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Comscore is calling the weekend at $55.3M, lower than the $58.5M we saw yesterday morning, and a 22-year low (updated), the last low being in 1998, the Oct. 30-Nov. 1 weekend when John Carpenter's Vampires led all titles to $55.2M. Overall, this weekend was down 45% from last weekend, when market conditions were arguably normal, and off 60% from the same weekend a year ago. In fact, the weekend after Sept. 11, Sept. 14-16, 2001, fared better at the box office with $66.4M. At the time, I remember the narrative being that 9/11 fears didn't impact movie-going, that it was just another typical dry weekend during September, which back then didn't program event movies.
Some will assume that the new 50% capacity caps put in place by most major cinemas are what's forcing the box office down. That's not the case, as I've been informed it's largely the marketplace's attitude. For any film that overperforms, business can be switched to another theater, and that capacity quota can always grow.
"The circuits are doing a phenomenal job of being respectful to local government ordinances, while at the same time trying to serve the community," said Universal domestic distribution boss Jim Orr this morning about exhibition circuits braving the marketplace this past weekend.
Some of the markets that were hit the hardest over the last two days versus the same period last weekend are Montreal, Canada (-72%), Boston (-65%), New York (-64%) and Philadelphia (-62%). According to CNN's coronavirus cases state map, New York has the second-most in the nation with 613. In Washington state, which has the most at 642, Seattle-Tacoma is down only 47% at the weekend box office. But there was some buoyancy in other markets. For example, Dallas, which is typically the no. 5 market in a given weekend, was No. 2, only off 29% this weekend versus last, while Phoenix, which typically ranks No. 9, was No. 4 off only 26%. That indicates that those markets weren't hit as hard as others.
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All estimates are down, as analysts can't keep track of this depressing wave. It's very challenging for them to keep any consistency and the current situation at the box office is changing in real-time. No one can say with certainty what is going to happen in the next set of hours, or even in the next week. Disney's Onward posted the biggest second weekend drop in Pixar history through no fault of the pic's own, with $10.5M, down 73% for a $60.3M 10-day.
Lionsgate's I Still Believe came in lower than the $10M+ many were seeing yesterday, with $9.5M at 3,250 locations. That said, this movie held incredibly well, given the circumstances that the nation is in. Typically a faith-based movie like this would see a solid Sunday, bolstered by churchgoers heading to the cinema after services. But most churches are closed around the nation, which poses a question around today's business. Sony's Bloodshot is coming in at $9.3M in 3rd, and Universal/Blumhouse's Invisible Man and The Hunt were 4th and 5th with $6M and $5.3M. For all the wide entries, it's not about opening weekend, it's about where do we end up?
Some movies did see a Saturday uptick, which says that movie-going has a pulse, but it's nothing to chest-thump about, given how off everything is. Those pics that saw some growth Saturday over Friday include Onward, Invisible Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Way Back, Call of the Wild, Bad Boys for Life, and Emma in the top 10. If you back out the $2.85M previews from I Still Believe's $4M Friday, Saturday was technically up for the movie, with yesterday seeing $3.1M, +170% over Friday's $1.15M.
Overall, one studio analyst says in updated weekend estimates that the new movies underperformed as much as 20% to 35% then they were projected to come in, with the top films being off north of 25% than they would have under normal circumstances.
Studio-reported Sunday estimates:
Weekend B.O. March 13-15
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1 Onward Dis 4,310 $3.2M $4.7M $2.6M $10.5M (-73%) $60.3M 2
2 I Still Believe LG 3,250 $4M $3.1M $2.3M $9.5M $9.5M 1
3 Bloodshot Sony 2,861 $3.2M $3.8M $2.2M $9.3M $9.3M 1
4 Invisible Man Uni/Blum 3,636 (+26) $1.8M $2.5M $1.6M $6M (-60%) $64.4M 3
5 The Hunt Uni/Blum 3,028 $2.2M $1.88M $1.2M $5.3M $5.3M 1
6 Sonic Par 3,041 (-676) $735K $1.1M $685K $2.57M (-67%) $145.8M 5
7 The Way Back WB 2,718 $725K $1.05M $635K $2.4M (-70%) $13.4M 2
8 Call of the Wild Dis/20th 3,201 (-713) $690K $991K $560K $2.2M (-67%) $62.1M 4
9 Emma Foc 1,732 (+167) $450K $550K $370K $1.37M (-71%) $10M 4
10 Bad Boys For Life Sony 1,451 (-708) $310K $490K $300K $1.1M (-64%) $204.2M 9
Saturday AM Update w/chart It's a drastic time out there for movie theaters and studios, as the domestic weekend box office is looking to land at a level that hasn't been seen arguably since 1998, with an estimated $58.5M. The last time it was this low, according to Comscore, was the weekend of Sept. 11-13, 1998, with $56.8M. This was at a time when the early September period was a place for non-event titles at the box office.
