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Robert de Nevers († ) est un noble du , membre de la puissante maison de Nevers, comte-évêque d'Auxerre de 1076 à sa mort.

Famille

Issu de la Maison de Nevers, le père de Robert est le comte de Nevers Guillaume, petit-fils aîné du roi  par sa mère Alix de France.

Sa mère est Hermengarde comtesse de Tonnerre, dont la famille inclut nombre de gens réputés savants.

Un oncle, frère de son père, est Robert de Nevers dit Robert le Bourguignon.

Biographie

Élection d'Auxerre
Il est le second choix du chapitre pour la succession de Geoffroy de Champallement (1052 - † 1076). Le premier élu est l'archiprêtre Hunaud pour son amour de la simplicité ; mais ce trait est précisément ce qui fait fuir l'intéressé, qui s'empresse de se cacher dès l'annonce de l'honneur qui l'attend. Le chapitre mène donc rapidement une seconde élection, toujours en . Les chanoines choisissent Robert.

Épiscopat

Il n'est intronisé qu'en , mais commence à agir selon son ministère dès son élection, se révélant comme un vigoureux défenseur de l'Église et de ses paroissiens.

Dès l'époque d'Aunaire ( év. 572-605), on trouve mention de maraudeurs sénonais faisant des incursions jusqu'à Auxerre et ravageant au passage Régennes, château des évêques à Appoigny, 10 km au nord d'Auxerre. Il en va encore ainsi quand Robert de Nevers devient évêque ; à tel point qu'à Appoigny les seuls habitants restants sont ceux qui n'ont pas pu fuir et qui ont été faits prisonniers. Robert décide de faire construire des fortifications, à l'intérieur desquelles il réunit les anciens habitants. Régennes devient une barrière contre les maraudeurs sénonais.

Pourrain, une des meilleures terres du chapitre, est pareillement vidée de sa population ; dans son cas c'est à cause des extorsions des seigneurs locaux qui exigent  un double droit de sauvegarde. Quand Robert menace de les attaquer, ces seigneurs déclarent Pourrain "terre franche et quitte".

Il ne vient pas si facilement à bout des habitants de Toucy, révoltés au sujet des droits de l'Église. Son père le comte de Nevers lui conseille de construire un fort à Parly pour tenir Toucy en respect. Mais la terre appartient aux chanoines, qui s'en sentent lésés. En compensation, Robert accède à leur souhait de voir la charge de prévôt rattachée au chapitre. Mais comme ceci ne peut se faire sur-le-champ puisque la charge est prise à ce moment-là, il donne au chapitre l'abbaye Notre-Dame-La-D'Hors ainsi que deux prébendes, à charge pour le chapitre de les attribuer selon leurs vœux.

Réforme grégorienne

Les deux derniers siècles ont vu les seigneurs faire main basse sur les bénéfices de la majorité des établissements religieux, se faisant nommer abbés ou prieurs. S'ensuit une perte importante du suivi des règles de vie religieuse. Là-dessus arrive la réforme grégorienne.

Ainsi en 1076 quand Robert de Nevers prend la tête de l'évêché, le monastère de Saint-Julien ne suit plus sa propre règle. Il les gouverne selon la règle de saint Augustin.

Conciles

En 1080 il assiste à Cézy-sur-Yonne à la signature de la concession faite par Geoffroy comte de Joigny aux moines du prieuré de La Charité sur les églises de Notre-Dame et de Saint-Jean de Joigny, et les chapelles de Saint-Martin et de Saint-Thibaut. En 1081 il est au concile d'Issoudun.

Il n'est noté pour aucun concile en 1078 et 1079, car il est prisonnier pendant cette période.

Fidélité au roi
En 1078 ou plus tard, le roi  lui ordonne d'aller avec l'armée de Bourgogne contre Hugues seigneur du Puiset, en Beauce, et d'assiéger le château de ce dernier. Robert de Nevers est fait prisonnier durant le siège lors d'une sortie par les habitants.

Cependant, en 1080 il est au concile de Cézy-sur-Yonne.

Constructions, fondations
La cathédrale Saint-Étienne en est à sa quatrième reconstruction, commencée par Hugues de Chalon (999-1039) après l'incendie de 1023. Bâtie en pierre, la nouvelle église est consacrée en 1057 sous Geoffroy de Champallement,  évêque d'Auxerre (1152-1167). Son chœur, flanqué de deux tours, reposait sur une crypte qui lui servait de soubassement en raison de la pente du terrain vers l'Yonne. Cependant, à l'arrivée de Robert de Nevers la construction n'est pas finie : pour les vitraux du chœur, seuls ceux du fond sont terminés ; et les tours des cloches ne sont montées que jusqu'au bas de la toiture de l'église. Ces éléments sont achevés par Robert de Nevers, qui fait aussi pratiquer deux ouvertures dans la crypte de Hugues de Châlon, pour donner plus de lumière.

Il érige le monastère Saint-Laurent en abbaye.

Maladie et décès
Il s'impose un régime draconien de peur de laisser son corps dominer son esprit. Si bien qu'il est en perpétuel état de faiblesse physique, et qu'il finit par tomber malade. La maladie atteint son paroxysme lors d'une visite qu'il fait à Nevers. Il y prend l'habit de bénédictin, reçoit les sacrements et meurt le . Il est inhumé le lendemain dans l'église du prieuré Saint-Étienne de Nevers.

Voir aussi

Article connexe
Liste des évêques d'Auxerre

Bibliographie
 . Vie de Robert de Nevers : pp. 248-253.

