The report, Women Delivering Justice: Contributions, Barriers, Pathways, amplifies the importance of women's leadership in the justice sector and reaffirms their professional participation in decision making bodies as a human right as well as a means of improving justice for women.
The report notes that although there is growing realization about the importance of strengthening women's participation in the public sphere, including in governance, the justice sector is lagging behind in many countries. World Bank data show that women hold the position of Chief Justice in only 26 out of 153 countries. According to the OECD, women hold only 33.6 percent of judgeships in Supreme Courts globally. Actual numbers in many countries are way below the global average.
The report sets out the multiple values of enhancing women's participation in the justice sector. Evidence from national contexts show that gender diversity in the justice sector can serve as a powerful remedy against trust-deficiencies that plague many conflict-affected environments. More women in the judiciary and the legal systems improve the effectiveness of the institution and generate public confidence.
Citing a growing body of empirical research, the report shows that women judges play an important role in breaking down many of the barriers that women face in accessing justice. Being more aware than men of gender-specific justice needs across a spectrum of issues, including sexual and gender-based violence, women judges have spearheaded landmark legal decisions in a number of countries which have not only produced tangibly better outcomes for women but also shifted public policy.
Despite the positive contribution that women make to the justice sector, IDLO's research shows that the pathways for judicial promotion are blocked by many legal, political and social obstacles, including gender biases.
While the report cautions against a "battle of the sexes" and a tunnel focus on raw numbers and quotas, it acknowledges the power of having a critical mass of women on the bench. The deep-seated stereotypes that women encounter can only be countered with greater representation. Policy recommendations conclude that political will and broad-based mobilization can help spark the momentum needed.
The report calls on States to take concrete measures to address gender inequality and discrimination in the justice sector, both through the identification and the removal of legal and practical barriers to women's equal participation, and through proactive steps to actively encourage and advance women's equal representation.


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Read My Lips: No New Bushes
By Doris O'Brien
Jeb Bush's recent announcement of his intentions to "explore" a bid for the presidency came as no surprise. To Democrats, anyway. For the past year, I have listened to liberal friends tell me that the battle for the White House in 2016 would be waged between Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton. Just last month, while I was sharing a table at a Las Vegas show theater, an Arkansas couple who "knew" the Clintons -- doesn't everyone down in the "Natural State"? -- opined with certainty that the GOP would be choosing Jeb Bush as its 2016 standard bearer.
This was followed by the usual damning-by-faint praise claim that Jeb is the only Republican with any chance of beating Hillary. I've heard that statement often enough to strengthen my belief that when Democrats pretend to be worried by the possibility of a certain Republican running in 2016, he shouldn't.
Since Jeb's announcement, polls indicate that he leads the field in popularity among Republicans with 23%, his closest competitor being ten points behind. But I don't care what the polls may show at this early stage. After all, neither Jeb nor Hillary has officially declared his/her candidacy. The "field" has yet to be plowed. The primaries lie ahead. So only one thing can be said with any degree of certainty: If the opposition is going out of its way to insist -- wink! wink! – that there's only one Republican candidate capable of victory, the GOP had better wise up and opt for somebody else!
The fact is that the Democrats would like nothing better than to see a Bush run for president. Just his last name alone would drive liberals to the polls in droves to oppose him. For the past six years, "Bush" has been the name blamed for everything gone wrong, both domestically and abroad. "Bush" has been Obama's scapegoat for his failed policies. "Bush's recession" was the albatross hung around this administration's incapable neck. Giving the opposition an opportunity to revive the animosity by lambasting yet another Bush would be tantamount to showering them with manna from political heaven.
It would not matter one iota if Jeb were a totally different person from his dad and brother. Or whether his position on issues differed from theirs. Or that he has a Hispanic wife. Or that he may be the smartest of the Bush clan. The only way Democrat voters are likely to perceive Jeb is as a member of a dynasty whose resurrection they are willing to do anything to prevent.
A Bush-Clinton contest would bring into rivalry the two dynastic giants of recent decades. Considering Bill's personal affection for George H.W. Bush, whom some say he regards as a father, such a confrontation might be rather awkward. But loyalty has never been Bubba's long suit when it clashes with ambition, so it is not likely that his insatiable appetite to regain the power of the presidency would be deterred by any filial feelings.
Aside from that, there are plenty of other reasons why Jeb Bush might not be the best GOP candidate in 2016. Mind you, I have nothing against him. He's an intelligent, pleasant, thoughtful guy who performed well as Florida's governor. He comes from a nice family. Under other circumstances, he might be a possible choice. But at this stage of the game, he's more likely an impossible one.
A Bush run would turn the Republican Party around 180 degrees: from facing the future to apologizing for the past. That's precisely where Hillary happens to be, weighed down by her former questionable actions and antics. Some of her burdensome baggage, like Benghazi, happens to be associated with the Obama administration. But others have been hauled around since the White House years, and before. If, indeed, she does run in 2016, Bill will be on the ticket as much as she, making his past policies and peccadilloes grist for the mill. Do Republicans want to spend our newly-earned political capital regurgitating history?
If Jeb were a Reagan instead of Bush, things might be different. He might match up better against Bill Clinton, the phantom candidate, whose image for many Democrats has metamorphosed from a party embarrassment into a Democratic icon who balanced budgets, reached across the aisle, and understood how to handle foreign leaders. So the choice for Republicans is this: does the GOP want to come across as a party replaying history, or as one whose eyes are fixed firmly on new approaches and solutions for the future?
The Republican roster remains crowded with young, ambitious, and effective wannabes whose political successes have not gone unnoticed. They are a scrappy, enthusiastic bunch, and include (among others) Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, John Kasich, Chris Christie, Scott Walker, Bobby Jindal, and Ted Cruz. While they have been making headlines based on the power of their political leadership, Jeb Bush has been making overtures based on the power of his political connections. And his being out of office for five crucial years could give way to the charge that he is also out of touch.
But more important is the possible perception, hyped by a punitive press, that Jeb is a throwback from the past who inspires little enthusiasm from voters on either side of the political divide. That, incidentally, is just what the Democrats will likely be stuck with two years hence.
In the crucial election of 2016, the Republican Party will require an updated playbook and an exciting candidate capable of general appeal among the electorate. The GOP needs new blood in its veins and a new vision for our country. This would preclude settling for a low-key bearer of a controversial last name. America is already burdened by problems from her past. We don't need candidates who remind us of it.

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Baron Wolman, First Chief Photographer for Rolling Stone, RIP
by Chris Murray on November 4, 2020
Baron Wolman on stage at Woodstock, August 16, 1969, while Santana performs. Photo by Bill Graham.
Baron Wolman was among the first photographers I exhibited at Govinda Gallery to feature musical artists. In July of 1994, he and I co-curated the exhibition "Woodstock: Photographs," which also included photographers Henry Diltz, Lisa Law, Joe Sia, and Elliot Landy. It was a great exhibition documenting both the performers and the historic scene at the now legendary festival.
John Sebastian performing at Woodstock. Photo by Baron Wolman, 1969.
In June of 1996, I exhibited Baron's first one-man show at Govinda, "Baron Wolman: My Generation." That exhibition was also a launch for his book, Classic Rock & Other Rollers. Both Baron, who was on hand to autograph his book, and the gallery visitors had a great time during that exhibition, with music playing to accompany the photographs which included George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Tina Turner, The Grateful Dead, Little Richard, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Miles Davis, Johnny Cash and many more.
George Harrison at Apple Records, London 1968. Photo by Baron Wolman.
Baron was also featured in the epic traveling museum exhibition, "Sound & Vision: Monumental Rock & Roll Photography," which I curated and co-organized with the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Georgia. His large-format photos of Janis Joplin and Mick Jagger were remarkable. His photos from that exhibition were seen in five major museums throughout the south.
Janis Joplin, San Francisco 1968. Photo by Baron Wolman.
Mick Jagger, on the set of Performance, London, 1968. Photo by Baron Wolman.
One of the most wonderful pastimes Baron and I shared together was in Salamanca, Spain in the fall of 2008. The contemporary art museum in Salamanca, Domus Artium, had organized a truly extraordinary group of exhibitions that filled the entire museum on the subject of music as seen through a variety of visual arts. Baron and I were brought to Salamanca by the museum for the opening of the exhibitions. Baron was part of a major group show of photographs. It was a great pleasure for me to curate the exhibition, "Elvis at 21: The Photographs of Alfred Wertheimer," for the museum. We had a blast walking the ancient streets of Old Salamanca together.
Domus Artium Museum, Salamanca, Spain.
In 2012, I edited the book Rolling Stones: 50 x 20 (Insight Editions). In that book, I included a section devoted to Baron's photographs of The Stones. I interviewed Baron for the book and he said to me, "The Stones are the ultimate Rock & Roll band. Every time you go to a show, you get so energized you have to dance right in your seat."
Keith Richards, Oakland, California, 1978. Photo by Baron Wolman.
The thing about Baron Wolman is that he was one of the kindest people I ever worked with and was always a gentleman. He gave me every opportunity to make the exhibitions I organized of his photographs successful and a pleasure. I loved Baron and will miss his cheerful demeanor. Baron and I continued to work together right up to these days. His stunning large scale images of Janis Joplin and Frank Zappa are on permanent display at Hamilton Live, the music venue in downtown Washington D.C.
Frank Zappa, Los Angeles, 1968. Photo by Baron Wolman.
The last two photographs I recently bought from Baron for my own collection were two color images of Bob Dylan and Fats Dominoe. I love them both.
Bob Dylan, Slow Train Coming tour, 1980.
Fats Domino, Backstage Las Vegas, 1968.
The first-ever interview in Rolling Stone magazine was with Donovan. Here is a shot by Baron Wolman of Donovan from that photo session to accompany the interview in November 1967.
Donovan from Rolling Stone shoot, 1968. Photo by Baron Wolman.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland has just opened a retrospective exhibition of Baron Wolman's photographs.
Baron Wolman's photographs are available through Govinda Gallery.
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Deviants, The – The Deviants
The Deviants were an English rock group originally active in the late 1960s, and later as a project of the singer-songwriter and bandleader Mick Farren. The self-tiled third album was the beginning of the definite split between the band members. This record shows how they were still rocking in a wonderful mix between psychedelic, garage, blues, and rock. The overall vibe is amazing and it is a fascinating glimpse into the underground music of the late '60s. The album has aged quite well and is still a master of art.
The Deviants is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on transparent blue vinyl. The package includes a replica of the very rare & sought after booklet.
Deviants, The
The Deviants 3
Acid Rock, British Psychedelia, Psychedelic/Garage
Live - Throwing Copper (2LP)


