Washington: The Mayor of the US city of Birmingham will travel to India in October to build cultural and economic ties with Indian cities.
Ahead of his visit to India, Mayor William Bell, a well-known African-American leader, has invoked the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, saying they are still relevant in the present world and need to be followed by the people.
He was here recently to attend the 50th anniversary celebrations of the historic 'March on Washington' and said that he is grateful to be a witness to the first African- American President presiding over the commemoration ceremony of the historic event that took place in 1963.


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Country Life. April 15, 1985. Volume CLXXVII No. 4575 Italian Number
London: Country Life, 1985. Paperback. Articles on fashion, Abruzzo in Central Italy, sculpture grottoes of the Medici, Castello di Fenis, Shearwaters of Linosa, Sabbioneta in Northern Italy, Horseracing in Italy, Motoring, Gardening, and more. Illustrated paper wrappers with white spine panel titled in black. Minor wear to covers, spine panel, and edges. Clean interior. Minor wear to page edges. Pagination: 1093- 1165. PER/102621. Very Good.	More
Country Life. June 11, 1953. Vol. CXIII No. 2943 Collector's Number
London: Country Life, 1969. Paperback. Articles on English summer fashion, Venetian painting, old mahogany furniture, Gordon Richards's Derby, French paper weights, and more. Illustrated blue paper wrappers, side-stapled with title to front panel only. Minor wear to covers and edges. Clean interior. Minor wear to page edges. Pagination: 1842-1927. PER/102621. Very Good.	More
Country Life. May 20, 1982. Volume CLXXI No. 4422 Italian Number
London: Country Life, 1982. Paperback. Articles on fashion, cricket, racing, golf, Royal Windsor Horse Show, Marie-Louis - Duchess of Parma, Royal Academy Exhibition, Wines of Italy, Apulia in Southern Italy, birdwatching, and more. Illustrated paper wrappers with white spine panel titled in black. Minor wear to covers, spine panel, and edges. Clean interior. Minor wear to page edges. Pagination: 1452 - 1532. PER/102621. Very Good.	More
Country Life. November 11, 1976 Volume CLX No. 4141 London Number
London: Country Life, 1976. Paperback. Articles on English fashion, Saab 99 EMS Saloon, Thomas Lord's first cricket ground, Pugin Revival at Westminster, the Grove of Hobby Horses, arts and crafts, tennis, horse racing, and more. Illustrated paper wrappers with white spine panel titled in black. Minor wear to covers, spine panel, and edges. Clean interior. Minor wear to page edges. Pagination: 1351-1454. PER/102621. Very Good.	More
Country Life. Scottish Number. August 14, 1969. Vol. CXLVI No. 3780
London: Country Life, 1969. Paperback. Articles on Scottish farming, Cyclopean kilns and quarries, the Fiat 1256 Special Salon, Dutch art coming to Scotland, Galloway, National Pony Show, and more. Illustrated blue paper wrappers with white spine panel titled in blue. Soiling and wear to covers and edges. Clean interior. Minor wear to page edges. pagination: 368 - 422. PER/102621. Very Good.	More
Country Life. September 3, 1970. Vol. CXLVIII No. 3828 Autumn Gardens Number
London: Country Life, 1970. Paperback. Articles on the highlands, English fashion, venom and cures, tropical gardens, the Hillman Avenger GL, greenhouse plants, lakes of Macedonia, and more. Illustrated paper wrappers with white spine panel titled in black. Minor wear to covers, spine panel, and edges. Clean interior. Minor wear to page edges. Pagination: 549-605. PER/102621. Very Good.	More
Official Documents of the Presbytery of Albany, Exhibiting the Trials of the Rev. John Chester & Mr. Mark Tucker: Together with the Whole Case of the Rev. Hooper Cumming
Schenectady, NY: Henry Stevens & Co, 1818. Hardcover. First Edition. A compilation of documents related to the trials of John Chester, Mark Tucker and Hooper Cumming. Chester and Tucker were accused of slandering Reverend Cumming, who in turn was accused of inappropriate behavior. Bound in full brown leather with red leather spine label. Leather is stained and worn with tender hinges. Offsetting to endpapers, and browning to pages. With a fold-out sheet outlining the charges by the committee at various points in the proceedings. With bookplate of William Ward Wight. Blue stamp of an honors academy on title page. Very good minus. Octavo. 255 pages plus errata page. REL/081621. Very Good -.	More
Recueil de Plantes Coloriées, pour Servir a l'Intelligence des Lettres Elémentaires sur la Botanique de J.J. Rousseau
Paris: Chez Poinçot, 1789. Hardcover. A collection of 44 beautiful handcolored botanical plates of which 38 are of various flowers and 6 comprise a visual dictionary of botanical terms. Each plate is accompanied by a page of text describing the plant and its qualities. The plates are in near fine condition but unfortunately the leather binding is not. It is chipped, scuffed, and bumped, and the top half of the spine is missing. The front board is almost detached although the text block is firm. Endpapers have spotting and the title page has browning to edges. Small octavo. Unpaginated. NATURE/072021.	More
A Residence in France, During the Years 1792,1793,1794,and 1795; Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: With General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners
New York: Printed by Shepard Kollock for Cornelius Davis, 1798. Hardcover. First American Edition. An interesting and extensive recounting of the English lady's years in France during their revolution's reign of terror. The author was identified as Helen Maria Williams (1759 – 1827), a British novelist, poet, and translator of French-language works. A religious dissenter, she was a supporter of abolitionism and of the ideals of the French Revolution; she was imprisoned in Paris during the Reign of Terror, but nonetheless spent much of the rest of her life in France [Wikipedia]. Bound in contemporary brown leather with red spine label. Leather is chipped, abraded, and bumped. Wear and crack lines to spine edges. Joints are cracked but text block is tight. Scattered spotting throughout and many text pages are browned although still legible. Initials in ink on top page edges. Still a nice copy of this account of the writer's experiences. FRENCHIST/080921. Very Good -.	More
[Abstract Orange Press] Emeritz, Lauren, book artist
Declaration of Human Rights
Washington DC: Abstract Orange Press, 2020. Number 10 of 20 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. Lauren based this powerful and timely work on the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights from 1949. She has created a set of 30 broadsides, each printed with text from one of the declarations, starting with "all humans are free & equal" through "no one may deny the rights of others." The text pages have hand cut wood type printed on brown chipboard using neon ink and printed on a Vandercook 99 proof press. They are housed in a portfolio with the title printed in wood and metal type on blue Keaykolour cover stock. In fine condition. Measures 7 x 11 inches. ARTISTS/100620. Fine.	More
Aly, Islam
Fantastic Fauna
Cedar Falls, IA: Islam Aly, 2017. Hardcover. 1 of 40 copies. Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist. "'Fantastic Fauna' is a bilingual book in English and Arabic, based on the tradition of having animal characteristics as caricatures of humans. The book was inspired from Ibn Al Mqufas's 'Kalila and Dimna' a ninth-century collection of animal fables which came to Persia from India, similar to George Orwell's political allegory 'Animal Farm', the stories are about people and politics. The animal characters were used to represent social inequality and oppression.'Fantastic Fauna' shows animal images from medieval Islamic artwork that depict imaginary and real animals. The book offers the reader with a different reality where the words describing the animals are not in the main book but inside the miniature books. The reader will be intrigued to find differences and connections between images and words, animal and human characters. The book ends with the George Orwell quote "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" (artist's website). Hand-sewn coptic binding in wooden boards with leather wrappings connected to five miniature books. The books all feature laser-engraved animals on the boards. The main book has the laser-engraved title in English and Arabic on the front board. The illustrations and text are lasercut on Johannot paper in all of the books. All text is in English and Arabic. Size: Main book is 8 x 5 x 1.75 inches with 5 miniature books measuring 1.5 x 1.5 x .75 inches. Islam Aly is an Egyptian-born book artist and teacher based in Iowa. His books explore the possibilities of historical bindings in contemporary book art practices They have appeared in international exhibitions in the United States and abroad, and in private and public collections including the New York Public Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Library of Chile, Yale University, and Bibliotheca Alexandrina. In an artist's statement he writes: "When I make a historical book structure, I go through a learning process. I learn the history as well as the different physical aspects of the binding such as how a book form is constructed in a specific sequence. I learn about the use of different materials such as paper, wood, leather and dyes. I learn to make choices in selecting and replacing traditional materials that I don't have access to. I use these different experiences to enhance my work in making artists' books and to use historical and cultural references from these structures in the actual content. In essence, I wish to explore new ways to use the rich structures of historical books in contemporary artists' book practice and incorporate contemporary content into strictly historical structures." ARTB/110521. Fine.	More
Statera, Mizan
Cairo: Islam Aly, 2020. Hardcover. 1 of 30 copies (and five proofs). Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist. "Statera" explores the rhombic dot system behind the Thuluth script. An Arabic, elegant, cursive writing that is used on architectural monuments and manuscripts. In Arabic, this system is called "Mizan Al Horof" (balance of letters). "Statera" shows each letter's specific structure, which is built of a significant rule: the number of dots. The 28 letters are printed in Thuluth script with vibrant red color, over regular handwritten text by ordinary people. Different styles, signatures, seals, notes, and markings from legal ledger paper contrast with the Thuluth script rules. This contrast reveals an engaging perspective hidden between the balanced letters and aged documents. The fourteen rhombus pieces of camel bone are engraved with a letter on each side, echoing the book's interior. legal ledger paper from the late 1800s and 1900s, museum board, hand-printed Arabic letters from magnesium plates, laser-engraved wooden boards, book cloth, stiff-leaf binding with leather wrappings connected to laser engraved camel bone pieces. Size: 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.75 Islam Aly is an Egyptian-born book artist and teacher based in Iowa. His books explore the possibilities of historical bindings in contemporary book art practices They have appeared in international exhibitions in the United States and abroad, and in private and public collections including the New York Public Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Library of Chile, Yale University, and Bibliotheca Alexandrina. In an artist's statement he writes: "When I make a historical book structure, I go through a learning process. I learn the history as well as the different physical aspects of the binding such as how a book form is constructed in a specific sequence. I learn about the use of different materials such as paper, wood, leather and dyes. I learn to make choices in selecting and replacing traditional materials that I don't have access to. I use these different experiences to enhance my work in making artists' books and to use historical and cultural references from these structures in the actual content. In essence, I wish to explore new ways to use the rich structures of historical books in contemporary artists' book practice and incorporate contemporary content into strictly historical structures." ARTB/122021. Fine.	More
Aly, Islam [Farid Aldin Al-Attar]
Cairo, Egypt: Islam Aly, 2019. Hardcover. 1 of 30 copies. Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist. "Inception is inspired by stories and journeys of the refugees. It is a bilingual codex in English and Arabic. The book is based on the twelfth-century Persian verse poem 'The Conference of the Birds' written by Farid Aldin Al-Attar. The poem is about the search for truth and integrity, which is parallel to the refugee's quest to re-discover themselves. [In the poem] birds meet to begin searching for their perfect king. But to find him, they need to start a difficult journey ... that only 30 of them complete. They eventually recognize that their king is each of them and all of them.The English text is adapted from the Afkham Darbandi translation. The Arabic text is adapted from Badee Mohamed Gomaa Arabic translation "Manteq Al Tayr". The bird images represented are from medieval Islamic artwork. Arabic Calligraphy is done by Abdul Karim and Sabri.'Inception' was made as part of Swarthmore College's Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary project" (artist's website). Hand-sewn coptic binding in wooden boards with leather wrappings connected to seven miniature books. The books all have laser-engraved titles in English and Arabic on the boards. The illustrations are lasercut on Fabriano paper as is the bi-lingual text in the miniature books. The text in the larger book is laser printed on tracing paper. All text is in English and Arabic. Size: Main book is 4.5 inches diameter x 3.5 inches thick, seven miniatures are each 2 inches in diameter x .75 inches thick. Islam Aly is an Egyptian-born book artist and teacher based in Iowa. His books explore the possibilities of historical bindings in contemporary book art practices They have appeared in international exhibitions in the United States and abroad, and in private and public collections including the New York Public Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Library of Chile, Yale University, and Bibliotheca Alexandrina. In an artist's statement he writes: "When I make a historical book structure, I go through a learning process. I learn the history as well as the different physical aspects of the binding such as how a book form is constructed in a specific sequence. I learn about the use of different materials such as paper, wood, leather and dyes. I learn to make choices in selecting and replacing traditional materials that I don't have access to. I use these different experiences to enhance my work in making artists' books and to use historical and cultural references from these structures in the actual content. In essence, I wish to explore new ways to use the rich structures of historical books in contemporary artists' book practice and incorporate contemporary content into strictly historical structures." ARTB/110521. Fine.	More
Bailey, Alicia
Evanesco - A Selection of Beleaguered Frogs
