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Fire Your Team, Mr. President
A White House shake-up can't stop with a sacrificial lamb. Obama needs to change the people around him to change how he governs.
By Ron Fournier and National Journal
Obama: Numbers are bleak. (National Journal)
President Obama needs to fire himself. Not literally, of course, but practically: He needs to shake up his team so thoroughly that the new blood imposes change on how he manages the federal bureaucracy and leads.
A series of self-inflicted wounds during his fifth year in office, capped by the botched launch of the Affordable Care Act, have Americans questioning the president's competence and credibility. History suggests that second-term presidents rarely recover after their approval ratings fall as much as Obama's have this year.
History also suggests that there are two types of White House shake-ups. The first is mostly cosmetic and is aimed at sending a signal that the president is serious. He fires somebody, anybody, as a sacrificial lamb. The second is deep cleansing--that rare occasion when a president rebuilds his team to change himself.
The latter is what Obama must do.
Bill Clinton effectively fired himself after voters repudiated his presidency in the 1994 midterm elections, giving Republicans control of Congress for the first time in decades. He asked his budget director, Leon Panetta, what went wrong. You and your White House lack discipline, Panetta replied.
Clinton fired his chief of staff, childhood pal Mack McLarty, and replaced him with Panetta, who imposed order upon White House officials and the president they served. At separate times, Clinton also hired Republicans David Gergen and Dick Morris to help change his approach to governing and campaigning.
Ronald Reagan's second term was mired in the Iran-Contra scandal when he fired Chief of Staff Donald Regan, who was accused by fellow Republicans of creating a White House so insular that it was called an imperial presidency. His replacement was Howard Baker, who encouraged the president to listen to critics and be more engaged. "I think Reagan fundamentally knew the importance of reaching out and that he'd become cloistered in the years of Don Regan," said Ken Duberstein, who came in with Baker and later replaced him as chief of staff.
Both Clinton and Reagan rebounded from their nadirs. While time is precious, Obama can still recover from this lowest point in his presidency, but only if he changes himself along with his staff.
"It's not enough for Obama to say 'mistakes were made,' " said John Baick, a professor of American history at Western New England University in Springfield, Mass. "He needs to say, 'I'm the one making the mistakes; I've created a system that doesn't allow negative stuff to flow up. I'm changing me.' "
Bob McGowan, a professor of business-government relations and corporate strategy at the University of Denver, said Obama should look to Hewlett-Packard and GE as examples of how an institution can change its culture by changing its structure. "You don't want take a chainsaw and start hacking people right and left, but the time is running out of the hour glass," McGowan said. "If he's going to do something, he has to start soon."
Duberstein agreed. "There comes a time in every administration where people are worn out and tired and need new energy, and Obama must take advantage of the opportunity, not as much in the sense of firing somebody, but in the sense of bringing fresh air into the White House."
The Affordable Care Act fiasco underscores the need for a significant overhaul. Despite three years to prepare, the HealthCare.gov website didn't work upon launch, and the president misled millions of Americans by promising during his reelection campaign that they could keep their insurance plans and their doctors. As The New York Times reported Sunday, the story of how Obama's team responded to the failures "reveals an insular White House that did not initially appreciate the magnitude of its self-inflicted wounds, and sought help from trusted insiders as it scrambled to protect Mr. Obama's image."
That description is a damning indictment that could be applied broadly to the Obama years. For all his strengths, Obama is a private, almost cloistered, politician surrounded by fawning aides who don't understand why anybody would object to his policies; thus they are often caught flat-footed by critics. They often put political tactics ahead of governing, protecting the president's image with narrow-minded zeal.
Obama himself has no patience for the nitty-gritty of politics and governance, which means he's both loath to build bipartisan relationships outside the White House and unlikely to directly manage a project, even one as important as Obamacare.
"I think it's terribly mismanaged," former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said of the health care law. A Democrat who supports Obama, Rendell said on MSNBC's Morning Joe that had he been president, the website would have been tested repeatedly before launching "and the tests would have been done in front of me."
That's not Obama's style. So he needs to hire people who will help him empathize with his critics, build significant relationships, and oversee a sprawling bureaucracy that is critical to the future of the Democratic Party. He needs a ruthless management team that will force him to be engaged.
Obama could turn to veteran Democrats with enough independence and courage to tell him flatly when he's wrong. People like former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, former Sen. and longtime Kennedy aide Paul Kirk and Rendell. He could be true to his 2008 promise and go bipartisan with moderate Republicans like Colin Powell or Gergen.
Or he could shred the insularity shroud by hiring somebody outside of politics, perhaps a business leader. "Rather than bring in somebody who teaches at the Kennedy School," Baick said, "bring in somebody who would teach at Wharton."
Some of Obama's closest advisers suggest heads will roll. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius didn't help herself by accusing White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough of micromanaging the rollout. According to The Times, she mocked his "countdown calendar."
"I think they're going to have to hold somebody accountable for the botched rollout and the website not working--somebody at HHS or a group of people," former Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs said last month. "I think if this were to happen in the private sector, somebody would have probably already lost their job, and I think the only way to restore ultimate confidence in going forward is to make sure that whoever was in charge of this isn't in charge of the long-term health care plan."
