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Mexico jobs among lowest wages in Latin America
Business and Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico — A new government study details the country's employment struggles for Mexico's millennial group, which makes up more than half of the population and who work for some of the lowest wages in Latin America.
Reports show that of all new jobs created in the country, Mexico is one with the lowest wages among the Organización de Cooperación and Desarrollo Económicos (OECD) Latin American countries. The so-called millennials, young people between the ages of 20 and 35, now make up just over half of the Mexican population of working class, and are caught in the middle of a gray area where the educated cannot find work with livable salaries.
Told they would secure their future with a good job if they studied, graduated students are arriving in the labor market only to come up against a scarce supply of jobs for professionals. Jobs that are available, are all too often underpaid and unstable.
A survey from El Instituto Nacional de Estadística and Geografía (INEGI) shows that of the total unemployed population in Mexico, which totals more than 1.8 million, 51 percent of them, about 948 thousand, are young millennials.
Moreover, of the millennials that are employed, almost half of them are employed in the informal sector. That is, they do not have legal benefits such as social security, holiday pay, bonuses or other benefits.
According to INEGI, of the total millennials working, 11.1 percent do not exceed 2,400 pesos per month, while 29.4 percent are paid between 2,401 and 4,802 pesos. Their survey shows that 23.8 percent of millennials are earning between 4,803 pesos and 7,203 peso per month.
A further 13 percent of these young people earn up to 12,000 pesos, while only 4.4 percent of working young people are fortunate enough to earn salaries more than 12,000 peso per month. The remaining 18.3 percent said they did not receive income or did not specify if they had any.
Perhaps one of the greatest myths around millennials is that wages are not an important part of their job expectations. That experience is more valuable and that gaining new skills moves them more to stay in a job, however the Bank of Mexico sowed serious doubts.
The institution recently conducted an analysis of millennials' behavior in the economy based on surveys of business managers at a national level. One of their first findings is that these young people do care about their salary. A lot.
In fact, it is a more relevant element than for the previous generation, the 'X' generation, which includes people between 35 and 51 years of age.
"Most of the sources consulted in all regions coincide in pointing out that for both generations, the interest to obtain greater economic benefits is the main factor that causes employees to leave one job for another," said the Central Bank.
Nearly 70 percent of company managers surveyed say that higher salaries are the main cause of millennial employee loss.
According to a recent study by HSBC, 94 percent of young Mexicans plan to buy a home in the next 5 years, however, the main barrier is that 66 percent can not afford a down payment due to the country's scare jobs and low wages.
INEGI's study also revealed that 66 percent of the millennials that are unemployed have secondary and higher education, and half of those who are underemployed, those who can work longer but do not get the extra hours, are also young people between 20 and 34 years.
Banxico's study also showed that these millennials are a generation more academically prepared than the predecessor generation 'X'. About 49.2 percent of milliennials nationwide have at least a high school education, compared to only 37.5 percent of members of the 'X' generation.
The bank survey shows that those who are educated and lose their jobs, usually take longer to find another job of equal or better salary and benefits.
On the flip side, human resources specialist Manpower says that in 2016, four out of 10 companies in Mexico found that young people were not ready to face the professional challenges their companies offered due mostly to lack of work experience.
Other companies reported that they simply did not find what they were looking for in the way of technical or professional skills due to lack of candidates.
"It's a serious matter that companies do not find what they are looking for from the thousands of young people out there looking for an opportunity," said Manuel Toledo, a specialist at Andersen Tax & Legal.
"Something happens in vocational training, in what the universities teach, in the information that young people have in order to make career decisions," Toledo explained.
According to the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO), in Mexico there is no data for young people to make informed decisions about their educational future. In addition, the offer of cheap higher education programs has been stimulated in universities of dubious reputation that do not match the needs of the labor market.
Millennials are also loaded with another heavy financial burden. This is the generation that will have to pay for the pensions of their parents and grandparents, some of which are among the most generous in the country's history.
"The millennial generation is being asked to take care of the pensions of a previous generation, whose benefits they will not see, and at the same time they are asked to save for their own retirement with very low wages," Warns Villarreal of Centro de Investigación Económica and Presupuestaria (CIEP).
CIEP projections show that the so-called Generation Z, which follows millennials, will not suffer from such a complex fiscal environment, as the latter will have already covered most of the burden.
From any perspective, adds Villarreal, a good part of the millennials seems destined to cope with a complex environment in its integration to the economy and at the same time, it is expected to revolutionize workplaces, consumption trends, the way we organize politically. The millennials, it seems, will leave a deep imprint.


Finishing up a particularly rough semester. Spending the last few days finishing up student publication editing as well as grading portfolios. Still have a few more hours of math and grade finalizing. Always amazed at just how much work we complete at my community college in writing and lit courses. Ready for a trip to NYC and the Latino Book Awards as well as more time as a student in Sergio Troncoso's workshop at the Yale Writers Conference.