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Notes et références
 Notes

 Références

Évêque d'Auxerre
Évêque du XIe siècle
Décès en 1084
Décès à Nevers

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The otherwise healthy software technician wasn't born with epilepsy, didn't drink or smoke, and hadn't taken as much as a Tylenol in decades.
During the course of the next eight months, he would suffer a total of 12 grand mal seizures. Doctors would later tell him the effects on his brain were equivalent to what one would experience after a series of back-to-back concussions.
"The way to describe 2015? Hell," De Villa tells the Straight one afternoon in his Burnaby apartment.
Seated next to his wife, Maxine, he explains the severity of his seizures. "At seven minutes you're risking death, because there's no oxygen to the brain," De Villa says. "I was seizing for 15 minutes."
Even doctors at a Burnaby emergency room didn't believe him about the length of his seizure until Maxine showed them a video she had recorded on her phone.
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Not satisfied with that assessment, De Villa searched for a second opinion, then another. He says each doctor had the same solution: "All they wanted to do was shove pills down my throat."
Maxine says the seizures rendered her husband practically immobile, while doctors told them his brain function had been reduced to 20 percent.
"The blinds were down all day because of the light," she recalls. De Villa's condition made his eyes very sensitive. "He was crawling on the floor. He couldn't pour a glass of water. He could barely sleep."
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The couple chose to spend thousands of dollars at a private clinic in Vancouver, where De Villa underwent rounds of nutritional-supplement treatment and costly neurofeedback training, a process that uses electrodes to train the brain to control abnormal activity. The two eventually took out a second mortgage to cover the costs.
"I had every test known to man," De Villa says. "Everything came back clean."
His condition improved but the seizures continued so regularly that on one occasion, De Villa recalls, he was kicked out of a local emergency room because doctors said they couldn't help him. Another time, after a particularly long seizure, Maxine called 911, only to be told that his situation was "not life-threatening" enough for an ambulance.
By now, De Villa had begun scouring the Internet for alternative treatments. One day, the letters "CBD" popped up in a search. He learned that the three-letter acronym was a powerful compound in cannabis, called cannabidiol.
"I brought it up with my neurologist and he said at this point there was no harm in trying," De Villa remembers. He went home with an authorization for medical marijuana.
He placed an order with one of Health Canada's licensed producers, but after failing to feel any relief from the products and suffering yet another seizure, his neurologist said he had no choice but to put De Villa on a high dose of benzodiazepines, a class of tranquilizer drugs that have anticonvulsant properties—an option, though, that De Villa feared would make him reliant on the drug.
"I was a complete zombie, on top of already being a zombie, so it made things much worse for me," he says of the pill's adverse side effects.
Then De Villa realized that Health Canada's medical marijuana wasn't his only option.
"I thought, 'Why would I order from a place that's not in B.C. when I can just walk a few blocks to a dispensary?' "
De Villa visited 15 different shops before he found one where budtenders possessed the knowledge he was looking for.
With guidance from staff at the Village and local cannabis educator Adolfo Gonzalez, De Villa decided the only way to accurately determine which products worked best for him would be to embrace the role of a human guinea pig. After two months, he says, he started to feel a change.
"When I finally figured out how to use cannabis as medicine, I started going back to the gym; I was cleaning the house again and I was behaving like a normal person," De Villa recalls.
"I decided, 'This is it.' This is the solution to my health problems."
Today, the 46-year-old has been seizure-free for more than one year and is an active member of Vancouver's cannabis community, working as a consultant alongside Gonzalez. He is also about to launch B.C. Wellness Centre, an online resource created for patients and by patients.
As De Villa's primary caregiver, Maxine now microdoses cannabis to help with sleep and anxiety. When their vet diagnosed their dog, Prince, with pancreatitis, De Villa says, he used a CBD tincture to clear up symptoms. He did the same when their second dog, Kobe, had kidney stones. (Their vet now uses it as part of her practice, he says.)
As of September, De Villa is also 100-percent prescription-free. He says cannabis is the only reason he was able to survive the painful withdrawal from the benzodiazepine drug he was prescribed.
But today, De Villa says the fear that he might again face the "hell" he experienced back in 2015 is all too real. As Canada's legalization deadline approaches, he's afraid that he'll no longer have access to the products that helped him get his life back.
The Liberal promise to eliminate the black market means it is almost certain that Vancouver's licensed dispensaries will be required to sell cannabis from Health Canada's approved producers. This means the products used by De Villa and other patients who opt to use dispensaries instead of licensed producers will no longer be (legally) accessible.
De Villa says he has nothing against licensed producers, and he has tried product from two different firms with no relief. He's currently waiting for his first delivery from a third.
"I want to give them a chance," he says, "but it's taken over three weeks just to process my application. That's crucial for someone living with a life-threatening illness."
Affordability, he says, also plays a role: where a tincture at a dispensary might cost $40, a similar product at a licensed producer is three to four times the price.
Lindsey Gorman, a friend and business associate of De Villa's at B.C. Wellness Centre, also suffers from a seizure condition and has found relief with cannabis. She shares De Villa's fear. These days, Gorman might have a seizure once or twice a year, but at the height of her condition, she was having five to six seizures a week—even when she was taking a prescription.
"During that time, I doubled my body weight and I lost my hair," she recalls. "I was barely a person."
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Lawyer Robert Laurie has represented clients in the cannabis industry for five years and says that if patients like De Villa and Gorman no longer have access to their desired medication, they could have an opportunity for legal recourse.
"Dispensaries and companies do have standing to bring charter challenges forward, especially if they're shut down," Laurie says. "The entity can bring the action, and its members can also bring the action on behalf of the entity."
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For De Villa, becoming a human guinea pig again isn't an option.
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Deal Breaker
Even if you weren't looking to read the Harlan Coben books in order, this one is the best place to start! In Myron's first case, he must uncover the truth behind the reappearance of his star client's former girlfriend, a woman long-believed to be dead, in order to save a big deal. (This novel garnered Coben an Anthony award!)
Myron finds himself caught up in the case of a tennis star's murder, and it quickly turns sour. He uncovers a link between her and another player, one that involves a dirty U.S. senator, a jealous mother, and the mob. Will this investigation be the end of him? (This novel won a Shamus award!)
Myron Bolitar and Greg Downing were once competitors on and off the court. Now years later, Myron finds himself investigating Downing's disappearance, with the signs of a violent struggle and the memories of a woman they both loved all he has to help him get started. (This novel won an Edgar award!)
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Back Spin
As Myron races to find the kidnapped young son of pro golfers, he uncovers a mystery that started 23 years earlier, when the boy's father failed to win the U.S. Open. When a murder occurs in the midst of the search, Myron learns just dangerous golf can get.
One False Move
Brenda Slaughter is a women's pro basketball star in need of help. With a tragic past and her father missing at the height of her career, she needs Myron's protection. When their professional relationship turns personal, Myron realizes he has more to lose than ever before if he can't crack her father's case.
The Final Detail
Myron's colleague, Esperanza, has been arrested for the murder of a former client. He knows she didn't kill him, but she won't help him prove her innocence. Determined to clear her name, his search points to the only other suspect: Myron himself.
Darkest Fear
Blindsided by news from his ex-girlfriend that he has a son, Myron is devastated to learn the boy needs a bone marrow transplant - and the only viable donor has vanished. In his race to find the missing donor, Myron uncovers dark secrets, and begins to question if he is really the boy's father.
A promise to help keep his friends' children safe from drinking and driving turns into the hunt for a missing girl. Myron was the last person to see the girl, after a call for help at 2 a.m. He must face the troubles of his past in order to learn the truth behind her disappearance.
Myron gets caught up in international intrigue when an old girlfriend phones from Paris. Terese Collins reveals she once had a daughter who died in a car accident, but now she's learned the girl may still be alive, and she needs Myron's help uncovering the truth.
The search for the missing husband of a former tennis star leads Myron to discover someone he hasn't seen in years: his sister-in-law, Kitty, who disappeared years ago with Myron's brother. Now the clock is ticking as Myron hopes to locate his brother before their ailing father passes away.
Ten years ago, the sons of two wealthy families were taken for ransom—then all communication went silent. Since then, no trace of the boys has been found. Now Myron and his friend, Win, think they have located one of the boys. The answers to this puzzle will become Myron's most explosive case yet.
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A perfect family is shattered in RUN AWAY, the new thriller from the master of domestic suspense, Harlan Coben.
You've lost your daughter. She's addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. And she's made it clear that she doesn't want to be found.
Then, by chance, you see her playing guitar in Central Park. But she's not the girl you remember. This woman is living on the edge, frightened, and clearly in trouble.
You don't stop to think. You approach her, beg her to come home.
She runs. And you do the only thing a parent can do: you follow her into a dark and dangerous world you never knew existed. Before you know it, both your family and your life are on the line. And in order to protect your daughter from the evils of that world, you must face them head-on.
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Liberty Hardy is a Book Riot contributor, co-host of All the Books, a Book of the Month judge, and above all else, a ravenous reader. She resides in Maine with her cats, Millay, Farrokh, and Zevon. You can see pictures of her cats and book hauls on Twitter @MissLiberty and Instagram @franzencomesalive.