Whoever was in charge. No doubt Sebelius, McDonough, and others must answer to the president, but only one person answers to the public. Obama must change more than his staff. He must transform himself.
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Steven Morris from Kearney eFree Church in Kearney, NE brings us this combination of weave and light beams.
This design was used over the Christmas season. They wanted something new and engaging for their Christmas season. Something they have also wanted was to create levels for the band. They budget was about $1000 on this project.
On top of the platform, they rented (4) Studio Spot 575 CYM Zooms. This setup was for their college service and the Christmas concerts the Worship Arts team puts on each year. For their normal Sunday morning services, they built (3) simple Coroplast panels with the Coroplast alternating bent directions. They took the 4 LEDs from behind the riser and moved it to behind those, which were sitting right in front of the riser and lit them that way. Then the 3 normal lights still shot through the riser holes to create a dot pattern on the Coroplast.
Great design! I am hoping to construct a similar piece for our church's bottom platform using the coroplast weave design. Do you have any specifications on what you all used to construct the weaved coroplast? For example, what was used to support each piece of coroplast? Is the coroplst mounted to the rods? Etc. Thanks in advance!


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A Plague Tale: Innocence sales top one million
May 2019-released action adventure title achieves sales milestone.
Jul 1 2020 / 7:34 AM EST
Total sales for A Plague Tale: Innocence have surpassed one million units worldwide, publisher Focus Home Interactive and developer Asobo Studio announced.
"The entire team at Asobo Studio is extremely proud of the path A Plague Tale: Innocence has taken in one year with Focus Home Interactive by our side," said Asobo Studio chief creative officer and co-founder David Dedeine in a press release. "Every day more and more players are discovering the story of Amicia and Hugo, which is for us the greatest source of motivation. We can't wait to bring other adventures and strong emotional experiences!"
Focus Home Interactive chief operating officer John Bert added, "It's a testament to the talent of both our teams that we have achieved this important milestone. It has always been a great pleasure to work with the team at Asobo Studio, and we are proud to continue our partnership with another ambitious upcoming title. These brilliant results only strengthen our resolve to keep working with such talented partners to deliver the most unique and exciting games on the market."
A Plague Tale: Innocence first launched for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam in May 2019.
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history. Hunted by Inquisition soldiers and surrounded by unstoppable swarms of rats, Amicia and Hugo will come to know and trust each other. As they struggle to survive against overwhelming odds, they will fight to find purpose in this brutal, unforgiving world.
1349. The plague ravages the Kingdom of France. Amicia and her younger brother Hugo are pursued by the Inquisition through villages devastated by the disease. On their way, they will have to join forces with other children, and evade swarms of rats using fire and light. Aided only by the link that binds their fates together, they will face untold horrors in their struggle to survive.As their adventure begins… the time of innocence ends.
Focus Entertainment
Asobo Studio

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The National Surveillance Team in the Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects electronic data from all state and regional public health laboratories on human infections caused by Campylobacter, Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, and Shigella in LEDS. These data inform annual estimates of the burden of illness, assessments of patterns in bacterial subtypes, and can be used to describe trends in incidence.
This presentation covers how the shiny package can complement traditional surveillance reporting through online, interactive applications. Kelley demonstrates a shiny application Cook County is currently using to share influenza data and walks through the steps she took to make the application and lessons learned. She reviews portions of the code available on Github here: https://github.com/kb230557/Flu_Shiny_App.


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We will "Rise Up & Represent" the South Asian legal community in Atlanta during our 16th Annual Conference! We've got Georgia on Our Minds and Georgia has #sabaonmymind. The busiest airport in the world is ready to welcome SABA back to the Peach State (and Peachtree St.) June 20 - June 23, 2019. Early bird rates expire April 1.
This is the one time of year to meet with hundreds of South Asian attorneys in a professional, yet casual atmosphere. You can strengthen your community ties or create new ones while advancing your career knowledge through CLEs and interacting with others in your field. From the Welcome Reception to the Gala to the panels and networking events in between, the SABA North America Conference is the best place to mix and mingle, learn and share, with the best of the South Asian legal community.


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Spain terror attacks: 13 killed and 100 injured – as it happened
Five terror suspects shot dead in Cambrils, while earlier explosion at house in Alcanar is also linked to Las Ramblas attack
Barcelona and Cambrils attacks: live coverage continues here
Analysis: attack provides harsh lessons in fight against terror
Full report: van hits crowd in city centre
Aftermath of attack on Las Ramblas – in pictures
If you've been affected, you can share your experiences with us
How the Spanish terror attacks unfolded
Claire Phipps (now), and Alexandra Topping and Nicola Slawson (earlier)
Fri 18 Aug 2017 00.39 EDT First published on Thu 17 Aug 2017 11.58 EDT
12.34am EDT 00:34 What we know so far
11.22pm EDT 23:22 Cambrils was second terrorist attack
10.15pm EDT 22:15 What we know about those killed and injured
9.59pm EDT 21:59 Fifth suspect shot by police has died
9.25pm EDT 21:25 Six civilians, one police officer, injured in Cambrils
9.15pm EDT 21:15 Barcelona, Cambrils, Alcanar linked, police say
8.28pm EDT 20:28 Four suspects killed, one injured
12.39am EDT 00:39
This live blog is now closed; you can continue to follow the latest updates on our new live blog:
Barcelona attack: five suspects killed in Cambrils in second terrorist attack – latest updates
What we know so far
Claire Phipps
A second terror attack has taken place in Cambrils, a coastal town around 120km from Barcelona. Six bystanders and one police officer were injured – two seriously – when they were reportedly deliberately hit by a car.
