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Mark Gibson | Jim Burns
Mark Gibson - Founder, CEO, Currently full-time Senior Director of Sales Enablement at Centrify
35 years in sales, sales enablement, sales management, business development, marketing, consulting in the technology business in Australia, EMEA and 13 years in Silicon Valley.
Established Advanced Marketing Concepts sales and marketing consultancy business in UK in 2004, relocated back to Silicon Valley in late 2010 to help companies achieve the following 6 Enterprise Content Competencies
Understanding of buyers, how and why they buy
Conversation Support -- your selling vision, "point-of-view," story line and key messages to support conversations across the buying cycle.
Use Case Requirements definitions, so people create content that performs better (this also helps justify content investments).
People Support -- from subject experts who provide critical inputs, to content creators, as well as content users
Content Operations -- to deliver quality, audience relevant and useful outputs, quickly and continuously, in versions and formats for designated channels, at scale -- affordably!
Infrastructure and Tools
Specialties: Messaging and content development and deployment, Inbound Marketing, Sales Enablement.
Robin Russell - Director, Sales and Marketing
Robin Russell began her career in communications working for a major American broadcasting company. Her televised program interviewed local, national and international cultural and political leaders.
Insurance - Robin moved into the insurance market for the next 15 years, which offered an opportunity to use her combined skills.
She developed and implemented new strategic plans, which included changes to the product mix. Her team out-performed all other regions, and she became the top producer worldwide in 1988.
Robin won the company's highest achievements and the first woman in the company's near century old history to achieve this distinction.
Community - Robin has contributed to community and environment by leading marketing, fund raising, and development activities at Stanford University, Cantor Arts Center; Menlo Park School. Robin received the Key to the City Award from the Town of Atherton for her contributions to public art in 2002.
Education - From 2004-2006 Robin was the Director of Marketing and Development for St Leonards School in St Andrews. She led the Independent School's efforts to re-position itself through a new image, business messaging, and collateral development. St Leonards was voted Scottish Independent School of the Year in 2005.
Admarco - Robin has been a director in Admarco - Advanced Marketing Concepts since 2004 and has co-developed the company's Sales and Marketing Performance Improvement program and successfully implemented this dynamic process in a broad spectrum of business sectors.
US- Ohio State University
UK- University of Oxford


Besides the meeting rooms located at the Congress Centre, VIDAMAR RESORTS MADEIRA features more 7 meeting rooms inside of the Hotel. These meeting rooms are all located at the reception floor.
The Selvagens rooms are notable for their adaptability, with five independent spaces.
Divided up with sliding panels, or transformed into a spacious reception room for up to 700 guests, or a banqueting room for up to 420. With your comfort in mind, the Selvagens rooms are illuminated by natural light and some of them offer a suburb frontal ocean view. They also are equipped with air conditioning and Wi-Fi.
These two rooms can be linked together, and are ideal for small or medium-sized meetings, banquets for up to 100 guests, or receptions up to a maximum of 160.
The Desertas rooms benefit from natural light and are equipped with air conditioning and WI-FI. Desertas I have a floor area of 110 sqm2 and Desertas II 56 sqm.


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When people land on Gnarly Sunset, a question they're often faced is where to begin. From thousands of photographs on display, how can one choose which to buy?
Our most popular photographer goes by the name of JaqStone, and anyone who has spent much time on our site is surely familiar with her dramatic Arizona desert sunsets. She has fast developed a reputation as one of the premier sunset photographers on the planet, and we are proud to feature 182 photos and counting from the talented photographer.
JaqStone has generously agreed to do a question and answer with us and tell you more about who she is, where she's from, and what inspires her. Learn about her now, then be sure to view her entire photo gallery.
GS: What is your name?
Jacqueline Stone, but I'm known all over the internet as JaqStone.
GS: Where do you live?
I'm blessed to live in a wide valley of the Sonoran Desert in Southern Arizona with mountains in all directions and a cotton farm across the street.
GS: How did you first get interested in photography?
My father was a freelance landscape photographer but I didn't discover my own love for the art until 2010 when I witnessed the most amazing sunset I'd ever seen. I had to capture it to share the beauty with others.
GS: Why did you decide to join Gnarly Sunset?
Joining Gnarly Sunset was an easy decision. Sunsets are not only my favorite shots but also what I shoot the most. Having a site designed just for people who love sunsets as much as I do is a gift.
GS: Did you know you were the 2nd photographer to join Gnarly Sunset? It's pretty crazy that you've gone on to become the site's largest contributor!
I did not know when I joined that the site was so new I was the second member, but I like getting in on the ground floor of a new project and being part of it growing.
GS: Are you surprised to see that it's grown to over 1000 members from over 150 countries in just 8 months?
Gnarly's rapid growth does not surprise me at all. Photographers love to share the beauty they see and there's a platform here that not only makes sharing easy, but also profitable.
GS: What do you like to shoot besides sunsets?
I enjoy decay and industrial photography, florals, trees, and shots that include water.
GS: Why do you enjoy shooting sunsets?
Shooting sunsets is for me about so much more than photography. When I'm out in the desert watching the beauty unfold above me it opens my heart and expands my whole being. I feel connected to all of nature, totally free, and full of joy and wonder. That's what I want to share through my photos.
GS: Do you shoot sunrises or just sunsets?
I do have a few sunrise shots but our evening skies are colorful much more often than in the morning.
My shots are real and they go through post-processing, just like any other professional photographer. The camera, especially older ones like mine, does not see the same way we see so in order to share the sunset I experienced some adjustments are made after the shot. Sometimes I do stronger adjustments to convey more of the mood of a sunset. For me, it's about creating an inspiring image that touches the heart and inspires the mind of the viewer.
GS: What is it about that the desert that makes it so suitable for sunsets?
The Sonoran Desert is a fabulous place for sunsets because of the wide open expanse, the mountains on the horizon, … and the dirt! We get strong winds that often kick up a lot of red dust. It hangs in the air or collects in the clouds and when the sun sets the dust particles catch the light and create spectacular colors.
GS: What photograph on the site are you most proud of?
My favorite sunset shot is called Paradise Lake and Mountain Sunset. It's not the most dramatic but it is profoundly peaceful and softly beautiful.
GS: What are your goals as a photographer in the future?
I'm always working on improving my skills as a photographer. I'd like to work more with people to create portraits that express the soul of the person.
GS: Many people who visit the site consider you to be the best sunset photographer on the internet today. What do you think when you hear people say that?
It humbles me to hear people praise my photography, and it encourages me to keep growing, keep learning, and keep sharing.
GS: The scenery of your photos is just breathtaking. Do you consider the deserts of Arizona to be the best place to take pictures of sunsets?
I know the world is full of beautiful places and wonderful sunsets can happen anywhere, but Arizona is blessed with ideal conditions for gorgeous sunsets about 200 days a year.
GS: What are a couple suggestions you have for Gnarly Sunset as the site grows?
Like anything that you want to last, steady growth with high quality is the key. Keep the best work on the main page so visitors will be inspired to look around and photographers will want to be a part of what you're creating.
GS: Do you have any advice for the other members of the site?
When you start uploading to the site ask yourself if you would buy the photo you're uploading. If you wouldn't buy it, don't put it up. Visitors to the site will not wade through all of your shots to find a good one. You have about 3 seconds to give them a reason to keep looking at your work. As soon as you upload new photos submit each one to bookmarking sites and let your followers on social networks know what you've added. Rather than trying to put all your photos up at once, add a few every day. This will keep your account on Gnarly showing up in search engines because it is fresh and active.
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East Kilbride have completed the signing of ex-Motherwell and Jamaican international Chris Humphrey.
East Kilbride and Spartans meet in Round 2 of the William Hill Scottish Cup at K-Park on Saturday.
The Round 4 draw for the 2018/19 South Challenge Cup today paired us with a home tie against East of Scotland League side Preston Athletic, with the tie scheduled to be payer at K-Park on Saturday 10th November.
Brian Kerr resigns as 1st team Manager at K-Park.
East Kilbride v Spartans, Saturday 20th October.


