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Sydney Travel Guide
Marv Perez·July 19, 2013·0 comments
Sydney is a cosmopolitan city where nature weaves beautifully with the sleek city architecture. Bushes and parks gracefully interrupt the urban layout and skyscrapers. While the grandeur of this Australian city and New South Wales state capital is best symbolized by its two world-renowned architectural icons, namely the Opera House and the Harbor Bridge, it also boasts abundant and diverse nature. Its prized alluring beaches and pristine coastlines are perfect for swimming and riding the waves. Giant trees and botanic parks in the middle of the city play host to native critters and cockatoos. Delve deeper into Sydney and you will find that there is more to the city than meets the eye. You will be initially charmed by the magical harbor with the willowy sails. Stay awhile and you will see the magic that Sydney really is. Find out all there is to the city by checking out our Sydney travel guide below!
Sydney's exquisite beaches and coastline await visitors with 340 days of sunshine year round, but the best time to visit the city and many of its tourist sites are in the spring months from September to November, and autumn which occurs from March to May when the temperature is pleasant and comfortable. Summers are hot with high humidity, while winters are relatively mild and definitely dry but with occasional heavy downpour.
Sydney has a temperate climate. Its winters are dry and mild with average temperature of 48 °F from June to August. Spring follows from September to November when temperature is warmly pleasant, there is sunshine for at least 8 hours, and it rarely rains for the rest of the season. Summers from December to February are hot and wet with temperatures hardly falling below 26°C and downpours are heavy. Daytimes are cooler and more comfortable during autumn from March to May. Rains are also heaviest during this season.
Sydney, inarguably, is a bit of an exhibitionist. It is a glittering playground, with sandstone coves and sun-blazed beaches skirting its prodigious harbor and the open Pacific. Beyond all its brazen beauty lies a host of eclectic pleasures, some of which are best exemplified by the activities listed below.
1) Swim, windsurf, and surf
Bodies bronzed from the sun crowd Bondi Beach to swim and ride the surfs. Sydney has over 50 city beaches to explore. Views and parks are the pride of Watson's Bay, where cafes and restaurants line along its walkways. Similar promenades litter along Manly Beach. It is mainly flanked by surfers chasing unforgiving waves.
2) Take a ferry ride
Take an unforgettable 7-mile ferry ride out of Circular Quay, sidling along the world's largest harbor with the hallmark Sydney Opera House and the Harbor Bridge. Enjoy the sights of urban structures, mansions, beaches before entering Manly Beach.
3) Watch a movie in open air
See a movie amidst the gardens, under the stars, and with the sight of the glitzy Opera House and the iron Harbor Bridge from afar. You can do this at St. George Open Air Cinema in the summer months.
4) Root for a team in the local sports scene
Sydneysiders are ardent sports supporters. If you are staying a while in the city, follow a local rugby team. The locals call the game "footy". Crickets are also a craze and are played at the Centennial Park.
5) Explore the gardens, wildlife, and zoos
Australian wildlife is at home in Sydney. The city has allocated 30 hectares of botanic gardens to breathe life to the urban area. Explore this pleasant mockup of a jungle east of the commercial business district and sprawling the harbor area.
Sydney's harbor sits near the middle of the whole city area, and the Harbor Bridge is the demarcation. The southern half of the city is the location of the Harbor Bridge, the Darling Harbor, and the dazzling coastline. The northern part of the city is the commercial hub of Sydney interspersed with botanical gardens, zoos, shopping zones, and the ocean beaches.
1) Sydney Harbor Bridge
The bridge is a favorite venue for the New Year's celebration. It is fondly called "the coat hanger" by the locals. You can walk to the bridge to take a magnificent view of the harbor for free. Take the stairs on Cumberland Street and follow the eastern footpath overlooking the Sydney Opera House. There is another access through the Argyle stairs but you have to pay an entry fee of US$10. This access will bring you to some exhibits along the structure, and 200 steps up to the South East Pylon with hard-to-beat scenery. If the scenery calls the daredevil in you, you can take a Bridge Climb tour from US$268-US$403 per person (updated 2020), which will facilitate a view from 439 feet above sea level. The experience will definitely and literally give you a new perspective of this iron bridge and its harbor.
Location: The Rocks
2) Sydney Harbor National Park
Sydney is a grand network of bushes, rain forests, beaches, aboriginal and historic sites. Miles of walking tracks interlace with this congregation of natural and historic sanctuaries and allow residents and tourists an opportunity to walk leisurely. This is a priceless experience. It is also free for those who wish to explore this part of the harbor.
Location: Harbor area
3) Sydney Opera House
The dazzling Sydney Opera House with the svelte sails was designed by Architect Joern Utzon. In 2007, it was declared a World Heritage Site. World-class performances hold operas and dances in any of the Opera House's five theaters and halls. Everyone is free to explore the interior of the building, but there are also guided tours available with fees. A One-hour General Tour costs US$42, while a Two-Hour Backstage Tour (with full breakfast) costs US$175 (updated 2020).
Address: 2 Macquarie Street, Circular Quay
4) Royal Botanic Gardens
Thirty hectares sprawling the harbor area are teeming with landscaped and natural forests, pagodas, streams and ponds. The gardens invite every visitor to take time to feel the grass, touch and smell the flowers, and feel the green sweeping space. There are more than 45,000 species of plants and trees which make for cool haven for birds and ducks. The garden is also the location of the residence of the governor, the Government House. The interior of this Gothic revival structure can be seen when joining a tour. The exterior and its gardens, however, can be explored free. Take a map for your self-guided tour.
Address: Mrs. Macquaries Road, The Domain
5) The Beaches
The beaches of Sydney are among its bragged-about natural resources within the city's arm length. There is the quiet Palm Beach with its opulent neighborhood. Manly is often called the Surfers' Mecca with its magnificent waves and picturesque coastline. Bondi showcases the bronzed bodies of swimmers, skaters, sun-worshippers, surfers, and bodybuilders – the scene that tells you that you have arrived to Australia's commercial and carnival-like beach.
Address: all within urban Sydney
6) Taronga Zoo
Locals call this the Ultimate Zoo. It is located in a bush land on the northern shore of the harbor with daily shows and resident animals that visitors look forward to seeing. Animals are housed in large enclosures which are faithful replications of the animals' natural habitat. The admission fee is US$48 (updated 2020)which includes the daily prey shows. A Zoo Pass can also be bought at US$45.50 from Sydney Ferries at Circular Quay. This will cover the ferry ride and the admission ticket. The Zoo has some activities which might appeal to you. Instead of indulging on your 5-star bed in the city, you can spend a one-of-a-kind zoo slumber with luxurious tent accommodations, with zoo tours, drinks, dinner and breakfast at US$240 per person per night.
Address: Bradleys Head Road, Mosman
7) Koala Park Sanctuary
You will never get enough of Australian mammals and marsupials – there's just too many of them. Spend another half day with them at the private Koala Park Sanctuary. Cuddly the koalas, feed the kangaroos, shear the sheep, and see more of the wallaroos, wombats, dingoes, and emus. Entry fee is US$28 (updated).
Address: 84 Castle Hill Road, West Pennant Hills
8) Sydney Aquarium
Drown with the sight of giant aquariums and a kaleidoscope of underwater life in the Sydney Aquarium. It is a huge display of sea turtles, colorful fish, sharks, stingrays, and saltwater crocodiles. Its exhibits on the Great Barrier Reef and Murray-Darling River showcase the biodiversity of Sydney's underwater life. Admission is at US$36.80 if bought online per adult (updated 2020).
Address: Aquarium Pier, 1-5 Wheat Road, Darling Harbor
9) Garden Palace Gates
The gates are the stately remnant of the fire that shocked the city and razed the 19th century Garden Palace constructed for the Sydney International Exhibition, along with hundreds of paintings and important city records.
Address: Macquarie St.-Bent St., The Domain
10) Australian Museum
This is a natural-history museum that exhibits notable collections of flora and fauna, geological specimens and artifacts from the aborigines of Australia and Papua New Guinea. It exhibits 10 complete skeletons of dinosaurs. Admission is US$11. Tours can be availed from US$101 per person. Cafes and shop are nearby.
Closed until mid-2020 due to renovations (updated March 2020).
Address: 6 College Street (near William St. Hyde Park)
Sydney is the melting pot of cultures as it is of cuisines. It might be difficult to find the local food, because Sydney gourmands are unceasingly adapting to international palates. Modern Australia (Mod-Oz) has a repertoire of Mediterranean, Asian and European dishes. To find that Sydney distinction in the dining scene, spot the local produce of Sydney rock oysters, mud crabs, barramundi, and the freshwater lobsters called marrons. The list of restaurants below will get you started.
1) Rockpool
Get a taste of Sydney's Mod Oz culinary individuality. Over 22 years of serving Mod Oz skillfully merging with Thai, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and Chinese influences, this dining place will completely bowl you over. You will travel the world with its four-course menu. You can request it to include Muscovy duck, leaf-wrapped chicken, date tarts, and broccolini. Be passionate with the house tradition, passion fruit soufflé. A four-course meal starts at US$120. Rockpool closes on Sundays and Mondays.
Address: 107 George Street, The rocks
2) Buon Ricordo
Dine Italian with Chef Armando Percuoco at Buon Ricordo. This is a happy place you'd keep returning to for the truffled egg pasta, snapper on zucchini flower bed, and homey Tuscan flavors. A six-course meal starts at US$150 (updated 2020).Like most business establishments, Buon Ricordo closes on Sundays and Mondays.
Address: 108 Boundary Street, Paddington
3) Icebergs Dining Room and Bar
This is a favorite dining place, even among celebrities. It throbs with the festive atmosphere of Bondi Beach and is much sought-after for its exceptional food and superb view. Shift to party mode and order a whole suckling pig roasted with bay leaves and pepper, salted Sicilian anchovies, buffalo mozzarella, fried artichoke hearts, and bruschetta. An 8-course meal costs around US$120. Tuesdays and Thursdays are a sensation because of the US$60 a la carte menu served on those days only. The Icebergs is closed on Mondays.
Address: 1 Notts Avenue, Bondi Beach
4) Bill's
Try Sydney's creamiest scrambled eggs and ricotta hotcakes at Bill's Café. Find comfort in the three locations of Bill's. It serves breakfast in all three nooks, but serves gourmet dinner in its Surry Hills address only. Named after celebrity chef Bill Granger, it has become a favorite of tourists and Sydneysiders from all walks of life. Price for a breakfast starts from US$19.50.
Addresses of the 3 locations:
433 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst
352 Crown Street, Surry Hills
118 Queen Street, Woollahra
5) Tetsuya's
If you wonder where the east and the west meet in Sydney, it is in Tetsuya's. Sample how uniquely and deftly Chef Tetsuya Wakuda blends the Western and Japanese flavors and techniques so that each influence brings out the best of the other. A dazzling eleven-course dinner starts at US$240 (updated 2020) plus US$92 for wines. The bonsai and waterfall landscape complete the theme. The establishment is closed on Sundays and Mondays.
Address: 529 Kent Street, City Center
