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Food Going to Waste
On average, Americans weigh 20 pounds more than they did back in 1974. (Photo courtesy of the National Cancer Institute)
Americans' waistlines have been
expanding for decades. But new
research suggests at the same time,
more and more food is going to waste.
Shawn Allee reports:
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On average, Americans weigh 20 pounds more than they did back in 1974.
But Kevin Hall found there's more to the story. He studies nutrition at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Hall's research revealed we produce more food to keep up with our bigger appetites, but he also found we're wasting more.
"We were kinda shocked to see that the rate of increase of food supply was greater than the rate of increase of food consumption we calculated. Somewhere along the supply chain from the farm to the dinner table, that food was wasted."
Kevin Hall estimates well more than one third of our food production goes to waste.
He says it's not clear who's to blame, but someone should find out because food production uses a lot of water and fuel.
A recent food story from The Environment Report
Author Shawn AlleePosted on December 4, 2009 Categories News SpotsTags agriculture, breakfast, crop, crops, dinner, eating, farm, farmer, farmers, farming, farms, food, foods, lunch, mass, obesity, overweight, production, restaurant, restaurants, weight
A New Way to Grow Your Breakfast
Brook Wilke and his son, Charlie, visit a test farm at The Kellogg Biological Research Station. Wilke and other researchers are testing how well perennial versions of popular grain crops, such as wheat, will grow in Michigan. The test farm isn't too far from Battle Creek, the home of the commercial breakfast cereal industry. (Photo by Shawn Allee)
John Edgerton is a part-time farmer who's growing test plots of perennial wheat on his Michigan farm. He's interested in whether the plants might allow sheep to graze a field after harvest, but still produce for years afterward. (Photo by Shawn Allee)
If you had a bowl of cereal or maybe a muffin this morning, you ate flour from an annual crop. They grow one season, they die, then get re-planted again the next year. Sounds as natural as could be, but repetitive planting can wear out farmland. It can cause soil erosion and cause more water pollution. Now, some scientists are trying to coax grain crops into growing for years at a time. Shawn Allee visited researchers who are testing perennial wheat in the heart of cereal country:
I've headed to a test farm run by Michigan State University. It's not that
far from Battle Creek,
Michigan where cereal companies like Kelloggs got started.
Dr. Sieg Snapp shows me grain that might make into our cereal bowls
someday.
Allee: "What are we looking at on this side?"
Snapp: "We have 6 varieties of perennial wheat."
Right now, they kinda look like spindly blades of grass. But in some ways,
this is miraculous; regular
wheat dies after harvest. These have been harvested, and now they're
popping back up.
"We'll harvest these this summer, and then in the fall, they'll re-grow.
They build a deep root
system, and they're able to come back. So, at first, they start off very
similar, but they keep
growing longer, and they re-grow after harvest. That's the real
difference."
Actually, that's just the start of the difference between annual grains
like wheat and perennial
varieties.
Dr. Snapp says when farmers plant most annual grain crops, soil gets torn
up again and again from
planting and replanting. Rain can wash away exposed top-soil.
Perennial crops get planted once every few years, so they might hold soil
and they might need less
fertilizer that runs off into streams and rivers.
Snapp: "So, the roots of traditional crops including annual wheat are
usually 1-2 feet. These
root systems might be down 6 feet. They can use fertilizers more
efficiently, so they can pick
it up from deep and then move it up where we want it, into the grain."
Allee: "And if the roots are deep enough, you might need less herbicide
to kill weeds, right?
If that perennial wheat comes up strong enough, it's already out-competing
the weeds that
are next to it?"
Snapp: "Right, and each year it should do it better for a couple years at
least, we don't know
how long."
Dr. Snapp and her colleagues use the word "maybe" a lot when they talk
about perennial grains. It's
mostly because testing these crops is slow work. That's one reason they're
letting some farmers run
their own small tests.
She introduces me to one farmer.
"Hi John! Come on over!"
Part-time farmer and teacher John Edgerton says he checked his test batches
"I didn't know what to expect and I went out there and low and behold,
it's greening up
beautifully. In fact, now, it may be a little too thick. We'll see."
Edgerton wants to know whether sheep can get cheap feed from leftover wheat
grass, or whether
farmers could save on tractor fuel.
"One farmer said to me, you know, if I could get three or four years of a
decent crop of
perennial wheat without having to plow, there'd be enormous savings."
Pretty soon, another perennial wheat researcher joins us in the test field.
He's Brook Wilke.
He tells me, all this work on perennial wheat and other grains will work
best if the final product, the
grain, tastes like what we're used to.
Allee: "I hear you baked some chocolate chip cookies with perennial
Wilke: "Yeah. A big component of this work is, "'will people eat the
perennial wheat?'"
Dr. Snapp tasted Wilke's cookies. She says the wheat tasted kinda nutty,
but good.
Dr. Snapp says maybe one day, she and other researchers will prove
perennial grain plants can thrive.
After that, maybe bread or cereal companies, like Kellogs, will run
taste-tests of their own.
Info from MSU on the wheat project
An article on perennial wheat from the New York Times
Author Shawn AlleePosted on April 27, 2009 Categories FeaturesTags agriculture, annual, battle, bread, breakfast, creek, crop, crops, csrees, farm, farmer, farmers, farming, farms, food, foods, grain, grains, land, lands, michigan, perennials, soil, state, wheat
Composting in the City
Backyard composting isn't quite as inticing a hobby in the wintertime. (Photo by Karen Kelly)
Composting has always been a part of farm life, but a growing number of city folks are trying it as well. The GLRC's Karen Kelly is one of those city dwellers. And she found if composting isn't convenient, it doesn't get done:
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Composting has always been a part of farm life, but a growing
number of city folks are trying it as well. The GLRC's Karen
Kelly is one of those city dwellers, and she found if composting
isn't convenient, it doesn't get done:
"So we're going to put in our banana peels, and the oatmeal that
nobody ate, and I'm going to break some of this up because apparently
it breaks down faster if it's in smaller pieces. So right now we've got,
half a scone, a bowl of oatmeal, some banana peel… "
It's just after breakfast and my kitchen is covered with dirty dishes.
Some of the food is heading into the garbage, the rest I'm going
toss into the composter. It kind of looks like a brown garbage can
with a lid, but it takes about half my garbage and turns it back into
soil.
I started about a year ago, when I finally got a small backyard
where I live here in Ottawa, Canada's capital city. First, I asked
my friends Connie and Dan how they do it.
"How would you guys describe your approach?"
"Laissez faire."
"Yeah. It's really a shame that everybody doesn't do this because it can
be really easy. Just put it in a box and let it sit there."
I liked the sound of that hands-off approach, but I was also
wondering what to put in and what I needed to leave out. So, I gave
George Reimer a call. He's the city of Ottawa's composting expert.
"ust stick with kitchen scraps, vegetables, fruit scraps…plants that
you have from the gardening season, that type of thing."
"Okay, okay. So no animal products basically?"
Once you have a good mix of kitchen scraps, leaves and grass, the
best thing for compost is to mix it around on a regular basis. When
you add that oxygen to the microorganisms already in the garbage,
it breaks the waste down even faster.
It's not as easy as it sounds – especially if you compost in a plastic
drum. Just imagine sticking a pitchfork into your garbage can and
trying to flip over a pile of wet dirt.
So, armed with that information, I asked George if he could take a
look at our progress after our first week of composting. He stooped
over to pull open a sliding door at the bottom of the container.
"Oh, you haven't got anything in there, have you?"
"Well I did put some things in there…"
"Yeah, you need to put a slab down or dig it into the ground
because obviously something's gone in there and removed it all."
"Yeah, there's no food in there. Okay. All right then. That was
a week's worth of squirrel feeding."
"Yeah exactly."
(Sound of bricks laying)
So, the next day we go to a big box store to get some bricks. We
lay them all around the base of the composter. The squirrels are defeated.
A few weeks later, I see a huge raccoon shuffling across the backyard.
It knocks the top off the composter and climbs in.
We drive back to the big box store and buy some flat, heavy bricks
to lay on top of the lid. We also buy a few bags of fertilizer, of
course because we still have no compost. I think, this is starting to
feel like work and to be honest – I find it disgusting.
(Sound of brick noise)
"So now, it's even more challenging to do this."
(Sound of dumping)
"Ewww. A lot of it is sticking to the pot, which is disgusting but
alright. Uhh, brick back up, auxiliary bricks, okay."
Now that I had to move those bricks, I was less likely to run out
with just the dinner scraps, and we weren't mixing the compost very
often, either. So, I tried to remind myself of why I started doing this.
For one, it seemed like a shame to throw vegetable scraps into a
plastic bag and send them to a landfill. Especially when landfill
space is so tight that some Canadian cities are shipping their
garbage to the U.S.
Plus, we have a garden, which could use the nutrients from the
compost. According to George Reimer, those nutrients stick
around a lot longer than the ones found in commercial fertilizer.
I knew all that, and yet, on a stinking hot day in July – and the
composter was stinking because we rarely turned it – I officially
stopped. For a while… for six months. Until recently, when my
guilty conscience prodded me out the door with a bowl of kitchen
scraps.
(Sound of walking in snow)
"We've got snow on the ground and a bowl of fresh vegetable
scraps. Umm, interesting. It's about a third full so there must be
compost under there somewhere."
Last time I looked, the container had twice that amount in it.
Which makes me think that most of the food has broken down into
something we can finally use on the garden. It gives me an
incentive to start over. Plus, in a few years, I'll have to compost.
Ottawa will join at least 18 other Canadian cities where residents
are required to throw food scraps into a separate container, and
hey, if all else fails, there's nothing like a new law to get you
motivated.
For the GLRC, I'm Karen Kelly.
Composting Council of Canada
More information on backyard composting
How backyard composting works
Author Karen KellyPosted on March 6, 2006 Categories FeaturesTags breakfast, bricks, canada, city, composting, dan, farm, fertilizer, food, garbage, george, kitchen, landfill, law, lid, life, microorganisms, nutrients, ottawa, oxygen, plants, raccoon, residents, squirrel, vegetables, waste