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SM Ong: published/unpublished/uncut
So you think you can be a Singapore citizen
Dear would-be Singapore citizen,
Thank you for applying to be a Singapore citizen despite Seth Rogen describing Singapore as a "very frightening" place. You are indeed the bravest of souls.
Your timing couldn't be better because the TV and Radio Licensing Fee was just abolished and people have stopped saying "boomz" as a joke.
But before you get your pink Identity Card, you're now required to complete an orientation programme called the Singapore Citizenship Journey, which includes visits to the National Museum of Singapore, the Urban Redevelopment Authority's City Gallery and Singapore Parliament House.
Wait, before you cancel your citizenship application, those places aren't as boring as they sound. Okay, maybe they are, but worst comes to worst, the tour takes only half a day.
Surely, it's worth half of your day just to be able to count Gong Li, Jet Li and Chow Yun Fat's wife as your fellow countrymen.
You will also have to take an online course as part of your "journey". At the end of each section of the course, there will be a online quiz.
Don't worry if you can't answer all the questions correctly because many who are Singaporean by birth can't too.
The following are examples of questions that won't be in the quiz:
1. Singapore is in the Guinness Book of World Records for which pointless record-breaking feat?
A. Most people playing sudoku simultaneously.
B. Most people sitting on one chair.
C. Most couples on a blind date in 12 hours.
D. Longest queue for overpriced bubble tea.
2. Who are the "heartlanders" who should stay out of Holland Village?
A. Anyone who is uncultured with no manners.
B. Anyone in shorts and slippers, and like, weird coloured hair.
C. Vincent Ng, Aaron Aziz and any member of the cast of the cancelled local TV series Heartlanders.
D. Anyone who is not from the Netherlands.
3. What is currently the biggest threat to Singapore's defence?
A. Myopia.
B. Failing your Individual Physical Proficiency Test.
C. Japanese food.
D. Maids.
4. What will be the top issue in the upcoming election?
A. Rising cost of living.
B. You (as in "foreign talent").
C. Netizens too mean to new People's Action Party candidate and foot-stamping hat model Tin Pei Ling.
D. Too many polls asking people what the top issue in the upcoming election will be.
So how did you do?
As a prospective member of the "world's second coolest nationality" (according to CNNGo), you're expected to be geeky enough to find the answers yourself on the Internet.
Congratulations! You're almost a citizen of the 189th (or is it 191st?) largest country in the world by land area.
Just don't forget to take your Oath of Renunciation, Allegiance and Loyalty like that Japanese guy.
- Published in The New Paper, 3 April 2011
Tags: foreign talent, The New Paper
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package org.apache.bookkeeper.test;

import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.AsyncCallback.AddCallback;
import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.BKException;
import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.LedgerHandle;
import org.apache.bookkeeper.proto.BookkeeperInternalCallbacks.GenericCallback;
import com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * Callbacks implemented with SettableFuture, to be used in tests
 */
public class TestCallbacks {

    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestCallbacks.class);

    public static class GenericCallbackFuture<T>
        extends AbstractFuture<T> implements GenericCallback<T> {
        @Override
        public void operationComplete(int rc, T value) {
            if (rc != BKException.Code.OK) {
                setException(BKException.create(rc));
            } else {
                set(value);
            }
        }
    }

    public static class AddCallbackFuture
        extends AbstractFuture<Long> implements AddCallback {

        private final long expectedEntryId;

        public AddCallbackFuture(long entryId) {
            this.expectedEntryId = entryId;
        }

        public long getExpectedEntryId() {
            return expectedEntryId;
        }

        @Override
        public void addComplete(int rc, LedgerHandle lh, long entryId, Object ctx) {
            logger.info("Add entry {} completed : entryId = {}, rc = {}",
                    new Object[] { expectedEntryId, entryId, rc });
            if (rc != BKException.Code.OK) {
                setException(BKException.create(rc));
            } else {
                set(entryId);
            }
        }
    }
}

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New discoveries show that Mars may have once been habitable
By Bryan Dyne
A recent study using data from NASA's Curiosity rover and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences present data showing the presence of nitrates on Mars. This molecule, composed of one nitrogen and three oxygen atoms, may indicate that there was once a nitrogen cycle on ancient Mars, one of the necessary mechanisms on a planet to sustain terrestrial-like life.
The Mars rover Curiosity. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
The research was undertaken with an international team led by Jennifer Stern using Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite. In earlier studies of Martian soils and rocks at Gale crater, nitrogen was detected in both scooped and drilled sediment samples. However, it was not clear whether the nitrogen detected was from the surrounding atmosphere, indicating molecular nitrogen, or from the rocks themselves, indicating nitrates. Using SAM and subtracting out the known sources of nitrogen within the instrument, Stern's team was able to show that there were still up to 1100 parts per million (ppm) of nitrogen remaining, depending on the sample analyzed. From this, Stern's team concluded that the nitrogen originated from the sediments and thus from nitrates.
Whether nitrogen is found in the atmosphere or in other forms plays an important role in biochemistry on Earth. While the majority of terrestrial nitrogen is in the atmosphere, making up 78 percent of the air we breath, it is in the inert form of molecular nitrogen (N2). To incorporate nitrogen into more complex molecules—such as nucleobases, amino acids, DNA, RNA and proteins—it must be in more accessible forms. The nitrate molecule (NO3) is one of the most prevalent and useful molecules seen on Earth for this purpose.
As such, the strong evidence of nitrates in a variety of different rocks and sediments on the Martian surface implies that, at a very early point in the planet's history, there could have been large amounts of biologically useful nitrogen on the Red Planet.
Stern's research complements a report released three weeks ago in Science which provides strong support for the existence of an ocean of liquid water on the surface of Mars during the planet's early life. The ocean is estimated to have held more water than Earth's Arctic Ocean. That is enough water to cover the entire surface of Mars in liquid 137 meters deep. More likely, the ocean covered almost half Mars' northern hemisphere and reached depths greater than 1.6 kilometers.
This is much larger than previous estimates of a primordial Martian ocean, meaning that the planet's surface could have been wetter for much longer than estimated, perhaps 900 million years. Combined with a thicker, warmer atmosphere, volcanism on the surface and the presence of nitrates, this likely led to rich reservoirs containing the diverse chemical elements needed for life.
Artist conception of the primitive ocean the NASA suspects once existed on Mars
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By taking the ratio of H2O and HDO in Mars' atmosphere and comparing it to those values found in water trapped in a 4.5 billion-year-old Martian meteorite, Villanueva's team was able to measure the atmospheric change in the intervening time span and determine how much water escaped to space. The forthcoming MAVEN probe will take similar measurements.
These maps were made over the course of three Martian years, amounting to six years on Earth. Beyond showing that Mars once housed a massive ocean, the research also revealed seasonal changes and local weather patterns across what was previously thought to be a mostly homogenous desert climate.
Mars' polar ice caps were also studied, using the same H2O and HDO ratio, as they are suspected to contain a more direct record of water on Mars from 3.7 billion years ago to the present. The researchers found that Mars once had at least 6.5 times the amount of water currently contained in the ice caps, meaning a volume of water on ancient Mars of at least 20 million cubic kilometers. This is in general agreement with the atmospheric study.
Both the nitrogen amounts and water levels now thought to have existed on ancient Mars lead to the question: Where did this all go? Mars today is a barren world with an atmosphere that is 96 percent carbon dioxide and less than 1 percent as thick as Earth's. There is no liquid water on its surface and one has to dig before finding any indication of biologically useable material.
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Grimwood is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Alfred Grimwood (1905–1986), English cricketer
 Jane Grimwood, British microbiologist
 John Grimwood (1898–1977), English footballer
 Jon Courtenay Grimwood (born 1953), science fiction and fantasy author
 Keith Grimwood, member of the band Trout Fishing in America
 Ken Grimwood (1944–2003), American author
 Liam Grimwood, English archer
 Terry Grimwood, British author of science fiction and horror
 Trevor Grimwood (born 1948), Australian footballer