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Private student loans canceled for thousands of Ohioans
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) – One of the country's largest student loan services has agreed to a $1.85 billion settlement over allegations that it took part in predatory practices.
According to claims from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, as well as 38 other attorneys general, Navient promised to help borrowers find affordable repayment options. They claim that, instead, the corporation financially strapped borrowers into long, expensive plans.
As part of the settlement, Ohio will get $5.3 million in restitution payments. That money will then be shared with the more than 19,800 federal loan borrowers in the state who were impacted by the alleged practices between 2009 and 2017.
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The settlement requires Navient to cancel $1.7 billion in private student loans owed by 66,000 borrowers across the country since 2002.
More than 3,500 Ohio borrowers will get a combined $81.8 million in cancellation of private loan debt.
"This settlement puts money back into the pockets of borrowers struggling to pay for college," Yost said. "It's also an important reminder for corporations that there are consequences for prioritizing profits over the public's best interest."
Federal loan borrowers who are eligible for the estimated $260 restitution payment will get a postcard in the mail this spring.
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Borrowers whose private loans were canceled will get a notice from Navient by July 2022, as well as refunds of any payments made after June 30, 2021.
Navient also has to do more to help borrowers understand their options and repayment plans, according to the settlement.
The settlement was submitted Thursday to the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas as a proposed Consent Judgment. It's subject for court approval.
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Some people simply must dress up in Star Wars costumes everywhere they go. For those people, PlayStation Home has become a much more comfortable place.
If you've ever wanted to cosplay as a Star Wars character, but felt that it would just take too much effort in real life, now you have the much easier opportunity to do it in PlayStation Home. Sony and LucasArts have come together out of the goodness of their [money-grubbing] hearts to offer Star Wars clothing and furniture items for sale in the virtual world.
Brooks Brown, Community Manager for LucasArts, says that he always wanted to "run around as a Stormtrooper, telling people that they aren't the droids I'm looking for" in PlayStation Home. Folks, we've now witnessed the realization of this man's dream. Two outfits from Star Wars are being sold in PlayStation Home for $4.99 each: a set of Stormtrooper armor and an Imperial Officer outfit. That is, an Imperial Officer outfit if you have a male avatar. The Stormtrooper armor comes with an appropriate extra-chesty torso for female avatars, but apparently women cannot be Imperial Officers as the outfit isn't available to them. Could this be a scandal waiting to explode all over the faces of Sony and LucasArts? I think it should.
Other Star Wars items up for sale are Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Jedi Order t-shirts (though women also do not get the Yoda shirt), Sith and Jedi banners, and a Star Wars: The Force Unleashed poster if you really love that game enough to pay a dollar to display your affection in a virtual house. The coolest item is the Blue Lightsaber, which is available to both sexes, but will run you a cool $4.99. A small price to pay for the weapon of the universe's greatest warriors, but where's the Sith red version?
If Star Wars doesn't prick up your ears, LucasArts has also put an Indiana Jones hat and outfit up for sale. I imagine many YouTube videos are soon to come of treasure hunters and Stormtroopers dancing and, well, probably just dancing a lot. To purchase the goods, visit the PlayStation Home mall check out the store with the cool Yoda fountain in the display case, which we unfortunately cannot buy.


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Jury sides with grocery store after shopper tips heavy cart onto his leg
Posted by: David Baugher December 20, 2022
Jurors in St. Louis County decided that a man who broke his leg in an unusual accident with a shopping cart is not entitled to damages from the grocery store.
"One of [the jurors] told me that it was a close call but the jury decided that it was one of those things that can just happen," said Alan Mandel of Mandel & Mandel, who represented the plaintiff.
In 2018, shopper Mark Galentine was using a small, bi-level model shopping cart at a St. Louis-area Schnucks to haul 24 bottles of vitamin water to his vehicle when the conveyance "toppled onto Plaintiff's leg causing Plaintiff to fall and sustain serious injuries," according to the suit.
"The theory was not that the cart was defective," Mandel said. "The theory was that top loading these small grocery carts is a hazard that is known in the business. Schnucks should have trained their employees not to put everything in the top basket. The high center of gravity did not cause the cart to tip but made it harder to stop if it started to tip."
Ryan Turnage, in-house counsel for grocer Schnuck Markets Inc., said that both sides introduced experts in the case. The defense expert even made a video demonstrating successful use of the type of cart in question using similar water bottles.
"The general defense was that the grocery store didn't do anything out of the ordinary," Turnage said.
He said there was no indication of any problem with the store's carts or the way they were loaded by cashiers or patrons.
"Customers go in and shop all the time and buy things that are a whole lot heavier and never have any trouble with that same kind of cart," he said.
Mandel said the matter was well-tried by all parties and he was not surprised by the outcome against his client.
"It was a tough case," Mandel said.
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Venue: St. Louis County Circuit Court
Case Number/Date: 19SL-CC01600/Aug. 3, 2022
Judge: David Vincent III
Plaintiffs' Experts: John Morse, New York (engineering)
Defendants' Experts: Cliff Bigelow, St. Louis (engineering)
Last Pretrial Demand: $600,000
Last Pretrial Offer: $0
Caption: Mark Galentine v. Schnuck Markets Inc.
Plaintiff's Attorney: Alan Mandel, Mandel and Mandel, St. Louis
Defendant's Attorney: Ryan Turnage, Schnuck Markets, St. Louis
11:09 am Tue, December 20, 2022 Missouri In House Counsel
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We prefer parents and siblings of affected participants to participate, if possible.
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Aside from DC and WB, who, keep in mind, dropped the first footage from Wonder Woman 1984, Shazam! and Aquaman – sadly, only the latter two have made it online – arguably no one had a better San Diego Comic-Con than Michael Dougherty and Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
The third instalment into Legendary Entertainment's MonsterVerse put the entire world on notice when it unleashed an electrifying first trailer – seen above – and an equally jaw-dropping poster. Unfortunately, both had to be used in order to counteract Dougherty's comment from earlier in the month, in which the director stated Godzilla: King of the Monsters won't do much to set up the title fight of unimaginable magnitude when Gojira goes toe-to-toe with the Giant Gorilla in Godzilla Vs. Kong.
However, if a new fan theory does prove right, there's a kaiju-sized connection between King of the Monsters and its predecessor, Kong: Skull Island, hiding in plain sight.
During an interview with Rotten Tomatoes, Michael Dougherty confirmed that "we do bring back one character from Skull Island." That statement immediately led to speculation within the fandom regarding which surviving individual could possibly be making a return. And according to those who hold the severely mutated dinosaur closest, it's Tom Hiddleston's James Conrad.
The fanbase theorizes that Conrad's none other than Charles Dance's character in Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Considering Skull Island took place in 1973 when Conrad was presumably in his late 20s to early 30s, that would place him within the late 60s/early 70s range when the upcoming sequel's occurring.
Sadly, we still have a long way to go before we receive confirmation on anything regarding Godzilla: King of the Monsters, let alone a connection of such incredible enormity. Nonetheless, you can look for Gojira, Ghidorah, Mothra and Rodan to crash into theaters on May 31st of next year.