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Genre:Hip-Hop
Release date:26 Mar 2013
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Papoose – The Nacirema Dream (2013)
Name: Papoose – The Nacirema Dream
Genre: Rap | Hip-Hop
Label: Honor B4 Money Records, Fontana Records
Featuring: Mobb Deep, Erykah Badu, Jim Jones, Jadakiss, Remy Ma, Mavado, DJ Premier, Ron Browz, Dada Stone, Odog, Manson, Kino and K-Brown of Thugacation
Producers: Antwan 'Amadeus' Thompson, Buckwild, C4, Chemist, Dame Grease, Dan Dilemma, DJ Kay Slay, DJNu, DJ Premier, Heatmakerz, Jay & Certifyd, Ron Browz, Skitzo, StreetRunner, Tie Sticks
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01. Intro 1:39
02. Motion Picture 3:49
03. Mother Ghetto 4:50
04. Aim Shoot (feat. Mobb Deep) 3:34
05. Skit 3:06
06. Cure (feat. Erykah Badu) 5:37
07. Nacirema Dream 4:06
08. Pimpin' Won't Die 4:33
09. 6AM (feat. Jim Jones and Jadakiss) 4:00
11. Law Library Part 8 2:46
12. What's My Name (feat. Remy Ma) 3:05
13. On Top Of My Game (feat. Mavado) 4:09
14. Faith 2:32
15. Turn It Up (feat. DJ Premier) 4:09
16. Die Like A G 4:15
17. Get At Me (feat. Ron Browz) 2:56
18. Where I Come From (feat. Dada Stone, Odog, Manson, Kino and K-Brown of Thugacation) 4:10
19. R.I.P. 5:12
20. Alphabetical Slaughter Part II (A to Z) 6:14
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Olympic Results
Shane Gould
State Born
Shane Gould had a prodigious career, and a brief one. She was still only 15, a shy and lissom schoolgirl, when she did what no Australian, male or female, has ever done - in 1972 in Munich she won three individual gold medals at a single Olympics, all of them in world record time. Earlier, she had either equalled or broken 11 world records, and in the months before those Olympics, she had simultaneous possession of every world freestyle record from 100 to 1500 metres. Appropriately, it had been Gould, aged 15, who finally prised the world 100m freestyle record from the grasp of another wonder woman, Dawn Fraser. It was the most durable of all records, that one - it had been in the sole custody of Fraser, with occasional shavings, throughout Gould's lifetime.
Gould's love affair with the water began before she could walk - on beaches in Fiji. She joined Forbes Carlile's swim school in 1970, at the age of 13. In April 1971 she began breaking world records, and when she arrived at the Munich Games there was a huge burden of anticipation - US swimmers took to wearing T-shirts proclaiming "All that glitters is not Gould." She won the Olympic 200m and 400m freestyle and the 200m medley, but finished third in the race she really wanted to win, the 100m, and second in the 800m. Within a year she decided to retire; Carlile argued that she would regret the decision forever, but she remained adamant. "Basically… it just wasn't fun any more," she explained later.
In April 2018, Gould was awarded an Order of Merit by the Australian Olympic Committee. An Order of Merit is awarded to a person who in the opinion of the Executive has achieved remarkable merit in the sporting world, either through personal achievement or contribution to the development of sport.
Harry Gordon, AOC historian
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CD 1 A Compilation
CD 2 African-American 7-Shapenote Gospel
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Bo McGee, Eutaw
Bo McGee, (2001)
Bo McGee (1928 - 2002) was one of Alabama's most recognized blues artists. His first memories of hearing the blues comes from 78 RPM records of people such as Washboard Sam and Blind Lemon Jefferson, but he also listened to "those hillbillies like Eddie Arnold and Jimmy Rodgers." He realized his love for the blues when hen heard Muddy Waters, Little Walter, and Jimmy Reed.
His grandmother taught him to play the harmonica and "Was a good blower herself," Bo said. "She got me this G-harp and would put me in the closet so the sound wouldn't get away from me. So I would practice in that closet where the hard walls bounce the sound back real good."
Bo met fellow bluesman Little Whitt, and the two played together for years, forming a band after they returned from military service called Little Whitt and the Downbeats. The CD they finally cut, named "Moody Swamp Blues," was produced by the Alabama Blues Project and picked as "CD of the Year" in 1995 by Scott Duncan, editor of Britain's largest monthly blues magazine. Bo performed on many radio and television programs, including one on the BBC in England and one on the popular PBS radio program, "Whad'ya Know," hosted by Michael Feldman.
Big Bo McGee's list of accomplishments include two tours of Europe, playing "Alabama Blues" in Ireland, Scotland, England, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Holland, and Belgium. He also played the most prestigious blues festivals in the United States. "Big Bo" was seen and heard, and loved, by millions of people around the world, and was always been a wonderful musical ambassador for our state. He died in a tragic mishap in March of 2002.