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Even the time frame following Sept. 11, 2001, fared better at the box office, with the weekend of Sept. 21-23 grossing $59.7M. Box Office analysts believe that this weekend's wide entries of I Still Believe, The Hunt, and Bloodshot underperformed somewhere between 15% to 35% from where they were forecast to come in. Overall, the 3-day weekend looks to be off 42% from last weekend's take of $100.7M. There is one optimist out there who believes if we can get to $19M today, then this weekend could possibly touch $70M. But that all depends on whether the regular Saturday bump occurs.
While last week's box office was clearly immune to the breaking coronavirus headlines posting $134M (March 6-12), +4% from the previous week, everyone is distracted. Most exhibitors I spoke with yesterday agree with the majors that it was a wise move to postpone big movies like A Quiet Place Part II, Mulan, No Time to Die, etc. There's no way to cut through this noise and get people into theaters, as they're lining up at Walmart and big box stores in the early AM to empty store shelves.
While a majority of the big chains are staying open and working with new policies that maintain no more than a 50% capacity in each auditorium, there's roughly 84 theaters that have shuttered across Canada and the US, as they either can't pay their employees, given the low foot traffic, or due to local ordinances, which is the case for several venues in Pennsylvania like the Regal King of Prussia 17, Regal Oaks Stadium 24 and Regal Plymouth 10 in Conshohocken, PA.
In the hot zone state of Washington, which counts 568 cases (as of Saturday AM), such theaters as the Rose Twin, Port Townsend, Majestic Bay 3 in Seattle, Lincoln Theatre in Mount Vernon, the Boeing Imax in Seattle, and the SIFF Egyptian in the latter city are closed. Some theaters are shut down for a two-week trial period, while others have a TBD time frame.
This note from Alamo Drafthouse on Twitter about their Brooklyn, NY and Yonkers, NY locations:
Until further notice, our Brooklyn and Yonkers locations are closed.https://t.co/OKRhxHQOWa
— Alamo Drafthouse NYC (@AlamoNYC) March 13, 2020
Those venues that are open are grappling with how to configure their seating assignments in auditoriums to create social distancing: Is it every other row, or is it spaced by single attendees and couples?
Disney/Pixar's Onward is still poised to lead the weekend though at a much lower level than what we saw yesterday afternoon, with a $3.3M second Friday, -73%, for a $12.5M second weekend, down a huge 68%, likely the biggest drop for a Pixar movie ever. Though again, that's due to market conditions. Ten-day running gross would arrive at $62.2M.
Lionsgate's I Still Believe led all titles yesterday with $4M and an opening of $10.9M. That's good considering the movie only cost in the low teens before P&A, and much of that is boosted from church groups' advance ticket purchases. I Still Believe, from Jon and Andrew Erwin, is the first film to be released by their Kingdom Story Company. The pic landed an A CinemaScore last night, which is standard for Christian-themed movies. The Mid-West and South delivered 64% of the A.J. Kapa movie's business, versus the norm of 53.5% for all other films.
Sony's Bloodshot saw $3.78M yesterday on its way to a $9.3M opening. The movie received a B grade from CinemaScore, which is slightly better than Vin Diesel's 2015 The Last Witch Hunter, which notched a B-. The movie's reported $45M net production cost was split between Bona Film Group, Cross Creek Pictures, and Sony, the latter carrying the bulk of that freight. What's even more unfortunate for this movie is that it was prepped to be a global play, especial with China being Vin Diesel's best market (The Last Witch Hunter made $27.4M in the PRC). But with theaters closed throughout Europe, this is an impossible launch. In the US/Canada, Bloodshot played best on the coasts but even there it was average, I hear.