Aurora, CO: Alicia Bailey at Ravenpress, 2020. Hardcover. Produced in a variable edition of no more than 9 copies of which this is number 4. A collection of 17 endangered frog species, each hand painted (reproduced digitally), and briefly described with terms such as "population decreasing." Labeled ink drawings of frog anatomy are incorporated into each illustration. A circle graph showing frog populations as extinct, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable, near threatened, least concern, and data deficient accompanied with hand-written percentiles in red adorns the bottom of the case for the book. Along the interior edges of the box the following text is printed: "Blake believed that the object of being human is to learn how to be human. Will we learn to be human in time? To live up to our full capacities in time to save ourselves? To save the world that is vulnerable to us? To fail will bring on a greater tragedy than we can possibly imagine." According to the artist: "This project began with a batch of biology notebooks from my great-aunt Ruth's archive that were created in 1920 as part of her undergraduate education. I inked over several of her pencil drawings detailing frog biology, treated the pages so they would be receptive to oil paint, then painted a variety of frogs, one to a page. Scanned at high-resolution, these images were printed on hand-dyed Mohawk Superfine Text paper with archival digital inks. The images were each mounted on a core of museum board wrapped with elephant hide paper with further details about the depicted frog hand-written in red ink. The pages are bound using a wire edge structure, onto metal rods. The book and box covers have been treated with shellac, then overpainted with gesso, oil, and wax. The covers each have a hand-painted frog behind laser etched mica labels. The diamond shaped book is housed in a custom box with text laser etched into the tray's corner pieces. The base of the box has a print out of a circle graph with a hand-written legend under a layer of cast acrylic." Alicia Bailey has been creating artists' books, limited edition books, and sculptural books since the mid-nineties. Her work has been featured in dozens of exhibitions and is held in many collections around the world. Size: about 8 x 7 x 2 inches. [20 pages.] ARTB/111621. Fine.	More
Beveridge, Albert J.
Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858 Four Volumes
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. Hardcover. Number 4 of the 1000 copies of the Manuscript Edition, printed at the Riverside Press in Cambridge, MA. This is a compelling and detailed biography of Abraham Lincoln. The preface describes the rigorous and painstaking research conducted by the author for the book. Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (1862 – 1927) was an American historian and US senator from Indiana. He was an intellectual leader of the Progressive Era and a biographer of Chief Justice John Marshall and President Abraham Lincoln. As his political career was coming to a close in 1922, Beveridge dedicated his time to writing historical literature. His four-volume set The Life of John Marshall, published in 1916–1919, won Beveridge a Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and connected events in John Marshall's life with his later rulings on the US Supreme Court. Beveridge spent most of his final years writing a four-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln, but it was only half-finished at his death and posthumously published in 1928 as Abraham Lincoln, 1809–1858. It stripped away the myths and revealed a complex and imperfect politician [Wikipedia]. Beautifully bound in full leather with elaborate gilt tooling to covers and gilt titling and ornaments to spines. The spines have darkened and there are some remnants of a call number having been printed at the spine base. There are no other indications that this is ex-library. Some scuffing along bottom edges of covers. The volumes also have some fading along edges. Volume I has light stain on front cover. Top edges gilt. Other edges not trimmed. Volume IV has small tears along fore-edges of pages 313-316 where book was poorly opened. The volumes have beautiful green and red leather doublures with gilt designs and rulings. The front doublures have a few light marks while the rear ones are near fine. The free endpapers facing the doublures are covered in grey silk. The back of the silk covered page in Volume I has small tears along gutter.Text pages are clean and bright. With 36 illustrations plus four color frontispieces with Washington DC scenes. Volume I has a page from Beveridge's original manuscript tipped in. A lovely set of this important biography in very good condition. Octavos. Volume I: xxvi, 297 pages; Volume II: 310 pages; Volume III: 361 pages; Volume IV: 381 pages including index. PRESHIST/080221. Very Good.	More
Boccaccio, Giovanni Four Volumes
Decamerone
London: Tommaso Masi, 1789. Hardcover. A charming Italian edition of Boccaccio's classic, The Decameron. Bound in three quarter brown leather with marbled paper boards. Spines with gilt ruling and dark leather spine labels. Leather is rubbed, bumped, and somewhat worn. Paper boards are worn, abraded, with a piece missing from the front cover of Volume IV. Frontis portrait of Boccaccio. Text pages are very good with scattered foxing. Ownership signature to title pages and inscription to ffep of Volume I. Size: 5 x 7.25 inches. Volume I: 317 pages; Volume II: 442 pages; Volume III: 356 pages; Volume IV: 322 pages. ITAL/102121. Very Good.	More
Booth, Capt. Geo. W. [Captain George W. Booth]
Illustrated Souvenir: Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers' Home, Pikesville, Maryland
Board of Governors and Managers of the Home, 1894. Hardcover. It may seem odd to think of Maryland as having once had a home for Confederate Soldiers; however, as the introduction of this souvenir book points out - the sentiments of Marylanders were divided during the war as much of the state was farm land with interests in tobacco farming, but many residents also felt a strong love for the Union. This home was located in the armory, which still stands on Reisterstown Rd. in Pikesville. The book includes a brief history of the armory, descriptions of each room, relics contained within (i.e. Confederate coats, photographs, a fork said to have been used by E.H. Browne in a gun boat at Chicamauga, etc.), photographic images of the grounds, buildings, managers of the home, and residents, lists of officers and rules (Rule 1: Uniforms must be worn on Sundays, holidays, etc. .... 4. Quarreling and other boisterous behavior is not permitted.), excerpts from muster rolls, list of members of the Society of the Army and Navy of Confederate Soldiers of Maryland (including addresses, deceased members, and male decendents), and many advertisements from local companies. A fascinating piece of history for Civil War and Maryland historians. It is unclear how long the home remained in operation or what kind of care the residents received. Bound in grey cloth boards with gilt title and decoration to front board. Rear board is present but nearly detached. Stain to front board, crack to front hinge, and minor toning to margins of pages. Overall, clean and bright interior. 133 pages. MD/122121. Very Good.	More
[Boss Dog Press] Collin, Ernst; Peter D. Verheyen, introduction and translation from the German; John (Hans) Schiff, photographic images
The Bone Folder: A Dialogue Between an Aesthetically-Inclined Bibliophile and a Well-Versed-In-All-Aspects-Of-The- Craft Bookbinder
Plains, PA: Boss Dog Press, 2017. Hardcover. Number 19 of 54 regular copies, signed by the translator and the printer, Don Rash. There were also 26 special copies and 20 copies in sheets for binders. From the Press website: The Bone Folder was the fifth, and most ambitious, publication of the Boss Dog Press. It is a letterpress edition of Ernst Collin's Der Pressbengel, originally published in 1922, translated here from the original German by Peter D. Verheyen. the text is a dialog between a fictional bookbinder and his equally fictional patron, with the goal of educating bibliophiles about the processes of hand bookbinding. The dialog is carried out over six days, Monday through Saturday, with a different subject each day. Monday covers forwarding; Tuesday is decorated papers, leather and vellum; Wednesday, paper case bindings; Thursday, quarter leather bindings; Friday is full leather binding; Saturday describes gold tooling. In addition to discussing specific techniques, the text also addresses the conflicts between quality and cost and matters of good taste. The text is augmented by a bio-bibliographical study of the history of the Collin family, three generations of whom were bookbinders of significance in Germany from the mid-1800's to World War II. This essay is the culmination of Peter D. Verheyen's extensive research about Ernst Collin over several years. In addition the text is complemented by the inclusion of seven photographic images, a frontispiece, and an enlarged image of Ernst Collin's handwritten signature. Bound in full gray and brown pastepaper over boards, with a white paper spine and front cover title labels. Printed with Monotype digital Walbaum and BDP FritzGotische types on Hahnemühle Biblio paper. Housed in a pastepaper covered slipcase with gray spine. In fine condition. Measures 9 x 12.25 inches. 68 pages plus colophon. PRI/112921. Fine.	More
[Boss Dog Press] Rash, Dan
A Catalog of Bookbinding Tools and Equipment Formerly Belonging to Dr. Loyd Haberly
Plains, PA: Boss Dog Press, 2012. Hardcover. Copy X of twenty special copies. The total edition was 70 copies. Dan Rash, the printer and compiler of this catalog writes: "The purpose of this catalog is to document a small bit of book arts history, and to perhaps provide a resource for collectors and scholars of Loyd Haberly's bindings. To this end I have organized the material as presented here." The materials presented are categorized by Equipment; Finishing Tools; Hand Tools; and Supplies. Each includes a list of the materials included, accompanied by a photograph of each item listed. Loyd Haberly(1896-1981) was raised in Iowa and Oregon. After studying at Reed College and Harvard, Haberly was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study Law at Trinity College, Oxford. However, he became interested in fine printing while in England and began to print and bind books under his own imprint, the Seven Acres Press. He was named controller of the Gregynog Press, a well-known private press in Wales, in 1933, but his tenure with the press was brief and, by most accounts, less than satisfactory to all concerned. While with the press he commissioned a typeface, variously known as Paradiso, Gregynog, Gwendoline or Foligno; when he left he was presented with a supply of the type, which he later used, after returning to the United States, in the production of a number of hand-printed limited editions for which he served as author, illustrator, printer, and binder [Wikipedia]. This beautiful copy from the special edition was printed on handmade paper with the Haberly watermark; it was produced at the Batchelor mill in England. Each center fold-out is an original page of smoke proofs, with every tool impressed onto machine made Kozi paper. The book is printed with Italian Old Style type. It is bound in lovely dark blue paste paper with a brown leather spine with gilt titling. Housed in a dark blue paste-paper covered slipcase. In fine condition. Measures 7.5 x 12.25 inches. Unpaginated [6 pages]. BOB/111221. Fine.	More
[Boss Dog Press] Rash, Don; essays by Hans Halbey and Fritz Eberhardt; Peter D. Verheyen, translator
Fritz Eberhardt's Finishing Tools & Technique
Plains, PA: Boss Dog Press, 2020. Hardcover. Number 28 of 50 regular copies, with an additional 10 copies unbound and 20 hors commerce. This book pays homage to the fine work of book binder Fritz Eberhardt, particularly known for his designs created by his own hand tools. It includes an introduction by Hans Halbey, who acquired most of Eberhardt's tools following his death, a short essay by Eberhardt about his work, and a catalog of Eberhardt's handmade finishing tools. Don Rash of the Boss Dog Press studied with Eberhardt and his hand binder wife Trudi. He writes a short preface describing Eberhardt's techniques in creating his beautiful bindings. There are seventeen plates showing examples of Eberhardt's bindings plus pictures of his tools. The catalog of tools has an illustration of the shape of each tool along with information on its dimensions. This work was compiled, designed, and executed by Don Rash. Bound in full decorated cream and black paper over boards with brown leather strips at the head and tail. The types used are digital versions of Herman Zapf's Aldus for the text and Michelangelo for the titling. It is printed made at the University of Iowa Center for the Book by Tim Barrett and his student co-workers. In fine condition. Measures 6.25 x 9 inches. 50 pages. BOB/112321. Fine.	More
Brackenridge, H.M. [Henry Marie]
History of the Late War, Between the United States and Great Britain. Containing a Minute Account of the Various Military and Naval Operations
Baltimore: Cushing & Jewett, 1817. Hardcover. Third edition, revised and corrected. Henry Marie Brackenridge (1786-1871) was a writer, lawyer, and U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania. He played an intelligence role during this war and wrote a history of it, first published in 1814. Bound in three quarter brown leather with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Leather is scuffed, worn, and bumped. Decorated spine with red title and author labels. Tender joints and hinges are starting to crack. Top edges gilt. Spot on front pastedown where bookplate was removed. Interior pages have scattered browning and occasional spots but are generally clean. Some pages are roughly cut along the fore-edge. With four plates. About very good. 360 pages. Measures 4.75 x 7.5 inches. MILITARY/102821. Very Good.	More
Bready, James H
The Home Team: 100 Years of Baseball in Baltimore OR (1859 - 1959: A Full Century of Baseball in Baltimore) Plus annual supplements
Baltimore: Hawke and Robinson, 1958. Hardcover. Thin 4to. SCARCE IN JACKET. Presentation copy from the author to Barr Harris with a long inscription in blue pen on the front free endpaper. Orange cloth boards with black title to spine. Clean, bright interior filled with photographic illustrations. Brown illustrated dust jacket with orange and black title to front panel. Minor wear and tears to edges of jacket. Orioles sticker from 1966 stuck on front panel of jacket. Includes supplements (some in duplicate) up to 1966. 50 pages plus supplements. BALT/102721. Very Good / Very Good.	More
Brooks, Marshall, editor
The Romance of the Book
Delhi, NY: Birch Brook Press, 1995. Softcover. An entertaining compilation of readings from well known writers about the joys of books and reading. Writers include Max Beerbohm, Colette, George Eliot, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Lamb, Malcolm X and more. Grey softcover in self wrappers with titling in red to spine and front cover. Light fading along top of front cover otherwise very good. Bookstore stamp and previous owner bookplate. Letterpress printed. 189 pages. BOB/090721. Very Good.	More
Bulwer Lytton, Sir Edward; Hablot K. Browne, illustrator
London: G. Routledge & Co., 1854. Hardcover. A nice later edition of this novel by Bulwer-Lytton that was originally published in 1833. Bound in three quarter brown leather with marbled paper boards. With a pretty gilt decorated spine with raised bands and red leather title label. Leather is somewhat stained and edges are rubbed and bumped. Covers are scraped and abraded. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Text pages are clean. Very good condition. Measures 4.5 x 7 inches. 224 pages. LIT/092121. Very Good.	More