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In the 1970s David Beetham was a city councillor and parliamentary candidate for Labour. In the 1980s he succeeded Ralph Miliband as professor of politics at Leeds University. In the 1990s he was a co-founder of Democratic Audit and developed a methodology whereby citizens anywhere could assess the quality of their own democracy. He is currently a member of the Green Party.
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Authoritarian populism versus democracy: the political challenge of our time
David Beetham examines the characteristics of the growing trend towards authoritarianism and its threat to democracy
I WANT to stand back from the corona virus for a while, and examine the political challenge which will still be with us, possibly in accentuated form, when the threat of the virus has passed. Much of what I want to say will be by way of conceptual clarification, which I take to be a necessary preliminary to understanding the challenge of authoritarian populism to democracy correctly, and finding a coherent explanation for it. So let me start with democracy.
Trump and Putin: at opposite ends of a spectrum of authoritarianism?
Putin photo: kremlin.ru (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International)
I have always argued, in a lifetime of studying democracy, that it should be defined in the first instance, not by institutions, but by its basic principles. These are twofold:
Popular control of collective decisions and decision makers.
Political equality between members of the relevant public subject to those decisions.
Struggles for democracy throughout the ages have been struggles to make popular control over collective decision making more effective, more inclusive and more equal. These principles are applicable to any system of collective decision making from the family upwards; here I will obviously be dealing with the most extensive community within a given country, and with its government.
From these two principles a number of important conclusions follow. First, democracy in practice is not an absolute but a matter of degree, of how far the institutions and practices of a country embody or facilitate these principles. In other words, it is always possible to assess the quality of democracy, and it may be a matter of convention how much of it, and in what form, should be present before we call a country democratic tout court. But that characterisation should never prevent us from enquiring in what respects its institutions and practices fall short of realising these principles as fully as they might.
Second, the conjunction "liberal democracy" is what is technically called a pleonasm. The word "liberal" is not only unnecessary but positively misleading, because it implies that you can have something called democracy without all the political rights and liberties necessary to enable people to exercise control over their collective affairs, and without the pluralisms that follow from these political rights and liberties. By the same token the term "illiberal democracy" so loved by Orban and Putin is a contradiction in terms. Elections to public office may be a useful means for realising democracy in large communities, but can never be sufficient in the absence of guaranteed political rights and freedoms for all. In their absence elections cannot meet the most elementary standards of "free and fair" necessary for them to be called democratic, though they may serve as a convenient legitimation for authoritarian rulers.
Third, the history of modern states is littered with examples of oppression of their own citizens. States are inherently oppressive institutions due to the monopoly of legitimate violence they possess. This applies even to those with freely elected executive authorities. It follows that the basic political rights and freedoms necessary for democracy have to be defended against the executive by an institution that is wholly independent of it in mode of appointment and functioning – the judiciary. And if a court so acts, even against a freely elected government, it cannot be deemed "undemocratic" just because its members are not popularly elected.
Finally, decision by a majority is not a basic principle of democracy, but an institutional procedure for decision making where agreement between diverse opinions and interests cannot be reached by other means (e.g. compromise or consensus). And it relies for its justification on the principle of political equality – in Jeremy Bentham's words "everyone to count for one and none for more than one". So it betrays its own justificatory principle if a contingent majority is used to deny to any member or group the basic political rights and liberties which the principle of political equality requires.
With these points established let us move on to consider the concept of authoritarianism, and the ways in which it is antithetical or threatening to democracy.
An authoritarian is one who cannot tolerate any differing opinions from their own on a matter of common interest. And authoritarianism is a mode of governing which seeks to systematically silence or render impotent expressions of dissent or opposition on policy decisions of importance. And where the means of silencing dissent become institutionalised in constitutional form, we can talk about an authoritarian regime.
Admittedly, as with democracy in practice, this distinction between mode of governing and regime may be a fine one and a matter of degree. Yet I think we can identify a spectrum between, on the one hand, authoritarianism practised in a situation where the institutions of election remain broadly free and fair, and the basic political rights and liberties of all remain intact, and, on the other, a situation in which these institutions have become compromised or undermined to a greater or lesser degree. So at one end of the spectrum we could place, say, Margaret Thatcher, Boris Johnson and even Donald Trump, and at the other end Orban and Putin; and somewhere in between Bolsonaro, Erdogan, Modi and Netanyahu. This list serves by way of illustration, and readers may have their own choice about positioning on the spectrum.
So what explains this phenomenon? I don't think the idea of an authoritarian personality which was in vogue in the 1950s and 1960s will serve. Nor will the idea that these authoritarians enjoy and seek to expand and prolong their power for its own sake. No, the explanation is to be found in what we might call the dominant political project of these figures and their backers, and in their conviction that this project can only be successfully realised through the silencing or neutralising of dissent and opposition, and the prolongation of their own rule. These dominant political projects can be very diverse, such as: establishing an economic regime of neo-liberalism, making Russia great again, making America great again under white male hegemony, getting Brexit done, or reconfiguring the state in the service of the majority religion and its traditions, whether this be Hindu (Modi), Muslim (Erdogan), Jewish (Netanyahu) or Christian (Orban). And once we have identified this dominant political project, this also helps explain which agents of dissent and opposition have to be neutered, and which can be more or less tolerated because they are not seen to have the power to threaten or hinder the dominant project.
If that is my explanation for authoritarianism, what explains its prevalence and its threat to democracy at this time? It has been facilitated by two things. First is when authoritarianism from above meets populism from below, that is some widespread expression of grievance and lack of political voice which can be readily mobilised against some minority scapegoat and its defenders to help advance the political project. And even better when those suffering the widespread grievance can be used to help construct an electoral majority and be presented as the voice of the people as a whole, and their opponents as the "enemy within" or "enemies of the people".
Second is the presence of some crisis or crisis event which can be used as legitimation for moving an authoritarian government along the spectrum towards an authoritarian regime through institutional changes. Typical events have been 9/11 and the characterisation of its response as a "war" on terrorism, which gave governments anywhere the licence to take extraordinary powers, and to brand political opponents as terrorists. Or consider the coup attempt, real or manufactured, in Turkey which gave Erdogan the pretext for a wide-ranging crackdown on secularists and other political opponents. Or most recently the corona virus crisis which Orban has used to take emergency powers without time-limit. In each case the language of war and the necessity of determined defence is used to garner public support for such moves.
But this crisis event may not be necessary for an authoritarian government to move along the spectrum towards an authoritarian regime. Here in the UK Boris Johnson and his backers are using their electoral majority to justify institutional changes which will render the government more immune from accountability and from effective opposition to the great Brexit project. We have already seen his attempt to evade accountability to Parliament, and we can expect further moves in that direction. He has signalled his intention to limit the scope of the courts by removing the power of judicial review. He will move to limit the scope of investigative journalism by making Freedom of Information requests more difficult and more expensive, and neutering the BBC and Channel 4. He has signalled his intention of abolishing the Human Rights Act, as well as limiting the possibility of public demonstration and non-violent direct action. And he is proposing the gerrymandering of the electoral system by making the right to vote dependent on documentary evidence of identity (passport or driving licence) so excluding large swathes of the electorate from a basic political right.
We may no longer be able to stop Brexit, or even a no-deal Brexit, which in my view is more rather than less likely because of the interlude of the corona virus. But we can and must be vigilant and determined in resisting the planned shift along the spectrum from authoritarian government to an authoritarian regime.


