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Labor day in the Philippines
by Alex Almario
Belaboring the worker's cause
Most of our holidays have become, through the years, largely cynical. Christmas, people will say, has now been turned into a secular, profit-dri ven event. Valentine's Day is not really nothing is as openly and as hopelessly cynical as Labor Day. People still get together and actually feel happy during Christmas and can't help but get romantic every 14th of February. People don't suddenly love their jobs on May 1.
Sure, we are occasionally entreated to tributes of the labor force of the country, dazzled with talking points and motherhood statements about how the working class is "the heart and soul of the nation" or how the blue-collar workforce are the "unsung heroes of the national economy." But those are mostly limited to presidential speeches and press releases by the Department of Labor and Employment (or perhaps editorials from the Manila Bulletin). In actuality, Labor Day exists as a culmination of yearly labor grievances, which can be summed up in one statement: the world still doesn't care about us.
For capitalists, Labor Day exists for a different reason: it is their token "acknowledgement" that labor is supposedly as important as they are. It's just one of those concessions, like unions and collective bargaining agreements; not unlike the concessions given by bored boyfriends to demanding girlfriends to make Valentine's Day the one day in the entire year that is entirely about them.
The May 1 Labor Day holiday is in commemoration of the first ever concession made by capitalists to the workforce. After years of demanding that work hours be scaled down to eight hours a day (and after much rioting), the United States' Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions finally got what they wished for in 1886. Years later, in 1903, the U.S. would take Labor Day to the Philippines.
The roots of Labor Unionism in the Philippines, however, can be traced back earlier, to one Isabelo de los Reyes, who, apart from being the first national labor leader in the country, was also a senator and, amazingly, the founder of the Aglipayan church. This Renaissance Man didn't get his socialist chops from America; he went straight to the original source – Europe. After agreeing to work for the Spanish Government in Madrid (which was offered to him by the Governor General to get him to shut up about reforms), he returned to the Philippines in 1901 armed with comprehensive socialist literature from the masters: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Victor Hugo, Pierre Joseph Proudhon, and Mikhail Bakunin, among others. He spent a year spreading the gospel to laborers all across the country before establishing the Philippines' first ever national labor union, the Union Obrera Democratica Filipina (Philippine Democratic Labor Union), along with its first ever labor publication, La Redencion del Obrero (The Redemption of the laborer) in 1902.
De los Reyes was anti-imperialist to the core and fought mainly against American business firms in the Philippines. After dealing with Spanish colonialism for most of his life, he set his eyes on the Americans, of whom he was skeptical from the get go. In this regard, he was the precursor to the Kilusang Mayo Uno.
The KMU was established in 1980, against the backdrop of Martial Law. The crux of their advocacy – and pretty much that of Philippine Communism in general – is that our government still answers to that catch-all phrase of evil that is "American Imperialism." It's supposedly omnipresent and enslaves us to this day, which is why"Presidente (fill in name): tuta ng kano" and "(fill in President)-U.S. Imperyalismo, ibagsak!" remains the standard template rallying cry in any random demonstration in the country. "U.S. Imperyalismo,", as a notion, is simultaneously exaggerated, justified, and misleading. Socialists and laborers alike have a lot to be upset about with the U.S. but it all starts with one fact: they created Capitalism.
Capitalism has taken a major hit lately, what with all the economies dropping like a bunch of domino pieces all over the globe and all this business (no pun intended) about "occupying" places. But all this demonstrates is how wide a margin of victory Capitalism had against Socialism in that old ideological war we keep reading about in textbooks: it's been on a terrible losing streak for the past couple of years but it's still in charge and it's not even close. Despite all the talk about recessions and financial crises, all we still keep talking about is the newest iPad version or the Avengers movie or where to spend our money this summer. Capitalism is no longer a political or economic concept: it's our entire lives. And by "our," I also mean all the communists in the country and even that one hiding in the Netherlands.
There is one inherent problem with Capitalism: its main concern is profit. That's not a negative judgment; it's an accurate and concise statement. Profit is what makes continuous production possible. Without it, business ceases to exist; plain and simple. So as highly effective as it is at supposedly "improving our lives," any benefit we attain from it is purely incidental, because it is, by definition, not primarily concerned about us. Socialism is the one that cares about us as human beings (in theory). But the problem with Socialism is the same thing that makes it potentially ideal: it's a utopian concept. And we all know by now what happened to "Utopia."
Labor Day has been celebrated for more than a century now, yet it still carries as much bitterness as it did when it was first instituted because the supposed sentiment behind it has, still, and will always ring hollow. No matter how many holidays and tributes we devote to workers, they will remain forever insecure because the one thing they want to care about them – the capitalist system – just does not and will not because it cannot. It's the curse of a system that continues to simultaneously improve our lives and frustrate the living hell out of us.
