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Heartland Institute Reaction to Obama's State of the Union Address
By Jim Lakely, Ronald D. Rotunda (1945 - 2018), Benjamin Domenech, Joy Pullmann, Steve Stanek, Craig Idso, Marc Morano, John Coleman (1934-2018), Tibor R. Machan, Jane M. Orient, M.D., Joseph Bast, Alan Caruba (1938-2015), Robert Genetski, Jack A. Chambless, Barry P. Keating, Eugene Kontorovich, Richard Ebeling, Kurtis B. Reeg, Jonathan Steitz, Marita Noon, Kenneth Haapala, Robert G. Holland
Below you can read the reaction of staff, fellows, and policy advisors at The Heartland Institute to President Obama's State of the Union Address. The comments may be used for attribution.
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"The president displayed a remarkable lack of gravitas in his State of the Union address. For a while, he was crouched over the lectern leaning on his elbows, like a college professor leading a discussion rather than the Leader of the Free World addressing the nation.
"There was so much else wrong with this speech. Taking credit for things he's done so much to prevent (like rising oil production), the repetitive call-outs to sad sacks in the gallery in order to cite anecdotes instead of making credible arguments, the incredibly insulting and condescending notion that Congress should 'give America a raise' by raising the minimum wage. Do we all work for government? Would we not make more than $10 an hour unless government told our employers to pay us at least this much? That line – 'give America a raise' – should appear in dictionaries as part of the definition of 'pandering.'
"His line about Obamacare – 'come on guys, voting to repeal it 40 times is enough' – trivialized an effort by a co-equal branch of government to keep promises its members made to voters back home, to repeal and replace legislation that was passed under false pretenses. He mocked his critics when he should have been apologizing for telling lies to the American people in order to get that legislation passed. The right thing to have said is: 'I apologize for misleading members of Congress and the American people to get a piece of flawed legislation enacted. Let's work together to repeal and replace it with something that can work.'"
Joseph Bast
jbast@heartland.org
"The president continues to place his faith in government programs as a means to promote growth and prosperity. Economic history shows government efforts to direct and control the economy tend to detract from growth and impoverish people. America's historical success is due to an alternative – faith in the freedom of individuals and markets.
"By replacing individual freedom with government control and direction, the president's policies have produced the weakest recovery in over a century. Had our forefathers placed their faith in government instead of individuals, the U.S. today would be a third world nation. By moving to replace our precious individual freedoms with progressively more government control over the economy and markets, the president opts for policies that will continue to erode the living standards of most Americans."
Robert Genetski
Policy Advisor, Budget and Tax Policy
rgenetski@classicalprinciples.com
"The president says that the economy is improving substantially. Sadly, the average worker does not believe that. As President Barack Obama enters his sixth year in the White House, 68 percent of Americans say the country is either stagnant or worse off since he took office, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
"There is good reason for the pessimism. In 2007, 66 percent of Americans over age 16 either had a job or were looking for one. Today, that is down to 62.8 percent, the lowest labor-force participation rate since 1978."
Ronald D. Rotunda
The Doy & Dee Henley Chair and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence
rrotunda@chapman.edu
"In his meandering mess of a speech, President Obama managed to completely gloss over the relevant facts regarding the failures of his signature health care law. Rather than admit the problems and apologize for them, the president chose to ignore the millions of Americans who've learned that even if they like their plan they can't keep it, or even if they like their doctor they can't keep him. Instead, he based his metric of success on the number of Americans signed up for Medicaid, an already overburdened and failing entitlement system which offers the false promise of care to millions of Americans.
"President Obama has made health care unaffordable for millions of citizens while needlessly disrupting our economy. At most, his health care exchanges are signing up 15 percent of the uninsured Americans they were supposed to enroll. And why? Because the American people are finding that the promises he made about bringing down the price of health insurance for individuals and families were complete and utter lies. If all the promises he'd made about Obamacare had come true, the president's speech would've been a victory lap. Instead, it's a grim insistence that his broken policy will endure, despite how much it has hurt Americans across the country."
Senior Fellow, Health Care Policy
bdomenech@heartland.org
"President Obama dares to say 'research shows government preschool is a great investment' just a few months after yet another highest-quality study shows it's fool's gold. The president apparently prefers only the poor-quality research that supports his agenda of saddling kids with debt while failing to equip them to pay it off.
"The president is quite bold to claim his micromanaging, dictatorial education policies are already improving student achievement when the statistics show his penchant for making laws without Congress has slowed poor and minority kids' achievement growth. The Common Core education standards and tests his administration has illegally pushed on schools still have no positive track record despite millions spent, and millions more to come."
Joy Pullmann
Research Fellow, The Heartland Institute
Managing Editor, School Reform News
jpullmann@heartland.org
"Claiming credit for Common Core by name is problematic for President Obama because many parents and teachers (including even the largest teachers' union in New York State) are rebelling against this nationalized, cookie-cutter model of education. However, by boasting of his administration's Race to the Top bribes to bring states on board – plus its funding of the linked national assessments and curricular materials – Obama implicitly took full ownership of Common Core last night. To call it ObamaCore is no exaggeration. Indeed, its implementation is proving to be every bit as productive for education as ObamaCare is for health care."
Robert G. Holland
Senior Fellow, Education
rholland@heartland.org
"I sat down at my television set with a yellow legal pad and a mechanical pencil to take notes and jot down comments I'd like to make. My legal pad is blank. I fell asleep and might still be asleep if my daughter hadn't nudged me awake. I'm not sure how long I was asleep, so maybe I missed something important but I doubt it. I didn't hear anything inspiring, uplifting or amusing, aside from his quip about how mothers might appreciate a phone call from their kids to help them sign up for Obamacare.
"It seems to me if there was a theme that ran through his talk, it's that executive orders will drop from his pen like leaves from trees on a breezy day in late fall. Congress should grow a spine and remind the president that its job is to make the laws, and the president's job is to see that the laws are faithfully executed. That's why Congress is called the legislative branch of government and the presidency is called the executive branch."
Steve Stanek
Research Fellow, Budget and Tax Policy
Budget & Tax News
sstanek@heartland.org
"As a society, it is high time for us to recognize and embrace the truth. Contrary to President Obama's misguided assertion, carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. Its increasing concentration only minimally affects earth's climate, while it offers tremendous benefits to the biosphere. Efforts to regulate and reduce CO2 emissions are simply ludicrous. They will hurt far more than they will help."
Craig D. Idso
Senior Fellow, Environment
Co-editor, Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change
cidso@co2science.org
"The president said 'climate change is a fact' and vowed action via the Environmental Protection Agency in his State of Union Speech, but he did not ask for any new legislation such as the cap-and-trade bill he touted a year ago. As a scientist who knows without a doubt there is no significant man-made global warming, perhaps I should be pleased the president took a softer stance on the issue, But I am far from happy about the state of affairs on the issue.
"It has become purely a rock-solid, lock-step political position of the Democrat Party to believe in global warming, and of the Republican Party to disbelieve. I see no hint that the leadership in either party is truly interested in opening their minds to a scientific debate -- to study the evidence and reach a reasoned non-politically motivated position and take actions accordingly.
"Science and politics do not match well. Science is not settled by a vote, and slogans and platform planks are not scientifically significant. It is my deepest regret this has become a political issue. I think we will make little progress in obtaining an open hearing from the public as long as the political leaders line up their followers on one side or the other."
Meteorologist, KUSI-TV San Diego
Policy Advisor, Environment
coleman@kusi.com
"President Obama seems to have toned down his climate rhetoric this year given the obvious reality of no rising global temperatures for 17-plus years and the current cold snap gripping the nation. Saying the phrase 'climate change is a fact' is meaningless.
"When our children look us in the eye, we want to tell them that our generation rejected the belief that regulating emissions alters our climate and weather. We want to tell our kids that we rejected the belief that acts of Congress or the U.N. or the EPA could alter storms or global climate. We want to say 'Yes we did' to our kids when they ask us if we stopped bureaucrats at the EPA and in our government from attempting to restrict our energy choices based on the belief politicians can change the weather."
morano@climatedepot.com
"Mr. Obama is fortunate to be president during America's energy revolution. Extraction of oil and natural gas from dense shale is occurring with no help from the administration. It is occurring on private or state-controlled lands and driven by private initiatives. According to 2012 statistics compiled by the Energy Information Administration, the production of oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, and coal from federal lands and waters all fell. The difference between what is occurring on non-federal lands and federal lands demonstrates the economically punitive policies of this administration.
"The president correctly stated that climate change is a fact. It has been ongoing for hundreds of millions of years and there is little governments can do to stop it. The great fear of global warming was artificially contrived. For a president to declare that he will expand executive powers, without Congressional approval, to fight this non-threat is a drastic step towards authoritarian government. Already, the administration has contrived an artificial concept called the social cost of carbon. All life on the planet is carbon based. Is life a pollutant? Does life have a social cost? The concept is an insult to logic, language, and science.
"The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) has produced reports reviewing appropriate scientific papers and concluded carbon dioxide emissions are not a major cause of global warming or climate change. Also, the reports cited thousands of studies in laboratories and in the field that demonstrate increased atmospheric carbon dioxide promotes growth of virtually all forms of green plants and is a tremendous boon to agriculture and the environment. Three decades of satellite observations confirm these findings."
Kenneth Haapala
Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)
Ken@Haapala.com
"Last night's State of the Union Address reminds me of the idiom 'on one hand, on the other hand.' On one hand, President Obama extolled efforts to increase fuel efficiency to 'help America wean itself off foreign oil.' He touted the new reality of 'more oil produced at home than we buy from the rest of the world, the first time that's happened in nearly 20 years.' On the other hand, he promised to use his 'authority to protect more of our pristine federal lands for future generations' – which is code for more national monuments and endangered species designations that will lock up federal lands from productive use.
"He took credit for his 'all of the above' energy strategy, which he claims has 'moved America closer to energy independence than we have been in decades.' And, regarding natural gas, Obama said he'll 'cut red tape to help states get those factories built and put folks to work.' He also proclaimed: 'I'll act on my own to slash bureaucracy and streamline the permitting process for key projects, so we can get more construction workers on the job as fast as possible.' Yet, the Department of Energy has dozens of permits for liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities languishing on some bureaucrat's desk. One of the few approved terminals – Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass LNG Terminal Project in Cameron Parish, Louisiana – created more than 2,000 jobs in 2013 and looks to create another 2,000 jobs in 2014. Let's get those permits issued.
"On one hand, the president says he wants to help. On the other hand, everything he does hinders."
Marita Noon
Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy
marita@responsiblenergy.org
"In his State of the Union Address, President Obama asked whether we will leave our children's children with a safer, more stable world with respect to the 'settled' issue of climate change. Why doesn't Obama apply the same standard when it comes to government spending?
"Reckless overspending in Washington is creating an unsustainable mountain of debt that will be passed on to our children's children. Yet throughout his speech, Obama outlined additional spending initiatives with no consideration of how they will be paid for. One such proposal would create a new 'minimum wage' for federal contractors. This gimmicky proposal will have little impact other than to force the federal government to pay more for goods and services – additional costs that will no doubt be passed on to future generations.
"If Obama is truly concerned about leaving our children's children with a safer, more stable world, he should start by cutting government spending and reducing the tax burden on American workers so that the economy will finally begin to grow and the private sector will create jobs."
Jonathan Steitz
Policy Advisor, Budgets and Taxes
jonathan.steitz@gmail.com
"President Obama seems hell-bent on dismantling America and its system of government one day at a time. He continues, in my opinion, to cavalierly jettison the constitutional system of checks and balances which was the genius of the Founding Fathers. First came the unauthorized czars, and now we have the proclamation of anticipatory end runs around the legislative branch through executive fiat using the moniker of executive orders.