Sydney offers countless options for your stay. You can choose from the swankiest hotels with 5-star amenities along the harbor side. Or you may take the historic buildings turned boutique hotels in The Rocks. The city fringes and the suburbs are dotted with hotels and apartments that offer excellent views and comfortable rooms. And don't forget, the tent accommodations in the zoo are quite an experience.
1) The Langham
Check out the facilities and rooms in this old-fashioned Venetian- inspired hotel, with frescoed ceilings and marbled surroundings. It has a bar for your night cap, a restaurant named Galileo, free Wi-Fi access, and an indoor pool. Room rate starts at US$265 (updated 2020).
Address: 89-113 Kent Street, The Rocks
2) Wake Up!
Wake Up! comes in the shape and design of most modern, sleek, functional, and economical hotels promoted by local tourisms worldwide. It is designed to provide the basic necessities of the regular traveler right where the action is. Wake Up provides laundry facilities, Wi-Fi connectivity, tour assistance, cheap meals, and even free beer or coffee. Dorm-type accommodations range from US$27 to US$80 per person. A private room, single accommodation costs US$98 and a double room costs US$13 per night (updated 2020).
Address: 509 Pitt Street (across Sydney Central Station)
3) Simpsons of Potts Point
This boutique hotel spells luxury in Victorian terms. Every room is uniquely constructed. One suite has a double Jacuzzi tub, and one family room has its own courtyard. Draperies and furnishings regally dress up the rooms. Continental breakfast is included with the room rate that starts at US$215.
Address: 8 Challis Avenue, Potts Point
4) The Russell
This Victorian mansion is a character of its own. No two rooms are the same, but get any of those double rooms facing the Circular Quay. If you've had enough of the quay, you can also choose the one opening to the courtyard. The rooftop with turrets and gardens turns magical at night. Room rates start at US$259 per night with accommodations and breakfast for two people.
Address: 143A George Street, The Rocks
5) Arts Hotel Sydney
You might wish to stay where shopping is just a few strides away. This charming hotel has large rooms facing the courtyard, pool and garden. The Arts Hotel provides a quiet space in the midst of a busy business area. Use of bicycles around the city, in-house movies and Wi-Fi are available, all free of charge. The room rate starts at US$230.
Address: 21 Oxford Street, Paddington
Go beyond Sydney's harbor, the iron coat-hanger, and famous concrete sails. Glide with the sun-worshippers in the commercial beaches, but go farther to the quiet coastlines where dunes are undisturbed and views of the quay are incomparable. Visit the zoo collections, but take time to gaze at cockatoos freely walking and hopping when they can easily fly. The cockatoos are telling you to stop and take time to enjoy and linger on the natural green carpets. Linger more in one of the world's most beautiful cities and Australia's cultural capital. Sydney deserves more than just a cursory scanning.
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What drives Carlos Ghosn, Chapter 4: "Nissan Turnaround"
Before the alliance between Renault and Nissan Motor, I had been to Japan only once in my life. It was in 1984, and I was still with Michelin. I had gone on a business trip to visit Komatsu, but my stay lasted for only two days – too short to get a real impression.
I visited Japan a few other times during the partnership negotiations with Nissan, but my true relationship with the country began when my family moved there in May 1999. I arrived in Japan a month before the rest of my family, and initially lived in a hotel. The Nissan headquarters was then in a prime location in Ginza, near the center of Tokyo. My first office as chief operating officer was a renovated conference room a few doors down from the then-CEO Hanawa-san. My executive assistant, Takahashi-san, was extremely efficient, expertly managing my appointments so that I could work at a brisk pace.
Upon my arrival, I could tell people were curious about my intentions. My reputation as a "cost cutter" had preceded me. Nevertheless, I jumped headfirst into the task at hand. I was careful to respect the traditions of the Japanese culture at Nissan. For the general shareholders meeting, I had practiced bowing at 30 and 60 degrees. But I was there for one reason: to fix the company. I told those shareholders: "I came to Japan not for the sake of Renault, but for Nissan." I still remember the warm applause.
I met with many stakeholders, including the unions and suppliers. They were unanimous in saying that while the changes would require sacrifice, as long as I fixed the problems, they supported me. That was all the approval I needed.
Around this same time, other executive- and manager-class personnel from Renault were beginning to arrive in Japan – 30 in all. Many were hand-picked by me, and others came recommended. For each position I filled, I focused on whether that person possessed enthusiasm and an open mind. As a leader who had run many companies in several countries, I knew that the only ones who could truly change the company were people inside it; the chances of a French outsider trying to "reform" it from the outside were zero. What I needed were managers who could solve problems in close cooperation with the Japanese. And I did not want there to be any division within the ranks, so I discouraged exclusive gatherings or private clubs for the people who came from Renault.
Because I had chosen people with open minds, the French newcomers adjusted well and were welcomed by their colleagues. Certainly there were some inside Nissan who were skeptical. I remember a popular TV commercial jingle: "The new boss is French. Not even the body language gets through." This ad referred to the significant cultural differences between the French, who shake hands, and the Japanese, who bow.
And that was only the beginning of the differences I would encounter. Still, our alliance was successful because we were able to come together around shared goals.
And it wasn't just Renault people coming to Nissan – Nissan employees also went to Renault. In the end, everything we have done as an alliance has benefited both companies – otherwise we wouldn't do it. And it's a critical reason why the alliance continues to succeed today, while others who have tried this model have failed.
The Nissan Revival Plan produced a range of reactions worldwide. Some worried that the plan, introduced in late 1999, would lead to the destruction of traditional Japanese business relationships. Others worried about their jobs. But I wasn't putting out a plan I didn't believe in fully. I asked for trust and backed it up by saying that if we did not return to profit after a year, I would resign, as would my executive committee.
One of the biggest changes we made was in purchasing, which caused some tense moments. Traditionally, Japanese companies form close ties with their suppliers. However, as with the Renault restructuring, we focused on reducing procurement costs by doing more business with whichever companies could best meet our requests for lower prices. It was based purely on merit. That was the only way.
For example, Nissan Motor was purchasing almost all of its sheet steel from four of the five major Japanese iron and steel companies, which was one of the main reasons our purchasing costs were so high. To remedy this, we maintained relationships with all four steelmakers but began focusing on Nippon Steel (now Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal) and Kawasaki Steel as our primary suppliers.
Our transactions with another steelmaker, NKK, decreased significantly, and the company announced in 2001 that it would merge with Kawasaki Steel. The media dubbed this the "Ghosn Shock." But I knew better – long before the announcement, I had met with the top executives of NKK and personally outlined our new strategy and policies, so no one was caught off guard, let alone "shocked."
These cost-saving measures were carried out in other segments as well. The revival plan included a target of reducing the total number of trading partners by half. At first, the number of suppliers decreased. But when Nissan's fortunes turned the corner after 2000, the number of our business partners actually rose. And as we focus on new technology, such as electric vehicles, our list of suppliers continues to grow.
We have seen this trend across the board. We had to close five plants but have since opened 15. We also had to cut 20,000 people from a workforce of around 150,000, but today we have a headcount two times the size after the initial reduction. Nissan had 2 trillion yen ($17 billion at current rates) in debt, but now has 1.5 trillion yen in cash.
I do not want to discount the sacrifice so many people made during this process. I remember seeing a story in an American newspaper at that time that featured managers of some of the small and midsize companies near Tokyo's Murayama factory, which we shut down. They told the paper that their companies would not be able to survive unless Nissan returned. But they acknowledged there wasn't a better plan -– and they wanted to cooperate, no matter what it took.
I will never forget these words. They strengthened my resolve to deliver a better future for our entire ecosystem of suppliers, partners, employees and communities.
And we did deliver it – faster than expected. By the year through March 2002, Nissan had achieved a 4.5 percent margin on operations and reduced interest-bearing debt to less than 700 billion yen. We were one year ahead of schedule. As it turns out, I didn't have to quit my job. In fact, I was named chief executive officer in 2001.
When the financial results of our recovery were released, Japanese society began seeing Nissan Motor in a new light. As the now CEO and president of this success story, I was graciously welcomed everywhere I went. I received requests for interviews and speeches, and I even appeared on a couple of talk shows. Suddenly even our local yakitori restaurant, one of my family's favorite hangouts, was swarmed with cameras. The attention was new to me, but I didn't let it distract me from the ongoing work. Recovery is a continuous process.
Nissan's financial performance was on the upswing. At the same time, we were restructuring and adopting a fresh growth strategy, which included construction of our Mississippi plant in the U.S., which now produces large pickup trucks and is a backbone of Nissan's growth. It was time to move to the next phase.
The next medium-term management plan was called Nissan 180. Each number had a meaning.
The "1" signified our target of increasing sales by 1 million units worldwide by 2005. The "8" stood for the 8 percent or better operating margin – the highest level in the industry – to which we aspired. And the "0" indicated our goal of zero interest-bearing debt. We've kept up the practice of using numbers in the names of our medium-term plans, including the current one, Nissan Power 88, which runs through March 2017. To me, numbers provide a common language that can effectively communicate the management's vision to all employees.
There is another reason we focus on numbers. One of the differences between Japanese and French cultures is how decisions are made and executed. In France, we come to decisions quickly, but the execution can take a variety of directions, because the decision is open to interpretation. In Japan, it takes longer to come to a decision, but once it's made, action is uniform and swift. So the best way to achieve a target is to make sure it is specific.
Another cultural difference is that in Japan, there is a high level of deference for the rule of seniority. While I think it is important to respect seniority, it should not be in the form of discrimination against young people. A wage and promotion system based solely on seniority produces negative effects. Rather, people should be evaluated on the results of their work and their contribution to the company. To me, it's about performance. That is why Nissan introduced an incentive system that rewards financial performance at management levels.
We are continuing with these changes to ensure that younger employees and women are empowered with opportunities. After all, I was given big responsibility at a young age, and that is the reason I am where I am today. In these ways, Nissan's revival is still ongoing. But by 2003, at least financially, we had fully recovered.