Many people love and play football in the world, it has also turned out to be a source of income, whereby talented footballers play for different clubs and get paid. Development of football led to the emergence and rising of football clubs in the world,this was aimed at maturing the talents of many people thus transforming them into a source of income.The formation led to emergence of football leagues in different parts of the world,this was mainly targeted for competition between different clubs in the world.
With the improvements in football as a sport, many leagues have improved in the competition standards, this is depicted by the efforts and hard work shown by each team in different types of leagues, this has made football to be more fantastic band interesting.However for those interested in fantastic football,but are not still sure where to begin from are advised to remain calm and composed before deciding the clubs to join.
Being knowledgeable of the different types of clubs in will help you to identify and chose the best league. However your level skills and the environment will determine the type of league you will chose.In the public leagues there are always unlimited chances to everybody in that they are open for anybody to join until they are filled up. Therefore when it comes to the decision of joining the league,you will need to chose the most convenient league,you can either decide to chose a competitive or casual league.
However it is advisable for those who are just starting they football carrier to join casual leagues, this will helps them to improve in their skills thud building the confidence of joining competitive leagues later.If you have the skills courage and confidence in your talent,it is good to join these competitive leagues,this will help you to show your talent to very many people.
There are also improved modes and methods of choosing players, this can either be through an auto draft or through a live online draft,the auto draft has an algorithm that selects the best player for you. In a live online draft,the selection of players is done manually by a n individual, the will go online at a designated time frame and select the players for themselves. You will have to decide on the type of league you want to play,therefore you should chose and select a league the will be suitable for the players that you have selected. Chose a league that best suits your players.


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It is rare to see a dull moment in the Big Brother 19 house. CBS may have picked some of their most 'unique' contestants yet. We have had nonstop unpredictable moments since the Big Brother 19 Live Feeds started. Yesterday was no different.
The Big Brother 19 day started with a huge shock: Christmas Abbott was injured. It set the house in complete disarray as they tried to figure out if Christmas would return, and what that meant for their Big Brother 2017 game.
Jason Dent told Kevin Schlehuber that Christmas and him were doing their usual routine of running around in the backyard. She was on his back, and then he slipped from the grass, which lead to Christmas' foot injury.
Christmas disappeared from the Big Brother house for about five hours: She returned in a cast and walking on crutches. She has to get an MRI later in the week, which could still lead to the end of Christmas' game, but for now, she seems okay enough to continue playing the Big Brother game.
After returning to the house, Christmas began campaigning even more. Prior to her return, Paul Abrahamian worked on her votes. Jessica Graf and him had a discussion about her voting out Christmas.
Jessica is done with Christmas because Christmas made it known that she's going after her. Jessica also wanted to stay loyal to her showmance partner Cody Nickson.
At the beginning of the day, Jessica and Mark Jansen were Cody's only secure votes against Christmas. However, as the day progressed, Dominique Cooper talked with Mark about keeping Christmas. She made him listen to logic.
An interesting point to note is that Mark was working on convincing Elena Davies to vote out Christmas, and she was leaning more towards it, until Mark changed his mind. After talking to Dominique, Mark went to have a discussion with Christmas.
They had a long heart-to-heart that resulted in both of them shedding a few tears. Mark was now in total devotion to Christmas. Meanwhile, Matthew Clines and Raven Walton talked more about not trusting Cody or Jessica.
They were going to join team Paul and Christmas. Matthew even betrayed Cody's trust by telling Raven that Cody told him that he wanted to eventually use Jason and Alex Ow to get Jessica out. We expect this to get back to Jessica sooner rather than later, which would take away Cody's one final ally.
As the showmances planned out their votes, the middle, or outcast players, were still on the fence, but leaning towards voting out Christmas over Jillian Parker. This makes sense considering the fact that she is their friend, and one of their few true allies. However, there was another element to wanting to keep Jillian over Christmas: their distrust of Paul.
Paul worked very hard yesterday to get Jason as a vote against Jillian. His effort annoyed Alex and Jason. Alex even told Kevin that she and Jason don't like that Paul is trying to control their group. Ramses Soto also wasn't a fan of Paul's pushiness. At the moment, they seem to be sticking with their plan to vote out Christmas.
It's a little ironic that Cody worked hard to form his 'power' alliance, but now the 'outcasts' will be the ones who actually vote with him. We wonder, if after all Cody's friends betray him, he'll try to join the outcast, or stay a lone soldier for the rest of his time in the Big Brother 19 house.
We also wonder if after Paul's safety ends if the outcasts (and maybe Dominique) will end up being the ones to try to take out Paul.
At midnight, the Have-Nots (Ramses, Josh, and Jillian) could eat again.


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#ProInvitationalSeries | Roush Fenway Texas Recap
FORT WORTH, Texas (March 29, 2020) – It was another drama-filled ending in Sunday's eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series race from the virtual Texas Motor Speedway, as Chris Buescher led the field of Roush Fenway drivers with an 18th-place run.
Greg Biffle, in his virtual return to RFR, had a solid run going in the Castrol eFord, before getting caught up in an incident late, forcing him to reset and losing his track position to finish 32nd.
Ross Chastain, piloting the Fifth Third Bank & Nutrien Ag Solutions eFord, ran a mostly quiet 125-lap race, before using some strategy late to run as high as the second position. When green-flag stops began to cycle around lap 90, Chastain — along with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. — stayed out on track but eventually pitted, giving up valuable track position just before the caution was displayed with 15 laps left. With the race going into virtual overtime, Chastain crossed the line 22nd.
Buescher, piloting the Fastenal eFord for the second week in a row, had a fairly steady day despite getting caught up in a couple of incidents. After falling off the lead lap early, Buescher got his lap back late in the event to cross the line 18th.
Week three of the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series continues from the virtual Bristol Motor Speedway next weekend. Coverage details will be announced at a later date.


November 27, 2018 08:00 ET | Source: El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
COSTA MESA, Calif., Nov. 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- El Pollo Loco, Inc. ("El Pollo Loco" or "Company") (Nasdaq: LOCO), the nation's leading fire-grilled chicken restaurant chain, today announced the appointment of industry veteran Hector A. Muñoz as Chief Marketing Officer, effective December 3rd. Mr. Muñoz brings over 25 years of QSR experience and successful marketing leadership for some of the industry's leading global brands. Mr. Munoz's appointment comes on the heels of the addition of Jennifer Jaffe, El Pollo Loco's first Chief People Officer, further strengthening the El Pollo Loco senior leadership team.


