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Last year I've worked with Penguin Random House on illustrating the fabulous book of Micaela Erlanger titled "How to accessorize" and she asked me to create a couple of illustrations to celebrate the launch of the book.
I had the chance to work with Cherry Bombe Mag on their Cookbook Tour! I created an illustration and lettering that were used to promote their tour across the US.


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Wisdom Marketing: Building Trust, Loyalty and Respect
By Jay Harrington
"Click." Did you hear that? That "click" was in your reader's head. It's the proverbial light bulb moment when something you wrote resonated and registered with your audience. Someone has taken notice. You've just formed a relationship.
That click? That's the sound of your content marketing working.
How Content Marketing Works
My last three posts focused on the importance of developing (1) a narrow, niche expertise, (2) a compelling brand story and (3) a refined brand experience so that you can become a "One of a Kind" lawyer. Those who execute steps 1, 2 and 3 really well will experience an uptick in market awareness and new business opportunities.
But over time, momentum will slow, inertia will take hold, and there will be a reversion to the mean. Selling is still required to sustain and expand existing relationships, and to develop new ones. But rest easy — cold calling, glad handing and small talk are not required. At least not in the traditional sense.
Implicit in step 1 is the principle that consumers of legal services desire, above all else, expertise. Unless expertise can be conveyed and validated through referral or reputation, it must be demonstrated through thought leadership expressed in the marketplace of ideas (i.e., content marketing). Generating and disseminating compelling content builds trust and awareness, and positions the content creator as an expert. It's the "long game" with a focus on relationship building, not the hard sell.
Here's how it works. Content is like gravity. It keeps people in your orbit. Those who become aware of you stay aware of you as a result of your content. Sharing content is also a respectful, thoughtful way to remain engaged with and keep former clients in your orbit.
When someone who is in your orbit experiences a problem or has an opportunity in an area that you have written on, you'll be high on that person's list as someone who possesses the requisite expertise to help overcome the problem or seize the opportunity. While your reader may not be ready to act immediately, continued thought leadership will keep you top of mind, and when the time is right the relationship will shift from reader/writer to client/attorney.
Writing is not only critical in client generation, but also in client retention. Like in any relationship, at some point the grass on the other side can start to look greener to a client.
Writing in an attorney-client relationship is like romance in a marriage. It keeps things fresh. It keeps things interesting. And it keeps the relationship strong. It's harder for a client to get a wandering eye if you're continually adding value to the relationship through your thought leadership.
Generate and share content. Keep people in your orbit. When an opportunity arises, you'll be top of mind. It's as simple as that. But it's not that easy.
The Rise of Wisdom Marketing
Several years ago, content marketing was a trend. Create content, push it out into the marketplace of ideas, and you'd be at the leading edge of marketing evolution. Early adapters of content marketing tactics, like any trendsetters, won style points for simply engaging in the activity.
But content marketing is now ubiquitous. And with ubiquity comes saturation. That's where we're at today. Just as the influx of cheap knockoffs signals the end of a fashion trend, today's saturated and soggy content market heralds the end of "Content Marketing Phase 1.0."
So what's next? Clearly "doing" content marketing is no longer enough. Good content is better, but insufficient. "Content Marketing Phase 2.0" requires more. It requires deep insights, education, substance and thoughtfulness. It places a premium on quality. It requires wisdom. Now and in the future, only those who impart wisdom through their content will build relationships on a foundation of trust, loyalty and mutual respect with their audiences.
But these relationships must be nurtured by giving of oneself. If you expect audiences to give you their attention, you must first give them your wisdom. Shallow thoughts and timid analysis are like mindless small talk. To form relationships, one must blaze new ground and inspire audiences. Those who do so will be at the leading edge of wisdom marketing.
An example: For many lawyers, a cornerstone of content marketing strategy is starting and maintaining practice area and industry-focused blogs. Common sources of new content for blogs are appellate opinions and new statutes. Providing content is simply summarizing the opinion or statute. Imparting wisdom, however, involves thinking more deeply about the implications of the opinion or statute, and explaining what actions clients and prospective clients should take to mitigate risks or seize opportunities resulting from those implications.
How to Write Good Content
"Write article for trade publication" languishes at the bottom of far too many lawyers' to-do-lists. Lawyers can write, so why don't they? It's probably for the same reason people don't exercise every morning — it's hard and requires lots of discipline. It's also a non-billable task that is easy to defer (and defer, and defer …).
There's no secret formula to consistently writing good content. You just have to commit to it. Here are five tips.
Shut down the distractions. Disable email notifications, close Internet browsers, shut the door. Sit in the chair and prioritize your writing time.
Just let it rip. Don't try to edit as you go. Get words on the page, sleep on it and edit the next day.
Take notes. Write about issues that come up during the course of your day, week or month. Many people agonize over what to write about, blaming "writer's block" for lack of production. To overcome this hurdle, simply be more mindful throughout the day and take notes as you go. (I use Evernote.) Every interaction you have, every matter you work on and every article you read contain nuggets of wisdom to write about.
Get it out there. Don't be afraid to compete in the marketplace of ideas. You're smart and have a point of view, so share it. Use the publishing resources your firm provides — website, blog, e-newsletters. Publish on LinkedIn. Find a trade publication in need of content. There's huge demand among publishers for good content; it just takes a little effort to find the right fit to reach your audience.
Stick with it for at least 30 days. It's easy to be habitual for a week. It's more challenging to plow forward for two or three weeks. Once you can get over that hump, though, it gets much easier. Hang in there and achieve some success (you will), and content creation will soon become an indispensable, inviolate part of your daily or weekly routine. Words will come, then insights, then invaluable wisdom that blazes new intellectual ground and gets you noticed.
How Often and How Much
Fresh content is like a bowl of fresh fruit. It looks great, is easily shared and (with the exception of that occasional mealy peach or mundane article) is a real crowd-pleaser. But content, like fruit, quickly loses its shine. Just as regular trips to the market are required to replenish your fruit supply, fresh content must be regularly generated to compete in the marketplace of ideas.
While this analogy is quickly becoming over-ripe, it identifies a challenge that many lawyers and law firms face — the ability to create a sustained, interesting and effective content marketing initiative across numerous platforms.
Smart, savvy and skilled lawyers have the ability to crank out lots of great content. The challenge, though, is harnessing these resources. Client work, new business pitches and administrative work often get in the way, and that blog post that needs to be written languishes like a rotten banana (sorry — couldn't resist one more).
Here are rules of thumb on how much and how often to write.
If you're maintaining a blog, do at least one post per week, preferably two. One should be original content. The other can be a link to, and bit of commentary on, a news item or analysis that is of interest to you and your audience. Generally speaking, blog posts should be limited to 500 words or less.
For longer pieces, shoot for one per month. Depending on where it's being published, 800-1,500 words is a good length. Unless your firm provides you with a platform (such as a newsletter or quarterly publication), you also will need to find a place to publish your piece. Fortunately, many websites and trade publications are happy to publish thoughtful pieces.
Once you've developed some content, think about how you can repurpose it. Get some extra mileage out of that long article by turning it into a series of blog posts. Does a piece you've written lend itself to graphic interpretation? If so, have a graphic designer develop an infographic. Do a webinar presentation on a topic that really resonated with your audience.
Finally, while I've focused primarily on writing as a means of doing content marketing, content can be generated and shared across many different mediums: video, podcasts, Slideshare decks. There is no shortage of outlets for good content. The point is to get really good, thoughtful content into the hands, eyes and ears of your audiences to win their hearts and minds. And ultimately their business.
Jay Harrington is co-founder of Harrington Communications, where he leads the agency's Brand Strategy, Content Creation and Client Service teams. He also writes weekly dispatches on the agency's blog, Simply Stated. Previously, Jay was a commercial litigator and corporate bankruptcy attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Foley & Lardner. He has an undergraduate degree in journalism and earned his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. Follow him @harringj75.
A Proven Path to a Profitable Law Practice
Practical advice for building a more profitable practice. Almost every lawyer wants to command higher rates and attract more clients. But many are stuck perusing ineffective strategies. Others don't even know where to start. In his new book, lawyer-turned-legal marketer Jay Harrington lays out a path for lawyers to build a profitable practice.
Categories: Business Development, Daily Dispatch, Law Firm Content Marketing, Law Firm Marketing, One of a Kind, Personal Branding
Originally published November 3, 2014
Jay Harrington
Jay Harrington is the owner of Harrington Communications, a leading thought-leadership PR and marketing agency that specializes in helping law firms and lawyers build awareness, influence and new business. Jay is the author of three books for lawyers on issues related to business and professional development, including "The Productivity Pivot," "The Essential Associate" and "One of a Kind: A Proven Path to a Profitable Practice." He podcasts at The Thought Leadership Project. Previously, he practiced law at Skadden Arps and Foley & Lardner. Follow him @harringj75.
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Join our wine specialists in the Chateau theatre as we serve premium wines, artisan cheeses and rich, decadent chocolates to celebrate Mom on her special day.
Learn how to taste and play with pairing combinations as magical as Mom herself. Includes pairings of 3 wines, 3 chocolates and 2 cheeses. Approximately 40 minutes.
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Fifth Circuit Mocks Insurance Company For Refusing To Pay Punitive Damages
New decision is a rare victory for plaintiffs
If you are injured in a crash caused by someone driving while intoxicated, file a lawsuit, and receive a punitive damages award from a jury, will you be paid? A surprising federal court ruling from the country's most conservative federal appellate court of the 13 circuits decisively answered that question.
Background: Carlos Sanchez got drunk at a bar in San Antonio, ran a red light, and slammed into this car driven by Richard Frederking in 2004. Sanchez pled guilty to DWI.
Frederking was seriously injured and sued Sanchez for general and gross negligence and his employer for negligent entrustment of its vehicle.
The jury awarded Frederking $137,000 in compensatory damages and an additional $207,000 in punitive damages because it found that Sanchez acted with gross negligence (a high bar to overcome so awards for punitive damages are uncommon).
However the insurance company refused to pay the punitive damages. It crazily argued that the collision was excluded from coverage because it was not an "accident" but that Sanchez (in his inebriated state) had committed an intentional act. The company also said the crash was a natural and expected result of its policyholder choosing to drive while intoxicated.
The plaintiff was required to file a second lawsuit against the insurance company in state court. The case was removed to federal court which found in favor of the insurance company.
Tuesday, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans reversed and remanded that decision in Frederking v. Cincinnati Insurance Company, 18-50536.
In a blistering decision, the court wrote that the insurer's efforts to escape paying this victim were typical of the industry. "Only an insurance company could come up with" an argument this contorted, the decision written by James Ho, a judge appointed by President Trump, sarcastically began.
The three-judge panel found that no court had ever endorsed such a ridiculous interpretation of the word "accident" and that any driver would assume that the negligent driver was covered even if he or she were drunk.
Judge Ho has already stirred up controversy with his decisions or dissents on hot political topics. His and many other Trump Administration appointments have sharply turned the nation's bench to the right.
Texas, we have a problem: we are again #1 in fatal accidents involving alcohol
Far too many Texans have to fight drunk drivers in court like Frederking did.
In 2017, the last year for which the federal government has released statistics, Texas was regrettably once again first in this terrible category. And worse, the Lone Star State was at the top of all three levels of driver intoxication: from .01-.08 blood alcohol content, .08-.15 BAC, and above .15 BAC.
A driver can be charged with DWI if he or she has a blood-alcohol content of .08.
How much is that? If you are a typical 200-pound man, consuming six cans of beer over a 2.5-hour period will usually make you legally drunk. And if you were a 150-pound woman, even if you stretched your six beers across five hours, you'd still be over the limit.
I have advocated for lowering the limit to .o5%. Utah just did. Many countries have a 0.0% alcohol tolerance. Not one drop.
Berenson Injury Law proudly supports MADD's efforts to end drunk driving
In Texas the threat of injury or death as a result of a driver's driving drunk is extreme. Over 1,000 Texans lost their lives in 2017 because a driver was DWI. There's no reason these accidents should be more numerous here than in California, which has millions more drivers.
We need to change our laws in Texas to impose more serious civil and criminal penalties on the people who choose to drive drunk.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is working to make Texas roads safer, a goal we should all get behind.
MADD's most recent victory was getting HB 3582 signed into law last month. This increases the incentive for first-time offenders to agree to have engine interlocks installed in their vehicles so that drunk drivers are kept off of our streets. Here is more information about the new law. The original law has already proven to be highly effective.
Berenson Injury Law is proud to be the Champion Sponsor of the North Texas Walk Like MADD on September 7th. We are also donating $50.00 restaurant gift certificates to each of the fastest male and female runners in the under 40 and over 40 categories. You can register for the race/walk or donate by clicking here.