Police officers then shot dead five suspects, some of whom were wearing what appeared to be explosive belts.
Authorities say the attack is linked to the terrorist assault on Barcelona earlier on Thursday, when a man drove a van into pedestrians in Las Ramblas, killing 13 people and injuring 100 more.
The driver escaped the scene and a police manhunt for him continues.
Two suspects whom police believe to be linked to the Barcelona attack are in custody, although neither is the driver. One is Driss Oukabir, originally named as the suspect, although he is reported to have told police that his identity documents were stolen before they were used to rent the van.
Officials are also linking the two attacks to an earlier explosion that destroyed a house in Alcanar, killing one person and wounding at least one more. Police now say they believe explosives were being prepared at the property.
Alcanar is around 200km (124 miles) from Barcelona and 90km (56 miles) from Cambrils.
A second van that was believed to have been used as a getaway vehicle for the Barcelona attacker was found abandoned in Vic, 80km away.
Isis has claimed responsibility for the attack in Las Ramblas, but this could not be verified.
The Catalan regional government has now said that citizens from 24 countries were among the people killed and injured during the Barcelona van attack.
11.54pm EDT 23:54
Although police have said they believe the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils to be linked, it is not clear if the man who drove the van that killed 13 people in Las Ramblas was among the suspects shot by police in the coastal town some hours later.
It is understood that for now the manhunt continues.
Neither of the two men detained by police were the driver, authorities have said.
Eyewitness accounts from Cambrils report "many gunshots" as police killed five people who had used a car to mow down pedestrians.
Markel Artabe, a 20-year-old restaurant worker, said he was on the promenade and saw someone lying on the ground "with a gunshot in the head".
Joan Marc Serra Salinas, a 21-year-old waiter, said he heard gunshots "and shouting. And more shouting. I jumped on to the beach and didn't move."
Police officers patrol the streets in Cambrils. Photograph: Jaume Sellart/EPA
Cambrils was second terrorist attack
There was another terrorist attack in Cambrils before five suspects were shot dead, authorities have confirmed.
A spokesman for the regional government of Catalonia said:
The alleged terrorists were in an Audi A3 and apparently knocked down several people before coming across a police patrol and a shoot-out ensued.
Seven people, including one police officer, were injured. The officer's injuries are not life-threatening but one other person is critically injured and another seriously.
Five dead after gunfire erupts on the streets in the Spanish city Cambrils
The five suspects were in an Audi A3 car, which was driven deliberately into pedestrians on the seafront in Cambrils on Thursday evening.
Police said some of the attackers were wearing what looked like explosive belts, adding that they were "working on the hypothesis that the terrorists shot dead in Cambrils could be linked to what happened in Barcelona".
Updated at 12.29am EDT
Police have said the five suspects killed in Cambrils were carrying explosive belts and had run over civilians with a car, Associated Press is now reporting.
Two arrests were made on Thursday in connection with the attack in Barcelona and the house explosion in Alcanar. One was arrested in Alcanar and the other, named as Driss Oukabir, in the northern Catalan town of Ripoll.
Police commissioner Josep Lluis Trapero said neither of the two men are suspected of driving the van in Las Ramblas, and officers were earlier searching for the suspect.
It is not clear if that search is ongoing following the deaths of five suspects in Cambrils.
Two arrested as Spanish police link van attack with Alcanar explosion
What happened in Cambrils before police shot and killed five terror suspects is still unclear.
Officials have given little information beyond the fact that the five alleged perpetrators were killed; and that six bystanders were injured along with one police officer. The officer is lightly hurt, but one of the six is critically ill and another seriously wounded.
Other reports from the scene – as yet not confirmed – suggest some of the suspects drove a car, possibly an Audi, at pedestrians, causing the injuries.
The location of bodies pictured at the scene suggest the suspects were not in the car when they were shot by police.
There are also unverified reports that the suspects were wearing explosive belts. Police said a specialist bomb disposal team was investigating this.
Some images from Cambrils show police officers inspecting a car in the town, after five suspects were shot.
Spanish media reports have said a vehicle might have been used to run down bystanders in the town. Police have said six people were injured but have given no further details.
Officers inspect a car close to Paseo Maritimo in Cambrils . Photograph: Jaume Sellart/EPA
Photograph: Jaume Sellart/EPA
A British man, Fitzroy Davis, witnessed the shooting of one of the suspects as he celebrated a night out with friends in Cambrils. One of his friends was injured by shrapnel during the incident.
He told the BBC:
We were sitting at the bar and these girls ran in and some people started running past us. One of our friends looked down the street and he says: 'Run.'
The next thing is we see this guy coming running at us and someone shouted: 'Call the police, call the police.'
He was running away at first then he turned round and he came running back up the street and he stopped and that is when the police car came and then they were shouting at him.
And then he was walking around in a circle and then they shot him.