Fictional characters
 DS Grimwood, a character in the soap opera EastEnders

See also
 Grimwood's longclaw, Congolese bird

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In fact, Clubb suggests you should ask your vendor a number of questions in order to determine what remains to be done after the upgrade.
In fact, hedge fund returns appear to be in a long-term downward trend.
In fact, as of Autumn 2002, they are all proprietary forms solutions that happen to be based on XML.
In fact, according to the charity Weight Concern, we are now that fattest country in Europe.
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122) In fact, both the then-director of the FBI and the regional counsel of the INS, testified to Congress that the sole basis of the government's efforts to deport the LA-8 was their political affiliations.


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using HearthStone.Library;
using HearthStone.Protocol;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using System.Linq;

public class SwapHandPanel : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField]
    private SelectCardPanel opponentSelectPanel;
    [SerializeField]
    private SelectCardPanel selfSelectPanel;
    [SerializeField]
    private Button confirmButton;

    private void Start()
    {
        selfSelectPanel.RenderCards(GameInstance.SelfGamePlayer.HandCardIDs, false);
        opponentSelectPanel.RenderCards(GameInstance.OpponentGamePlayer.HandCardIDs, true);
        GameInstance.SelfGamePlayer.OnHandCardsChanged += OnSelfHandCardsChanged;
        GameInstance.OpponentGamePlayer.OnHandCardsChanged += OnOpponentHandCardsChanged;
        GameInstance.SelfGamePlayer.OnHasChangedHandChanged += OnSelfHandChanged;
        GameInstance.Game.OnRoundCountChanged += OnGameStart;
    }
    private void OnOpponentHandCardsChanged(GamePlayer gamePlayer, int cardRecordID, DataChangeCode changeCode)
    {
        opponentSelectPanel.RenderCards(GameInstance.OpponentGamePlayer.HandCardIDs, true);
    }
    private void OnSelfHandCardsChanged(GamePlayer gamePlayer, int cardRecordID, DataChangeCode changeCode)
    {
        selfSelectPanel.RenderCards(GameInstance.SelfGamePlayer.HandCardIDs, false);
    }
    private void OnSelfHandChanged(GamePlayer gamePlayer)
    {
        confirmButton.gameObject.SetActive(false);
    }
    private void OnGameStart(Game game)
    {
        if(game.RoundCount == 1)
        {
            GameInstance.SelfGamePlayer.OnHandCardsChanged -= OnSelfHandCardsChanged;
            GameInstance.OpponentGamePlayer.OnHandCardsChanged -= OnOpponentHandCardsChanged;
            GameInstance.SelfGamePlayer.OnHasChangedHandChanged -= OnSelfHandChanged;
            GameInstance.Game.OnRoundCountChanged -= OnGameStart;
            gameObject.SetActive(false);
        }
    }

    public void SwapCards()
    {
        PlayerManager.Player.OperationManager.SwapHands(GameInstance.Game.GameID, selfSelectPanel.SelectedCardRecordIDs);
        confirmButton.interactable = false;
    }
}


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Hoeven Announces $2.75 Million Research Award for UND to Test Rare Earth Element Recovery from Coal
WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $2,750,000 to the University of North Dakota's (UND) Institute for Energy Studies (IES). The funds will be used to advance IES' research to recover rare earth elements (REE) from lignite coal and coal-related material, and to try and produce value-added products from the material.
"North Dakota is abundant in many natural resources, and we have been studying our state's lignite coal reserves for rare earth elements," Hoeven said. "The promise and the significance of UND's work to develop a recovery system is why this project was one of four in the nation to be selected today by the DOE for funding, which will enable the project to advance to the second phase of research for the recovery system."