Universal/Blumhouse's The Invisible Man is seeing a third weekend of $6.2M, -59%, for a running total by Sunday of $64.6M.
And both studios' The Hunt posted $2.2M, for a $5.7M opening in 5th place. The movie, before P&A, cost around $14M. The Hunt wasn't received well by those who saw it, with a C+. Best grosses for this movie, which were muted overall, occurred on the coasts. This political satire was bound to be a hard sell even in a vibrant box office economy.
It is often said that the movie business is a product-driven one, and that when no one shows up, it's due to lackluster titles. But these aren't normal market conditions. To go through and thoroughly ding why each of the new movies didn't work, i.e. The Hunt, which already had right-wing criticism coming into the marketplace, or Vin Diesel being stronger at the B.O. in Fast & Furious movies versus his solo outings; these insights are trite right now because the exhibition infrastructure isn't working at its optimum level. Movie theaters are adamant to stay open, given how they've always been the salvation during depression era times, both economically, and culturally.
No one, around the world, has weathered a situation like this before, and many theaters are taking this day by day in regards to their operations. There aren't any wide entries until Easter weekend, that being Dreamworks Animation/Universal's Trolls World Tour, which is still in a wait-and-see-mode by Universal. Many are hoping for the best, that this coronavirus situation quells by the holiday weekend, if not, by May 1 in time for Disney/Marvel's Black Widow.
Saturday estimates off industry calculations:
Box Office For March 13-15
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friday(vs. pv fri)
1 Onward Dis 4,310 $3.3M (-73%) $12.5M (-68%) $62.2M 2
2 I Still believe LG 3,250 $4M $10.9M $10.9M 1
3 Bloodshot Sony 2,861 $3.78M $9.3M $9.3M 1
4 Invisible Man Uni/Blum 3,636 (+26) $1.8M (-58%) $6.2M (-59%) $64.6M 3
5 The Hunt Uni/Blum 3,028 $2.2M $5.7M $5.7M 1
6 Sonic Par 3,041 (-676) $735K (-59%) $2.7M (-65%) $145.9M 5
7 The Way Back WB 2,718 $725K (-72%) $2.5M (-69%) $13.6M 2
8 Call of the Wild Dis/20th 3,201 (-713) $690K (-63%) $2.4M (-65%) $62.2M 4
9 Emma Focus 1,732 (+167) $440K (-74%) $1.39M (-71%) $10M 4
10 Bad Boys for Life Sony 1,451 (-708) $300K (-62%) $1.1M (-63%) $204.3M 9
UPDATED, Friday midday: Don't blame the recent 50% caps that big chains AMC and Regal just put on their auditorium capacity, but according to estimates it appears some hesitation by moviegoers is setting in at the weekend box office. Not to mention that the fresh product on the marquee largely wasn't ever going to encourage many to go.
Disney/Pixar's Onward is dropping steeper than the usual 45% (or less) for an animated pic's second-weekend hold, with $16 million, -59%, just like Good Dinosaur's Weekend 2 drop. The latest pic is eyeing a $4.3M Friday, -64%, and a 10-day total by Sunday of $65.8M.
Lionsgate's I Still Believe, which I've heard has had some solid advance sales from church groups, is seeing $3.8M and a three-day total of $10.3M, just outside the $11M-$14M industry tracking was seeing. Friday's gross includes Wednesday and Thursday previews.
All the Vin Diesel fans appear as though they showed up last night for Sony's Bloodshot, as Friday only looks to be $3.4M for a three-day cume of $8.4M.
Universal/Blumhouse's The Invisible Man looks to outflank the duo studios' satirical genre opener The Hunt, $6.4M to $5.7M. The latter is seeing a Friday of $2.25M, including last night's $435,000. Invisible Man is eyeing a Friday of $1.83M, -60%, with a third weekend that's down 58%. The running total by Sunday looks to be $64.8M.
While STX moved My Spy to April 17, the family movie opened in Canada at 125 theaters in three markets via local distributor Elevation.