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Skoda's Kodiaq Facelift Finally Gets A Launch Date!
Home Hyundai Hyundai Creta Anniversary Edition spied, likely to arrive with a car refrigerator
Hyundai Creta Anniversary Edition spied, likely to arrive with a car refrigerator
July 6, 2016 | Aditya Nadkarni
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Hyundai India has received a positive response with regard to the Creta. The premium compact SUV registered a booking of 1 lakh units in a period of eight months since its launch in India. Now, as the model is set to complete a year in the Indian market, the company is all set to launch an anniversary edition model of the Creta.
Also read: Grand Theft Auto: 7 brand new Hyundai Cretas stolen from Chennai showroom
Spy images that surfaced on the web reveal an anniversary edition of the Hyundai Creta that is reportedly scheduled to be launched on 7th of July. The news comes barely a month after the company launched an anniversary edition of the Xcent compact sedan.
Features on the said model include the customary special badging and body decals that can be seen on either side. The body decals include red and blue coloured stripes on the side sills and C- pillars, with the latter housing the 1st anniversary edition sticker. The C-Pillar, just as the A and B pillar, benefit from a gloss black finish as well.
Also read: Hyundai Creta 1.6 CRDi AT / MT Review : Silken Sock
A contrasting paintjob for the roof is also likely to be on offer. The anniversary edition model could ride on 17 inch diamond cut black alloy wheels. Moving on inside, the model could receive all-black interiors, illuminated door sills, new seat covers and floor mats with the special edition lettering. One of the most interesting features that could make it to the Creta anniversary edition would be a car refrigerator.
The model will probably be based on the SX trim and will hence be powered by the conventional 1.6 litre CRDi diesel engine. This engine is tuned to produce a power output of 128 PS while the peak torque stands at 260 Nm. This motor sends power to the wheels with the help of a six speed manual transmission.
Source: GaadiWaadi
Following is the image gallery for the Hyundai Creta anniversary edition:


West ham are in 9th place and at home have won 7, drawn 3 and lost just 4 games so far and although I expect chelsea to win here it could be a close game. Most of West hams home games have had plenty of goals and in total they have scored 21 goals and have failed to score just twice. They have been very good defensively conceding just 14 goals but with the form that Chelsea are in i cant see them being able to keep them out. their average goals per game rate is 2.5 and 7 of their 14 games have gone over 2.5 goals.
Chelsea have been excellent this season and away from home they have won 7, drawn 4 and lost just 2 games and although they have had a couple of games where they havent performed well they have generally been good at scoring goals and with their superior strikers i am sure they will carve out a lot of opportunities here. They have scored 29 away goals and only man City have scored this many away goals. they have only had one match where they have failed to score snd that was a 0-0 draw against Sunderland where they had 24 shots and 6 shots on target but Sunderland defended well and managed to keep them out. They have conceded 17 goals as well and that means their average goals per game rate is 3.5 an 8 of their 13 away games have been over 2.5 goals.
In summary i think that Chelsea will win this game and there should also be a lot of goals scored so the bet I am going for is over 2.5 goals.


Michael is convinced of the innocence of his brother sentenced to death and decides to right a wrong on his own. He intentionally commits a crime to get into the prison where his brother is. The one which Michael knows well because he has designed it as an engineer. The salvation plan is very simple.


Crime and Punishment - SupergirlSupergirl and Lena head to Stryker's Island to search for clues on how to defeat Lex.
The Replacement - CharmedWhen Harry mysteriously disappears, a substitute Whitelighter, Tessa, surprises the sisters.
The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe - DC's Legends of TomorrowWith darkness on the rise in 2019, the team realizes that a new host of problems have risen as they have been cleaning up history.
Spartan - ArrowAfter the Ninth Circle delivers a major setback for Team Arrow, Diggle reluctantly reaches out to a Four-Star General of the Defense Intelligence Agency for help.
Snow Pack - The FlashWhen Icicle returns to enact the next phase of his devious plan, Caitlin and her mother, Dr. Carla Tannhauser, must resolve their long-combative relationship to defeat the icy monster.
Two and Half MenWeeknights at 5 & 6:30 p.m.
Street Beat: Earth DayThis week on Street Beat, Amyre Makupson speaks with various organizations dedicated to environmental sustainability and learns about their individual programs created to keep our planet clean and green.
Street Beat: Autism MattersThis week on Street Beat, April Moss speaks with various non-profit organizations and therapy clinics across Metro Detroit which provide resources for individuals and their families on the Autism Spectrum.
Books! Books and More Books!This week visit Bookstock taking place at Laurel Park Sunday, April 7th-April 14th. The CW50 Street Team were on the lookout for all the amazing deals on books!
Street Beat: The Importance of ReadingThis week on Street Beat, Amyre Makupson speaks with various non-profit organizations, and individuals dedicated to promoting and encouraging the importance of reading in our community.
Street Beat: Giving Back to the CommunityThis week on Street Beat, host Amyre Makupson speaks with various non-profit organizations dedicated to helping put an end to hunger, domestic violence and assault in Metro Detroit.
The Flash -- "Attack on Central City" -- FLA314a_0170b.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Violett Beane as Jesse Quick, Grant Gustin as The Flash and Keiynan Lonsdale as Kid Flash -- Photo: Katie Yu/The CW -- © 2017 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
THE FLASH – Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at 8pm on CW50 – THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO THE TWO-PART BATTLE WITH GRODD – When Grodd (voiced by David Sobolov) and his army of gorillas bring the battle to Earth-1, The Flash (Grant Gustin) and team must find a way to stop them before they destroy Central City. Gypsy (guest star Jessica Camacho) returns to join the fight. Meanwhile, Jesse Quick (guest star Violett Beane) decides she wants to stay with Wally (Keiynan Lonsdale) on Earth-1. Dermott Downs directed the episode with story by Todd Helbing and teleplay by Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes (#314). Original airdate 2/28/2017.
Books! Books and More Books!


Book cover for Dream Darshan by Rajeshwari Subramanian.
Rajeshwari Subramanian's second book, Dream Darshan, beautifully and playfully describes her lucid dreams in which her supreme guru Sathya Sai Baba appears. Sai Baba himself once said, "Whenever I appear in a dream, it is to communicate something to the individual; it is not a mere dream as it is generally known. It is a real Appearance." Rajeshwari was told by Sai Baba to publish her journal. At the time, she had been keeping a journal of her Baba dreams. Now it has been transformed into this little gem of a book.
ISBN 978-0-9748668-8-8; 5 x 7.25 paperback; 108 pages; color photo; glossary.
Rajeswari holds a degree in English literature from the University of London and has become a writer in her retirement. She is a Montessori teacher by profession and was owner and administrator of her Montessori school for twenty-eight years. She has four children and five grandchildren. An ardent devotee of Sri Sathya Sai Baba since 1987, she continues on her spiritual path with His unfailing guidance and blessings. Her first book, Journey of a Soul (2006), playfully describes a pilgrimage to Sai Baba's ashram in south India.


