Philippines' pride unites in New York City!
First ever Filipina Victoria Secret model Kelsey Merritt and Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray got a chance to see each other during the amfAR gala in New York City on Thursday, February 6.
The two even posted photos on their respective Instagram stories.


Welcome to 15 Redstart Dr, a beautifully showing Mattamy Built family home on a pie shaped lot in an excellent Galt North location. Equipped with stainless steel appliances, 9' ceilings, dark hard flooring, BRAND New granite counter top, open concept kitchen with backsplash, this four bedroom home will not last long! The owners have kept this beauty in pristine condition and has been smoke and pet free.


text:
typedef struct tagROOT_INFO
{
	GC_PTR start;
	GC_PTR end;
}ROOT_INFO, *PROOT_INFO;

// this structure holds memory block information
typedef struct tagMEM_BLOCK
{
	struct tagMEM_BLOCK *next;
	struct tagMEM_BLOCK *prev;
	size_t size;
	GC_BOOL mark;
}MEM_BLOCK, *PMEM_BLOCK;

// internal global variables
ROOT_INFO g_Roots[MAX_ROOTS];
GC_ULONG g_lNumRoots;
GC_PTR g_pHeapMax = (GC_PTR) 0;
GC_PTR g_pHeapMin = (GC_PTR)-1;
GC_BOOL g_bMarkCycle = GC_TRUE;
GC_BOOL g_bIsInitialized = GC_FALSE;
GC_PTR g_Regs[4];

// heap and free list headers
PMEM_BLOCK g_pBlkHead = 0;
PMEM_BLOCK g_pBlkTail = 0;
PMEM_BLOCK g_pFreeHead = 0;
PMEM_BLOCK g_pFreeTail = 0;

// useful macros
#define ADD_TO_LIST( head, tail, ptr ) \
	ptr->next = 0; \
	ptr->prev = 0; \
	if( 0 != tail ) \
	{ \
		tail->next = ptr; \
		ptr->prev = tail; \
	} \
	else head = ptr; \
	tail = ptr;

#define REMOVE_FROM_LIST( head, tail, ptr ) \
	if( 0 != ptr->prev ) ptr->prev->next = ptr->next; else head = ptr->next; \
	if( 0 != ptr->next ) ptr->next->prev = ptr->prev; else tail = ptr->prev;

// atom variables are skipped in mark phase
#define gc_is_atom( p ) ( p == (GC_PTR)&g_Roots \
				|| p == (GC_PTR)&g_pBlkHead \
				|| p == (GC_PTR)&g_pBlkTail \
				|| p == (GC_PTR)&g_pHeapMax \
				|| p == (GC_PTR)&g_pHeapMin \
				|| p == (GC_PTR)&g_pFreeHead \
				|| p == (GC_PTR)&g_pFreeTail )
				// we do not add g_Regs global variable here, because we want GC
				// to scan memory areas inside this variable

#define BLOCK_HEAD( ptr ) ((PMEM_BLOCK)(((PBYTE)ptr) - sizeof(MEM_BLOCK)))
#define BLOCK_PTR( ptr ) ((PMEM_BLOCK)(((PBYTE)ptr) + sizeof(MEM_BLOCK)))

// forward declarations
void gc_sweep_all( void );
void gc_add_root( GC_PTR start, GC_PTR end );

#ifdef WIN32
#include <windows.h>

#ifndef DEBUG_SILENT
#define gc_out( format, ... ) \
		{ \
		va_list args = '\0'; \
		va_start( args, format ); \
		printf( format, __VA_ARGS__ ); \
		}
#else
#define gc_out( format, ... )
#endif

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
void gc_stack_roots( void )
{
	MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION mem_info;
	size_t result;
	GC_PTR start;
	GC_PTR end;
	int dummy;

	result = VirtualQuery( &dummy, &mem_info, sizeof( MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION ) );
	if( result == sizeof( mem_info ) )
	{
		start = (GC_PTR)&dummy;
		end = (GC_PTR)(((GC_PBYTE)mem_info.BaseAddress) + mem_info.RegionSize);

		// this heuristic approach is to determine grow direction of the stack
		if( end > start )
			gc_add_root( start, end );
		else
			gc_add_root( end, start );
	}
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
void gc_datasegment_roots( void )
{
	static GC_BYTE dummy;
	MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION mem_info;
	size_t result;
	GC_PBYTE start;
	GC_PBYTE end;
	LPVOID tmp;
	SYSTEM_INFO sys_info;

	// get basic information about system memory
	GetSystemInfo( &sys_info );

	// query to find base address for active data segment block
	// it is better to select application base address to scan data segment
	// @TODO: increase scan area to blocks less than and greater than active
	// block
	result = VirtualQuery( &dummy, &mem_info, sizeof( MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION ) );
	if( sizeof( MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION ) != result )
		return;

	start = (GC_PBYTE)mem_info.BaseAddress;
	tmp = (LPVOID)start;
	end = start;

	// scan through active data block to find the end of data segment
	while( tmp < sys_info.lpMaximumApplicationAddress )
	{
		result = VirtualQuery( tmp, &mem_info, sizeof( mem_info ) );
		if( sizeof( mem_info ) != result || 0 == mem_info.AllocationBase )
			break;

		// next page
		tmp = (GC_PBYTE)tmp + mem_info.RegionSize;
		if( mem_info.State == MEM_COMMIT &&  ( PAGE_READWRITE == mem_info.Protect || PAGE_WRITECOPY == mem_info.Protect || PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE == mem_info.Protect || PAGE_EXECUTE_WRITECOPY == mem_info.Protect ) )
		{
			end = (GC_PBYTE)tmp;
		}
	}

	// do we have something?
	if( start != end )
		gc_add_root( (GC_PTR)start, (GC_PTR)end );
}
#endif

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
void gc_init( void )
{
	g_bIsInitialized = GC_TRUE;
	g_Regs[0] = 0;
	g_Regs[1] = 0;
	g_Regs[2] = 0;
	g_Regs[3] = 0;

	// call gc collector at application exit
	atexit( gc_sweep_all );
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
void gc_add_root( GC_PTR start, GC_PTR end )
{
	assert( g_lNumRoots < MAX_ROOTS );

	g_Roots[ g_lNumRoots ].start = start;
	g_Roots[ g_lNumRoots ].end = end;

	gc_out("Root: 0x%X 0x%X (%d bytes)\n", start, end, end-start );
	g_lNumRoots++;
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
GC_BOOL gc_is_heap_pointer( GC_PTR ptr )
{
	PMEM_BLOCK tmp;

	// scan allocated blocks to check whether sent
	// parameter is heap pointer or not
	// @TODO: speed up this routine.
	tmp = g_pBlkHead;
	while( 0 != tmp )
	{
		if( (GC_PTR)BLOCK_PTR(tmp) == ptr )
			return GC_TRUE;

		tmp = tmp->next;
	}

	return GC_FALSE;
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
GC_BOOL gc_is_possible_pointer( GC_PTR ptr )
{
	GC_ULONG i;

	// if data is possible heap pointer notify caller
	if( ptr >= g_pHeapMin && ptr <= g_pHeapMax )
		return GC_TRUE;

	// if it is not, check whether it is a pointer located inside
	// our root spaces.
	for( i=0; i<g_lNumRoots; i++ )
	{
		// it is pointing our root spaces. recursively check
		// whether it is a pointer or not
		if( ptr >= g_Roots[i].start && ptr <= g_Roots[i].end )
		{
			// this line is to prevent possible deadlock
			if( (GC_PTR)*ptr == ptr )
				return GC_FALSE;

			// call recursively to find pointer to pointers
			return gc_is_possible_pointer( (GC_PTR)*ptr );
		}
	}

	// this data is not belong to our spaces
	// we can notify it as not a reference
	return GC_FALSE;
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
GC_BOOL gc_is_pointer( GC_PTR ptr )
{
	// check whether is it pointer to pointer
	// or points somewhere between allocated heap minimum and maximum
	if( !gc_is_possible_pointer( ptr ) )
		return GC_FALSE;

	// this value passed first identification pass and it should point
	// one of the allocated chunks. trace through allocated heap to find
	// whether is it allocated by this collector or not
	if( gc_is_heap_pointer( (GC_PTR)*ptr ) )
	{
		gc_out( "Pointer Found: 0x%X 0x%X\n", ptr, *ptr );
		return GC_TRUE;
	}

	return GC_FALSE;
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
GC_BOOL gc_is_valid_pointer( GC_PTR ptr )
{
	// possible pointer check

	// if this is one of the memory areas to be skipped, then return false
	if( gc_is_atom( ptr ) )
		return GC_FALSE;

	// if this is a pointer that passed our identification phase then return true
	if( gc_is_pointer( ptr ) )
		return GC_TRUE;

	// this is not a valid pointer
	return GC_FALSE;
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
void gc_mark( void )
{
	GC_PTR start;
	GC_PTR end;
	PMEM_BLOCK blk;
	GC_ULONG i;

	g_bMarkCycle = !g_bMarkCycle;

	// scan and mark roots
	for( i=0; i<g_lNumRoots; i++ )
	{
		start = g_Roots[i].start;
		end = g_Roots[i].end;

		while( start < end )
		{
			if( gc_is_valid_pointer( start ) )
			{
				gc_out("Marked: 0x%X 0x%X\n", start, (GC_PTR)*start );
				blk = BLOCK_HEAD( (*start) );
				blk->mark = g_bMarkCycle;