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Biografia
Tarja Lunnas è salita alla ribalta nel 1989 con la sua partecipazione al festival del tango finlandese Seinäjoen Tangomarkkinat, dove è stata incoronata principessa, classificandosi 2ª dietro ad Arja Koriseva. Ha successivamente lasciato il suo impiego nel campo dell'informatica per dedicarsi a tempo pieno all'attività di cantante, firmando con l'etichetta Bluebird e partecipando, nel 1990, alla selezione del rappresentante finlandese all'Eurovision Song Contest con l'inedito Naurus sun ja katseesi sun, con cui si è classificata 5ª. L'anno successivo è uscito il suo album di debutto, Rakkautes sun. Ha ritentato la selezione eurovisiva finlandese nel 1994, questa volta piazzandosi 4ª con Kuka tykkää suukoista.

Nel 1997 ha partecipato per la prima volta al programma televisivo canoro Syksyn sävel, ma è stata squalificata perché il suo brano Seine non rispettava i criteri necessari. L'album omonimo contenente il pezzo ha però ottenuto successo, diventando il suo primo piazzamento nella classifica finlandese, dove ha raggiunto la 31ª posizione. Nel 1998 l'album Pariisin kuu le ha fruttato il suo primo disco d'oro per le  copie vendute a livello nazionale. Prenderà nuovamente parte a Syksyn sävel nel 1999 e nel 2000, classificandosi 3ª in entrambe le edizioni, rispettivamente con Lemmenpölyä e Paratiisisaari.

La cantante ha continuato di godere di successo commerciale nel corso degli anni 2000, ottenendo due nuovi dischi d'oro per Onnen tahdoin jakaa e per la raccolta Kaikki parhaat, nonché il suo miglior piazzamento in classifica con l'album del 2002 Oon rakastunut, che ha raggiunto il 19º posto.