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Cloud Vs On-Premise Server
CloudArticlesDigital Transformation
Top security threats to the cloud
JD Sherry
Cloud is an important mechanism for digital transformation. However, many companies still operate with an outdated mindset, which can cause them to make many mistakes.
When businesses increase cloud capability and cloud velocity, they often produce new risk areas outside of their scope. For example, over the last few years, application developers have been known to quickly adopt cloud computing due to the demand for faster coding capabilities. Yet, digital infrastructures unable to support this need also fail in the process of migrating from development to testing to production. Nonetheless, as Agile and DevOps methodologies become increasingly utilised, businesses must accept cloud as critical infrastructure to their operations.
However, many businesses are still operating in legacy on-premise environments. While the issues, challenges, and risks involved when using cloud computing differ according to the context, companies need to evolve and adapt with the times, as on-premise tasks are not always easily mapped to cloud operating environments.
Relying on a single provider also comes with its risks when outages occur. For example, customers of Amazon Web Services, including Slack, Okta, and Jobvite, were left trapped and vulnerable when an outage incident occurred in December 2021. Even though cloud providers secure servers and infrastructures, many breaches still happen due to defaults, poor architecture and complexity in hybrid and multi-cloud settings. Therefore, it causes the client – not the cloud service provider – to ensure these are secure. This is the genesis of the share security operating model.
How to mitigate cyber risks
The Cloud Security Alliance outlined the top 11 challenges CISOs have found around cloud consumption to help raise awareness of the lying threats, risks, and vulnerabilities. They are famously known as the Egregious 11:
A data breach is when an unauthorised individual views, steals or uses sensitive or confidential information. To help data breach victims, the CSA advises organisations to develop a well-tested incident response plan, which also considers the content security policy and data privacy laws.
Misconfiguration and inadequate change control
Misconfiguration happens when computing assets are built incorrectly, which leaves them open to malicious activity. To combat these issues, companies should embrace automation and employ technologies that scan for misconfigured resources continuously and remediate problems in real time.
Lack of cloud security architecture and strategy
On a global scale, organisations are moving portions of their IT infrastructure to public clouds. One of the most significant issues relating to this is the application of the necessary security architectures needed to withstand cyberattacks.
Insufficient identity, access, and key management
Cloud computing can impact an organisation's identity, credentials and access management. Avoid security incidents by implementing two-factor authentication, rotating keys and removing unused credentials or access privileges. Establish guard rails to minimise access drift.
Account hijacking
Account hijacking is when malicious attackers gain access to highly privileged information. According to the CSA, a way to manage account hijacking is through "defence-in-depth" and Identity and Access Management (IAM) controls. A defence-in-depth strategy is one that enforces multiple layers of security controls.
This is when a person – who has, or previously had, authorised access to an organisation's networks, computer systems and sensitive company data – uses their privileged access to behave in a way that could negatively impact the organisation. Avoid this by taking precautions to help minimise insider negligence, such as security employee training.
Insecure interfaces and APIs
Cloud computing providers allow customers to manage and interact with cloud services by exposing a set of software user interfaces (UIs) and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Best practices recommend correctly protecting API keys and not reusing them.
Weak control plane
A weak control plane means users cannot protect their cloud-based business data, which can cause data loss, either by theft or corruption.
Metastructure and applistructure failures
Metastructure and applistructure are two crucial elements of a cloud service, as there can be critical consequences by failing to involve these components. The metastructure, also referred to as the "waterline", serves as a boundary between Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) and their customers. Above the waterline, cloud applications must be reinforced accurately to reap the benefits of the cloud platform fully.
Limited cloud usage visibility
Limited cloud usage visibility leaves an organisation unable to have the ability to see and analyse whether cloud service usage is safe or malicious. Complete cloud visibility needs to be developed from the top down to manage these risks.
Abuse and nefarious use of cloud services
Malicious actors can use cloud computing resources to exploit users, organisations, or other cloud providers. To mitigate the misuse of resources, CSPs need to have an incident response framework.
The 'Egregious 11' list highlights that businesses struggle to establish a clear cloud security architecture or identity strategy. The solution is to efficiently and safely ensure that all relevant identities can access resources and that there are clear instructions for proceeding when a bad actor takes over. Cloud systems can be infiltrated by targeting the gaps in identification. Moreover, application developers frequently work to meet deadlines. Consequently, they struggle to embed security into their operations and culture. This is paramount in order to maintain a resilient cloud environment.
Companies finding it difficult to manage cloud configuration and monitoring effectively should adopt a "shift left" approach by integrating security into the application development lifecycle earlier.
How to develop cloud visibility
Although cloud migration improves operational capabilities, increases speed, and helps to reduce costs, if executed poorly, it can have financial, reputational, and material repercussions from vulnerable cyber risks, which can affect business leaders. Furthermore, it is essential to oversee identity governance and access when operating in a fragmented cloud environment, as a lack of foresight can cause irreparable damage to an organisation.
Intra-cloud resilience is only attainable once there is full visibility and transparency in the cloud. Once made possible, organisations can establish a clear understanding of how to access data and who will be granted access. Essentially, a company must weave cybersecurity into its cloud roadmap. All while focusing on mitigating and minimising lateral movement.
Security teams need graphical visualisations that easily show how data and identities are connected to ensure maturity levels can be baselined and reinforced. This can help with prioritising the enforcement of identity, data classification and entitlement (access) as the standard controls for their multi-cloud security strategy.
All customers, whether SMEs or large enterprises, are expected to use more than one cloud. This means they must have a clear understanding of what 'multi-cloud' looks like and need to ensure access to the correct architecture and strategy is properly secured to gain the maximum benefits of the cloud. The challenge is ensuring this is done without compromising operational and cyber resilience.
Cloud security that is below average will inevitably lead to a cyber breach. The 'Egregious 11' explains well how businesses today can ensure a plan of action is in place for when bad actors attempt to corrupt their resources. Reports like those from Cloud Security Alliance help raise awareness of the risks involved with poor cloud security and provide guidance to organisations, helping them to reduce security breaches and data theft. Such attacks can cause reputational and financial harm to businesses.
Moreover, cybercriminals are counting on corporate leaders to move quickly and forget about making sure the basic precautions are in place. Businesses must remember to 'shift left' and design security upfront into the process instead of suffering the consequences after the damage is already done.
JD is a client partner at ISTARI. For nearly three decades, JD Sherry has established himself as a trusted senior advisor for the protection of Payment Card Industry (PCI), Health Information Privacy Act (HIPAA) and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data, offering strategic consulting at the c-level and board level.
Both cloud computing and an on-premise hardware server farm have their advantages and disadvantages, and the choice between them depends on the specific needs of the business and the application.
Bring Your Own Device: navigating the cybersecurity risks
Selecting a sovereign cloud: A data guardian's guide

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For more information about the Barnes & Noble signing, visit: http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/75663 or call 212-369-2180.
Delia Ephron is a bestselling author and screenwriter. Her movies include The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, You've Got Mail, Hanging Up (based on her novel), and Michael. She has written novels for adults and teenagers, books of humor, including How to Eat Like a Child, and essays. Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times, O: The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, More, and The Huffington Post. Recently, she collaborated with Nora Ephron on a play, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, which ran for two years off-Broadway and has been performed in cities around the world, including Paris, Rio de Janeiro, and Sydney.
Three women—one in a wedding dress—break into a bar on the outskirts of a small Southern town late at night. On the run, each for different reasons, they have no money, no food, not even a change of clothes. They just need a place to sleep after crashing their car.
They aren't expecting to meet a lion.
But "The Lion Is In"— the latest funny, heartfelt, and honest novel from bestselling author and screenwriter Delia Ephron (Hanging Up; You've Got Mail) — is all about the big, wild, noble things in all our lives locked inside, waiting to break out.
Lana and Tracee, 26, had no idea where they were going when they sped out of Maryland. And when Rita—50, a timid soul—accepted a ride, she wanted only to escape her life. None of them imagined that barely twenty-four hours later, they'd be working at a down-at-the-heels nightclub whose sole attraction is Marcel, an old lion retired from the circus.
For Rita, it's the first time she's ever experienced anything like an adventure. Decades of marriage to a small-minded, humorless minister have convinced her that she has no imagination, nothing even worth saying. She sees a kindred spirit in Marcel—locked up, longing for liberation, quietly regal. So she starts sneaking him out of his cage in the early dawn hours. Once she's gained his trust, Rita and Marcel are the hottest show for miles around, performing nightly at the now-packed bar to the spirited salsa sounds of Julio Iglesias.
won't let her stay gone forever. The problems seem insurmountable, but no one has figured on the power of Marcel.
As with her other critically adored books and box-office smash films, Ephron brings a delightfully deft hand to "The Lion Is In," a blend of humor, pain, and happiness. All of us have had something fierce and strong caged up inside, aching to get free. This marvelous novel is a tribute to that untamable instinct—and to the people and animals who hold the key and help us let it out.