In theory, the fact that workers are also consumers should help ease the discontent. After all, having the newest iPad model or watching the Avengers movie or spending your vacation in insanely-commercialized Boracay tends to mitigate our miseries towards our jobs a little. But not everyone could afford those things and certainly notthe workers of Superstar Coconut Products in Davao who were demoted after they protested the company's unfair labor practices last year. The ones who are exploited the most are often the ones who have little to benefit from Capitalism anyway. Those who have little to lose are the ones who are not afraid to fight back. For better or worse, that's always been the true essence of Labor Day.
Photos: May 1 Labor Day protest (Photo by Ina Silverio Alleco / Bulatlat.com) Some Rights Reserved
Alex Almario has won a Nick Joaquin Literary Award for his fiction; his reality, though, is a lot more mundane as a Junior Creative Director in his day job and a writer of essays in his own blog, Colonial Mental, where he reflects on pop culture and why it matters.
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» A 1001 Midnights Review: HELEN McCLOY – Cue for Murder.
A 1001 Midnights Review: HELEN McCLOY – Cue for Murder.
In addition to an urbane and literate style, McCloy's work is characterized by psychological insight, meticulous plotting, and the sheer ingenuity with which she handles seemingly impossible situations.
McCloy was one of the founding members of the Mystery Writers of America, and was that organization's first woman president in 1950. She was married for fifteen years to mystery writer Davis Dresser, who, as Brett Halliday, created the popular private detective Michael Shayne. In addition to writing fiction, McCloy has been a publisher, editor, and literary agent. In 1953 she received an MWA Edgar for Mystery Criticism.
McCloy's series detective, Dr. Basil Willing, was introduced in her first book; Cue for Murder is his fifth appearance. Willing is a psychiatrist, once a consultant to the Manhattan district attorney's office and now, in the early months of World War II, working with the New York office of the FBI.
He is in the audience at the Royalty Theater on opening night of a modern-dress revival of Sardou`s Victorian melodrama Fedora. At the end of the first act, it is discovered that a murder has been committed on stage during the performance, but no one can identify the victim.
Willing is drawn into the investigation both throughm his police connections and through a family friendship with the production's costume designer. The clues include a knife sharpener's canary released from its cage, the odd behavior of a housefly, a mysterious figure on a fire escape, and a script containing an underlined cue for murder.
Cue for Murder is almost a textbook example of the classic fair-play detective novel, an intricate framework in which the clues fit together like the interlocking pieces of an elaborate jigsaw puzzle. The framework is fleshed out with diverting characters, acute psychological observation, a satiric and knowledgeable rendering of the theatrical background, and a vivid portrait of wartime Manhattan, complete with blackouts and air-raid wardens.
The book's strength as a novel is measured by the fact that it can be read with pleasure even after its secrets are known.
This is a book I've never read, and in fact posting this review makes me realize how much I've neglected Helen McCloy, almost completely. I've read only two books by her, and both were from the end of her career, neither particularly memorable.
Bob Briney makes this one sound like a real winner. He had good tastes in mysteries.
This one gets reviewed a lot, but I think DANCE OF DEATH and THE DEADLY TRUTH are two of her best and both better than this one. The one thing I will credit this book with: it's one of the finest examples of a theater mystery from this era. McCloy understands the minds of theater people so well and does a remarkable job of envisioning how a murderer in a theater setting might behave. She also replicates on page the workings of a real professional theater better than Ngaio Marsh who had a theatrical career prior to writing. The title of this book is also one of the rare instances of being a pertinent clue to help the reader in solving the mystery.
My article has now reached 85 pages.
Another 15 pages and you'll hit 100!
I don't think I've ever read any of her books. I'll have to see if I have any — not that I'll ever find time to read them.
Genteel books about sophisticated theater types like "Cue for Murder" is only one strand in McCloy.
She also wrote some mildly tough, medium-boiled mysteries like "The Goblin Market", set on a Caribbean island. They might anticipate the sort of mysteries by Muller and Pronzini write, which combine medium toughness with complex mystery plotting.
This sort of book might have more initial appeal to some Mystery*File readers, who like medium-boiled fiction.
If you like a touch of the supernatural as in Carr's THE BURNING COURT, find the Willing novel THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY which is one of the best, if not the best, examples of the Janus solution (the ordinary and the supernatural explanation have equal weight and it is left up to the reader). Her later Willing novel MR. SPLITFOOT isn't quite as good, but it's close.
She is always literate, and as the review says there is no diminishment of the pleasures of her work once you know the solution.
She appears in, and Brett Halliday (Dresser) narrates, one of the Michael Shayne anniversary novels involving murder at the MWA convention, I'm not sure if it's MICHAEL SHAYNE'S 50th CASE or another.
Ironically THE GOBLIN MARKET Mike mentions is also a Willing novel. She managed to use him as a detective hero in different ways making him one of the most adaptable sleuths without real personality change in the literature.
The Mike Shayne novel set at an MWA dinner is SHE WOKE TO DARKNESS (1954).