Discografia

Album
 1991 – Rakkautes sun
 1993 – Soita kun tunnet niin
 1995 – Kuunsiltaa
 1996 – Oi beibi jää
 1997 – Seine
 1998 – Pariisin kuu
 1999 – Lemmenpölyä
 1999 – Laulava sydän (con i Vikingarna e Kari Tapio)
 2002 – Oon rakastunut
 2004 – Onnen tahdoin jakaa
 2006 – Tuo yksi ruusu vain
 2007 – Kaipaus silmissään
 2009 – On aika mennyt menojaan

Raccolte
 1992 – 12 hittiä (con Anna Hanski)
 1997 – 20 suosituinta
 2000 – Kaikki parhaat
 2006 – Kaikki parhaat 2
 2008 – 40 unohtumatonta laulua
 2009 – Legendat
 2013 – 40 unohtumatonta

Singoli
 1990 – On se niin haikeaa
 1990 – Meidän yö/Rakkautes sun
 1991 – Kuumat huulet/Keskiyön pikajuna
 1992 – Ilman sua
 1993 – Soita kun tunnet niin
 1994 – Tarja Lunnas
 1996 – Oi beibi jää
 1996 – Leikitkö vain
 1997 – Seine
 1997 – Kesäilta
 1998 – Tähti kohtalon
 1998 – Pariisin kuu
 1998 – Pohjantähti
 1999 – Vanhan kartanon kehräävä rukki (con i Vikingarna)
 1999 – Kultakruunu
 1999 – Baila baila doka zuppa
 1999 – Lemmenpölyä
 2000 – Paratiisisaari
 2001 – Oon rakastunut
 2001 – Salamoi
 2003 – Ilta saapuu
 2003 – Suojatie
 2004 – Onnen tahdoin jakaa
 2005 – En katso taaksepäin
 2005 – Siniset silmät
 2006 – Mitä, missä ja milloin
 2006 – Sinut tähtenä siellä nään
 2007 – Kaipaus silmissään
 2007 – Onnentyttö
 2011 – Lasienkeli
 2012 – Tuulen tie
 2016 – Tuuliviiri
 2017 – Läpi kyynelten (con T.T. Purontaka)
 2021 – Soljut kuin viini

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---
layout: post
title:  "android图片圆角实现方式"
categories: android
tags:  android
---

* content
{:toc}

android 圆角图片的实现形式,包括用第三方、也有系统的。比如makeramen:roundedimageview,系统的cardview , glide .fresco 。

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![这里写图片描述](http://img.blog.csdn.net/20160819134250608)
```
 compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.0.0'
    compile 'com.makeramen:roundedimageview:2.2.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:24.0.0'
    compile 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:3.7.0'
    compile 'com.facebook.fresco:fresco:0.12.0'
```

```
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/id_cardview"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
    app:cardBackgroundColor="@color/bg_light_gray"
    app:cardCornerRadius="3dp"
    app:cardUseCompatPadding="false"
    app:cardPreventCornerOverlap="true"

    >
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/iv_subject"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:scaleType="centerCrop"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="200dp" />

    <TextView
        android:paddingLeft="5dp"
        android:paddingBottom="5dp"
        android:background="@drawable/bg_biaoti"
        android:id="@+id/tv_subject"
        android:gravity="center_vertical"
        android:text=""
        android:ellipsize="end"
        android:singleLine="true"
        android:textSize="13sp"
        android:textColor="@color/white"
        android:layout_gravity="bottom"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
```

```

 iv_round=(RoundedImageView) findViewById(R.id.iv_round);
 Glide.with(this).load(url).into(iv_round);
```

```
 iv_cardview=(ImageView)findViewById(R.id.iv_cardview);
   Glide.with(this).load(url).into(iv_cardview);
```

```
   iv_fresco=(SimpleDraweeView)findViewById(R.id.iv_fresco);
        Glide.with(this).load(url).into(iv_round);
        Glide.with(this).load(url).into(iv_cardview);
        Uri uri = Uri.parse(url);
        iv_fresco.setImageURI(uri);
```

```
package roundimageview.forezp.com.roundimageview;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapShader;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.graphics.RectF;

import com.bumptech.glide.load.engine.bitmap_recycle.BitmapPool;
import com.bumptech.glide.load.resource.bitmap.BitmapTransformation;

/**
 * Created by Administrator on 2016/8/19 0019.
 */
public class  GlideRoundTransform extends BitmapTransformation {

    private static float radius = 0f;

    public GlideRoundTransform(Context context) {
        this(context, 4);
    }

    public GlideRoundTransform(Context context, int dp) {
        super(context);
        this.radius = Resources.getSystem().getDisplayMetrics().density * dp;
    }

    @Override protected Bitmap transform(BitmapPool pool, Bitmap toTransform, int outWidth, int outHeight) {
        return roundCrop(pool, toTransform);
    }

    private static Bitmap roundCrop(BitmapPool pool, Bitmap source) {
        if (source == null) return null;

        Bitmap result = pool.get(source.getWidth(), source.getHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
        if (result == null) {
            result = Bitmap.createBitmap(source.getWidth(), source.getHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
        }

        Canvas canvas = new Canvas(result);
        Paint paint = new Paint();
        paint.setShader(new BitmapShader(source, BitmapShader.TileMode.CLAMP, BitmapShader.TileMode.CLAMP));
        paint.setAntiAlias(true);
        RectF rectF = new RectF(0f, 0f, source.getWidth(), source.getHeight());
        canvas.drawRoundRect(rectF, radius, radius, paint);
        return result;
    }

    @Override public String getId() {
        return getClass().getName() + Math.round(radius);
    }
}

```

```
    Glide.with(this).load(url).transform(new GlideRoundTransform(this,6)).into(iv_glide);
```

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The Church in Europe has the task of announcing Jesus Christ to Young People and offering them not only answers to their questions about existence, but also places where to meet People of faith and to experience the life in abundance Christ has won for us.
Youth lives in a world which often seems to suggest to above all fleeting and "Godless" experiences, without reference to the transcendent. CCEE actively collaborates with delegates for youth pastoral care from the Bishops' Conferences of Europe, so as to establish a network which can respond to the needs of today's young people and give voice to their deepest needs.
Special collaboration has been in place with the Pontifical Council for Laity – youth section.
Below is a collection of documents, meetings and press releases relating to the theme of Youth.


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Ingall returns to LDM chassis for Sydney finale
Thursday 27th November, 2014 - 11:06am
LDM's Triple Eight chassis during its rebuild
Russell Ingall will be back in Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport's Triple Eight-built chassis for what looms as his final V8 Supercars event as a full-time driver.
LDM campaigned an ex-Garry Rogers Motorsport Commodore, leased from Dragon Motor Racing, at the Gold Coast and Phillip Island following a heavy crash late in the Bathurst 1000 for its regular chassis.
The team has since completed a rebuild of 888-035 ahead of the December 5-7 Sydney NRMA 500.
While last year's Sydney event was billed as a farewell meeting for Ingall as he departed Walkinshaw Racing, the 50-year-old subsequently returned for 2014 with LDM.
Although yet to be confirmed by the driver, this year is expected to be a low-key exit before moving into a co-driver role next season.
Ingall sits 19th in the championship heading to Sydney; a circuit that the former champion says suits his driving style.
"Our form on street circuits has been good this year, and I think when you combine that with Sunday's longer race, we should be in with a good chance," he said.
"Sunday will be our strong point, the longer races have benefited us in the past.
"We showed good form on the Gold Coast and that was in a car we didn't know, we are back in our regular car now so I am looking forward to giving it a red hot go.
"This is my style of track, it rewards the racers and requires commitment and aggression."
Dragon Motor Racing will meanwhile return to the Dunlop Series this weekend, with Garry Rogers Motorsport running its second-tier Commodore for Formula Ford star and GRM mechanic James Golding.


NIACL AO Phase 1 – The New India Assurance Company LTD, a government of India undertaking, has released the NIACL AO results on the official website, according to the NDTV report. The NIACL AO first phase written exams results have been released on the website, newindia.co.in. The NIACL had announced the recruitment of 312 Administrative Officers (Generalists and Specialists) (Scale-I) last year. The list of roll numbers of provisionally shortlisted candidates for Phase-II of the recruitment exercise for the post of NIACL AO can be found on the website mentioned above. A direct link of NIACL AO result has also been provided here in this story.
According to the NIACL result notification, downloading of call-letters indicating date and venue of Phase-II examination will commence shortly. Candidates are advised to keep visiting the recruitment section of NIACL website for further details.
Mark-sheet and cut-offs of NIACL AO results of the Phase-I exam will be displayed on the official website soon. The preliminary exam of NIACL AO posts was held on January 30. Candidates who took the exam said the difficulty level of the exam was easy to moderate.
The NIACL AO online examination comprised objective type multiple choice tests with questions from three areas; English Language, Reasoning Ability and Quantitative Aptitude for a total of 100 marks.
Established by Sir Dorabji Tata in 1919, a Multinational General Insurance Company, today operates in 28 countries and headquartered at Mumbai, India. Our global business crossed Rs. 22,270 crore in March 2017.
NIACLAO has been market leaders in India in Non-Life business for more than four decades. Its Indian business crossed Rs.19, 100 crores in March 2017. In fact, NIACLAO is the only direct insurer in India rated A-(Excellent) by AM BEST Company since 2007. We have been rated AAA/Stable by CRISIL since 2014, indicating that the company has the highest degree of financial strength to honour its Policyholder's obligations. The firm has been leading the market, apart from premium, in reserves and net worth for many years.
Indian operations today span across all territories through 2,452 offices, including 1,339 Micro Offices. The company has 17,702 employees and 68,389 tied agents as on June 30, 2017, providing insurance services to our customers. The insurer has in excess of 230 products.
Global Gross Premium for FY 2016-17 was Rs.22,279 crore and for the first quarter of FY 2017-2018, ended June 30, 2017, is Rs.6132 crore. Profit before Tax and after tax as on June 30, 2017, is Rs.601 crore and Rs.499 crore respectively. The net worth of the company including fair value stands at Rs.37,593 crore, Investments at Market value is Rs.56,305 crore and Asset base at Rs.72,576 crore.
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Home / Las Vegas Raiders 1960
Las Vegas Raiders 1960
The outer mat is a rich textured black acid-free mat with a decorative inset white v-groove, while the inner mat is a complimentary colored acid-free mat reflecting one of the team's primary colors. The website image of this framed piece shows the mat color that we suggest (Silver), but since each piece is custom framed, we are happy to use whatever color mat you wish (depending on availability) – our standard mat colors are:
This original, one-of-a-kind watercolor painting of the 1960 Oakland Raiders (now Las Vegas Raiders) uniform is the original artwork that was used in the creation of this Las Vegas Raiders uniform evolution print and tens of thousands of other Raiders products that have been sold across North America. This original piece of art was painted by artist Tino Paolini for Maple Leaf Productions Ltd.
Please note that all reproduction rights for this original work are retained in perpetuity by the National Football League unless specifically stated otherwise in writing by the NFL. For further information, please contact Heritage Sports Art at questions@heritagesportsart.com .
To tell the story of the Raiders we need to start with the birth of the American Football League (AFL), which began in 1960 as an 8 team rival league to the NFL. Both leagues competed head to head for players, fans and broadcast revenue. This was the way it was from 1960 to 1965 - two separate leagues, two separate champions, although few people would have honestly believed that the AFL champion could have beaten the NFL champs. Then in 1965 the two leagues agreed to merge. It was decided that beginning in 1970 there would be only one league, the NFL. In the interim, between 1966 and 1969, the AFL Champion would play the NFL Champion for the World Championship. It was only after the first World Championship had been played in 1966 that the name Super Bowl came into being.With the birth of the AFL, the city of Oakland is awarded the 8th and final franchise after the Minnesota franchise opts out of the AFL for the NFL before they play a single game. Thus the Raiders joined the following teams in the AFL: New York Titans (now Jets); Dallas Texans (now Kansas City Chiefs); Los Angeles Chargers (now San Diego Chargers); Houston Oilers (now Tennessee Titans); Boston Patriots (now New England Patriots); Buffalo Bills; and Denver Broncos.A group of 8 headed by Chet Soda, Ed McGah, Wayne Valley and Robert Osborne constitute the ownership. The franchise held a contest to determine the nickname of the team with the fans choosing the name Senors. Ownership, however, opted for the Raiders. With Babe Parilli and Tom Flores at QB, and the legendary Jim Otto at Center, the Raiders took to the field compiling a respectable 6-8 record their first year.To the astute football observer, the Raiders black 1960 home uniform somewhat resembles a Pittsburgh Steelers jersey with a black & gold color scheme. The use of unusual round numbers is something that both the Steelers and the Chicago Bears have previously, and still do, use. The look of the jersey is very clean and elegant with 3 gold stripes on each sleeve and white numbers with gold trim. This would be the only time in Raiders history that the franchise used this numeric style. The helmet style was simple: black with no logo.The first three years of Raiders history were pretty bleak the team went a combined 9-33-0 and averaged fewer than 11,000 fans per game. But don't despair, help is on its way.
Las Vegas Raiders 1976 Black
Las Vegas Raiders 1976 White