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PA School — What to…
PA School — What to Expect
Many students, after overcoming that first big hurdle of securing a spot in a PA program, may not be fully prepared for what they have actually gotten themselves into. Oftentimes, students assume that PA school will be simply an extension of their time spent in undergraduate studies, only to discover that the reality is that PA school is much more intense and challenging. So being prepared and strategic about the experience can make the difference between succeeding and even thriving — or just barely making it through.
Rethinking Study Habits
While in college, students don't always feel the need to keep up with their reading and studying and often wait until the last minute to cram for midterms or finals, but PA school compels you to have a very different set of study habits. The information presented in the PA curriculum builds upon content previously presented, which means that students will have to not only understand the material but be able to retain it. This may necessitate a different approach to studying then they were previously using while in undergraduate school. In other words, PA school requires students to go beyond just studying for the test — they must become lifelong learners, as they will need to continuously employ the knowledge learned once they have graduated and are in practice.
There's no doubt about it — PA school is fast-paced. What was spread out over two semesters in undergraduate studies, may be presented in just two weeks. There's a lot of information to absorb in a short period of time. This means that setting aside regular dedicated study time has to be a priority. Also, as an undergraduate, students typically mix some easier classes with the more difficult ones, but in PA school, most of the classes will be challenging. "Gut courses" don't really exist, so students need to be highly organized with their time in order to keep up and stay on track with all of their classes.
Some students may need to break free from their silos. While many students enjoy studying alone, given the interdisciplinary aspect of the PA profession and the emphasis on teamwork, group work becomes somewhat of a necessity. In fact, PA students can benefit greatly from collaboration and creating learning communities. This also will help them build on their communication and people skills, which will ultimately enable a smoother transition into the PA profession.
It's important to remember that competition for grades does not serve anyone well. Class cohorts are created to maximize learning — and not just from professors or instructors but from one another. The variety of health care experiences that students bring to the table and the technical skills that classmates have can be useful adjuncts in study groups or skills-building small groups. The team-based approach to medicine can and should be modeled in the classroom setting.
The shared camaraderie of a class cohort has the potential to provide lifelong friends and professional colleagues. Being open to meeting new people and appreciating the various perspectives contributes to a rich PA school experience.
A Demanding Schedule
Don't make any big travel plans! Everyone deserves a break, but most programs run straight through for an average of 27 months, so it's best to hold off on any major trips as breaks might not be as long as students expect them to be.
While many students might have worked during their undergraduate studies, it may not be feasible in PA school. PA school and clinical rotations are almost a 9–5 job that will demand all of your time — or even more than a 9–5 job with certain rotations.
The Power of Positive Thinking
Students should have confidence that they belong in their programs. Faculty believe in the students who have been selected as part of a class cohort. While the work will be challenging, they would not have been chosen if the program didn't believe they could succeed.
They should think about developing a growth mindset based on Carol Dweck's work. She talks about the terms "fixed mindset" and "growth mindset" to describe the underlying beliefs that people have about learning and intelligence. "When students believe they can get smarter, they understand that effort makes them stronger. Therefore, they put in extra time and effort, and that leads to higher achievement."
Students should not be afraid to ask for help, whether from faculty, university resources, friends, or family. PA school is rigorous, and they really cannot do it alone. Health care is also rigorous — knowing when to ask for help in the patient care setting is a critical component of being a good PA.
The life lessons that a student takes away from their PA educational experience will serve them well, whether it has to do with keen attention to detail, lifelong learning, or the flexibility to navigate new settings and hone strong interpersonal skills. Students matriculating into a PA program should be prepared to be transformed. PA school can be a life-changing experience offering an outstanding opportunity to learn, give back, and grow — both professionally and personally.
Thank you to PAEA staff members Karen Hills, MS, PA-C, Olivia Zeigler, MS, PA, and Denise Rizzolo, PhD, PA-C, for their significant contributions to this article.
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Q: How to access png image to byte array in Unity? I am a starter of Unity developer,
I have an image file saved in the device,
the file path shown as follow:
string filePath = Application.persistenceDataPath + "myImage.png";