He fell to the ground and he came back up and he stepped over the fence and he was smiling at them. And he came walking to the police and he was taunting them sort of thing, and they shot him again.
And that was it and then he went down.
What we know about those killed and injured
13 people are confirmed to have died after a van was driven into pedestrians in Las Ramblas.
Around 100 people were injured, at least 15 of them seriously.
Two men have been arrested – including Driss Oukabir, who was initially suspected of being the driver – but police have now said neither man was behind the wheel. They remain in custody.
Police shot dead four suspects in the coastal town, around 120kms from Barcelona. A fifth, who was injured and arrested, has since died.
Six bystanders were wounded, one critically and another seriously, in what authorities said was a possible terror attack. Reports suggested a vehicle was driven at pedestrians in an echo of the Barcelona attack, but this has not been confirmed.
A police officer was also lightly injured in the counter-terror operation.
One person was killed and at least one other wounded in an explosion that destroyed a house in Alcanar, around 200km from Barcelona and 90km from Cambrils,
The cause was initially thought to be a gas leak but police now say they are linking it to the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils.
Updated at 10.25pm EDT
9.59pm EDT 21:59
Fifth suspect shot by police has died
Catalan police say the suspect who was injured and arrested in Cambrils has now died.
In New York, the spire of One World Trade Center has been lit red and yellow tonight in solidarity with the people of Barcelona:
One World Trade Center spire lit with the colours of the Spanish flag. Photograph: Andrew Gombert/EPA
The Eiffel Tower earlier went dark in tribute to the victims:
La tour Eiffel (@LaTourEiffel)
Tonight, from 12:45 am, I will turn my lights off to pay tribute to the victims of the Barcelona attack. #EiffelTower pic.twitter.com/NVtVgAQmE8
The health department has said that one of the six bystanders injured in Cambrils is in a critical condition.
Spanish media including El País are reporting that a group of assailants in the town ran over several people in an echo of the day's earlier attack in Barcelona. This has not been confirmed by authorities. However, police have said that six civilians and one police officer were injured.
That's in addition to the four suspects shot dead and one arrested.
Updated at 9.44pm EDT
Police also say they are about to conduct "several controlled explosions" in Cambrils and ask people in the town not to be alarmed.
Mossos (@mossos)
In few minutes we are going to make several controlled explosions in #Cambrils. If you hear detonations DO NOT be alarmed, are controlled!
Six civilians, one police officer, injured in Cambrils
Catalan police have just confirmed that – as well as the four suspects shot dead, and a fifth who was wounded and arrested – six bystanders and one police officer were injured during the operation in Cambrils.
Two are seriously injured. The officer was slightly hurt.
It's not clear how they were injured.
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HomeFootballJa'Marr Chase earns Biletnikoff Award finalist spot
Ja'Marr Chase earns Biletnikoff Award finalist spot
November 26, 2019 Tyler Nunez Football 0
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LSU sophomore wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase entered the season with high expectations, and he hasn't disappointed.
The 20-year-old receiver broke the LSU record for touchdown passes in the Tigers' 10th game of the season, he leads the Tigers in receiving yards with 1,260 and now he's a finalist for the most prestigious award at his position: the Biletnikoff Award.
"I had that as a goal of mine since the summer," Chase said after the announcement. "I came into the season thinking I wanted to accomplish something like that. It means a lot to me that I got this far."
The award — voted on by acknowledges college football's most outstanding pass-catcher, and previous winners include Randy Moss, Larry Fitzgerald and LSU's own Josh Reed.
Chase has 63 catches for 1,260 yards and 15 catches on the season, tallying 126 yards per game and an absurd 20 yards per catch.
Other finalists include Oklahoma's CeeDee Lamb (46 receptions, 999 yards, 14 touchdowns through 10 games) and USC's Michael Pittman Jr. (95 receptions, 1,222 yards, 11 touchdowns through 12 games.
Chase has exploded as one of a profound trio of receivers that includes himself, Justin Jefferson and Terrace Marshall.
Chase and Jefferson make up the first duo of receivers to receive for more than 1,000 yards in a single season at LSU since Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry accomplished that feat in 2013, and they're only the third duo to do it in the history of the Southeastern Conference.
While Marshall won't make it to 1,000 yards, he's been a serious threat for quarterback Joe Burrow in the red zone this season as he's reeled in 8 touchdown passes.
The Biletnikoff Award winner will be announced on Friday, Dec. 12, at ESPN's annual College Football Awards Show.
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Tyler Nunez is a former Assistant Editor of Tiger Rag. He covered LSU football and basketball and was a graduate of the LSU Manship School of Journalism.
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The East High School Challenge cross country meet at Elmwood Golf Course on Saturday will include a citizens' event as an Eagles' fundraiser.
East coach Mark Gonzales said the open run over the 5K Elmwood short nine course will begin at approximately 11:30 a.m. and costs $20. Participants will receive a T-shirt.
The morning-long event begins with a coed middle school run at 8:30 a.m., followed by varsity high school boys at 9 a.m. and girls at 9:30 a.m. Junior varsity boys and girls also will run prior to the citizens race.
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That's good.
Picasso was so much more than just a painter.
For most of his life, he experimented with sculpture too.
His creative mind never switched off.
He could see beauty and potential in anything, even in a junkyard.