I don't have a smartphone and don't want one. Please don't make the site totally mobile friendly and forget the rest of us.
Ed, do not worry, I am with you, yet as best we can surmise, around 80 percent of people watch on Smartphone, which makes life so complicated we are lucky when they watch. I encourage everyone to use computers, there is an awareness that cannot be given, or experienced by using a smartphone, I can do 10 times more in 10 minutes on a computer, then on a smartphone. When I see very short comments, I often say to myself, "smartphone."


If you have the video, and need it hosted, send it to me via email. If it's large, send it over msn when you see me online.
A girl at my work is also a fan of TPB (we talk about it at lunch and no one understands the humour)... so if you can post it or link it I would appreciate.
I've gotten the video's and some pics from Matt, so I'll try to get them up. This weekend blew goats, so didn't do much. Remind me next weekend.


I now have a nephew. He is pink, squealy and called Rehan. He looks far less like Winston Churchill than most babies. He also has quite an evolved sense of humour – for example, after soiling his first diaper, he waited patiently till it had been removed before peeing on everyone around him.
My sister is the new Queen of Labour. Apparently she joked bravely throughout,and has got offers to star in pregnancy workshop videos. Paul is now wearing a Proud Father look in the midst of such tribulations as my mother and me campaigning to name the baby Poltu (as in, Paul II), and is secretly planning to force mother and child (who weighs in at 3.5 kgs, a natural heavyweight) to join gyms tomorrow and eventually star in workout videos.
On the day of my birth, an elderly aunt had grabbed my sister in a paroxysm of joy (or an assassination attempt) and banged her head hard against a wall. This time, we took the precaution of not informing any elderly aunts until it was too late to do any headbanging. Though there was no subsequent lack of madness on the great-aunt front, with people calling us back to ask if we had heard the news.
In a fit of avuncular joy, and as a tribute to changed lives, moving forward, families, the month Rehan was almost born in and the office where the parents met, I will now go watch March of the Penguins.
So now you're a Kaku too. Welcome to the ranks of the middle-aged.
On a different note, a baby does not look like Churchill until at least the third week. Before that they look like hairy poached eggs.
You're obviously doting. Which is good. Cute, even.
Congratulations, Mama (in the true sense if the word)!
am waiting for momo to get ona those baby thingies. but i've been informed it's not gonna happen very soon.
many congratulations on unclehood. May you have many more wonderful experiences of soiled diapers and Rehan peeing on all present so that u might have the pleasure of embarassing him on his sixteenth brithday in front of his girlfriend.