"These unilateral acts are those of a man who would be king, which he is not. As I recall we fired the king more than 200 years ago. Jefferson, Madison, and the legions who staked and gave their lives on creating this republic to operate as a democracy are surely turning in their graves."
Kurtis B. Reeg
President/Managing Partner
Reeg Lawyers, LLC
Policy Advisor, Legal Affairs
kreeg@reeglawyers.com
"Apart from throwing a few crumbs to his base, President Obama produced nothing novel or interesting in his speech. But he did sadly reaffirm his commitment to a virtually Utopian society in which government takes the initiative on nearly all fronts. And that is plainly not in the spirit of what is distinctively American or just.
"I had hoped for some learning from the president – to the effect that the private sector is where solutions lie to nearly all our real problems. Government's only role must be, as Jefferson said, to 'secure [our] rights' – not to train Americans for anything other than, perhaps, defending the country from potential aggressors. It is not the job of government to 'give us a chance,' since our form of government doesn't include some monarch handing out favors to subjects."
Tibor R. Machan
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
R. C. Hoiles Endowed Chair in Business Ethics and Free Enterprise
Argyros School of Business & Economics
tmachan@gmail.com
"From the SOTU, you'd never guess that we have a record low in number of people employed, record levels of debt, abysmal international standing in education, chaos in the Middle East, and millions losing their health insurance. But we're going to the Olympics, finding natural gas (on private lands only), and planning (still) to close Gitmo (thereby upholding our constitutional ideals). Amanda in Arizona got health coverage, a small business opened in Detroit, and carbon emissions are way down (no attribution given to our dismal economy). All we need to do now is extend unemployment insurance, raise the minimum wage, and end gun violence. That last bit is one of a number of things Obama promises to do single handedly if Congress won't cooperate.
"Now that ObamaCare has fixed health care, and reduced al Qaeda to a mere remnant, we can move on to fixing education.
"From the enthusiastic applause, it would appear that Congress is persuaded by this fantasy, though a few audience shots showed some dour-looking Republicans. They're the ones getting blamed for 'creating crises.' Otherwise, all is well, and God bless America.
"How can anyone take this charade seriously?"
Jane M. Orient, M.D.
janeorientmd@gmail.com
"What Obama delivered was a list of the same policies that have ill-served the nation. After five years, we know that what he cannot do is provide leadership sufficient to govern America. Foreign or domestic, his policies have been marked by failure.
"On the long roster of issues he addressed, he placed an emphasis on putting Americans to work again, but that remains a difficult goal to achieve when his administration is scaling new heights in the production of regulations that choke the nation's business community, from large corporations to small businesses. There was no mention of the Keystone XL pipeline, which his own State Department estimated could produce 42,000 jobs.
"He advocated raising the minimum wage when all that will accomplish will be to reduce jobs and drive up costs to consumers.
"He dramatized Obamacare by using examples of people he said benefitted from it, but made no mention of the millions who have or will lose their health care plans and even their choice of a personal physician."
Alan Caruba
Founder, The National Anxiety Center
Policy Advisor, The Heartland Institute
acaruba@aol.com
"President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday night was all about 'micro-management.' It was micro-management at one level since he realizes that a divided Congress will not pass any 'grand' legislation that he might try to submit. Thus, he proposed a series of small changes that he hopes that either Congress would go along with, or that he can try to impose through 'executive order' without Congressional approval.
"But the other level of his focus on micro-management highlights the inescapable political paternalistic mindset in which he thinks:
He knows what wage government contractors should pay their workers;
He knows how pre-kindergarten children should be taught;
He knows how businesses should organize their use of energy in their manufacturing of products;
He knows how long people should be financially able to be unemployed between jobs while looking for employment;
He knows how divergent income inequalities should or should not be in America;
He knows how to create career opportunities for young people and the type of education they should have available;
He knows the type and quality of health insurance and medical care people should receive.
"This is why he has faced much of the congressional opposition, over which he is clearly frustrated. Many people in the United States, and their elected representatives, believe that these are not matters for the government. These are matters that should be left up to the judgment, planning, and decisions of individuals, families, and voluntary agreements among people themselves in their communities and in the workplace.
"The president's government-imposed 'one-size-fits-all' solutions to what he considers to be America's 'problems' are in stark contrast to the diversity of America, and the more reasonable and common-sensical view that people in their own circumstances and with their own knowledge can far better handle their own problems than someone in a far-away national capital with none of the real micro-knowledge of people's lives. This partly explains the president's low poll ratings. People come to resent the arrogant 'do-gooder' who presumes to know better how people should live than those people themselves."
Dr. Richard Ebeling
Professor of Economics
ebelingr@northwood.edu
"President Obama mentioned his desire to see election reforms, including 'reforms so that no one has to wait more than a half hour to vote.' For all its conveniences, early voting threatens the basic nature of citizen choice in democratic, republican government.
"In elections, candidates make competing appeals to the people and provide them with the information necessary to be able to make a choice. Citizens also engage with one another, debating and deliberating about the best options for the country. Especially in an age of so many nonpolitical distractions, it is important to preserve the space of a general election campaign -- from the early kickoff rallies to the last debates in October -- to allow voters to think through, together, the serious issues that face the nation.
"The integrity of that space is broken when some citizens cast their ballots as early as 46 days before the election, as some states allow. A lot can happen in those 46 days. Early voters are, in essence, asked a different set of questions from later ones; they are voting with a different set of facts."
Eugene Kontorovich
Professor of Law, Northwestern University
e-kontorovich@law.northwestern.edu
"President Obama does not seem to grasp the fact that in a free-market economy an employee gets a raise by showing his or her employer that their value has increased through more training, skill acquisition, education, or productivity gains. Workers who are currently paid less than $10.10 are so because their contribution to total revenue is less than $10.10 per hour."
Jack A. Chambless
jchambless@valenciacollege.edu
"I fully support the president's proposal to increase the minimum wage. However, if this will work as the president believes to increase employment and reduce income inequality in America, would it not do the same for other countries as well? Therefore, America should eliminate foreign aid and tell our former aid recipients to simply raise their minimum wage. If it works for us, it will work for them as well.
"Our aid recipients are likely more savvy than our president and I would expect few to accept the advice."
Barry Keating
Professor, Mendoza College of Business
barry.p.keating.1@nd.edu
Education Taxes Government Spending Environment Health Care Constitutional Reform
Jim Lakely
Jim Lakely is the Vice President and Director of Communications of The Heartland Institute.
jlakely@heartland.org @jlakely
Ronald D. Rotunda (1945 - 2018)
Ronald D. Rotunda was the Doy & Dee Henley Chair and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, at Chapman University. He passed away on March 14, 2018.
rrotunda@chapman.edu @rrotunda
Joy Pullmann is a research fellow on education policy for The Heartland Institute and managing editor of The Federalist, a web magazine on politics, policy, and culture.
jpullmann@heartland.org @JoyPullmann
Steve Stanek (sstanek@heartland.org) is a research fellow at The Heartland Institute.
Craig Idso
Dr. Idso is the founder, former president, and currently chairman of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change.
media@heartland.org
Marc Morano is the publisher of the award-winning ClimateDepot.com, a global warming and eco-news center founded in 2009. Morano was named one of only five "criminals against humanity, against planet Earth itself" in 2009 by the eco-magazine Grist.
John Coleman (1934-2018)
John Coleman founded The Weather Channel and was the original weathercaster on ABC's "Good Morning America" with David Hartman and Joan Lunden. He retired in 2014 after more than 60 years in broadcasting. Coleman passed away on January 20, 2018.
@JohnColemanMRWX
Tibor R. Machan was a professor emeritus of philosophy at Auburn University (AL) and of Business Ethics at the Argyros School of Business & Economics, Chapman University (CA).
Jane M. Orient, M.D. is executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and president of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness.
janeorientmd@gmail.com @jorient
Joseph Bast is a Senior Fellow at The Heartland Institute. He cofounded Heartland in 1984, serving as executive director then as president & CEO until January 2018. His research and writing focuses on climate change and energy policy.
jbast@heartland.org @JosephLBast
Alan Caruba (1938-2015)
Alan Caruba — who passed away on June 16, 2015 — was a writer by profession and host of several Web sites and blogs, including Warning Signs, The National Anxiety Center, Caruba Editorial Services, and Bookviews by Alan Caruba.
Robert Genetski, Ph.D., one of the nation's leading economists and financial advisors, has spent more than 35 years promoting the use of classical economic and investment principles for sound financial decisions. He heads ClassicalPrinciples.
rgenetski@classicalprinciples.com @EconBobG
Jack A. Chambless is a professor of economics, author, and professional speaker. He is also a policy advisor for The Heartland Institute.
Barry P. Keating
Professor Keating is Professor of Business Economics at the University of Notre Dame.
Eugene Kontorovich is a professor of law at Northwestern University and a policy advisor for legal affairs at The Heartland Institute. Kontorovich's research spans the fields of constitutional law, international law, and law and economics.
e-kontorovich@law.northwestern.edu @@EVKontorovich
Richard Ebeling
Dr. Richard M. Ebeling is the BB&T Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Free Enterprise Leadership at The Citadel.
rebeling@citadel.edu
Kurtis B. Reeg is a policy advisor for legal affairs at The Heartland Institute and president/managing partner of Reeg Laywers, LLC. Mr.
Jonathan Steitz is an investment banker for a leading middle-market financial services firm and a budget and tax policy advisor for the Heartland Institute. Mr. Steitz brings real-world experience and a practical viewpoint to the area of tax policy.
Marita Noon is the executive director for Energy Makes America Great Inc. and the companion educational organization, the Citizens' Alliance for Responsible Energy(CARE).
marita@responsiblenergy.org @@energyrabbit
Kenneth Haapala is president of the Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP), compiler of The Week That Was newsletter, and a contributor to the NIPCC reports.
Robert Holland, a journalist and author who has championed school choice throughout his career, is a Heartland Institute Senior Fellow addressing education policy.
rholland@heartland.org @PeripateticPop
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"Getting Things Done" for MLK Day of Service 2013
By: Kristina Swanber, St. Joseph Worker Program,
Catholic Volunteer Network – AmeriCorps
It is no wonder why Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was such an inspiration for generations of people in the United States and worldwide. His words reached many and crossed barriers that commonly were not broken. I was happy to take part in this National Holiday to learn from and serve the community that I live in.
Our day began by joining a community engaged in celebrating Dr. King's legacy over a catered breakfast from Fay's Homestyle cooking. While there, we joined in soulful singing, thoughtful reflection and prayer until Marian Wright Edelman, the founder and president of Children's Defense Fund, was broadcast to us for her Keynote address from the Minneapolis Convention Center at the 23rd annual MLK Breakfast. Her address focused on the importance of investing in our nation's children by installing a foundation that will facilitate quality education, an emphasis in art programs, safe neighborhoods, access to affordable health care, and positive family structures. Without building these foundations and investing in our children, we will fail to secure the United States' future–leaving Edelman to ask, "will the United States be a beacon or a blip in history?" The morning breakfast was a seamless introduction to the following day of service in honor of Dr. King and his legacy.
Our group of thirteen went to Learning In Style, a school for adult immigrants and refugees in the metro area focused on areas such as English, Math, Computer, and citizenship. We split into several groups to accomplish different tasks. Some sanitized every inch of the classroom and daycare facility (meaning every LEGO piece) while others organized the "Free Store," which is where I worked for the day.
The free store is, not surprisingly, a free store for anyone in the community to donate to or receive goods from. The most common items were clothing, but shoes, books, and kitchenware were among the other miscellaneous items available. My group took direction from Sister Marie Herbert Seiter, a long-time volunteer with the free store. She shared with us stories of common individuals that utilize this resource. Some are experiencing homelessness, some are single mothers, and some are simply in a pinch. Sister Marie Herbert was particularly moved by one individual who was searching for appropriate shoes to wear to an interview the following day. He found a perfect match and left the store beaming with more confidence than ever before.
We concluded our day together by engaging in song, prayer, and conversation about serving others, experiencing poverty, and making lasting changes. Our day of service did not require any heavy lifting, excruciating working conditions or even direct contact with people. However, it meant wonders to an important non-profit in our community. It can often be difficult to work tirelessly towards something we may never directly see the effects of. But days of service like this one beckon us to ponder one of Dr. King's most powerful quotes, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is; what are you doing for others?"
Mission is Forever.
Final thoughts after one year of service
Many Layers of "Justice"