The few Basil Willing novels I've read all had suggestions of the supernatural, like poltergeists, always explained away at the end. The only novelty about THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY is that the killer, although copping to some of the villainy, refuses to confess to the murder. I don't agree that this rises to the level of the supernatural solution having equal weight, as it does in THE BURNING COURT.
Thanks for the Shayne title. I remembered the book and not the title.
Re DARKLY, you are right that it does not give equal weight to the supernatural, nor is it the tour de force COURT is, but then Carr's book almost doesn't fit the Janus category because the supernatural turns out to be the actual solution with no question in the readers mind. In DARKLY it is left open to the reader whether the supernatural was involved or not making it the perfect example of the Janus solution where ambiguity is the point.
I am a great fan of McCloy, and I think this is one of her better works. Through a Glass Darkly gets a lot of acclaim and is quite good, however for a pure detective piece Cue for Murder, The Deadly Truth, and Dance for Death are all excellent examples. I have also enjoyed her thriller-style books like She Walks Alone, Do Not Disturb, and Goblin's Market (which is probably my favorite).


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Or maybe your situation is more like ours. Your toddler is no longer nursing but still likes a little something warm in her belly before bed. Usually she is allowed a small bottle of warm whole milk, but tonight she has developed a nasty cold. The snot dripping down to the chest kind of cold. She has a low fever but nothing you want to medicate, and she is having trouble finding her comfort.
Tea? Tea for a baby? Tea for a baby who only drinks milk and water?! Well at this point I'm willing to try anything. So off the the grocery store we go to pick up a box of chamomile. I brewed up a small pitcher's worth of weak tea, added some honey and a bit of lemon for her cold and taste, poured some in a bottle and put the rest in the fridge for quick refills over the next day or so.
and hallelujah! She drifted into a peaceful sleep!
So we have continued this ritual for the past week as her flegm clears, and she loves it! Chamomile is a perfectly safe homeopathic remedy for restlessness in babies over 3 months of age.
Lastly, please understand that this is not a miracle cure for a child with colic or teething, but in my humble opinion, it is worth a try!
So glad your little bean is enjoying the chamomile and hoping you are getting a well deserved rest. The honey and lemon are like magic for fighting that cold, you were so clever for thinking of adding that. You made it sound so inviting and tranquil I think I would like a cup myself.
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Home Enewsletter Hiegel: Will medical marijuana be Scottsdale's next big industry?
Hiegel: Will medical marijuana be Scottsdale's next big industry?
Let me be clear here: The Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce is not taking a "pro" or "con" position on the issue of medical marijuana. However, the topic does deserve consideration and conversation as it impacts our community today and maybe more so next week.
In 2010, Arizona voters approved the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act. Ostensibly, the purpose of the AMMA was to allow for individuals with underlying medical conditions, with the approval of their doctors, to purchase limited amounts of medical marijuana. As part of the AMMA, local jurisdictions were allowed to create "reasonable" zoning as to the locations of these newly created medical marijuana dispensaries.
Reasonable people can disagree on the definition of "reasonable." However, it was abundantly clear that Scottsdale could not altogether prohibit dispensaries.
The AMMA is administered by the Arizona Department of Health Services. As the role of administrator, DHS was required to implement a set of rules to govern the AMMA. A significant part of those rules was to determine the distribution of medical marijuana dispensaries around the state.
To this end, DHS used a Community Health Analysis Area system to allocate one dispensary per CHAA across the state. Scottsdale has two (2) CHAAs, one in the north and one in the south. The dividing line between north and south runs approximately along Via de Ventura. Per state law, Scottsdale was to be allocated two (2) dispensaries.
Under the belief that Scottsdale was to have two dispensaries, our city leaders created a zoning ordinance they felt was appropriate at the time, in fact it may still be appropriate. The enacted zoning ordinance required that dispensaries were located in Industrial (I) or Commercial Office (C-O) space, at least 500 feet from a residentially zoned district, and at least 1,320 feet from another medical marijuana facility. Scottsdale has very few C-O zoned properties. That leaves Industrial as the primary zoning area for the dispensaries. The overwhelming majority of Scottsdale's Industrial zoning is located in the Scottsdale Airpark.
Now fast forward a few years and see how things have worked out. We have two (2) medical marijuana facilities serving the 4,020 medical marijuana patients that reside in Scottsdale (according to the November 2015 DHS report). By all appearances there haven't been any problems. You probably wouldn't even know either business was there unless that was your destination.
But something has changed. As of August 2015, DHS is allowing all dispensaries to move anywhere in the state they wish. Naturally, some and perhaps many of them want to move to Scottsdale. I can't say that I blame them. Scottsdale is a wonderful city that prides itself as a great place to live, do business and raise a family (but I don't think that's why they want to be here, probably more related to the our financial discretionary income). As I understand it, the city has now received numerous inquiries and applications to open additional dispensaries in the Airpark.