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fon una autora estatunidenca de còmic underground que treballà en publicacions com Cherry, DC's Big Book of Urban Legends, History of the Marvel Universe, Juxtapoz, Mad, The Comics Journal, Twisted Sisters, Vogue, Weirdo o Wonder Woman.

Biografia
Els únics còmics que llegí Sternbergh de menuda foren reedicions de la revista Mad, la tira eròtica Little Annie Fannie de la Playboy (quan ella encara era menor d'edat), exemplars de DC Comics i Warren Comics i la tira còmica Li'l Abner.
Els primers dibuixos d'Sternbergh eren dones nuetes per als seus companys d'escola: «jo les feia per als xics, ells em donaven els diners de l'almorzar i jo em comprava tebeos.»
Més tard estudià dibuix en la New York Academy of Art; també participà com a artista i com a actriu en la pel·lícula Alien Space Avenger i com a «cadira humana» de Robert Crumb en el documental Crumb.<ref>{{ref-notícia |títol='Leslie Sternbergh, Underground Cartoonist and MAD Magazine Contributor, Has Died |publicació=Bleeding Cool |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/04/03/leslie-sternbergh-underground-cartoonist-mad-magazine-contributor-died/ |consulta=5 abril 2019 |data=3 abril 2019 |autor=Rich Johnston |llengua=anglés}}</ref>

Amiga personal de l'artista Dori Seda, morta el 1988, Sternbergh documentà el procés de reedició de l'obra de Seda en la història ...there's a way, or, My Dinner With Olga (1992).

Casada de 1986 ençà amb el matemàtic Adam Alexander, l'any 2014 estigueren a punt de ser desnonats del seu apartament de l'East Village novaiorqués per una falta d'ingressos derivada del seu tractament contra el càncer: per a evitar-ho, la parella demanà un micromecenatge que només recaptà 2.935 dòlars dels dotze mil que demanaven,
barata originals d'Sternbergh i d'altres artistes i peces úniques de la seua propietat, entre les quals una biografia autografiada d'Einstein.

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 Enllaços externs
 Panix Sternbergh Comix Art''

Dibuixants de còmics estatunidencs
Artistes de Pennsilvània
Naixements del 1960

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Health Professionals & Hospitals
Number of physicians in the U.S. by specialty and gender 2019
Frédéric Michas,
The number of male physicians outnumber female physicians in the U.S. in most specialties. The only major exceptions are found in pediatrics, child and adolescent psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, although female physicians do slightly outnumber males in a few other specialties. As of 2019, there were around 69,000 male family medicine/general practice physicians compared to 48,000 females in this specialty.
Physicians in the U.S.
Both the number of doctors and rate of doctors in the U.S. have increased over the years. As of 2015, there were around 870,900 active doctors of medicine in the U.S. This was around 29.2 physicians per 10,000 civilian population. In 1995, this rate stood at 24.2 physicians per 10,000 population.
Physicians by state
The states with the highest overall number of active physicians are California, New York, Texas, and Florida. However, the states with the highest rate of physicians per 10,000 civilian population include Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maryland. The District of Columbia has the highest rate of physicians by a large margin, with around 74.6 physicians per 10,000 population. The state with the highest annual compensation for physicians is Oklahoma, where physicians earn an annual average of 337,000 dollars.
Number of active physicians in the U.S. in 2019, by specialty and gender
Allergy & immunology 2,889 2,009
Anatomic/clinical pathology 7,774 4,860
Anesthesiology 31,275 10,948
Cardiovascular disease 19,146 3,356
Child & adolescent psychiatry 4,500 5,282
Critical care medicine 9,568 3,508
Dermatology 6,133 6,372
Emergency medicine 32,382 12,787
Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism 3,890 4,092
Family medicine/general practice 69,329 48,693
Gastroenterology 12,534 2,916
General surgery 19,915 5,629
Geriatric medicine 2,775 3,213
Hematology & oncology 10,673 5,582
Infectious disease 5,609 4,064
Internal medicine 73,560 46,401
Internal medicine/pediatrics 2,581 2,926
Interventional cardiology 4,049 350
Neonatal-perinatal medicine 2,789 3,126
Nephrology 8,098 3,296
Neurological surgery 5,207 537
Neurology 9,769 4,363
Neuroradiology 3,285 798
Obstetrics & gynecology 17,523 25,160
Ophthalmology 14,516 5,146
Orthopedic surgery 17,965 1,099
Otolaryngology 7,987 1,784
Pain medicine & pain management 4,745 1,113
Pediatric cardiology 1,864 1,098
Pediatric hematology/oncology 1,381 1,695
Pediatrics 21,642 38,923
Physical medicine & rehabilitation 6,254 3,486
Plastic surgery 6,053 1,261
Preventive medicine 4,322 2,349
Psychiatry 23,199 15,571
Pulmonary disease 4,478 627
Radiation oncology 3,848 1,455
Radiology & diagnostic radiology 20,595 7,413
Rheumatology 3,360 2,892
Sports medicine (orthopedic surgery) 2,702 201
Thoracic surgery 4,119 360
Urology 9,226 360
Vascular & interventional radiology 3,090 325
Vascular surgery 3,204 482
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Share of U.S. physicians that would recommend medicine careers to younger people 2021
Share of U.S. physicians who experienced select changes due to COVID-19, 2020-2021
Share of U.S. physicians affected by COVID-19 in select ways, August 2020
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HIPAA turns 20: A look back at its impact
Scott E. Rupp Wednesday, August 31, 2016
In August 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed into law by then-President Bill Clinton. Twenty years later, with Clinton's wife possibly on the verge of a presidency of her own, HIPAA still remains a pivotal point of policy and contention throughout the lexicon of the American healthcare system.
Despite its age and divisiveness, HIPAA still matters.
As MedCity News aptly points out, HIPAA — now seemly branded as a security measure for all things potentially wrong with health information sharing, breach or hack — was originally designed to address portability of health insurance and limiting the ability of "insurers to exclude coverage of pre-existing conditions" to people. The law of the land became the standard bearer for healthcare administrative transaction and a national system of provider identity codes.
HIPAA's original language also called for a national patient identifier, a massive undertaking at the time, but this part of the legislation continues to be blocked by Congress by lack of funding, and has led to countless efforts by figureheads and healthcare leaders to reignite the flame. Even this year, several efforts have been made to keep the effort alive, but that's somewhat beside the point in regard to where we are currently at with HIPAA at its two-decade birthday.
HIPAA, like Xerox and Kleenex, is a brand bigger than itself now. It still has a great deal of real-world influence and power over healthcare, yet in the current state of information storage, exchange, hack and breach, HIPAA seems more like a part of the American lexicon than a catch-all enforcement mechanism that can keep personal information safe, or at least safely regulated.
But HIPAA doesn't provide us all of the protections we think it does. Often, HIPAA serves as more of a barrier to patients getting access to their information, while those business models depending on our health information seems to have easy access to it. When HIPAA was created, paper records held our health information. That's obviously not so any longer, and the information in those records is dumped into vast databases.
"Both researchers and businesses that barter in your health information mine that data," STAT reports. "Genomic research has exploded. And the federal government is pushing precision medicine, connecting disparate streams of patient data to find cures for chronic diseases."
We rely on this research, but that means access to our scrubbed information, which most of us don't know is occurring because most of us believe HIPAA prevents such a practice. Regardless of your political preference, HIPAA is much different today than it was two decades ago. And, in that time, we've learned some things.
For example, based on NueMD research published earlier this year, annual staff training within the practice environment for HIPAA compliance dipped slightly from 62 percent in 2014 to 58 percent in 2016. Likewise, the number of respondents reporting having formal HIPAA officers in place also dropped from 2014 to 2016. In 2014, 56 percent of respondents said they appointed a security officer, while 53 percent said the same in 2016.
Overall, HIPAA compliance stayed relatively stable from 2014 to 2016. Two years ago, 38 percent of respondents said they were confident their organization was ensuring HIPAA compliance. That number rose to 40 percent in 2016. In 2014, 19 percent of respondents were not at all confident in their organization's ability to be HIPAA compliant, but that number dropped to 17 percent in 2016.
Perhaps this information provides some context as to what we know about HIPAA versus what we think we know about HIPAA. When HIPAA turns 40, there's a strong possibility it will look nothing like it does today at 20.
Scott E. Rupp is a writer and an award-winning journalist focused on healthcare technology. He has worked as a public relations executive for a major electronic health record/practice management vendor, and he currently manages his own agency, millerrupp. In addition to writing for a variety of publications, Scott also offers his insights on healthcare technology and its leaders on his site, Electronic Health Reporter.
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Q: Quartz.net scheduler does not take latest changes to Jobs class file In our asp.net web forms application we have daily jobs that need to send some emails to users.
Recently we started to use Quartz.net to allow jobs run non-sequentially. I am using the ADO Job store to schedule the jobs and create the triggers. While creating the job data I am also giving the .dll(full path) and the class name that has to be executed for that job. This is a console application that is run only once.
IScheduler scheduler = StdSchedulerFactory.GetDefaultScheduler();