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Addiction alcohol binge drinking Counselling in Enfield January 10, 2018 By Sue 0 Comments
Is binge drinking really that bad?
Alcohol and binge drinking
Do you regularly binge on alcohol? Are you frequently dealing with a post-binge hangover? Current health advice by NHS Choices in the UK offers the following recommendations:-
Men and women are advised not to drink more than 14 units a week on a regular basis.
Spread your drinking over three or more days if you regularly drink as much as 14 units a week.
If you want to cut down, try to have several drink-free days each week.
It is also wise to look at the ABV or alcohol by volume content. ABV is a measure of the amount of pure alcohol as a percentage of the total volume of liquid in a drink. It can be found on the labels of cans and bottles, also written as 'vol' or 'alcohol volume'. E.g. wine that says 12% ABV means that 12% of that wine is pure alcohol.
Strength (ABV) x volume (ml) / 1000 = units
Binge drinking can be harmful and consumption of more than 14 units of alcohol can have a considerable adverse effect in one single binge.
Do you suffer from denial? Is binge drinking really that bad? This BBC2 Horizon production (2014-15) was made with the guidance of specialist clinicians at the Royal Free Hospital, London. It provides evidence of the adverse impact that bout drinking of 21 units of alcohol can have on the stomach and liver, when consumed in one single drinking session.
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Mindfulness reading for all
Mindfulness has definitely been the trend for a while and has become mainstream over the course of the past decade. This new age concept has transformed into a multi-million pound business and the number of books on mindfulness has mushroomed, bringing a range of meditation methods that are now easily accessible to all and practiced by many. Millennials aspire to Scandinavian notions of 'Hygge' and 'lykke', words of Danish origin that have been adopted into the English language expressing notions of comfort, happiness and well-being. As high tech, high speed, frenetic lifestyles and increasing reliance upon social media and technology can prevent people from being deeply aware of themselves, let alone of each another. Humans are in danger of becoming deprived of giving face to face contact, of a sense of deeper awareness and sense of being human, of feeling healthy in mind and body. Stress, anxiety, depression, pain, illness and addiction pursue, especially amongst young people where the anxieties and stresses can easily commence early in life. Mindfulness can deal with many issues including teenage depression, addiction, pain and anxieties.
The roots of mindfulness originally lie in the heart of Buddhist meditation in which awareness is cultivated and the mind is calibrated and stabilised. The idea is to help one find a state of being in which the person may reclaim the present moment, anchoring oneself in the here and now, free from distortion and interpretation so they may reframe their narrative. It can be practiced by anyone, virtually anywhere and I use it in my practice.
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Professor of Medicine Emeritus, developed the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program (MBSR) at Massachusetts Medical Centre Stress Reduction Clinic and his methods have been adopted by a host of notable cognitive psychologists and developed into the practice of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). These include Dr Zindel Segal at University of Toronto, Oxford based John Teasdale and, Prof. Mark Williams, founding Director at the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. Dr Patrizia Collard at University of East London has written 'The little book of mindfulness' and Christina Feldman at The Insight Meditation Society offers meditation retreats.