During the week of November 4, 2013, through November 10, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 34 motorists for drunk driving. Eight of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Two were under the age of 21.
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Ripper Street: Occurrence Reports
If you were expecting an exciting, edge-of-your-seat, will-they-won't-they resolution to Dove and Nathaniel and the LemTeam's crimes, then I'm sorry to disappoint you, because you're not getting it. Dove's downfall comes so fast and so easily it's handled in the cold open. Seriously. I kind of…expected better.
Ok, so Mathilda sits down with Nathaniel to record his whole confession, which he readily gives, supported by Susan, who literally holds his hand the whole time.
Meanwhile, Reid, Dove, Drum, and Jackson repair to the dead room one last time, so Jackson can try and gather evidence from little Robin Sumner. Everything he finds is circumstantial, until he notices that Dove's looking a bit peaky. He recalls Mimi, too, having a rash and complaining of a touch of flu and figures they both contracted scarlet fever from Robin. A quick test shows Robin is, in fact, infectious. So, case closed. I'm not kidding, THAT WAS IT.
The powers that be, of course, want to brush all this under the rug. They put out the story that Dove was taken ill and went to live in the country, when, in fact, he's been thrown in a hole in a horrible prison. Both Nathaniel and Susan will hang.
Jackson, of course, is NOT IN FAVOUR of that plan, and he promises Susan he'll bust her out, but she's resigned to her fate and realises this is the way it has to be. She tells him he has to take care of their boy now, and raise him right. They have a tender parting. She and Nathaniel also have a sweet moment of mutual support right before they're both hanged. And yes, Susan is really dead this time. And this basically renders everything that happened last season completely pointless. Thanks, Ripper Street. Though, ok, I guess it did get Nathaniel off the streets, so there was that. Pretty roundabout way of getting there, though.
Jackson collects his son, hops on a steamer, and goes back to America, where he soon dies saving two kids from drowning. What the HELL, show? Seriously, why was that necessary? So, now Conner has no one and nothing aside from what I can only assume are going to be some SERIOUS psychological issues that will undoubtedly haunt him his entire life. That kid never smiles as it is: he's probably going to be a complete emotional cripple.
And what of Reid? Why, he gets his old job back, of course!
Yeah. I guess nobody cares about the numerous crimes that were bandied about in the press quite recently. Nope, that's all magically forgotten and he's reinstated as the head of H Division.
This is all so completely messed up that Matilda (pregnant, by the way) and Drum get the hell out of there as soon as they're married. She's made her peace with her father and all, but they're not interested in being eaten alive by Whitechapel the way Reid has. Drum doesn't even stay in the police force; he decides he's better off as a teacher. They move south, have a daughter, and Reid never visits because, well, talk about an emotional cripple.
He has some connection with a human being: Mimi, who invites him to the opening night of her theatre. Seems that now she's not harbouring fugitives and the infectious children they acquire, she's finally had time to whip that place into shape. It's a hit–sold-out shows to a very fancy crowd. Reid attends in white tie, which almost makes up for the weakness of this episode. He also breaks the news of Jackson's death to her, and she cries. A lot. Poor Mimi, I feel like she deserves happiness, but according to this show, no one gets to be happy. Ever.
In the midst of all this, Abberline has come to Reid to ask him to look into a man who was a suspect in the Ripper case. The guy left the country for a while, but has recently resurfaced with a dead wife. Reid's not interested in re-opening that particular can of worms, especially since this woman, it appears, was poisoned if anything, and that's not the Ripper's MO. But Abberline insists, so Reid goes along with it.
And so we get flashbacks to the days when Reid and Drake (!!) were investigating the Ripper's final known (and most brutal) murder. The loss of Mathilda is still raw, and Reid is barely keeping himself out of a bottle long enough to remain functional. It's up to Drake to take care of him when he can barely take care of himself, and to drag him to inquests and convince him to tell everyone, in graphic detail, what's happened. They also run into Jackson at a pub, and he gives them some lip and attitude, because this is pre-LemTeam. No indication how Jackson actually joined their merry band.
Actually, that's the problem with these flashbacks: they're totally pointless. They don't tell us anything we didn't already know and have known since, oh, season one. We know that Mathilda went missing, and Reid had some serious struggles around that, and he relied on Drake, who was loyal to a fault. We know that Jackson was mouthy and he and Drake didn't always get on. Why are we bothering with this? It's not providing us with anything useful. It's not even tying into Reid's current investigation into this old suspect, because the guy never shows up and is never mentioned in the flashbacks!
That investigation peters out about as fast as the Dove one did. Reid tracks him down to a pub the guy's running, and rules him out as a suspect when he realises he's right-handed. The Ripper was a southpaw, you see. So, back to the drawing board on that case.
It's New Year's Eve, 1899. A new century awaits. Mimi's having a gala performance at the theatre. Reid goes a little early and asks if she wants to get dinner afterwards. For a moment there, I have a flicker of hope. But she turns him down, explaining that she's decided to marry some rich old man she doesn't seem to care for at all, mostly because she's afraid of being alone. And Reid reminds her of her time with Jackson, so that's a no-go.
Reid accepts it, and sits down in the audience. But then one performer comes out and begins singing a song that the last Ripper victim, Mary Jane Kelley, used to sing, and Reid absolutely loses his mind, screaming that this is some kind of horrible trick. The ushers bundle him backstage and beg him to calm down, pointing out that the song is popular, in part because of its prominent position in that particular case. Reid gets hold of himself and leaves.
It's minutes before midnight, and he wanders back, through the snowy, quiet Whitechapel, to the police station. There's no one at the desk–everyone's off partying and getting ready to ring in the new era. You can hear them, dimly, from a nearby room.
Reid goes to his office, sits down at the desk, picks up a folder of occurrence reports for the previous day, and gets to work as everyone else cheers and toasts and rings in the new year.
This is all Reid has left.
Jesus, you guys, that was BLEAK. I mean, it's Ripper Street, so I wasn't expecting fairies and rainbows and for Reid to go skipping off into the sunset with Mathilda and Jackson and Susan and, I don't know, Castello? Goren? But holy shit, that was just… kind of next level. Game of Thrones is more hopeful than this. I understand that it does kind of tie into Reid's mantra that Whitechapel just keeps pulling you back in, but still. It pulls you back in because you let it, Reid. You could go see your daughter and granddaughter, you just choose not to. You don't have to be alone, you choose to be.
And, I don't know, I feel like that's not a great ending for this show. I'm downright disappointed. One of the driving themes has long been that, whatever the differences between the members of the LemTeam, they were ultimately stronger and better together. They would break apart, but they always came back together. They formed a family, this motley crew. They did terrible things to each other, but somehow always circled back around to each other. That's how families (mostly) are. So having Reid reject all connections and just doggedly go on all alone doesn't quite work for me.
I feel like it should have shown him either finally breaking with this place forever, which could have worked with that Ripper investigation he was carrying out. Maybe realising that this case will always hang over him, so long as he remains in Whitechapel, could have been the catalyst he needed to push him out of the area at last. Or he should have begun forming a new team, or, at least, taking on a protege. Something!
Instead we got a squib of an ending to the Dove/Nathaniel case, which has been building for two whole seasons, and a series of pointless flashbacks. Don't get me wrong, it was great to see Drake and even Best (!!) again, but not like that. Killing off Jackson, similarly, felt pointless and overly harsh. I loved this show, I really did. It was beautifully written and wonderfully acted. It had its weak spots, of course, but overall, I loved it. And this is not the way I wanted to see it go. I feel like it deserved better.
But I'm not the one that makes these decisions, so *shrug. On to the next thing.
EditorBee July 26, 2017 crime, London, Ripper Street season 5
6 thoughts on "Ripper Street: Occurrence Reports"
Phatbou says:
It seems as though literally every point being made was lost on you
EditorBee says:
Possibly. It happens. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Elizabeth Reid says:
You call Reid an emotional cripple, but doesn't his daughter say "he will never visit" as in she won't allow it? If she doesn't mean that, why hasn't she taken his granddaughter (age 6 months) to visit him? I didn't understand this scene at all, and frankly the whole distribution of all the characters didn't make sense. Why would Susan surrender just to "help" Nathaniel? Such a well thought through series deserved a better finale. (And where was Miss Castello all this time?)
I believe his daughter's comment meant that he would never leave London long enough to visit, not that she would forbid said visit. And if she hasn't brought the baby to visit him (was that ever explicitly stated? I can't recall now, it's been so long since I saw the episode!) I'd assume it's because travelling from the countryside to London with a baby was kind of a hassle, and she really doesn't want to go back to the East End, which now has so many horrible memories and associations for her.
I agree, though, that the finale was a bit of a letdown. And yeah, where was Castello?
Wow. I just finished the episode and I fully agree with you. That ending did not do the show justice. There were three major themes running through the show: the strength of family, the strength of hope, and the pull of Whitechapel, and I was massively disappointed that they chose the latter to win in the final episode when the other two had equal, if not greater, weight.
Ugh. I am so disappointed right now.
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Shawn Levy, who directed the Night At The Museum movies, Date Night and one of my kids' favorites, Big Fat Liar, is director for TIWILY. He does a nice job of squeezing in numerous characters and plot points with only a handful of each getting shortchanged.
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It's that remarkable time of year again, where the winter holidays run simultaneously with the ballot objection process for local elections. ("Toni Preckwinkle drops challenge to Susana Mendoza's mayoral petitions," Dec. 20). It's that time when objections to candidate petitions are filed, kicking in an absurd statewide tradition of knocking off opponents for elected office.
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President Trump is on record as saying withdrawal from Syria will result in billions of dollars of savings for the U.S. He is also on record as saying we cannot be the police of the Middle East, and that it is time to focus our efforts at rebuilding at home. So, is it time to slash the military budget significantly — say by half — in order to provide much needed health and human services and improvements to domestic infrastructure on our home turf?
Why would there be a need to maintain a bloated international expeditionary force if we are withdrawing from the world stage? It would definitely be a relief to the American people not to be on the hook for $14,000 toilet seats to relieve the military, let alone finance a litany of missiles in storage that serve no purpose other than to make political contributors ultra wealthy. Or, is there a darker side to the president's motives?
Trump's troop withdrawal just words?
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Rick Bynes, Amanda Bynes' dad claims his daughter wasn't drunk and was arrested for DUI inappropriately.
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Warren Buffett Has Wicked Smart New Partners. This Book Shares Their History
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In early 2013, Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway shocked investors by announcing a $23 billion acquisition of H.J. Heinz.
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They have, from literally a $50 million tiny little third-tier brewer in Brazil, in 20 years they built the world's largest brewer. Then they took over Burger King , and then they've just partnered up with Buffett to buy Heinz in a $23 billion deal, last year.
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Now it is early September, school has officially started and despite the amount of time Nassau County has had work out the issues before re-launching the camera system, they have hit another snag and are tossing another series of tickets. This time, it is because the county failed to put up state mandated signs alerting drivers of the speed zone cameras.
Tickets that were issued last week in Massapequa, Syosset, Hempstead, Malverne and Valley Stream school zones will not be processed.
However it seems the issue has been resolved as Mangano has already put up the required signs in all of these areas. There are now 20 school speed zones in Nassau County that are being enforced by camera.
Suffolk County, on the other hand, has not made any noticeable move toward putting up their own school speed zone cameras. They have put off implementing the system until next year, which is later than initially expected.
Following the legislation signed by Cuomo, there are a total of 69 school zones in Suffolk and 56 school zones in Nassau that are legally allowed to put the speed cameras in place.