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Il Call of Duty Championship è un torneo annuale di Call of Duty che si tiene alla fine della stagione per determinare il Campione del mondo dell'anno. Per determinare la qualificazione, le squadre devono qualificarsi attraverso gli eventi prima del campionato del mondo. I giocatori devono avere almeno 18 anni di età all'inizio del torneo per poter partecipare.

Il torneo inaugurale si è svolto nel 2013 su Call of Duty: Black Ops II per Xbox 360  ed è stato vinto dal team Fariko Impact. Il team Complexity Gaming vinse l'evento del 2014.

L'iterazione del 2015 dell'evento è stata vinta da Denial eSports con team composto da Chris "Replays" Crowder, Dillon "Attach" Price, James "Clayster" Eubanks, and Jordan "JKap" Kaplan.

L'iterazione del 2016 si è svolta dal 2 al 4 settembre 2016, a differenza delle precedenti in primavera, con un montepremi di due milioni di dollari. L'8 giugno 2016 è stato annunciato che il campionato si svolgerà insieme a Call of Duty XP che rivelerà il Trailer multigiocatore di Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Il Team EnvyUs, che ha vinto l'evento era composto da CroisNefili, JKap, SlasheR e Apathy. CroisNefili è stato nominato MVP dell'evento.

Risultati annuali

Call of Duty
Competizioni di videogiochi

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PYP students spend a lot of time working groups.
It's part of the DNA of our programme – we are developing collaborative and confident inquirers.
You know what isn't on this list?
The kids' passions and interests!
In the past I often spent time carefully crafting out groups. Under the guise of 'behaviour management' I spent time pairing up kids who were independent in their learning with those who needed more support.
The kids who were independent were frustrated because they ended up spending time trying to keep their group focused.
Not a very good environment for anyone to learn in!
During this current learning engagement the kids flicked up a bunch of ideas to take action on.
And then I left them to it.
The kids who I normally wouldn't let work together joined up to collaborate.
The kids who were independent only needed to be told what time they needed to wrap things up. They would wander in out of class as they needed always setting a timer iPad to let them know when to come back and checking in with me as needed.
The kids who often wandered off task were generally well-engaged because they were interested in what they were doing.
The kids who needed support to iron out problems were able to access support a lot quicker because my attention wasn't diverted to managing behaviour.
It was focused on learning.