The real question here is whether or not a potential unlimited number of medical marijuana dispensaries is good for the Scottsdale Airpark. After all, the Scottsdale Airpark is a significant economic driver of our city. On one hand, we welcome and encourage business competition. On the other hand, we are concerned about the potential impact of one type of business on other surrounding businesses.
This is the very reason why cities create zoning standards. Furthermore, our civic leaders drafted the current zoning ordinance under the (false?) pretense that Scottsdale would only have two (2) medical marijuana dispensaries. Perhaps it is appropriate to review the current zoning standards and see if they match the vision for the future of Scottsdale.
Another important consideration is the November 2016 election.
In November, Arizona voters will very likely have the option to legalize adult use marijuana much in the same way Colorado has done. Part of the initiative (The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol), allows for individual cities to ban the sale of adult use marijuana. However, those medical marijuana dispensaries already established are grandfathered in their conversion to adult use. This may in part be an explanation of why so many dispensaries are quickly trying to move into Scottsdale. How many could there be under the new guidelines?.
Under the current zoning standards, it is entirely possible that we may have a "Marijuana District" in north Scottsdale, much the same way we have an "Entertainment District" in south Scottsdale. I'm not saying this is good or bad. My job here is simply to initiate a discussion of what is best for Scottsdale as a whole. And if you are not aware of the fact that this is happening, you are in the majority.
Scottsdale City Council will hold a hearing of the first two additional medical marijuana dispensaries on Monday Jan. 11 at the City Hall Kiva Forum, 3939 N Drinkwater Blvd, at 5:00 pm. Whether you are for or against the addition of new medical marijuana dispensaries, I encourage you to engage our civic leaders and have your voice heard. I feel as the leader of the Scottsdale Chamber it is part of my job to inform you on issues and opportunities that might impact our businesses, and then let your voices be heard.
If you are interested in learning more, join us for "Breakfast with a side of … Marijuana?? The event will be February 18 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at The Doubletree Paradise Valley 5401 N. Scottsdale Road. ($20 for Chamber members and $30 for non-members).
One more thing: The Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce wishes you a happy and prosperous 2016!
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Welcome to the Home Page of the Bennett Valley Community Association.
Located on the southeastern border of Santa Rosa California, Bennett Valley is comprised of 15,500 acres of oak-crested peaks and rolling hills of grass. Whether you already live in Bennett Valley, are just visiting, or plan to move here, we can all undoubtedly attest to the magnificent beauty that the valley offers us. Preserving the beauty of the Valley is a responsibility shared by all who enjoy it, and the Bennett Valley Community Association invites you to share its vision and explore this web site provided for your education, enrichment and enjoyment.
To build a sense of community in Bennett Valley by serving as an open forum for community participation; to provide information on local environmental and land use issues and encourage communication between residents and government agencies with the goal of promoting and preserving the rural character and natural environment of Bennett Valley; to educate and provide resources that enable disaster and emergency preparedness.
The Bennett Valley Community Association was established in 1970, and was called the Bennett Valley Homeowners' Association until 2012.
The elected 9-member board is comprised of Bennett Valley landowners & residents who have a strong commitment to fulfilling the purpose of the BVCA.
We are always looking for new members. Whether a land-holder, or not, you can join online, just click the "Join" link in the Menu on the left of this page and then please send us your annual dues which you can also pay online. Dues are $20 per household per year to receive our newsletter, the Bennett Valley VOICE by email. $25 per household per year if you would like to receive a printed copy of the VOICE by mail.
Bennett Valley is nestled between three mountainous peaks; Taylor Mountain to the west, Sonoma Mountain to the south, and what are known today as Bennett Peak and Bennett Ridge to the east.
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Evolving Perspectives on the Demand for Illegal Wildlife Products, will share new ideas and approaches to better understand and address this challenge, discuss practical and pragmatic possibilities to move forward and bridge the gap between academia and practice. This three-day event is being co-hosted with generous support from San Diego Zoo Global and TRAFFIC.
The symposium will showcase case studies of best practice in understanding and addressing the illegal trade in wildlife products, with a particular focus on products used for medicinal value. Sharing new ideas and approaches for identifying consumers, changing consumer behaviour, and evaluating intervention impact.
This will be an opportunity for people from different backgrounds and institutions who share a common interest in addressing the illegal wildlife trade to connect with one another. This will facilitate learning, raise awareness of potential synergies and collaborations, and catalyse new initiatives and partnerships. The symposium will thereby provide a much-needed opportunity for people to work together more effectively.


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Trader caught with Rs 3.86crore in old notes
The income tax departmenton Friday seized cash worth Rs 3.86 crore, all in demonetized currency, pushing the total amount of cashseizure by the department to over Rs 25 crore since November 8. The department is also conducting raids at nine other places, including a businessman's office and warehouses in Kolkata and Siliguri. The seizure on Friday was the largest one in Kolkata.