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Gaffe survival 101
Todd Akin's outrageous claim has the GOP calling for his head. But Biden gets away with egregious miscues all the time. An examination of how the VP does it
byEdward Morrissey
It's been quite the election cycle for one of the most entertaining hobbies in politics: gaffe collecting. Whether you giggle at Mitt Romney's "Amercia" iPhone app or guffaw at Barack Obama's insistence that a Supreme Court decision overturning a law passed by a "strong majority" in Congress would be "an unprecedented, extraordinary step," gaffe-wrangling can bring delight to partisans and non-partisans alike. At times, it's the only entertainment value we can get from the marathon that is our electoral process.
Not all gaffes are created equal, of course. Some are the result of rushed responses to questions, inconsequential spoonerisms, and silly confusion over names and places. Others, however, are less humorous, such as the one recently committed by the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Missouri. Todd Akin opposes abortion in all instances, a distinctly minority but well-established position in conservative circles, and was asked to defend opposing an abortion in the case of a woman who conceived through rape. This should not be an unexpected question for a politician holding this position, but Akin managed to ramble himself into serious trouble in his race to defeat incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill, whose seat had been considered the most endangered in the current Senate.
"It seems to me first of all, from what I understand from doctors — that's really rare," Akin told Charles Jaco of the St. Louis Fox affiliate KTVI. "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."
The more you gaffe, the safer you are.
Unsurprisingly, this remark set off a firestorm of criticism across the political spectrum. Democrats from Barack Obama on down took the opportunity to tie Republicans to Akin's suggestion that claims of rape might be less than legitimate if the victims became pregnant from the assault — which happens in 5 percent of rapes, and according to at least one researcher, has more of a chance of occurring than in consensual sex. Mitt Romney and National Republican Senatorial Committee chair John Cornyn suggested that Akin needed to strongly consider withdrawing from the race. Talk show host Sean Hannity all but told Akin that he would cost Republicans not just the Senate seat in Missouri, but a victory there for the Romney ticket as well. Karl Rove's American Crossroads announced that it would pull all of its Senate-related advertising from Missouri if Akin stayed on the ballot, as did the NRSC later in the day.
Contrast this with the reception given Joe Biden for his similarly unamusing statement in Danville, Va., about what a Romney presidency would mean for Democrats in the state. After first getting confused about what state he was actually in, telling the crowd that they could help Democrats "take North Carolina again," Biden suggested that a Romney presidency would somehow usher in a return to slavery. "Romney wants to let the — he said in the first hundred days he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules, 'unchain Wall Street,'" Biden said, and then shifted to a Southern patois to add, "They're going to put y'all back in chains."
This, too, caused an eruption of outrage … but mainly from Republicans. Obama insisted that his running mate had been "taken out of context," until he finally was told what Biden said, and how. At that point, Obama conceded to Entertainment Tonight that Biden's phrasing was "a distraction," but that he had no problem with the vice president's sentiment. Some media outlets called for Biden and the Obama campaign to apologize — the editorial board of the reliably-liberal Boston Globe was a notable example — but no top Democrats demanded Biden's removal from the ticket.
What can we learn from these two missteps about how a politician can weather a storm of his own making? Three factors come into play:
1. Timing is everything
Republicans reacted quickly to distance themselves from Akin, in part because of the content of the remarks, but also because of a looming ballot deadline. Even though Akin won the nomination in a primary two weeks ago, the state Republican Party could still replace Akin — at least until 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday. The looming deadline marks a point of no return. Had Akin offered his views on the relative legitimacy of rape claims and the ability of women to purge hostile sperm a week later, it would be much more difficult to replace him; in fact, it would take a court order. Under those conditions, would organizations like the NRSC be as willing to cut Akin off and lose Missouri? Possibly, but more than likely they would have found less drastic ways to express their distance and displeasure.
In contrast, despite the speculation that arose after Biden's latest controversial statement, there is no practical way to replace Biden on the Democratic ticket short of a medical emergency. In order to make a change like that, the Obama administration would have had to prepare the political environment for months, easing Biden out at a time when it would not have looked like a desperation move. When Sarah Palin publicly called for Obama to drop Biden, that route was all but taken off the table.
2. Have somewhere to hide
Biden had another advantage over Akin — he could get off the campaign trail to let the anger die down. That's also true for politicians who act as surrogates for other candidates; DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz reportedly got benched when the Obama campaign discovered that her media appearances made her the least-liked surrogate on their roster. Unfortunately, Akin is the GOP candidate in Missouri's Senate race, not a surrogate or a running mate. If he wants to win, he has to run — and that means no hiding.
3. The more you gaffe, the safer you are
That may sound counterintuitive, but consider the lack of attention to Biden gaffes at this stage of his career. The media is so used to Biden gaffes that only the true aficionados even collect them anymore. Had Akin been as well known and the media as inured to his verbal missteps, Akin's comment about "legitimate rape" might not have caused as much outrage.
After being caught plagiarizing British Labour leader Neil Kinnock's speeches in 1987 — right down to adopting Kinnock's family history as his own — Biden has hardly relented in his gaffe production. A few years ago, Biden tried adopting an Indian accent to describe his customer experience at 7-Eleven. Even in this past week, Biden mistook the century in which we live, asking, "[W]here's it written we cannot lead the world in the 20th century in making automobiles?" The Los Angeles Times reported last week that the White House stopped providing transcripts from Biden events two months ago; Politico reported at the same time that Biden's handlers try wheedling the media into editing Biden's statements to cover his gaffes.
Let's hope that doesn't become a trend. Those of us who like our misstep menageries would have to occupy ourselves with other amusements during election cycles — like betting on how long candidates can go without taking questions from the non-entertainment press.
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FGC students to pay N5, 000 for digital classrooms
Students in Federal Government Colleges are to pay the sum of N5,000 each term as charges for digitalised classroom services when the facilities are fully installed and functional.
Project Director of Skool Media, the ICT firm handling the programme, Mr. Moses Imayi, disclosed this in Abuja during an interactive session at a one-day Skool Media Start-up Workshop it organised for FGC principals and ICT teachers in collaboration with Samsung.
Imayi noted that the project covers the 104 unity colleges and implementation had already commenced at the Kings College, Lagos, with the provision of smart boards, projectors and educational tablets.
The Ministry of Education had earlier signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with SKool Media to provide the facilities in all 104 unity colleges as well as build the capacity of teachers on the use of the facilities.
It would be recalled that a compulsory insurance fee imposed on students in the colleges in 2014, drew angry reactions from students and parents before understanding was sought on the matter.
On the issue of the N5,000 ICT fee, which would automatically raise the school fees in the colleges, The Abuja Inquirer gathered that government authorities were interfacing with Parent Teachers Association, PTA, to ensure seamless implementation.
Addressing participants at the workshop, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, expressed government's commitment to develop and deploy ICT in all sectors of the country's economy.
Yemi-Esan noted that the "Skool Media programme" is a public private partnership, PPP, initiated to transform the teaching and learning environment and institute an ICT-driven mode of education delivery in the colleges.
Represented by the Director of Human Resources in the ministry, Mr. Mohammed Bello, the perm sec said the programme involves the provision of digital classrooms, library upgrade, educational tablets and capacity building, among others.
When implemented, notes given by teachers in the class would be projected to a screen while the teacher uses an electronic board to write, thus eliminating the use of chalk and non-electronic boards.