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using AutoRest.Core.Logging;
using AutoRest.Swagger.Model;
using AutoRest.Swagger.Model.Utilities;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

namespace AutoRest.Swagger.Validation.Core
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Provides context for a rule, such as the ancestors in the validation tree, the root object
    ///   and information about the key or index that locate this object in the parent's list or dictionary
    /// </summary>
    public class RuleContext
    {

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a top level context for rules
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="root"></param>
        public RuleContext(ServiceDefinition root, Uri file) : this(null)
        {
            this.Root = root;
            this.Value = root;
            this.File = file;
            PopulateResourceTypes(root);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a rule context node in the linked list of contexts for the validation object graph
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="root"></param>
        public RuleContext(RuleContext parent)
        {
            this.Parent = parent;
            this.Root = parent?.Root;
            this.File = parent?.File;
            this.ResourceModels = parent?.ResourceModels;
            this.TrackedResourceModels = parent?.TrackedResourceModels;
            this.ChildTrackedResourceModels = parent?.ChildTrackedResourceModels;
            this.ParentTrackedResourceModels = parent?.ParentTrackedResourceModels;
            this.ProxyResourceModels = parent?.ProxyResourceModels;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a new rule context that represents another level of traversal in the object graph
        ///   for list items
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="value"></param>
        /// <param name="index"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public RuleContext CreateChild(object value, int index)
        {
            return new RuleContext(this) { Index = index, Value = value };
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a new rule context that represents another level of traversal in the object graph
        ///   for dictionary elements or property values.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="value"></param>
        /// <param name="index"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public RuleContext CreateChild(object value, string key)
        {
            return new RuleContext(this) { Key = key, Value = value };
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// The rule context of the parent object in the validation object tree
        /// </summary>
        public RuleContext Parent { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The root object in the graph that this rule is being applied to
        /// </summary>
        public ServiceDefinition Root { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The key value that the object is part of if it's in a dictionary
        /// </summary>
        public string Key { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The numeric index that represents the object's location in a list, if it's in one
        /// </summary>
        public int? Index { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The value of the object
        /// </summary>
        public object Value { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// List of resources in serviceDefinition
        /// </summary>
        public IEnumerable<string> ResourceModels { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// List of tracked resources in serviceDefinition
        /// </summary>
        public IEnumerable<string> TrackedResourceModels { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// List of child tracked resources in serviceDefinition
        /// </summary>
        public IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>> ChildTrackedResourceModels { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// List of parent tracked resources in serviceDefinition
        /// </summary>
        public IEnumerable<string> ParentTrackedResourceModels { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// List of proxy resources in serviceDefinition
        /// </summary>
        public IEnumerable<string> ProxyResourceModels { get; private set; }

        public ObjectPath Path =>
            Parent == null
                ? ObjectPath.Empty
                : Key == null
                    ? (Index.Value == -1 ? Parent.Path : Parent.Path.AppendIndex(Index.Value))
                    : Parent.Path.AppendProperty(Key);

        public Uri File { get; private set;  }

        /// <summary>
        /// Populates list of resources, tracked resources and proxy resources
        /// </summary>
        private void PopulateResourceTypes(ServiceDefinition serviceDefinition)
        {
            this.ResourceModels = ValidationUtilities.GetResourceModels(serviceDefinition).ToList();
            this.TrackedResourceModels = ValidationUtilities.GetTrackedResources(this.ResourceModels, serviceDefinition.Definitions).ToList();
            this.ChildTrackedResourceModels = ValidationUtilities.GetChildTrackedResourcesWithImmediateParent(serviceDefinition).ToList();
            this.ParentTrackedResourceModels = ValidationUtilities.GetParentTrackedResources(this.TrackedResourceModels, this.ChildTrackedResourceModels).ToList();
            this.ProxyResourceModels = this.ResourceModels.Except(this.TrackedResourceModels).ToList();
        }

    }
}

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Q: hiding an element on click of anything else on the page referring to Franek's question found here I have one more question.
The solution on the link above worked for me until I introduced another menu to my page. In this case, there are two menus next to each other. When I click on one of them, the relevant div is displayed showing possible options to select. Then, when I click on the document the div gets closed. But when I click on any other element it is still displayed.
A solution for me would be to run the code to close the menu on any other element click as well as document click.
How can I achieve this ?
(menu: invisible div element that when clicked on its title becomes visible)

A: This is slightly better, as it also check the parent(s) of the element being clicked:
$(document).click(function(e) {
    var target = e.target;

    if (!$(target).is('#menu') && !$(target).parents().is('#menu')) {
        $('#menu').hide();
    }
});

A: Clicking on every element but the menu that you want to hide right?
$(function() {
    $('*').click(function(e) {
        if(e.target.id != 'menu') {
            $('#menu').hide();
        }
    });
});

A: my html code is

menu 1

menu 2

menu 3

and jquery code is

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WaPo on Infrastructure (and How to Pay For It)
I spoke with Tory Newmyer of the Washington Post's Finance 202 about the prospects of a bipartisan deal on infrastructure and the politics of how to pay for it:
"If the mutual will is there politically, then the funding will be there. If you can broker a deal in principle, the rest will work itself out," says Liam Donovan, a Republican strategist who lobbies on infrastructure issues. But he said cooperation could break down as a new set of House Democratic chairmen use their subpoena power to launch probes of the Trump administration. "How do you get there with this political cold war in the background?"
The president made the point in his post-election news conference. He said House Democrats could investigate him, "or we can work together. You can't do them simultaneously, by the way."
The Atlantic: Democrats' Biggest Threat in 2018
GQ: What If Mike Pence Becomes President?


In 1923, world-renowned escape artist Harry Houdini came to Oakland. He hung 112 feet above the ground from one Oakland's most iconic buildings—then nearly brand-new—to entertain thousands of spectators as he escaped from handcuffs and a straightjacket. Ninety-two years later, the Tribune Tower continues to be one of the main attractions in the city's downtown skyline; it overlooks the Port of Oakland, Lake Merritt and Oakland City Hall.
The tower was built between 1922 and 1923 by Joseph Russell Knowland, a politician and publisher who owned the Oakland Tribune newspaper. Architect Edward T. Foulkes designed the tower as an addition to an existing six-story building at 13th and Franklin that was built in 1906, formerly known as the Breuner Furniture Company, said Oakland Tribune librarian Veronica Martinez.
While the tower has been a symbol of the newspaper for decades, it mostly housed private residents and the paper's executive offices—not the newsroom. Between 1918 and 1992, the newsroom was in the six-story building.
Harry Harris is a crime reporter for the Tribune who has covered nearly 5,000 homicides in Oakland since the 1980's. He and his family have a lengthy history with the Tribune and the building. Harris, who was born and raised in Oakland, has been working for the paper since 1965 where he first started as a copy boy at 17 years old. (In fact, before his mother died in 2004, she told Harris that he had been conceived on the 20th floor of the tower, back when it housed the KLX radio station.) His father, Albert Kayo Harris, was a photographer for the newspaper in the 1930's. During the days he was a copy boy, he said, "Smoke hung heavy over the newsroom." Back then, reporters were allowed to smoke in the newsroom, until it was banned in the building in the 1980's, Harris said.
But the tower hasn't always been home to the Trib. The paper first moved out of the building due to damage after the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989. Despite it's landmark status—the tower gained city landmark recognition in 1976—the building lay abandoned and neglected between 1989 and 1995 before it was resold multiple times.
The newspaper staff moved to Jack London Square before moving back to the building between 2000 and 2007. (During this period, in 2004, a woman snuck past the tower's security to jump to her death after tossing copies of her suicide letter off the building.) Since 2007, the Tribune has had two different locations, one on Oakport Street by the Oakland Coliseum and today, one in downtown Oakland at 20th and Broadway. Martinez said the second move out of the tower was due to corporate consolidation.
Jennifer Bronson, who is responsible for business development at the tower, said that Tribune staff members have not been moved back in and there are currently no plans to do so. Yet the 22-story tower with a 360-degree view of Oakland continues to have remnants of the Golden Age of print journalism. On the fourth floor where the call center is located, there are intricate designs above the door frames that Bronson said once led to the offices of managing editors. One of the designs includes bronze angel holding a ribbon that reads "Oakland Tribune." Bronson also said there is an old safety box in the office that has not been opened.
In 2011, Tom Henderson, a third generation Oaklander and local entrepreneur, purchased the building for $8 million after it went into foreclosure. Since then he has made several renovations and developments. Today, the tower is the home of the Tribune Tavern and Modern Café located on the ground level, a call center for the company CallSocket, as well as law offices and a nonprofit organization.
Photo courtesy Oakland Public Library , Oakland History Room.
Photo courtesy Oakland Public Library Oakland History Room.
The 4th floor of the tower is now a CallSocket call center, but it continues have remnants from when the tower housed the Tribune's executive offices.
The 16th floor of the tower behind the giant neon letters that spell Tribune. Photo by Gabriela Arvizu.
How did the "Tribune" letters light up on the 16th floor in 1918 if the tower was built between 1922 and 1923?


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'What time's the final?' The All Blacks' Cricket World Cup dilemma
When they travel to Buenos Aires for their opening match of the Rugby Championship this weekend, the All Blacks will have one eye on the UK, namely Lord's, willing on the Black Caps in the final of the Cricket World Cup.
With last night's 18-run victory over India in Manchester, the Black Caps will now head south to London, awaiting the winner of tonight's showdown between Australia and England on Sunday.
Among the legions of fans supporting Kane Williamson and the Black Caps, will be none other than the All Blacks, many of who braved last night's late hours ahead of today's training in Auckland.
Fronting media this afternoon, Anton Lienert-Brown and Ben Smith revealed the All Blacks' support for their cricketing comrades.
"So good, last night I couldn't turn the telly off," Smith began.
"Obviously we had training this morning and just kept watching last night. It was awesome to see the boys get the job done."
"[It was] pretty inspiring stuff," added Lienert-Brown.
Boasting a number of former cricketers within the All Blacks' ranks, with Kieran Read and Jordie Barrett among those to have played representative age-grade cricket, Smith gave a surprising revelation to the group's biggest fan.
"I know Fozzy [assistant coach Ian Foster] actually stayed up last night.
"Fozzy watched the whole thing last night."
The only thing stopping the All Blacks from supporting the Black Caps this weekend will be the south American time zone, already having to contend with the time difference between New Zealand and the UK.
"When is the final? I'm sure we'll make it happen."
The All Blacks travel to Argentina this weekend, while the Black Caps play the Cricket World Cup final on Sunday night through to Monday morning NZT.
Away in Argentina, the All Blacks will have one eye on the cricket on Sunday. Source: 1 NEWS
Jimmy Neesham's cutting response to devastating World Cup final loss - 'Take up baking or something. Die at 60 really fat and happy'
Kane Williamson on World Cup final and super over conundrum - 'Fine print decided it'
Infamous World Cup-winning Springboks winger James Small dead, aged 50, after heart attack
Kane Williamson keen to recruit India's 1.5 billion fans after semi-final win – 'I hope they're not too angry'
Trent Boult eager to face Aussies in Cricket World Cup final - 'It doesn't get bigger'
Black Caps hail Guptill's 'game-changing' run out to end India's comeback hopes
© TVNZ Thu Jul 11 13:56:07 NZST 2019