PREVIOUSLY, Friday 8:26 AM: With our world changing in real time as the U.S. grips with the coronavirus outbreak, movie theaters across the nation stand as the last line of entertainment to remain open as theme parks, sports games, and events close down for indefinite amounts of time.
Sources tell me that it will come down to local governments in regards to which cinemas remain open or closed moving forward. To date, the big three chains –AMC, Regal, and Cinemark– haven't declared a nationwide shutdown, though I hear 11 movie theaters in the Northeast have shuttered. And that Regal theater in the New Rochelle, NY, hot zone the state's Gov. Andrew Cuomo deemed a containment area? Still open (update: I understand it's outside the mile designated radius).
What is shocking from a financial standpoint is that in the wake of a year that saw all movies theaters operating on all cylinders around the clock to deliver the biggest domestic opening in history with Avengers: Endgame ($357.1M), we could be poised to see the biggest drought at the box office in the wake of major studios pulling their big spring features A Quiet Place Part II, Mulan and F9. That said, depression and recessions have historically been rich times at the box office, and it will be interesting to see in the days to come whether audiences buck fears over the coronavirus and head out, or if demand and the exhibition infrastructure recedes. Reports abound of movie theaters publicizing their cleaning policies, and chains like Alamo executing staggered seating like the cinemas in Spain (and what is expected in China).
Following the wave of yesterday's release date changes, Thursday felt according to many like business as usual, though of course, not as robust as those Marches when there's a Marvel movie like Black Panther or Captain Marvel in play.
Pixar's "Onward" Disney/Pixar
Disney's Onward among regular releases grossed an estimated $1.9M, down only 12%, bringing its first-week total to $49.8M. The expectation is that the Pixar animated film will repeat at No. 1 with a high-teens take, maybe $20M. Universal/Blumhouse's The Invisible Man posted $1.05M, -17%, for a second week's take of $20.8M and a running total of $58.4M.
Again, this weekend's wide entries were never expected to break out at the box office, even in a healthy market, but there was some business, though largely muted.
On the bright side, Sony/Bona Film/Cross Creek's Bloodshot led all previews with $1.2M off previews that started at 5 PM at 2,631 screens — a number that bests Vin Diesel's 2015 The Last Witch Hunter ($525K), which went on to open to $10.8M, as well as his 2013 Riddick, which had previews start at 8 PM, moving toward a $975K evening and $19M domestic opening. Industry estimates are in the $8M-$10M range for the new movie.
Critics didn't take to the feature adaptation of the Valiant Comics IP, with a 35% on Rotten Tomatoes, while Thursday night audiences were so-so at 3 stars for the PG-13 action pic and a 45% definite recommend. Men over 25 made a trip to this at 51%, followed by 21% men under 25, 21% females under 25 and 6% females under 25. Diversity demos were 49% Caucasian, 21% Hispanic, 16% African American and 9% Asian.
Lionsgate's faith-based feature I Still Believe saw $780K at 283 Imax locations on Wednesday and expanded Thursday night to previews at 2,600 locations. That cash is in line with such titles as CBS Studios' Five Feet Apart ($715K previews, $13.1M opening) and STX's Adrift ($725K, $11.6M). I Still Believe will open on 3,250 screens today. The Erwin Brothers' previous faith-based sleeper, 2018's I Can Only Imagine, did $1.3M in Thursday previews at 1,392 locations before a $17.1M opening.
Faith-based pics always score fantastic in their exits as they draw churchgoers, and this K.J. Apa-starring pic saw 4 1/2 stars from general audiences (95%), and five stars from kids under 12 and parents (a combined 10%) in PostTrak exits. If all market forces go right this weekend, I Still Believe can hopefully hit a $11M-$14M opening. The feature saw its strongest turnout from women over 25 at 49%, followed by guys over 25 at 30%, females under 25 at 16%, and men under 25 at 6%. Big churchgoing audience indeed, with those over 45 at 53% last night.
The Hunt Universal/Blumhouse
Meanwhile, Blumhouse/Universal's R-rated action genre feature The Hunt posted $435K at 2,200 theaters off 7 PM shows. Its three-day total looks to be in the single digits. The comparative titles here to these preview results aren't pretty: 20th Century Studios' Underwater ($500K previews, $7M opening), and Amblin's F CinemaScore spooky movie The Turning ($425K, $6.95M opening). Critics largely weren't keen to this Blue State vs. Red State satire at 55% Rotten.