JobDataMap jobData = new JobDataMap();
jobData.Add("JobID", jobDataRow["Id"].ToString());
jobData.Add("AssemblyName", assemblyName);
jobData.Add("ClassName", className);
jobData.Add("AssemblyPath", assemblyPath);

 var jobDetail = JobBuilder.Create()
                       .StoreDurably()
                       .WithIdentity(name)
                       .SetJobData(jobData)
                       .Build(); ;

ITrigger trigger = TriggerBuilder.Create()
                       .WithIdentity(triggerName)
                       .WithCronSchedule(cronexpr)
                       .StartNow()
                       .Build();
scheduler.ScheduleJob(jobDetail, trigger, true);

Then we have a windows service that starts the scheduler. This windows service is stopped and restarted after every build.
StdSchedulerFactory schedulerFactory = new
StdSchedulerFactory(schedulerProperties);
scheduler = schedulerFactory.GetScheduler();
scheduler.Start();

Quartz properties declared :-
<add key="quartz.threadPool.threadCount" value="10" />
    <add key="quartz.threadPool.threadPriority" value="2" />
    <add key="quartz.jobStore.misfireThreshold" value="60000" />
     <add key="quartz.scheduler.instanceId" value="Auto" />
    <add key="quartz.threadPool.type" value="Quartz.Simpl.SimpleThreadPool, Quartz" />
    <add key="quartz.jobStore.type" value="Quartz.Impl.AdoJobStore.JobStoreTX, Quartz" />
    <add key="quartz.jobStore.dataSource" value="default" />
    <add key="quartz.jobStore.tablePrefix" value="QRTZ_" />
    <add key="quartz.jobStore.clustered" value="false" />
    <add key="quartz.jobStore.lockHandler.type" value="Quartz.Impl.AdoJobStore.UpdateLockRowSemaphore, Quartz" />
    <add key="quartz.dataSource.default.provider" value="SqlServer-20" />
    <add key="quartz.jobStore.driverDelegateType" value="Quartz.Impl.AdoJobStore.SqlServerDelegate, Quartz" />
    <add key="quartz.jobStore.useProperties" value="true" />
    <add key="quartz.jobStore.misfireThreshold" value="60000" />
    <add key="quartz.plugin.triggHistory.type" value="Quartz.Plugin.History.LoggingJobHistoryPlugin" />
    <add key="quartz.scheduler.exporter.type" value="Quartz.Simpl.RemotingSchedulerExporter, Quartz" />
    <add key="quartz.scheduler.exporter.port" value="555" />
    <add key="quartz.scheduler.exporter.bindName" value="QuartzScheduler" />
    <add key="quartz.scheduler.exporter.channelType" value="tcp" />
    <add key="quartz.scheduler.exporter.channelName" value="httpQuartz" />

Now the issue is - When any change is done to the class file like changes to the existing email template, the job still sends the emails using the old email template when run from Quartz scheduler.
If we run the job manually then the emails are sent correctly with the new changes.
Do we need to recreate the Quartz job data map(QRTZ_JOB_DETAILS table) every time when there is a change to the class files?
Please help.. I am stuck here and couldn't find any related post on this.
Thanks you in advance!!

A: If the Quartz process is already running and the DLL contents (jobs) have been loaded, they won't be automatically loaded again. This is how .NET CLR works. Once the process has loaded the type from givem DLL, it won't be reloaded by Quartz.
I don't know how you deployment process works, but I would see two options at least.

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*Restart the process after you deploy new DLL version, sounds like basic deployment

*Make your jobs load templates from file system so you can change them in different cadence than what you use for the main process - but good release process would also update the binaries to the same level so this might not be the recommended approach