Roasted Vegetable Minestrone Soup is the perfect way to enjoy leftover roasted vegetables. Loaded with potatoes, zucchini, bell pepper, onion and tomato – such a satisfying soup recipe!
Here is the final recipe of the three-part series with Oven Roasted Vegetables as the base – Roasted Vegetable Minestrone.
1. a thick soup containing vegetables and pasta.
And, no, this soup doesn't have pasta, but it has potatoes. Does that count? And it's thick. So we'll call it minestrone, okay?
Start by making Oven Roasted Vegetables one day and save out 1/3 of the recipe to make this frittata.
Add kale; cook and stir until kale begins to wilt, about 3 minutes. Add carrot, cook and stir for 1 minute.
Stir in water or broth, leftover vegetable bake, and beans; bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes, until kale and carrots are tender. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Serve topped with shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and a generous drizzle of olive oil.
In Italy usually we prepare minestrone using only vegetables, when i was a kid i used to hate it: everytime my mom said "minestrone for lunch" we started to have strange headache or stomachache !!! but Now i cook it almost like you ( and more beans!) because it becomes more tasty!
Giovanna! I trust you most of all to define Minestrone. Thank you so much.
It gets the point across, so minestrone works for me Marissa. We food blogger tend to stretch the meaning of some words. This is just the right soup for the chilly days here!


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Gary Alfieri, along with 2 full-time and 10 seasonal or part-time workers.
150 acres in Escalon and Ripon, about 90 miles from the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market.
Gary's grandfather starting farming in 1926 and Gary's father began working on the farm when he returned from serving in the army during World War II. Gary and his two brothers and sister were raised on the farm and grew up farming alongside their father. Gary took over the farm when his father passed away and raised his four children on the farm.
To maintain soil fertility, the farm uses a combination of cover crops, compost, and synthetic fertilizers.
Drip and flood irrigation with water from reservoirs.
Hand weeding, mowing, and a minimum of herbicides.
For pest control, the farm primarily relies on beneficial insects like ladybugs.
On G. L. Alfieri Farms stands a building constructed during the California Gold Rush that served as a stagecoach stop. The site was also home to the first schoolhouse in San Joaquin County.


Last month, Google introduced a new way for web searchers to find the information they want – even when that content was locked inside a mobile application. The search engine would return results for in-app content, and offer you the ability to "stream" the app from the web to your phone, if you didn't already have it installed on your device.
Today, Google is expanding the capabilities of app streaming by allowing developers to take advantage of the technology for app install ads running on the AdMob network, which today reaches 650,000 applications. That means app publishers will be able to produce ads that are actually mini-versions of their mobile games themselves, up to 60 seconds in length.
The goal behind both of these formats, explains Sissie Hsiao, Google's new head of product for mobile ads, is to help app developers find the right users.
"You can buy ads, you can get apps installed. But a lot of apps are used once or they're never used, even after they're installed," she says. "We found that 1 in 4 apps is never even used, and there's often this 'try once' experience, and then [the app is] never used again," Hsiao adds.
With the streaming app ads, the idea is to allow those who are merely interested in checking out a game or another type of app the ability to play the app – the real thing – right from within the ad itself.
These are not looping videos, or even web versions of the app. Instead, Google's app streaming technology, which came to the company by way of an acquisition of a startup called Agawi, involves the app running on virtual machines on Google's cloud platform. The cloud machine renders the app, executes the end users' touch interactions, then sends the pixels back down to the client.
In other words, users will be able to play with a live, working mobile app in the mobile ad.
Called "Trial Run" ads, the format is especially interesting to mobile game developers who want to increase their likelihood of finding people who will enjoy playing their game, and, hopefully, will spend money on in-app purchases for things like virtual goods.
The "Trial Run" ads can be up to 60 seconds in length, and developers can even create custom APK files (app packages) for use with these ads. That way, users interacting with the ad won't have to go through a sign-up flow first, or watch the introductory animation that's included with many games – they can simply start playing.
The ads will be priced using standard app install pricing – which is per click or per conversions, if using Google's automated system. In other words, developers may get free engagements with users who try the demo, but don't click through to install the app.
This format has been in early alpha testing until today's launch, but has already seen some success in terms of connecting developers with users who are more engaged, and who end up spending more in the apps, says Hsiao, but she declined to share specific metrics.
Meanwhile, the new "Interactive Interstitials" ads, also debuting today, offer app developers of all sorts the ability to create custom HTML5 ads that can be interacted with using gestures like swipes, touches, and more.
For example, early tester Zalora, makers of a fashion shopping app, built an ad that allows users to swipe to discover an exclusive offer. Other app marketers could create ad formats like "scratch off's," or use the ads to create swipeable image carousels. They can even use live app content to create real-time ad formats, says Google.
Both new app install ad formats are available now for a limited number of testers. Interested app developers should contact their account manager if interested in joining the beta, the company says.


Do you keep a journal or a diary?
I think that it is a great idea and I wish that I could be one of those people who make daily entries marking all of the significant and not so significant details of their lives. Journals are why we know so much about the famous people of yesteryear, they kept journals and their friends and colleagues kept journals as well. Most of the entries would be mind numbingly boring to anyone except the diarist, but the odd date would be interesting.
I have tried to keep a daily record of my life, but for one reason or another, I just can't seem to keep it going for more than a week at a time. It might be that I am less interested in my life than I should be. It might be that nothing of any interest to anyone happens to me on a daily basis. It might be that I am simply lazy. Every now and then I return to the diary and will promise myself that I will write every day. The next time I look. Months have passed. I suppose that when I am dead the kids will be able to view the diary as a series of snapshots which give a glimpse into what I was feeling at that time.
Part of the reason I don't keep a diary is that I feel you should be honest when writing in a diary and you can't be if there is any chance someone will read it before you are dead. Maybe a diary is a window into the real person. Well, a true diary would be, but I suspect that very few people are that honest with themselves. I don't think I can be honest. The truth is, that more of me (the real me) probably comes out in the blog. What I think and feel to a large degree is in this blog, even though I play pretty fast and loose with the truth.
I just read a few entries from 1983 and 1987, there was mainly comments on the weather, what happened at work, my health, the families health and activities and other mundane things like that. I would like to be able to comment on conversations I had during the day and what I thought of those conversations, but I don't remember them well enough. I can remember the gist, but accuracy and "gist" don't always get along.
One of the entries had to do with my brother and his pulling a joint out when visiting mom and dad. I don't know why he would have done that but it is the kind of thing he does. He played with the kids in the pool and they had a great time. I even called him a good uncle, and he was when he happened to be around the kids. Not so much when he wasn't. I am hesitant about writing that about my brother because there is a chance, a remote chance that he may read the blog one day and have his feelings hurt. Yep, I am just a softy.
I will continue to try and keep a diary. Journal sounds manlier, but it's just two words meaning the same thing. Perhaps if I do keep a journal on a regular basis, I will comment on the blog and eventually I will comment on the diary in the blog. Well, like I am doing right now! Awesome, now I have two things I can write on a daily basis that no one reads.


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FALL 2020 MENSWEAR
By Sarah Mower
Show anyone a pictogram of a house on fire, and it will bring Greta Thunberg's verbal metaphor urging climate action to mind. But—look closely—the images that are printed, scorchlike, on Jonathan Anderson's sweaters in the background of this show date from an earlier emergency. They're prints of the burning-house stencils that the AIDS activist and mixed-media artist David Wojnarowicz sprayed on derelict East Village buildings in 1982.
Anderson is adept at bringing almost forgotten art to the ambiance of his shows—both for his own label and at Loewe. But this rediscovery struck a deeper chord for the generations protesting against establishment intransigence in the face of apocalyptic crisis. It resonated tangentially in Anderson's remark at the end of the show. Amid the anguish of the AIDS fatalities in the '80s and '90s—which Wojnarowicz documented, fought, and eventually succumbed to—"it felt like the end of the world," Anderson observed. "But it wasn't. As much as some of it's really heavy, there's an optimism. There will be a solution."
When science and political will are galvanized by grassroots forces, perhaps there can be progress. Maybe that's the learning, the hope Anderson was getting at. In any case it puts him in line with the search for some kind of spiritual solace, a yearning toward the things that matter, that's been playing throughout the men's shows—that and a sharper focus on editing clothes down to a brand's essential values. (Check Prada, Gucci, and Off-White as recent examples.)
For JW Anderson, as for so many others, it entails looking back and being extra careful about going forward: "Thinking before you speak. Thinking before you act. Following up on things. Making product that is substantial, so it looks like it's been there forever," as he put it. In practical terms it meant striking a balance between blanket-wrap poncho-like coats—British trad and monklike, by turns—and expanding the vocabulary of nonbinary design that Anderson was first to explore with his early menswear shows in London.
There were the long, narrow shifts in paisley print carried over from his women's collections, pleated peplum tops over shorts, skinny knits, and hefty padded coats. With that sure hand he has for eye-catching, Instagrammable branding, he accessorized with heavy gilt chains swathed as belts, blown up as shoe jewelry, and minimized as sewn-on half-necklaces. The JW Anderson anchor-like logo that he invented as a 23-year-old was stenciled into a felted tote bag and worked into a patchwork sweater.
Trying to do better in the wider world while still defending one's own corner of the market is the dilemma that faces all fashion designers today. Anderson mentioned in passing that he'd worked to source fabrics in Britain—such efforts support heritage manufacturing and local workers and thereby enable more conscious purchasing.
That's a field that is going to take time to illuminate. Nevertheless, as the gay-rights movement is continuing to prove, change can come. Short term, Anderson is putting his activism where his mouth is by selling Wojnarowicz Burning House sweaters online today, raising funds for Visual AIDS, a community organization founded in 1988 to raise awareness and support for HIV-positive artists.