Based on specific inputs, the department had kept an eye on the textile merchant for the past few days. On Friday, the 60-year-old came out of his Elgin Road residence with his wife and son, all with backpacks, and got into a car. They were joined by another person before the car left for the Brabourne Road branch of a public sector bank.
On the way, the car made a brief stop in front of the Armenian Street office of the textile merchant.
They stopped around 50m away from the bank and started walking with five backpacks. However, I-T officials intercepted them before they could enter the building. When they were asked to open the bags, the officials found stacks of scrapped money inside.
"None of them put up any resistance and claimed that they were going to deposit the money in accounts. When asked about its source, however, the trader could not provide any explanation," said an I-T official.
On counting, it was found that the backpacks held cash worth Rs 3.8 crore. The businessman later pledged to declare the amount under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana.
I-T officials on Friday also conducted night-long raids at a food grain merchant's warehouse and residence in Kolkata and Siliguri.
Sources said the raids were conducted with the help of central forces keeping the sensitivity of the areas in mind. "The amounts cannot be collated at this point as the raids are likely to continue till early morning," said an official.

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Dr J R T Wood is a Commonwealth Scholar, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and graduate of Rhodes and Edinburgh universities. He is one of the world's leading historians on Rhodesian and Zimbabwean political and military history.


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Also – please send your blessings to be read to our participants and team members on the weekend. Choose one of your favorite Scripture verses, song lyrics or quotes and then tell us how it could be meaningful to us as we celebrate and share the Love Of God.
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Jan 18 2011 January 18, 2011 January 18, 2011 32Comments	by ben
Name game fame shame blame
Here's an article that endeavours to explain the disappearance of 'names' in the world of advertising (thanks, V).
It's an interesting theory but I'm not sure I buy it.
The main hole lies in the assertion that the credit is spread throughout many names these days because integrated campaigns are the result of many people's contributions. But that suggests that people have stopped making successful work in conventional media. Although there are still people producing good (if not classic) work in these areas, they have little fame or standing to show for their skillz.
I've mentioned this before, but in the context of this article it's probably worth repeating that the most successful TV/print/radio ads of the last few years have not made 'names' of the teams behind them. Why? Well, there are probably many reasons, but I think one of them is the Campaign Big Awards. Before they existed there were five easily digestible award schemes in this country – Campaign Press, Campaign Poster, D&AD, Creative Circle and BTAA – you knew what they were for and a handy book or booklet (free with Campaign in the cases of the first two and the last) let everyone in adland know what the good work was and who was responsible for it. If someone's name featured several times it was plain to see and that contributed to the status of the 'name'.
Now Press and Poster have been taken away, along with any status they could afford, to be replaced by a new scheme which has zero status. It's prohibitively difficult to find out who has been nominated before the Campaign Big awards and prohibitively expensive (the Big Awards book costs a tenner and I have no idea how you go about getting one) to find out who has won. But then nobody really gives a monkey's anyway. This is because the Big Awards cover digital and, sorry my digi friends, but no one who works in above the line advertising really gives a shit who has won any of the digital awards. No one. Absolutely fucking zero people.
So the guys and gals who win these worthless digi awards get the same prize as the people who win the TV and print versions, which means that if you see one on someone's shelf you have no idea if they made a very good TV ad (unlikely in recent years) or a banner you didn't hate that much. This means that two sources of ATL creative prestige have been replaced by one source of creative apathy (the Big Awards have planners on the jury FFS! Who gives a fuck what they think about ads? Nobody in an ATL creative department. That's right: absolutely fucking zero creatives in above the line agencies give a shit about planners' opinions on finished ads, and before the planners among you get all testy about that, number one: it's true, so live with it, and number two: I'll bet a day's salary you don't give a fuck about what we think of quant versus qual or whatever the fuck it is you spend your time debating with a copy of Monocle shoved up your arses*).
True, we still have the BTAAs, but they've been devalued in recent years by a lack of truly great TV ads. Creative Circle enjoyed a brief renaissance under Mark Denton but took a step backwards this year by awarding Campaign some kind of prize and allowing a pair of dolly birds to choose their favourite ad of the year and award it a Gold, devaluing entirely said Gold. And that leaves us with D&AD: foreign jurors none of us has heard of means we can't value the opinions of the juries. What have you done, Mr. CD of TBWA Hockenheim? Madame ECD of Publicis Djakarta? To be honest, we can't be fucked to find out. If it was something really significant we'd have heard of you, but it isn't, so we haven't, so meh to the lot of you. And now that the Annual is online, the hard-copy book isn't really worth waiting for. We already know what's in it, and it can't play TV ads or integrated case studies like the web version can.
So there aren't really any creative awards worth giving a shit about anymore, ergo, it doesn't matter who has won them, ergo there are very few opportunities for creatives to gain status in 2011.
That's why, in the UK at least, there are no Names.
Interesting to hear that it's happening elsewhere.