				REMOVE_FROM_LIST( g_pBlkHead, g_pBlkTail, blk );
				ADD_TO_LIST( g_pFreeHead, g_pFreeTail, blk );
			}
			start += 1;
		}
	}

	blk = g_pBlkHead;
	g_pBlkHead = g_pFreeHead;
	g_pFreeHead = blk;
	blk = g_pBlkTail;
	g_pBlkTail = g_pFreeTail;
	g_pFreeTail = blk;
}

 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
void gc_sweep( void )
{
	PMEM_BLOCK tmp, tmp1;

	// free unused data areas
	tmp = g_pFreeHead;
	while( 0 != tmp )
	{
		if( tmp->mark != g_bMarkCycle )
		{
			REMOVE_FROM_LIST( g_pFreeHead, g_pFreeTail, tmp );

			tmp1 = tmp;
			tmp = tmp->next;

			// free
			gc_out("Freed: 0x%X 0x%X\n", BLOCK_PTR( tmp1 ), *(BLOCK_PTR(tmp1)) );
			free( tmp1 );
		}
		else
			tmp = tmp->next;
	}
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
void gc_sweep_all( void )
{
	PMEM_BLOCK tmp, tmp1;

	gc_sweep();

	tmp = g_pBlkHead;
	while( 0 != tmp )
	{
		tmp1 = tmp;
		tmp = tmp->next;
		free( tmp1 );
	}

	g_pBlkHead = 0;
	g_pBlkTail = 0;
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
void *gc_malloc( size_t size )
{
	PMEM_BLOCK blk;

	if( !g_bIsInitialized ) gc_init();

	// no size return nil
	if( 0 == size )
		return 0;

	// increase size to hold our header
	size += sizeof( MEM_BLOCK );

	// create memory area
	blk = (PMEM_BLOCK)malloc( size );
	if( 0 == blk )
		return 0;

	// initialize header
	blk->next = 0;
	blk->prev = g_pBlkTail;
	blk->size = size;
	blk->mark = g_bMarkCycle;

	// adjust list
	ADD_TO_LIST( g_pBlkHead, g_pBlkTail, blk );

	// these variables are used to determine heap space
	if( (GC_PTR)BLOCK_PTR(blk) > g_pHeapMax ) g_pHeapMax = (GC_PTR)BLOCK_PTR(blk);
	if( (GC_PTR)BLOCK_PTR(blk) < g_pHeapMin ) g_pHeapMin = (GC_PTR)BLOCK_PTR(blk);

	gc_out("Alloc: header adr, 0x%X ptr adr, 0x%X\n", (GC_PTR)blk, (GC_PTR)BLOCK_PTR(blk) );

	return (void*)( BLOCK_PTR(blk) );
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
void gc_free( void *ptr )
{
	PMEM_BLOCK blk;

	if( !g_bIsInitialized ) gc_init();

	if( 0 == ptr )
		return;

	blk = BLOCK_HEAD( ptr );
	REMOVE_FROM_LIST( g_pBlkHead, g_pBlkTail, blk );

	free( blk );
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
void gc_collect_inner( void )
{
	if( !g_bIsInitialized ) gc_init();

	// get information about roots
	g_lNumRoots = 0;
	gc_stack_roots();
	gc_datasegment_roots();

	// mark and sweep phase
	gc_mark();
	gc_sweep();
}

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What, you may wonder, do Retirement Planning and Swiss Trains have in common? Very little, it turns out, and that's exactly the reason I'm writing this article. This article highlights a realization I had while traveling via the amazingly precise Swiss rail system, a realization that our retirement planning will never have the luxury of the precision of Swiss trains. Accept it, plan for it, and move on.
This morning, I left my hotel in Zurich, Switzerland at 5:47 am. I've been to Switzerland many times in my career, as it's the location of my company's European headquarters and I often have a business purpose in being there. As a "regular", I've learned a bit about the style of life in Switzerland. One of the things you learn early on is their strange obsession with PRECISE train schedules. Hence my 5:47 am departure, but more on that in a moment. First, it's interesting to note that this obsession with precision is exemplified by the infamous train schedules, but reflects a much broader over-arching characteristic of the Swiss culture.
A dinner conversation last night pointed out two more examples of this "precision obsession". In one, my dinner host (a German guy I work closely with, who lives in Zurich) told the story of his move to a home they'd just purchased. As part of the purchase process, they had to meet for some paperwork signing. The appointment was scheduled for 7:00 pm. At 6:58, he had received an urgent call on his cell phone inquiring if they were close. After all, the meeting was at 7:00 pm and they'd not yet arrived – were they going to be on time?
In an even more telling example, a second member of the dinner (this time a French guy who also lives in Zurich) told of his appointment for his annual car inspection. The inspection was scheduled for 3:50 pm. Not 3:45, not 4:00, but 3:50 pm. When he showed up at 3:55, the inspector threatened to not complete the inspection since he wasn't prompt for the appointment. The inspector literally made my friend apologize profusely before he would perform the inspection.
So it is with the trains. I departed my hotel at 5;47 a.m., because I knew it was a 6 minute walk to the train station, and the train would arrive promptly at 6:01, and leave the station at exactly 6:02. When I arrived at the station at 5:53, I was the only one on the platform.
However, between 5:53 and 6:01, over 20 Swiss riders strolled on to the platform, their morning commute synchronized to the minute. It's been that way every time I take the train. Folks always show up between 2-6 minutes before the train, and the train is always on time. It's never been 1 minute late. Truly amazing.
There is a reason Swiss watches have been known for hundreds of years as the most accurate (and expensive) timepieces in the world. It's fascinating for me to browse through the watch "stores" in the Zurich airport, there aren't many airports in the world with dozens of display cases literally filled with watches costing $15,000 and up.
In summary, The Swiss value precision.
I was thinking about the Swiss precision while waiting for the train, and trying to figure out how I could weave that trait into an article about personal finance and retirement planning. Trying to find application in my everyday experiences is one of the things I treasure most about being a blogger.
The answer is coming to you now, through my fingertips, via my iPhone keypad as I cruise Westward toward the USA at 40,000 feet over the North Atlantic.
The thought that struck me, while standing on that train platform in Switzerland, is how retirement planning is the antithesis of Swiss precision. Where the Swiss value precision, and are willing to pay for it, retirement precision is something that can't be purchased at any price.
What will happen to income tax rates in the future?
What will it really cost to fund our retirement lifestyle.
There are many tools and techniques which attempt to merge these variables into a reasonable estimate of retirement readiness. For example, see my series "Can I Retire" for a deeper dive on the topic. Rather than dig into those tools again here, a broader thought hit me as I thought further about the analogy to Swiss precision.
In retirement, you need to choose to be content with a certain level of ambiguity. Unlike the Swiss, who I've heard get noticeably "animated" in the rare event that a train is 1-2 minutes late, you've got to accept lack of precision. You have to recognize that precision simply isn't possible in the realm of retirement planning, and not let this lack of precision detract from what should be the greatest years of your life.
Rather than stress about the uncertainty, embrace it. Recognize you'll have to make ongoing adjustments to your plans based on how things play out in time, and accept it as a natural part of the process.
I have a future article in my "articles to write hopper" on an annual adjustment and review process I'm planning for our retirement plan. For now, suffice it to say the plan will likely include an "upper" and "lower" projection for net worth by year. If we're trending toward the lower limit (either because of a bear market, higher than planned inflation, health spending issues, etc.), we'll adjust our spending budget down for the following year. Other strategies for addressing the uncertainty are to use very conservative assumptions when you're deciding if you can retire, or choose to work a bit longer than "the numbers" say you have to with an intention of building a buffer or hedge against negative future events.
Unlike Swiss trains, it's impossible to know exactly what will happen to your financial situation throughout retirement. Rather than stress about something you can't control, embrace it. To help soften the uncertainty, build some contingency plans into your strategy for how you'll handle your personal finances through retirement, then get on with enjoying the best years of your life.