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Russian banks: a crisis or panic?
The developments in the Russian banking sector in the past two weeks look very much like an unplanned event in the circus: an acrobat performs his stunt carelessly, almost falls from the trapeze and makes the audience's heart leap in horror. In this case, the Central Bank of Russia, the country's chief bank authorized to revoke licenses, has been the clumsy acrobat. A month ago it revoked the license of Sodbusinessbank, a medium-sized credit institution in terms of assets. The media reported at that time that the claims to Sodbusinessbank were legitimate: the bank had been used by various structures in their money-laundering schemes. The collapse of Sodbusinessbank was followed by the collapse of Kredit Trust - both banks had the same owner. However, when Central Bank chairman Sergei Ignatyev announced in the State Duma the so-called "white list" of banks, which, in his opinion, had nothing to fear about, people, naturally wanted to know what would happen to other banks and what banks would be included in the black list.
The Central Bank's purge of financial institutions is proceeding according to plan: in the past six months, licenses have been revoked from almost 30 non-viable and actually non-operating banks and no crisis has resulted from these measures. The Central Bank is scrutinizing banks in terms of sustainability in compliance with the law on individual bank deposit insurance, which came into effect on December 27, 2003. At the same time, the Central Bank announced that far from all banks wishing to join the deposit insurance system would be able to qualify for it. After depositors took into account the facts relating to Sodbusinessbank and the prospect of the collapse of other banks on the financial market, they started to panic. On top of that, by some fatal coincidence, head of the department for struggle against money-laundering Mr. Zubkov came up with a statement that there was a list of ten banks awaiting the fate of Sodbusinessbank. The Central Bank did not disprove this information.
After hearing about the list of ten unnamed banks, depositors who were not accustomed to sharp regulatory actions by financial authorities and who had learnt much from the bitter experience of the August 1998 default and collapse interpreted the situation differently. Therefore, they were gripped by the desire to withdraw their savings from banks as soon as possible.
But the main thing is that banks have stopped to trust each other. Frightened banks have begun to lend very selectively, choosing only the most reliable borrowers. The shortage of borrowed funds also pushes loan interest rates up. Banks engaged in encashment operations have raised the fees for their services. Apart from that, if the crisis situation leads to loan defaults on the inter-bank market, banks may again start to raise interest rates in order to make up for such losses. All these factors triggered a failure in the operation of the banking system. This is why, Dialog-optim and Guta-bank have also started to experience serious financial difficulties.
Can this failure be called a crisis? One thing is clear: this period cannot be called favorable in any way. However, its impact on market participants is different.
Let us begin with private depositors. Sodbusinessbank and Kredit Trust have already collapsed and at least 30,000 depositors have suffered. Dialog-optim has suspended its operations and thus created problems for another 40,000 depositors. Problems have emerged for Guta-Bank: VISA International has frozen plastic cards issued by that bank. Of course, the news that Vneshtorgbank has offered to purchase Guta-Bank somehow calmed down depositors. Nevertheless, it is not difficult to imagine the psychological condition of all the affected depositors. This is a true crisis for them. That is why, they started a run of panic-driven withdrawals from the ATMs of all credit institutions to save their money. As a result, even depositors keeping money with reliable banks have begun to feel uncomfortable.
Most likely, few depositors will lose some part of their savings. Amidst these developments, State Duma deputies hastily adopted the law authorizing the Central Bank to assume responsibility for household deposits not exceeding 100,000 rubles (about $3,400). Considering that in the Central Bank's estimate 80% of all deposits do not exceed the above figure, the problem of ordinary citizens will largely be solved.
However, the situation, which has emerged for corporate clients and, first of all, banks, as a result of such failure, is quite different.
Small banks do not keep large amounts of private deposits. Most household deposits are concentrated in several large banks (about 90%), which are not experiencing any problems. Whereas private depositors have been promised protection, it will be more difficult for numerous corporate clients to defend their interests. Moreover, the effective legislation stipulates that in the event of bankruptcy private depositors are the first on the list of getting their money back while corporate clients are the last on this list. Therefore, some of them will after all experience some unpleasant moments.
Overall, there are almost 1,200 banks in Russia today. Naturally, after Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization, a large number of credit institutions will be unable to compete with foreign operators. And in this case, the Russian banking system will certainly be unable to avoid its collapse. That is why, sanation is simply necessary for the country's banking system. All the actions taken by the Bank of Russia lately to stabilize the banking system have brought benefits, in the first place, to banks that have no liquidity problems. As a result of panic-driven bank withdrawals, they are getting an additional inflow of clients who are looking for the most reliable banking institutions to entrust their savings. They are also winning in the struggle for liabilities and obtaining advantageous projects abandoned by operators that have lost in competition.
So, from the state's viewpoint, nothing fatal is happening in the banking sphere. A serious reform, which cannot but reveal weak links, is going on in the banking sector. According to deputy chairman of the State Duma banking committee Valery Zubov, its task "is to free society from ill operators to enable all others to develop more actively, rather than to help everyone, including outsiders."