How can I decode it to be byte array so that I can use it?
Thank you very much!

A: Solved! Thank you for helps! I have found the answer that absolutely what I need.
byte[] imageData = File.ReadAllBytes(filePath);

Therefore, I can use it any where.

A: If you have the bytes in a byteArray variable, you can do:
    Texture2D tex = new Texture2D(width, height);
    tex.LoadImage(byteArray);
    renderer.material.mainTexture = tex;

But to load from a file, you can use Resources.Load if it's inside a Resources folder, or WWW.LoadFromCacheOrDownload if it's not, but them it will have to be an asset bundle instead of an image, and to build an asset bundle you'll need Unity Pro. Notice that WWW doesn't require the url to be an URL, it can be a path. See examples here:
http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/Resources.Load.html
http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/WWW.LoadFromCacheOrDownload.html
So, to sum up you first load the image into a byte array and then you use the Texture2D class to load the bytes into a texture object.

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As parents, we're all quite familiar with the term "time-out." It's often the first line of defense against a strong-willed, tantrum-ridden child. But is time-out all that it's cracked up to be? Does it really stop a child from repeating whatever troublesome behavior is happening?
A time-out may stop the behavior in the moment, but it's often short lived. Many parents find themselves using time-outs so often and wonder why their kids are still misbehaving. Let's look at why this is as well as alternatives we can use to redirect misbehavior while maintaining our connection to our children.
Time-outs are traditionally used by parents to stop a child's negative behavior. More often than not, a time-out typically sounds something like, "Johnny, that's it! No more hitting! You're going to TIME-OUT!" And off to his designated chair, corner, step or room Johnny goes, often by himself. If he's 2, he'll be told to stay there for 2 minutes. If he's 3, he's to stay there for 3 minutes and so on.
What we know is that when a time-out is used in this punitive way, it is largely ineffective. Why? For starters, it is helpful to understand brain development. Children at these young ages have underdeveloped prefrontal cortexes. The prefrontal cortex is the area of the brain that is responsible for logical thinking and reasoning. It is also responsible for regulating emotions and controlling social behavior. This area of the brain isn't said to be fully developed until early adulthood!
Young children have BIG feelings and when upset, these big feelings can be terrifying to them. When we use time-outs in the way described above, we're leaving our children alone at the very times they need us the most. When our child is misbehaving, she is trying to communicate with us. She is attempting to show and tell us how discouraged she is. Children experience stress just as adults do. This is not to say that we are going to ignore the misbehavior. Rather, we are going to address the behavior at a time when everyone is calm, being both kind and firm in our approach. It is helpful to shift from a mindset of imposing punishment or consequences to one where we search for solutions to the "problem" at hand. Doing this with our child is how we model healthy conflict resolution. Teachable moments and learning are futile when tempers are flared.
1.) Check in with yourself to see if it's really you that could benefit from a time-out. If you find that your emotions are flaring up in response to your child's negative behavior, first, assure that your child (and any other involved parties) are safe and then give yourself a time-out to engage your own prefrontal cortex. Go into the next room. Pause. Breathe. Count to ten and center yourself before reacting to your child. Role model the very behavior you would like to see from your child.
2.) Create a self-calming space with your child (best for kids 2 ½ and older). When everyone is calm, discuss the idea of a "cool down space" that your child can use when he is upset. Just as adults need positive outlets when stressed (i.e. exercise, calling a friend, deep breathing), our children greatly benefit from this as well. Explain to your child that you would like to help him come up with his very own space that he can go to when he's feeling angry, sad or upset. Choose the location of the space. Give it a name ("Joey's cool down spot"). Stock it with calming objects – books, stuffed animals, pillows, blankets etc. When your child gets upset, assess the situation and remind him of the special place he created. You can offer to go with him if he'd like. The goal is to teach your child how to self-soothe and take care of himself when upset, rather than lash out at you or someone else. It is important to teach our children how to calm down before we can ask them to do so on their own.
3.) Distract, redirect and assess the child's needs. Sometimes a simple distraction or redirection is all that is needed to address the situation. This works especially well with those 2 1/2 and younger. Rather than engaging in a power struggle, kindly and firmly state your limit and then change the environment. Suggest a new activity – head outside, put on music and have a dance party, run around, be playful. In addition, assess whether your child might be tired, hungry, in need of a diaper change or coming down with an illness and address those needs as soon as possible.
Research on parenting continues to demonstrate that when we focus on building a connection with our children through positive guidance and mutual respect, rather than trying to get our kids to "obey," everyone benefits. Parents who choose guidance over punishment have children who want to come to them (and cooperate) because their child feels a sense of belonging, significance and trust in the relationship.
Ah, mealtime. Many parents of toddlers will say that mealtimes are the time of day they dread the most. Whether it's because their children can't sit still, throw food across the room or have become more "picky" with what they'll agree to eat, it's certainly a topic many parents struggle with.
1.) It is the parent's job to offer healthy food options and it is the child's job to choose what and how much he will eat.
As difficult as it may be, this is where parents have to realize that they can't control whether or not (or how much) their kids eat. Many parents worry that their kids will not get the proper nutrition or will wake up hungry if they don't eat a full meal. Remember that kids will take in exactly what they need so long as they are being offered healthy choices. Many pediatricians will say that it's more important to look at how kids eat over the course of a week versus just one or two days. Take the pressure off yourself.
To avoid a power struggle, simply (and calmly) offer healthy food items (for some kids, it can take 10 times of being exposed to a new food before a child will try it) and let your child take it from there (difficult as that may be). Also, be sure your child is well hydrated throughout the day. Resist the urge to beg, plead or bribe your child to eat, as that will only fuel a power struggle.
2.) Be careful of becoming a short-order cook.
3.) Don't ban "treats" or dessert.
When we deny our kids (even ourselves) of treats, the treats end up becoming the "forbidden food," which makes it all the more interesting, desirable and what they will want the most. Instead, we want to promote a healthy relationship with food. Rather than thinking in terms of "good" foods and "bad" foods, it's important to think in terms balance, moderation and portion control. So, consider allowing a small treat during the day (say after school) or, if you prefer, with a meal or after a meal (examples include a few m&m's, a few chocolate chips, a piece of candy. Again, the key is moderation and portion control). Don't feel that your kids have to finish what's on their plate in order to have dessert. This sets up a vicious cycle where kids view dessert as the forbidden food and rush through their meals to attain it. When treats and dessert are not seen as off limits, they lose their power. Again, parents have control over when and how many treats their kids can have. Better yet, you can ask your child when he would like to have his treat. Once he's had his "allowance" for the day, he'll know he can have another treat tomorrow (and if he forgets, you can remind him). Once kids are allowed to have these special foods, their desire for more and more naturally decreases.
4.) Kids model what they see.
Make sure you have a variety of healthy options on your plate. Model how fun it is to try new foods and how enjoyable meals can be. Again, simply enjoy your food without putting pressure on your child to enjoy his.
5.) Try finding out what your child is willing to eat.
Sit down with your child at a time when things are calm. Enlist his help in making a list of the foods he is willing to eat and consider setting up a meal chart with him. For example, choose a mealtime (breakfast, lunch or dinner), add the days of the week and for each day of the week, have your son choose one of the items on the list that he would like to eat (using pictures of the items can be helpful). Getting kids involved in the creation of routines is a respectful approach that models problem-solving and decision making, while increasing the likelihood of gaining cooperation.
6.) Get kids involved in the process of cooking and meal preparation.
Our kids are always looking for ways to belong, feel significant and in control. What better way to help meet these needs then by enlisting their help in the kitchen? Take your child to the grocery store with you. Go to the produce area and point out all of the vibrant colors. Pick up a vegetable and ask him what he thinks it is. Talk about where it comes from and the amazing things that fruits and vegetables do for our bodies. Remember, food is energy! Ask your child what he would like to help you make using the fruits and vegetables he sees. Get out a recipe book, preferably one with pictures and give him some choices. Not only is this a way of educating your child, but think about the bond and sense of connection you are creating in the process of choosing healthy meals and cooking together.
Above all, give your child the message that you love him unconditionally and trust that he will make healthy choices for himself, when he's ready. It takes two to have a power struggle, so avoid accepting the invitation by trying the above suggestions.