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One of the best ways to get inspired in your retail business is to see merchants like yourself who are killing it. So for this post, we're putting the spotlight on retailers that are doing a great job at running their stores.
We handpicked a number of retailers (mostly SMBs) from various industries and highlighted some their successful business practices in this post.
Our hope is for you to leave this page brimming with inspired ideas to implement in your business.
Founded by Kelly Franko, Gossamer & Grace Bra Fit Studio (formerly Kelly's Elite Boutique) in Cortland, OH, originated after Kelly grew tired of watching her mom struggle with finding a good-fitting bra.
Gossamer & Grace Bra Fit Studio is more than just a bra store. This boutique has professional Fit Stylists that handpick selections for each client. So, every woman who walks into the store enjoys a curated assortment of products as well as remarkable customer service that can't be found anywhere else.
Solfire is a Brooklyn-based active retail company that launched just a few short years ago. Their goal? To create a strong athleisure apparel brand that brings together individuals who are passionate about fitness.
Two things make Solfire successful: first is their solid commitment to producing high-quality products. The company only works with manufacturers that meet their standards to ensure that everything they sell is top notch.
Another thing we love is the effort that Solfire exerts to build a community and cultivate relationships with patrons. In their brick-and-mortar store, for examples, they set up a juice and smoothie bar along with a "fitness oasis" — an area for clubs to meet and exercise.
The folks at Solfire also gather customer details so they can further engage them. They do this by handing over their iPad POS at checkout, so shoppers can fill in their information.
According to Solfire, they have a near-perfect customer engagement rate. Almost 100% of shoppers input their details so Solfire can stay in touch and inform them of happenings in the community.
Dresden isn't your run of the mill eyewear store. The company produces upcycled eyeglasses and sunglasses made from plastic waste and discarded fishing nets, then sells them at affordable rates.
In addition to selling great products, Dresden also offers an interesting in-store experience. Unlike other eyewear retailers that sell ready-made stuff on their shelves, Dresden lets shoppers create their own pair of eyeglasses or sunglasses.
Starting from just $49, customers can get lenses and frames made up as they wait. They can choose their frame styles and color combinations, which means they can get a pair that's made just for them.
Ponder what you sell beyond your products. For example, at Gossamer & Grace, Kelly doesn't just sell bras, she sells confidence. Apply the same thinking to your business and use the insights you gain to improve your customer experience.
Focus on your community. Think of ways to bring people together in your store. Can you hold classes or events? Perhaps you can set up in-store facilities like what Solfire did with their smoothie bar.
Can your incorporate personalization into your business? Is there a way to let customers "build" their own products through mix and match and other tactics? Personalization is growing trend. Consider exploring how you can use it in your business.
Christmas Elves, as its name clearly states, is a holiday store that sells Christmas trees, lights, decorations, costumes, and more. The store's owner, Jason McIntyre always loved Christmas, so when the chance to own a holiday store came up, he left his job as a software architect to follow his retail dream.
Jason implemented several action steps that led to the growth of Christmas Elves, but the thing we love most is his clever use of retail data and reports.
Specifically, he looks closely at his sales velocity — i.e. the speed at which products are selling.
That's when the sales and velocity reports come in, he says. By looking at when sales spike and which products are selling the most, Jason and his team can get a clearer idea of how many units to order. Jason says he looks at sales velocity reports for specific products and their overall categories, and this allows him to figure out what items to order and if there are any related products that he could purchase.
MyDIY.ie is your go-to source when it comes to your home DIY needs. Whether you're looking for power tools, decorating and wood care, or workwear, MyDIY has you covered.
According to Alan Grant, owner of MyDIY, his business has experienced 30% year on year growth, and he attributes that success (in part) to smart inventory management.
Expanding their product range was one of the top actions that led to their growth, said Alan.
"We've expanded our range by probably about 40%, but we really haven't expanded our stockholding because we have to keep our stocks nice and tight," he shared.
Another great practice? The store uses their loyalty program to sell slow-moving products. According to Alan, they offer double or triple loyalty points when shoppers purchase items that the store wants to move. Doing so helps them move inventory without resorting to huge discounts. And since the effort is tied into their loyalty program, shoppers have an incentive to buy and come back.
Based in Melbourne, this six-year-old retailer has a brick-and-mortar shop, an ecommerce site and a mobile store that serves as TheSuperCool venue for pop-up events.
TheSuperCool is also very in touch with their community and they use social media to drive word of mouth and traffic.
"We've been in business for nearly six years, and we began as a mobile emporium that went to the people. We had no fixed address and would use social media to keep our fans on their toes with our next location. We've been fortunate to be recognized locally and internationally with awards for innovative retailing and visual merchandising," says co-founder David "Noonie" Nunez.
Forecast demand by looking at the speed at which your products are selling. Pay attention to your sales and inventory reports and use the data to make inventory decisions.
Do you implement loyalty in your business? If so, use your loyalty program to help move lingering stock.
Strive to support other businesses that stand for something. It could prove to be a smart move for your company, as shoppers increasingly want to align themselves with businesses that focus on being ethical and real.
Founded in 2002, Sitka was started by two friends shaping surfboards out of their garage. The business has grown quite a bit since then, and today, Sitka designs and sells clothes as well as outdoors goods that are sourced in the most environmentally responsible way possible.
We love how much passion and purpose goes into each of Sitka's products.
Based in the UK, Rockets & Rascals is a bike emporium and cafe that sells high-quality bikes while serving top-notch coffee. According to Steve Toze, Marketing Director at Rockets & Rascals, their purpose is to share their love of bike riding with the community.
Aside from the huge focus on their creating a strong biking community, we love how Rockets & Rascals implements their loyalty program. The retailer uses a simple structure where shoppers earn loyalty whenever they spend money at the store.
Best of all, the store doesn't use physical cards. The entire loyalty program runs on their POS platform and all shoppers need to do to earn and redeem their rewards is to give their name to the cashier.
"It's a wonderful lifesaver for a cold, wet cyclist that's come in without their wallet," shares Steve.
Be more thoughtful with your product assortments. See to it that each item has a story and purpose. This will help your merchandise stand out. And when shoppers can relate to the stories you tell, they're more likely to become customers for life.
Make it easy for customers to participate in your loyalty program. And if you're still using physical cards, do yourself (and your patrons) a favor and switch to a digital solution!
Grain & Vine's purpose is to give people a better way to shop for beverages. Their spacious and easy-to-navigate store features a curated assortment of drinks from all around the world. Grain & Vine currently has 10 employees, two New York outlets, and an online shop.
Grain & Vine is truly an omnichannel retailer. They sell in-store, online, and on mobile through same-day delivery apps such as Postmates, Minibar, and Drizly. All of their sales channels are tightly integrated, so inventory and product data are synced across all platforms.
How do they juggle their POS, ecommerce, and delivery apps? Two words: tight integrations. Grain & Vine takes advantage of the solid integration between Shopify and Vend to ensure that they're able to stay on top of sales and inventory.
The two systems can "talk" to each other and share data in real-time — so when orders come in, Grain & Vine's inventory is synced across its physical and digital stores. As for the different delivery apps, they use an XML file to sync their inventory with the apps.
Collingwood Olive Oil is run by Alex Yuen and Cheryl McMenemy, a husband and wife team based in Ontario, Canada. Founded in May of 2014, they source and sell the freshest extra virgin olive oils, along with a selection of natural balsamic vinegars.
Collingwood Olive Oil is all about the customer experience. According to Cheryl, customers can taste any product before buying, and they ensure that their employees are well-trained and are true product experts.
Collingwood Olive Oil has won plenty of awards because of this. They've earned accolades such as Small Business Owners of the Year, Innovative Business of the Year, Metroland Reader's Choice: Favorite New Business, and #1 Retail Shopping in Collingwood on TripAdvisor.
If you're selling food and beverages, let your customers experience your products through taste tests. It's a fun experience! Plus, it will help shoppers find the best product for them, which in turn leads to higher satisfaction!
Are you selling on multiple channels? You should. A study of 46,000 shoppers found that 73% have used multiple channels throughout their shopping journeys and those shoppers are more loyal and spend higher amounts in-store and online. Check our in-depth guide (with detailed steps) on how to seamlessly sell online, in-store, and on mobile.
Now it's time to put the spotlight on high tech retail. Here are a couple our favorite electronics stores.
LifeLine Repairs is a chain of 20+ stores that provides repairs for electronic devices including smartphones, tablets, and computers.
LifeLine's local expansion strategy is remarkable. With over 20 stores across the US, LifeLine has managed to strike a great balance between brand consistency and localization.
According to Kestas Masanauskas, the Chief Operations Officer at LifeLine Repairs, they're able to achieve consistency by standardizing their processes and equipment. For instance, all of their stores use the same point of sale system (Vend) and their headquarters shares and uploads products to the various locations.
They also have standardized procedures and use guidelines and flowcharts to provide information on things like equipment handling, inventory storage, and more.
As for their local strategy, Kestas says they do a ton of research when expanding to a new location. Then, Kestas and his team cook up unique outreach initiatives for each market.
For example, when they established a new store in Boise, Idaho, the LifeLine Repairs team discovered that the location has an incredibly strong biking community. So to grab their attention, the retailer ran an event where people can borrow bikes for free.
Sennheiser is a leading global brand specializing in the design, production, and retail of both consumer and high-fidelity audio products.
Sennheiser is known for their amazing concept stores in various parts of the globe, but some of our favorites are the popups that they set up in New York City (one in SoHo and another in the Westfield World Trade Center) in 2016. Both stores allowed New Yorkers to experience Sennheiser sound first hand through their products and innovations.
The new SoHo store has been designed to transport visitors sonically and visually: Stepping into the store guests enter via the sound tunnel, which has been carefully engineered to damp external noise levels bit by bit – making the buzz of the city streets outside recede as you go further inside. This transition in sound is complemented by what you see. The tunnel brings visitors into an area where large screens show the company's core: the Sennheiser logo, a milestone product from the company's 70-year history and Sennheiser's vision to shape the future of audio.
If you're running multiple stores (or are planning to), be sure to find the right balance between brand consistency and localization. Check out what LifeLine Repairs is doing and see if you can apply their tactics to your business.
Make your store more experiential. Find a way to make people feel like they're entering a new world when they walk into your shop.
We talked about some amazing retail examples in this post, but now we'd love to hear from you. Can you name retailers that are thriving in today's market? What are some of the things that they're doing right? Let us know in the comments.