*Smiley face made out of punctuation
32 Responses to Name game fame shame blame
Giles Edwards says:
Thank you for writing this. Faultless.
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Paddy Treacy says:
No doubt the big awards have been greatly diluted. For me their magic spell was broken when I realised some creatives don their desks with gongs won for model making and such.
But going back two posts, I think a big part of this is the lack of progress forward from the likes of Webster and Co. There just aren't enough people doing good enough good stuff to warrant any new 'Names'.
I agree, Paddy. But this post could be about 10,000 words long if I really dug into it. The devaluing of creative awards is part of a vicious circle that means creatives care less about them and are less inclined to go the extra mile/have the extra row that might be required to win one. The awards are then further devalued and the whole thing continues.
But yes: there are other reasons behind this. Another post, methinks.
Or that difficult second book.
Traudl Junge says:
Get an award from a jusy consisting of John Webster or David "The Bot" Abbott and it's worth picking up. Getting an award from a jury consisting of almost any of today's creative dirctors/planners/douchbags and it just doesn't seem worth it. I simply don't care what these idiots think of my ads. Good or bad. In fact if they thought they were bad I'd be more reassured that they're probably quite good.
That said, I have problems of my own. Russian shells are landing on The Reichstag.
vinny warren says:
glad you liked.
the bit i personally found hilarious was the very notion that many people could come with an idea. and the programmer was somehow going to save the day. Ha…ha…ha!
it's ALWAYS only one person that has the idea. and it's USUALLY the one practiced in having the idea on a regular basis.
that article was about as full of shit as it could possibly have been. thanks for calling it out.
and i agree, UK advertising is still going a bit wobbly over "digital". it's 2011!
Vinny, that is another part that needs in-depth analysis (with lots of swearing).
Shit, I have a lot of writing (and swearing) to do.
Traudl, this is going to end badly. Take the cyanide now.
British advertising has fucking tanked. So prized were the lauded creatives who won gold for TV that we completely ignored the rise of digital – I struggle to name one truly brilliant digital campaign that came out of the UK.
Pay no attention to digital awards if you like but the irony is you, us, whatever can't even make decent TV ads anymore.
Anon 8: another point that really needs expanding.
But far from being ignored, there was a widespread arselicking of digital around 2006/7, yet still no decent UK digi work.
Yet another post to write…
Let us suppose advertising is not a team game. Then everything that is wrong with it is down to a few, lets say it is the Creatives. Their fault for not arguing their case clearly with their bosses and with their clients and for not making good ads. They caused the mess because they could not argue that they were the most important asset in an agency, so someone else took the lead and made a better case.
I have a feeling I have not saved you those 10,000 words, Ben.
Traudl – don't forget the dogs.
Planner says:
I just spat out my flat white over my MacBook Air, Moleskine and iPhone 4 with imported carbon fiber case.
the div says:
or maybe contemporary creatives are anonymous because they are almost universally rubbish? Are they perhaps mainly Watford schooled half-wits with withered little imaginations?
Vessel says:
@Traudl
Keep an eye on Magda would you? I've a feeling she may do something stupid. Sieg Heil etc…
Also, re: the article. It doesn't matter anymore. Nothing that used to 'matter' matters anymore. The world is about to undergo a seismic change. Just keep your heads down and hope that you come out the other side.
Advertising died the minute a generation saw that it was where the money was. And greedy oxbridge intellectuals without discernable talent wanted their slice of the pie. Some of them assumed legitmacy through the back door of planning. Others assumed legitimacy through the back door of digital, social media – and to a lesser extent, dm (though the IPA and TED's adorable 'adman' rory sutherland never really worked atl did he? he was Ogilvy btl). The careerists have drowned out the talented and the true lovers of advertising.
But that's what happens when money is involved. It's why a bellend like Gary Cook is involved in something like football. Or why something as amazing as music now consists of a little blond childcunt singing "touch my tits and fuck me" in a song that ends with a keychange.
When people know something is where the money is, the quality dies. IMO anyway.
btw is it just me that *hates* the D&AD 'president" stuff this year?
Arselicking, yes. And believe me it felt good. But now I feel somewhat empty. Like the whole thing was a soulless experience, not really heartfelt. I need something more than lip service. How about backing it up with some proper action?
Planner2 says:
I'm just too busy playing with robots and thinking about how ideas spread (like fire, or bonfires, obviously) to think about your piddly TV ads. *cough*
Damo says:
Anonymouse – Spot on. Look at the state of pop videos, which I only ever see at the gym anyway. Plastic birds dancing about like strippers. I am torn. I like what I see but the tragic lack of imagination of them depresses me. It really does.
Sell! Sell! says:
"It'Äôs ALWAYS only one person that has the idea" Spot on Vinny. For some reason the business has grown to despise the fact that the most value is created by a very small group of talented people.