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Tado's smart central heating system is available in the UK now, but get an engineer to install it
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Tado, the smart thermostat that can automatically moderate the temparature of your home, is now available to buy in the UK.
With the Internet of Things, smart cities and connected everything, central heating is one of the areas just waiting to be dragged into the next generation – and Tado's not alone, with rivals in the form of other companies like Honeywell and Nest, it's going to be a hotly contested space.
Tado's solution
Unlike a normal thermostat, Tado's system is controllable from a smartphone (iOS or Android) thanks to a little box you plug into your router.
This connection allows the app to send data to and from your phone, and is what allows it do to things like switch off your heating automatically as you leave the house, or use GPS to sense when you are approximately 20 minutes from home and then switch it on again, so that your house is nice and warm when you get there.
It's a pretty appealing prospect, particularly with winter drawing in.
The system itself is relatively simple, once installed, and the idea is that with most of its functionality automated, you really shouldn't have to set things manually at all – that's not to say you can't though, of course.
It really does promise to be properly smart too. Tado knows that houses heat up and cool down at different speeds and will learn over time what works best for your home. It also knows that some days will be unseasonably warm or cold by checking weather reports automatically online, and then makes adjustments to your heating schedule for the day.
Similarly, that GPS feature that senses when you're approaching home and switches the heating on can also learn that perhaps you only work around the corner so are within range of your house all day. In this scenario, rather than keep the heating on all day in anticipation of your arrival home, it keeps it at a lower temperature, ready to heat up quickly when you do actually start to return.
The app also supports more than one user too, so the whole family can get in on the Tado action.
While this is all great in theory, those features depend on one key thing: getting it installed, a feat I never achieved.
When I attended the UK Tado launch in London a few weeks ago, the product was being pitched as primarily self-installable. The exact words bandied about were "if you can change a lightbulb, you can install this" and "if you can put together Ikea furniture ,you can do this". I can do both of those things, but following Tado's instructions nearly got me into hot water – pun intended.
Because each system needs to be tailored to your heating system – the type of boiler and thermostat, plus potential external controllers – each comes with its own self-installation workflow. Unfortunately, while the section to remove the mains-wired thermostat was correct, the section on connecting it to the boiler wasn't, meaning, if I had I followed it, I would have incorrectly connected the Live, Earth and Neutral wires directly into my boiler's control panel. Fortunately, I did not.
Instead, I let Tado know and they provided me with a new set of instructions, and while less incorrect, they were still incorrect and resulted in no power to my boiler whatsoever. I then rolled back what I had done and decided I no longer wanted to install the Tado myself. I can change a lightbulb, but that has never involved tampering with my mains electricity before.
Again, I let Tado know the situation and as a result of the feedback the company said it will no longer recommend self-installation as the default. Instead, an engineer is now the recommended default installation method and will be provided free of charge for customers that buy the system between now and January 2014. After that, it's chargeable – currently listed on the site as 89.
This means that from January, it'll cost 249 for the Tado kit and 89 for installation. Delivery is just under 10, making the total 347.80. There's also an option to rent the system, at 6.99 per month. The total cost for taking this route for 12 months is 182.68 (including the initial installation and delivery costs) and then 83.88 for each year after that.
While not prohibitively expensive, the apparent need for an engineer visit does add quite significantly to the overall price. Renters might also want to bear in mind that your landlord or management agency is unlikely to be too pleased with you having changed the controls for the central heating, so you'll probably want to have it removed before you leave – meaning another engineer visit or braving it on your own.
It's also worth bearing in mind that there's a good chance it might not be compatible with the system in your next house too, if you're renting your home.
For home owners or people with no imminent house move in sight, these kind of concerns are, of course, less of an issue.
The future of heating?
The kind of experience that Tado is aiming to deliver is undoubtedly the future of central heating, but with a few companies already in the space – or looking to soon enter the UK market – like Honeywell and Nest, whether Tado will be the company to crack it remains to be seen.
For home owners wanting to modernise their central heating and potentially save a little cash too, Tado is one of the options available right now – and with a consistently good design running throughout Tado, whether that's the UI on the apps, the website or the (incorrect) workflow I attempted to use – it certainly looks like something I'd be interested in using. I just wish I'd managed to have gotten it installed.
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Spotify's artist pages now automatically display upcoming tour dates from Songkick
It's been almost two years since Spotify first integrated with Songkick, to help surface live gigs based on the artists and bands they listen to through the music-streaming service.
Now, however, artist pages on Spotify will automatically display upcoming concerts from the country in which a person is using the service.
Granted, it would be better if it was city-specific, given that you could be hundreds of miles from the nearest live show, but it looks like this is something that could come in the future through a better use of geo-location.
Also, if you click the concert on display you'll see more information on the upcoming events, but you will need to install the Songkick Spotify app to access that.
Songkick Blog: Discover more concerts with Songkick & Spotify
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LinkedIn revamps Who's Viewed Your Profile feature with analytics and insights to help you boost your visibility
LinkedIn today revamped its "Who's Viewed Your Profile" feature with new visual analytics and actionable insights. The company says its goal is to give users more ways to manage their professional identity and increase their visibility across the social network. The update will begin rolling out to English speaking members around the world today; more languages will follow but LinkedIn wouldn't say when.
The additional data includes the industry your viewers work in, the keyword searches that led to your profile, how they found you, and new insights including what regions they live in, what profession they are in, and what company they work for. LinkedIn has also added real-time personalized tips (such as completing your profile, sharing industry relevant articles, and professional groups you can join) to help users make themselves more discoverable to other like-minded professionals, potential employers, or business partners.
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BlackBerry fires 250 employees from its product testing, research and development team
BlackBerry has fired 250 people from its research and development division while it attempts to re-establish itself as a leading smartphone manufacturer and stabilize its business.
As reported by TechCrunch (via CTV News) all of the affected employees were based in the company's new product testing facility in Waterloo, Ontario. A company spokesperson said the changes have been made to help BlackBerry streamline their product development.
"I can confirm on the record, that BlackBerry on Tuesday informed 250 employees of their termination in Waterloo," BlackBerry's Lisette Kwong said. "These employees were part of the New Product Testing Facility, a department that supports BlackBerry's manufacturing and R&D efforts.
"This is part of the next stage of our turnaround plan to increase efficiencies and scale our company correctly for new opportunities in mobile computing. We will be as transparent as possible as those plans evolve."
The move follows the resignation by David Smith, BlackBerry's Vice President in charge of its struggling PlayBook tablet vision. That was less surprising given that BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins recently ruled out porting BlackBerry 10 to the unsuccessful slate – admitting that multiple teams had spent "a great deal of time and energy" looking at various solutions.
Richard Piasentin, BlackBerry's US managing director, was also fired earlier this month.
Both departures follow BlackBerry's announcement last year that it would shed 5,000 jobs from the company. A further 250 from its R&D team is certainly worrying, given that it's the first place where new products and ideas would be conceived.
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If you've ever sent an email to the wrong person, Recipicheck wants to help
We've all done it: one minute you're happily sitting there sending emails and the next you have that horrible moment of realization that, actually, you hadn't meant to send that confidential or potentially embarrassing file to that Sam, you meant to send it to the other Sam. The one you actually know and work with.
While potentially embarrassing in our personal lives, you can usually recover. An apology goes a long way. But in a work context when you're a lawyer or banker where the need for secrecy is imperative – in some cases a legal imperative. For example, when an investment bank is managing a takeover but there are other teams in the same banks that can't know it is taking place. Sending an email to the wrong Sam in that sort of situation could lead to far more serious consequences than feeling a bit silly.
This is why Quiver, a London-based startup with an eye on making sure this never happens again, has developed Recipicheck. It's also why the company's attentions have gone purely on businesses where data privacy is paramount, Quiver's co-founder and director Tim Sadler, told The Next Web.
"It's targeted at organizations that deal with highly-sensitive information. It uses algorithms that we've designed and developed just to try and predict whether you're sending the email to the correct person or not. And kind of integrating with all the other processes that go on in an investment bank usually."
Sadler explained that while the software has a critical mission, it has been designed to be non-intrusive for the end-user.
Through its algorithms it identifies situations in which it thinks you might be sending an email to the wrong person, either through possible name confusion, or by learning that you normally email certain things to certain groups of people, and that actually, in this instance you're sending it to the usual group plus two other individuals.
"One of the things that we wanted was for it not to get in peoples' way and for it not to be a burden for them. It's completely discreet and operates in the background.
When it detects you're sending an email regarding a certain set of information, whether that's because there's a certain attachment in there, or because it's regarding a certain project or deal that you're working on, the software will look to see if it thinks you are sending it to someone who is not approved to see that information."
If it does it just pops-up a prompt asking if you really still want to send the email to the people addressed. Pricing for the service is just as simple, if not opaque. Businesses just pay a monthly fee, negotiated on an individual basis.
The company's founders met as engineers at Imperial College in college, and as such mostly have a background in programming. After realizing that toiling for others as software engineers in investment banks wasn't for them, they left their jobs and spent 9 months developing the software with feedback from the industry; the first public iteration was just last week.
But how does this help me?
Well, Quiver wants to take Recipicheck (which as a name I don't like) far and wide – put it in the cloud and make it interoperable with every single email service, client and device on the planet, whether a desktop installation of Windows Live Mail or that random little cloud email provider that you still use for some yet to be revealed reason.
It wouldn't be a Web email client (as you might be thinking because of the word cloud), instead, it would allow you to stop yourself from accidentally sending an email to the wrong person from any device, account or platform. It'd be totally agnostic.
To do this would mean putting the service server-side (it's currently all client-side, avoiding most potential issues), but to do that would mean all sorts of navigation of European (and beyond) data regulation laws, as well as some other headaches.
"Going server-side means we obviously have to have a host server that deals with this kind of information and these kind of email communications. We're talking with engineers at the moment about how we can encrypt the data as it comes in so we wouldn't even be able to see the data that came in. I think that's something that would be of a major concern and will be a challenge for us as engineers to find a solution."
Data regulation and practical encryption aside, I have bigger concerns for Recipicheck. The first thing that sprang to mind was, "aren't there people already doing this? I'm pretty sure Gmail has a feature in Labs called Got the wrong Bob?"
When I asked Sadler about this and whether they had protected the software and algorithms' IP (intellectual property). He said they were still looking into what Quiver's claims to the technology could be.
Don't misunderstand, I like the idea. I sent an email to my colleague Martin Bryant that was intended for someone else just yesterday. I'm just a little concerned that with no IP protection in place and rival/similar in effect, if not in method, filter services already out there Recipicheck could be ripe for copying.