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Book Review: Title: The New Age of Adventure: Ten Years of Great Writing
Adventure Travel, Travel Books & Movies, Weekly Travel News — By Amanda P on	November 2, 2009 at 7:00 am
by Lisa Katzenberger
Special to Lost Girls World
National Geographic Adventure is the magazine for readers who prefer to climb around the wild outdoors versus just glance at the pictures from the safety of their couch. Their new anthology, The New Age of Adventure: Ten Years of Great Writing, strikes the same chord as their down-in-the-dirt-details magazine.
Sure, they may sound a little confident with their claim of "ten years of great writing," but the book really delivers. The anthology is filled with flawless writing and stunning stories pulled from the award-winning magazine's ten-year life. Story after story reels you in and instantly transports you through lush language to another part of the world.
The anthology breaks the stories up into four sections. "Reporting From the Edge" provides a journalistic approach to discovering different cultures of the world. The section starts off with Sebastian Junger's "The Lion in Winter," a startling look at Afghanistan guerrilla war warrior Ahmad Shah Massoud that was originally published in the spring of 2001. And in "Off the Face of the Earth" Peter Lane Taylor crawls around a complex system of underground caves where the Stermers family hid from the Nazis for nearly a full year in 1942. He shares details of how the surviving members of the family – young children at the time – look back on this experience with heart-breaking strength.
"Sexy Beasts" covers stories about how our animal friends survive in this world. In "Place of Darkness," Kira Salak shares her encounters with mountain gorillas trying to survive the war in Congo and contemplates who the more humane animal is: man or gorilla. "Stomping Grounds" by Paul Kvinta investigates the culture of "human-elephant conflict" where elephant stampedes in India have caused deaths in the thousands over the past two decades.
"Personal Journeys" includes personal narratives, such as friends surviving a 21-day kayaking through the Aleutian Islands, and a Vietnam vet surviving his emotional journey back to the ghost-filled battlefields of his youth. In "The Outer Limits" writers venture to the farthest reaches of the world – from travelling alongside Siberian reindeer farmers to exploring the blank Sahara where the even the map labels the area as "nothing" – Tenere.
Every story in The New Age of Adventure carries the potential for self-discovery. How does your life feel when you examine it from inside the still void of Siberia's Tenere? What do you do when, in the middle of a 22-day canoe trip in the Grand Canyon, where contact with others is rare and random, you place a call home from a pay phone on September 11, 2001? Do you continue on your scheduled trip, and hang out among America's nooks and crannies or head home to hunker down in front of its 24-hour ticker-filled news channels? The story of elephants finding a place to call home among India's skyrocketing population begs the question: who's closing in on whose turf? These stories share the underlying theme that seeing the world is also about seeing ourselves and learning more about the human race in the name of adventure.
Overall, the stories are moving and inspiring and stirring, although The Sexy Beasts section wasn't as immediately engaging as others. And, Lost Girls readers, it's worth pointing out to this crowd that out of twenty-five beautiful travel stories only three were authored by women. (Kira Salak also has "Hell and Back" and Gretel Ehrlich's contributes "The Vanishing Breed.")
The stories in The New Age of Adventure pull you along like a quick and smooth zip line tour. Happy to watch the world move by, to observe it from a different perspective, not really noticing time pass, not really wanting the journey to end. And then the instant you complete one story, breathless, pondering what you just experienced, you're anxious to clip on to the next line, to jump into the next story, and discover what lies ahead.
The New Age of Adventure: Ten Years of Great Writing
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Release Date: Now available (released September 15, 2009)
LG Rating: * * * * (out of 5)
Lisa Katzenberger lives in Chicago and is working on her second novel. Her short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Quality Women's Fiction, Foliate Oak, Cooler by the Lake, and PoemMemoirStory. She blogs about writing at Fictioncity.blogspot.com.
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OTC nasal decongestant monograph amended to add levmetamfetamine.
OTC NASAL DECONGESTANT MONOGRAPH AMENDED TO ADD LEVMETAMFETAMINE, formerly known as l-desoxyephedrine, as a safe and effective OTC active ingredient, FDA announces in a final rule published in the July 30 Federal Register. L-desoxyephedrine was excluded from the August 1994 final monograph for nasal decongestant drug products because U.S. Pharmacopoeial standards did not exist for the ingredient. USP proposed a monograph for l-desoxyephedrine in the January/February 1997 Pharmacopeial Forum, which included the name change to levmetamfetamine. In affirming levmetamfetamine's GRAS/E (generally recognized as safe/effective) status, the final rule removes l-desoxyephedrine from the list of nonmonograph active ingredients.
Subject: OTC nasal decongestant monograph amended to add levmetamfetamine.


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Professional business casual dress code gives employees the opportunity to appear professional and feel comfortable as well. This can be an employer's good way to boost the morale and confidence of his employees. In the world of corporate, this dress code is simply called 'business casual'. In 1970s, this kind of attire was first introduced at formal business workplaces. Until today, this trend has been continuously well-liked by individuals who are involved in various types of business. This has become popular even on the corporate ground due to its high level of ease and comfort essential for the employees' great performances in the workplace.
Business casual code is generally believed to create a positive impact not only on the feelings of employees but their professional performances as well. If a company implements this dress code, employees would feel that they are treated special and important as far as their needs are concerned. It may also serve as an essential part of the workplace ethics and business etiquette of a company. Nevertheless, professional business casual dress code is only suitable for employees who are not assigned to personally meet or interact with customers or clients. This is because genuine professionalism, in terms of personal interaction with clients, is partly associated with following professional attire code.
Are you wondering what really this dress code is all about? It is merely a perfect blend of casual and formal attire. The idea behind professional business casual dress code is that comfort and professionalism should come together well. The term 'casual' in this dress code would mean permissibly wearing casual attire like t-shirts and jeans. However, the business casual policy may vary from one company to another. It is therefore your responsibility to understand all your company's provisions regarding this kind of dress code before wearing some attire.
Women who want to follow this dress code actually have a range of options. They can wear casual shirts, turtleneck shirts, golf shirts, sweaters and suit jackets. Some exceptions include tube tops, off- shoulders, halter and shirts printed with offensive words, logos and/or pictures. A plain t-shirt can be worn under a blouse, shirt or jacket. As for the skirt, it should never be above knee but below it with a slit. Professional business casual attire does not include mini- skirts and sun dresses. As for pants, the appropriate options are cotton, wool or flannel pants, khaki pants and dressy capris. The improper choices include sweatpants and jeans. Women should only wear light makeup and minimal body accessories. As for footwear, close- toed shoes are proper ones.
How about business casual attire for men? Men should opt for their usual office attire for this dress code. Bu they can get rid of a tie or full suit as well as full suit jacket in the workplace. Some of the right options are formal shirts with collars, formal cotton pants and khaki pants. A formal elegant belt should also be included. They should avoid too much rolling up of sleeves and buttoning down of shirts. As for the perfume, it should only be minimal and not harsh. An athletic pair of shoes is never suitable for work. Loafer paired with socks are the correct pick.
It is a good idea to observe how your officemates dress in the workplace. Take note of the dresses they wear for the casual business dress code. The clothes you wear for work should always be well ironed, well- fitted and neat- looking. Avoid wearing low quality casual attire for business work. Your entire look should be kept well- groomed including your hair and facial hair. These are the things that should be kept in the mind of every employee.


If he ran for president, Stephen Colbert could make "Colbert Nation" a reality.
If he ran against other comedians, that is.
That's the message young voters give to Colbert, the incoming host of "The Late Show," who narrowly beats out "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart and Tina Fey as the comedian they think would make the best president.
Those four are the frontrunners. But there are stark differences in who would back each candidate.
Colbert is the heartland male's candidate — he gets 24 percent of the male vote and 23 percent of the vote from the midwest.
Stewart is the favorite of east-coast liberals on the older side of the millennial scale. He earns 23 percent of the 30-34 aged crowd — plus 22 percent of the vote in the northeast and 24 percent of young people who self-identify as liberal.
But the women want Fey. An astounding 28 percent of women — the highest percentage of one gender for any candidate — as well as 19 percent of west-coasters back her. She also earns 19 percent of the Latino vote, the highest of any comedian candidate.
Chappelle, whose "Chappelle's Show" became a national sensation in the early 2000s and who has recently made a comeback doing standup, is most popular with young, African-American voters. He gets 28 percent of the African-American vote. His share of that vote and Fey's share of the female vote are tied for the highest percentage of one demographic for any comedian candidate.