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Update: Product and UX design at eBay
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Tender Creative
Iams.com
Iams H4TH
BofA Surface Table
I worked with the leadership team at Tender to create a set of UI studies, which eventually lead to a series of design concepts for Tender's first true self-promotional website. After the initial design round, I worked with a designer to flesh out the chosen concept with both design and content that reflected Tender's carefully considered aesthetic and playful personality.
ROLE: Art Director
AGENCY: Tender
I created the design direction for the most recent redesign of Iams.com. Iams is one of the largest pet food brands in the U.S., with a significant world-wide presence. Together with IA, tech and other creative staff, every page on this site was reengineered to use a set of standard templates that were define with our external build partner creating both the designs and a set of guidelines and rules for future pages for both new products and initiatives.
AGENCY: Organic
Home 4 the Holidays (H4TH) is one of the largest pet adoption drives in the world. In 2010, my team at Organic created a set of tools to allow people to donate bowls of food simply by looking at pictures of adoptable pets on Facebook, and leveraging the power of Facebook to find adoptable pets near you (while torturing your friends with cute puppy photos).
As part of Bank of America's vision of the future, Organic designed a Microsoft Surface experience for visitors to several flagship locations. The goal was to educate users in short, fun, and interactive ways while they waited to speak with an associate.
MAC Magic Mirror
Panasonic 3DTV
DiscoverCard.com
Interaction design and art direction for a "Magic Mirror" - a touchscreen that is seamlessly integrated into a mirrored makeup booth in MAC Cosmetic's Honolulu flagship store. The purpose of the application is to assist makeup artists and international customers during their consultation though simple touch interactions with minimal button presses.
Create design and interaction concepts for fashion boot retailer, blending editorial fashion and direct sales. Design unique branding and style elements based on inspiration from black-on-black and white-on-white photography. This concept featured every image containing an STW product to be shoppable without needing to leave the page. Art directed integration of closet/shelf shopping and sharing functionality for a richer experience.
Interaction design, art direction and visual refinement on 3 directions which explore the possiblities of 3D interfaces in next generation TVs for multiple tasks such as non-linear content exploration, app multitasking, and text-based media search.
Created templates and dynamic Flash features for the redesign and relaunch of DiscoverCard.com, as well as microsites for member benefits such as a rewards program and a credit planning tool.
ROLE: Senior Designer
AGENCY: Magnani Caruso Dutton
The Hartford Pitch
BofA "Get More"
FontaineBleau Wayfinder
Assist in the creation of the "Know Better" campaign and messaging that would eventually become the winning pitch for The Hartford's digital business at Organic.My main contribution to the pitch was the cretion of visual language and styleguides, as well as designing an iPad app aimed at The Hartford's brokers and independent agents.
Get More was one of Bank of America's large, semi-annual integrated campaigns. Working with traditional agencies, POS, direct mail, and others, we worked to integrate the "Get More" concept into a video-rich microsite, rich media ads and standard banners that explained how the Bank's offerings helped their customers "get more."
Creation of a visual design language for simple prototypes for Panasonic's next generation of linked devices. Concepts included the use of touch sensors to send data, unique UI elements, and the use of a tablet as a media hub.
Art Directed and designed a large (40" diagonal) touchscreen wayfinding system for the FontaineBleau resort in Miami. The map was created from provided floor plans, with simple design details to differentiate the various buildings and features. Created a system for displaying information about various features and well as a design solution for point-to-point directions. Careful attention was paid to the physical features of the display for accessibility and ease of use.
BofA "Pricing Changes"
Febreeze Atmosphere Pitch
Art Direction and design on concepts for this architectural and experience firm's website. The final design was a hybrid of one of my concepts and that of another designer. The goal for the redesign was to feel less like just another architecture firm, and focus as much on the thinking behind the buildings and spaces as the photography itself.
To comply with new regulations, Bank of America asked Organic to crate a video piece notifying customers that changes were coming to their pricing and fee structures.
One of America's most famous jewelers needed a microsite to promote their Celebration rings - rings meant to be purchased and passed down over time as heirlooms, and worn together to create unique combinations.
ROLE: Designer
A successful new business pitch for a lead creative agency opportunity on a new air purifier in the Febreeze line. Worked with another designer and writers to create concepts for multiple mediums and a consistent visual language, identity and iconography.
Budweiser Pitch
Chrysler Design Studies
BofA "Mobile Banking"
INTERACTIVE / OFFLINE
Organic Cards
Page designs for a new business pitch to redesign Budweiser.com. Created UI elements and concepted social media integration to showcase Budweiser's history and ties to American culture.
After Chrysler's purchase by Fiat, Organic was asked how we would redesign the Chrysler family of sites, using design cues set by the new owners - with none of the previous conditions imposed by Chrysler brands.
Concepted and designed a set of banners and video pieces to promote Bank of America's new mobile banking capabilities.
A collection of anniversary and birthday cards, designed for Organic.com.
Unilever iPad Concept
Merrill Lynch "Help2"
BofA Enterprise
Cooking isn't hard - but finding ingredients and planning the meal can be. Organic proposed this App as a response. My contribution was the to help simplify the actual cooking process by designing a process where a recipe was broken down into steps, split amongst cooks (such as a mother and young daughter) and progress tracked to keep everyone on the right path. Recipes would automatically add ingredients to a shopping list, and provide suggested recipes using similar ingredients.
Working with Merrill Lynch's traditional agency partners, Organic created a microsite experience and banner ads focused arounding how investing helps people achieve their goals.
Bank of America was looking for a way to organize and promote their enterprise-level content: thought leadership, policy commentary, investor relations, and other high-level corporate iformation. I worked to create a unique design of interaction and visual designs that could move this site beyond the Bank's normal way of thinking about the web.
As part of P&G's initiative to increase their brands' e-commerce presence, I assisted in the creation of a visual language for the upcoming The Art of Shaving site redesign.
Zirh Concepts
Yakima.com 2006
Yakimagrams
Yak Challenges
Another set of concepts for P&G's e-commerce initiative. This time, I was asked to create a rich experience for a product selector.
A redesign of the outdoor lifestyle & sports equipment company's website, from scratch. Refined a basic IA, then created a unique visual language and template system.
AGENCY: Stick & Move
What started out as a joke became the entire agency dressing up in animal costumes, recording voice tracks, and helping out on a shoot as we produced customisable signing telegrams for Yakima, starring Cowboy Dusty (Stick & Move's multi-talented writer). I not only did the front-end design, but created the Flash front end and PHP/MySQL backend as well.
Cheerleaders. A mule. Duct tape. If it sounds like fun, that's because it was. Concepted and created a series of print ads, art directed photo and video shoots, and designed and build a site to house a set of videos pitting our contestants against Yakima gear.
Tecate Chicas 2004
Rise of New Reason
Cessna Book
Every year, Tecate prints and distributes calendars promoting its beer and the beauty of Mexico.
AGENCY: DVC Worldwide
Worked with another designer (also a friend and band member) to create the packaging for their band's first full-length release.
AGENCY: Danielboyle.net
An experiment taking type "out of context." I chose to deconstruct an aircraft's takeoff and landing checklists, and through layout and a complicated folding structure, make the least practical and useful (while still technically legible) checklist possible.
AGENCY: Personal Work
Another personal project - a full identity system for a fictional skateboard company, including merchandise designs and illustrations.
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REVIEW: Mike Adams brings his honest best with new album "There Is No Feeling Better"
By Evan Carnes
Published Jun 16, 2019 6:21 pm
"There Is No Feeling Better," the latest album from Mike Adams At His Honest Weight, was released June 14. It's the fourth album from the Bloomington musician. Courtesy Photo Buy Photos
Never was there a better time to feel this fuzzy; to hear the coos of a pensive summer songbird with love on their lips. Mike Adams dishes out plenty of unabashed announcements of sappy serenity that will knock you over your head and off your feet.
Adams and his band, Mike Adams at His Honest Weight, released their new album "There is No Feeling Better" on June 14.
In its fourth full album, the band ventured headlong into the realm of thoughtful, charming indie pop with a more stripped down instrumentation than its 2016 outing "Casino Drone," while sticking to the softer musings that made older releases like 2014's "Best of Boiler Room Classics" great.
The new album's first song on "Pressing Mesh" exemplifies this by hitting listeners with a page out of the alt-pop textbook with a downward moving, nostalgic guitar hook working as the centerpiece throughout. It perfectly couples with lyrics describing youthful, affectionate confusion and open-heartedness.
This theme rings even more clearly in the chorus of the following Decemberists-esque tune "Do You One Better" by half asking, half pleading: "How do you contend it will all work out? Half a dozen kids and we've all got doubt."
Songs such as "That's One Way" and "Educated Guess" do their darndest to make me feel like a high school junior, not college with their bereaved, forlorn vocal delivery of introspections such as: "One day we're done, was it worth all this fighting for?" and decadent dashes of wistful guitar.
The hurt doesn't last long before the band catapults us into the titular, upbeat synth-and-string-decorated tune "No Feeling Better" that walks a fine line between New Order and the 1975 to much success. It would feel just as at home greeting patrons at the mall as it would on any inventive pop album.
Before long, the band ushers in an ode to the faceless "Olivia." The tender lyrics describing a woman of high-standing breaking the narrator's heart are all too reminiscent to doo-wop greats of yesteryear. This boyish ballad is superseded by the somehow more sentimental "I Need You", which expresses no guilt in its slowly delivered opening lyrics: "I'm in love and I don't think it's foolish, and I want everyone to know."
The album's longest song, "So Faded," wraps up the album by bringing together most of the main worries and instrumental successes thus far. The valiant chorus pumps its fist while shaking off the shackles of vulnerability, which is a skill I wish we could all have.
Mike Adams holds many of the same concerns that sap dopamine from twentysomethings who just want to be thought of, and to know their larger purpose. "There is No Feeling Better" brings together the best of Adams's humble preoccupations and blends kindred instrumentation with the right doses of calculated energy.
"There is No Feeling Better" is the band's most honest, heartfelt album to date. While largely about love, it also serves as an epilogue to youthful unbridlement and all the questions it stirs within us.
A previous version of this review referred to the album with an incorrect title. The IDS regrets this error.
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Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Gorgeous Images Showing Its Characters and Their Style
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CD Projekt RED has been releasing a series of images showcasing the characters of Cyberpunk 2077 and their style.
We get to see artwork representing Entropism, Kitsch, Neomilitarism, and Neokitsch.
Entropism is described as "necessity over style."
The look of poverty that derives from humans grappling with and struggling against technology and its unforgiving advance. It denotes a lack of design blending with a general poverty of means and ideas.
Kitsch represents "style over substance."
"The look of a long lost golden age on people entirely unwilling or unable to forget it. It's flashy, bold and usually cheap – filled with gold-plated cyberware, implants encased in brightly colored plastic and larger-than-life makeup."
Neomilitarism is "substance over style."
"The look of global conflict and corporations jockeying for power. Cold, sharp and modern. Making everyone look as if they are ready to drop out of an AV's cargo door and head straight into combat."
Neokitsch portrays the joining of "style and substance."
"The look of infinite wealth and vanity. Synonymous with luxury, it has been blossoming among Night City's wealthiest elites – those who can afford to buy anything, who can afford to be anything they want to be."
On top of that, we also get more art created in collaboration with Spanish Artist Josan "Death Burger" González portraying the gangs that will appear in the game.
If you want to learn more about Cyberpunk 2077, you can read how character creation can impact the story, every way V can kill someone, and, if you prefer peaceful means, how you can play the whole game without slaughtering anyone.
Luckily, you don't have to wait too long to see the brand new gameplay demo for yourself, as it's going to be publicly showcased around PAX West.
You can also check out the trailer released a few days ago showcasing plenty of cinematics and the participation of Keanu Reeves as part of the cast, alongside a brief gameplay teaser.
Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC on April 16, 2020.
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Year 1516 (MDXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events
 January–June
 January – Juan Díaz de Solís discovers the Río de la Plata (in future Argentina).
 January 23 – With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson, Charles of Ghent, becomes King of Spain; his mother Queen Joanna of Castile also succeeds as Queen of Aragon and co-monarch with Carlos, but remains confined at Tordesillas.
 March 1 – Desiderius Erasmus publishes a new Greek edition of the New Testament, Novum Instrumentum omne, in Basel.
 March 29 – The Venetian Ghetto is instituted in the Republic of Venice.
 April 23 – The Reinheitsgebot is instituted in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, regulating the purity of beer permissible for sale.

 July–December
 July – Selim I of the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo and invades Syria.
 August 13 – The Treaty of Noyon is signed. Francis I of France recognizes  Charles I of Spain's claim to Naples, and Charles recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.
 August 18 – King Francis I of France and Pope Leo X sign the Concordat of Bologna, agreeing on the relationship between church and state in France.
August 24– Battle of Marj Dabiq (Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17)): The Ottoman Sultan Selim I defeats the mamluk forces commanded by the sultan Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri.
 October 28 – Battle of Yaunis Khan (Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17)): Ottoman forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mamluks near Gaza.
 December 4 – Treaty of Brussels: Peace is declared between the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire.
 c. December – Thomas More's most famous work, Utopia, completed this year, is published in Leuven (in Latin).

 Date unknown
 Italian explorer Rafael Perestrello, a cousin of Christopher Columbus, commands an expedition from Portuguese Malacca to land on the shores of mainland southern China, and trade with Chinese merchants at Guangzhou, during the Ming Dynasty.
 Portuguese soldier Fernão Lopes becomes the first known permanent inhabitant of Saint Helena.
 Leonardo da Vinci accepts Francis I's invitation to France.
 The predecessor of the Royal Mail, known as the Master of the Posts, is established by Henry VIII of England.
 Gillingham School is founded, the oldest in Dorset, England.
 Fuggerei is established in Augsburg (Bavaria), as the world's oldest social housing complex still in use.
 The fall of the Nantan meteorite is possibly observed near the city of Nantan, Nandan County, Guangxi (China).