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National Commission for Backward Classes Current Affairs - 2020
Bhagwan Lal Sahni appointed Chairman of the National Commission for Backward Classes
Bhagwan Lal Sahni who hails from Bihar has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Commission for Backward Classes. Further Kaushalendra Singh Patel and Acharya Talloju have been appointed as the members of the commission.
National Commission for Backward Classes
National Commission for Backward Classes is a Constitutional body set up through the 123rd constitutional amendment bill 2018 and 102nd amendment act under the provisions of Article 338B of Indian Constitution. The commission consists of one chairman and five Members with the term of three years.
The National Commission for Backward Classes is vested with the responsibility of considering inclusions in and exclusions from the lists of communities notified as backward for the purpose of job reservations. The commission tenders the needful advice to the Central Government on the issues related to the backward classes and the commission has the powers of a civil court.
The National Commission for Backward Classes is not yet empowered to look into the grievances of persons of Other Backward Classes. This responsibility continues to be vested with the National Commission for Scheduled Castes.
National Commission for Backward classes is the successor of the National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (NCSEBC).
Month: Current Affairs – March, 2019 Categories: Persons in News
Tags: 102nd amendment act • 123rd constitutional amendment bill 2018 • Article 338B • National Commission for Backward Classes • National Commission for Scheduled Castes
Cabinet extends tenure of Commission constituted to examine issue of OBC sub-categorisation
Union Cabinet has approved extension of term of Commission to examine issue of Sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Central List for six months beyond 30th November, 2018 and till 31st May 2019. This is fourth extension granted to commission for submission of its politically crucial report on creating quotas within quotas.
Union Government with approval of President had constituted five member Commission under article 340 of Constitution in October, 2017. It is headed by former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice (Retd) G. Rohini. Its report is expected to recommend earmarking sub-quotas for the extremely backward classes within the OBCs.
The commission has been formed under Article 340 of the Constitution which was also used to establish landmark Mandal Commission (set up in 1979) more than two decades ago which recommended 27% reservation for socially and educationally backward classes in higher education and government jobs. Over the years, benefits of this reservation were mostly cornered mostly by dominant OBC groups.
Even National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) had in 2015 had noted that unequals cannot be treated equally and recommended that OBCs be categorised into extremely backward classes, more backward classes and backward classes. At present, 11 states have sub-categorised OBCs for their state services. Centre based on devise a similar methodology for the central OBC list
Mandate of Sub-categorisation commission
It is tasked to examine extent of inequitable distribution of benefits of reservation among castes included in broad category of OBC in central government jobs and educational institutions especially with reference to OBCs included in Central list. It is also tasked to take up exercise of identifying respective castes, sub-castes, communities synonyms in Central List of OBCs and classify them into their respective sub-categories. It is mandated was to work out mechanism, norms, criteria and parameters, in scientific approach, for sub-categorization within such OBCs.
Month: Current Affairs – November, 2018 Categories: Constitution & Law
Tags: Cabinet Decisions • Creamy layer • G Rohini Commission • India • Mandal Commission