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Israel's Allies in 1948; The USSR, Czechoslovakia, American Mainline Churches and the Left
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By Dr. Norman Berdichevsky, Monday, September 20, 2010 .
Today's media never attempt to explain how it was Soviet and East Block aid and not American support that was the crucial factor in newborn Israeli state.
The nearly universal belief, never challenged by the media, is that the United States was wholly or largely and "morally" responsible for fully supporting Israel on the ground from the very beginning of its independence in May, 1948. The world has been inundated with a tsunami of Arab propaganda and crocodile tears shed for the "Palestinians" who have reveled in what they refer to as their Catastrophe or Holocaust ("Nabka" in Arabic).
Their plight has been accompanied by unremitting criticism that the United States was the principal architect that stood behind Israel from the very beginning with money, manpower and arms. The fact is that President Truman eventually decided against the pro-Arab "professional opinion" of his Secretary of State, General George Marshall and the Arabists of the State Department. He accorded diplomatic recognition to the new Jewish state but never considered active military aid. His own memoirs recall how he felt betrayed by State Department officials and the American U.N. Ambassador, Warren Austin who pulled the rug out from under him one day after he promised Zionist leader Chaim Weitzman support for partition.
American Jewish voting in the 1948 Presidential election leaned heavily for President Truman but also cast a substantial number of votes for third party "Progressive" leader Henry Wallace who had spoken out even more strongly on behalf of American support for the Zionist position and aid to Israel. It was actually not until the administration of President John Kennedy in the early 1960s that the first American arms shipments were made to Israel.
Soviet Diplomatic Support
The struggle of the Jewish community in Palestine was endorsed completely by what was then called "enlightened public opinion," above all by the political Left. Andrei Gromyko, at the UN, asserted the right of "the Jews of the whole world to the creation of a state of their own", something no official of the U.S. State Department has ever acknowledged. Soviet support in the U.N. for partition brought along an additional two votes (the Ukrainian and Byelorussian Republics within the USSR and the entire Soviet dominated block of East European states. Taking (as always) their lead from Moscow, the (hitherto anti-Zionist) Palestinian communist organizations merged their separate Arab and Jewish divisions in October, 1948, giving unconditional support to the Israeli war effort and urging the Israel Defense Forces to "drive on toward the Suez Canal and hand British Imperialism a stinging defeat"!
World Wide Support from the Left
The most famous and colorful personality of the Spanish Republic in exile, the Basque delegate to the Cortes (Spanish Parliament), Dolores Ibarruri, who had gone to the Soviet Union, issued a proclamation in 1948 saluting the new State of Israel and comparing the invading Arab armies to the Fascist uprising that had destroyed the Republic. Just a few months earlier, the hero of the American Left, the great Afro-American folk singer, Paul Robeson had sung in a gala concert in Moscow and electrified the crowd with his rendition of the Yiddish Partisan Fighters Song.
Jewish Attempts to Buy Arms and Czech Approval
The major Arab armies who invaded the newly born Jewish state were British led, equipped, trained and supplied. The Syrian army was French-equipped and had taken orders from the Vichy government in resisting the British le
d invasion of the country assisted by Australian troops, Free French units and Palestinian-Jewish volunteer forces in 1941. In their War of Independence, the Israelis depended on smuggled weapons from the West and Soviet and Czech weapons.
The leaders of the Yishuv (Jewish community in Palestine), already in the summer of 1947, intended to purchase arms and sent Dr. Moshe Sneh (the Chief of the European Branch of the Jewish Agency, a leading member of the centrist General Zionist Party who later moved far leftward and became head of the Israeli Communist Party) to Prague in order to improve Jewish defenses. He was surprised by the sympathy towards Zionism and by the interest in arms export on the side of the Czech Government. Sneh met with the Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Clementis, who succeeded the non-Communist and definitely pro-Zionist Jan Masaryk. Sneh and Clementis discussed the possibility of Czech arms provisions for the Jewish state and the Czechs gave their approval,
In January, 1948 Jewish representatives were sent by Ben-Gurion to meet with General Ludvik Svoboda, the Minister of National Defense, and sign the first contract for Czech military aid. Four transport routes were used to Palestine all via Communist countries; a) the Northern route: via Poland and the Baltic Sea, b) the Southern route: via Hungary, Yugoslavia and the Adriatic Sea, c) via Hungary, Romania and the Black Sea, d) by air, via Yugoslavia to Palestine.
At first, a "Skymaster" plane chartered from the U.S. to help in ferrying weapons to Palestine from Europe was forced by the FBI to return to the USA. By the end of May the Israeli Army (IDF) had absorbed about 20,000 Czech rifles, 2,800 machine-guns and over 27 million rounds of ammunition. Two weeks later an additional 10,000 rifles, 1,800 machine-guns and 20 million rounds of ammunition arrived. One Czech-Israeli project that alarmed the Western intelligence was the, so called, Czech Brigade, a unit composed of Jewish veterans of "Free Czechoslovakia", which fought with the British Army during WWII. The Brigade began training in August 1948 at four bases in Czechoslovakia.
Czech assistance to Israel's military strength comprised a) small arms, b) 84 airplanes – the outdated Czech built Avia S.199s, Spitfires and Messerschmidts that played a major role in the demoralization of enemy troops; c) military training and technical maintenance. On January 7, 1949, the Israeli air-force, consisting of several Spitfires and Czech built Messerschmidt Bf-109 fighters (transferred secretly from Czech bases to Israel), shot down five British-piloted Spitfires flying for the Egyptian air-force over the Sinai desert causing a major diplomatic embarrassment for the British government. According to British reports, based on informants within the Czech Government, the total Czech dollar income from export of arms and military services to the Middle East in 1948 was over $28 million, and Israel received 85% of this amount. As late as 1951, Czech Spitfires continued to arrive in Israel by ship from the Polish port of Gydiniya-Gdansk (Danzig). Since May, 2005 the Military Museum in Prague has displayed a special exhibition on the Czech aid to Israel in 1948.
In contrast, the American State Department declared an embargo on all weapons and war material to both Jews and Arabs in Palestine, a move that only had one effect in practice. There was no Arab community in North America to speak of and given the fact that a substantial and overwhelmingly sympathetic Jewish community in the United States was anxious to aid the Jewish side, the embargo simply prevented a large part of this intended aid from reaching its destination. The small trickle of supplies and arms reaching Israel from North America was accomplished by smuggling. The U.S. vote in favor of partition was only de facto reflecting the State Department's care not to unnecessarily offend the Arab states whereas the Soviet vote recognized Israel de jure.
Even with Czech weapons and Soviet aid, Israel would undoubtedly have been unable to halt the Arab invasion without a massive inflow of manpower. The United States, Canada and Europe provided no more than 3000 volunteers, many of them combat hardened veterans from both the European and Pacific theaters of war plus a few hundred idealistic youngsters from the Zionist movements with no combat experience or training. But their numbers were a drop in the bucket compared to more than 200,000 Jewish immigrants from the Soviet dominated countries in Eastern Europe, notably, Poland, Bulgaria (almost 95% of the entire Jewish community) Romania, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, the former Baltic States and even the Soviet Union who emigrated to Israel arriving in time to reach the front lines or replenish the depleted ranks of civilian manpower. Without both the arms and manpower sent from the "Socialist Camp", to aid the nascent Israeli state, it would have been crushed.
The About-Face of The Party Line on Zionism
Jewish Marxist theoreticians the world over including several high ranking Party activists, all dedicated anti-religious and anti-Zionist communists had followed the Party Line and even praised a vicious pogrom by Muslim fanatics carried out against ultra-Orthodox Jews in the town of Hebron in Palestine in 1929. The Party Line then was that the Arabs masses were demonstrating their anti-imperialist sentiment against British rule and its sponsorship of Zionism. In 1947, when Stalin was convinced that the Zionists would evict the British from Palestine, the Party Line turned about face. Following Soviet recognition and aid to Israel in 1948-49, both the Daily Worker and the Yiddish language communist daily in the U.S. Freiheit (Freedom) outdid one another to explain the new party line in that…. "Palestine had become an important settlement of 600,000 souls, having developed a common national economy, a growing national culture and the first elements of Palestinian Jewish statehood and self-government."
A 1947 CP-USA resolution entitled "Work Among the Jewish Masses" berated the Party's previous stand and proclaimed that "Jewish Marxists have not always displayed a positive attitude to the rights and interests of the Jewish People, to the special needs and problems of our own American Jewish national group and to the interests and rights of the Jewish Community in Palestine". The new reality that had been created in Palestine was a "Hebrew nation" that deserved the right to self-determination. Remarkably, the Soviet propaganda machine even praised the far Right underground groups of the Irgun and "Stern Gang" for their campaign of violence against the British authorities.
Church Support in the U.S.
The Jewish cause in Palestine enjoyed the support of a large section of mainstream and liberal Protestant churches and not primarily the "lobby" of Protestant Fundamentalists as is often portrayed today by critics of Zionism. As early as February 1941 and in spite of the wholehearted desire of the American Protestant establishment not to risk involvement in World War II, Reinhold Niebhur spoke out convincingly through the journal he founded "Christianity and Crisis" and sounded a clarion call of warning about Nazism. Its final goals were not simply the eradication of the Jews but the extirpation of Christianity and the abolition of the entire heritage of Christian and humanistic culture. This is the only kind of "World Without Zionism" that the Iranian and Arab leaders long for. Niebhur based his views not on any literal "Evangelical" interpretation of Biblical promises but the essentials of justice for the nations and also called for some form of compensation to those Arabs in Palestine who might be displaced if their own leaders refused to make any compromise possible.
Nazi and Reactionary Support for the Arabs
There was nothing "progressive" about those who supported the Arab side. The acknowledged leader of the Palestinian Arab cause was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, who had fled from Palestine to Iraq to exile in Berlin where he led the "Arab office," met with Hitler whom he called "the Protector of Islam," served the Germans in Bosnia where he was instrumental in raising Muslim volunteers among the Bosnians to work with the SS. At the end of the war, the Yugoslav government declared him a war criminal and sentenced him to death. Palestinian Arabs still regard him as their original supreme leader. Lending active support to the Arab war effort were Falangist volunteers from Franco's Spain, Bosnian Muslims and Nazi renegades who had escaped the Allies in Europe.
The close relationship between the Nazi movement and the German government under Hitler in courting the Arab Palestinian and Pan-Arab attempt to act as Fifth column in the Middle East has been thoroughly researched by Klaus-Michael Mallmann and Martin Cüppers' in their new book Halbmond und Hakenkreuz. Das "Dritte Reich", die Araber und Palästina, (Crescent Moon and Swastika: The Third Reich, the Arabs, and Palestine) It was published in September, 2006 and has yet to appear in English translation. It documents the Arab sympathies for Nazism, particularly in Palestine and German attempts to mobilize and encourage the Arabs with their ideology, especially the Muslim Brotherhood, and the forces around the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, in Palestine.
Nazi radio broadcasts to the Arabs between 1939 and 1945 constantly proclaimed the natural German sympathy for the Arab cause against Zionism and the Jews. German Middle East experts stressed "the natural alliance" between National Socialism and Islam. And such experts as the former German Ambassador in Cairo, Eberhard von Stohrer, reported to Hitler in 1941 that "the Fuhrer already held an outstanding position among the Arabs because of his fight against the Jews."
Cüppers and Mallmann quote many original documents from the Nazi archives on this close relationship. From the late 1930s, the planning staffs dealing with the external affairs of the Reich in the Head Office of Reich Security (RSHA, Reichssecuritathauptamt, originally under the monstrous Gestapo-chief Reinhard Heydrich), sought to engulf the Arabian Peninsula and win control of the region's oil reserves. They dreamt of a pincer movement from the north via a defeated Soviet Union, and from the south via the Near East and Persia, in order to separate Great Britain from India.