Hello from (COLD & SNOWY) Vancouver!
Yes its true! I escaped the Grecian riots, managed not to get lost too badly in East London and survived the flight home to make it back to beautiful although very very very very cold Vancouver. Prior to landing in London in Monday afternoon the coldest temperature I had experienced in 3 months was 13 degrees – and I was freezing then!!
So my last three weeks in Greece were pretty busy, we had a lot of class time washing all of our pottery and processing all of the small finds like beads, amulets and bronze pins that our group found in burials throughout the site. Processing pottery is a very detailed and time consuming process, every sherd has to be analyzed in great exacting detail: is the piece a pinky peach or a pinky orange, or perhaps an orangey peach? Is it a diagnostic piece, ie, does it come from the rim or foot of the vessel? What kind of slip, or glaze, does it have? Red, black, purple? What material is it made of? Are there any inclusions in the ceramic, like red, black, white or grey bits? . . . . on and on and on . . . for probably about 2000 pieces of pottery that our group found. Somewhat luckily, we only analyzed the burial pottery that was found, meaning that some excavation teams had over 200 pieces to analyze, whereas myself and Alyssa had none! That's right! No pottery for us! Now, one might think that this was a big disappointment, and at the beginning it was . . . but considering the hours and hours and thousands of words, both hand written and typed that other people had to organize, we were pretty happy that our small finds of four bronze pins and an animal tooth amulet were all we had to write up at 800 words. I did, however, get to put my organizational skills to good work and made up a few spreadsheets that catalogued all those pieces of pithos that I counted up – fun times!
The tropical storms also continued throughout the rest of November, and Poros got rocked by winds of up to 100 km/h!! We had power outages and our laundry almost got blown off the lines, but luckily everyone survived – except the trees in the playground. Pericles, our dig helper, is hired by the municipality of Poros to do odd jobs around the area, so even though we didn't get to see him on the dig site everyday, he was often in town fixing things that the wind had torn apart. Pericles lived in Montreal for a few years, so although the gruff Greek man pretended to not understand what we were saying, he understood perfectly well!! So really, when we told him to stop digging because of a possible artifact in the dirt, or to use a trowel instead of a pick axe, he really did know what we were asking and just feigned ignorance. However, we eventually got over our differences, and Pericles ended up being one of our most favourite people in all of Poros. When the end of semester parties and farewell dinners started, Pericles was always there, and always very very sad and subdued. He said that he would miss us very much and is worried that we will forget him now that we're home, as much as we tried to reassure him, he was still worried when we left. Chris took the addresses of all our Greek friends, and I'm pretty sure that as soon as we world travellers finish getting settled at home, Christmas cards in broken Greek will be flying back across the ocean to all of our new friends.
The last two weeks have been a flurry of parties and dinners all accompanied of course by rounds of beers and ouzos. On the 29th we held our big 'Thank You!' party for all those in and around Poros who had helped make us feel at home while we were there. We had a great dinner with Hettie, Makis, Phillipos, Kostas the Mayor, Vasillis, Pericles, Gioria, Stella, and Katerina and Angelos (the kiosk owners). We gave out the gifts we had been collecting from parents and vacations, and then went over to Vasilis'. Anthony brought the cards and the rules, and we introduced our Greek friends to the joys of Canadian drinking games!
The following day we had lunch at Phillipos' house near Skala, where Hettie and Niki (Makis' sister) had spent the entire day before making dish after dish after dish of traditional Greek food! There was roast chicken and potatoes, keftedes, tzatziki, dolmathes, stuffed tomatoes, stuffed peppers, meat pie, spanikopita, Kefalonian cheese and olives . . . and then chocolate cake for dessert! It was an amazing meal and a wonderful afternoon. We lounged around on the couches and listened to music and mused about the previous thirteen weeks of life on a Greecian island. Hettie handed out a fantastic souvenir picture of all of us at the dig, and that just started the waterworks!! We still had another week together so the boys told us to dry our eyes and be happy about it.
On the first of December we had our Greek final exam. We had all been worried about it for a few weeks, as Greek grammar and noun declensions are not exactly easy to master. Stella, our Greek teacher, assured us that there wouldn't be too many hard grammar questions and that the irregular past tense verbs would be kept to a minimum – she kept half of her promise *sigh* Oh well, its all done now! Despite all our talk of heading out for a few drinks after the exam, only Leigh, Chris and I actually went. We headed down to Andante's and were the only people there for the entire night. This actually worked out quite well for us. The nice but slightly sleazy looking barkeep gave us free beers and shots of tequila – an excellent way to say 'Geia sou!' to Greek class.
On Wednesday (Dec 3) the mayor had a farewell dinner for us at Sunset Taverna, complete with traditional Greek dancers! It was a really great dinner and the archaeologists from the Ephoreia were there, as well as the conservators of the Skala mosaics. We had an amazing meal with all of our Kefalonia friends and the mayor gave us each a replica coin of the Ancient city-state of Pronnoi, a very fitting gift as we were digging up its necropolis! After dinner a few of us and the conservators headed to Andante's and had a great time. We were pretty much the only ones in the place so they let us choose our own music and make our own drinks! They finally kicked us out at about 3:30 in the morning, and we wandered home to eat grilled cheese sandwiches before bed.
Our final Friday (Dec 5) in Poros dawned a beautiful day. Almost 20 degrees and sun shining, we were all in a flurry of activity packing, eating the last of our food, typing our conclusions and printing our essays, packing some more . . . Vasillis came with the bus at 4 pm to load the majority of our bags. We were taking a short trip to southern mainland Greece on our way back to Athens so he wanted to get most of our luggage on board that afternoon so our next morning departure of 6:30 am would be as smooth as possible. Surprisingly, there were no tears as we loaded the bus. I spent one last afternoon with Leigh and Zofia as their third roommate, and had quite a lovely nap on Zofia's bed for most of the early evening. Zofia, Kaeli, Holly and I headed out to Kentikron for some last gyros before walking to Vasillis' one last time. As always, we had an amazing time there. Listening to Greek music, dancing inside and outside of the bar, talking and telling last stories and promising to write, email and call each other. It was a great way to end our time in Poros.
The next morning was a total gong show. On the way to the bar I set my alarm for 5:40, which would have given me plenty of time to wake up, wash my face, get ready, finish packing and clean up before heading down to the harbour to catch the bus at 6:30 for the 7 am ferry. This was a flawless plan – or so I thought. Thank God Lock-To is one of the loudest human beings on the planet. I cursed his name when I heard him through the walls before my alarm went off at 5:40 . . . . but decided to check the time anyway: 6:20!!!! I was out of bed like a shot, clothes on, teeth brushed, swept all belongings in sight into my bag and ran down the stairs to the bus. NOT a very great way to wake up just over 3 hours after falling into bed . . . Everyone managed to get on the ferry in time and we left Kefalonia before sunrise.
Once on the mainland, we had a few hours drive to Ancient Mycenae. Mycenae is where Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon in his bathtub, and was the hub of the ancient world in the 9th to 7th centuries BC before Greece became a real super power in the 6th century. It was a really impressive site, fairly well preserved, and different architecturally from the classical period, which is most of what you will see in Greece. There was also a really impressive intact tholos (or beehive) tomb. The echo in it was amazing, and we all had a lot of fun yelling things at the ceiling. The tomb was also an engineering marvel. The lintel stone over the door is thought to weigh 150 tons!! Gotta love those ancient Mycenaean's!
After Mycenae, we headed down the road to the first capital of Greece, and one of the most well-preserved Venetian towns in Greece – Nafplio! It is an absolutely stunning town and I would highly recommend paying it a visit. If you've never been to Venice but you have been to Vegas, take a walk through the Venetian casino and you are practically in Nafplio!! Rather horrible to say I know, but honestly, this place was spotless and incredibly beautiful!!! We checked into our hotel and immediately ran down the street to have . . . GELATO!!! We hadn't seen ice cream in Poros in weeks, and the prospect of real Italian gelato was almost more than some of us could bear. After ice cream we walked around, took about a million pictures and went for dinner. Holly, Zofia and I were sharing a room, and even though I was ready to hit the sack at 7:30, they made me stay awake until 9 so that I wouldn't wake up at the crack of dawn. However, you know what happens when girls get talking . . . we eventually got to bed at midnight.
The next morning Zofia and I headed out to the streets of Nafplio once more and took another million or so pictures before getting on the bus and heading off to the best surprise of the semester! The Venetian castle of Palamidi that overlooks Nafplio was absolutely breathtaking. It might trump all other castles and win the prize for best castle I've ever seen over Culzean and Methoni. We spent a couple of hours scrambling around the ramparts and enjoying the beautiful Greecian sunshine – that's right, it was still SUNNY! And not just sunny, also WARM – there were people swimming!!! Nafplio will definitely be a repeat destination for me. Once we left the beautiful town, we headed out to Epidavros, a cultural centre of ancient Greece famous for the healing cult of Asclepius. There is a massive theatre there that is pretty much completely preserved. To test out the acoustics I sang some Beatles to my field school friends and we just had a great time relaxing in the best seats pretending to be ancient kings and queens.
Once we left the site it was back on the bus and into Athens. The riots had started the night before, and because of this Vasillis couldn't drive us into the city as the streets into and out of Athens were blocked off. We had to say our goodbyes on a side street near a metro station and then the 12 (5 had gone ahead the day before) of us packed all of our luggage onto and off of the metro for half an hour until we got to the closest stop to our hotel. Then it was a short uphill hike to the hotel and we were all reunited once again. Some went off for last minute shopping while I repacked my two bags and threw out more stuff to try and make them a bit more manageable for the journey home. We ordered pizza for dinner and then went up to the rooftop terrace to look at the Acropolis for the last time. Some of the group had to leave at 3 in the morning to get to the airport on time, so we stayed up till about 2:30 talking with them.
The next morning Holly and I caught our flight to London, where I went to catch up with an old friend for the night. We had a great time talking about the old times and drinking pints of proper English cider. I hit up the Sainsbury's for some Magners and a pasty, and the next day had amazing bangers and mash in East London. Back to the airport, back on a plane and 10 hours later landed in Vancouver! Mom and Dad were waiting with sushi and we headed off home.
Whew! So that wraps it up, just over fourteen weeks of travelling, learning, digging, processing, drinking, and making lifelong friendships – what a fall!! The field school was an amazing experience that I'm really happy I could partake in. I miss my friends already, and we are already planning the next reunion. So thanks for reading and for the updates from home, and hopefully I'll get to see you in person soon!


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Q: What is purpose of t32.exe files in Linux? $ locate *.exe
/home/ksv/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/t32.exe
/home/ksv/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/t64.exe
/home/ksv/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/w32.exe
/home/ksv/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/w64.exe

The command on my ubuntu 16.04 (gnome) shows the windows binaries inside home directories. I want to know for what purpose these files are included?

A: When I entered the location, I could not find any exe files there. Its strange but locate command is showing that it contains windows binaries.