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Government announces £4m funding for special educational needs in Norfolk and Suffolk
March 4, 2017 autism, Carers, family, Featured Article, learning difficulties, Norfolk, special needs, Suffolk
The government has announced it will give £2.7m to Norfolk County Council and £1.3m to Suffolk County Council to improve special educational needs and disability (SEND) facilities.
Facilities for some of the most vulnerable children in Norfolk and Suffolk could be bolstered by a £4m investment in special needs education.
The government will, over three years, give Norfolk County Council £2.7m and Suffolk County Council £1.3m to increase school capacity and improve provision for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
It comes as part of a nationwide investment, worth £215m, to local councils, which can be spent on infrastructure and facilities.
Though councils will be free to invest the funding as they wish, they will be expected to consult with parents, carers and schools and put together a plan on how the money will be spent.
Families fear respite care cuts
November 14, 2013 autism, Carers, Downs syndrome, ukcuts
Big issue: Families fear respite care cuts
Warwickshire County Council plans to cut £1.7m from its budget could leave carers at breaking point, reports Mary Griffin
Rebecca Page from Priors Marston and her daughter Aleisha Page, who suffers from autism
"My whole world revolves around Aleisha," says Rebecca Page. "It has to."
Rebecca's life plan has changed dramatically since her daughter Aleisha was diagnosed with severe autism at the age of three.
Seven years on, Aleisha is never left alone, needing one-to-one attention 24 hours a day.
Rebecca, who lives near Southam and left her career as a specialist teacher to become a full-time mum, says: "She headbangs until she's stopped, she kicks and punches and she is extremely active, climbing up furniture.
"She's a physically fit 10-year-old who functions somewhere between a baby and a two-and-a-half-year-old.
"She has no language but communicates through Makaton (a system of signs and symbols).
"You can't turn around from her to run a bath. If you're not holding on to her she's gone.
"I can only sleep when she sleeps and then it's like sleeping with a newborn – that half-sleep where you're always listening out."
Mayor says thank you to unpaid family carers
August 19, 2013 Carers, Downs syndrome
Carers recognised at afternoon tea with Mayor of Harrow
5:08pm Monday 19th August 2013 in News By Bruce Thain
Carers sip tea with mayor
Carers from across the borough were thanked for their hard work by the Mayor of Harrow with an afternoon tea.
Mayor Nana Asante welcomed unpaid carers who look after family and friends in need for afternoon tea at the mayoral parlour.
More than 40 carers and some of the people they care for were given a history of the borough and the council before sitting down to tea, cake and took part in a raffle.
Councillor Asante said: "This day came about as a result of carers' week when I met a lot of carers and saw the fantastic work they do.
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Skipper from Leith
The History of Robert Barton of Over Barnton
W. Stanford Reid
336 pages | 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 | 1 map
"Robert Barton's stormy career as privateer, merchant, moneylender, and servant of four kings—Hans I of Denmark, Louis XII of France, James IV and V of Scotland—obliges his biographer to narrate much of Scotland's political and diplomatic history between the 1490s, when Robert appears on the scene with letters of marque, and 1540, the year of his death. The result is an excellent portrait of a chaotic age."—Speculum
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Yacht Dice Game
Yacht Dice Game is a simple dice-based puzzler for between one and four players. Each round of play sees each player roll three times. The rules are the same as dice poker. Score a straight of four or five sequential dice and earn big points. Score a 'Yacht' of five matching dice and earn even more! Dice can be locked once they've been rolled, keeping them preserved for the next roll. Dare you risk everything in the hope of an unlikely combination? Or would you prefer to play it safe with a few reliable ones?
Click the roll icon to roll. Click the dice to lock them
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It is a game played in landscape and it's playable on Desktop and Mobile on www.gamepix.com. This game has been published on 2020-10-02 and updated on 2020-10-05.


In our recent book, Splitting America, we explain the process of "splitting," which often occurs in high-conflict divorces. After one or both parents 1) repeatedly blames the other entirely for the divorce, 2) repeatedly makes personal attacks (he/she is stupid-evil-and-immoral), and 3) repeatedly uses crisis emotions in explaining this, the child (or children) eventually may absorb all of this and "split" the parents into one "all-bad" parent with absolutely no redeeming qualities, and one "all-good" parent who can do no wrong. The children may grow to hate one or the other parent, and the parents grow to hate each other more and more, as they go to court repeatedly blaming each other for all the problems.
In politics, we see this same "splitting dynamic" occurring increasingly. While many people figure that this will all go away on election day, we have learned from our high-conflict divorce cases that, in fact, the opposite more often occurs. Once the hatred has set in, it is almost impossible for the child to get along with both parents.
Even worse, over months and years, this hatred among the parents and their child becomes further entrenched. Research shows that ten or more years later, approximately 20% of parents still actively hate each other, and the child frequently is left hating or resisting contact with one or both parents into adulthood.
But what does this have to do with violence? We are witnessing an increasing number of cases of domestic violence these days, and what also appears to be an increase in divorce-related murder/suicides, which often include killing the children. This appears to stem from the intense and intolerable emotions that parents come to experience after a long period of repeated hostility towards each other and the "support" from the "negative advocates" for each parent (e.g. their lawyers, therapists, family members) who add to the intensity of the splitting dynamic.
Our concern today is that our political leaders have spent much of the past year engaging in the splitting dynamic by: 1) blaming the other entirely for economic and other problems, 2) personally attacking the other as stupid-evil-and-immoral, and 3) using crisis emotions to convey their messages. They take comments out of context and blow them up until a certain percentage of the population grows to actually hate one of the candidates and those with whom they associate the candidate. This lays the groundwork for violence against those they associate with one political "side" or the other.
In the past year or so, we have seen public shootings aimed at a congresswoman (Gabby Giffords), at movie-goers at a "dark" fantasy with an evil character (theater shooting at Batman movie), at religiously different people (Sikh temple by a white supremacist), and at a former supervisor in a public street (in New York last week) by a disgruntled former employee two years after leaving the job.
Perhaps all of these shooters were mentally ill, but they likely were also encouraged in their actions by the current tone of political targeting of those who you disagree with. Many private citizens and journalists have been commenting on this hostile political tone recently, wondering whether there is a connection with the recent uptick in public violence. Colin Powell, in a recent TV interview, said that, in 40 years of public service, he has never seen such a hostile political climate, and that it is dangerous. We also believe this.
Think about how our brains work when exposed to crisis emotions. As we mentioned in our book, the "mirror neurons" in our brains appear to absorb the behavior we see of others, and we add that to our own repertoire of potential future behavior. Then, the amygdalas in our brains automatically shut down our "higher" thinking, in order to get us to focus on fast, fight or flight responses, when we hear crisis emotions – especially from leaders. This is part of the way we humans are hard-wired to quickly work together to protect ourselves in a crisis.
These brain responses are easily triggered by today's political attention-getting personal attacks and crisis emotions, which are more prolonged than ever before, and with more repetition than ever before, in the 24/7 news cycle. They are certifiably featured in the relentless Super PAC attack ads. Some mentally ill people who struggle daily with bizarre and violent thoughts which they can barely keep in check cannot handle this intensity.
Yet, news reports indicate that the political conventions now upon us will actually increase the personal attacks, rather than increasing civility and reasoned debate. When our nation's leaders "target" each other, there is a risk that our most vulnerable people may decide to target someone they have come to hate, as well. We hope our nation's leaders will think twice about which behavior of theirs they want our nation to mirror-- blaming each other, or jointly and rationally discussing our nation's real problems.