Births

 January 1 – Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551)
 January 14 – Herluf Trolle, Danish admiral (d. 1565)
 January 16 – Bayinnaung, King of Burma (d. 1581)
 February 2 – Girolamo Zanchi, Italian theologian (d. 1590)
 February 16 – Prospero Spani, Italian sculptor (d. 1584)
 February 18 – Queen Mary I of England, daughter of King Henry VIII of England and Queen Catherine of Aragon (d. 1558)
 March 15 – Alqas Mirza, Safavid prince (d. 1550)
 March 26 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)
 April 16 – Tabinshwehti, King of Burma (d. 1550)
 April 23 – Georg Fabricius, Protestant German poet (d. 1571)
 June 28 – Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy, English courtier and patron of learning (d. 1544)
 July 27 – Emilie of Saxony, German nobleman (d. 1591)
 July 28 – William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, German nobleman (d. 1592)
 August 13 – Hieronymus Wolf, German historian (d. 1580)
 September 2 – Francis I, Duke of Nevers (d. 1561)
 September 21 – Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (d. 1571)
 October 4 – Archangelo de' Bianchi, Italian cardinal (d. 1580)
 October 23 – Charlotte of Valois, French princess (d. 1524)
 October 27 – Ruy Gómez de Silva, Portuguese noble (d. 1573)
 November 5 – Martin Helwig, German cartographer of Silesia (d. 1574)
 December 21 – Giuseppe Leggiadri Gallani, Italian poet and dramatist (d. 1590)
 date unknown
 Antonio Bernieri, Italian painter during the Renaissance period (d. 1565)
 John Foxe, biographer (d. 1587)
 Manco Inca Yupanqui, ruler of the Inca (d. 1544)
 Canghali of Kazan, khan of Qasim and Kazan (d. 1535)
 Margaretha Coppier, Dutch heroine  (d. 1597)
 Shri Gusainji, son of Shri Vallabhacharyaji.
 probable
 James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault (d. 1572)

Deaths

 January 20 – Juan Díaz de Solís, Spanish navigator and explorer (b. 1470)
 January 23 – King Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1452)
 February 4 – Anthony of Supraśl, Polish Orthodox priest and saint
 March 13 – Vladislaus II, king of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia (b. 1456)
 March 17 – Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, ruler of Florence (b. 1449)
 April 25 – John Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467)
 June 14 – King John III of Navarre (b. 1469)
 July 10 – Alice FitzHugh, English heir (b. 1448)
 July 30 – John V, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count (b. 1455)
 August 9 (bur.) – Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch painter (b. 1450)
 August 21 – John III of Egmont, Dutch count (b. 1438)
 August 24 – Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri, Mamluk sultan (b. c. 1441)
 November 26 – Giovanni Bellini, Venetian painter (b. 1430)
 December 13 – Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer (b. 1462)
 date unknown – Giuliano da Sangallo, Florentine sculptor and architect (b. 1443)