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Would you know if your pet were in pain?
Your pet can experience pain and discomfort in multiple ways. Belly pain (e.g. pancreatitis), severe coughing, injuries and cancer, to name a few, are difficult for our furry friends.
Pain and its expression can vary dramatically from breed to breed, and from pet to pet.
Animals in general are very good at hiding when something is wrong. Remember, in the wild, if an animal acts sick, they get eaten. Sadly, our pets have kept this ability to hide pain until they can't take it anymore.
. Vocalization but PLEASE do not count on that to decide your pet is in pain. Many pets who are in pain do not cry out!
. No interest in normal routine, such as going on a walk.
It's hard to think of our loved ones in pain. The good news is there is something you can do about it.
The first thing you need to know is you SHOULD NOT give anything over the counter or any human medication unless directed by your veterinarian. Many human drugs are toxic to our pets, even fatal.
Bring your pet to be checked sooner rather than later. The sooner you figure out what is wrong with your pet, the more options you have.
Remember, age is not a disease. We can successfully treat countless ailments we were unable to help with before. You no longer have to accept your pet no longer playing or wanting to go on walks because he or she is old. It's probably because they are painful.
Also keep in mind that there are many ways to decrease or stop the pain without medications, including: surgery, weight loss, cold therapy, heat therapy, joint supplements, environmental changes, improving traction, harnesses, rehab, massage etc.
In my world as a surgeon, surgery is a classic way to help painful patients. Fixing a broken leg, repairing a torn ACL or removing a cancerous mass are just a few examples.
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Art isn't just a passion for Jeremiah, it's his therapy
Finding out someone's passion can be a gamechanger for both our staff and the people we support. For Jeremiah in Coventry, his world was suddenly filled with colour and possibilities when he realised his love for art.
We spoke to Coventry supported living manager Tracy to find out more.
She said: "Jeremiah is 29 and lives in a flat which he shares with his housemate Matthew. Jeremiah is very polite and quiet. He's also very sociable when he has the right support, and loves going out and enjoying different day clubs.
"One particular class Jeremiah loves is art. Art is more than just a hobby for Jeremiah, it's therapy. After working with Jeremiah for a number of years we've realised art is his outlet, it is how he expresses himself.
"His whole house is covered in Marvel characters. Jeremiah and Matthew both have a passion for Avengers and their flat is painted in all different colours with loads of Marvel-themed décor. Jeremiah loves adding to the collection by creating superhero canvases to decorate the flat, and Matthew loves it too."
Jeremiah said: "I love art just because it's fun, it's relaxing. I like using bright colourful colours that makes me happy. I enjoy finding different ways of styles and to see which ones I enjoy doing.
"I joined a group called Ego which is in Coventry and that's where I started to enjoy doing art and got into it. I enjoy meeting new people there and becoming friends with them.
At first I didn't want to try it because it was new. Then I realised I am good at art, and I got to make canvases of my choice and they were fun to make. I liked to sit with my friends, and it was always fun. It makes me feel proud and happy.
Tracy said: "The difference our support makes to Jeremiah's day to day life is stark. If Jeremiah didn't have any support he wouldn't go out at all. He'd stay in his bedroom playing games on his console all day. The team have encouraged Jeremiah to realise what he can enjoy outside of his home, and to find joy in other things. And they have done an incredible job in supporting him.
"It was one particular support worker Kayla who found out about the art class and suggested it as something Jeremiah would enjoy. It's an incredible feeling when you help someone find out what their passion is, it's always a bit of detective work as to what can make that person's day.
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Home Research > Members > 1386-1421 > MEGRE, John (-d.1419)
MEGRE, John (d.1419), of Truro, Cornw. and London.
m. by 1397, Emma, 2da.
Megre held property in Penryn and in the parishes of Kenwyn and Truro which, despite a move to London quite early in his career, he retained until his death.1 He had begun trading in tin by 1385, and over the next few years brought very large consignments (in 1392, for example, about 20,000 lb) to be assayed in the coinage halls of Truro and Lostwithiel. Early in 1393, along with three other Cornish merchants, he confessed before the King's Council to having illegally exported 603 'pieces' of tin to Flanders without going through the Staple at Calais, in a boat called the Seinte Marie of Falmouth of which he himself was part-owner, whereupon the tin and the vessel were adjudged forfeit to the Crown. Furthermore, in May following, he and some 45 other merchants were fined £200 for shipping tin overseas, again without repairing to the Staple. There is no further evidence of such transgressions on Megre's part, but he was willing to assist his fellow traders when suspicion fell on them. Thus, in 1399, he agreed in Chancery under pain of £3,000 to answer for certain shipments of tin if these were deemed to pertain to the Crown. This was after three other merchants had claimed that the tin had been unjustly confiscated on the mistaken assumption that they had failed to pay customs duties.2
On 29 Jan. 1397, during Megre's first Parliament, he and his wife purchased from the executors of Thomas Nocket, a London draper, all his tenements, shops and cellars near the Cardinal's Hat in Lombard Street, in the parish of St. Mary Woolnoth, and it was in the next few months that he set up in business in the City as a pewterer. As 'citizen of London', at Lostwithiel in 1401, in association with Thomas Knolles*, a member of the Grocers' Company, he received from Sir Henry Ilcombe* and three other Cornishmen recognizances in £20, for payment of which sum he and Knolles had later to go to law. Naturally, since his principal trading continued to be in tin, Megre always retained contacts in Cornwall. In March 1407 his ship, Le Gabriell of Fowey, then under arrest in the port of London, was permitted to return to its home port, on the understanding that it would then sail back to Southampton to serve in a royal expedition to Acquaitaine. The seizure of the ship may have been occasioned by a suit in London over 139 cwt and 60 lb of tin in which Megre was then engaged. This particular consignment had been bought by a Florentine merchant for £125 11s.8d. from William Venour, who himself had purchased it from Megre, giving him a bond for £150 in payment. Megre, however, denied that he had been paid, refused to release the tin to the Florentine, and asked that the matter might be tried by law merchant (so that half the jury could speak the plaintiff's language). Perhaps not surprisingly, the jury found against him. Otherwise, Megre's business prospered: in 1410 he purchased more shops in London, this time in the parish of St. Mary Newchurch, and two years later his property in the City was assessed at £7 12s.3d. a year. He also enjoyed an income from the premises belonging to his wife, who was possibly a Londoner but may have come from Suffolk. Emma Megre held lands for life in Whitton near Ipswich by grant of Alice, widow of Simon Wynchecombe, a London armourer, and she may well have been the widow of a member of Alice's family, that of Master of Ipswich. After Megre's death her holdings in London and Suffolk were said to be worth £26 p.a.3
On 21 June 1417, shortly before his second Parliament as Member for Truro, Megre joined with other citizens of London in making individual loans of sums ranging from £10 to £200 to Henry V to help finance his second invasion of Normandy. Megre's own contribution was as much as £50. As security for repayment the creditors accepted a sword of Spanish manufacture, encrusted with gold inlaid with precious jewels, but were naturally happy to release it in May 1419 in return for assignments on the wool subsidies collected in the port of London.4 It is unlikely, however, that Megre ever recovered the full amount of his loan, for he died before 26 Oct. that same year. Besides revealing that he was a wealthy man, his will, drawn up on 26 Aug., shows him to have been deeply concerned for his eternal welfare. His bequests to churches and other religious foundations on condition of prayers for his soul's salvation were unusually numerous. The church of St. Mary Woolnoth was to receive 26s.8d. for forgotten tithes and £11 for its fabric, while Megre's descendants were to pay an annual sum of 20 marks for the support of two chaplains there in perpetuity, and a third chaplain was to say masses on his behalf in St. Mary's church at Truro for seven years. Other religious foundations in Cornwall which Megre remembered in his will included the church of Kenwyn, the Dominican friary at Truro, the Franciscan friary at Bodmin and the chapels of St. Germoe and St. Michael's Mount, as well as the new chapel 'super les rokkes'. The paupers of the parishes of Kenwyn, Truro and St. Kea, and also six Cornish leper-houses, all received bequests, while in London the mendicant friars, the lepers, the paupers and the sick were all to have some benefit from his estate. Another unusual detail was Megre's concern for the welfare of prisoners in the gaols of London and Westminster, which gives rise to speculation that he himself spent some time in one or other of them. Megre's widow was to have for life the London properties, including all the valuable contents of their home, with remainder after her death to his daughters, Margaret (the wife of James Nanfan†) and Lucy (the wife of John Archdeacon). His four grand daughters were left 100 marks each for their marriages, and his two grandsons 20 marks and £20, respectively. Nanfan, Archdeacon and Thomas Knolles were named as executors and Solomon Oxney*, a London goldsmith, as supervisor.5
Megre's widow, Emma, made her will on 4 Oct. 1435, asking to be buried next to her husband, under a memorial stone in the chapel dedicated to St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist. Tenements in Sherboth Lane and off 'Candelwykstrete' and Lombard Street were left to the rector and churchwardens of St. Mary's, they being charged with the maintenance of certain torches and tapers. She died before May 1442.6
Author: L. S. Woodger
1. Add. Roll 64389; Cornw. Feet of Fines (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. 1950), 918; CAD, v. A13009.
2. E101/293/19, 21, 23, 24; J.F. Baldwin, King's Council, 520; CPR, 1391-6, p. 263; CCR, 1399-1401, p. 149.
3. Corporation of London RO, hr 130/89, 138/11; C241/193/115; CCR, 1399-1401, p. 133; 1405-9, p. 175; CAD, ii. A1958; Cal. P. and M. London, 1381-1412, pp. 285, 287-8; Arch. Jnl. xliv. 80; E179/238/90.
4. CPR, 1416-22, p. 235; Cal. Letter Bk. London, I, 203.
5. Hr 148/26; PCC 46 Marche.
6. Hr 170/56; CPR, 1446-52, p. 13; J. Stow, Surv. London ed. Kingsford, i. 205.