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The White Pearl Hotel sits on the beautiful Venetian Harbor of Kyrenia. From its balconies and stunning rooftop terrace, you will enjoy some of the finest views in the whole of the Mediterranean. From sunrise to sunset, you will be absorbed by the wonderful panorama, featuring the crystal blue sea, the yachts and the fishing boats twinkling in the marina and the five finger mountain range behind.
The White Pearl is open all year round and is a small, family run hotel where guests are always treated as honored visitors by the helpful, friendly and always smiling English speaking staff. With its unbeatable ambiance the roof top bar and restaurant offers drinks and exotic Indian meals throughout the day and night, with the chance to enjoy the bustle of the harbor below and the breathtaking mountain and sea view, including the magnificent Kyrenia Castle just opposite the hotel, which is lighted up in gold in the evenings while you enjoy your food and drink on romantic summer nights.
There are ten rooms, all with en-suite, air conditioning, TV, telephone, mini bar, wireless internet, hair dryer and slippers for your comfort. The hotel lobby has a safety box where you can leave your valuables upon request. Rates are based on bed and breakfast. Lunch and evening meals are by arrangement. All major visa and master cards are accepted. Each room is named after a historic site of North Cyprus such as Salamis, Bellapais, Kantara, Buffavento and St. Hilarion. Seven of the rooms have a balcony with a sea and harbor view. From your balcony you can watch the historical castle and the carob warehouses that have been turned into lively little bars and restaurants. The shops, restaurants and castle are all within 2 or 3 minutes walking distance. The main bus depot and shuttle services are only 4 or 5 minutes walking distance away. Transfers from and to the airports can also be arranged.
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Packer yet to answer $3.3b question on Crown
By Colin Kruger
January 13, 2022 — 12.30pm
James Packer says he is encouraged by Blackstone's sweetened offer for Crown Resorts, but he is yet to answer the question that would deliver him a $3.26 billion pay day: Will he support it?
The Crown Resorts board, though, has sent a clear signal that the boosted offer from Blackstone should be to his liking and finally end the Packer family's 23-year association with the casino operator.
It still depends on Blackstone and Crown agreeing to terms on the private equity group's $13.10 per share offer announced on Thursday.
For Packer, it will finally untether his fortunes, a personal wealth estimated at $5.7 billion last year by the AFR's Rich List, from the casino operations which have bedevilled his professional and private life since Crown staff were arrested by Chinese authorities in 2016.
Packer's last remaining link with Crown will be the $72 million two-storey apartment he acquired last month atop the Sydney casino, Crown Barangaroo, that was built following a brutally successful campaign by the billionaire to win a casino licence.
James Packer at the height of his casino gamble, opening of the Melco Crown's Studio City complex in Macau with his then fiancee Mariah Carey. Credit:Bloomberg
The reason the board may have given the sweetened deal their blessing before there was any word from Packer, is the fact that it pips the $13 per share deal Packer agreed to with former Asian partner, Lawrence Ho's Melco Resorts in 2019.
The statement from Packer's private company CPH, did nothing to dissuade anyone of its potential support for the offer.
"CPH is encouraged by today's announcement and awaits further developments," it said this afternoon.
CPH and Packer have been here before. Melco acquired a 9.9 per cent stake, but the remainder of the deal was put on ice in August that year pending an investigation into whether it breached regulatory conditions and also looked into alleged criminal activity at Crown's Australian operations.
The inquiries imperilled the casino operator last year with the NSW and Victorian casino regulators deeming Crown unfit to hold a casino licence in either jurisdiction and threatening its core business.
Packer's support is crucial. He could easily kill the deal from the LA mansion he currently calls home by voting his 37 per cent stake against any transaction. But almost three years after he stepped down from the Crown board amid mental health issues, the billionaire's only signal has been that he is ready to sell.
His appearances at last year's inquiry and royal commission into Crown's Sydney and Melbourne operations showed the billionaire to be shadow of his former self and yet to recover his mental health.
James Packer will play kingmaker in the battle for Crown.
The $283 million Italian-built superyacht, from which he was grilled for both casino inquiries, is now for sale and the reclusive billionaire shows no signs of leaving his golden triangle of Los Angeles, Aspen, and Mexico mansion in Cabo San Lucas, for a return to Australia.
It is likely that the only thing that could upset Blackstone's bid for the casino operator is a fresh merger offer from the rival Star Entertainment Group which withdrew its $12 billion merger proposal last year citing the uncertainty over the growing regulatory risk at Crown from the inquiries.
"Crown remains willing to engage with The Star in relation to a potential merger on terms acceptable to both Crown and The Star," Crown said at the time.
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We are always trying to breathe new life into old things, constantly reinterpreting things in light of new events, trying to make sense and align historical events with the present, and this has been the inspiration for director Wilem Powell's reworking of the classic Shakespearean work, Macbeth. You can see the Drama Society's production of Macbeth from Fri 6th – Sun 8th March. Tickets can be purchased on the door or from the YUSU website. For more information, visit the Drama Society's website.
Q: How are you revamping Macbeth? A: It's been hard to explain and I've had to explain it to my cast so many times that I've started using mundane phrases but… Essentially in the historical context of this play, Shakespeare is writing while James I is king and in the aftermath of the gunpowder plot by Guy Fawkes and his conspirators, arguably Britain's first terrorist. One angle of looking at this period is as a reign of terror under James I for Catholics who were persecuted due to their religion. I think this is still contextually relevant to the modern day and our conception of terrorism. In this production, the two worlds collide. Set in the modern day in an unnamed anti-terror organisation, we have transposed the play whilst still keeping the key issues it flags up about terrorism and our attitude to it in society; the ambiguity and uncertainty of what to think. Take our lead Macbeth, who starts out as the hero enforcing Duncan's regime but eventually creates his own regime of terror. And even before that, the play starts out with a rebellion that needs quashing. How are we meant to feel about this? I want to probe the ambiguities that really lie with terrorism – it isn't just black and white.
Q: What did you do to understand the characters in light of a modern conception of terrorism? A: We looked at music, more specifically political hip-hope. We also wanted to explore motivation for murder so listened to accounts from murderers, as this is something Shakespeare never really explores and takes as a given. What we found was a big 'us and them' feeling needed to fuel the terrorism drive. A sound bit from an American soldier essentially said that the army needed racism as much as needed artillery and weapons to drive the war on terror. It needed to feed this idea of difference as justification for their actions.
Q: What adaptations have you made to convey your angle? A: I'm planning on having a TV on the stage and a camera looped to it, feeding a live image of the actors. It's this idea of our 'CCTV society', the oppression of surveillance but also the accountability that the actors have to the audience and the stage. But whether I'll be able to get this to work is another thing! The setting will seem alien but awkwardly relatable – that ambiguity of knowing something but not knowing it at the same time.
Q: What about costumes? A: I've got the witches in orange jumpsuits and black hoods, that image that has become so potently associated with terrorism. The rest of the cast will be mainly a 'suit and tie' look; the authority that is produces but anonymity as well, just another guy in the suit contrasts with the accountability of the TV screens as these are the unseen people, the unaccountable.
Q: This is known otherwise as the 'Scottish Play' – has this element managed to stay? A: We've only kept the names Scottish. Macbeth isn't hugely tied to Scotland for its plot so it makes it quite adaptable. Perhaps someone will use it for a concept about the Scottish referendum?
Q: Why do you care about this concept? A: I care about politics in general, be especially in plays. It shouldn't be shoved down out throats, but should stimulate us to question what we know. Islamaphobia and attitudes to terrorism are so homogenous therefore we need to question this as a society. If you go to a debate, someone already has a point of view but you don't generally enter a play with strong opinions, so you are more likely to take in everything and think about it in a more general sense. The idea came to me when I was talking to my mum and about my bonfire night plans, and I explained that I had strong aversion to what the night stood for. Ironically, it sparked the idea in my head that not much has really changed since the gunpowder plot – our unhealthy attitude to terrorism hasn't changed over time.
Q: Have you included the issue of Islamaphobia? A: Working with a very white cast made that element hard to incorporate and I would want to do it justice if I did. It'll be interesting to see the how the aesthetics of the white female actors playing the witches will work in the orange boiler suits. The angle is more about the narrow mindedness we have regarding terrorism than the globally political issue of Islamaphobia. Terrorism has become an issue rather than a consequence but we should look at it as a reaction to our global behaviour. Hatred creates hatred and terrorism behaves in the same way.
Q: Have there been any other plays about the war on terror that you looked at to help you? A: I looked at Osama the Hero by Dennis Kelly – I know, a pretty contentious title right? It looks more at the Islamaphobia branch of terrorism but still includes the social attitude that I'm trying to get at. I looked at Equivocation by Bill Cain too.
Q: What's that about? A: It's a hypothetical play set in the Jacobean times, in which the government at the time as Shakespeare to write a history about the gunpowder plot. Equivocation itself is a really interesting topic, I mean, Henry Garnet wrote a whole book about it.
Q: There doesn't seem to be many plays about terrorism, does there? A: No, it's probably because it's too sensitive an issue at the moment. You see it more in music and art – it's not a commercial subject but you seem to be able to get away with it more if you're underground.
Q: But being underground means that issue won't reach as many people. Do you think that Macbeth is a good vector for getting your message across? A: I suppose having the term 'terrorism' in the title might put people off coming to the play. It's a seduction really. I've said before that Macbeth's conservative nature makes it open to interpretation which gives you a lot of freedom. Hopefully my concept, masquerading behind Shakespeare, will get people in and be strong enough to get people questioning but subtle enough to not be preaching. Outreach is my main aim, to get people talking.
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We started to blog on this topic in August of 2007 after we realized that there is very little information on the topic of how ADHD affects marriages and partnership relationships. There are so many patterns that are related to the ADHD symptoms and how both spouses react to those symptoms, yet no real information available to help you find out what to look for in order to get past the negativity that often creeps into these relationships. In December of 2007 we added a discussion forum because it became clear from the comments that it would be helpful for people to be able to discuss their issues with others experiencing similar things. If you need to contact us about either the blog or the forum, please send an email to [email protected].