text: 22 Influential women WIPR Influential Women in IP 2019 www.worldipreview.com Janice Bereskin PARTNER, BERESKIN & PARR, CANADA Janice Bereskin is a partner with Bereskin & Parr and a co-leader of the firm's trademarks practice group. Her practice focuses on Canadian and international trademarks. She has in-depth experience in search analysis, filing applications, oppositions and cancellation proceedings. Bereskin manages large trademark portfolios of Canadian and international companies and offers clients strategic advice for protecting and managing their trademarks in Canada and abroad. As an active member of INTA, Bereskin has served on its board of directors and cochaired an INTA Presidential Task Force. In 2015, INTA honoured her with the volunteer service award in the advancement of the association. Currently, Bereskin is a member of the leadership development committee. Nola Bond DIRECTOR, KISCH IP, SOUTH AFRICA Nola Bond is a director and the head of the trademark department at Kisch IP. With more than 26 years of experience in intellectual property, Bond is able to provide the full scope of trademark services to clients from prosecution through to enforcement. She is also experienced in copyright law, domain name disputes, advertising law and portfolio management. She is an attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a qualified trademark practitioner. She is also a member of the South African Institute for Intellectual Property Law and an appointed domain name dispute adjudicator for the .co.za domain. She is a regular INTA attendee and member of PTMG. Virginia Carron PARTNER, FINNEGAN, US For the past two decades Virginia Carron has practised IP law out of Finnegan's Atlanta, Georgia office. She is now the firm's managing partner in Atlanta, where her work focuses on patent and trademark counselling and litigation. In addition to her litigation work, Carron advises clients on IP licensing and related transactions. She has particular expertise in the consumer products industry, having represented food and beverage brands, chemical companies, and cigar manufacturers. She is currently representing Nestlé in multiple inter partes reviews involving patents covering foodstuff packaging. Ana Castañeda PARTNER, HEAD OF PATENT AND TRADEMARK DEPARTMENT, C&L ATTORNEYS, MEXICO Ana Castañeda is an attorney-at-law with a technical background as an electronic engineer and founder of C&L Attorneys. She has experience in all areas of intellectual property law. She specialises in trademarks, such as search opinions, filing, prosecution, and renewal of registrations, in Mexico and Latin America. Castañeda also has experience in patents, including searching, drafting specifications, filing and prosecuting applications, maintaining patent rights after grant, providing opinions, as well as filing applications under international treaties including the PCT. She is a member of INTA, LES, and is the founder of the Mexican Association of Entrepreneurial Women. Karin Cederlund PARTNER, SANDART & PARTNERS, SWEDEN Karin Cederlund specialises in intellectual property and advertising law. She focuses her experience on litigation and the drafting and negotiating of contracts within these areas. For several years, Cederlund has been a member of the board of the Swedish Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and on the board of the Institute of Intellectual Property and Marketing Law at the Stockholm University. Cederlund has been an expert in the Swedish legislative committees on copyright. She achieved her LLM from Stockholm University in 1992 and also has an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics. She is a member of the Swedish Bar Association, INTA, LES, and the Swedish Copyright Association. Dale Cendali PARTNER, KIRKLAND & ELLIS, US Dale Cendali is a partner at Kirkland & Ellis and the head of its copyright, trademark, internet and advertising group. During her 30-year career, she has counselled clients on disputes involving all forms of intellectual property, and has litigated some of the most high-profile cases in the country. Among her litigation experiences, she has argued before the US Supreme Court, procured and defeated multiple injunction requests, and won numerous cases on summary judgment and at trial. Of note, she won the well-publicised 'Lexicon' fair use case for her long-time client J.K. Rowling. She also is an adjunct professor at Harvard Law School, where she teaches copyright and trademark litigation.