About a fortnight ago, Divya Dutta was spotted wearing an elegant and stylish cotton saree. Her look seemed effortless and ethic. She was seen flaunting a fabulous checkered saree with a black blouse that made her look tastefully stylish.
Recently, Vidya Balan was spotted with that same look, when she met Rekhaji at the launch of Dabboo Ratnani Calendar 2019. The difference being the print on the saree . Divya Dutta was spotted wearing a checked saree and not only did she look graceful wearing it but she was making a statement – promoting Indian handloom.
Vidya Balan seems to do the same. She has chosen the same look with a birds print. Seeing Vidya in that saree makes us wonder if she was inspired from Divya's look?
Whateverb be the case, we are just happy that two beautiful and elegant leading ladies of Bollywood who take up roles that move the audience have decided to take up a look that seems to make Indian hand-loom sarees look like the in thing these days.


Things have been a little quiet over here the past few weeks. We've been running around New Zealand, and with the New Year coming soon I've been reflecting on new directions for 2018. Obviously I'm going to be tackling the next draft of my book, but I also know I'm wanting to slow down– we've been moving around the world so quickly that things begin to blur. I know I'm craving some more intentional experiences, so there will probably be some retreats in early 2018.
It's been hard to sit down to write on the blog since my own questioning has left me feeling like I have no answers to give. What I mean by that is that I'm just feeling out of alignment, and maybe a little disconnected from my higher, wiser self. Whenever I've found myself in periods like this, I've found the best thing has been to sit in stillness and trust that eventually the answers will come.
For example, I went through a much more severe version of this five years ago, around this time of year I might add, when I realized I'd reached the end of the road on my dreamed of acting career and had no idea what I was going to do with myself. Luckily I listened to the part of me that just said to sit with it, to not try and fix it, and just listen. Which is how I realized I wanted to go on that crazy trip to India that totally transformed my life.
I don't expect anything quite so drastic this time around. Overall I feel like I'm where I'm meant to be doing what I'm meant to do, but my soul is craving a bit of stillness and a chance to reconnect to my purpose in perhaps clearer and more defined ways. So for now that's what I'm giving myself permission to do. This probably isn't surprising given what a difficult, scary, tumultuous year this has been globally speaking, and the massive changes and challenges I've set for myself in my own life. I'm just plain worn out. I've been meditating and journaling a lot more lately, and it's been helping tremendously. Just to make space for listening to myself.
If you're somewhere cold and Christmassy, please sit by a fire with some mulled wine for me– we're definitely missing the holiday spirit of the Northern Hemisphere, it's just not the same when it's technically summer. No one has any Christmas lights or proper decorations here! We're listening to lots of Christmas music and dreaming of future snowy Christmasses to make up for it.


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ICSI CSEET January 2023 Result
Important update for the students who appeared in ICSI CSEET January 2023 exam
The result for Company Secretary Executive Entrance Test (CSEET) January 2023 will be declared today, January 18, 2023, by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).
According to the notice issued by the institute to the Joint Secretary of the Directorate of Examination, the students will be able to see
Results of the Company Secretary Entrance Examination January 2023 from 4 pm on Wednesday.
Please tell that ICSI had organized CSEET January 2023 during this month on 7th and 8th January. In such a situation, the students who appeared in the Secretaries
Executive Entrance Test conducted by ICSI during the first week of January will have to visit the official website of the institute, icsi.edu, to check their results.
After this, one has to go to the relevant section by clicking on the CSEET link given on the home page itself, where ICSI will activate the CSEET January 2023 result link.
Candidates will have to click on this link and then submit their CSEET registration number on the new page
After this candidates will be able to see their CSEET Result January 2023 on the screen. After taking its print, students should also save its soft copy.