However, with the launch just last week and the immediate plan to focus on the UK financial and legal business sectors, to be followed by expansion to other large financial centers, the service could service it's niche very nicely. Whether or not the company will be able to break the service out of the niche is yet to be determined.
The long-term goal would then be to widen it out to every device and service under the sun before someone else does it. Maybe Recipicheck will manage it; I imagine Martin hopes so, that way he shouldn't get any more emails like the one yesterday that wasn't really meant for him.
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Zynga decides against real-money gaming in the US, but will keep testing casino games in the UK
Zynga confirmed today in its second quarter earnings announcement that it will not pursue a license for real-money gaming in the US.
In April, the company launched ZyngaPlusPoker and ZyngaPlusCasino real-money games in the UK in partnership with Bwin.party. At the time, reports emerged that Zynga had applied for a license to provide real-money poker in the state of Nevada. It's not clear what happened with the application, but Zynga says it will instead focus on free games.
Here's the statement directly from the earnings release:
Zynga believes its biggest opportunity is to focus on free to play social games. While the Company continues to evaluate its real money gaming products in the United Kingdom test, Zynga is making the focused choice not to pursue a license for real money gaming in the United States. Zynga will continue to evaluate all of its priorities against the growing market opportunity in free, social gaming, including social casino offerings.
Zynga's second quarter performance was not stellar. It posted a net loss of $15.8 million and revenue was down 31 percent year over year to $231 million. After-hours trading pushed Zynga shares down over 12 percent, erasing the stock's 6.71 percent gains from earlier in the day.
The company's future is now in the hands of former Microsoft executive Don Mattrick, who took over as CEO earlier this month.
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Google's free Netflix promotion for Chromecast sells out in a day
That escalated quickly. When Google unveiled its Chromecast dongle for streaming YouTube, Netflix and Chrome tabs, it announced a promotion for three free months of Netflix with purchase of the device, but the deal is now sold out due to "overwhelming demand".
Savvy shoppers quickly did the math yesterday ($35-$7.99*3=$11.03) and scooped up the device in droves. Google announced that the offer was no longer available little more than 24 hours after launching Chromecast.
Google Play lists Chromecast as shipping in 3-4 weeks, while Amazon is currently only selling the device by way of third-party sellers. Best Buy has also sold out of the dongle online, though it is listing in-store pickup in my area in 3 to 5 days.
Google has issued the following statement about the offer:
Due to overwhelming demand for Chromecast devices since launch, the 3-month Netflix promotion (which was available in limited quantities) is no longer available on Google Play.
That demand has led to a secondary market for the device, with some eager buyers paying as much as triple the price.
Google's free Netflix offer may have been a generous one, but it hasn't been handled well. For instance, its promotional page for Netflix is still live with no indication that the deal is over. Sure, the fine print says "Offer available while supplies last," but shouldn't the company, you know, tell us when those supplies run out?
I bought a Chromecast on Amazon on Wednesday shortly after it became available, and it arrived on Thursday afternoon. However, the email with the Netflix promo code, which was supposed to go out after the device had shipped, has yet to arrive in my inbox.
When I called Netflix about the issue, a support representative said the email and code would come from Google, but when I called Google, a rep said it was on Netflix. I'm not the only one having these issues.
It's nice to see Google have a hardware hit on its hands, especially after its struggles with the Nexus Q and Google TV, but the company needs to get better about communicating if it's going to keep selling devices directly. My colleagues and I like Chromecast and see a lot of potential in it, but customers aren't going to stay happy if they bought the device expecting a Netflix promotion and end up with nothing.
Related: Hands on with Google's Chromecast, a tiny set-top box for the Web
Breaking Bad finale coming exclusively to Netflix in UK and Ireland starting August 12
The series finale of the hit TV series Breaking Bad will air in the UK and Ireland exclusively on Netflix starting from mid-August, following hotly on the heels of the episodes being aired in the US.
The online streaming service announced the news on Friday, adding that new episodes will be available each Monday following August 12 as they are shown in the US.
"We are thrilled to be bringing the highly-anticipated Final Season of Breaking Bad to Netflix members in the UK and Ireland on a first-run basis," Netflix's Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said. "Breaking Bad is a once in a generation calibre of show and continues to be a huge success on Netflix."
That's right folks, you're favorite crystal meth kingpin will be back on your screens shortly to conclude the story.
As well as watching the final season, Netflix members can also play catch up by streaming any of the previous series' episodes.
The deal is a particular coup for Netflix in the UK and Ireland specifically as it will see the shows being transmitted with the minimum of delay following the US screening of the episodes. Traditionally, content shown in the US could take weeks or even months before it was ready to be shown to a UK audience.
The move keeps pressure up on rival online services like LOVEFiLM, Amazon's online streaming arm in the UK. The domestic market is also seeing challenges from non-traditional content providers such as supermarkets. For example, Tesco's BlinkBox service simply charges on a per-viewing basis, rather than charging a monthly subscription.
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Board game creator cans $123K Kickstarter project, reinforces the platform's lack of accountability
After raising $123,000 on Kickstarter to develop a new tabletop board game called 'The Doom That Came To Atlantic City', creator Erik Chevalier has told backers that the project has been abandoned.
"The project is over, the game is cancelled," Chevalier wrote in an update for the project's Kickstarter page (spotted by CVG).
"Every possible mistake was made, some due to my inexperience in board game publishing, others due to ego conflicts, legal issues and technical complications. No matter the cause though these could all have been avoided by someone more experienced and I apparently was not that person."
The remarks have been met with a wave of criticism from backers that have pledged potentially thousands of dollars to see the game realized and eventually own a copy of the final product. A number of these commenters have now filed complaints with the Oregon Department of Justice – the state where Chevalier's company is based – for fraudulent activity.
Trying to make peace
A second update has since been posted by Chevalier to try to stabilize the situation. He has contacted the Oregon Department of Justice to explain the situation and will now work with them "to see what I need to do to make this right in their eyes."
"This project has been a year of frustration on every level," he said. "There are things you don't know and I can't talk about yet without first seeking legal advice, but hopefully in time everything will be made clear. I don't expect everyone to accept my apologies, there is nothing I can say that will make every single backer forgive me."
Chevalier has also stated that he wants to refund all of the Kickstarter backers, as well as those who pre-ordered the game after the campaign closed through his company's webstore. He claims to have started this process already – starting with post-campaign pre-orders – although there's no time frame as to when it will be completed.
We've seen this time and time again
The scenario is not uncommon for Kickstarter. Josh Dibb, a band member of Animal Collective, infamously raised over $25,000 in 2009 and never delivered any of the materials promised to backers, further highlighting the various flaws and pitfalls associated with Kickstarter.
The crowdfunding platform has huge accountability issues. It's a tool that enables the public to make donations for projects they want to succeed. The problem lies in the 'perks' offered to backers with specific pledge amounts – these are often straight-up pre-orders, which come with social expectations. The main one being, of course, that they'll eventually get the product.
Kickstarter doesn't have a mechanism for ensuring that project creators actually deliver on their original pitch. The problem is heightened when the amount raised goes far beyond the original funding target – in the case of Chevalier, he raised well over three times his initial goal. The perception and expectation that backers have of the pitch is then changed and inevitably heightened, increasing the likelihood that the creator won't fully deliver.
Kickstarter: Not our problem
Some projects are also downright scams. Kickstarter's terms of use clearly state: "Project Creators are required to fulfill all rewards of their successful fundraising campaigns or refund any Backer whose reward they do not or cannot fulfill."
It later adds: "Kickstarter does not offer refunds. A Project Creator is not required to grant a Backer's request for a refund unless the Project Creator is unable or unwilling to fulfill the reward."
This would point to some kind of structural, or perhaps contractual obligation by project creators to deliver their rewards to backers as promised. Wrong.
"Kickstarter is not liable for any damages or loss incurred related to rewards or any other use of the Service," it continues. "Kickstarter is under no obligation to become involved in disputes between any Users, or between Users and any third party arising in connection with the use of the Service. This includes, but is not limited to, delivery of goods and services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties, or representations associated with campaigns on the Site."
Kickstarter is, essentially, completely disconnected and won't hold project creators to account. Just to make that crystal clear, it later states: "You release Kickstarter, its officers, employees, agents, and successors in rights from claims, damages, and demands of every kind, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and the Service."
Backers involved with 'The Doom That Came To Atlantic City' are therefore on their own. Reporting the matter to the Oregon Department of Justice was likely their only option.
Sky increases mobile and on-demand viewing figures more than five-fold
British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB), or known better as simply Sky, has reported full year earnings for the last 12 months revealing that the broadcaster made great strides in growing on-demand and mobile viewing figures.
Overall, revenue for the year was at 7.2 billion, an increase of 7 percent in comparison with the previous 12 months and operating profit was at 1.29 billion, an increase of 4 percent year-on-year (YoY).
Notably, Sky said that much of its growth had come from its on-demand viewing options and its Sky GO mobile TV service.
Overall viewing figures for on-demand content had increased by five times the level it was at this time last year and now delivers more than 6 million on demand streams per week.
"Over 2.7 million Sky customers, more than a quarter of total customers, have already connected their Sky+HD boxes to broadband, a rise of 170 percent on last year. This gives them access to the UK's biggest Catch Up TV service alongside hundreds of hours of popular TV box sets and an extensive library of exclusive movies," Sky said in a statement.
The company also said the growth of Sky GO had helped the overall perfomance during the period. For example, of the 3.3 million regular Sky GO users, the company has converted 166,000 of them to Sky Go Extra customers – which allows users to view content on mobile and tablet devices with or without an active connection.
As part of its push to increase the number of people using its streaming services, Sky has been gradually introducing new providers and programming for its on demand content.
For example, it introduced Fox and Sky Movies Disney to the line-up, while a further 14 channels joined Sky Go including 8 kids channels (Disney, Disney XD, Disney Jnr, Nick, Nick Jnr, Cartoon Network, Cartoonito and Boomerang), 5 entertainment channels (SyFy, Universal, C&I and Star Plus) plus Channel 4 and More 4 and 4oD's VOD (Video On Demand) content.
Particular hit shows for the broadcaster over the past 12 months have been Game of Thrones, Mad Men, The Sopranos and Hannibal, it said.
In order to keep up the pressure on rival providers, such as Virgin Media and BT's Vision packages, as well as online streaming providers like Netflix and LOVEFiLM, Sky said it would introduce another 20 channels to its catch up service over the next 12 months.
To spur the number of people using its on demand services, Sky also introduced a new 10 NOW TV box that will allow people to access content on a pay-as-you-go basis.
The broadcaster has recently been in a bitter battle with BT to retain customers that are particularly interested in football and other sports broadcasting.
Earlier this year, BT won the rights to show 38 premier league football matches this season, and added an extra lure to win over existing Sky customers by offering its sports TV service for free to customers on its Infinity fiber broadband packages. Sky, naturally, responded with its own football-orientated offers, such as broadcasting the first day of the season for free to the whole of the UK, regardless of which TV service is used.
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Poppy Mercier is not good enough. At least that what she's always been told and she believes. After tumultuous college years she returns to her hometown of Park City, Utah and soon encounters a handsome young fireman who makes her doubt her own self-doubts.
Slade Powers isn't interested, at least not like that. He's the new guy on the Park City Fire Department and is struggling to get a side business off the ground. He's been burned in love before and has no desire to expose himself like that again. But when he meets the girl whose smile can outshine the sun, he knows he's in trouble.
Will these two broken souls overcome their pasts to find love or is it too late for either of them to be rescued?