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And On Wednesday, February 12, 2014, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted the borough's official Dominican Heritage Celebration to celebrate the beauty of the Dominican culture. Borough President Diaz honored leaders from the Dominican Republic who have contributed to the growth and cultural richness of Bronx.
This year's honorees included State Senator Hon. Adriano Espaillat, local business owner Manuel Lebron, and Supreme Court Justice Hon. Julia Rodriguez.
The Borough President also presented a proclamation to Honorable Luis Lithgow, Consul General of the Dominican Republic of New York. The event was held at the Grand Slam Foundation on East Tremont Avenue and featured typical Dominican food and music.
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Top 10 2005 and 2006 Used Car Luxury Deals
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Take Advantage of Older Luxury Used Cars at Good Prices
2006 Infiniti M
2006 Cadillac STS
2006 Chevrolet Silverado 4dr Crew Cab
This is one of the best combinations of sport and sedan on the used car market, but it's also still a toy. It's the kind of car you absolutely love, but when it comes time to tighten the belt economically, you'll put the S4 up for sale. Photo © Audi
by Keith Griffin
Keith Griffin is a member of the New England Motor Press Association and has been an automotive journalist and new car reviewer for more than a decade.
This is a great time to buy a luxury used car. Stop laughing, it really is. Look back a few years to 2005 and 2006 model years and you will find strong bargains. Let's face it. These luxury used cars, pickups and SUVs are often second or third vehicles; in effect, disposable sources of income for people who are struggling.
With reduced credit availability, people with good credit (or cash) can move up to a luxury used car.
This is one of the best combinations of sport and sedan on the used car market, but it's also still a bit of a toy. In other words, it's the kind of car you absolutely love, but when it comes time to tighten the belt economically, you'll put the Audi S4 up for sale. That's why this is good time to get a good deal on a used 2006 Audi S4. Absolute purists will shudder at this next statement: go for the automatic transmission. This is a car where people will pay a premium for a manual transmission.
The Porsche Boxster is another in the class of toy cars. When the economy starts to take a tumble – and it's choice between mortgage payments and the superfluous sports car in the driveway – you're going to sell the convertible. (The Boxster is just way too small to sleep in.) The 2005 model is going to be the one to consider. It was redesigned then. Power output was increased in 2007, which is going to make those models more attractive to some, but there is no shortage of performance in the '05 Boxster for what most of us are going to do (i.e. drive it at fairly responsible speeds on Interstate highways). Opt for the base model vs. the upgraded S for largely the same reasons.
There are two classes of the Infiniti M: the 35 and the 45. Life is going to be a little zippier with the more powerful M45, but in 99 percent of driving situations, the M35 is going to be a perfectly delightful cruiser (and offer better fuel economy from its V-6 vs. the V8 in the M45). The Infiniti M is a great used car bargain, regardless of economy, because it has just failed to catch on with the buying public in the same numbers as its sibling, the G35. It's tough to fathom why because this is a sedan that beats the competition in most head-to-head tests.
Here's another luxury sedan that has been eclipsed by its smaller sibling, the Cadillac CTS. It's also overshadowed by the STS-V, the souped up model that was introduced in 2006. The STS is a luxury used car bargain because it had a decent run, but its time is going to pass quickly as GM struggles with product development. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the 2006 model, for example, but it is going to seem tired in its look. Plus, folks are going to downsize out of the STS into the CTS when their leases come up. Pick up a 2006 model and lead a life of contentment. If you want to save a few bucks, opt for the V-6 over the V8.
What model year Acura TL you buy is largely up to your pocketbook, but you are not going to be disappointed in any model introduced since the redesign in 2004. Now's a good time to buy a used TL because a new model has been introduced. Frankly, the 2009 TL is as ugly as sin, but it's a great car to drive. Probably the best reason to buy a used TL is for its sound system. It's the equal of luxury sedans costing tens of thousands more. Plus, the TL is just a fun car to drive. It will rarely, if ever, disappoint you.
The Acura MDX was upgraded in 2007, which makes the 2006 a strong luxury used car. It was the last model year of the first generation, which means it was largely pitch perfect by the time the new model was rolled out. Just like its sedan sibling, the TL, there is nothing that is going to disappoint you about the MDX. Stay away from 2001 and 2002 models because of transmission problems. The MDX is an SUV that doesn't flaunt its size or luxury on the outside.
If you need a big, comfortable SUV, and let's face it some of us do, the Ford Expedition is a great used car luxury value. Ford's SUVs really took an unfair slam because of their size. They became the poster boys for excess but what was overlooked was their quality. There is little perceptible ride difference between the Expedition and its cousin, the Navigator. A top-of-the-line Expedition really is a luxury vehicle.
Opulence is going to be out if the recession continues and the Lexus SC430 is really a luxurious two-seat convertible. It has an overabundance of style. Some people have quibbled over the years about its performance, but it's not a sporty convertible. It's a luxo-cruiser with a hardtop that is going to put a smile on your face every time you drive it. Lexus really knows how to build a luxurious car.
Pickups can be luxurious vehicles, but they don't have to flaunt their luxury like the Cadillac Escalade EXT. The Silverado is a good case in point. Frankly, it may not be as refined inside as the Ford F-150, but it has a better reliability rating from Consumer Reports. Plus, it was redesigned for 2008, which makes this past generation model a good deal.
Looking for a big, comfortable SUV that can hold lots of people and their luggage? Plus, it can take you off road, if need be? Then the Sequoia is the right vehicle for you. It has a luxurious interior, maybe not quite as swank as a Lexus, but it's going to keep you happy. It went through a cosmetic upgrade in 2005 before going through a redesign in 2007. So, the 2006 model was the last model year before the change.
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"You have not shown initiative because I never asked you to?"
"Your resume shows you have had numerous jobs and in all of them you were rather invisible."
"He started at the bottom and found it to be his comfort zone."
Jenny's Lemonade and Mortgage Refinancing (with backward 'e's).
"My gut instinct tells me we should move fast on the Gunderson deal. What does yours tell you?"
Caveman turning the wheel into a bar.
"I can't recall a time when I've seen quite so many grassroot initiatives!"
"If you find anything else wrong, just go ahead and fix it."