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Posted by Roger Mallett Posted on 30 July 2021
J'accuse! Banned GP's damning letter to the NHS chief
WHEN the NHS suspended GP Dr Sam White without pay for daring to question the Covid narrative, they thought he would meekly disappear. Thankfully he didn't, because the lack of debate from doctors over draconian measures the country has endured unnecessarily has been deafening. Instead, he took legal advice and his solicitor fired off a 23-page letter to the chief executive of the NHS, Sir Simon Stevens.
The colour must have drained from Stevens's face when he opened it, even more so now as it has been made public and read over a million times. It began: 'Please treat this letter as a public interest disclosure or whistle blow in that it raises allegations of alleged criminal conduct and breach of legal obligations by those leading the Covid response.'
It was Dr White's viral resignation video that had angered health service chiefs. He described how he had quit as a partner from his Hampshire general practice because of the harm Covid measures were causing. He was also being prevented from using readily available effective treatments for Covid patients and he could see the toll that isolation was taking on the elderly and vulnerable. He was distraught at the thought that children would be vaccinated for a disease from which they are not at risk, whereas the experimental vaccines could cause them catastrophic damage.
All licensed doctors have a revalidation process conducted every five years either by their employer, their contracted health authority or by their governing body the General Medical Council (GMC). This is to ensure they are fit to practise and to prevent rogue doctors, such as serial killer Harold Shipman, slipping under the radar. Dr White had already passed his revalidation by the GMC without comment in December 2020, where he raised his concerns about masks, not being able to prescribe safe and effective drugs and the inaccurate PCR test. He was reassessed in April after his video made the same points, and passed again. After it went viral, however, clocking up over a million views, he was suspended in June. The NHS had had enough and the same doctor who revalidated him effectively sacked him.
Dr White's legal letter issued by the pjhlaw legal firm accuses HM Government, the executive board of the NHS, Sage, senior members of the civil service and the executive board of the Medicines Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of breaching common law (derived from hundreds of years of precedent rather than recent statute) obligations, and the seven Nolan principles governing public life. The most important of these is Selflessness, meaning that decisions should be taken solely in the public interest and not for financial gain. As we have seen nine billionaires created thanks to the pandemic, alongside millions of reports worldwide of death and injury post-vaccination for a disease with a 99.7 per cent recovery rate, I think it's safe to say they've trampled all over Nolan.
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2021 Chinese Panda 8 Gram Gold Coin BU
The coins of the Chinese Panda Gold Bullion series from the Chinese Mint are some of the most coveted in the world. Over the course of four decades in production, the series has offered investors and collectors alike with a BU version of the coin bearing new designs on the reverse. Only once during that time has a design been repeated. Right now, you can buy 2021 Chinese Panda 8 Gram Gold Coins online from Provident Metals.
Arrives with a sealed plastic pouch from the Chinese Mint!
40th issue of Chinese Panda Gold Coins!
Contains 8 Grams, .2572 Troy oz, of .999 pure gold in BU condition.
Bears a face value of 100 (Yuan) fully backed by the Chinese government.
The obverse features an image of the Hall of Prayer for Abundant Harvests.
On the reverse a young panda climbs a tree as a nearby adult offers support.
With your purchase of a 2021 Chinese Panda 8 Gram Gold Coin in this product listing at Provident Metals, you will receive a coin with its original packaging from the mint. The Chinese Mint individually seals the coins inside of plastic pouches. All coins offered here are in Brilliant Uncirculated condition.
The obverse design of 2021 Chinese Panda Gold Coins offers a glimpse of the exterior faade of the Hall of Prayer for Abundant Harvests. Built between 1406 and 1420, the Hall of Prayer for Abundant Harvests is the central building within the Temple of Heaven Complex. The view you get here remains the same each year on the coins and offers a glimpse from the base of the stairs that lead to the main entryway to the hall. Inscriptions include the Mandarin for Peoples Republic of China and the date mark of 2021.
On the reverse face of the 2021 Chinese Panda 8 Gram Gold Coin is a new design for 2021 capturing a heartwarming scene between an adult panda and its young cub. As the young cub climbs the trunk of a tree, the adult panda stands nearby offering a paw as support for the bold and ambitious cub. The inscriptions on this side include 8g Au .999 and the face value of 100.
Chinese Panda Gold Coins have offered new designs on the reverse field every year. As mentioned earlier, the Chinese Mint repeated a design only once. In 2002, the mint reused the design of the Giant Panda from 2001. The move was so unpopular with fans of the series that the Chinese Mint reversed course in 2003 by releasing a new image of the Giant Panda and it has continued to do so in the nearly two decades since.
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Mönchengladbach Ost ist einer von vier Stadtbezirken der kreisfreien Großstadt Mönchengladbach im Westen des deutschen Bundeslandes Nordrhein-Westfalen. Innerhalb Mönchengladbachs wird die erst seit dem 22. Oktober 2009 bestehende Verwaltungseinheit meist kurz als Stadtbezirk Ost bezeichnet. Im Stadtbezirk Ost wurden im Jahr 2009 die bisherigen Stadtbezirke Neuwerk, Volksgarten und Giesenkirchen zusammengefasst. Diese Verwaltungsreform wurde am 27. Februar 2008 vom Mönchengladbacher Stadtrat mit der knappen Mehrheit von nur einer Stimme beschlossen. Der Sitz der Bezirksverwaltung befindet sich im Verwaltungsgebäude an der Liebfrauenstraße in Neuwerk-Mitte.

Gliederung des Stadtbezirks
Der Mönchengladbacher Stadtbezirk Ost gliedert sich in zehn amtliche Stadtteile, von denen sich einige aus wiederum mehreren kleinen Ortsteilen zusammensetzen:

Bezirksvertretung
Bei der letzten Kommunalwahl 2009 wählte die sich an der Wahl beteiligende Bevölkerung des Stadtbezirks zu 36,3 Prozent CDU, zu 28,7 Prozent SPD, zu 12,2 Prozent Grüne, zu 9,0 Prozent FDP, zu 8,3 Prozent FWG, zu 3,3 Prozent Die Linke. Die restlichen 2,2 Prozent der Stimmen entfielen auf die übrigen Parteien. Der Bezirksvertretung gehören 19 Mitglieder an.

Landtagswahl
Bei der vorgezogenen Landtagswahl am 13. Mai 2012 wählten die stimmberechtigten Einwohner des Stadtbezirks bei den Zweitstimmen wie folgt:

Einteilung der Postleitzahlen
Die Postleitzahlen 41065, 41066 und 41238 sind im Mönchengladbacher Stadtbezirk Ost gültig.