Thanks to the counteroffensive of the Red Army before Moscow in 1941/1942 and at Stalingrad in 1942/1943, and the defeat of the German Africa Corps with El Alamein, the Germans never managed to actively intervene in the Middle East militarily although they helped spark a pro-Axis coup in Baghdad in 1941.
Britain and the Abstentions
In the vote on partition in the UN, apart from the states with large Muslim minorities (like Yugoslavia and Ethiopia), the Arabs managed only to wheedle a few abstentions and one lone negative vote out of the most corrupt non-Muslim states. These included Cuba (voted against partition) and Mexico (abstained) eager to demonstrate their independence of U.S. influence and Latin American countries whose regimes had been pro-Axis until the final days of World War II such as Argentina and Chile (both abstained).
All the West European nations (except Great Britain) voted for partition as well. No other issue to come before the U.N. has had such unanimous support from the European continent or cut across the ideological divide of communist and western sectors. The Jewish state was even supported by Richard Crossman, a member of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine who had been handpicked by Britain's anti-Zionist Foreign Secretary, Ernest Bevin. Crossman, taking a principled stand, refused to endorse the Labor Party Line.
He had visited the Displaced Persons camps in Germany where Jews who had sought entry into Palestine were being detained. He realized that their sense of desperation derived from a world with no place which they as Jews could truly call home. He wrote that when he started out he was ready to believe that Palestine was the "problem," but his experiences made him realize that it was the "solution."
What Today's So Called " Progressive" Jews Have Forgotten or Ignore
Even many Jews in the Diaspora whose parents and grandparents rejoiced at the rebirth of Israel in 1948 and regarded it mystically as partial compensation for the Holocaust have been psychologically intimidated by the constant anti-Israel line of the media and of the torrent of bloody confrontations picturing enraged Muslim mobs ready for constant mayhem to avenge what they regard as the worst injustice in human history (i.e. the creation of the Jewish State rather than the failure to establish an Arab Palestinian state).
Some prominent Diaspora Jews, particularly among those who cannot escape the narcotic-like trance they have inherited as "progressives" and are essentially secular and ultra-critical of capitalism and American society with its underlying Christian values, have developed a new kind of psychological self-hatred to exhibit a disassociation from the State of Israel and their religious heritage. They are upset over the close Israeli-American friendship….
They easily see Israel's many flaws (both real and imagined) among which, the worst is that Israel, like America is a "privileged" society enjoying wealth amidst a world of misery. They flatter themselves that they are the modern day prophets who see "the writing on the subway walls" (as Paul Simon sung). They have earned for themselves the justifiable contempt of most Israeli Jews (both religious and secular) for their moral duplicity.
As long ago as 1958 this trend was clearly seen in the interviews given by Leon Uris, the author of the best selling novel "Exodus" in explaining why he wrote the book. He had in mind successful Jewish authors such as Philip Roth, Saul Bellow and Bernard Melamud whom he called "professional apologists" (for being Jews). Uris set out to tell the story of Israel's rebirth as the story of Jewish heroes rather than the psychological analyses of individuals who grew up damning their fathers and hating their mothers and wondering why they were born.
Uris unapologetically made a pro-Israel film only a decade after every Jewish movie producer had turned down making the film "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947; starring Gregory Peck) about polite anti-Semitism. It was made into a film by the great Greek-American producer, Elia Kazan who was later turned on with vengeance for cooperating with the House un-American Activities Committee revealing communist influence in Hollywood. Uris himself has been in the front lines in Guadalcanal and Tarawa island and felt an immense respect for the Israelis who had defeated the invading Arab armies and defied the legion of pro-Arab diplomats in the British Foreign Office and the leadership of the Labor Party (a sin the British Left has never forgiven).
Today's crowd of "progressive" Jewish actors and entertainers outdo even the writers Uris attacked fifty years ago….
They are sarcastically referred to by many in Israel as "beautiful souls" i.e., by those who reject their elitism of supposed high moral values so out of place in the Arab Middle East and as remote from the real world as were the great majority of the victims of the Holocaust whose Jewish values prevented them from attributing such evil to the Germans. ….
Whatever the differences between secular and religious Israelis, they pale before the monumental differences that separate life in the State of Israel with all its inherent promises, risks and dangers from the Diaspora's ultra idealized concerns and sensibilities. This is as true today was it was in 1948. The Political Left today refuses to admit that it stood wholeheartedly behind Israel much like the exercise performed by Stalin's staff of photographers who could surgically extract and obliterate old time Bolsheviks who had fallen out of his favor.
Convenient Amnesia
Today's media never attempt (not even the History Channel) to explain how it was Soviet and East Block aid and not American support that was the crucial factor which brought both essential weapons and manpower to the beleaguered newborn Israeli state in 1948-49 and enabled it to turn the tide of battle and justifiably hand the Palestinian Arabs and their allies their "Nabka." Soviet hopes that they might eventually pressure the new and profoundly democratic Israeli state to side with them in the Cold War were hopelessly naïve*. The Arabs cannot admit the truth of Soviet aid to Israel as it would rob them of their psychological advantage that they are victims who have the right to continually browbeat Western and especially American public opinion as responsible for their catastrophe. Amnesia is a common malady among politicians. … Even President Bush and his supporters seem to suffer from amnesia and were reluctant or incapable of setting the record straight about 1948.
* see Israel Between East and West; Israel's Foreign Policy Orientation, 1948-56.
Dr. Norman Berdichevsky (website: nberdichevsky.com/, Ph.D. – Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1974, is an author, freelance writer, editor, researcher, lecturer, translator and teacher with sophisticated communications skills.
Dr. Berdichevsky can be reached at: letters@canadafreepress.com
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How Remote Work Is Shifting Company Culture & Values
From being more transparent about employee expectations, to making in-person meetings count — companies are changing their ways for good.
By the Offsyte Team, December 10, 2021
The labor force is undergoing a major transformation as remote work starts to become the norm. Industries and companies capable of sustaining a work-from-home model are giving it a serious try. As a result, there's been a shift in workplace dynamics that's hard to ignore.
2021 witnessed the Great Resignation, where millions of Americans quit their jobs in search of more flexible schedules and greater autonomy over their work. Workers are no longer keeping quiet about their desires to get back home in time for dinner with their kids, or take a mental health day as needed.
Employees in today's workforce might have more leverage than ever before. Companies are starting to react to this shift in power by reevaluating their workplace environments, and making sure those environments are supportive of employee needs.
Below are a few ways in which companies have started to change their day-to-day operations in order to accommodate their workers:
Going Digital-First
As remote work has started to creep into even the most traditional workspaces, employers have had to reassess their workplace resources. Employees are now checking into a decentralized, virtual office space where no two workstations are alike. Several companies have decided to go "digital-first," in an attempt to streamline and standardize workplace tools.
Going "digital-first" means giving employees all of the tools and resources necessary to get work done from home, or wherever else they may be. This enables employees and employers to reimagine collaboration in the workplace.
Chief People Officer at Paddle, David Barker says of his employees, "They can choose to work in the way that is best for them; whether that's coming into the office, working from home or some combination of the two." It's an approach companies all over the world are taking in an effort to keep valuable talent at their offices — even if only virtually.
Publicizing Company Culture & Values
Whether they be verbally communicated or visibly displayed somewhere in the office, most companies have a set of company values outlined. Employers generally understand the need to rally their employees under a few common themes in order to boost morale in the workplace.
Now that employees are working from home part-time, full-time — or leaving their employers all together — companies have decided to publicize their company culture and values. A number of firms have started to make their company values explicitly known online, with the hopes of attracting competitive talent to their teams.
One of the best examples of a company openly promoting their company culture is "Netflix Culture: Freedom & Responsibility," a set of slides published back in 2009 by Netflix CEO & Founder, Reed Hastings. The slide deck has garnered 12 million views since its debut and has proven to be a strong branding tool for Netflix, positioning the company as a highly-desirable employer.
Other examples of impressive company-culture slide decks are:
Grammarly's Culture Code
LinkedIn Culture Deck
The HubSpot Culture Code
Being Explicit About Employee Expectations & Accountability Practices
Perhaps one of the most helpful "pressures" placed upon employers in a remote-work setting is the need to be clear and direct about expectations and accountability measures. Frustrations in the workplace are often attributed to miscommunication, however, problems also arise due to a misalignment of expectations.
Employees' first understanding of what is expected of them comes from the job posting to which they applied. As they step into their new roles, employees may start to notice aspects of the job that weren't obvious in initial conversations with their superiors. It's expected that as time goes on, employees adjust and assimilate into their roles through context.
With less time spent in the office (if any at all), employees are left with minimal examples of what their roles are supposed to look like. By listing out explicit guidelines and procedures, employers help employees better understand what it looks like to:
ask for help from a colleague;
receive feedback from a manager;
go through the chain of command to report a complaint;
and deal with other workplace nuances that aren't so straightforward from the onset.
Embracing Hybrid Models for the Long-Term
Future Forum recently conducted a workplace-culture study across six countries. It found that the vast majority of knowledge workers value flexibility. 72% of the individuals surveyed preferred working within a hybrid remote-office model, with only 16% wanting to be fully remote and 12% wanting to return to the office five days a week.
Employees are eager to avoid arduous, daily commutes into the office and establish work-life balance. Keeping this in mind, employers are not considering remote models as temporary fixes to a pandemic-affected world, but rather as long-term solutions to a workplace culture that is clearly transforming.
It's important to keep in mind that employees are not the only ones benefiting from these changes. Companies going remote are now able to hire from a much wider talent pool, reduce their real estate expenses, and operate more efficiently. Several high-profile companies have publicly admitted they may never return to an office-centric culture including:
FlexJobs
Hosting Meaningful In-Person Meetings
"That meeting could've been an email."
If you've ever worked in an office you've heard that phrase at least once! You may have even whispered it to a co-worker after leaving an unnecessarily long check-in with your team.
Now that in-person interactions in the workplace are being reduced, employers are feeling pressured to really make those in-person meetings count. Hybrid and remote models make it harder for teams to meet up. In order to get employees out of their homes and into the office, there needs to be a clear and important reason for an in-person, team meeting.
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Joseph Herman Pasternak (born József Paszternák; September 19, 1901 – September 13, 1991) was a Hungarian-American film producer in Hollywood. Pasternak spent the Hollywood "Golden Age" of musicals at MGM Studios, producing many successful musicals with female singing stars like Deanna Durbin, Kathryn Grayson and Jane Powell, as well as swimmer/bathing beauty Esther Williams' films. He produced Judy Garland's final MGM film, Summer Stock, which was released in 1950, and some of Gene Kelly's early breakthrough roles. Pasternak worked in the film industry for 45 years, from the later silent era until shortly past the end of the classical Hollywood cinema in the early 1960s.