In a panic over Amazon.com's plan to buy upstart online pharmacy PillPack, shareholders drove down the aggregate market value of CVS Health, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid in late June by about $11 billion. Retail real estate professionals and at least one executive from these drugstore brands have displayed a bit more poise.
Even before Amazon announced its acquisition of PillPack, net-lease investor demand for drugstores had softened, except for well-located and high-performing properties, Blankstein says. Uncertainties over Walgreens' acquisition of some 1,900 Rite Aid stores and over the pending merger between Albertsons and the rest of the Rite Aid portfolio were behind that softening. Indeed, Walgreens in March formulated a plan to close some 600 stores over 18 months as part of the integration of the two brands. Meanwhile, the CVS decision to put pharmacies inside some Target stores is giving net-lease buyers pause in cases where CVS and Target stores are located near each other, says Sean O'Shea, managing director of the net-lease division of Los Angeles–based BRC Advisors.
During the Walgreens Boots Alliance fiscal third-quarter earnings call, held the same day as the Amazon and PillPack announcement, CEO Stefano Pessina told analysts that the deal did not worry him and that physical pharmacies would "continue to be very, very important in the future." He pointed out that PillPack was still a small company and that the pharmacy industry was more complex than just delivering pills.
In 2017 PillPack generated about $100 million in revenue — minuscule when compared with the estimated $340 billion U.S. consumers spent on medicine for the year, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Moreover, if Amazon is to fully immerse itself in the pharmacy industry, it will need to take some additional steps, says Blankstein. Those steps, he explains, include building relationships with the prescription-benefit managers that administer drug plans for health-plan sponsors and which therefore have a say in where consumers buy their prescriptions. Drugstores already have such ties to these prescription-benefit managers, even to the point of owning them outright in some cases, as CVS does. CVS is also acquiring health insurance company Aetna to help secure a pool of customers.
But in the event that Amazon is able to work out those details, its formidable expertise in delivering competitively priced products could spell trouble, argues O'Shea, especially given that the younger consumers who have grown up using its e-commerce platform have begun displacing their elders.


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Meet Francisco, our Team Leader at Evergreen House
Francisco has been part of the Mentaur team for over 5 years now, with experience working in 3 of our homes. He relocated from Portugal to the UK to work for Mentaur; we spoke with Francisco to find out more about his experiences.
Before Mentaur, what type of industry did you work in?
I had just finished my studies when I first heard about the opportunities available at Mentaur; I left university with a degree in Psychology and wanted to find a role in which I could utilise what I'd learnt.
How did you hear about the opportunities available at Mentaur?
The role was advertised in a Portuguese newspaper; the role seemed to offer an exciting new challenge, so I sent my CV.
How did you find relocating to the UK?
Tough at first, but the team at Mentaur were a great support. I'd had some trouble securing accommodation that would be ready for my arrival to the UK, so Mentaur stepped in, helping me to find a hotel room temporarily until my accommodation was ready. The team were also on hand to support me through the initial paperwork, which was a huge help!
What would you say to people considering a role at Mentaur?
Take a chance. I'd say people have nothing to lose by taking on a new role at Mentaur, but plenty to gain. I've had the opportunity to meet so many new people, and working with the care industry has been a hugely rewarding experience. Working in the UK has been great too; initially it was a big change, but it didn't take long at all for me to feel completely at home!
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My favourite beach in Cornwall, lovely sandy beach, rock pools and great views.
The deck chair hire is very reasonable at £3.00 per day plus a £2.00 deposit.
The boys at the Surf Hire shop were more than terrific!
I visited this beach every day at 6am for 7 days during my rcent holiday to Newquay. The beach is clean, with out of this world views and please soft golden sand.
Took a stroll down to Towan Beach to check out the beach and the surfers. It's a fantastic beach that is on of the main ones in Newquay.
Iconic beach just off main street.
Beautiful beach a short walk from main street. View of Island, pools in beach for children. Really clean and efficiently covered by RNLI Lifeguards.
This beach has everything you need, wetsuit/surf hire, food outlets (even a beach bakery!) lovely beach huts and is very clean. Definitely where we head for a day at the beach!
Another of Newquay's lovely beaches....might see a few surfers...there's a nice holiday apartment on a rock!!!
Walking on Towan beach when the tide is out is lovely and the views left and right of the other beaches helps the experience.
Always a pleasure to visit this Beach.
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I'm thinking of taking my daughter on her first snorkelling along the left side of Towan beach at high tide (along the rocks and towards the outside of the harbour wall, not too close though obviously). Any advice?
If you go make sure it is a calm day. The undercurrents around Cornwall can be dangerous.


Personal safety is more than just carrying a gun. Any reasonable person would rather avoid a deadly force confrontation instead of engaging in violence to defend one's family. But, how many credible books are there on decreasing your likelihood of being targeted while still offering excellent information on using a firearm should it come to that?
The good news is that in my Defensive Living review, I'll tell you about an excellent primer that does just that. Written by a pair of experts, this book is a good starting place for anyone who has decided to take their personal safety and home security seriously.
Defensive Living is a short, but very well-written book on personal safety. Written by Ed Lovette and Dave Spaulding, the book is written to preserve "your personal safety through awareness, attitude, and armed action." This book, now in its second edition, is an excellent primer for anyone taking responsibility for their own safety.
Compared to some books, this work is relatively short at 112 pages. This makes it an easy read with information that is direct and to the point. There isn't a lot of fluff in this book. Rather, it is dense with actionable information.
Covering many of the basic aspects of self defense inside and outside the home, the authors of Defensive Living speak from obvious experience. Defensive Living can make a significant impact to your mindset, especially if you are just starting their journey for self-reliance. It also offers valuable insight and information to people already well along the path.
Defensive Living is not a gun book, per se. Rather, it is a holistic approach to the concept of self-defense. Firearms are an obvious part of the book, but so are other topics such as situational awareness and criminal mindset. A gunfight you can avoid is a gunfight you've already won.
If you are looking for just a gun book, this one may still scratch that itch for you. In the handgun section of Defensive Living, there are step-by-step instructions on establishing the best grip, perfecting the draw, indexing the weapon, using flashlights, and much more. Photos are included to help you visualize these skills.
With the freedoms of self-publishing in the modern era, anyone can write and sell a book. Knowing something about the authors can help you decide if the book is a credible source on the topic of self defense.
Lovette speaks about self defense from experience. He is a retired CIA operations officer, a prior commissioned officer in the US Army Special Forces, and a 10-year law enforcement veteran. While I do not know Lovette, I have met people who have said good things about him.
Spaulding is a firearms instructor and retired sheriff's lieutenant with 28 years of law enforcement experience. He has written a great deal on firearms and training. While I have found much of his work to be very good, I have really taken an interest in his studies on vision during combat. His writings in this area have spurred me to do my own research.
I've had the pleasure of meeting Dave Spaulding, and based on my impressions of him he is a no-nonsense, find what works kind of guy. I did not get the impression when reviewing this book that there was any agenda other than keeping the reader safe.
As I mentioned earlier in this article, I highly recommend this book to the citizen who is just starting out, seeking to take responsibility for their own safety. Defensive Living will open your eyes to a variety of issues you may have never considered.
I also suggest that the "old hands" to self defense and concealed carry consider Defensive Living. While some of the gun related information you may have already gotten in other training classes, the book explores other areas not covered in typical CCW and firearms classes. It's an easy read, and if one little tip helps you avoid having to kill someone in self-defense, it is worth your time.
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When Jesus died by crucifixion, the disciples accepted the truth that his death was complete. So horrible was that wicked means of dying that there was never any doubt by his followers, or even by his enemies, that their leader and teacher was absolutely dead.
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
That horrible cross was how Rome executed their worst criminals. His mutilated and lifeless body was removed from that Roman cross, and with it went all of their hopes and aspirations. When the body of Jesus was buried in that borrowed tomb, all of their expectations were buried with him.
They were a defeated, fearful, hopeless bunch of losers. Life did not hold even a suggestion of hope for them. Now they were the laughing stock of the world. Fools –– that's what they were. 'Failures' is another word that perfectly described them. Fearful? Yes! The future held nothing for them now; nothing but rejection and maybe execution like their fallen leader.
Following Jesus was the only thing they knew. Their lives had been radically changed in those three short years of being his disciples. They were now going to do the only other thing they knew how to do. They would go back to fishing. That is where their lives would have concluded, except for Sunday morning. Oh, what glorious things that Sunday morning revealed.
Never in their wildest dreams did they imagine that Jesus would die that horrible, ignominious death for the sins of the world and then come back to life after being dead for three days. He had been dead-absolutely, completely physically dead and buried.
Now he was alive, resurrected in his glorified body that could pass through doors. Yet, it was the same body, with the wounds in his hands, feet and side. Forty days he was on the Earth after his resurrection, and many people acknowledged and confirmed that he was alive. At one time, over 500 witnesses verified that Jesus Christ was alive from the dead.
What a glorious change took place in the disciples. No longer were they defeated, fearful fools. Their hopes were now being realized, and their expectations were opening like a beautiful rose. Most of all, they were filled with life, the life of their resurrected Savior.
They were present with Jesus when he ascended into heaven. They saw him leave, and they heard his promise that he would return. Suddenly, they were beginning to piece together those predictions of his death, burial, resurrection and ascension. They knew he would be coming back. Now they must fulfill his departing commands.
Patiently, for ten days they waited and prayed in that upper room, anticipating the coming Day of Pentecost (50 days after the Resurrection). When that day arrived, the Holy Spirit descended and gave birth to the Church, the bride of Christ.
Those miraculous Apostolic signs authenticated the supernatural power of God that Jesus Christ was, indeed, the Son of God, the promised Messiah.
The Lord Jesus Christ is alive today and living in his church through the blessed Holy Spirit. He continues to change lives. He still takes sinners and makes them righteous people. He takes failures, frauds and fools and changes them to become holy people of God.
The Rev. Dale Byers is a retired Baptist pastor living in Holland, Mich. Contact him at someonecares@surfbest.net.