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GST Council approves amendments in CGST Act
New Delhi, Dec 22: The Goods and Service Tax Council on Saturday gave an in-principle approval to the amendment in CGST Act to provide that interest should be charged only on the net tax liability of the taxpayer.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told a press conference that the Council approved amendment in section 50 of the CGST Act to provide that interest should be charged only on the net tax liability of the taxpayer, after taking into account the admissible input tax credit, -- interest would be leviable only on the amount payable through the electronic cash ledger.
The Council has also approved the creation of a Centralised Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling to deal with the cases of conflicting decisions by two or more State Appellate Advance Ruling Authorities on the same issue.
Mr Jaitley added that these recommendations would be made effective only after the necessary amendments in the GST Acts are carried out. (UNI)
Govt committed to tackle NPAs, says Corporate Affairs Minister
New Delhi, Dec 22: Minister of State for Law, Justice and Corporate Affairs P P Chaudhary has said the government was committed to fast resolution of failing businesses and tackling NPA's.
He was speaking at a function on Friday to mark the release of a book titled "Pioneer – A journey of an IP" authored by CA Devendra Nath here.
The Minister said government enacted the insolvency and bankruptcy code in 2016 to ensure expeditious resolution of insolvency related cases in timely manner as the earlier mechanisms of handling insolvencies was ineffective and the cases had been lingering for decades.
Mr Chaudhary said the effective implementation of the code lies in the hands of insolvency professionals.Therefore the insolvency professionals have a responsibility to avoid loss to the nation by salvaging the dying business.
Praising the book he said " Since this is a new area and this book provides reference study material on the subject for the stakeholders based on the first hand experience of a professional, it would be of immense help for the stakeholders of the corporate ecosystem.
CA Devendra Jain has the distinction of being one of the very few Chartered Accountants who started practicing with focus on "The Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) immediately after the code was passed in the Lok Sabha in the month of May 2016 and therefore he has the rare privilege of having first-hand experience about the merits of this code.
The book throws light on all the intricacies of IBC and designed to work as the best reference material for all the professionals engaged in the field of Insolvency and Bankruptcy being faced by companies.
CA Devendra Jain practices in Mumbai & Ahmedabad and has always aimed at serving the interest of millions of small investors whose funds are at stake in the occurrences of Insolvency & Bankruptcy. The launch ceremony was attended by many legal luminaries passionate about this code.
Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, National Company Law Tribunal President M.M.Kumar and Dr. Mukulita Vijayawargiya, WTM (Research & Regulation Wing) IBBI were also present on the occasion. (UNI)
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We Are Not Alone review — Roku Original is a Delightful Sci-Fi Comedy Series
The Office on the dark side of the universe.
We Are Not Alone, a new Roku Original, debuts on January 27 on The Roku Channel and it is a promising sitcom: not one moment is wasted; solid casting; creative production value for a low budget sitcom; engaging story; solid humor; characters jump right in. In my previous post, I discussed what content like this can mean for Roku's future. In this follow-up post, I share a few observations from viewing an advanced release. From what I can tell, this is a feature-length pilot for a sitcom.
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Roku Original Sci-Fi Comedy: WE ARE NOT ALONE
Maybe, like me, you are a Roku person. And maybe you noticed this new offering, a sci-fi comedy, We Are Not Alone. I'm intrigued. I'm intrigued on two main tracks: first, I genuinely think I'll like watching this; next, I have a feeling this could be one of those turning points which adds to Roku's profile as an original content provider, as it moves beyond its original purpose of just making streaming devices. Last year's Weird: The Al Yankovic Story was a significant step forward for Roku as a serious original content provider.
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Review: PIXELS OF YOU
Pixels of You. written by Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota, art by J.R. Doyle. Amulet/Abrams. New York. 2022. 176pp. $16.99
How many times do we experience a true inflection point in our lives, something that significantly changes our attitude and approach to life? This is a story of such a change: a story about two polar opposites who must confront the challenges posed by each other. Set in a future when AI androids are co-existing with humans, this graphic novel provides a delightful slice-of-life series of exchanges between Indira, a young human, and Fawn, a "young" robot. Both are creative types struggling to establish careers. It's an intriguing premise that steadily builds and beautifully plays with coming-of-age tropes: uncertainty; a sense of adventure.
So, Fawn is a robot caught in the same rat race as human Indira. For this story, we don't need a deep dive explanation as to why that is. Part of the charm of this book is the natural and light approach it takes. You just accept the tech and go from there. It seems, for the purpose of this story, that robots and humans have reached a point of co-existence where they treat each other as equals. Thus, we have the evolving relationship between Fawn and Indira. They are rivals. They are friends. And maybe more.
The writing team of Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota provide a very tender exploration of what motivates these two characters: what may cause friction; and what may stimulate attraction between them. The artwork by J.R. Doyle is right in step with this easy-going vibe. The characters and settings are rendered in a loose semi-realistic style that evokes the spontaneity of a sketchbook. It all adds up to a pleasing glimpse into the lives of two complicated characters, one human, one android, sometime in the future.
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Paul Buhle on Comics: Review of 'Street Cop' by Robert Coover and Art Spiegelman
Street Cop. Robert Coover and Art Spiegelman. London: IsolarII, 2021. 104pp. $20.
Guest Review by Paul Buhle
This vest-pocket size story-and-comic arrives to a world without…vests! But it is the same size, more or less, as those once-famous Little Blue Books, printed by the millions in Girard, Kansas, at the former office of the Appeal to Reason, aka Temple of the Revolution. That hoped-for revolution had been quashed by the repressive blows of the Woodrow Wilson government against antiwar socialists. The print revolution of Little Blue Books, if it may be called so, is actually part of a larger saga about comics as an art form and its connections with Modernism-become-Post and Post-Post Modernism.
Art Spiegelman and Robert Coover. From Street Cop.
Readers of Comics Grinder need not hear much about Spiegelman. Maus won a Pulitzer and has circled the world dozens of times. It may be said to have validated comics as art, at least in the US, where that designation had lagged. But actually the advance was twice-over, because Art and his wife Francoise Mouly had created, via their RAW Magazine of the 1980s-90s, an avant garde sensation. A collaborator, Ben Katchor, caught the flavor best by suggesting that RAW positioned or marketed itself as the organ of comics seen anew, a child of obscure or forgotten avant-garde French poetry and art. It was perhaps an extended reach if not actually a dubious claim, but never mind. The occasionally-appearing RAW was unlike any comic ever produced, more global, more arty, and in a curious way, the uneasy cousin of Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky's Weirdo, which was just plain…weird.
Novelist and lit prof Robert Coover is nothing if not the ungrateful, bastard grandchild of modernism, or possibly in his own world of categories. In novel after novel, story after story, Coover manages to lambaste the disordered society, indeed the disordered world, that we live in. Here, in a Manhattan of the future, neighborhoods are manufactured anew through computer printing, and they are never quite solid. The notoriously corrupt as well as brutal NYPD is put into a situation at once hopeless (cops chasing robbers into buildings disapper entirely) and favorably permissive toward ever higher levels of brutality. Actually, we seem well on our way to parts of this dreaded future already.
Coover's protagonist is the cop of title, an ex-criminal badly paid, but without any other definition to his life, and true to noir traditions, he continues on what could only be called existential grounds.
I do not object in the least to flying cars, low-down characters of all kinds, to say nothing of a collapsing city-scape. This part actually seems closest to current reality, although the destruction of historic architecture is part of Capital's plan. When our cop steps into a ghoulish pet shop with very ghoulist pets, I stop to object. My own work environment has avians walking and flying around me through the day. Ghoulishness is not in their remit. Or perhaps we are in a worse version of The Birds, where the animals are wreaking revenge upon the wrong-doing humans?
The story seems to dissolve somewhere around here, but the illustrations by Spiegelman remain wonderfully strange in their shape and colors. The artist who once did bubble gum cards, mixing the mundane with the more or less fantastic, delves popular culture imagery again and again here. The cop himself looks remarkably, sometimes, like Sluggo. This is a hell that is, at least, pretty funny.
Paul Buhle
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Advance Review: PET HUMAN
PET HUMAN
Pet Human. Written by David Guy Levy with Steffan Schlachtenhaufen. Illustrated by Alex Heywood. Periscope Entertainment. 2021. 131pp.
The sooner you know this, the better. I love dogs but I see way too many of them in my Seattle suburban neighborhood of Ballard. It's like nearly everyone is paired up with a dog, or more than one dog. Sometimes small. Often big. But also quite fascinating. I recall an old friend of mine lamenting how he'd succumbed to the Seattle blues, that funky feeling we natives blame on the generally overcast gloomy Pacific Northwest weather (and very poorly planned high-destiny living). He may have said this with his signature smirk but, the next time I saw him, he had taken upon himself to become the proud owner of four dogs! So, fast forward to now, I'm quite intrigued with this new graphic novel that explores a pet's life…but from a highly irregular point of view. This time around, it's the big furry creatures who are at the top of the food chain and it's those puny hairless little apes, the humans, who make for the perfect malleable and docile pets. This wonderfully inventive book provides a rather sobering, and very entertaining, portrait of human as pet. This books originates from the mind of film director/producer David Guy Levy (Would You Rather, The Mandela Effect, Banking on Bitcoin among many others). The book was inspired by his late dog Buster.
Resigned to a pet's life.
When you stop and think about it, we humans are pretty darn lucky in our overall place in the world. But what about life in some alternate reality? Even if you are in prime health and super fit, you're simply no match for a high-functioning Sasquatch! And, even if you are highly intelligent and alert, you are still no match for any Sasquatch! Like it or not, humans defer to the big hairy ones in charge in this scenario. And, let's face it, your typical human, given the chance to lounge around all day, will not put up a fight and simply give in. There are certainly exceptions. But Buster, our human hero, is not exceptional by any means. He is very typical. He gives in without so much as a whimper of resistance, albeit an occasional meek complaint.
Walking a human pet.
Illustrator Alex Heywood breathes life into this scenario with stunning results. It took him two and a half years to illustrate Pet Human. "I was excited when David reached out and asked me to illustrate his story, and bring the Pet Human world to life," said Heywood in a press release. "It was my first long-term project as an artist and it fit perfectly with my style of drawing. I create dense, imaginative wildlife scenes in my art all the time, just for fun." It is Heywood's uninhibited depiction of lush natural, yet otherworldly, terrain that keeps the reader riveted to this wonderfully subversive story. Readers will cheer on Buster as he must navigate life with his alien family of Pruni and Blorg.
Pet Human is quite an unusual story that somehow manages to gently trod over a number of issues. Buster is a human being with a heart and soul who happens to live the life of a pet with two Sasquatch-like creatures. What could be more normal? Buster doesn't seem to mind his lot in life very much but, of course, he lacks the capacity to see beyond his circumstances. Suffice it to say, there is plenty to unpack here. The creative team have set up a world as compelling and engaging as looking into the eyes of your favorite pug. As of this writing, a Kickstarter campagin in support of this book is just about to wrap up in a few days. Go check it out. And, for further details, check out Periscope Entertainment.