References


Well – it's a day and a half to go until the election begins. And as promised, in this post I'll be ranking the candidates in descending order – from the good – to the truly appalling – and be offering a few brief observations on each.
I'm going to the St. Helier hustings this evening – so you'll have to forgive me if I rush through my comments on some of the candidates. Those who are a known quantity – or who come into the 'promising' category – will only get a passing reference.
Instead my comments will focus on those who I will be voting for – my recommendation, as it were.
And – those I wouldn't vote for even if it was under pain of torture.
And in case you're wondering – I'll try and say a little on the Constables' elections in tomorrow's posting. But for now, we'll just focus on the Senatorials.
Before I begin – a reminder of my general recommendations.
The field of candidates is unusually strong – I could easily vote for 10 of them – perhaps more.
In an Assembly of 53 members – we are electing only 6 during Wednesday's Senatorial election.
Do not – therefore – swallow the establishment spin and propaganda that it would somehow be risky or dangerous to vote for a raft of new candidates. Even if all 6 of the candidates to succeed were non-establishment candidates – still, the great majority of the Assembly would remain unchanged.
So, far from being dangerous or a gamble, such an outcome would have an immensely positive effect on the public good.
It would be exactly the rude-awakening – the slap across the face – that the Jersey oligarchy needs.
The establishment States members always display a degree of haughtiness and arrogance – ignoring both public concerns – and frequently their own manifesto pledges – because of the sense of invulnerability they feel.
They are complacent because it is so rare for sitting members to be slung-out.
For the good of Jersey – we must deliver a real shock to the establishment.
Of the existing States members contesting this election – only two merit a vote, Deputies Breckon and Southern.
Too many clever attempts at tactical voting – such as using just three of your votes – leaves the way open for the establishment candidates to get in.
This time – we need a massed-vote for non-establishment candidates.
Actually make a real effort to encourage friends and family to vote.
Yes we can – especially this time. But people must turn-out to vote.
Low turn-outs are what the establishment likes. The lower the turn-out – the more likely the result of the election will be business-as-usual for the oligarchy.
Finally – remember – even if you despise all 21 candidates – you should still go out and vote.
Vote for those you consider to be the least-bad.
Because if you don't vote – those you hate the most will get in.
Best First – Last Worse.
As I've said previously – I consider the non-establishment candidates to constitute a particular strong field these elections. I've found it difficult to whittle my choice down to 6. But – one has to make that choice – no matter how difficult.
So here are the 6 candidates I'll be voting for.
Mark's name will be the first I put my cross against. Those of us who love Jersey and do not share the crazed materialism of our ruling oligarchy are sick and tired of seeing our beautiful island wrecked. We need to stop being conned by the usual fake environmental claims which the establishment trots-out at each election – only for them to carry on with environmental destruction. Mark is a genuine champion for the environment.
He also recognises the difficulties faced by the less-well off people in our society. He, like the other non-establishment candidates can see just how crackers it is for a government to be taxing food and domestic energy costs – right at a time of immense financial difficulty for people.
Unlike any of the Jersey Establishment Party candidates – Mark recognises the huge challenges we face because of world peak oil production – and the imminent decline of that resource – upon which modern society is so dependant. We need politicians who understand and face this reality.
It is certainly the case that all of the above comments could be applied to the other strongly environmental candidates – so forgive me if I don't repeat all of the above observations – just take it as read that the others show the same degrees of awareness.
So why place Mark as my number 1 choice?
Mark has valuable experience of being a Lib-Dem Councillor in the UK; he understands real-world politics – unlike most present States members.
But more importantly than all of the above – Mark had the experience of living in-care as a child. He is a founding member of the Jersey Care Leavers Association.
At this moment in our history – Jersey needs – and I use the word deliberately – needs – to elect a person with some direct understanding of the lives led by vulnerable children. Firstly – today's children in care need a States member who can empathise with them, and secondly – Jersey as a community needs to show to the world that we are not an evil place; that the malfeasances of our establishment over the decades do NOT reflect our values as a community.
Electing Mark will be a powerful means of doing just that.
Chris, too, is a highly intelligent and well-informed person. He is articulate, tough, and determined. He has a powerful record of campaigning for real environmental protection for our island – as opposed to the fake kind we hear once every three years from the oligarchy.
Understanding the real-world difficulties of raising a family in such an immensely expensive environment, he has a far more realistic grasp of day-to-day struggles than the average States member.
Chris has also long-recognised the mathematical absurdity of endless population growth as a means of growing the economy. In essence – for all their pretensions to "realistic" policies – the Jersey Establishment Party has but one idea in its collective head, namely, 'growth is the solution to all our problems.' With some basic demographic information – and some simple maths – Chris has shown the oligarchy's 'one big idea' to be a dream-world fantasy.
We need politicians who will face hard realities; something the Jersey Establishment Party has shown itself to be simply incapable of doing.
Believe it or not – there are actually about 10 good States members amongst the current assembly. And Alan is most certainly one of them.
A working man from humble origins, he has, throughout his time as a States member, shown himself to be steadfast and consistent in his work for ordinary people.
He regularly champions the cases of individual members of the public in their battles with officialdom.
He has reliably fought for the interests of the poorer people in Jersey. And he has been a fine Chairman of the Jersey Consumer Council – in which job he has shown himself to be deeply irritating to the powers-that-be – which has to be a good recommendation in itself.
Daniel has a proven track-record of selfless and committed work for social justice and environmental issues. Very intelligent – a person who makes sure to be well-informed before coming to conclusions.
As remarked in my previous blog post – Daniel absolutely nailed the attempts of the Jersey Establishment Party to spin and con the public with the so-called "Imagine Jersey" event. In a devastating and concise (I must ask him for lessons) letter, he exposed the exercise for the attempted example of "opinion-management" that it was.
Not one of the very expensive spin-doctors or civil servants would answer Daniel's critique when I sent it to them. They knew they'd been exposed.
Daniel – as is true of all the candidates I'm voting for – will perform as advertised. Just how many more times do we allow ourselves to be conned at election time with the same old lies from the Jersey establishment? They treat the public with utter contempt – completely disregarding their election promises once in.
Daniel will be true to his word.
Once again – a highly intelligent and very well-researched individual. If Nick needs to learn about a subject – he will do the necessary work required to make sure he's properly informed.
In the early 1990's Nick fought a lonely battle against what is today known as the Transport & Technical Services department. Long before it became fashionable, Nick was battling against the filth spewing out of the waste incinerator.
And believe me – it was not a battle for the fainthearted – given the attitude of the management of the Public Services department, as it was then known.
Nick is brave, determined and resourceful.
Montfort is a principled, well-educated young man who is not afraid to stand up for what is right – even if it means being abused by the Jersey oligarchy for his efforts.
It is also of fundamental importance that we have a few younger people in the States.
Intelligent and articulate – he believes strongly in social justice issues. He sees that we are a very wealthy society – yet we are a divided society – with the gap between the haves and the have-nots getting wider all the time.
Taxing food? Taxing your household heating bills? In an environment where people are already subjected to a cost of living as high as that in central London? Montfort can see such polices for the madness they are.
Unlike the average States member – he actually understands the struggles faced by real people leading real lives.
He is courageous and determined; not afraid to stand-up for what is right – even though he has been subjected to the predictable barrage of pro-establishment bias and lies from the local media, such as The Jersey Evening Post.
This is what happens to anyone who the oligarchy perceives as a threat. I know – I've suffered it myself for 18 years. Comical levels of pro-oligarchy bias from CTV and from BBC Jersey – and, of course, the predictable unvarnished lies from The Rag.
The JEP could not, for example, even bring itself to print accurately and honestly the campaign précis of people like Montfort, and, indeed, some of the other anti-establishment candidates – instead preferring to make a load of "mistakes" in a comically obvious attempt to sabotage their campaign.
But be it lies in The Rag, fake, manufactured letters written by Phil Ozouf's spin-doctor or startling degrees of bias from the local broadcast media – Montfort has bravely resisted all such oligarchy intimidation – in order to stand up for the interest of ordinary people.
The above 6 candidates are those who will be getting my vote.
But it hasn't been an easy choice.
There are a number of strong non-establishment candidates on the ticket – many of whom would be getting my vote, were it not for the fact that the Jersey Establishment Party is being challenged by so many good candidates.
Ranking this next category of candidates has been difficult, and I couldn't say I've necessarily placed them in the same order in which I'd vote – assuming my 6 preferred candidates weren't on the ballot paper. But, I've made a quick attempt at ranking them anyway.
Geoff has certain strengths – strengths which also happen to be in short supply in the assembly. Namely ability to research matters on a detailed basis – and produce cogent, well-reasoned propositions, amendments, questions and arguments.
He also has a strong social conscience – having constantly and reliably fought for the interests of pensioners and the less-well off in our society. He is politically reliable – what you see is what you get. He will stick to his election pledges.
He is also regarded as a deep irritant to the powers-that-be in the States – who do not like having to deal with his well-researched arguments.
Young-blood – which the States certainly needs. A well-educated young man who takes a genuine interest in his community.
On the election campaign trail, he has already shown himself to be unafraid of standing up to the thugs and bully-boys of the establishment.
Some may feel 21 is just a little too young for a Senatorial post – but I certainly hope he does well enough to not be discouraged. I'd most certainly like to see him as a Deputy.
Would work hard, display a good social conscience – and – crucially – be politically reliable.
What you see is what you get. Should Trevor get in, in this election, or as a Deputy – you could be quite certain that when he next stood for election he will have stuck to his election promises.
I think it is an important quality in any candidate. I may not agree with the views of X or Y politician – but just let them be honest – that's all I ask.
But, sadly – as we all know – it's not something we can expect of the Jersey Establishment Party.
I know that some people will regard this as a strange recommendation from me. But look at it this way. If – as may be inevitable – the voting public decide they want a few centre-Right people in the States – who would you prefer – Adrian – or Philip Ozouf? Or Alan MacLean?
See – it isn't a difficult choice.
As I said in yesterday's posting – were it not for the fact we've a very strong field of candidates, I'd be voting for Cliff.
But this time around, I think it would be good to see him challenging as Deputy – maybe in St. Ouens?
As is well-documented – I don't see eye-to-eye with Mr. Le Cornu. But in politics you have to be able to set aside personal issues and make rational judgments instead.
I would say of Nick that if elected – again, in complete contrast with the oligarchy candidates – he will be politically reliable. He has a social conscience and would battle hard for the interests of ordinary people.
I've been told-off by a few commenters that I was unfair to Mike in the previous posting – where I predicted – given his background – he would naturally be an establishment supporter if elected.
OK – maybe I was too hasty in reaching that judgment. For example, I said he had been a member of the Financial Services Commission – when, in fact, he had simply been an employee of said body.
Should he get in – I look forward to being proven wrong in my assessment.