Biography

Early life
He was born to a Jewish family in Szilágysomlyó, Austria-Hungary (now Șimleu Silvaniei, Romania). His father was a town clerk and Pasternak was one of eleven children.

In 1920, he emigrated to the US as a teenager and stayed with an uncle in Philadelphia. He worked in a factory, punching holes in leather belts, and did a variety of other jobs. He also studied acting in New York.

Assistant Director
In 1922, Pasternak gained a job as a busboy at Paramount's Astoria studio in Queens, New York City at $8 a week; after a year he was head waiter and making $120 a week, including tips. He quit in 1923 to become an assistant for director Allan Dwan and worked his way up from fourth assistant at $16 a week to first assistant at $75 a week.

He worked as an assistant director on The Phantom of the Opera (1925) and It's the Old Army Game (1926).

He tried directing, a two-reeler with El Brendel. It was seen by Wesley Ruggles who offered him a job at Universal Studios as an assistant director at $35 a week.

Germany
In 1928, Universal sent Pasternak to Europe as an associate producer to work on German-language films for the international market. Pasternak produced a series of movies directed by, and often starring, William Dieterle: The Brandenburg Arch in 1929 with Paul Henckels and June Marlowe; Triumph of Love and Silence in the Forest also in 1929; Rustle of Spring and Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, a drama, both in 1930, and One Hour of Happiness in 1931.  Pasternak also produced three films directed by Edmund Heuberger and starring Eddie Polo: Secret Police (1929), Witnesses Wanted (1930), and Of Life and Death (1930).

Other Pasternak films included The Daredevil Reporter (1929), written by Billy Wilder, starring Eddie Polo and directed by Ernst Laemmle; Next, Please! (1930) directed by Erich Schönfelder; Two People (1930) with Charlotte Susa directed by Erich Waschneck; The Great Longing (1930), directed by Steve Sekely; Seitensprünge (Infidelity, 1931); Ich geh' aus und Du bleibst da (The Inconstant: I go out and you stay here in German and French, 1931); Der Storch streikt (The Stork Strikes, 1931); The Night Without Pause (1931) with Sig Arno co-directed by Andrew Marton; Bobby geht los (Bobby goes off, 1931); A Tremendously Rich Man (1932); Five from the Jazz Band (1932) directed by Erich Engel; and The Rebel (1932), a historical epic directed by Curtis Bernhardt, Edwin H. Knopf and star Luis Trenker.

Pasternak shot Secret Agent (1932) and Johnny Steals Europe (1932) both with Harry Piel, then A Tremendously Rich Man (1932) with director Steve Sekely, Die unsichtbare Front (The Invisible Secretary, 1933) and Pardon, tévedtem (Excuse me, I was wrong, 1933). (Note translations are basic, not officially approved titles.)

Hungary
When Hitler came to power in Germany, Pasternak moved to Hungary. There he did a series of films starring Franciska Gaal: Romance in Budapest (1933) with Sekely (also shot in German as Scandal in Budapest); A Precocious Girl (1934), directed by Max Neufeld and Richard Eichberg; Spring Parade (1934); Peter (1934) directed by Henry Koster; Little Mother (1934) (later remade in Hollywood as Bachelor Mother); and Catherine the Last (1936).

Universal in Hollywood

Universal recalled Pasternak, giving him a $500 a week contract. He brought back Henry Koster with him and the two men set about making the sort of movie they had in Europe. "No one's going to get sick or die in my pictures", Pasternak said at the time. "That's no form of entertainment."

After seeing her in the short Every Sunday (1936), Pasternak cast 14-year-old Canadian singer Deanna Durbin in Three Smart Girls (also 1936), directed by Koster. The film became a huge hit and reputedly saved Universal from bankruptcy. He followed it with two more Durbin films, One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937), directed by Koster, and Mad About Music (1938), directed by Norman Taurog. In 1938, Pasternak did a comedy, Youth Takes a Fling, then was back with Durbin for That Certain Age (1938), and Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939). In all, Pasternak made ten films with Durbin.

Pasternak soon discovered another talented soprano, Gloria Jean, who began her own series in 1939, starting with The Under-Pup (1939). He produced Durbin again in First Love (1939). He had a large hit with the comedy Western Destry Rides Again (1939), starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart, which helped revitalise Dietrich's career.

Pasternak alternated between the three female stars – with Durbin he did It's a Date (1940), Spring Parade (1940) (a remake of his 1934 film), Nice Girl? (1940) and It Started with Eve (1941). With Jean he did A Little Bit of Heaven (1940), a sort of sequel to The Under-Pup. Finally, with Dietrich he did Seven Sinners (1940) (with John Wayne) and The Flame of New Orleans (1941).

In June 1941, after finishing Eve, Pasterrnak left Universal. Although he still had two years to run on his contract, he had "differences of opinion" with the studio's management, and by mutual consent the parties elected to terminate the contract.

MGM
In June 1941, Pasternak announced he had joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a producer for a reported $3,500 a week. Several studios had been interested in placing him under contract, but Louis B. Mayer wanted Pasternak and allowed the producer several concessions. Mayer assigned young soprano Kathryn Grayson, who had only made one film for MGM, to Pasternak's unit so that he might make her into a star like Durbin. Pasternak later sat on the executive committee and came to be regarded as one of the three most important persons in the company, alongside Louis B. Mayer and Vice President Sam Katz.

At MGM he continued to produce operetta films, starting with Seven Sweethearts (1942) starring Grayson, and Presenting Lily Mars (1943) starring Judy Garland. Both films were successful at the box-office. Pasternak followed these with Thousands Cheer (1943) with Grayson and Gene Kelly, which was a huge hit; Song of Russia (1944), a musical which later became problematic because of its pro-Russian viewpoint; Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) with June Allyson, Van Johnson and Gloria DeHaven, and Music for Millions (1944) with Allyson and Margaret O'Brien. All these films were hits.

Pasternak was responsible for Esther Williams' first proper vehicle, Thrill of a Romance (1945), co-starring Van Johnson; it made over $3 million in profits. Similarly well received by audiences was Anchors Aweigh (1945) with Grayson, Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. Pasternak also made several non-musical romantic comedy hits, including Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945) with Hedy Lamarr and Robert Walker, and No Leave, No Love (1946) with Johnson. However, around this time Pasternak mostly specialized in musicals: Two Sisters from Boston (1946) with Grayson and Allyson was a box-office success, as was, Holiday in Mexico (1946) with Walter Pidgeon and Jane Powell in her debut for MGM. However, The Unfinished Dance (1947) with O'Brien and Cyd Charisse lost over a million dollars – the first Pasternak MGM film to do so. This Time for Keeps (1947) with Esther Williams, was profitable.