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Synergistic contributions of cyclin-dependant kinase 5/p35 and Reelin/Dab1 to the positioning of cortical neurons in the developing mouse brain
Toshio Ohshima*, Masaharu Ogawa, Veeranna, Motoyuki Hirasawa, Glenn Longenecker, Koichi Ishiguro, Harish C. Pant, Roscoe O. Brady, Ashok B. Kulkarni, Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) 5 is a unique member of the Cdk family, because Cdk5 kinase activity is detected only in the nervous tissue. Two neuron-specific activating subunits of Cdk5, p35 and p39, have been identified. Overlapping expression pattern of these isoforms in the embryonic mouse brain and the significant residual Cdk5 kinase activity in brain homogenate of the p35-/- mice indicate the redundant functions of the Cdk5 activators in vivo. Severe neuronal migration defects in p35-/-Cdk5+/- mice further support the idea that the redundant expression of the Cdk5 activators may cause a milder phenotype in p35-/- mice compared with Cdk5-/- mice. Mutant mice lacking either Cdk5 or p35 exhibit certain similarities with Reelin/Dab1-mutant mice in the disorganization of cortical laminar structure in the brain. To elucidate the relationship between Cdk5/p35 and Reelin/Dab1 signaling, we generated mouse lines that have combined defects of these genes. The addition of heterozygosity of either Dab1 or Reelin mutation to p35-/- causes the extensive migration defects of cortical neurons in the cerebellum. In the double-null mice of p35 and either Dab1 or Reelin, additional migration defects occur in the Purkinje cells in the cerebellum and in the pyramidal neurons in the hippocampus. These additional defects in neuronal migration in mice lacking both Cdk5/p35 and Reelin/Dab1 indicate that Cdk5/p35 may contribute synergistically to the positioning of the cortical neurons in the developing mouse brain.
Published - 2001 Feb 27
10.1073/pnas.051628498
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Ohshima, T., Ogawa, M., Veeranna, Hirasawa, M., Longenecker, G., Ishiguro, K., Pant, H. C., Brady, R. O., Kulkarni, A. B., & Mikoshiba, K. (2001). Synergistic contributions of cyclin-dependant kinase 5/p35 and Reelin/Dab1 to the positioning of cortical neurons in the developing mouse brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 98(5), 2764-2769. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.051628498
Synergistic contributions of cyclin-dependant kinase 5/p35 and Reelin/Dab1 to the positioning of cortical neurons in the developing mouse brain. / Ohshima, Toshio; Ogawa, Masaharu; Veeranna; Hirasawa, Motoyuki; Longenecker, Glenn; Ishiguro, Koichi; Pant, Harish C.; Brady, Roscoe O.; Kulkarni, Ashok B.; Mikoshiba, Katsuhiko.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 98, No. 5, 27.02.2001, p. 2764-2769.
Ohshima, T, Ogawa, M, Veeranna, Hirasawa, M, Longenecker, G, Ishiguro, K, Pant, HC, Brady, RO, Kulkarni, AB & Mikoshiba, K 2001, 'Synergistic contributions of cyclin-dependant kinase 5/p35 and Reelin/Dab1 to the positioning of cortical neurons in the developing mouse brain', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 98, no. 5, pp. 2764-2769. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.051628498
Ohshima T, Ogawa M, Veeranna, Hirasawa M, Longenecker G, Ishiguro K et al. Synergistic contributions of cyclin-dependant kinase 5/p35 and Reelin/Dab1 to the positioning of cortical neurons in the developing mouse brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2001 Feb 27;98(5):2764-2769. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.051628498
Ohshima, Toshio ; Ogawa, Masaharu ; Veeranna ; Hirasawa, Motoyuki ; Longenecker, Glenn ; Ishiguro, Koichi ; Pant, Harish C. ; Brady, Roscoe O. ; Kulkarni, Ashok B. ; Mikoshiba, Katsuhiko. / Synergistic contributions of cyclin-dependant kinase 5/p35 and Reelin/Dab1 to the positioning of cortical neurons in the developing mouse brain. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2001 ; Vol. 98, No. 5. pp. 2764-2769.
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Mamadou Obbi Oularé (Waregem, Bélgica, 8 de enero de 1996) es un futbolista belga que juega como delantero en el RWDM de la Segunda División de Bélgica.

Selección nacional
Obbi ha sido internacional con la selección de Bélgica en las categorías juveniles sub-18,  y .

Participaciones en juveniles

Estadísticas

Clubes
 Actualizado al 30 de abril de 2022.

Selecciones
 Actualizado al 2 de septiembre de 2016.Último partido citado: Malta 2 - 3 Bélgica

Referencias

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Futbolistas de Bélgica
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Nacidos en Waregem


P22 Nebiornaments contains over 100 ornaments based on the Italian Nebiolo Type Foundry designs of the 1950s. Many of these ornaments are designed to create complex patterns and continuous borders. The simple geometric shapes allow for endless combinations for a wide variety of uses.