I'm starting to struggle now. As I said in yesterday's posting – what do we know about Michael? What are his policies? What are his political views?
He did say at one of the broadcast hustings that he wouldn't run as Deputy if unsuccessful. I think that's a wise move, as I feel he needs to establish himself a little more clearly in the public sphere before people vote for him.
He could be a perfectly decent candidate. But we just can't tell at present.
So – those are the candidates – in the very approximate order in which I'd vote for them – were it not for my 6 favoured candidates being so good.
Those who I know about – either through their record – or detailed manifestos – I could be reasonably confident about. But some of them are unknown quantities – so I'm taking a risk in not placing those in the category below.
But surely anyone who hasn't disgraced themselves deserves to avoid being tainted by association with the next category?
I would sooner face a firing-squad than vote for ANY of the following candidates.
Nice guy – but a total dope.
If ever there was an example of what a load of cobblers membership of MENSA is – it's Peter.
In any event – do we really need yet another millionaire property developer in the States? No. We need to clear some space for someone fresh – who understands reality as lived by most people.
Like Peter – another nice guy, but what has he actually done in all his years in the States?
I'm afraid I find Paul altogether too weak for my liking. He is, essentially, one of those members who will simply be told what to do be people like Terry le Sueur, Philip Ozouf, Alan MacLean – etc.
Very much time for some change in his case.
Representative of all that is wrong with the thinking of the traditional establishment heavy-weights. A vast amount of hubris and presumption to power.
A rabidly Right-wing market-fundamentalist who personifies the whole 'greed-is-good' mentality which has got Jersey into such a mess.
A vote for MacLean is a vote for yet more of the same – yet more of what you're already sick of from the States.
There is also the important issue of his total failure to honour his election promises to the voters of St. Helier number 2 district. He pledged – in his written manifesto – that he would support the exempting of medical costs and children's clothes from GST.
But not only did he fail to support those policies – he actually made a rabid speech against them mere months after getting elected.
His posters actually carry the slogan "Honesty & Integrity".
Alan – you're having a laugh, right?
But perhaps you like being taken for a mug? In which case you might vote for him.
But ask yourself – given all that has gone so badly wrong for ordinary people in Jersey – do we really need yet another multi-millionaire, estate-agent and property speculator in the States? A man born with a silver-spoon in his mouth – and who owns a "country estate" in England?
Somehow – I just can't see this man having even the faintest notion of what reality is like for most of us.
Busy selling herself on an entirely false election-pitch.
Voted AGAINST holding a Committee of Enquiry into the toxic ash dumping disaster.
And voted ON THE SIDE of those senior civil servants who were attempting to cover-up the fact they had been running an "illegal and abusive" solitary confinement regime against children in care.
These are – categorically – NOT the actions of a person who is serious about sorting out inefficiency and unaccountability in the upper-reaches of our immensely expensive and bloated civil service.
These would be grounds enough to most definitely NOT vote for her.
However – following the revelation on my blog that she – along with another States member – interceded with the Attorney General in an attempt to prevent the relative of one of her constituents from facing criminal justice – we have to go further.
Well – what to say? A text-book example of exactly the type of States member we've had all too much of over the decades.
Arrogant, bullying, scheming, Machiavellian; a person who is the arch-manipulator of others. Attempts to keep himself out of trouble – whilst steering others into doing his dirty work for him.
Possessed of an entirely obsolete and redundant world-view – it may as well be 1983 as far as his politics are concerned.
Intrinsically juvenile. And like his running-mate, Alan MacLean – yet another multi-millionaire, spoilt-brat trustafarian who has inherited a king's ransom in property and businesses – without having to do a day's real work in his life.
Whilst Ian Le Marquand would always be well-down my rankings – as Jersey needs change – not merely more of the same from yet another production-line Jersey oligarch who espouses essentially the same policies as people like Frank Walker, Philip Ozouf & Terry Le Sueur.
However – he would be far higher up my list of rejects – (that is, into the less bad region) – were it not for one thing, namely his profoundly alarming, openly-espoused wish to bring the Police Force under direct political control.
Just at a moment in our history when the Police Force – like every other Police Force the length of the country – has been able to be free of political interference – and has – finally – exposed decades upon decades of the most appaling child abuse.
I'm sorry – but anyone displaying such hubris in taking the public for granted badly needs bringing down a few pegs.
This comment will be brief.
I'm going to be dedicating a significant part of tomorrow's post to Mr. Vibert.
Of every singly candidate amongst the 21 – this man – more than any other – must be utterly rejected by the voting public.
His incompetent, ignorant – and frankly utterly dishonest – response to the Jersey Child Abuse Disaster is a stain on our Assembly.
So – this last category represents those I consider to be so utterly toxic – and thoroughly bad for Jersey – that none of them merit voting for; on the contrary – I strongly recommend that none of them receive votes from decent people.
Hope you've found this interesting and helpful.
Right – I'm off to the St. Helier hustings. Should be fun.
Check out my election eve post tomorrow.
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This is so helpful to me, because, although I do not live in Jersey, I know what to pray for now!
Ok Stuart- I will go with your 6.
I had concluded the same except voting for Geoff rather than Daniel.
I will take your lead.
Hopefully Geoff retains his seat as a deputy.
I would ask why he is so addicted? And who covered up for him for so long?
Thank you Stuart. There's a real desperate need for information out here. Instinct isn't enough.
And without being in any way uncritical "followers", it's genuinely educational for us that you have shared your point of view.
I wonder if Mourants will be doing their pre-election email to all employees with their "suggested" list! Any moles there?
Ok, I will! I'll do it tomorrow. I need a good laugh!
Let us consider that committed democrat Pip Ozouf tonight.
As a supplement to the Rag tonight we had an extensive leaflet.
So in his own words, or those of his spin doctor :-D, his thoughts on government reform.
I want to see the number of States members reduced. I support the retention of an Island-wide mandate for Senators and wish to see Constables remain in the States. The number of Deputies should be reduced to 21. This reform is best delivered through an Electoral Commission.
Reducing the number of Deputies while retaining the Senators and Constables would make the 'House' a lot less democratic than it already is.
The distribution of Deputies redresses the fact that St Helier has a third of the population but far less than that of the political representation in terms of Constables and Senators.
despite the fact that many of them are safe Establishment votes.
But a credible Electoral Commission would never agree to this scheme.
An excellent posting Stuart. Let Brevity be your ally and you can do no wrong.
Use every vote and make sure NONE are for the sitting oligarchy!
time to stick together now.
Please lets stick together with the voting otherwise we may get a split vote which will give the oligarchy a better chance.
Having decided to stick together, the next thing is to ensure you get all your friends to vote the same way. I am dragging my partner to the Parish hall with a list for him to take into the booth.
Zoompad- if you want to come to Jersey, you are welcome to come and say with me. I take it you are Zoompad from Mothers for Justice. I think we have a lot in common. I will try and get in touch with you but I couldn't find your e-mail.
Pip Ozouf is such a fool that I really cannot resist this!
He also supported the cherry picking of Clothier that has created the present almost unaccountable Ministerial system that we have today and he fought bitterly and successfully against all electoral reforms that would have resulted in a representative House.
Would it be fair to get going on his equal opportunities policy tomorrow?
So our rainy day money is in HSBC, that's HSBC Jersey I presume?
This is probably a stupid question, but if anyone could enlighten me i'd be greatful.
What would happen to HSBC(Jersey) if one customer were to withdraw 520 million pounds, or any sum suitable to bail out a local financial instituition?
What about the Jimmeny Cricket Perchard CET referendum?
Bet you at least 85% vote No to CET and loads of spolit papers with it.
Whats the bet it comes back again at the next election?
Any hidden agenda???? I suspect its to do with making Jersey independent.
VIVRE LA REVOLUTION……………let THEM eat cake!
A great post. I was at the hustings last night and make no mistake the establishment took their biggest kicking out of all the hustings.
It will be interesting to see how our local media report it. There wasn't one boo or jeer for any of the progressives, or non sitting states member.
All (without exception) boo's and jeers were aimed at the establishment candidates and dare I say it, in fear of Senator Mike (GST28) Vibert reporting me to the police? but not only did he recieve the biggest kicking from the crowd but a few of the candidates stuck the boot in on him aswell!!
If the hustings are anything to go by then it is going to be a landslide victory for the progressives, Zoompad i'll be praying alongside you!!
Please keep in mind the child abuse scandal, Walker shafting Jersey internationally, the Harcourt fiasco, GST and the Bayleafs political interventions.
For our own sake and that of the youger generations, we owe it to bring about change and put an end to this dictatorship.
That's three more for everyone!!
Chris Perkins is a very nice man.
Is he too nice for the battle ahead?
Southern is the better choice, IMHO.
Chris Should stand for Deputy.
I also feel Jeremy Macon deserves a chance.
I only hope that those in your list between 7 and 14 run for deputy (or in Geoff's case remain). They all stand a hell of a chance of getting in and so will all carry a vote in the Chamber.
In three years time we can oust the rest of the scumbags and reclaim the government for the people.
These elections are only the first step. Keep the momentum going.
Yes, I am Zoompad from Mothers for Justice, the lady who dressed in the yellow and green curtains and went to Downing Street to tell Tony Blair off about putting children in danger of institutional child abuse.
We're only called Mothers for Justice because we started off as a group of mothers. We're not a "feminist" group for women's rights – we are about HUMAN rights for everyone – fairness and justice, and, especially, rights for those who cannot fight for themselves, children. Men are very welcome as there well, some of the people there are men.
An excellent hustings last night. Plenty of spin from the establishment figures. Plenty of boos and heckling from the crowd all aimed at the establishment figures. The no-establishment crew were cheered and clapped. I'd have to say Phil and Alan took a good beating they were booed at every opportunity. I'd even go so far as to say Phil look like he was losing his rage at times. He looked livid with the stick he was getting. He denied responsiblity for Radissons that got boos of derision. M.V. looked the shakiest of the lot, didn't perform well at all. S.F. waffled on about what she'd done and what she proposed to do. P.R. and P.T. didn't do much better. If these hustings are anything to go by we could have some big surprises in store.
I was most disappointed that the main attraction didn't materalise, no handbagging by Nellie of Phil!
All in all if those in power don't realise how bad people think things are they must be stupid. I did like Phil saying Jersey was well placed to weather the financial storm! Jackanory comes to mind. Lots of good questions as well at the end so a good night all round. Lets hope and pray that we get all the establishment out! I do hope that these elections are true and fair. Good luck everybody, get out there, you know what you have to do. Kick @rse and get all your friends and family and neighbours out to vote. Make sure you do it. No time to bottle it now!!
Remember the states are there to serve you, not vested interests so get those out who are not interested in helping the ordinary residents. Get the GST party out then we can all have a party! These are probably the most important elections since 1946, make sure it goes the right way, we cannot afford more of the same. A continual deteriation and things could well come to a head. Let us prevent this by doing the right thing now.
Once again the BBC covers up the general disatisfaction with the States. No mention in their news of the lively hustings, so listeners won't have any idea just how much we made our feelings known to Pip and the Ollies last night!
Boooo BBC, shame on you too. Can't afford to report on the main event hustings, or don't WANT to? Better to send a journo to cover pointless cricket instead?
Shame you couldn't get in, Stuart, it was a classic.
