Economic_Impacts_of_the_FIFA_Soccer_World_Cups_in_France_1998_Germany_2006_and_Outlook_for_South_Africa_2010
12 https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/01/for-putin-the-world-cup-is-not-about-football-but-global-respect/
13 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/06/what-the-gold-rush-in-chinese-football-teaches-us-about-globalization/
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