Former Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft has revealed he respects Ed Sheeran because he has earned his success through hard work and deserves his place at the top of the charts.
Richard Ashcroft respects Ed Sheeran because he has earned his success through hard work.
The former Verve frontman is always disappointed when he hears or reads criticism directed at his fellow singer/songwriter because Ed, 27, is an artist who has made it to the top charts on his own terms just like him and other acts like Oasis.
However, Richard is not a fan of all his songs, especially his 2017 single 'Galway Girl'.
In an interview with The Sun newspaper, the 'Lucky Man' hitmaker said: "Ed Sheeran, I don't like the fact he gets a lot of stick. I like the fact he works hard, and God knows how much money he pays to the tax man each year. He might have overstepped the mark with that Irish tune but success is not worth hanging and trying someone for. Success is hard to come by. The success where you have worked damn hard and are doing your own thing and suddenly, the mainstream get to hear it and it all comes together."
Richard - who has just released his fifth solo album 'Natural Rebel' - thinks Ed gets a similar response from his fans when he walks on stage that he and his friend Liam Gallagher do, because they know they're playing real music.
He added: "Touring places I've never played before and making Natural Rebel has energised me and that's why I'm buzzing now. I saw footage of me leaving the stage in Mexico and there were fans screaming like it was Eddie Cochran in the 1950s. It made me think, 'What happened to all the icons?' Who would go through this situation like a bull in a china shop? Or take a left turn when everyone is going right? So that is what I'm into. In the end, that is what everyone is going to be hungering for - a bit of originality and uniqueness to a person or an act. Everyone is so tame nowadays. They want to be rich and famous. You've got an amazing ar*e and suddenly you are on the front of everything! I'm talking about the feeling that comes with performing real music, walking on and walking off with the crowd not knowing what you're going to do."
Richard supported former Oasis singer Liam, 45, on his 'As You Were' solo tour of North America and at his mammoth UK concerts this summer at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester and Finsbury Park in London.
The pair's friendship began back in the 90s when Oasis and The Verve toured together and he insists their popularity endures to this decade because they represent the "real rock and roll" spirit.
He said: "People believe in proper live gigs and me and Liam have lived it, so fans respect us for that. We grafted and sweated and took s**t but we carried on. We both have a mutual, symbiotic relationship with our crowds. They know it's time for real rock and roll."


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The appartement vas very nice with a lovely balcony, the neighbourhood was allso in a calm area with atms, supermarkets and fruitmarket. Check in & check out was allso very smooth.
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Únicamente la vecina de arriba, todo el día con los tacones desde muy temprano, supone un mínimo \"pero\" a nuestra estancia.
The apartment is located in an excellent area. Neighborhood is quiet, friendly and lots of opportunities for entertainment and amusement. Flat has a reasonable confort.
A very Nice and welcoming neighbourhood. Eduardo which gave us the key was very friendly and helpful though he Was very busy taking Care of many apartments at the same time. A pleasent stay i Barcelona and We would be happy to stay in the same apartment again.
Thank you Greg for the experience to stay in a unique place like yours in Barcelona. It's a place with an architectural aspect of the area and next to metro station.
hello greg. i will thank you all for the appartment! we had a graet time. we didnt have any problems. we were happy with it! i hope to come again another day:) yours faithfuly!
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The central heating stopped working and it took the technician less than two hours to fix it, he came right away after our phone call. No complains about it. You were very polite and punctual. Thanks.
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As far as our apartment is concerned, we were very pleased because of it being so tidy. Every item was as arranged as we had seen in the pictures. You are so reliable. Gracias.
The truth is I booked through Sh Barcelona, because I liked the aspect of the apartments shown on their website and because the booking process was as easy as pie.