Welcome to the FMI online store!
FMI is the premier source for market intelligence and industry specific training materials for the supermarket industry. Benefit from our wide selection of industry reports, videos, DVDs and manuals that provide you with benchmarks, market and consumer trends and training solutions. Search the featured products below.
The Power of Bakery 2019 overlays shopper attitudes with actual sales and household shopping/buying data and identifies important red flags and opportunities to help manufacturers and retailers optimize innovation, merchandising, marketing and branding.
The Power of Seafood is the first in the Power of … series to explore shoppers' perceptions, attitudes and behaviors regarding grocery, frozen and fresh seafood. The report reveals potential approaches to grow and attract new seafood shoppers.
The Power of Produce identifies the biggest trends in consumer purchasing and consumption of fruit and vegetables.
The Power of Meat explores shopper perceptions, attitudes and behaviors regarding meat and poultry.
This inaugural report aims to bring an understanding of consumers perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors regarding frozen food to help the industry optimize production, marketing, merchandising and branding decisions.
When crises occur—whether natural disasters, cyber security breaches, food safety issues, or even protests—your response will be critical to maintaining your relationships with shoppers, employees and business partners. Leverage this manual with your team to prepare, respond and recover from a crisis.
Power of Private Brands – From the World will explore performance across Europe to compare and contrast performance in the U.S. The report will also explore potential growth levels for U.S. based private brand programs.
This report curates a wide range of FMI research and content on this topic and identifies emerging consumer trends, quantifies consumer attitudes regarding health and well-being in food retail and establishes benchmarks for future evaluation.
Delivering Health and Wellness with Private Brands reviews consumer health and wellness trends; brand positioning; relevant messaging and marketing; the regulatory landscape; and suggestions on how to compete for the future.
This annual state of the industry report provides an analysis of financial performance, operational and store-level benchmarks as well as strategic and competitive insights.
This report on transparency examines many aspects of the topic and provides guidance for industry next steps.
Research conducted on behalf of FMI by Acosta Strategic Advisors looks at the best practices and strategies food retailers are using to create successful strategies for GM/HBC in Grocery.
The 2018 U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends report, prepared by the Hartman Group, tracks trends among U.S.grocery shoppers, and for the last four decades, we've traced where they shop, how they shop and what issues are most important to them as consumers. This year we examine what it means to shoppers to eat well and shop well.
The Power of Foodservice at Retail 2018 Part 2 aims to bring detailed insights into the wants and needs as well as the attitudes and behaviors of the retail foodservice shopper.
It is essential that retailer take a next generation approach to customer loyalty and view loyalty in 3D: Loyalty as a Strategy, Loyalty as an Outcome of Daily Decisions and Loyalty as a Program.
This report was developed to better help grocers meet consumer needs and drive business success. It contains idea starters, case studies of companies, partnership ideas and more.
This year's research stresses the urgency of the situation for retailers and manufacturers. A collaborative approach to balancing physical and digital sales strategies is the key to unlocking omnichannel success.
Following the Profitable Path to Your Digitally Engaged Grocery Shoppers: Executive Workbook 2019 examines seven key digital imperatives to help you think through your organizational structure, partnering opportunities and strategy to adopt at the pace which is upon us.
This white paper aims to illuminate the clean label trend for brand owners, and encourage the identification of best practices in this quickly evolving area.
The Power of Foodservice at Retail 2018 documents the biggest trends in consumer purchasing and consumption of deli/fresh prepared foodservice items at retail, its opportunity, image, store destination and above all, the ways in which stores can meet, and exceed, consumer expectations in this space.
FMI and Kurt Salmon, a part of Accenture Strategy, examine three main areas of change in the food industry: the battle for the food marketplace and new models that will bring new levels of convenience to consumers; the need for nimble companies and commercial models that support innovation to meet changing consumer desires; and how the food production system will lesson waste and expand the food base.
This year's From the Register report analyzes private brand performance and competitive challenges faced by supermarkets, and provides insights on how grocery can improve its private brand game.
Part two of 2018 Power of Private Brands: From the Consumer offers a multi-dimensional view of consumer behavior and focuses on insights for private brand owners to consider.
This year's From the Industry report assesses industry performance, threats and opportunities from the perspective of retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers in the private brands space.
This document provides the implementation guidelines for the Trading Partner Alliance (TPA) aligned voluntary industry standard nomenclature for Product Code Date Labels.
This white paper provides perspective, information and initiative resources for the Food Marketing Institute/Grocery Manufacturers Association/Trade Partner Alliance (TPA) initiative on Produce Code Date Labeling.
This referenced white paper reviews current consumer research that highlights the perceived value of family meals that includes the social, emotional, healthful and financial benefits of meal sharing at home.
Research conducted on behalf of FMI by Acosta Strategic Advisors suggests the largest such opportunities for grocery stores to increase sales are in General Merchandise (GM) and Health and Beauty Care (HBC).
This backgrounder provides an overview of the potential for gene editing to provide solutions to food supply challenges and consumer driven food quality demands through the lens of implications for the food retail industry.


Presented in original condition with a rather good looking stepped base this pair of machinist stools are showing their history well and were produced by Dare Ingus of Harrow.
Grabbing a pair is always a bonus and these are showing the same wear - the usual marks to the cast bases and the seats are worn however no tears or splits. They rotate be it not at the modern day speed and are sturdy, hefty and certainly look the part.
Something a little different to place wherever you wish. Price is for one stool including delivery.


To help make a smooth transition from your previous workout system, we have an import tool available that can do a one-time import of all your athlete's past barbell lift and benchmark history. If you follow the instructions and data format below, we should be able to bring in your athlete data from systems like Wodify, Beyond the Whiteboard, ZenPlanner, and others.
Important: This import process is for an entire gym coming to SugarWOD from another system. At this time, we can not do individual athlete imports.
1. In your current system, export the workouts for all your athletes into a single file.
2. Using a spreadsheet program (Google Spreadsheets, Apple Numbers, Microsoft Excel, etc.), modify the workout columns and data to match the SugarWOD workout data format. The format must match our sample import file in #2 below in order for the import to work.
4. Send us an email at hello@sugarwod.com, alert us to your new file, and let us know any special instructions.
5. The SugarWOD team will import the file and notify you by email when complete.
1. We can import CrossFit Benchmarks (e.g. Girls, Heroes, Games, Notables), most Barbell lifts, Endurance workouts (e.g. Run, Row, & Ski) and any of your Gym Named workouts provided that you have created them in advance (add a Gym Benchmark here). Other workout data will be ignored.
2. You should format your files to match our sample import file. You can download a copy of our sample file and copy/paste your data into it.
Please be sure to look at all "tabs" in the spreadsheet.
3. The names of your benchmark workouts (Girls, Heroes, etc.) and Barbell Lifts must match our names for the workout history and PRs to import correctly. This match is not case-sensitive (e.g. "Fran" = "FRAN").
4. The SugarWOD team will do the import for you. The import tool is not currently available to you (or your athletes) to run manually.
5. Due to the large variations in data formats and quality, we can't guarantee 100% of the data will be able to be imported. We will give it our best effort!