He'd come to places like this, find things that inspired him,
take them home and turn them into something new.
So I've found my own junkyard
and hope that I'll get some inspiration for a bit of sculpture of my own.
That's good. That's almost a finished emu. Look at that!
Squawk!
I'll have that as well.
Yeah, that's good.
Well, there's my junk.
I'm going to pursue my idea of making an emu out of all this stuff.
This problem of sticking things together...
Picasso used to use anything that came to hand -
bits of wire, plaster... He used to do some spot welding.
I'm no good at welding, but I've got some epoxy glue.
They say it WILL stick rusted metal together, so I'll try it.
I want to use this as a beak for the emu. Squawk!
It should work if I sit that there.
Put some glue and that should just hold that in place till it sets.
Picasso loved this construction type of sculpture.
He didn't want to be constrained by the classical carving in stone or modelling in clay.
He really liked the feeling that you could pick up bits and pieces anywhere, put them all together,
'and get a million different textures.
'He sparked a whole new style of sculpture.' Oh, look at that!
You wouldn't believe that, would...?
That's perfect for the wings!
Good, I'll get some wire and hook those together.
I've got an old brace bit without the bit - just the brace.
And it goes through perfectly! Look at that!
What I was thinking was that this...
would be able to...
create a perfect little support for the whole of that body section.
Isn't that good?
What about that?
Yes, perfect!
it's going to be rickety, but then emus are a bit rickety!
Now... Hup!
It's the heaviest emu I've ever picked up!
Still, his hips are in good nick! Look at that.
ROLF LAUGHS GLEEFULLY
Oh, yes! Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes!
I've got to get it all a uniform rusty iron colour.
'Picasso would've had HIS sculptures cast in bronze,
'but I'm just going to give mine a coat of emulsion.'
Isn't it amazing that you can take a great pile of worthless junk
and, with a bit of imagination, turn it into an artistic bit of fun?
Eight miles north of Liverpool, on Crosby Beach, stand 100 iron men staring out to sea.
They were only meant to be here for 18 months, but now the sculptures,
collectively called Another Place, are a permanent fixture.
He ain't going anywhere!
The success of Another Place should really come as no surprise
to their creator, Antony Gormley.
Gormley is the superstar of public art in Britain, having also dreamt up the Angel of the North.
Now more icon than sculpture, the Angel marked a watershed moment in public art.
'I never imagined'
that my work would be popular, but it's sort of become so.
And I guess the fact that it's bodies and not boxes
probably helps.
But I think the most important thing is that it's actually out there -
it's not framed by a museum.
You are part of the work, and I think people like that.
I think there's also that thing in Another Place that...
looking out is what we all do - it's why people go to the seaside,
to see the edge of the world.
Because most of us spend most of our time in rooms.
What do you think that public art should achieve
for people wandering past? What is the point of public art?
I think it's to make the world a little bit more interesting.
I'm a sculptor. I work directly with the land,
working in materials I find in the landscape,
whether it be Japan, the North Pole.
But it's the landscape around my home that's the most important to me,
and it's that landscape to which I keep returning,
and is the place that I can learn most about nature
and my relationship with it.
The slate is so much about layering, the way that it's formed.
And when you get a block of slate and slice it up or something,
it's extraordinary seeing this book of stone being revealed,
and as you lift one piece off another, how you're looking back in time, really.
With the slate being dry,
it has this wonderful capacity to be drawn on -
slate against slate.
I like that between these two things you can produce that.
That, for me, is fascinating.
And that the line
is not just drawn on the slate.
It's drawn OUT of the slate.
It's not as if I've come here with a white crayon
and made these lines.
Today, there's obviously a little bit of tension with the weather
because this is a dry work, a work made with dry slate, as it is now.
But the weather is showery.
At first, I didn't know whether I was just going to do a line.
I've decided to fill it in somewhat,
I think to, um...
to balance it up with the solidity of the slate.
And hopefully something will emerge
where the drawing will appear to have more presence than the slate itself,
so it sort of floats over the slate.
In all the time that I've worked here,
I've never yet managed to make a rain shadow,
which is what I do when it rains.
So I lay down and the rain wets all around me.
Then I get up leaving a dry shadow
where I've laid.
So if it does rain...
I will do one of those - probably just here.
It's quite nice laying alongside the work.
So what is causing the disappearance of one work
is creating the other.
That is rain!
Picking the moment when to get up is always tricky, too.
I think it's a good time now.
Getting up off the slate is awkward.
I don't want to reveal any wet.
My hand is just out a little bit.
That's always the difficulty of making it on a very rough surface.
I like the roughness but it loses the detail.
It's beginning to dry now around the stones.
It is important to take a chance on a work
to see if it succeeds.
There's been so many things that I've told myself that will not... are impossible,
but I've tried anyway and succeeded.
I returned to the slate quarry two days after making the piece
and even though it had rained heavily,
the outline of the work was still there.
So I redrew the work.
It was wonderful to be able to go back and revive a work that had been made previously.
I like that idea a lot.
Degas' Little Dancer never left him.
He kept the wax sculpture in his studio all his life.
His dealer suggested casting it in bronze to produce multiple editions, but Degas resisted the idea.
He said, "It's too much responsibility to leave behind anything in bronze.