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Your Storage Facility Doesn't Want to Know Too Much About Your Art
July 17, 2014 by Marion Maneker
Supposed van Gogh found in bank vault
Daniel Grant has a nice piece in Gallerist about art storage facilities and their responsibility toward their clients. But his premise is that lots of stolen art might be contained in these types storage because there was a van Gogh painting found in a Madrid bank vault. Unfortunately, that van Gogh has not been authenticated and the whole story may be a bit of a red herring.
Nonetheless, these are some good and straightforward statements of the privacy expectations governing the art storage community:
"I don't check on what people are storing, that's not my business," said Robert Crozier, president of Crozier Fine Art, a storage company with locations in Manhattan, Long Island, Newark, N.J., and Philadelphia. Although he said that his company does not consult lists maintained by the FBI, Interpol or Art Loss Register of missing and stolen objects, Crozier mentioned a few instances over the years when a court order required him to "turn over our records." However, he added that "we do extensive due diligence on our clients. Somebody can't walk off the street and open an account to store their property in our warehouses. We have rules and regulations as to what can and cannot be stored, which we rigorously police."
Crozier's approach is standard for the industry. "I sort of know, but not really," said Chris Wise, director of UOVO Fine Art Storage, a storage facility in Queens, when asked about his knowledge of work he safeguards. "A lot of people don't share with us what they are storing. They send over a box from Europe and tell us to put it with their other boxes. They don't want us to open their boxes to see what's there, and I'm not in the provenance-checking business. If we had to check if pieces were stolen or if they were taxed at the right rate, storage would be a lot more expensive for our clients. So, I don't really know what we have, and I don't really want to have that knowledge."
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Islamist Rebel Fighters Unite in Damascus Suburb
Sirwan Kajjo
This image posted on the Twitter page of Syria's al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front shows fighters from the group in the town of Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib province, Syria, April 25, 2015.
Three major Islamist rebel groups have launched a joint operations center in an eastern suburb of the Syrian capital in a concerted effort to fight the Syrian government and its allied Russian forces.
The al-Nusra Front, al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria, is one of the groups that have signed the new agreement, according to a statement the groups released Thursday on social media. The other two are Ahrar al-Sham and the Islamic Union of Jund al-Sham, according to their websites.
This announcement came as the Russian military continued its air campaign in support of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Russia entered the war in Syria three weeks ago with the stated intent of destroying Islamic State militant operations. But the U.S. and rebel groups say Russian airstrikes have instead hit rebel groups and are actually meant to prop up Assad.
"It is no secret that the Muslim nation, especially in the Levant, is being brutally targeted. The Russians are officially here and the Crusaders [U.S.-led coalition] and their allies have been here already," a joint statement by the three Islamist groups said.
The newly established command center in eastern Damascus, called Jund al-Malahem or the Soldiers of Epics, will be operating in areas that have been under the rebel control. The aim is "to interlace efforts in order to counter this ruthless campaign on Muslim lands," the statement read.
The formation of such an alliance is not only to fight regime forces but also to launch attacks on Russian forces and the international coalition and their allies in Syria.
Seeking a foothold
The largest of the three groups, al-Nusra Front, which is designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., has been planning to establish such a center for a while, reports say. The group is trying to strengthen its foothold in the Damascus area after losses to the regime forces elsewhere in the northwestern province of Idlib.
However, many locals are afraid the implications of this alliance will only be bad for them, because its presence could lead to fierce battles between rebel groups and pro-government forces.
A local journalist, who insisted on anonymity for fear of retribution, told VOA "this new development" would have an immediate impact on the course of the battle "with the Syrian regime forces."
"I only hope it won't exacerbate the human crisis here, because the regime's reaction in these kinds of situations is unpredictable," he said.
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Regime forces have besieged the region since June 2014. The blockade has resulted in massive shortages of food and other goods.
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Il Lanificio Fratelli Cerruti dal 1881 è un'azienda italiana di moda e abbigliamento, con sede a Biella, che produce tessuti pregiati per l'alta sartoria. Fondata nel 1881 da Antonio Cerruti insieme ai suoi due fratelli e a un cugino, da allora è amministrata dalla famiglia Cerruti.