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10 GIFs, One Big Wrinkle
Tom Rittenhouse and Jason Mallory Review 10 GIFs From the Trailer for 'A Wrinkle in Time'
Jason Pierce Mallory
Feb 9, 2018 · 11 min read
What's up, Tom! Welcome to our series where we cut 10 GIFs from a movie trailer and discuss them with a guest! For this edition, we're taking a closer look at the GIFs of A Wrinkle in Time!
First of all, this is one of my favorite books of all time — as a nerdy kid who thought he was ready to fight the ultimate evil in an alternate dimension yet was also bullied daily and enjoyed a weird frenemy relationship with his bully over a shared love of Garfield compilations, this was the perfect book for me. So I'm very excited to see this movie, and very excited to share this first GIF with you.
GIF #1: "Activia® Probiotic Yogurt"
Tom, I know we're supposed to get an eerie feeling of otherworldliness from this shot (and I do) but I also get the urge to enjoy every moment and feel good from within, as instructed by the website for Activia® Probiotic Yogurt. Take charge of your day with Activia® "A Wrinkle in Lime" flavored yogurt. What does this shot of Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which in a field make you think of??
Hey Jason, I've always loved your yogurt-centric POV. It's weird but 100% you, and nobody can touch that. For me I just wonder why they spaced themselves apart that way. Here's this massive field and then all of a sudden, whoa, here are these three very cool spirit goddesses things! But their equidistance troubles me. Were they like "let's not stand right next to each other, let's space it out"? Because then I'd think that they're a bit superficial, which is the opposite of spiritual — time goddesses don't get in their own heads like that. And then I'd be like "nah I don't need to listen to them, they're dealing with their own stuff right now." So now I'm back to square one. Am I doing this right, Jason?
The only way to do any of this right is to enjoy every moment and feel good within™. As far as all this equidistant standing goes, it's a little thing called blocking, Tom — a word as sweet as honey to every theatre major and as tart as Activia® to every creep who's ever tried to slide into the DMs and gotten blocked. Speaking of getting blocked, could you stand exactly ten feet to my right while we face forward and look at our next GIF?
GIF #2: "Chris Pine's Tangerine Dream"
When animated GIFs were invented people were like "cool! This is better than a picture!" And then you bring me this GIF and I'm like "are we entering into a postmodern era of GIFs?" At first glance it looks like a still image of a sexy, unkempt man goofin' like Porky Pig in front of the Looney Toons background. But if you look closely you can see that Chris Pine's right arm is slightly jerking himself off under the frame. That's what's so cool about modern GIFs. In the olden days you have to settle for some gross, gratuitous, in-your-face representation of a man pleasuring himself. Yuck! But in today's Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) landscape, you get America's sweetheart doing a furtive jork and buttoning the whole thing with a "th-thee-th-thee-th-that's all, folks!" It's very refreshing.
Well, I guess this is one pig who WON'T be crying "wee wee wee' all the way home! Tom, I admit that this GIF is a little understated — that its nuance and subtleties may go unnoticed by a GIF neophyte such as yourself who cries, "he's jerking off, everybody!" in a crowded theater at the Wrinkle in Time premiere (I assume Oprah is sending us tickets after she reads this).
But yeah, I think you called it: Secretly Masturbating Chris Pine = Porky Pig's Looney Tunes sign-off. The math checks out, dude! Hell, we could start our own type of math just using this one equation as the jumping off point. If one Porky Pig Looney Tunes sign-off = one Dick Wolf "howling wolf sound" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit closing tag, then how many Masturbating Chris Pines would you need to finish an entire season of Lifetime's Devious Maids??
The world may never know, and we may never know why Mindy Kaling is running around with all these flowers in our next GIF!
GIF #3: "Kaling all sentient flowers"
My God, has it only been three GIFs?? Here's the real wrinkle in time — the incredible amount of time it takes to write about these GIFs!
There's product placement and then there's doing a full-on commercial for Claritin. I'm really worried about this film. What do Mindy Kaling's allergies have to do with A Wrinkle? Or Time? Let alone A Wrinkle IN Time! All this corporate placating is making me physically ill. My eyes are watery, my nose is runny. Jason, please point me to the nearest #1 Doctor Recommended Non-Drowsy Oral Allergy Brand.
Unlike its freaky mind-altering cousin Benadryl, Claritin helps my allergies without also opening the doors of perception, Tom — which is why I'm giving it the "Most Sensible Allergy Medicine 2018" award. Come to think of it, maybe this whole movie is one crazy Benadryl trip. Hell, maybe this "Most Sensible Allergy Medicine 2018" trophy I'm holding isn't even real and is also the product of taking Benadryl. It's like they say in the Benadryl jingle:
"One pill makes you wrinkle / And one pill makes you time / And the ones that Mindy gives you / Don't do anything at all / Go ask Oprah / When she's ten feet tall"
You get it, Tom — you're into expanding your consciousness and all that stuff. So expand your mind with a GIF of this freaky ass creature from A Wrinkle in Time:
GIF #4: "Be Careful Who You Call Ugly In Middle School"
Damn, dawg. Do my eyes deceive me or does Jessica Rabbit have a sister who is an artichoke? This is the kind of thing that either makes you go full vegan or full the-meat-version-of-vegan. I love how extreme this movie definitely is based on the four GIFs I've seen so far. No apologies. Just loop upon loop of things I'd never expect to be DTF. But I'm experienced enough to know that this is definitely a look-don't-touch scenario. You get caught with one finger on those steamy petals and Jolly Green Giant gonna be piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissed.
Looks like this Cabbage Patch Kid is now a Cabbage Patch KWEEN! And I'm just over here like, "Shady, wait a minute, that's my girl, dog!" Which, of course leads me to our next GIF:
GIF #5: "Final Fantasy XV DLC"
"YOU get a Chocobo, YOU get a Chocobo, everybody gets a CHOCOBO!!"
It just went from zero to Dragonball O real quick. One thing I always appreciate about Queen Winfrey's work is that no matter what character she plays it will always be less powerful than her real life self. For example, sure the EDM goddess she's portraying here can manipulate time through disgusting bass drops, but can she make a Volvo XC90 appear under everyone's seat? Didn't think so. And that's bigger than ANY wrinkle or ANY time. Oprah will never die and obviously this book/movie is about her and OH MY GOD HOW AM I JUST NOW REALIZING ALL OF THIS?!
Yeah, Tom — it's a mindfuck and we've all been dealing with it for years. Here's my impression of how it feels inside my brain when I try to comprehend Oprah's omnipotence:
GIF #6: "Michael Douglas Presents "Falling Down 2: This Time a Kid Falls Down!"
Not pictured: the Minions balloon that caused this whole mess.
I know I'm about to sound crazy here, but this is obviously director Ava Duvernay's nod to the Millenial Struggle™. This young man has just been thrust from his comfy nest into a bottomless job market void. Sure it looks nice from afar, but the reality of that lush Career Peninsula® is a lifelong plummet with a pocketful of student loans. When you finally come back down to earth you're in your late 30s, broken, sand in your crevices, and your only sense of pride is that you're "never having kids." I guess life IS a beach. Hey Jason, this one bummed me out. GIF me a fun one now!
GIF #7: "Who is She"
I'm more taken aback by his tracksuit than his red eyes. Is this a fun GIF? When does a GIF become fun? How much fun can a GIF be? Is there a maximum level of fun that a GIF can bring a human being without being a porn GIF? I don't know, Tom — I don't know if we'll ever test the limits of human GIF-produced fun. How would you even measure how much fun you're having looking at a GIF?
Now we're talking! Alright, Jason, for me the thing that stands out the most is here is this freaky Dr. Candybags rocking a butterfly mustache, Fruit Stripes evening wear, red eyes, and sunglasses that are also competitive swim goggles, and he's all like "what the funk is that I see?" I mean it's got to take a whole lot for a character like him to drop shades like that. Sure I wanna know more about this gentleman who clearly managed to talk his way into getting a PhD in Coachella Studies, but I REALLY wanna know what he's peepin'! Can I get an MDMAmen!?
He's actually looking at a can of Key Lime La Croix. It's a little stronger than regular La Croix but I love key lime pie so I don't mind the less subtle overtones of this brash new flavor. Actually, if the camera in this GIF could pan back it would reveal that his jacket says "L.A. Boys LOVE L.A. Croix" What does your jacket say, Tom? Something about this next GIF??!
GIF #8: "A Trip to the Apple Store"
My jacket's bedazzled "Call Out Culture" because I'm about to roll these trolls. Again, I've never read the book, but I'm assuming these shitheads represent the patriarchy. Sure they're acknowledging the glass ceiling, but they're doing it all shitty, like "oh thiiiiiis glass ceiling?" and they frolic all over it. I wouldn't be surprised if all of their dialogue started with "Actually…" I hope Reese Witherspoon throws them in a vat of toxic masculinity.
Actually… these kids are SQUASHING the patriarchy and using their patriarch molecules to form invisible steps to climb the staircase to OPRAH'S PRESIDENCY, Tom! Yeah, it's a "wrinkle in time" — as in it's "time" for the "wrinkly" old ball sacs of the patriarchy to step aside!
You can't tell from this GIF, but Oprah is at the top of this staircase and she's got Trump in a headlock.
GIF #9: "weather-related joke"
This is the classic modern struggle. All too often do we forsake our human instincts for some flashy technology. I'm no lip reader, but it's obvious this girl is asking "Do I need a rain jacket?" To which the boy responds, "Ok Google, does she need a rain jacket?" For crying out loud, kids, this is obviously umbrella weather! Idiots.