"That substance is one that lasts for eternity."
But the Little Dancer WOULD achieve eternal life.
A few months after Degas' death, his heirs signed a contract to cast his wax sculptures in bronze.
The Italian bronze caster Albino Palazzolo was in charge.
In this foundry in Germany, bronze replicas of the Little Dancer
are being cast by the traditional lost-wax process,
the same technique Palazzolo used.
First, a wax copy is made from the original.
This is the wax that will be lost in the casting process.
The wax is encased in a ceramic mould that can withstand the temperature of molten metal.
The mould is fired in a kiln.
The wax is lost.
As it melts, the gases burn away.
The mould is filled with molten bronze at 1,200 degrees centigrade.
The mould is chipped away
and the Little Dancer is reborn as a bronze.
Finally, an elaborate finishing process with chemicals adds colour and texture to the bronze cast.
The 28 bronzes cast from Degas' wax original found their way into the major museums of the world,
where visitors might think they're looking at the original Little Dancer.
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Enterprise intelligence is all about taking your knowledge and producing enterprise benefits from it. So what this means is, taking knowledge and turning it into data, creating knowledge then getting it out to people at the right time in the precise place in the appropriate format so they can make higher choices to drive business profit. It helps potential buyers avoid typical pitfalls of shopping for and implementing enterprise intelligence software. Many software program options are used to design, develop, optimize and implement the product information important to maximise ones enterprise intelligence investments.
Enterprise Intelligence BI is a terminology representing a set of processes, instruments and applied sciences helpful in reaching extra profit by significantly enhancing the productiveness, sales and service of an enterprise. However I definitely do not see any transfer by enterprise intelligence corporations to maneuver away from Flash in their reporting instruments.
A effectively-designed BI resolution gives a consolidated view of key business knowledge not available wherever else within the group, giving management visibility and control over measures that otherwise would not exist. These businesses provide the present jobs and tax base for local and state entities.
Because of the close relationship with senior administration, one other critical factor that must be assessed before the undertaking begins is whether or not there is a enterprise want and whether or not there's a clear business profit by doing the implementation.
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The Washington Post's longtime editor Marty Baron is retiring. Insiders have been speculating over who might replace him.
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The Washington Post CEO Fred Ryan (left) and executive editor Marty Baron addressing the newspaper's newsroom in 2014. Baron on Tuesday said he plans to retire in February.
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A search is underway for a new editorial leader at The Washington Post after executive editor Marty Baron announced he will retire.
Possible successors include Post alum Kevin Merida and national editor Steve Ginsberg.
The new top editor will inherit concerns with how the Post will define its coverage now that Trump has left office and how it will deal with lingering tensions over its handling of race.
In late 2015, Washington Post managing editor Kevin Merida told his boss, executive editor Marty Baron, that he was leaving for a senior job at ESPN.
Baron urged Merida, a well-liked figure who had worked at the paper for 22 years, to stay. He reminded him that as the number two person in the newsroom, he was in the position to be the Post's next editor, according to a person Merida told about the conversations at the time.
Merida ultimately moved to ESPN, where his responsibilities include leading "The Undefeated," the network's brand covering the intersection of race, sports, and culture.
With Baron announcing to staff on Tuesday that he plans to retire in February, Merida's name has been back on some people's minds at the Post, who view him as a leading candidate to take the top job and become the Post's first Black editor.
The next editor of the Post will inherit a company at a journalistic and financial high point — but at its biggest moment of transition since Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos purchased the paper in 2013. The Post is a profitable company that, along with The New York Times, dominated the biggest political story of a generation. Just like the Times, the Post had an internal reckoning on race this summer over issues including a lack of diversity and pay disparities, which the next top editor will have to address.
Meanwhile, the twin figures that have most influenced the Post's editorial priorities — Baron and Donald Trump — are fading out of view, raising the question of how the Post will define itself in the years ahead.
Read more: New York Times insiders say tensions are still simmering over its response to the 'Caliphate' disaster
"Everyone is worried about what happens after Trump," said one Post reporter.
This story is based on conversations with nine current and former Post staffers that took place ahead of Baron's retirement announcement this week. They told Insider that while they're happy with the financial success — and the luxury of a Bezos backstop just in case — they are concerned about how the Post will adapt to the post-Trump era. Tensions, they added, still linger over unresolved diversity issues inside the newsroom.
The Post has 'unresolved' tensions on race
This past summer, the Post was among the many newsrooms — like the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times — to deal with its own record on race as protests spread across the country following the killing of George Floyd.
The tensions spilled out into public view. Black journalists at the Post shared on social media their experiences of being passed over for opportunities. Their stories echoed a 2019 report from the Post Guild, the union representing staffers, which found large pay disparities between white men and women as well as people of color.
Read more: Salaries at The New Yorker magazine reveal major pay disparities, with women of color making significantly less than their coworkers across the board
Amid the backlash, the Post announced new newsroom positions focused on covering race and elevated Krissah Thompson, a veteran Black journalist at the paper, to a new position of managing editor for diversity and inclusion.