The idea behind this meditation is to get to know your own religious archetypes and then create peace between them. Thus enabling you to live in inner religious harmony. Once you are in inner peace, you will be able to project this inner peace all around, bringing peace to the world outside of you as well.
Go to your favorite meditation place, sit down and relax your body and your thoughts.
Allow your mind to quiet down and breathe all the day's worries out of you. R e l a x.
Once you are in a relaxed state, go deeper into yourself: allow you heart to take you into it self, until you find yourself in the inner temple inside your heart. Ask the spirit of God to join you in your inner home. Surrender to God. Let him/her take care of you. R E L A X and E N J O Y yourself!
Send love to yourself and then receive it from yourself. Allow a bubble of love to be created around you. Feel this love and surrender to it. En joy. Inner joy.
Call the inner religious self. (for example, if you are a Christian, then call the inner Christian. If you're Muslim then call upon the inner Muslim, etc.) Let's assume you are a Christian and you want to make peace with the rest of the religions around you.
Call upon your inner Christian and let your heart connect you to him/her.
Ask the inner Christian to join you inside your inner home, your inner temple.
Ask the inner Christian: How are you? What do you need to be happy and to live a joyful life?
Let the inner Christian meet the spirit of God inside your inner home. Ask and allow God to supply the inner Christian with all his/her needs. Thank God for his/her help.
Let all the inner religious archetypes, enter your inner home and let them all meet the spirit of God in you.
Once they have all met God, ask them all to allow God to provide them with everything they need.
Allow the inner Christian to meet with the inner Muslim.
Ask the inner Christian: "What do you need from the inner Muslim so you that you two can live in peace and harmony?" Than ask the inner Muslim to provide those needs to the inner Christian.
Now change the roles: Ask the inner Muslim: "What do you need from the inner Christian, in order to live in peace with him?" Now ask the inner Christian to provide the inner Muslim with his needs as well. Now that they both have their needs fulfilled, ask them to make inner peace between themselves. Ask them to open their hearts to one another with love, understanding and respect. After all, we are all one… 😉 You can now let the inner Muslim and inner Christian become one.
Now repeat the process with the rest of the them until all the inner religious archetypes know each other and are in peace with one another… ..Until they are all one.
Great! Allah / Elohim / God / Vishnu is great!


• The Toll Highway Authority did not have sufficient control over the financial reporting process.
• The Toll Highway Authority did not adequately document its reasons for granting settlements to certain toll violators.
• The Toll Highway Authority is not enforcing the requirements that vendors provide certain certifications to the Tollway.
• The Tollway was not able to provide auditors with a detailed accounts receivable aging for its toll evasion receivable account.
• The toll evasion accounts receivable detail provided did not agree to the amount recorded in the financial statements as of year-end. The reconciliation provided shows the gross receivable per the general ledger is overstated by approximately $2.6 million when compared to the subsidiary ledger (Rite System).
• The Tollway improperly accounted for two intergovernmental agreements (IGA). The Tollway did not record long term IGA receivables for approximately $24 million, related to projects with IDOT and a County, which will be funded by these other governments in future years. Additionally, the Tollway improperly capitalized the cost of these projects as infrastructure, even though they were for infrastructure that will be owned by the other governments. For the financial statements, $21 million of these adjustments was recorded and the remaining $3 million was deemed immaterial and not recorded. (Finding 1, Pages 10-11) This finding was first reported in 2005.
We recommended that the Tollway obtain an accounts receivable aging report from the Rite System. The report should be reconciled to the general ledger on a periodic basis, preferably monthly. Any adjustments identified as a result of the reconciliation should be recorded in a timely fashion. Additionally, the Tollway should develop policies and procedures to obtain and review all intergovernmental agreements and ensure the accounting for those agreements is proper.
The Tollway is not adequately documenting its reasons for granting settlements to certain toll violators.
In order to be considered for relief under the hardship program, the violator (respondent) must contact the Tollway and complete a hardship application form. This form is then reviewed and processed by the Tollway's Legal and Business Systems department. The Tollway has established an informal policy requiring Board approval of receivable write-offs that exceed $1,000.
• 25 out of 25 hardship files tested (100%), did not adequately document the reason it was in the best interest of the Authority to settle for less than the full amount, taking into consideration items (1) through (5) noted above.
• Out of 25 files sampled, 18 contained settlements that were $1,000 or more below the toll and fine (pre-escalation) amount. None of these 18 cases were provided to the Board for their review.
We recommended that the Tollway update its hardship procedure to require documentation in each file explaining the conclusions reached for granting a hardship settlement amount. Further, we recommended that the Tollway adopt a formal write-off policy that addresses all types of debt forgiveness, including settlements.
Tollway officials stated that they will modify its existing procedures and documentation to provide for a summary of its application of the statutory factors to the facts of each case. The Tollway also stated that they will formalize and consolidate its various debt forgiveness policies.
The Tollway is not requiring vendors to provide certain certifications in accordance with State law.
We recommended that the Tollway either enforce vendor compliance with the statute or seek legislative remedy that rescinds the requirement to have the statement included on all invoices.
Tollway officials stated that Procurement has developed a new process to require vendors to submit this certification with their invoices.
Our auditors stated the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority's financial statements as of December 31, 2009 and for the year then ended were presented fairly in all material respects.
In addition to developing policies we will continue to pursue a standard fully integrated general ledger system.


There is s till time to register for the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Forum "Meet me at the Corner" scheduled for Wednesday, April 4th at the Grand Lodge Waterpark Resort in Rothschild, WI.
So far, over 50 attendees have registered to participate in this "free" one-day event to learn about the Public Land Survey System, legal descriptions, tie sheets, coordinate systems, and hear a panel discussion on standards and best practices for PLSS data collection. This forum also includes a field trip where attendees will walk a few blocks to a PLSS corner and use surveying equipment to take measurements.
The forum will be hosted by the State Cartographer's Office and the PLSS Workgroup.
Please feel free to contact either Howard Veregin (veregin@wisc.edu) or Brenda Hemstead (hemstead@wisc.edu) if you have any questions.