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French Graphic Novelist Ugo Makes Animation Debut, ARCO
Ugo's ARCO
I love this still from the upcoming animated feature, Arco. I have to hand it to the French as this looks like something very weird and wonderful–and will live up to its promise. All the little details, so delicate and precise, speak to the dedication of a true graphic novelist, which Ugo surely is as he has a fine and consistent track record of actually creating numerous graphic novels. You really can't call yourself a graphic novelist without actually being one! So, here is a bona fide bande dessinee artist!
Here is the news on Arco which appeared in Variety last month:
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William F. Nolan Dead at 93; New 'Logan's Run' Remains a Mystery
From Henry Chamberlain's graphic novel, George's Run
William F. Nolan was one of the grand old men from the golden age of science fiction and horror spanning pulp fiction, television and the movies. Starting out as an illustrator in Kansas City, Nolan ultimately made his way to Hollywood and became part of a group of writers within the orbit of Ray Bradbury, and subsequently Charles Beaumont, all trying to break into television. As part of the inner circle of writers, casually known as, "The Group," little by little, Nolan gained some ground.
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'George's Run: A Writer's Journey Through the Twilight Zone' Now on ComiXology
GEORGE'S RUN by Henry Chamberlain
GEORGE'S RUN is now ready for your digital reading pleasure at comiXology. Just follow the link right here. And now, for those unfamiliar with this graphic novel, here are a few words. And, for those loyal true believers who know what I'm talking about, I hope you get to enjoy the book. A print run is coming soon too. This is a book about a bunch of hungry writers all seeking that elusive touch of strange!
Charles Beaumont on the set of "The Howling Man." Illustration by Henry Chamberlain
Imagine a book that checks off all the boxes: compelling main character, appealing to any age, and a meaningful story. This is a graphic novel about the life and times of George Clayton Johnson. You don't need to know who he is. But you won't forget him once you do. George is a gateway to a universe of storytelling. George came from nothing but went on to claim his rightful place among the Rat Pack of Science Fiction, in the heyday of a lot of creative energy, with icons like Rod Serling and Ray Bradbury.
George Clayton Johnson's Cafe Frankenstein
I encourage you to look up professor Paul Buhle because he provided an essay for my book that really blows my mind! Mr. Buhle is a respected scholar who has worked with various cartoonists over the years. I have also received a testimonial from novelist Jerome Charyn, who you may be familiar with. I have received a testimonial from cartoonist Jeff Smith and cartoonist Craig Frank. I have received a testimonial from Disney writer Martin Olson. A lot of very cool and significant folks have given GEORGE'S RUN a thumb's up. This is one of those books that is very special, I think, and part of the magic is that it's offbeat and unusual. At the heart of the activities going on in this book are all the interconnections emanating from the original Twilight Zone. It's like a mystery within a mystery. It's like a favorite amusement park ride. I'm looking for an agent who, once she's read the book, is thrilled by it and can't wait to let people know about it.
George Clayton Johnson
George is like a Holy Grail of Insight who, Henry, the author of this book, seeks. Henry finds George and unlocks an enigma wrapped in a riddle. So much hiding in plain sight. Within a quirky and dream-like narrative, George and Henry embark upon an adventure in grand storytelling. In the process, the reader becomes immersed in fanciful and insightful observations recollected.
George's Run: A Writer's Journey Through The Twilight Zone is NOW available on @comiXology Submit!
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Interview: François Vigneault and TITAN
François Vigneault
Here is an interview with cartoonist, illustrator and designer François Vigneault. We chat about his graphic novel, TITAN, and related matters. The French edition of TITAN was nominated for multiple awards including the Prix des Libraires and the Joe Shuster Award, and now we finally have the English edition published by Oni Press and available as of November 10, 2020.
TITAN by François Vigneault
TITAN, a graphic novel set during a worker's revolt has, like any good science fiction, a "torn from the headlines" relevance to it. Politics and protest are clearly on the forefront now. In the U.S., we have one of the most consequential presidential elections in history. It will be a brave new world, on so many levels, that we will all enter into later this year. So, an intriguing sci-fi thriller graphic novel will definitely fit right in. For this interview, I ask François about the book and, specifically about the two lovers caught in the middle. We also discuss the whole process of creating comics, moving up the ranks as an independent cartoonist, and the life of an artist in Montreal, Quebec.
Hope you enjoy the video interview. Here is some additional material exclusive to this post:
What authors did you turn to for guidance or inspiration for TITAN?
There were definitely a big mix of influences and inspirations over the years, but I will mention a few that pop out to me:
Grendel Tales: Devils and Deaths by Darko Macan and the late Edvin Biuković is a comic I first read as a teenager and it had a big influence on me, like TITAN it is a story of love during wartime and I think anyone who enjoys my book will appreciate this somewhat underrated gem… Biuković's untimely death was a real loss to the world of comics.
Italo Calvino is one of my favorite authors; most of his work is very, very different from what I am doing, but one of my favorite volumes by him is Difficult Loves, which includes a range of tales ranging from "Wartime Stories" to "Stories of Love and Loneliness" which definitely had an influence on TITAN. I know I reread that book at least twice during the creation of TITAN.
Finally, I think probably the biggest influence on me for the last decade or so has been the late, great Ursula K. LeGuin; she somehow manages to surprise me again and again over the years. Every time I think I have her figured out, or know what to expect from her, she throws another curveball (or perhaps a right hook is a more appropriate metaphor) and I'm left pleasantly dazed by the experience. The singular way that LeGuin would mix interpersonal pain with cultural conflict has been and remains a tremendous influence on my work. I had the privilege of meeting her very briefly back when I lived in Portland, and I am so glad that I had that opportunity, even if all I did was gush about her work and get my ratty old copies of Earthsea signed.
What would you like to share about the writing, the subtext, to TITAN?
That question is very open to interpretation! So I'll just briefly say that despite the many dark elements to the plot, the corruption, violence, and inequality that is present throughout the book, I do think that TITAN is ultimately a hopeful story, a story about the capacity of human beings to connect with each other.
How do you think TITAN mirrors our society today and what is timeless in your work?
I do think so, though I will leave it to others to decide if the mirror that TITAN holds up to our world is interesting, useful, or just plain boring. Definitely the book is very much inspired by our world, and sometimes feels eerily prescient in how very closely it maps to events that are unfolding right now (keep in mind I finished writing TITAN back in 2017), it is disturbing, to tell the truth. ButI suppose that shows that some of TITAN's themes of injustice, state-sanctioned violence, and the cruel indifference of capitalism to human suffering are certain to be with us for a long, long time. But as I mentioned earlier, there is also a theme of connection, love, and reconciliation that is present in the book as well, and I hope that those ideas are timeless as well.
Be sure to visit François Vigneault at his website right here.
Excerpt panels from TITAN
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Review: TITAN by François Vigneault
Titan. by François Vigneault. Oni Press, Portland, OR, 2020. 202pp, $19.99.
François Vigneault is one of the most original and fun cartoonists out there today. If you have not checked out his Titan comics, this is the perfect time since Oni Press presents a new collection of the series coming out November 10, 2020. Consider this an advance review. I will follow up with another Titan-related post closer to the release date. It is often said that the best science fiction has a timeless quality as well as comments with precision on its own time. Titan certainly is relevant to our tumultuous times full of protest. Meet João da Silva and Phoebe Mackintosh: one is a member of the ruling elite; the other is a member of the exploited working class. It is the not-too-distant future, about a hundred years from now. The old mining colony of Homestead, on a moon of Titan, is steadily working its way to obsolescence. In order to try to salvage the situation, MGR First Class da Silva arrives on the scene from HQ, planet Terra. His liaison officer is one of the best workers, Phoebe. What could go wrong? For starters, João and Phoebe immediately sense some hot chemistry between them. Meanwhile, the entire order of things is coming apart at the seams.
Page from TITAN
Vigneault has a very vivid and direct drawing style. Whether he draws with a pen and paper or directly on a digital tablet, he has nailed quite a fluid and expressive line. This is a wonderfully cartoony style with an immediate impact that attracts the reader to the characters and action. Vigneault has a way of evoking emotion that holds its own with any other drawing style with its authenticity. I don't feel a false note anywhere. Any reader will get hooked into what becomes of João and Phoebe and, by extension, the rest of Homestead, even the whole freaking solar system! In the grand science fiction tradition, the fate of worlds depends upon these two–but also with a touch of irony to boot. This isn't your father's sci-fi, after all.
I'll tell you one thing. Vigneault manages to pull off one of the trickiest of metaphors. In lesser hands, I think this would have felt like a heavy-handed gambit. The ruling class from Terra appear tiny in comparison to the Titan workers, genetically modified for maximum efficiency. When João and Phoebe become lovers, the symbolism is totally brought home, and the stark contrast is pretty powerful, even beautiful. João and Phoebe, as different as they are, fit together. João is small and nimble. Phoebe is large and strong. João can't help but bring up his concern over whether he is big enough for her to which Phoebe reassures him that "size doesn't matter." Over the course of their story, the reader comes to appreciate how right they are for each other.
Panel excerpt: Phoebe reassures João.
Comics and graphic novels share much in common. If a comic strip, for example, is done right, it will entice the reader to go through it more than one quick scan. A reader may not even be fully aware of it but it is likely that the comic strip is digested a number of times, as in a loop. The reader seeks the stimulation and goes for repeated rewards. And then it's time to move on to something else. But, at that moment, a comics loop experience is enjoyed. And so it can, and does, happen with graphic novels. There are certain passages that must be re-visited. Pages to go back to, pages to compare. Some academics theorize that comics are read in an entirely different way when displayed on a gallery wall and perhaps that even hurts the comics experience. Well, I don't buy it. I say all this because Vigneault has managed to find that sweet spot in making comics where his creation entices the reader to linger, to re-visit, and to revel in the work. Not all comics do that and perhaps some comics creators don't even factor that in. But Vigneault does.
I really good novel, or movie, or graphic novel, invites repeated consumption. It is built-in. That is going on here with Titan, a story of two star-crossed lovers caught up in events bigger than themselves. If the characters are compelling, the events in question can recede into the background and come up to the forefront as needed. Not all novels are created equal, of course! The point here is that Vigneault, in the driver's seat as a auteur cartoonist (both writer and artist), fully understands how to drive a story forward. He is someone who would be fun to chat with over an interview. We would discuss process, storytelling in general, as well as social commentary and science fiction. In the end, what we would talk about would be the art of making comics. It's not easy and, like the most complex of art forms, it seems to require a bit of magic. You will definitely find something magical about this graphic novel with its pacing, symbols, and daring.
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L'energia radiant és l'energia de les ones electromagnètiques continguda en la llum visible i altres formes de radiació, com els raigs X. Quan la matèria absorbeix la radiació experimenta un augment de l'energia tèrmica; també es poden experimentar canvis en les substàncies.
La quantitat d'energia radiant es pot calcular integrant el flux radiant (o potència) respecte al temps, com en el cas de qualsevol altre tipus d'energia, en unitats del SI es mesura en joules.