But some staffers described the Post's moves as insufficient. They contrasted the paper's summer to the more high-profile episode at the New York Times over its publication of an opinion piece by Senator Tom Cotton calling on the government to use the military to put down protests. The subsequent internal revolt, led in large part by staffers of color, resulted in the ouster of opinion page editor James Bennet. While Post staffers weren't calling for top editors to be fired, some said they watched with envy as the Times was forced to contend with employees' demands for accountability.
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"I would much rather be The New York Times as opposed to being the Post — having these ghosts be unreconciled and having the tensions unresolved," said Darren Sands, a Black former Washington Post reporter who worked at the paper from August to December (Disclosure: Sands and the author of this article were former colleagues at BuzzFeed News).
Sands pointed to his own role on the general assignment desk covering the coronavirus pandemic as an example of the Post's struggles.
"I have this perspective on the coronavirus because of who I am. We weren't nailing it on race when it came to this big story. There wasn't a robust conversation editorially that I was a part of about the way that the virus was affecting our community," he said. Sands said he tried to force those kinds of conversations unsuccessfully. (A Post spokesperson did not comment on unresolved tensions on race at the paper).
The next editor will likely also face questions about the Post's social media policy, which bars reporters from posting anything that could be perceived as political or showing bias. Other publications, including Insider, have similar social media policies.
Last year, the Post suspended reporter Felicia Sonmez after she tweeted a link to an article detailing sexual assault allegations against Kobe Bryant shortly after his death. In a letter, more than 200 Post colleagues came to the defense of Sonmez, who is a survivor of assault. (Sonmez, who still works at the Post, declined to comment for this story.)
Read more: The Washington Post says Felicia Sonmez's tweets about Kobe Bryant's sexual assault case were 'ill-timed,' but not in violation of the newsroom's social media policy
Following the incident, the paper collected recommendations from a group of staffers about social media use. The report, first obtained by The New York Times, criticized "management's reliance in part on digital mob reactions [which] has created an erratic approach to enforcement... and makes women and people of color more susceptible to discipline."
The internal quarrel pitted many in the rank-and-file against Baron and his top group of editors. But there has been no major update to the Post's in-house policies, which sources attributed to Baron's tight grip over the institution. "For better or worse, Marty is a strongman," said one former Post staffer.
Talk has turned to Baron's successor
Baron's succession has been a favorite topic of discussion inside the Post for years. Portrayed by Liev Schreiber in the movie "Spotlight" as chilly and inflexible, Baron, 66, is one of the most famous journalists in the country. The speculation has been aided by Baron himself. He has reportedly mused to colleagues for years about retiring.
In a note to Washington Post staffers sent Tuesday, Baron said he will retire on February 28. He had originally been expected to stay on at least until employees can safely return to working from the newsroom, likely meaning the summer or fall, Post sources told Insider. Earlier this summer, Baron was thought to stay on only through the inauguration, they said.
The Post has distinguished itself under the leadership of Baron, who oversaw 10 Pulitzer Prizes at the paper. "From the moment I arrived at The Post, I have sought to make an enduring contribution while giving back to a profession that has meant so much to me and that serves to safeguard democracy," Baron wrote in his note to staff.
Kevin Merida, ESPN SVP and editor-in-chief of 'The Undefeated,' is widely tipped as a successor to Marty Baron.
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Merida's name has come up for years as a possible successor. New York Times media columnist Ben Smith reported that he is seen by insiders at both the Post and also the Los Angeles Times as a favored candidate. (Merida declined to comment for this story).
Three staffers said if the paper chooses an internal candidate, the most likely choice is Steve Ginsberg, the paper's national editor who has worked at the paper since 1994. Ginsberg oversees much of the Post's high-impact journalism, including its Trump coverage. (Vanity Fair previously reported on Ginsberg's potential ascension). Ginsberg did not return a request for comment.
Baron also did not return a request for comment when contacted earlier this month.
"What you have sent us about potential searches and successors is inaccurate," a Post spokesperson said before Baron's departure was announced. The spokesperson declined to specify any inaccuracies. "If and when the time comes, we will be transparent in our process."
In a memo to Washington Post staff sent Tuesday, CEO and publisher Fred Ryan said Baron had been "thoughtful" in his retirement planning, allowing the paper to prepare for his departure and discuss a suitable successor.
"The search will be a broad and inclusive one, considering both outstanding internal candidates as well as journalists at other publications with the vision and ability to build upon Marty's success," the memo continued.
For now, Baron is still at the helm, guiding coverage and even occasionally popping into the Post's "typos" Slack channel to correct errors, one Post staffer said.
There is still the possibility of a surprise hire. The next editor will be the first selected during the ownership of Bezos, who inherited Baron when he bought the paper. According to two sources familiar with the matter, Ryan has indicated he intends to use a headhunter for a national search.
Can the Post find purpose, post-Trump?
Some staffers said they feel lucky to be working at a healthy organization during a deeply insecure period in the media industry.
While many other news workers faced layoffs and furloughs due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Post started the year by handing out a $2,021 thank-you bonus to staffers. "How can morale not be good if you're looking around and you're getting bonuses in a year when every other place aside is shedding jobs?" one reporter said.
As the Post adapts to covering the Biden administration — earlier this month it announced its new White House reporting team — it is also making a broad investment outside the political coverage that has come to define the paper, ramping up its international bureaus to better cover global breaking news 24/7.