Storia

Le origini (1881 – 1940)
Il nome della famiglia Cerruti, fin dal Settecento, compare negli elenchi comunali di Biella sotto la voce "Arti et Negotij", con la quale si identificavano i fabbricanti e i produttori di stoffe, attività storicamente tipica del territorio biellese. Dal XVIII secolo fino al 1881 diverse generazioni della famiglia lavorano presso numerose fabbriche della zona come esperti tessitori. Grazie a questa tradizione viene accumulata l'esperienza e il capitale economico necessario all'avvio di una propria attività tessile.

Nel 1881 Antonio Cerruti, insieme a due fratelli e a un cugino, fonda l'azienda, stabilendone la sede a Biella, sulle sponde del torrente Cervo – posizione strategica in quanto la lavorazione tessile necessita di grandi quantità di acqua. Quella del torrente è poi un'acqua particolarmente dolce, povera di minerali e calcio, ideale per lavare le lane. L'obiettivo dell'azienda è quello di proseguire la tradizione di famiglia in modo autonomo e indipendente, producendo tessuti innovativi e di grande qualità, seguendo però il solco della storica tradizione biellese. Grazie al nome ben noto nel territorio, il successo non tarda ad arrivare, e già dopo pochi anni la fabbrica viene ampliata con macchinari più moderni per filare e tessere, oltre che con saloni che sfruttano la prima illuminazione elettrica.