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Feminism with Chinese Characteristics
Do Chinese Women Hold Up Half the Sky?
By Alexandra Z.
I would imagine a fair amount of those who are reading this to have rolled their eyes upon seeing that notorious word that starts with an 'F' and ends with 'eminism' in the title: the recent wave of feminism seems to have overwhelmed us with so many campaigns and initiatives that, just like with many concepts in their extreme forms, it has lost some of its value. However, the social change it strives to bring to the world is undoubtedly long overdue. From the Nordic countries to Latin America, state governments have been adopting different strategies to combat gender inequality, and, unsurprisingly, China seems to have come up with its very own approach to this problem.
The History of Feminism in China
From a historical perspective, modern feminism in China was mainly brought along by the revolutionary 1950s. After thousands of years of women having an inferior status in society, a fact that was reinforced by feudalism and traditional Confucianist values, the Maoist era turned out to be a milestone in China's feminist history. Political slogans like "Women Hold Up Half the Sky" reflected the desire to challenge the traditional patriarchal mindset of people. Indeed, not only was an unprecedented number of females mobilized into paid employment, but also, due to the so-called 'cadre management system', they could aspire to be involved in the political life of Maoist China. And while women were rarely appointed to high positions in the governmental hierarchy and their political participation was restricted to the role of 'revolutionary youth', these developments were also a step in the right direction. However, the most significant change came along in the private sphere with the introduction of the new Marriage Law in 1950, which prohibited concubinage, formally allowed women a free choice in marriage, the right to divorce and awarded them custody of their children, as well as improving their inheritance rights. In addition, some efforts were made to increase female literacy, which previously had been alarmingly low compared to their male counterparts.
Interestingly enough, although the 'trend' for female liberation had been put into motion, certain ambiguities remained in the post-Mao era. On the one hand, globalization and the growing exposure towards 'Western' values and attitudes could not go unnoticed. However, the reforms and 'opening-up' have also sparkled a reverse process: since the government has largely retracted from the private sphere during the privatization and industrialization efforts, the traditional patriarchal family values resurrected. The culmination of such processes was the widespread manifestation of the so-called Son Preference, especially after the introduction of the one-child policy. In rural areas, the preference for sons stemmed from the hard labor required to sustain their agricultural-based lifestyle. In cities, it was widely believed that sons would be more capable to provide for their elderly parents, as women were also legally disadvantaged in the labor market. Maltreatment of young girls, underreporting of female births and infanticide have been some of the devastating consequences of the preference of a son. It is particularly striking that women themselves seem to have been the facilitators of such preferences by acting as advocates for the patriarchal family.
The implementation of the one-child policy per se was an important indicator of the role of women in Chinese society. Women's bodies – and indeed, the policy mainly affected women (male contraception did not receive enough promotion or popularity)— became an object of tight control by the state in order to achieve government-set population goals. Digging a little deeper, the women liberation campaign during the Maoist period was to a large extent implemented in order to reach their ambitious economic goals. Gender equality was prescribed by the government—a government exclusively made up of men.
Has anything changed?
As we look around in the glorious city of Shanghai, we see an outstanding number of successful, well-educated women working for Fortune 500 companies, creating their own businesses, and generally speaking, who are striving as hard as men towards self-realization in various spheres. Indeed, China has the biggest number of self-made women-billionaires in the world(The Hurun Report, 2016). While attitudes towards gender roles in China is a whole separate topic, it is worth to take a look at the official discourse in the country.
Only just a quarter of the Chinese Communist Party's about 89.4 million members are women. As we move up the political ladder, the number of women drastically decreases. The twenty-five-member Politburo currently only has one female – Sun Chunlan. Furthermore, the seven-member Standing Committee of the Politburo has never had a female representative. Strong gender stereotypes and a man-oriented political culture make it hard for women to break the political glass ceiling.
However, despite weak female representation in upper-level politics, the Chinese Communist Party has recently been bringing gender equality back to its political agenda. In 2015 China, pledged to donate 10 million US dollars to UN Women in order to assist other developing countries to build 100 health projects for women and children. Domestically, considerable efforts were made to improve the legislation on women's rights. These have already produced success stories, such as when the first workplace gender discrimination case was won in China in 2014. And the Anti-Domestic Violence Law of the People's Republic of China took effect on 1 March 2016.
These and many other advances for women represent the government's concern with gender discrimination in the country, and yet there seems to be a certain inconsistency in governmental attitudes. One of the two government-controlled Women's rights organizations, All-Women's Federation is often criticized for being used as a tool for social control and to the promotion of population planning policy. An infamous example would be the stigmatizing article posted by the Foundation about the 'leftover women' (sheng nü) – as they defined the unmarried women over the age of 27. Another sad example would be the Feminist Five case – a group of by that time quite well-known feminists, who were arrested and detained in prison in 2015 because they had planned to give out stickers in Beijing subway on the eve of International Women's Day in order to raise awareness about sexual harassment on public transport. Needless to mention the removal of the #metoo campaign posts or a very recent deletion of any posts related to Feminist Voices organization, including their page on Weibo.
All of this conflicting evidence proves that in China Feminism seems to have its very own characteristics. For one thing, gender inequality is combatted in a very top-down manner, meaning that feminism is encouraged when it is promoted by the government, but not when it comes from social activism.
Up until now, "state power and policies have been the creators not the creations of the transformed", but with a growing number of educated women, stronger anti-discrimination legislation and the profusion of international gender-equality awareness campaigns, there is hope for improvement in the nearest future.
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Experimental singer-songwriter
the ig
sometimes it happens the other way round
Saw this new documentary on Sinead O'Connor and it occurred to me she might fit this category - not so much for any sonic weirdness (for the most part the backing is that sort of attractive AOR type music, in the mode of Margaret O'Hara or even Tasmin Archer) but for that whooping war cry thing she does with her voice, and the extreme emotional catharsis, which can get quite harrowed.
maxi said:
Love this era of James Ferraro. You're right, I'd never particularly thought about him as singer-songwriter, but he does do things which are in that vein every now and then. This one soundtracked a particularly bleak hot summer when I'd just moved to NYC. A lot in common with singer-songwriter land, almost a chopped n screwed version of it.
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the ig said:
I don't know 70s folk land very well but to my mind the thing that Neil Young did well in that period was pushing the limits of that folk structure. Might be wrong but I don't know if there was much else that sounded like On The Beach (the song) in 1975. Apart from slowing things down and playing quite loose, his voice is shitty unpleasant reedy enough to qualify as an experiment for the time.
A different kind of experiment, but mount eerie, who for me is generally boring, pushed the singer-songwriter 'singing your emotions' thing to a limit by making an album dealing very explicitly and without any artiface or cover with the recent death of his wife. It's unsurprisingly a sad thing to listen to and I do wonder a bit about how he feels now about having put it out got the world to see. But while I don't get much out of it now on a relisten, at the time it felt like a very pure thing. The disappointment with singer-songwriter stuff is that in the end its often hollow and fake; the promise is a kind of emotional intimacy but generally it feels like a simulation of that. The experiment with that mount eerie album is that there's no attempt to dress up the sadness as something profound, the pain is unmediated.
Yeah love that one too. I wish he'd start singing again. It seemed like for a while the next album would be a take on middle america in the same way the other two albums approached NYC and LA, but that might be lost now. I dreamed of a return to the plastic cowboy last american hero sound but with added autotune crooning
Yeah love that one too. I wish he'd start singing again. It seemed like for a while the next album would be a take on middle america in the same way the other two albums approached NYC and LA, but that might be lost now. I dreamed of a return to the plastic cowboy last american hero sound but added autotune crooning
yeah. it was only those two, the skid row one and the nyc 3am one, that i ever got into. the singing was key for me. although i never went back into the discography before that i think.
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wow that is bang on the concept - electro-blues
Todd is totally singer-songwritery especially when he does those gloopy ballads but also does all the wacked out psychedelia-never-ended doing-it-ALL-myself maximalist ultra-layered sonic overload