Baron (center) applauds staff as reporters celebrate winning the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 2016.
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The paper plans to add more than 150 new positions in 2021, which would bring its newsroom to more than 1,000 journalists, the largest in its history, Ryan said in an end-of-year note.
There is still some fear, staffers acknowledged, that the void left by Trump leaving office coupled with Baron's departure will deprive the paper of the strong sense of purpose of the Trump years, when it adopted the slogan "Democracy dies in darkness."
Read more: Trump administration staffers are getting snubbed while hunting for jobs. One recruiter tried to place 6 of them and couldn't land any interviews.
Across the media industry, Trump coverage has been a huge contributor to readership and subscribers. The Post met the moment with a long list of Trump scoops, from the "Access Hollywood" tape to the president's "shithole countries" remark to his recent attempt to influence officials in Georgia. In 2020, the Post increased digital subscriptions about 50% to about 3 million.
The Post "decided that we're the politics paper," one reporter said.
But how the paper will define itself in the Biden years is far from clear.
"Trump made it easy to know what the identity of the Post was," said a former staffer. "Donald Trump was a local news story."
This article was originally published on Jan. 20, 2021 and was updated on Jan. 26, 2021 to include the details of Marty Baron's retirement announcement.
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Sobti had won the Sahitya Akademi award in 1980 for her novel "Zindaginama"
Iconic Hindi writer Krishna Sobti, a recipient of multiple awards for her outstanding literary career, died here on Friday. She was 93.
Born on February 18, 1925, Sobti had won the Sahitya Akademi award in 1980 for her novel "Zindaginama". She was also conferred with the Jnanpith in 2017 for her contribution to Indian literature.
"Krishna Sobti was the most generous of writers, warm, so sharply intelligent. Her books and conversations made me feel that writing could open up endless horizons. I'm glad I had a chance to meet her over the years, and say thank you to her for what she meant to me," said writer Nilanjana Roy.
Ashok Maheshwari, the Managing Director of Rajkamal Prakashan, which has published almost all of her works, told IANS that her first novel "Channa" had almost been published by a reputed publisher from Allahabad but as the publisher changed some key words from the text, Sobti stopped the printing process midway and paid them the amount they had spent till then.
"She was a person of high spirits, a writer of highest values and sanctity. Every word she wrote was like a coin for her, and now the same is a treasure for us all," he said.
Author-poet Ashok Vajpeyi described her as the "trustee of Indian democracy", hailing her unmatched contribution to literature.
He said her social message was very clear, and it was evident in all her works. She fought for equality and justice, he said.
She was also the recipient of the first Katha Chudamani Award, in 1999, for Lifetime Literary Achievement, apart from winning the Shiromani Award in 1981, Hindi Academy Award in 1982, Shalaka Award of the Hindi Academy Delhi and in 2008, her novel Samay Sargam was selected for Vyas Samman, instituted by the K. K. Birla Foundation.
"Most wonderful woman in the world, beloved Krishna-ji, rest in power. I was so fortunate to have met you," said Hindi scholar and translator Daisy Rockwell.
Sobti will be also be remembered for going out of the traditional methods of writing, experimenting with new writing styles as well as giving voice to bold and daring characters in her myriad tales.
"Krishna Sobti: A fine and bold chronicler of our times, a progressive and modern voice, who exemplified courage and freedom in her work and life. Condolences," said CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury.
Blending elements of Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi cultures in her writings, she explored a vast range of issues, including the partition, relationships between man and woman, and the slow deterioration of human values. She also worked on a series of profiles and columns but published them under a masculine pseudonym. These columns were later compiled in her non-fiction book "Ham Hashmat".
A good number of her books have also been translated into other Indian languages, besides into Swedish, French, Russian and English.


Tara was a significant town due to it being one of the earliest settlements by Russians as they went eastward, founded in 1594 by Prince Andrey Eletsky. Among the early pioneers were political and also criminal exiles, who began the modern development of Siberia. Tara was a military town, and for a long time it was standing on the border with steppe, protecting the territories occupied by Russians. The largest part of the population of the city was military people. Of course they also had households, were involved in agriculture, crafts, hunting and trading. The development of Tara took place earlier than any modern Siberian city.
The excavations are being conducted on a broad scale, revealing the 3-4 metre thick cultural layer which contains remains dating from the 16th to 18th century. Archaeologists excavated among others a a big log house (izba), which burned down in the past and was left exactly as it was. Inside they found a large clay pot left when the log house caught fire and was quickly destroyed in flames. Inside the pot remains of a charred turnip, ready for cooking, was discovered.
According to the researchers the fire had to be quite big. The turnip was found in a korchaga clay pot used for storing food. When the fire began, the temperature was so high that the turnip baked inside this pot. Analysis of the find revealed that the turnip had been kept from autumn, for several months, so it was part of the winter stocks. This means the house burned down in winter or spring.
Among other finds were pieces of Venetian glassware, along with the remains of women's knitted stockings and footwear. The glassware was made by Venetian technology somewhere in Germany or the modern Czech Republic, and then exported to Russia. According to the scientists, this shows that Tara was not some remote province.
Archaeologists also discovered a log construction, which is believed to be part of the fortifications – a wall and tower. The precise identification of the structure should be possible as the excavations continue.