Richard H says:
Got a leaflet from D&AD the other day featuring the (presumably) same message in many languages. I can't comment on the Cantonese, but the English was pretty poorly written.
freddy freelancer says:
…all the digi CDs that I've met on my travels are the people who were a bit shit at college. They then spend their time writing TV ads and trying to persuade the real CD to approve them.
I liked Campaign Press & Posters. Even if you didn't win you could see your stamp-sized ads free in the mag the next day. If you won it was postcard size and you knew all your peers would see it. These days, there's an unopened Big Awards book behind every ECD's desk, usually on the floor – no other fucker has one or wants one. So apologies to the anonymous winners who probably have beards.
Its only advertising.
'It's only advertising'.
It's also our livelihood.
Freddy freelancer, at least they've got full time jobs.
The most talented people I met at college are producing the same crap as the ones that were a bit shit these days.
GOUT-LEGS says:
i think courses like watford have helped create a creatively bland soup.
also, as soon as you give an oscar to sex in the city 2 (return of the slags) you devalue every oscar that went before it.
DandAD shot themselves in the foot with a fair few of the pencils dished out in recent years. check out the first year 'digital' became a category and laugh yourself dirty at how easily you could have got a pencil that year.
…they've got more than full-time jobs. They've got power. And now they know my name…
k, i havent even read all the comments and the post only briefly yesterday…
so, one question: why would it be important to make yourself a big name in the first place? money? fame?
shouldnt the work speak for itself? and as you say, awards are rubbish. my take is that awards are rubbish and pointless in general. you ben, and others want them to be a real measurement for quality again. thats what im guessing anyway.
which came first:
~ the chicken or the egg?
~ great work or award shows and notable juries (maybe that twat from hockenheim or jakarta has done some great shit)?
hypothesis 1: whatever might be the case, they somehow depend on each other.
furthermore, fame and great work… well, how often do you get sent stuff you think is good but you havent heard of or seen before?
just because something is good, doesnt mean you would automatically see it. the internet being big and filled with stuff and such…
GOUT LEGS. I disagree that 'courses like Watford' have created a bland soup. Watford students in my experience are the only students that get taught how to think strategically in an environment that mirrors a creative department. In fact I believe the course is now taught in different ad agencies every week. Its also very cheap and is taught for love not money.I think the biggest problem is the bigger 3 year type 'advertising courses' that are doing the industry no favours, costing loads of money and churning out students that haven't a fucking clue how to write an ad, who mac things up to look like ads but who have not learnt how to think strategically. Unfortunately nowadays lots these clueless students are given placements and jobs far to easily (you should see just how terrible some teams are tha I've seen get hired in agencies that they would not even get a look in 10 years ago) because, well fuck it, its cheap brain power. They go up the ranks as unlearned creatives and the cycle continues. Again, all about the money not the creativity.
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We've asked the Safe Tech National Advisory Council (NAC) to help us find products and technologies to compete for over $35,000 in awarded business and development support. With the help of our sponsors, including the Brazos Valley Economic Development Corporation, and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station's (TEES) New Ventures Competition, we've planned an exciting, half-day event to bring products, technologies, and end-users together.
To be clear about this event, it is not an ideas competition. We're looking for 20 competitors who have developed a prototype for a product or technology that enhances first responders or the armed forces. Competitors must provide information about their technology or product and upload specification sheets or marketing materials and a 100-second pitch video. The Safe Tech NAC will review the entries and select 20 finalists, and we are lining up subject matter experts to serve as judges.
Here's the most important point I'll make, and the real purpose of the competition. Make Safe Tech founder Caleb Holt's goal is to bring products and technologies together with the developers, investors, and end-users required to get these products and technologies into the field, where they will save lives. Before, during, and after the competition, we're going to schedule private, virtual meetings with the competitors and those developers, investors, and end-users that Make Safe Tech.
If you have a product or technology that we are looking for, you can apply for the competition, either through one of our NAC members or directly through the Safe Tech Pitch website. Note: all entries must be received by midnight on Oct. 18, 2020.
If you're interested in sponsoring this or any other Safe Tech competition or the coming #SafeTechRoadShow, please visit the Safe Tech Pitch sponsor page.
The Safe Tech team is excited to move forward virtually. That said, when COVID guidelines make it possible, our #SafeTechRoadShow conference rigs will be on the road, making new contacts and friends, and bringing together those who Make Safe Tech.
For more information, visit SafeTechPitch.info.
For information on Make Safe Tech Inc., visit MakeSafeTech.org.
For any questions, send a message to info@safetechpitch.info, call 970-977-5490, or feel free to contact me directly at sam.white@makesafetech.org.
Sam White is the director of information technology and marketing for Make Safe Tech Inc.
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Q: Netbeans - Dreamweaver Integration Greetings,
I am coding a JavaEE project. But I am having a hard time deploying my pages from Dreamweaver CS4 to Netbeans 6.9.1.
Is there a way to integrate Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 to Netbeans 6.9.1 so that either way around the pages will synchronize upon update between the two IDEs.