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"FIRST THINGS FIRST," interrupted Barstow. "I'm as fascinated by the amazing scientific aspects of our present situation as any of you, but we've got work to do. We've got to plan a pattern for daily living at once. So let's table mathematical physics and talk about organization."
He was not speaking to the trustees but to his own personal lieutenants, the key people in helping him put over the complex maneuvers which had made their escape possible-Ralph Schultz, Eve Barstow, Mary Sperling, Justin Foote, Clive Johnson, about a dozen others.
Lazarus and Libby were there. Lazarus had left Slayton Ford to guard the control room, with orders to turn away all visitors and, above all, not to let anyone touch the controls. It was a make-work job, it being Lazarus' notion of temporary occupational therapy. He bad sensed in Ford a mental condition that he did not like. Ford seemed to have withdrawn into himself. He answered when spoken to, but that was all. It worried Lazarus.
"We need an executive," Barstow went on, "someone who, for the time being will have very broad powers to give orders and have them carried out. He'll have to make decisions, organize us, assign duties and responsibilities, get the internal economy of the ship working. It's a big job and I would like to have our brethren hold an election and do it democratically. That'll have to wait; somebody has to give orders now. We're wasting food and the ship is-well, I wish you could have seen the ***'fre$ier*** I tried to use today."
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"Yes, Eve?"
"It seems to me that the thing to do is to put it up to the trustees. We haven't any authority; we were just an emergency group for something that is finished now."
"Ahrruniph-" It was Justin Foote, in tones as dry and formal as his face. "I differ somewhat from our sister. The trustees are not conversant with the full background; it would take time we can ill afford to put them into the picture, as it were, before they would be able to judge the matter. Furthermore, being one of the trustees myself, I am able to say without bias that the trustees, as an organized group, can have no jurisdiction because legally they no longer exist."
Lazarus looked interested. "How do you figure that, Justin?"
"Thusly: the board of trustees were the custodians of a foundation which existed as a part of and in relation to a society. The trustees were never a government; their sole duties had to do with relations between the Families and the rest of that society. With the ending of relationship between the Families and terrestrial society, the board of trustees, ipso facto, ceases to exist. it is one with history. Now we in this ship are not yet a society, we are an anarchistic group. This present assemblage has as much-or as little-authority to initiate a society as has any part group.
Latarus cheered and clapped. "Justin," he applauded, "that is the neatest piece of verbal juggling I've heard in a century.
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