We got a Google Home speaker in our house. We treat it like a straight up dummy. It doesn't really work with any of our other Apple devices, so it just interjects into the conversation when it thinks someone is talking to it, which no one EVER IS. "Shut up, DUMMY!" I often yell at our Google Home speaker. Honestly, I should just unplug it since all it does is listen, Tom. Just listening and waiting. Filing away every instance I scream "NO ONE IS TALKING TO YOU, YOU IDIOT MACHINE" at it for later use. I mean, it's just tied to my Google account, which is only the account I use for everything in my life, no big deal. I guess what I'm saying, Tom, is be mean to your robots while you can. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, so to speak. "Hey Google, gather these rosebuds!" And while you've got a big old stack of rosebuds why don't you smoke one for our trippy, mind-blowing, reality-bending FINAL GIF!!!
GIF #10: "Jeff Sessions Wants to Outlaw This GIF Because He Thinks Weed is in It"
What a benign GIF you've selected to end this journey. We've seen hot plant monster babes and pervy Chris Pines. We've seen very scary weather and even Oprah tha Everliving. It's been a high-octane, exotic feast for the eyes. Yet in our finale, we're brought home to a simple, understated tale that speaks to an experience every single one of us has had: trespassing through a garden on a mission to assassinate our neighbor who's been secretly building a nuclear death cannon made to look like a weather vane pointed directly at the local elementary school and will fire when the wind blows due north. I guess the truth is stranger than fiction and that means this movie is gonna be real good.
Thanks for asking me to explore all of these cool GIFs, Jason. I told my therapist that I don't need to see her for a while because of the profound effect this exercise had on me. She is very worried about me, but that's her problem. I'm gonna Freud-out on an artichoke!
Well, Tom—it's been a long, strange journey through all these GIFs! Maybe I'm just a dreamer, but I think we may have changed a few lives and made some quick cash on Bitcoin in the process.
Au revoir, GIFs! Au revoir, Oprah! Au revoir, Tom, may you have as many wrinkles in time as in your shirt, and please remember: "L.A. Boys LOVE L.A. Croix!!"
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Book Blitz Review: Monkey Around by Jadie Jang
August 21, 2021 by Justin Leave a Comment
Hello and welcome to FanFiAddict's stop on the book blitz for Jadie Jang's Monkey Around. I want to thank Justine & Timy @ Storytellers on Tour for letting us be involved, and a big shoutout to Jadie on this fantastic Urban Fantasy!
Below, you will find information on the book and author, my reivew, links so you can grab yourself a copy, and the chance to win a copy through a giveaway!
Make sure to check out the rest of the blitz by hitting up the landing page at SoT here!
Monkey Around by Jadie Jang
Series: –
Genre: Urban Fantasy
CW: Murder
San Francisco has a Monkey King – and she's kinda freaked out.
Barista, activist, and were-monkey Maya McQueen was well on her way to figuring herself out. Well, part of the way. 25% of the way. If you squint.
But now the Bay Area is being shaken up. Occupy Wall Street has come home to roost; and on the supernatural side there's disappearances, shapeshifter murders, and the city's spirit trying to find its guardian.
Maya doesn't have a lot of time before chaos turns up at her door, and she needs to solve all of her problems. Well, most of them. The urgent ones, anyhow.
I have loved the legendary Monkey King for as long as I can remember. From his historical origins in the Chinese epic Journey to the West, to being the inspiration for Son Goku in the anime Dragonball Z, the character of the Monkey King has always been one that I loved. So, when I saw that an Urban Fantasy retelling of the legendary character was coming out, I knew that I had to jump on the opportunity to check it out! And, I am so glad that I did.
'My rational brain was telling me to flee. But I also have a monkey brain, and Monkey loved to fight. And Monkey currently had the upper paw.'
Monkey Around is set in modern day San Francisco, California. Well, it's actually set in the Fall of 2011. If, like me, your memory is generally trash AND you have such a deep-seated hatred of numbers that it even extends to dates, you might not remember that as being smack dab in the middle of when the Occupy Wall Street movement was happening. The time frame isn't so much central to the plot as it is a necessary vehicle for highlighting many of the topics that Jang explores. Themes of identity, community, and responsibility for others, to name a few. The part of the worldbuilding that stood out the most to me and takes, quite literally in some cases, center stage are the various supernaturals that inhabit Monkey Around's version of the Bay Area. People from all over the world have made their home in San Francisco and with them they brought their cultures, traditions and mythologies. Rather than the typical Euro-centric supernaturals you generally find in Urban Fantasy, Monkey Around features many from Southeast Asia, such as the Filipino Aswang or the Indian Vanara, or the more well-known Japanese Kitsune. I found this to be a nice breath of fresh air and I had a lot of fun flipping back to the "bestiary" in the back of the book to learn a bit about these unfamiliar creatures.
The story is told through the first person perspective of Maya McQueen, a 20-something part-time barista, part-time activist, and full-time… well, Maya isn't exactly sure what she is. The "mystery" surrounding her and where she comes from is central to Maya's character and even though the reader knows what she is from the start, it was fun watching her try to find those last pieces of her puzzle. She can shapeshift into anything, animal or object, is supernaturally strong and fast, can turn invisible, oh, and can call down a cloud to fly through the sky. No big deal. Despite being able to shapeshift into literally anything, Maya's default form is that of a rhesus macaque and she often has to deal the Monkey part of her nature trying to take over and generally wreak havoc. It's a good thing she has her job that allows her to blow off some steam! No, not the barista job! Her other job, the one she does for Ayo, a human that runs SF's sanctuary, a type of magically protected safe spot for supernaturals to congregate. You know, the one that sees her trying to solve a missing Aswang case at the start of the book. It's through this job that she meets Tez, an Aztec Nagual who wishes he hadn't been burdened by the responsibilities that comes the passing of his mother or that of his heritage.
"I'm part art historian, part folklorist, part curator, part travel agent, part administrator, part forensic accountant, part private eye, part hacker…and that doesn't even cover all of it."
Having been orphaned as a baby, Maya's an outsider even within her own culture and yearns to have a connection to something, anything. I connected with Maya because I know what it feels like to yearn for that sense of cultural belonging, a feeling a being home, among my people. And, then to see people throw away the heritage I would die to embrace is a special kind of hurt. Outside of all of the flashy shape-shifting and martial arts, this is the core of conflict. Maya wants community and desperately tries to make one for herself, while Tez was born into it and wants nothing to do with it. There's also this theme of living in two worlds that runs throughout the whole book and it's not something that I had ever considered before, but ethnic minorities often have to do this, living in their culture at home and stripping that away to something more sanitized anytime they have to go outside of their communities. Showing these Asian American characters struggling with balancing their supernatural and human lives, while keeping them strictly separate, is a really smart way of exploring this topic.
I really loved Monkey Around! In turns, it was delightfully fun, poignant, and thrilling. All of the characters shine, but the central three characters of Maya, Tez, and Todd were clear standouts. Jang's incredibly smart storytelling makes it easy to explore topics such identity, diaspora, and cultural heritage. Add to that great social commentary, queer representation, and super fun murder mystery, and you have a winner in my books. Suffused with Southeast Asian influences and armed with a fresh look at the legendary Monkey King, Monkey Around has reinvigorated the Urban Fantasy genre.
It seemed like the whole world was wearing mourning colors. Even the sky was… I looked up, but the sky was clear and we were headed for our usual pink/golden sunset.
Paperback: https://rebellionpublishing.com/product/monkey_around-2/
Ebook: https://rebellionpublishing.com/product/monkey_around/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094NV3VB2/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_K9JQ2G038JW4D6GSNGY2
Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/Monkey-Around-Audiobook/178618365X
bookshop.org US: https://bookshop.org/books/monkey-around/9781781089200
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55711296-monkey-around
Claire Light (writing as Jadie Jang) is almost as organizy as her characters. She started a magazine (Hyphen) and an arts festival (APAture) with a cast of Asian Pacific Americans even more magical, if less supernatural, than the ones she writes about. She also got an MFA, went to Clarion West, and compromised between the two by publishing a collection of "literary" sci-fi short stories (Slightly Behind and to the Left) that maybe 100 people read. After wrangling arts and social justice non-profits for 17 years, her already autoimmune-disease-addled body threw a seven-year-long tantrum, leading our then-house-bound heroine into an urban fantasy addiction.
A few years, and a dozen Euro-centric-mythology-dominated urban fantasy series later, Claire sat up and said "I can do this!" and Jadie Jang, the part of her brain that writes snarky-fun genre romps, was born. She posts about monkeys every Monday under @seelight on Twitter.
Website: https://www.clairelight.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/seelight
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seelight44/
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/claire.light.7
Prize: One physical copy of Monkey Around by Jadie Jang – International
Starts: August 18th, 2021 at 12:00am EST
Ends: August 23rd, 2021 at 11:59pm EST
Enter for your chance to win here!
Filed Under: Blog Tour, Fantasy, Reviews, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: Jodie Jang, Rebellion, Solaris, Storytellers on Tour
Justin is a lover of all things SFF and has been an avid reader since he was three. He is attempting to build the world's largest private library (not really, but ask his wife and she might agree). Justin is always excited to gush over his favorite reads, which more often than not are also his latest reads. He likes trend toward sweeping epics, with complex characters and even more complex plots. Until recently he was totally against romance, but certain books have shown him that it can be done well. He currently has a love/hate relationship with grimdark.