Agli inizi del Novecento la produzione annua ammonta a 10.000 pezze di tessuti fini pettinati ed è in costante aumento. Nel 1915 la guida dell'azienda passa al figlio di Antonio, Silvio Cerruti, che dirige il Lanificio insieme allo zio Quintino, occupandosi soprattutto dello sviluppo delle nuove collezioni e della qualità delle materie prime. Con lo scoppio della Prima Guerra Mondiale gli impianti aumentano la loro efficienza per garantire una maggiore produzione di panno grigio-verde destinata all'Esercito Italiano. Nel solo 1917 ne vengono prodotti 170.000 metri. Dal 1920 il lanificio si ingrandisce ulteriormente e, sotto l'impulso di Silvio, si apre al mercato estero, in particolare il Sud America e il Medio Oriente.

Da Silvio a Nino Cerruti (1940 – 1962)

Sotto la guida di Silvio l'azienda si amplia ulteriormente e vengono modernizzati gli impianti di filatura, tessitura e tintoria. Nel 1945 lavorano presso il Lanificio F.lli Cerruti circa 700 addetti, con 140 telai e 7100 fusi per filare; sono cifre significative per l'epoca e per l'industria manifatturiera del territorio. Nello stesso anno Silvio Cerruti viene designato come Presidente dell'Associazione dell'Industria Laniera Italiana. È un periodo molto delicato, e tra i primi compiti Silvio affronta, con successo, il problema della determinazione delle quote di lana sucida per le diverse aziende. La risoluzione di questo problema porta gradualmente alla ripresa del settore laniero. Nello stesso periodo si dedica a una radicale ristrutturazione dei reparti produttivi strategici del Lanificio.

Nel 1950 Silvio muore prematuramente e l'azienda passa sotto la guida del figlio, l'allora ventenne Nino Cerruti, che interrompe gli studi per dedicarsi all'attività di famiglia, cercando costantemente l'innovazione e prestando grande attenzione alla moda e al design. Nel 1957 Nino decide di fare il grande salto nel mondo della moda maschile, fondando la Hitman, specializzata nella produzione di capi da uomo – cappotti, pantaloni e giacche – e assumendo giovani stilisti emergenti, tra cui Giorgio Armani. L'azienda può contare su uno staff di circa 350 dipendenti, e produce 120.000 capi all'anno; negli anni Sessanta oltre metà della produzione è destinato all'estero.

Le boutique e l'alta moda (1963 – 2001)
Nel 1963 la Hitman lancia Flying Cross, la prima linea sartoriale di prêt-à-porter maschile di lusso, ideata dal sarto e stilista Osvaldo Testa. In questo periodo il brand sviluppa la distintiva anima anglo-napoletana che sarà sua caratteristica, combinando la tradizione sartoriale napoletana con il gusto anglosassone per i tessuti pregiati e di alta qualità. Nel 1967 Nino lancia a Parigi Cerruti 1881, il proprio marchio prêt-à-porter maschile di alta qualità; è il primo stilista italiano a farlo. L'anno successivo, il 1968, la maison tiene la sua prima sfilata, e lo stilista inizia a essere riconosciuto come l'ideatore dello stile Casual Chic, moda glamour e lussuosa, ma non eccessivamente formale, che si diffonde sempre più conquistando i mercati. La sfilata è rivoluzionaria: modelli e modelle sfilano con gli stessi abiti.

Il marchio, insieme al suo ideatore, acquista fama mondiale. A testimonianza della versatilità e della creatività dello stilista, nel 1978 viene lanciato anche il primo profumo Nino Cerruti, che prende semplicemente il nome dell'ormai celebre "Signor Nino". Nel 1982 il brand inizia ad affermarsi anche all'interno del vastissimo – e in parte ancora inesplorato – mercato cinese.

Nino diventa, negli anni Ottanta, lo stilista preferito delle star del cinema, soprattutto per eventi di risonanza globale come il Festival del Cinema di Cannes o la cerimonia di premiazione degli Oscar. Gli abiti Cerruti vestono le star anche in moltissimi film; il primo sarà Michael Douglas, nel 1985. Contemporaneamente il brand inizia ad affermarsi anche come marchio di capi di grande qualità per sportivi, in particolare tennisti, sciatori e team di Formula 1 come la Ferrari. Nel 1994, infatti, diventa designer unico della squadra del Cavallino, aumentando ulteriormente la propria popolarità.

Grazie alla fama acquisita nel tempo, il brand apre nuovi negozi in Cina, Hong Kong, Indonesia e Thailandia, a testimonianza della sempre maggior espansione nei mercati esteri, e in particolare asiatici.

Oltre la moda (2001 – 2017)
Nel 2001 Nino Cerruti cede il settore moda del marchio per dedicarsi interamente al Lanificio. Nel 2005 decide di entrare nel settore dell'interior design acquisendo Baleri Italia, azienda milanese leader di settore fondata nel 1984 da Enrico Baleri. Nel 2009, dalla collaborazione creativa tra i due brand, nasce Cerruti Baleri.

Nel frattempo, nel 2006 viene inaugurato il nuovo centro direzionale del Lanificio disegnato dal celebre architetto e designer Vico Magistretti; è l'ultimo progetto di una lunga e famosa carriera.

Il presente (2018 - )
Nel luglio del 2018 il fondo anglo-londinese Njord Partner, con sede a Londra, acquisisce l'80% del Lanificio, mentre il restante 20% rimane alla famiglia Cerruti. Paolo Torello Viera viene nominato Amministratore Delegato del Lanificio F.lli Cerruti 1881, mentre Nino Cerruti assume il titolo di Presidente. L'obiettivo dell'acquisizione è stato quello di sviluppare le potenzialità del marchio con una rinnovata attenzione alla sostenibilità – economica e ambientale. Come ha dichiarato lo stesso stilista: «C'era l'esigenza di dare nuova forza al gruppo, salvaguardandone i due DNA distintivi, che sono la qualità e l'innovazione».

Collezioni
Il Lanificio F.lli Cerruti 1881 lavora le diverse materie prime – come lane australiane, cashmere mongolo, cotone, lino, canapa e alcune fibre sintetiche – proponendo collezioni di tessuti sempre più gender-fluid, per il settore dell'alta moda e della sartoria di eccellenza, con riflessi anche nei tessuti sportivi e casual. Al 2020 la collezione è divisa in tre linee: Main, ITravel e Flow.

La Linea ITravel è dedicata ai tessuti da viaggio, sia business che più informali, che si caratterizzano per trattamenti antipiega specifici e tecniche di finissaggio che rendono i colori brillanti e resistenti.

La Linea Flow, presentata a Milano Unica 2020, è pensata per superare i confini di genere e delle occasioni d'uso grazie a soluzioni genderless di grande versatilità e comfort.