In 1948 Pasternak had very mixed results. Three Daring Daughters in 1948 with Powell and Jeanette MacDonald, while popular, lost money. Pasternak also tried his first drama in the U.S. with Big City (1948), starring O'Brien, which was a big money loser. More popular were the 1948 musicals On an Island with You with Williams; A Date with Judy with Jane Powell, Wallace Beery and Elizabeth Taylor; and Luxury Liner again with Powell. Pasternak unfortunately had a big flop with the Sinatra-Grayson musical The Kissing Bandit that same year, which lost MGM over $2 million.

Pasternak bounced back with In the Good Old Summertime (1949) with Garland and Johnson, and introduced Mario Lanza in That Midnight Kiss with Kathryn Grayson, which was a solid hit.  Nancy Goes to Rio with Powell, a remake of It's a Date, made a minor loss. In 1950, The Toast of New Orleans with Grayson was a solid hit, as was Duchess of Idaho with Williams. Pasternak produced the final Judy Garland film at MGM, Summer Stock in 1950, co-starring Gene Kelly, and then had the biggest hit of his career to date with The Great Caruso (1951), a vehicle for Mario Lanza which made almost $4 million in profit for the studio.  After the popular Rich, Young and Pretty (1951) with Powell, Pasternak made a film noir with Mickey Rooney, The Strip (1951) which flopped.

More typical was Skirts Ahoy! (1952) with Esther Williams; The Merry Widow (1952) with Lana Turner and Fernando Lamas; and Because You're Mine (1952) with Lanza. Small Town Girl (1953) with Powell lost money, as did Latin Lovers (1953) with Turner and Ricardo Montalbán, but Easy to Love (1953) with Williams and Johnson was another hit.

Pasternak again tried a drama, this time with Turner, Flame and the Flesh (1954), but it was not a notable success. However, The Student Prince (1954) with Ann Blyth and Edmund Purdom miming to Mario Lanza singing, was a huge success. Pasternak did Hit the Deck (1955) with Powell, Vic Damone and Debbie Reynolds, which was popular but failed to recoup its cost. Athena in 1955 with Powell, Reynolds, Damone and Purdom, was a straight out flop. Meet Me in Las Vegas (1955) with Charisse was well received, but failed to recoup its cost.

The industry was changing, and musicals were becoming increasingly unprofitable for MGM. Conversely, a tough biopic Pasternak produced about Ruth Etting, Love Me or Leave Me (1955), starring Doris Day and James Cagney, was a hit. In 1956, Pasternak published his memoir, Easy the Hard Way. Pasternak had two big flop musicals, The Opposite Sex (1956), a remake of The Women with Allyson, and Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) with Dean Martin. Also unsuccessful was the Jean Simmons comedy This Could Be the Night (also 1957). It was then time for a change.

Euterpe
In April 1956, Pasternak left MGM after 14 years. He set up the independent production company Euterpe with Sam Katz. They made an agreement with Columbia to finance their films, and announced several projects: The Chiselers starring Alan Ladd; Three Blondes; Gidget, based on the novel by Frederick Kohner; and Nora, an original screenplay by Felix Jackson. However Euterpe and Columbia could not come to terms and dissolved their agreement in November 1957.

Pasternak set up Euterpe back at MGM. He was an immediate success, turning out four hits in a row: a highly regarded thriller, Party Girl (1958), with Robert Taylor and Cyd Charisse; two comedies with David Niven: Ask Any Girl (1959) with Shirley MacLaine and Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) with Day; and a teen comedy, Where the Boys Are (1960), which introduced a group of new stars: George Hamilton, Dolores Hart, Yvette Mimieux, Connie Francis, Jim Hutton, and Paula Prentiss.

In the 1960s, Pasternak produced a mix of hits and misses. He reunited Hutton and Prentiss in The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962) but it was not as popular as Boys. Then he had a failure with Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) starring Day, which lost almost $4 million. However, Pasternak responded with a comedy starring Glenn Ford, The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963) that was a hit; the film featured Ronny Howard (later known as Ron Howard), showing the producer still retained an ability to discover young performers. Less successful was A Ticklish Affair (1963) with Shirley Jones and Looking for Love (1964) with Francis and Hutton. He did a poorly-received musical with Ann-Margret (in a part turned down by Doris Day), Made in Paris (1966), then made two Elvis Presley films co-starring Shelley Fabares, Girl Happy (1965) and Spinout (1966), both of which made money. He also did a Natalie Wood comedy Penelope (1966), which was a box-office disappointment.

Pasternak produced the 1965, 1966 and 1967 Academy Awards. In 1966 he was honored with a retrospective of his work.

20th Century Fox
In 1967, Pasternak left MGM and became affiliated with 20th Century Fox, but made only one film for Fox, The Sweet Ride (1968). Pasternak had a stroke before filming, and Sweet Ride would turn out to be his last film. In 1968, he was also stricken with Parkinson's disease. He recovered slightly two years later but made no more films. He said at the time: "I am proud that I have produced 105 pictures and not one of them is adults only."

In 1980, he estimated his films had earned $400 million. "If I had a percentage I'd be the richest man in town", he said. His career as a film producer spanned 40 years and earned him two Oscar nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations. He retired in 1968.

Personal
Pasternak is the father of Michael Joseph Pasternak, the radio disk jockey known as Emperor Rosko; Jeff Pasternak, a playwright and songwriter; and Peter Pasternak, a music industry professional. He was married to Dorothy.

Pasternak also authored a lovely and knowledgeable cookbook entitled Cooking with Love and Paprika, published by Bernard Geis Associates in 1966.  The book is peppered with stories of dinner parties, entertaining tips, his life history, and delicious Hungarian recipes.

Death and tribute
Joe Pasternak died in Beverly Hills, California from complications arising from Parkinson's disease six days before his 90th birthday. He is interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Joe Pasternak has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1541 N. Vine Street. David Chandler (writer) recorded and wrote the autobiography of Joe Pasternak, Easy the Hard Way, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York 1956.

Partial filmography

 Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1929)
 Rustle of Spring (1929)
 Secret Police (1929)
 The Daredevil Reporter (1929)
 Two People (1930)
 Witnesses Wanted (1930)
 Of Life and Death (1930)
 Next, Please! (1930)
 The Night Without Pause (1931)
 I Go Out and You Stay Here (1931)
 Bobby Gets Going (1931)
 Five from the Jazz Band (1932)
 The Rebel (1932)
 A Tremendously Rich Man (1932)
 Secret Agent (1932)
 The Invisible Front (1932)
 Scandal in Budapest (1933)
 Peter (1934)
 Spring Parade (1934)
 A Precocious Girl (1934)
 Little Mother (1935)
 Catherine the Last (1936)
Three Smart Girls (1936)
One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
Mad About Music (1938)
Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
That Certain Age (1938)
Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1938)
The Under-Pup (1939)
First Love (1939)
Destry Rides Again  (1939)
It's a Date (1940)
Spring Parade (1940)
A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)
Seven Sinners (1940)
Nice Girl? (1940)
The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Seven Sweethearts (1942)
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
Thousands Cheer (1943)
Song of Russia (1944)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Music for Millions (1944)
Thrill of a Romance (1945)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)
Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
Holiday in Mexico (1946)
No Leave, No Love (1946)
The Unfinished Dance (1947)
This Time for Keeps (1947)
Three Daring Daughters  (1948)
Big City (1948)
On an Island with You (1948)
A Date with Judy (1948)
Luxury Liner (1948)
The Kissing Bandit (1948)
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
That Midnight Kiss (1949)
Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
Duchess of Idaho (1950)
The Toast of New Orleans  (1950)
Summer Stock  (1950)
The Great Caruso  (1951)
Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
The Strip (1951)
Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
The Merry Widow  (1952)
Because You're Mine (1952)
Small Town Girl (1953)
Latin Lovers (1953)
Easy to Love (1953)
Flame and the Flesh (1954)
The Student Prince (1954)
Athena (1954)
Hit the Deck (1955)
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
The Opposite Sex  (1956)
Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
This Could Be the Night (1957)
Party Girl (1958)
Ask Any Girl (1959)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies  (1960)
Where the Boys Are (1960)
The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
The Courtship of Eddie's Father  (1963)
A Ticklish Affair (1963)
Looking for Love (1964)
Girl Happy  (1965)
Spinout  (1966)
Made in Paris  (1966)
Penelope (1966)
The Sweet Ride  (1968)

References

External links

 Obituary at New York Times
 Obituary at Los Angeles Times

1901 births
1991 deaths
People from Șimleu Silvaniei
People from the Kingdom of Hungary
Hungarian Jews
American people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
American film producers
Burials at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
Hungarian film producers
Neurological disease deaths in California
Deaths from Parkinson's disease
20th-century American businesspeople
Hungarian emigrants to the United States

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