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(100283) 1995 BU8 es un asteroide perteneciente al cinturón de asteroides, descubierto el 29 de enero de 1995 por el equipo del Spacewatch desde el Observatorio Nacional de Kitt Peak, Arizona, Estados Unidos.

Designación y nombre
Designado provisionalmente como 1995 BU8.

Características orbitales
1995 BU8 está situado a una distancia media del Sol de 3,011 ua, pudiendo alejarse hasta 3,364 ua y acercarse hasta 2,657 ua. Su excentricidad es 0,117 y la inclinación orbital 1,961 grados. Emplea 1908 días en completar una órbita alrededor del Sol.

Características físicas
La magnitud absoluta de 1995 BU8 es 15,2. Tiene 4,896 km de diámetro y su albedo se estima en 0,067.

Véase también
 Lista de asteroides del (100201) al (100300)
 Cuerpo menor del sistema solar

Referencias

Asteroides del cinturón principal
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos por el Spacewatch
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos desde el Observatorio Nacional de Kitt Peak
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos en 1995
Wikiproyecto:Asteroides/Artículos de asteroides

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Salcombe Gold is a wonderfully hoppy and refreshing beer. There's a hint of fruit, possibly citric, but a beautiful hop flavouring, especially in the aftertaste.
The colour, aroma and flavour are all really attractive, and it definitely works as a refreshing beer on a summers evening.
With this beer, Salcombe Brewery have continued the trend of excellence coming from breweries throughout Devon and Cornwall.
This is the first beer from the Salcombe range which I've managed to get hold of, and they're surprisingly hard to find considering the proximity of Salcombe to Plymouth! I will now be seeking out more!


1169 words - 5 pages 2012. Web. 06 Dec. 2013. •	Rodney, Dave. Usher. New York: Rosen Pub. Group, 2007. Print. •	"Usher." 2013. The Biography Channel website. Dec 06 2013 http://www.biography.com/people/usher-38321 •	Bradley, Michael. Serena Williams. New York: Benchmark, 2005. Print. •	O'Neil, Dana Pennett., and Pat Williams. How to Be like Women Athletes of Influence: 32 Women at the Top of Their Game and How You Can Get There Too. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, 2007. Print. •	"A Brief Biography of Thomas Edison." National Parks Service. National Parks Service, 16 Nov. 2013. Web. 06 Dec. 2013.


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Olof Bräutigam, född 21 mars 1910, död 29 september 1977, överingenjör på ESAB från 1936 och uppfinnare av en svetsteknik kallad "Begammetoden". Han var son till konsul August Bräutigam (1871-1970). Bräutigam var Nicaraguas vice konsul samt konsul i Göteborg 1949-1967 respektive 1967-1977 samt ordförande för Chalmers studentkår år 1935.

Referenser

Tryckta källor
Carlsson, Lars O & Andersson, Ulf; Hela världen är på plats - Konsulaten i Göteborg, Warne Förslag 2010

Svenska ingenjörer under 1900-talet
Främmande länders konsuler i Sverige
Födda 1910
Avlidna 1977
Män


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Looks like the new 6.0.3 drivers are out. Wonder if it will fix the sparkly white pixel problem on the K3?
Wanna know the cool part?
then brought back into Final Cut Pro for further editing. (all KONA)"
This means that when you render out of After Effects, there's no more big gamma shift AND you don't have to remove the AJAUncompressed.component from your library. This has been a problem with AE for a long while and AJA has found a way around it it looks like.
That freaking gamma has created way too many issues and headaches for way too long.
I encourage you to see it.
How about MacOS 10.5.6 support? I was told that this was a serious issue with the Kona cards. Is this true?
[Wayne Carey] "How about MacOS 10.5.6 support? I was told that this was a serious issue with the Kona cards. Is this true?"
Been running 10.5.6 for two or three months now all all three of our Kona 3 systems. What issues are supposed to be there?
Hmmmm, I guess everything was resolved then. I know back in December we were told to hold up mainly due to ATTO R380 issues. We updated in late January with the installation of our SAN and all has been well so far.
Thanks for reminding me on that.
That was a quick bunch of responses. Thanks, guys!
The issues... I'm not sure, but the last I talked with AJA thru email back before Christmas, they said to stay away at all cost. And reading the emails with 10.5.6 came out - the nightmares that occurred.
Well, let's just say that I don't have very much downtime to fix a meltdown.
If you are going to go to 10.5.6, download the combo update from Apple.
Hey Jeremy.. why would that yield a result different that from Software Update?
If you have multiple systems, and most of us do, then you only need to download the update once and you can pass it around to all of your systems to be updated - Intel and PowerPC.
[jason levy] "Hey Jeremy.. why would that yield a result different that from Software Update? "
I honestly don't know for sure, bud. I would imagine that there's differernt components and frame works that get updated differently since it's a combo update and is looking for older versions of the OS (10.5.4 or earlier). I am sorry, I don't know much about software on that level. Supposedly if you were having issues with 10.5.6, a combo update solved it.
I have done the combo update on my laptop and all is running okay with a minor hiccup, I think 10.5.6 makes some PCIe stuff go weird. It also had broken Shotput Pro but Imagine Products sent me a new build that fixes it. So there's definitely something different about 10.5.6.
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. Our systems are generally working fine.. for the moment.
Spent the day editing yesterday with Kona 3 6.03 updates on an 8-core with OS X 10.5.6 & QT 7.6. This is on a SAN set up by Mr. Zelin. All works flawlessly. Did not notice any problems. This is on FCP 6.0.5 by the way.
I tried installing the Kona LH 6.03 drivers on my G5 Tiger 10.4.11 machine today (latest FCP), and it didn't work. After rebooting, it came up with the red "hardware offline" message in the AJA Control panel. Since I had a project I was working on I just went back to 6.02 with no problems. I'm just glad the 6.03 uninstaller worked!
Have you tried the NDD version of the driver? I know that some of the G5s were having issues with the Mac Desktop feature in the AJA Control Panel.
Just an FYI, we had a problem installing on a Leopard install. We would get an Install Error when we tried to install WITH the additional presets. When we installed with just the "Base" settings, 6.0.3 installed fine. AJA tech support know about this.
Has anybody tested the feature for preserving closed captioning? That would have been a ife saver at my last gig.
It works flawlessly. I do this every week with loss of captioning.
ditto. We use it in Rave all the time.
[Richard Sanchez] "Has anybody tested the feature for preserving closed captioning?"
The preserving CC data on conversion is part of the code base from aja incredibly popular FSI rack converter. This is not something that is normally found in a product like a capture card.
This is the only product I am aware of that maintains the CC data integrity during the up / down / cross conversion via hardware during capture or playback.


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Carlo Rizzarda Gallery
The Province of Belluno
The Gallery of Modern Art "Carlo Rizzarda"
The Gallery of Modern Art "Carlo Rizzarda" in Feltre was born of Carlo Rizzarda's wish to bear witness. Rizzarda (Feltre 1883-Milan 1931) was one of the most famous artists of wrought iron of the early Twentieth Century. In 1926, he bought Palazzo Bovio-Villabruna-Cumano, a late Sixteenth Century residence in the historical centre of Feltre, with the intention of creating a museum of decorative art in his home town. Upon his death in 1931, the Feltre Comune inherited the palace and all Rizzarda's wrought iron pieces as well as his art collection, including paintings, sculpture, objects of decorative art, furniture and china which he had bought to furnish his own Milanese mansion. The Gallery was inaugurated in 1938 designed and decorated by Alberto Alpago-Novello, organised with an eye to unite the metaphysical to the physiognomy of the setting of the museum. Reopened in 2001, after a period of closure, with a new organisation by Ferruccio Franzoia, the Gallery contains over 400 works in wrought iron. There is also furniture by Giovanni Muzio, Giambattista Gianotti, Ottavio Cabiati and Alberto Alpago-Novello, sculpture by Adolfo Wildt, Libero Andreotti, Francesco Messina and Constantin Meunier, and paintings by Telemaco Signorini, Giovanni Fattori, Gaetano Previati, Egon Schiele, Guglielmo Ciardi and Felice Casorati. There are also ceramics by Ferruccio Mengaroni, Galileo Chini, Guido Andlovitz, Helen König Scavini and Gio Ponti, as well as glasswork by Otto Prutscher and Carlo Scarpa and by the signature pieces by Cappellin, Toso and Barovier.
The contemporary art collection donated by the journalist Liana Bortolon (also of Feltre origin)
is made up of ninety or so works of masters such as Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Bruno Cassinari,
Massimo Campigli, Ennio Morlotti, Gino Severini, Mario Sironi, Aligi Sassu, Afro and Valentino Vago. The section dedicated to artists who have animated the lively atmosphere of Feltre in the Twentieth Century displays works by Tancredi Parmeggiani, Bruno Milano, Walter Resentera, Renato Soppelsa, Vittore Bonsembiante, Giovanni Pivetta, Gianni Palminteri, Romano Ocri, Gianpiero Fachin, Renzo Biasion, Attilio Corsetti, Rino D'Ambros, Francesco Guerra, Toni Piccolotto and Addis Pugliese.
Visit the museum's site: http://musei.comune.feltre.bl.it/GalleriaRizzarda/
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Portuguese government wants better offers in airline sale
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - A senior Portuguese official has given the two bidders in the privatization of TAP Air Portugal three days to improve their offers, hinting the flag carrier's sale could be called off if they don't.
LISBON, Portugal (AP) � A senior Portuguese official has given the two bidders in the privatization of TAP Air Portugal three days to improve their offers, hinting the flag carrier's sale could be called off if they don't.
The government announced last month it had accepted to consider bids for 61 percent of the state-owned airline from David Neeleman, who founded Brazil's third-largest airline Azul, and from German Efromovich, owner of Colombia's Avianca. The financial terms were not made public.
The government has been analyzing the bids and wants final offers by Friday.
For the second time in a week, Economy Minister Antonio Pires de Lima said Tuesday "it is very important for the two bidders ... to make a greater effort. They have to present better offers."