La Linea Main è composta da diverse linee di tessuti dedicate a un'eleganza più formale, fatta di fantasie e pesi tipici del guardaroba business-oriented. Le linee principali sono:

 Caravelle, una linea per chi ama un tocco confortevole e moderno.
 iParty, tessuti pensati specificamente per vestire le occasioni e gli eventi speciali.
 Nobility, ottenuto dalla lavorazione della lana di pecore australiane.
 Prestige, di estrema finezza, per esaltare abiti comodi e da viaggio.
 Cashmere, una proposta di lusso in diverse varianti e tonalità, con materie prime di qualità, come il cashmere mongolo.
 Oxygen, tessuto in lana di pecora australiana per giacche sartoriali e capi sfoderati.
 Superissimo, l'iconico tessuto maschile, lanciato nel 1989 e di cui sono stati prodotti oltre 5 milioni di metri.
 Winterissimo, linea dedicata alle flanelle reinterpretate in modo versatile e dinamico.

Tra gli altri tessuti di sartoria si trovano linee come Preziosi, con tessuti realizzati con composizioni di vigogna in vari pesi, oppure Alpaca, un tessuto ottenuto dall'alpaca suti raffinato e prezioso. Mohair è pensato per abiti da giorno di grande vestibilità. Nino Cerruti ne apprese la lavorazione, tipica inglese, visitando l'Inghilterra nel secondo dopoguerra. Prestige, di estrema finezza, è invece ideato per esaltare abiti comodi e da viaggio.

Cerruti nella cultura

Il cinema
Dagli anni Ottanta in poi il brand Cerruti 1881 ha vestito numerose star del cinema in occasioni di premi e cerimonie. Già dagli anni Settanta, però, il brand ha vestito i protagonisti di numerosi film europei come La Diagonale Du Fou, Mr. Klein, Le Magnifique, L'Héritier, Borsalino, Combat de Fauves, Il Danno, Julia and Julia con Kathleen Turner, Tre vite e una sola morte.

Dal 1984 ha poi contribuito a vestire anche i protagonisti di diversi film di Hollywood, come:

 Miami Vice (1984-1989), serie televisiva;
 Il gioiello del Nilo (1986) con Michael Douglas;
 Baby Boom (1987) con Diane Keaton;
 Le streghe di Eastwick (1987) con Jack Nicholson;
 Wall Street (1987) con Michael Douglas;
 Chi protegge il testimone (1987);
 Big (1988) con Tom Hanks;
 Attrazione fatale (1988) con Michael Douglas;
 La guerra dei Roses (1988) con Michael Douglas;
 Il mistero Von Bulow (1990) con Jeremy Irons;
 Pretty Woman (1990) con Richard Gere e Julia Roberts;
 Die Hard 2 (1990) con Bruce Willis;
 Il silenzio degli innocenti (1991) con Scott Glenn;
 Luna di fiele (1992) con Michael Douglas;
 Basic Instinct (1992) con Michael Douglas;
 Tutta colpa del fattorino (1992);
 Sliver (1993) con Sharon Stone;
 Philadelphia (1993) con Tom Hanks e Denzel Washington;
 Proposta indecente (1993) con Robert Redford;
 Nel centro del mirino (1993) con Clint Eastwood;
 Prêt-à-Porter (1994) con Marcello Mastroianni;
 Sotto il segno del pericolo (1994) con Harrison Ford;
 Die Hard - Duri a morire (1995) con Bruce Willis;
 Mars Attacks! (1996) con Jack Nicholson;
 Qualcosa è cambiato (1997) con Jack Nicholson;
 Air Force One (1997) con Harrison Ford;
 Bugie, baci, bambole & bastardi (1998) con Sean Penn;
 American Psycho (2000) con Christian Bale;

Nel 1998 Nino Cerruti compare nel ruolo di se stesso in una scena del film Il genio (Holy Man) con Eddie Murphy, dove chiacchiera con il protagonista durante un viaggio in aereo.

Lo sport
Dagli anni Ottanta il brand Cerruti ha vestito numerosi sportivi di tutto il mondo, soprattutto tennisti e sciatori, con divise sportive divise formali o per il tempo libero.

 Ingemar Stenmark, uno dei più grandi sciatori di tutti i tempi, ottiene numerose vittorie indossando una tuta da sci Cerruti 1881. Una partnership celebrata anche in un francobollo commemorativo.
 I tennisti Mats Wilander e Jimmy Connors indossano abbigliamento Cerruti 1881. Il tennista statunitense riteneva il brand un vero portafortuna.
 Jean Pierre Papin, calciatore Pallone d'oro 1991, sceglie di vestire Cerruti 1881.
 Nel 1994 il brand Cerruti 1881 veste il team Ferrari di Formula 1 creando un sodalizio unico tra il motorsport e il mondo dell'alta moda. Nel tempo libero scelgono il marchio anche campioni come Jean Alesi, Gerhard Berger, Jacques Villeneuve e Michael Schumacher.
Nel 2016 i tessuti del lanificio vestono la nazionale di calcio portoghese nell'anno in cui il Portogallo vince per la prima volta il Campionato Europeo. A luglio, in occasione della fiera Milano Unica, viene esposto l'abito di Cristiano Ronaldo, giocatore più rappresentativo della nazionale.

L'arte e l'alta cucina
Nel 1985 Cerruti collabora alla realizzazione della copertura del Pont-Neuf a Parigi, l'installazione artistica realizzata da Christo e Jeanne-Claude. A supportare il montaggio dell'opera furono chiamate le guide alpine di Chamonix, che lavorarono indossando magliette e divise del Lanificio Cerruti 1881.

Nel gennaio 2019, in collaborazione con Filrus, i tessuti Cerruti hanno vestito Team Italia, capitanato dallo chef Enrico Crippa, al Bocuse d'Or, il campionato mondiale di cucina.

Collaborazioni
Il Lanificio F.lli Cerruti collabora con giovani stilisti emergenti che in varie occasioni (come la fiera Milano Unica o gli eventi presso Cittadellarte di Biella) propongono interpretazioni uniche e personali dei tessuti del lanificio. Tra i diversi, giovani stilisti ci sono:

 Tiziano Guardini
 Flavia La Rocca
 Silvia Giovanardi
 Il brand sino-canadese PCYCL

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Case di moda italiane
Cerruti, Lanificio fratelli
Aziende tessili italiane
Aziende della provincia di Biella

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