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Is it good to be just?
reviewbengaluru July 14, 2019 Books, Essays, Reviews
"…the guiding thread of the book remains correspondence between the inhabitants of the city and the parts of the soul," writes Surya K. Singh.
Political Thought or Political Philosophy studies questions of power, justice, rights, law, and other issues related to governance. While some believe that these concepts are static, political thought explores how they originated and to what effect. If one examines texts from Western political thought, authors can be observed posing difficult questions about the political community, social order, and human nature. To understand Western Political Thought one must explore how Plato, Machiavelli, and Rousseau responded, and how these philosophers contributed to the broader conversation about human needs, goods, justice, democracy, and the ever-changing relationship between the citizen and the state. Western political thought has served as a philosophical and ideological foundation for governments around the world, and at the zenith of this discipline lies the Republic. Since the mid-nineteenth century, the Republic has been Plato's most famous and widely read dialogue. As in most other Platonic dialogues, the main character is Socrates.
Reading the Republic could be the most important intellectual experience you ever have! Every other work that has since been written is, in one way or another, a response to the Republic. The Republic provides a historical, social and cultural context to relate to contemporary political society.
The Republic by Plato, available online for free
The first and the most obvious thing to say about the Republic is that it is a long book, probably the longest work I've ever read. The first five books deal with the "Ideal City" ruled by "Philosopher Kings". One might not be able to grasp its meaning on the first reading or even on the tenth if it is not approached with proper questions and a proper frame of mind. An understanding of the work can be developed sequentially by asking simple questions like, "What is the Republic about?"
Right from the beginning, one begins to question the domain of the book. Is it a book about justice? Or about moral psychology and right ordering of the human soul? Is it a book about the power of poetry and myth to shape our society or about metaphysics and the ultimate structure of being? The surface of things reveals the essence of things. At the surface, the Republic reveals that it is a dialogue, a work of literary drama. It is a work comparable in scope to other literary masterworks. It is something the author wants us to join, to be in this conversation by means of active participation in the dialogue that takes place in the book over the course of a single evening.
To make sense of all the broad ideas propounded and developed in the Republic, it is essential to understand the intent of the author. In the 7th letter of the Epistles, which can be read here, Plato talks about the reasons that compelled him to write the Republic. According to Plato, all the existing systems of control in ancient Greece were misgoverned, their laws in an almost incurable state. In his words, "true praise of philosophy is when it enables men to see what justice in public and private life really is," and, "there will be no cessation of evils till either those who are pursuing a right and true philosophy receive sovereign power in the States, or those in power in the States by some dispensation of providence become true philosophers." He expresses strong disapproval of the kind of life people were leading: the life of excess, which entailed eating to repletion twice every day and always having a partner for the night, among other habits which this manner of life produces. For if these habits were formed early in life, no man under heaven could possibly attain wisdom. No city could remain in a state of tranquility under any laws whatsoever when men think it right to squander all their property in extravagance and consider it a duty to be idle at everything except eating, drinking, and the laborious prosecution of debauchery. It follows necessarily that the constitutions of such cities must be constantly changing, tyrannies, oligarchies, and democracies succeeding one another, while those who hold the power cannot so much as endure the name of any form of government which maintains justice and equality of rights.
He presents a solution: the establishment of a harmonious city based on the conception of justice, where the individual and the society may achieve their best. He insists that the best city must be the one that produces the best individual, and no city will ever be free of conflict or strife unless Kings become Philosophers or Philosophers, the Kings. Plato provokes us to consider what a city would look like if it were ruled by Socrates or a philosopher like him. Hence, the Republic!
In the Republic, Plato moves on to present an extended argument in dramatic form over what might constitute the ideal polis, considering all aspects of governance, citizenship, social order, and personal virtue. Speaking through the character of his teacher Socrates, Plato's model of the ideal city-state mirrors the order of nature as based in his metaphysical Theory of Forms, famously articulated in the Republic (Book VII) through its Allegory of the Cave.
Plato's streamlined view of political and social life holds that the city-state should be governed by a ruler with philosophical training, capable of comprehending the true nature of reality, justice, and wisdom, and should be one in which one's place in society is determined by one's natural abilities.
The first book opens at Piraeus, a port of Athens some time around 411 AD. Socrates is returning home from a religious festival, at which a new goddess was introduced into the pantheon of deities, with his young friend Glaucon, one of Plato's brothers. On the road, the three travelers are waylaid by Adeimantus, another brother of Plato, and the young nobleman Polemarchus, who asks them to stay. Socrates requests Polemarchus to excuse him, which Polemarchus refuses to do, saying that he won't listen. Finally, Socrates agrees to take a detour to Polemarchus's house, to dine with his aging father Cephalus, and others. The opening notion itself gives an idea of the belief system of Polemarchus, which is to rule by strength. On the other hand, Socrates and Glaucon represent reason and argument.
Socrates abruptly asks Cephalus about the feeling of being old and about his sexual urges, to which Cephalus responds by citing the merits of old age, stating that he is glad to have passed that phase, for he can engage in higher pursuits like offering sacrifices and prayers. Here, it is evident that while Cephalus is not a bad man by any means, he is perceivably unreflective. Using his striking question to Cephalus, Socrates targets the very embodiment of conventional opinion, and as the men banter, they begin to discuss the meaning of justice and what it means to be just. Socrates takes each idea apart and this sets the theme for the rest of the discussion. The primary questions that the men raise concern what justice is, and whether a person is happier if they are just.
Cephalus, a rich, well-respected elder of the city and host to the group, is the first to offer a definition of justice. Cephalus acts as spokesman for the Greek tradition; his definition of justice is an attempt to articulate the basic Hesiodic conception that justice means living up to your legal obligations, paying what you owe and being honest. Socrates defeats this formulation with a counterexample of returning a weapon to a madman. You owe the madman his weapon if it belongs to him legally, and yet this would be an unjust act, since it would jeopardize the lives of others. So it cannot be the case that justice is nothing more than honoring legal obligations and being honest.
At this point, Cephalus excuses himself to attend to some sacrifices, which appears to be a representation of banishing the conventional. His son Polemarchus takes over the argument for him and lays out a new definition of justice. To him, justice means owing help to friends and harm to enemies. Though this definition may seem different from that suggested by Cephalus, they are closely related. They share the underlying imperative of rendering to each what is due and of giving to each what is appropriate. This imperative will also be the foundation of Socrates's principle of justice in the later books. Like his father, Polemarchus's take on justice represents a popular strand of thought – the attitude of the ambitious young politician – whereas Cephalus's definition represents the attitude of the established old businessman.
Socrates reveals many inconsistencies in this view. He points out that because our judgment concerning friends and enemies is fallible, this credo will lead us to harm the good and help the bad. We are not always friends with the most virtuous individuals, nor are our enemies always the scum of society. Socrates points out that there is some incoherence in the idea of harming people through justice.
Socrates attempts to define justice by challenging notions held by Cephalus and Polemarchus. He finds their notions wanting, but nonetheless, they hold that it is better for a person to be just than unjust. Thrasymachus challenges the assumption altogether – is it necessarily good to be just?
All this serves as an introduction to Thrasymachus, the Sophist. We have seen, through Socrates's cross-examination of Polemarchus and Cephalus, that the popular thinking on justice is unsatisfactory. Thrasymachus shows us the nefarious result of this confusion: the Sophist's campaign to do away with justice, and all moral standards, entirely. Thrasymachus, breaking angrily into the discussion, declares that he has a better definition of justice to offer. Justice, he says, is nothing more than the advantage of the stronger. Though Thrasymachus claims that this is his definition, it serves as more of a delegitimization of justice. He is saying that it does not pay to be just. Just behavior works to the advantage of other people, not to that of the person who behaves justly. Thrasymachus assumes here that justice is the unnatural restraint on our natural desire to have more. He adds that justice is a convention imposed on us, and it does not benefit us to adhere to it. The discussion concludes with Thrasymachus's remark that the rational thing to do is ignore justice entirely. This also marks the end of the first book.
As observed, the guiding thread of the book remains correspondence between the inhabitants of the city and the parts of the soul. Cephalus, a businessman in pursuit of pleasures and money, represents the appetitive part of the soul whereas Polemarchus, meaning "warlord," seems to be preoccupied with questions of honor and loyalty. To Polemarchus, justice is helping friends and harming enemies. He is a venerable paterfamilias, a patriot who defends honor above all and a clear representation of the spirited part of the soul. To the contrary, Thrasymacus portrays a cynical intellectual rivaling Socrates. His discussions with Socrates make the most interesting part of the entire book. He is a sophist who seeks to teach and educate, an apt representation of the rational soul. We do not find mention of Glaucon and Adeimantus in history apart from the Republic – in the book, Adeimantus appears hedonistic, and Glaucon, meaning "shining," is the fiercer of the two.
Through the voice of his teacher Socrates, Plato defines what he considers the ideal forms of justice, leadership, social order, and philosophical discipline. At the same time, Plato tries to address the tension between the pursuit of individual self-perfection and public service.
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Surya K. Singh is a voracious reader and an autodidact, pursuing his Masters in Statistics. He works as a Data Analytics Consultant and has published columns on on public policy, politics and philosophy among others.
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CRANFORD, NJ - The Union men's basketball team had to go into overtime to defeat Bergen by a score of 117-108. It was a back and forth game all night as both teams exchanged the lead in a run and gun uptempo game start to finish.
Sophomore Nyquan McComb (Staten Island, NY) was the Owls leading scorer with 30 points. Freshman Tyheem Burno (Jersey City, NJ) added 20 points while fellow freshman Marvellous Akingbala added 16 points. The sophomore trio of Trevon Bleasdell, Derek Booker and Devon Streeter each scored in double figures with 15, 11 and 10 points respectively.
Union returns to action at home on Tuesday, November 27 at 7:00 pm when they host Middlesex. With the victory the Owls record improves to 5-2 on the season.


Benedict Goh has clearly found the elixir of youth because this guy does not age.
At 45, he can easily pass for someone a decade younger – his boyish good looks reminiscent of that same TV host who charmed audiences on game show The Pyramid Game all those years ago.
He is immediately shy when you point this out.
He is currently single, but was married to an air stewardess for six years before they split in 2009. He declines to divulge more information, but says he has no regrets in his life.
For the past 10 years, he has been representing various Swiss skincare brands and customising them for doctors and plastic surgeons to use at their practices here.
Besides hosting programmes, he also played a number of major roles on Channel 8 dramas – and that was what he found tough to handle.
After he left the industry as a full-time artist, he continued to take on the occasional acting gig.
Former television hunk Zack Zainal, who was a police officer in Triple Nine (left), still has a heart for acting.
At the height of his popularity in the 1990s, the former Manhunt 1989 champion was active on the acting and hosting fronts, winning fans with his wholesome good looks and easy charisma.
On top of that, he had a day job as a police officer, joining the force after graduating from the National University of Singapore with a degree in history and geography. "The Commissioner of Police gave me a special dispensation to continue my involvement in the performing arts in my free time," he recalls.
Since 2003, he has been working for Emirates Airlines in Dubai, where he is now the divisional vice-president of group security.