Thanks,
Cyril H.

A: Create a project in Netbeans. and copy your html files in the particular folder. Now goto dreamweaver and create a dreamweaver site in the folder where you have copied the html files. (It will be somewhere in your netbeans project folder). No matter where you edit since the location of the file is you you should not have any problem of synchronization.
I do something similar in eclipse.

A: The "real" answer here is as Vija has indicated, you must set up your Dreamweaver site such that it's local root folder is at the same location as the Netbeans project is set up as.
However, if your files are not currently sync'd, then you'll need to do something similar to the following:
In Dreamweaver CS4:
Site -> Manage Sites. Select your site, click Edit.
Make sure you are on the Advanced tab, select the "Remote Info" category. Then in the Access list, select Local/Network (assuming that the files are one the same system, or share the same network drive), otherwise, select the appropriate Access option.
Select the Remote folder (or specify other remote info as necessary)
Make sure to check, "Maintain synchronization information". I don't generally recommend it, but you may also want to check the "Automatically upload files to server on save". This auto upload on save will move your files to the Netbeans project every time you save a document within your site.
The site definition dialog has changed for Dreamweaver CS5, so the same options ca be found at:
Site -> Manage Sites. Select your site, click Edit.
Select "Servers" on the left.
Click the Add button (+) and provide a name for your "sever", and in the "Connect with" list, select "Local/Network".
Select the Server folder (or specify other remote info as necessary)
Switch to the Advanced tab. Check the "Maintain synchronization information" and/or "Automatically upload files to server on save" boxes as appropriate.
Once you have enabled synchronization for your site, select the appropriate site in the Files panel, then right click on the root for for your site, and select "Synchronize...".
For the options within the Synchronize dialog, see the help contents (this link convers CS5, but the info should be pretty much the same for CS4 and CS5):
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/dreamweaver/cs/using/WSc78c5058ca073340dcda9110b1f693f21-7ea4a.html
Once you have your files synchronized in one location or the other (local or "remote"), then you should really change the site definition in Dreamweaver to point to the Netbeans project, or switch Netbeans to define the project at the Dreamweaver site location. You are asking for trouble if you do not move to having the same set of files that you're working with.

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24th April 2017, 10:21 #31
Aianawa
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kht1sp_M5U
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Am looking forward to this interview >
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yp7a7f3VGw
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Anyone know why Joe pulled the Zepps interview?
Based on recent listening, Joe is struggling with understanding women and their issues. For instance, he wonders if they really want to become doctors.
For such a smart guy, he's not seeing some things very clearly.
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VERY interesting take on Islam and it's shift in the last few decades...
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnWY6TNLMq0
Originally posted by Dreamtimer
Via statistical analysis, that's a safe statement, a lot of the reason there's a perceived "pay gap" is due to the life choices women make... Normally much more family oriented and over all, much less "workaholic".
IMO:
how is this a bad thing, it seems to me that women have the right idea on what to focus on.
I certainly didn't want to be a doctor, and I'd say for the majority of men that holds true as well... so maybe it was just a poorly worded statement trying to reflect the above? I've easily watched over 1000 hours of Joe's podcasts... it's VERY hard to not show your true colors over 3 hours of dialogue & I haven't seen any misogynist or sexist attitudes from him (could be due to my own filters, of course..)
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Based on recent listening, Joe is struggling with understanding women and their issues.
He has lots of company and it has little to do with intelligence. Intelligence works with logic.
"To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize" -- Voltaire
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."-- Eleanor Roosevelt
"Misery loves company. Wisdom has to look for it." -- Anonymous
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I wasn't saying Joe is sexist. It's an easy conclusion to jump to. I only said he seems to have trouble understanding women.
As far a wage gaps go, there are a gazillion quotes out there of people saying they don't want to pay women as much because they're gonna have children sooner or later, including our Prez. (before he had the position, of course).
The intelligence of Aspies, for instance, might not immediately be apparent, but of course that doesn't mean it's lacking. Only that one should spend some time listening and understanding to know.
I know many men who would much rather be peaceful and nurturing but the system makes it really hard for them and they can easily have their manhood questioned.
Nursing is still new ground for men in many markets. But I don't know any female nurses who are threatened by that.
I hear men say things like, "Why do they want to take everything away from us?"
The ego doesn't want women to be as good at things. It's no great mystery.
As an Aspie, I could say a few things about the assessment of my intelligence by "normies".
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if one looks up the map of fluoride in aquifers one will find the highest concentrations are also in the middle east and other areas which have embraced the islam.... curious...... maybe a connection there
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Got a feeling Joe is going to get Alex Jones for the 1000 th podcast lol
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Better be after the lawsuit or Alex won't talk about all kinds of stuff. (I don't know the current status)
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4th May 2017, 11:07 #42
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Enjoying this very much, some great honesty
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyiT-z33gU8
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMejeTP2edI
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