It's interesting to see who natters with who before and after the meetings.
I've noticed Higgins seems quite pally with Routier.
JEP "Glenda" is well in with Pip, Alan Toothpaste, and Guy Dismay who made an appearance after most of the crowd had dispersed.
I was puzzled to see Troy offering to buy drinks to the JDA table in the pub afterwards, as well, as was Le Connetable's friendliness to a variety of non-estabs.
This will be the first time I have voted I am ashamed to say! I am so angry about the way things have been going over the last few years epecially HDLG and GST My list was the same as yours Stuart apart from chris which i will change. Like another one of your posters my partner is being given a list for tomorrow!! We must stick together and get rid of these halfwits!!
I have contacted as many of the candidates as possible by email to ask one question. Some of them don't seem to have hot links (or any links) to their e-mail on their web sites/pages/blogs and some of the web pages are hurriedly thrown together or don't work.
But in the end I mailed most of them and all responded except for three: Philip Ozouf, Mike Vibert and Alan Maclean. I even emailed Philip Ozouf using both govt and web site addresses, but no joy.
We have been encouraged to ask the candidates questions, examine their policies and use our vote.
If candidates seeking election don't bother to respond to a straightforward question on where they stand on a given policy, what hope is there for us, if or when they get returned?
Did anyone capture any of this on camera, I reckon we'd all like to see a YouTube vido of last night!
Yes – BBC Jersey couldn't possible undertake a task as demanding as covering the key hustings meeting of the elections – in the most densely populated parish – of the most important elections for generations.
I mean – if they did stuff like that – how on Earth would they be able to send two reporters to different locations around the world – to cover a small-time cricket tournament – and some other sporting event – the importance of which is so great that I can't actually remember what sport it is now?
It's all a question of priorities, you see.
But – this little episode will be yet more weight to the dossier going to the BBC top-brass in London once the elections are done and dusted. I don't think they're going to require much persuading to take action – as they are already aware that they have unit on their hands which has "gone-native" – and is disgracing the good name of the BBC.
Todays phone in on RJ covered the rantings at the hustings last night – several callers complained at the perceived bad behaviour but equally several were in favour of the cut and thrust they'd witnessed. Terry Le Main phoned in to complain that he'd never heard anything like it in THIRTY yeasr of political life in Jersey………….well he'd better get used to it – the peasants are revolting!
'Le Main has got his coming'.
It seems to be pretty common knowledge.
What adds do you offer on him being in the jug in, say, 18 months time?
Who was doing the filming and will it be shown?
I'll have to ask honest nev about that.
Past, present or future offences?
That could be why the BBC is so biased towards the establishment.
CTV given the Rankine link, no chance of fair reporting.
Saw Rankine bigging it up with Maclean and De Faye, he really is a repulsive creature.
I'll also vote for your 6, mainly because it's so difficult to cut through all of the noise, there are so many candidates, we *need* to have this kind of guidance from one person whose views are well known and principles trustworthy.
Last night McLean stated quite emphatically that he had not lied or gone back on his word.
On 25th October 2006 a proposal was bought to exempt or zero rate medical services and products (P86/2006).
McLean voted against the proposal.
The voting record, which can be found on the states website, shows this to be unambiguously dishonest.
When you go past his posters and read his campaign slogans, remember this.
I must say that is about the most hands off, vote for who you like editorial I have seen from the vile Rag for some time.
Obviously a decision has been made at Rag Towers that it is vital for its survival to keep away from the hot topic of politics or at least adopt a more even handed appproach for the time being.
If the Jersey Establishment Party loses tomorrow I think they will quickly find that their friends in the media and elsewhere were essentially fairweather birds.
Anyway the three of you did well…congratulations and best of luck for tomorrow..
The rag wants as many people to vote as possible, because its readers are the kind of pro-establishment brainwashed that suit its agenda.
Simple. It doesn't even have to appear biased to get its own way on that score.
i've just received an email from philip ozouf with a link to his website, asking for a vote. it's a bit surprising as i didn't know he had my email address. i wonder if he got it from the economic dev dep, who i've been in contact with about my business, or one of the small business clubs. i personally don't mind, but i expect there are people who will see it as an unfair advantage that a sitting states member gets a list of email addresses.
Will The Last Person In Jersey Please Put The Lights OUT!
I can't describe how excited and full of hope I am at these elections.
Finally there is a chance, a real chance to rid our Island of this entrenched ruling elite.
A chance at last to end all the lies, posturing, bullying & complacent arrogance that has blighted us for so long.
I cannot be in Jersey for this historic day but my heart & thoughts are with you, the People of Jersey.
Hopefully the Jersey Electorate are sitting up & taking notice! This is surely the "winter of our discontent"!!!! If we don't get out there tomorrow & vote for a new breed of Senator then we have no-one to blame but ourselves!
A bit sad that some people need to be advised who to vote for. Surely any intelligent person can make up their own minds.
No – everyone is "advised to how to vote" already – throughout the election process.
The candidates themselves are – through all their election material – advising people how to vote.
The spin-doctors of the Jersey Establishment Party candidates are advising people how to vote.
The oligarchy's media is advising people how to vote.
People like me are simply trying – in our own small way – to offer our advice. No one is obliged to take any notice of it.
In functioning democracies – people are allowed to debate their choice of candidates.
Not everyone is so well educated on politics, and a lot of people who have been abused are struggling just to get through another day, becausr of the depression that goes hand in hand with institutional child abuse. I'm very glad to have this info, I'm fairly intelligent but I don't know everything by any means!
A lot of older people read the Rag from habit and I can tell you that they are well tickled up.
Perchard is now viewed as being almost Satan's spawn for trying to move Emmerdale to 8pm through his crazed CET proposal and it will get them out in droves, luckily for him he is not standing but they will get him next time round.
Pip is viewed as being the chief architect of GST and they have it in for most of the rest as his allies.
I would stake money on le Marquand doing best out of the Jersey Establishment Party candidates, mainly because as a new boy he is carrying very little baggage.
The rest are likely to carry the can for the last three years of muddle and failure under Frank and le Sueur, the only question is if it will be enough to sink them.
I've been waiting for someone to draw that analogy for ages.
Nothing about the hustings on TV tonight what a surprise a mention on CTV and BBC. No film of the event I wonder why? Nothing about the drubbing that the establishment got last night. This is darn right censorship by those in charge. Is this Zimbabwe I ask? Why no real news? It is obvious that the establishment are worried if they have to stoop to these levels, it would be so funny if their candidites don't get elected tomorrow!
Ozouf even with his new hair to make him look more electable than that bald android look was, struggling to keep his composure. He was wriggling like a worm on a hook he hated the Raddison jibe from some of the other candidates. MacLean was ineffectual no better than his master.
Vibert is one of the walking dead he wasn't there his mind was elsewhere. Ferguson was not much better plenty of bluster but I don't think the voters were taken in by her spin.
The new candidates can across very well I was impressed by Montford Tadier, Mark Forskitt and Jeremy Macon. Anyway get out and vote it is time for a change.
I am seroiusly concered that, if true, this is breaking the law.
Is there not something in the data protection law preventing misuse of peoples personal details?
If so, this needs to be brought to someones attention BEFORE the election!
Unfortunately it is a second hand report with quotes from callers to the BBC Radio Jersey phone-in (most of todays show was about it).
I couldn't go as I have three small children and a wife that have barely seen me since the start of the election – so going out to the hustings was one thing to far – I wish I had gone now though.
Any comment Stu on idiot Le Main's email?
To the anonymous poster who received an unsolicited email from Ozouf.
Might I suggest you email Ozouf back to ask where he got your email address from.
If you have not agreed to this kind of 'marketing' and Ozouf is sending out generic emails for this purpose – i.e. using the States of Jersey, or other official database then he is breaking the Data Protection law.
You can contact the Deputy Commissioner for Data protection at p.vane@gov.je for more info.
The Carbuncle Kid is getting desperate if he has to stoop to that.
Get in there get this person sorted he is not above the law. Do not vote for Phil he is not interested in ordinary Jersey, he is too detatched from reality. If Raddisons was his baby we are all damned. Maybe a stock market melt down will convince the finance people he is not to be trusted. He got well canned last night at the St.Helier hustings. A great night, wish we could have one everynight beats TV any day. The more I hear from him the more I realise he knows nothing. Spin, spin, spin, blah, blah, black sheep. This guy will stop at nothing to be the next but one chief minister do you really want that? I feel he couldn't argue his way out of a plastic bag. I suggest people ask him questions as to why he is happy to do business with the likes of China? Couldn't be anything to do with money could it?
I am fed up with the States they don't do what the public wants and have been shown to be useless for the average person in the street. Get these idiots out now, enough is enough, time for a big change me thinks. A new millenium a new way forward.
Senator Terence (GST28) Le Main has just earned himself his very own Blog.
He appears to court contaversey on a fairly regular basis and I believe has captured the imagination of the General public.
Along with being touted as a bully on various blogs and forums and indeed at hustings I believe he deserves to come into the public domain.
I intend (as I believe it is known in the trade as) "doorstepping" him with my camera.
In order to put across a "journalistic" report I should like to ask the readers on here to let me know what questions, you the electorate would like me to put to Senator Terence (GST28) Le Main.
Re the press and their summarised coverage of the elections… I find it surprising with the technology available that all of the hustings have not been made available online as mp3 recordings. Something to possibly take into our own hands if it is still not taken up at the next elections?
Kaspar – The St Saviour hustings are available to listen again at bbc.co.uk/jersey – our system crash meant the recording of the St Brelade husting (which went out live) wasn't available to put on listen again.
Unfortunately it's only available as a Real file not an mp3 as I have to ask special permission from the team in Birmingham for long mp3 files.
All the candidate manifesto recordings (Constable and Senator) are available as mp3 though.
I was and I intend to be listening tomorrow night as Pip and his do nothing mates in the Jersey Establishment Party take a serious crunching.
After that I will be moving on to the Deputies elections.
I see Walsh was second from last. It appears his link to JTM has done him no favours. I liked his posters though said a lot about his ex-website!


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About the City of Alexandria
City News Releases
For Immediate Release: December 1, 2020
The City of Alexandria will expand the Capital Bikeshare Program to the West End several years ahead of schedule, starting in early 2021. The City will purchase seven previously deployed stations in good condition, which will accelerate the system expansion by two to five years. The interim stations, which are anticipated to be installed in January and February, will be replaced with new equipment once grant funding becomes available.
City staff is finalizing locations for stations and coordinating an installation schedule. The general locations recommended in Alexandria's Transportation Master Plan (p. 55) are being used as a starting point for the new locations and are being considered in coordination with the bikeshare operator and adjacent property owners. Members of the Traffic and Parking Board supported these locations during discussion at their meeting on October 26.
Visit alexandriava.gov/Bikesharing for more information about specific locations and timing for installation, or general information about bikeshare in Alexandria.
For inquiries from the news media only, contact Andrea Blackford, Senior Communications Officer, at andrea.blackford@alexandriava.gov or 703.746.3959.
This news release is available at alexandriava.gov/119142.