A partir de les equacions de Maxwell la densitat d'energia electromagnètica al buit vindrà donada per:

on
 ε0 és la permitivitat elèctrica del buit,
 μ0 és la permeabilitat magnètica del buit,
  és el vector del camp elèctric, i
  és el vector del camp magnètic.

En el cas d'una ona electromagnètica, aquesta energia es desplaça; i a partir de les equacions de Maxwell es pot deduir que el flux d'energia vindrà donat pel vector de Poynting:
.
El concepte d'ona electromagnètica inclou, entre d'altres, les ones de ràdio, les microones, la llum, els raigs X o les radiacions gamma.

El treball de Max Planck sobre els cossos negres i el de Heinrich Hertz sobre l'efecte fotoelèctric van demostrar que els intercanvis d'energia es feien en quantitats definides o quàntum. El 1905, Albert Einstein va introduir el concepte de fotó o quàntum d'energia electromagnètica. El quàntum d'energia intercanviat o energia del fotó depèn de la longitud d'ona, segons l'equació de Planck:

E = h.ν

on
 ν és la freqüència de l'ona, expressada en hertz (Hz)
 h és la constant de Planck

per a qualsevol ona es pot escriure:
λ = c/ν
on
 λ és la longitud d'ona, expressada en metres
 c és la velocitat de la llum

Les longituds d'ona visibles per a l'ull humà són les compreses entre 380 nm i 780 nm (per sota de l'ultraviolat i per sobre de l'infraroig.

Aquesta energia electromagnètica radiant pot ser recuperada i utilitzada gràcies als panells fotovoltaics (que utilitzen la radiació violada i ultraviolada), o pels escalfadors solars d'aigua (que utilitzen la radiació infraroja). Les plantes també capten aquest tipus d'energia per fer la fotosíntesi i les antigues càmeres fotogràfiques per impressionar la pel·lícula. Els fotons poden provocar la ionització dels àtoms, de manera que els àtoms excitats cedeixen part de la seva energia que pot ser captada sota una forma diferent (com l'electricitat o la fotosíntesi), o pot modificar l'estructura de la matèria (com en el cas de la pel·lícula fotogràfica). D'altra banda, els fotons també poden cedir la seva energia provocant l'agitació dels àtoms de la matèria, en seria el cas de forn microones. En el cas de les ones hertzianes (ràdio, televisió, telèfon mòbil), l'energia radiant provoca la circulació d'un corrent elèctric a l'antena que és transformat en so o imatges.

Vegeu també
 Electroestàtica
 Energia lluminosa
 Sistema obert (termodinàmica)
 Radiometria
 Radiació ionitzant
 Radiació còsmica de fons

Referències

Per a més informació

 Caverly, Donald Philip, Primer of Electronics and Radiant Energy. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1952.

Radiació electromagnètica
Radiometria


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OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
The European Union's External Labour Migration Policy; Rationale, Objectives, Approaches and Results, 1999-2014
This series is designed to make available to a wider readership selected labour market, social policy and migration studies prepared for use within the OECD. Authorship is usually collective, but principal writers are named. The papers are generally available only in their original language - English or French - with a summary in the other.
This paper is part of the joint project between the Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission and the OECD's Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs on "Review of Labour Migration Policy in Europe". This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Grant: HOME/2013/EIFX/CA/002 / 30-CE-0615920/00-38 (DI130895) A previous version of this paper (DELSA/ELSA/MI(2015)2) was presented and discussed at the OECD Working Party on Migration in June 2015. This paper presents an overview and analysis of the policy development at the EU level regarding external labour migration (ELM). It reviews the shift in ELM policy at the EU level by examining documents and debates. It looks at the treatment of ELM, setting out from the Amsterdam Treaty and then follows the development up to the present, paying close attention to the evolving rational for increasing ELM. The difference between the horizontal approach and the sectoral approach is explained. The major ELM Directives under the sectoral approach are presented and discussed in terms of how they were negotiated and how they fit into the overall ELM policy strategy. The document concludes by identifying current political challenges for expanding the EU approach beyond its present form.
JEL: K37: Law and Economics / Other Substantive Areas of Law / Immigration Law; N44: Economic History / Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation / Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: Europe: 1913-; F22: International Economics / International Factor Movements and International Business / International Migration
Peo Hanseni iUniversity of Linköping
https://doi.org/10.1787/5jlwxbxflc0r-en
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In Vietnam and throughout Southeast Asia we recruit Senior Managers for mostly North American and European companies where the goal is to increase local market share or to increase the efficiency of the foreign business unit. Often the best solution is to recruit highly qualified local or resident expatriate managers who have strong track records of success in the markets of Vietnam, or in the Southeast Asia (ASEAN) or Asia-Pacific markets as a whole.
We take particular care to try to find people who are accustomed to working in a business model that resembles that of the client company. A person who works well at a top Vietnamese enterprise, or even at a large multinational Western firm, for example, might not be the right person as employee #1 at a medium-sized foreign firm's greenfield business unit in Vietnam.
When the position to be filled involves a responsibility beyond Vietnam, such as a Managing Director for the Asia-Pacific Region, an ASEAN Sales Director, or an Asia-Pac VP Finance, we take special care to seek out people who bring deep experiences across the Asian region, with respect, knowledge and insight into the many varied cultures of Asia. Such managers tend to bring out the best from their local staff, customers, and suppliers, and help make a greater business for our client companies.
Vietnam CEO, Vietnam COO, Vietnam President, Vietnam Managing Director, Vietnam General Manager, Vietnam Chief Representative, Vietnam Director General, Vietnam Business Unit Head, etc.
Vietnam CMO, Vietnam Chief Sales Officer, Vietnam VP Sales and Marketing, Vietnam Sales Director, Vietnam Regional Sales Manager, Vietnam Country Manager, Vietnam Commercial Director, Vietnam Commercial Manager, Vietnam National Sales Manager, Vietnam Business Development Director, Vietnam Business Development Manager, etc.
Vietnam CFO, Asia-Pacific CFO, Asia-Pacific Regional Finance Director, Vietnam VP Finance, Vietnam Regional Finance Director, Vietnam Financial Controller, Vietnam Finance Manager, Vietnam Mergers & Acquisitions Specialist, etc.
Vietnam COO, Asia-Pacific Operations Director, Vietnam Plant Manager, Vietnam Factory Manager, Vietnam VP Manufacturing Operations, Vietnam Director of Operations, etc.
Vietnam VP Supply Chain, Vietnam Supply Chain Director, Vietnam Procurement Director, Vietnam Purchasing Director, Vietnam Sourcing Director, Vietnam Materials Director, Vietnam Logistics Director, Vietnam Director of Distribution, Vietnam Fulfillment Director, etc.


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This is the fifth in a series of 10 posts on steps local newspapers should take to survive and thrive in the face of the economic meltdown and the societal shift to the Internet.
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" The newspaper needs to provide a way for local users to research products online and to buy them through the newspaper's business directory/web site."
I want to go directly to website of the merchant. No intermediaries for me.
I buy from Amazon direct, but I don't buy when the goods come from a 3rd party.
I don't like buying local on the website when I can buy remote and avoid the sales/use tax.
Thanks, Dave. I think the newspaper would be making it possible for the merchant or business to connect with you. I'm not sure the user would even know the paper was involved. The main thing is that somebody is going to need to help the business succeed online, or at least I think that's likely. Why not the newspaper?
When the Rocky was in operation, I believe you carried a Shopzilla bug on your Web page. If you remember the Web traffic data, how often was it used? I'll lay a bet not much. Readers come to newspaper sites to get information, not to shop.
Mr. Allen, your final sentence raises an important question. What is information? We know that research studies of newspaper readers show that one of the top reasons they read a paper is for advertising. They want to know what's for sale and compare prices. I believe newspapers shouldn't define information too narrowly on the Web. News is the core of a newspaper and its Web site. But it may be other types of information that help support news gathering. I believe in the idea of a newspaper web site as a resource for a community, a collector and organizer of data that helps people live better. Shopping and commerce can be part of that formula. As for Shopzilla's bug, that was essentially brand advertising. Their brand was associated with a trusted brand in our market and other Scripps markets, the local newspaper. I don't know how much traffic such links generated. But we also included links for the Scripps cable networks, such as HGTV and Food. It also reflected well on the Rocky, I believe, to be part of a company that developed those brands.
John: A while back Christopher Ryan and I wrote "A Classifieds Manifesto" and posted it on our site, ReinventingClassifieds.com. Concept No. 1 of the Manifesto is similar to your idea of newspapers getting involved in transactions.
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