Out with the old and in with the new, the story behind 'Breakers' begins with the name.
The aim was to break new ground locally with homes designed and built to achieve Level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. In other words, architectural homes that are respectful of the environment and offer much lower running costs. The challenge of incorporating contemporary design with eco-credentials is not to be underrated.


Eclipse- the darkness of the objects considered to be the brightest in our universe. The darkness that is not actually there, but is an effect of the alignment of the two bright objects which results in the object dependant on the fluorescent to become dull too. A paradox… an enigma… what it all seems. The beauties, the enrichment and the perfection is distorted not because of a confusion or a mistake, but because it was meant to be. The slow process of the moon/sun being shadowed casts fear in us with the same rate. Fear that is unknown and hidden, fear that has nothing to do with our personal beings… a fear truly unknown.
The peak of the eclipse calls for the level of desperateness. Confusion arises amongst the species which do not understand. During a solar eclipse, the creatures of the night come out of their homes to have what is in store for them as a treat by the dark. Nocturnal plants blossom, not knowing that there will be light in just a little more time. Happiness, that is just a lie, flourishes for the creatures of the dark. The moon setting in between the source of light and the beggar of light creates discrepancies and incongruity.
Human beings, most of which are the 'creatures' of the dark, are living in the eclipse of life. For those who admire the Light and are dependant on it, find it hard to cope during the dark times. They know that the darkness is just there for a short time. The 'dark' and 'evil' creatures have a treat through out this period, enjoying what ever they want fulfilling their dirty wishes, craving for the materialistic things, screaming and acting insane when they don't get them, fighting each other for possessions and in fact blooming in the darkest of conditions. This is beauty for them. This is life for them. The light is soon coming. When they are struck with the harsh reality that what they enjoyed was merely a shadow, not an object, they try to go back and find a refuge. But it's too late.
A panic is created. For those who venerated the Light, the Truth is splendor. They achieve what they awaited for years. Their sixth sense which used to save them from the deceptions proved worth while and they are given what they wanted. The Light… the Truth… the Reward.


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"We're all normal and we want our Freedom ..."
I had the chance for a bit of a wander today - and popped in at the Freedom Press bookshop, hidden away (and I really mean hidden away) down an alley at the side of the Whitechapel Gallery. It's the sort of place that's always worth a good rummage. The new stock is largely anarchist or that way inclined - but there's also some second-hand sections which are much more diverse.
For the first time, I think, I went to the guy in charge and said one of his books simply shouldn't be on sale at all. A work of philosophy by Herbert Spencer once owned by, and bearing the signature of, the anarchist Matt Kavanagh, and with copious pencil notes either by him or someone else. This should be part of the Freedom Press archive held at the Bishopsgate Institute - I hope that's where this book will be heading.
I was happy enough with what I did pick up. I got a 1924 edition of Bertrand Russell's Justice in War-Time with the ownership signature of John Hewetson, one of the defendants in the renowned Freedom trial of 1945 which was about, yes, justice in war-time.
The other really nice book was J.M. Guyau's 1891 volume Education and Heredity: a study in sociology - bought above all for this splendid bookplate.
Tom Keell was the mainstay of the Freedom Press for a decade either side of the First World War.
The book also has the ownership signature of the educationalist G.W.S. Howson.
Why Freedom is disposing of its library in this way, I really don't know. It's not even raking in lots of money.
From there to Bishopsgate, where the library often has shelves laden with items for sale - there's usually a few things of interest amid, on this occasion, a remarkable number of titles about Stalin.
This is my favourite of the handful of items I picked up at Bishopsgate today - a pamphlet by the renowned historian E.P. Thompson about the struggle for a free press. It was published in 1952.
This pamphlet looks at the history of the movement for a free press, and concludes: 'Today the Daily Worker has become one of the last channels for the circulation of free opinion, the only paper to stand between the people and the unprincipled campaign of lies and war propaganda of the capitalist press.'
Four years later, E.P. Thompson walked out of the Communist Party - largely because of disagreements over freedom of expression.
And in case you are wondering about the title of this blogpost: We're All Normal And We Want Our Freedom: Tribute To Arthur Lee & Love is a 1994 tribute album for the band Love and its leader Arthur Lee. The album was named after a line in their song "The Red Telephone" from the album Forever Changes. The phrase originated in Marat/Sade, a play written by Peter Weiss.
The end of 'Freedom'
It's been a grim week for the old left. The deaths of Tony Benn and Bob Crow have deservedly been much remarked upon. Benn was a throwback to public school socialism, an ethical, puritan political activist - and a champion of platform, podium and protest march. Crow, though more than thirty years younger, reached back even further into a syndicalist, labourist tradition of craft trade unionism. And the demise was also announced this week of an even more ancient aspect of the British left.
The anarchist journal 'Freedom', founded in 1886, is to close. An announcement on the Freedom Press website tells the story:
Since Freedom: A Journal of Anarchist Socialism first appeared in 1886 it has been in the form of a newspaper to be sold. Now the Freedom Collective has decided that we shall move content online accompanied by a freesheet after publication of the upcoming second issue of 2014.
We have come to realise that a sold hardcopy newspaper is no longer a viable means of promoting the anarchist message. Despite a huge publicity boost to Freedom following the firebomb attack last year (shop sales rose 50%) there has not been a corresponding increase in distribution of the paper. Only 29 shops, social centres and individuals now sell it and the number of paying subscribers has fallen to 225.As a result annual losses now amount to £3,500, an unsustainable level for our shoestring budget.
The journal was established principally on the initiative of Charlotte Wilson - and has been the mainstay, though not the focal point, of the heterodox, sometimes feud-ridden anarchist movement. In its modern incarnation, both the journal and the press are bound up with Vernon Richards (born Vero Ricchione), the main force behind 'Freedom' in the decades up to his death in 2001. For a movement which is so antipathetic to the idea of leaders, anarchism has often been shaped by forceful and charismatic individuals, and at the entrance to Angel Alley off Whitechapel High Street - home to the Freedom bookshop and press - there's a remarkable portrait gallery of renowned anarchists, almost all of them men.
At times, anarchism has been a frail offshoot of the not exactly robust British left. At times, it has come into its own - in the Jewish East End before the First World War, in opposition to Franco's forces in the Spanish Civil War, as an aspect of student revolt in the '60s and '70s. The energy evident of late at the annual Anarchist Book Fair, and the high turn-out, has suggested that there's new life in this old left bottle. If so, little of that vitality was evident in the pages of 'Freedom'. And it is indeed salutary to discover that the journal has barely two-hundred subscribers.
The one persistent delight of 'Freedom' has been the cartooning of Donald Rooum - witty, whimsical, often deprecating about anarchism, and displaying quite exceptional draughtmanship. 'Freedom', more than most political magazines, has been keenly aware of - and has celebrated - its own history. The front page of the first copy of 'Freedom' at the head of this posting is taken from a centenary edition put together largely by Heiner Becker and Nicolas Walter. It also includes this Donald Rooum cartoon, which I post here expecting forgiveness for any breach of copyright:


Authors: Giménez, María J. ; Pistón, Fernando ; Martín, Antonio ; Atienza, Sergio G.
Abstract: Olive oil authentication using DNA-based markers is becoming very important. qRT-PCR was an efficient tool in investigating the utility of PCR primers for olive oil authentication allowing to discard primers with low PCR efficiency. It also allows investigating of the relative effectiveness among four DNA isolation methods and therefore qRT-PCR would be useful for further optimisation of the DNA extraction protocols. The number of target molecules for the amplification of 80 bp amplicons was higher than that of 200 bp. Therefore the amplicon size should be optimised for olive oil authentication since the higher the number of templates the greater the probability of successful amplification. On conclusion, qRT-PCR is a useful tool in the development of molecular markers for olive oil authentication and it should be used for the optimisation of critical parameters such as the amplicon size and the DNA extraction method.