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ASEAN and the European Union: Lessons in Integration
Moe Thuzar, Oct 7 2012, 10498 views
ASEAN and the EU: Partners in Learning
The European Union (EU) is arguably the primary dialogue partner of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). Informal relations begun in 1972 were formalised in 1977. Since then, interactions between the two regional blocs have reflected ASEAN's concerns and priorities which evolved and changed in tandem with ASEAN's own growth and development.
Beginning in 1991, ASEAN-EU relations moved from a donor-recipient relation to one of "equal" partnership for mutual benefit. Learning from each other's regional integration processes is now the focus of the partnership. Much of the learning, though, has been on ASEAN's part, with the EU helping to equip ASEAN with knowledge and expertise in regional policy-making, especially for economic integration. The collaborative projects with EU were designed to help ASEAN's efforts for regional economic integration, improve ASEAN mechanisms and communications systems, and build capacities of the ASEAN member states and of the ASEAN Secretariat. In 2008, EU became ASEAN's largest overall trading partner ahead of the US, Japan and China. Today, the EU is ASEAN's third largest trading partner, after China and Japan. ASEAN remains the EU's 5th largest trading partner.
Partnerships notwithstanding, negotiations for an ASEAN-EU Free Trade Area (FTA) have not progressed since they started in May 2007. Instead, the EU opened negotiations for free trade agreements with Singapore and Malaysia in 2010, and has stated its openness to negotiating similar bilateral agreements with other countries in the region. The EU has referred to this network of bilateral agreements as "building blocks" for an eventual region-wide free trade area. Given the stalemate of the Doha round that put a halt to global trade liberalisation, there is no doubt that the bilateral FTA approach looks attractive to many nations. However, it should be noted that most FTAs are politically-driven instruments. At the regional level, this tends to lead to more symbolic than substantive announcements. With the EU aiming for "quality and substance" in its FTA agreements with ASEAN countries, it is not surprising that the EU has yet to conclude any FTA with ASEAN countries, collectively or bilaterally. In any case, it is not clear at this stage whether an ASEAN-EU FTA would make a significant difference in current inter-regional trade, nor whether existing linkages between ASEAN and the EU would be further strengthened.
Lessons in Integration: What can be learned?
The question remains: after more than three decades of cooperation, what lessons have regional integration brought? What can ASEAN learn from the EU experience?
Former Secretary-General of ASEAN Rodolfo Severino has stated that "ASEAN does not intend to go the way of the EU all the way, but it can learn many things from the European experience by way of practical measures. It is up to ASEAN's member-states to adapt and apply those measures that are necessary for integrating the Southeast Asian economy" (Severino, 2006).
With this caveat, there are three main lessons worth considering for regional integration experiences in ASEAN and the EU.
1. Integration processes are not really comparable, though their fundamentals are similar
Many like benchmarking ASEAN's progress to that of the EU's. There is a tendency to project the EU as a model for ASEAN and to propose the European way of integration as applicable to ASEAN as well. The EU's commitment to pooling sovereignty for common gains has been cited as key to an integrated community. On the other hand, ASEAN pursues integration without yielding individual sovereignty of member states. This has created the impression that the EU is a supra-national body in a way that ASEAN cannot or does not aspire to be. The principles of inter-state relations enshrined in the ASEAN Charter reiterate respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity and national identity. Yet, the two organisations are more similar in their decision-making processes than is generally acknowledged.
ASEAN has often been criticised for its non-interference principle and consensus requirement. The inability to reach consensus – in July 2012 – on ASEAN's collective position on activities of claimant states in the South China Sea has had a negative impact on ASEAN's credibility in maintaining regional unity.
The EU depends on unanimity – not just consensus – for its major decisions. The image of the EU's supra-national authority has also been recently shattered as the Eurozone crisis evolves. Individual members have made their (national) preferences prevail at the regional table[1]. Regional consensus cannot be forged without taking into consideration the national interests of individual members.
2. Institutions (and mechanisms) do not always work
From the days of the European Coal and Steel Community through to the realisation of the European Union, institution-building was a key feature of the EU's integration. This has led to a tendency to believe that should ASEAN follow a similar process, much of ASEAN's woes might be solved. Recent experiences in both ASEAN and the EU have shown that institutions notwithstanding, no regional organisation can accomplish its goals of regional peace and security nor economic integration without national commitment to regional priorities. Regional institutions can certainly play a role in community-building. However, if regional decisions are not supported – and implemented – at national levels, the institutions by themselves cannot do much, even with well-meaning attempts to fine-tune or reform them.
Yet, there are positive examples of institutions and regional mechanisms that benefited both organisations. ASEAN-EU collaboration in higher education under a 7-year programme (2000-06) called the "ASEAN-EU University Network Programme (AUNP)" provided an impetus for the creation of a consortium of European universities equivalent to the ASEAN University Network established in 1995. The ASEAN Charter, ratified in December 2008, provided for a Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) entrusted with responsibilities similar to the EU's Comité des Representants Permanents (COREPER). In an interesting new twist, ASEAN's drive for regional connectivity[2] has led to a transformation of integration processes in Southeast Asia. Observers attribute this to the less "legalistic" way in which ASEAN integration has progressed[3].
3. Regional disparities can hamper integration
A key challenge for both regions is how to enhance economic progress and regional integration. ASEAN has tried to tackle this through the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI)[4], where the more advanced economies in the Association use the "prosper thy neighbour" approach to address poverty alleviation and economic development in less-developed member states such as Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (the "CLMV" countries). Tagging Vietnam to this group may become more of an anomaly going forward. Only Laos and Myanmar are relatively more reliant on trade within the ASEAN bloc. Vietnam is the least dependent. In terms of absolute value of trade, Vietnam ranks sixth. In terms of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, Vietnam ranks fourth.
The diversity of ASEAN economies and their varying levels of openness presents a unique challenge in achieving regional economic integration under the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The stated deadline of 2015 for realising targets for free flow of goods, services, labour and capital has recently been clarified (by the ASEAN Economic Ministers or AEM)[5] as 31 December 2015, in response to queries on the delay of the AEC's realisation. While ASEAN assures that work will continue in the lead-up to, during, and after 2015, the AEM's clarification effectively pushes it back . With ASEAN's regional neighbours – India and China –on the ascendance, ASEAN's goal of accomplishing a single ASEAN Community by 2015 is now being re-assessed. The 44th AEM and 8th ASEAN Economic Community Council (AECC) meeting in August 2012 have agreed to "double efforts" to achieve the AEC by 2015.
Regional economic integration was the area where the EU's experience set an example for ASEAN community-building. The EU model of setting clear goals and specific implementation timelines for economic integration was replicated by ASEAN's enunciation of the AEC Blueprint, followed by the AEC Scorecard that keeps track of implementation (and backsliding).
While the EU faced less of a problem of regional disparities in pursuing economic and monetary integration (with "strong" political will carrying the day) in the past, the EU today is confronting the problem of relatively weak and unstable economies. The financial crisis has exposed the vulnerabilities of the EU economies, especially those in its periphery. Greece's budget deficits have considerably weakened the EU's economic position and standing, as have those of Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain.
Hard Truths?
The experiences of ASEAN-EU integration have clarified some hard truths for both. Both regional organisations need to take each other more seriously, recognising the fundamental differences and similarities between their respective regions and organisational structures. Much of the EU's "strengths" can be shared with ASEAN. The EU's secularist policies and tolerance of minorities could inform ASEAN's efforts to address these issues individually and collectively. The EU's openness to, and appreciation of, other cultures provides new vistas for cultural and academic exchanges. The EU's Goethe Houses, British Councils and Alliances Françaises are present in many ASEAN capitals, and the growing numbers of students from ASEAN countries in European universities are all steps in the right direction of learning more of – and from – each other[6].
In the end, strong political will and leadership are necessary for both the ASEAN and EU "projects" in community-building to succeed. Without these, the challenges highlighted in the lessons above will prove insurmountable.
Moe Thuzar is Lead Researcher (socio-cultural) at the ASEAN Studies Centre of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore. These are her personal views.
[1] Rodolfo Severino, "ASEAN: Expectations, Myths and Facts", statement at the Writers' Workshop on Reporting Development in ASEAN, June 26-27, 2012, ISEAS, Singapore.
[2] ASEAN adopted in October 2010 a "Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity" with targets set from 2010 to 2015 to accomplish "physical, institutional and people-to-people connectivity".
[3] "Wary Neighbours Turn into Partners in a Quickly Developing Southeast Asia", Thomas Fuller for the New York Times, July 5, 2012 [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/06/world/asia/asean-nations-become-more-integrated.html]
[4] The IAI was launched in 2000 at the informal ASEAN Summit in Singapore. Under the IAI, the ASEAN-6 countries (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand) offer technical and other assistance to the CLMV. ASEAN's Dialogue Partner countries (Australia, Canada, China, India, the EU, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Russia and the United States) and other interested donors and development partners are also invited to contribute to the IAI programmes and projects. The focus of the IAI is mainly on building capacities for regional economic integration.
[5] ASEAN Secretary-General Dr Surin Pitsuwan cites the decision of the ASEAN Economic Ministers who oversee the implementation of the AEC commitments. See Dr Surin's statement "AEC 2015 On Track and Top Priority", 12 September 2012. http://www.asean.org/news/item/aec-2015-remains-on-track-and-top-priority?category_id=27
[6] Intervention by Rodolfo Severino, Head, ASEAN Studies Centre, at the panel discussion on
"Prospects for EU-ASEAN Relations" hosted by the EU-Asia Centre in Belgium, 23 April 2012. Summary report at http://www.eu-asiacentre.eu/events_details.php?event_id=38.
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About The Author ( Moe Thuzar):
Moe Thuzar is ISEAS Fellow & Lead Researcher (socio-cultural), ASEAN Studies Centre, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. She is also a resident analyst (on ASEAN, and Myanmar) for Channel News Asia, and had been involved in advising Myanmar's ASEAN chairmanship in 2014. Moe assesses regional integration issues, including priorities in the areas under the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community. One of her main projects looks at the awareness of, and attitudes toward, ASEAN among (young) people in the region. Moe's other research interests include urbanisation, environment, disaster management and humanitarian assistance, ASEAN integration issues and ASEAN's dialogue relations.
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