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A Maryland LGBT Advocacy Org Was So Successful That it Might Shut Down
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To hear Equality Maryland's board tell it, the LGBT advocacy organization was so successful that they advocated themselves out of a job.
Earlier this week, the ink was still drying on the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision on same sex marriage. Amid the celebration, the organization's board released a lengthy statement saying it could shut down.
The board said the organization has struggled with fundraising following wins at the state level on same sex marriage in 2012 and transgender inclusiveness. Executive Director Carrie Evans ended her tenure with the organization on June 5. Now, the board faces a crossroads where they must decide whether to continue in a reduced capacity, or shut down altogether.
"Unless and until we secure adequate revenue to sustain the organization, the important services, oversight and advocacy it has consistently provided to the Maryland LGBT community will cease to be," the statement said.
The decision is expected in the coming weeks.
Stephen Babcock is the editor of Technical.ly Baltimore and an editor-at-large of Baltimore Fishbowl.
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Meet a group of men and women who consider themselves "religiously unaffiliated." Learn why they have rejected or at least have serious doubts about Christianity. Then meet Basil, who was also in that category but now is an Orthodox Christian. This 85-minute documentary film is ideal for watching in a group or with your family. It's sure to result in a meaningful discussion about what it means to be truly human.
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Heya, I'm Melissa! I'm a graphic designer and illustrator based in Sydney. Illustrating is still pretty fresh to me. I only started taking illustration seriously mid-way last year, through a year-long project where I attempted an illustration a day. Growing up, there was always a clear distinction between design and illustration, in that I always gravitated towards the former. I'd froth over typography choices and layout design – never confident in my fine art skills – so it's super interesting to see how illustration plays an integral element in my work now.
Inconsistently consistent, but versatile – I ricochet constantly between styles. I started off illustrating in a flat design aesthetic, which focusses on geometry, line & isometric work. This progressed to playing around with textures, line work, patterns and organic shapes. I value close attention to detail, clean lines and negative space. Colours also play a huge part in my work – I would argue that 90% of my illustration features the colour combination of pink and blue.
I'm most comfortable working digitally, because of the creative freedom it gives. I'd love to experiment more with traditional methods. I spend waaaaay too much time in front of a computer screen.
Colour palette comes first, then subject matter comes after. Most of my work has no emotional significance, in that I focus strongly on aesthetics over meaning. I'd like to change this soon though, by integrating stories and hiding parts of myself in my work.
Colour and still life. I adore the works of ohgigue, Maddy Young and Tallulah Fontaine, because of how powerfully emotional and meaningful their works are (something that my work lacks).
I like the opportunity it gives me to connect and learn off other creative people. I'm never not learning, so it's super interesting to see how differently others approach a problem or utilise their technical skills.
I'm currently undertaking a Bachelor of Design at the UNSW Art & Design.
Working on passion projects and balancing that with industry/client-based work. I'm still at the stage where I'm growing as a designer/illustrator; finessing my technical skills, experimenting with different forms and gaining experience.
Again, hopefully still having opportunities to create! At that point, I'd like to believe my creative process has changed overtime, my technical skills have improved immensely, becoming multi-disciplinary across a range of design-related fields. I'd love to work elsewhere other than Sydney, work as a freelancer, maybe become an Art director… who knows? It would be a dream if I held a job relating to sustainable or transition design, something that is extremely challenging but immensely fulfilling.
Influence others with different artistic styles. Push those who lack the motivation to create. Make people go, "Damn, that looks really good".
My most loved and read book is "1984" by George Orwell. I read it when I was fifteen, and it's stuck with me ever since. I love how (in a very tragic way) the world in that story is colliding with ours, and has been for the past couple of years.
It ranges from R&B to dream wave to lowfi – I like to spend time exploring Soundcloud for artists who remix existing songs.
Reading, collecting enamel pins, listening to podcasts, cinema and photography.
In a different timeline, I might have stuck to studying Psychology and became a Psychologist. In another, a crime tech analyst or a wedding planner.