Elsewhere, Paramount's Sonic the Hedgehog made $515K, -14% from Wednesday, for a running fourth week of $10.4M, and total of $143.2M. Fourth place goes to 20th Century Studios/Disney's Call of the Wild with $495K, -16%, for a third week of $9.4M and running cume of $59.9M.
Warner Bros' Ben Affleck drama The Way Back made $460K yesterday, -25% from Wednesday, in fifth place with an $11M first week.
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In recent years, tourism geographies have developed into a vibrant field of research at the intersection of geography and tourism studies. The book presents a unique collection of individual research agendas aiming to inspire the pursuit of new avenues of research. Although there have been arguments to apply post-disciplinary perspectives within tourism research, this book highlights the interest and potential of tourism geographers to contribute to a geographical tradition and influence the future content of geography as a discipline.
Global Environmental Governance and Small States
Architectures and Agency in the Caribbean
New Horizons in Environmental Politics series
Michelle Scobie
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Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Tourism
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International Handbook on Ecotourism
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Is there a way to master a one page strategic plan for your business? Ray and Zen discuss the material from The Gazelles and the brilliance of Verne Harnish in reducing volumes of material into a one page plan, a strategic application of how to build a business the flourishes.
Whether you use the 12-Week Year as a model or some other adapted model that you find works for you business the tedium of creating a strategic plan, let alone implementing it, often delays the process… and profits. What if you could boil down the volume of materials to just one page?
The SWOT analysis for a business is one of them most critical pieces of a business plan, a clear and present view of how the business is regarding internal and external influences. The planning pyramid (in the download) is the tool recommended by Verne for utilizing the data and defining a strategic framework.
You can download the pdf of document here.


Toys aren't irrelevant. It's how Toys R' Us sells toys that is causing them to be irrelevant. Music isn't irrelevant. It's how iHeartRadio and Cumulus plays music that is causing them to be irrelevant. Movies aren't irrelevant. It's how Blockbuster rented movies that caused them to be irrelevant. Pictures aren't irrelevant. It's how Kodak developed pictures that caused them to be irrelevant. Books aren't irrelevant. It's how Borders sold books that caused them to be irrelevant.
Great products aren't irrelevant. Distribution methods, on the other hand, can be.
I'm sure that before shutting down or having to declare bankruptcy that Toys R' Us, iHeartRadio, Blockbuster, Kodak and Borders all felt the warning signs of their distribution methods becoming outdated and ineffective. But, very likely, these were warning signs that they were either too blind to see or too prideful to acknowledge.
THE GOSPEL WILL NEVER BE IRRELEVANT.
THE CHURCH WILL NEVER BE IRRELEVANT.
PREACHING WILL NEVER BE IRRELEVANT.
BUT, THERE MAY BE WAYS OF DISTRIBUTING THE GOSPEL THAT WILL BE.
What are these potentially irrelevant "ways?" What are these potentially irrelevant "methods?" What are these potentially irrelevant "approaches?"
We can't afford to be too blind or too prideful to acknowledge our answers.
Feel free to share your comments or thoughts below. I'd love to hear what you think!


Back when my kids were in preschool, I used to get a slight headache whenever I visited their classrooms because of the kaleidoscope of stuff that decorated the walls. From the letters of the alphabet to the poster of numbers and other colorful artwork, there was always something to look at and think about.
Those are some of the components that can make an early-learning classroom a literacy-rich environment, says John Funk, an early childhood expert who writes about the importance of creating such an environment on the Earlychildhood NEWS website.
Funk says that it's important to fill a preschool classroom with references to print. So, along with those alphabet charts, print labels should accompany visual and picture reminders about class rules and schedules in the classroom. And teachers should label "every part of the classroom from the doors to the sink." Even labels with children's names can be effective in teaching kids about print, he writes.
One interesting note: Funk says that those charts, labels, and other print items should be situated at eye level or lower for kids. Items posted above the child's line of sight are no longer learning tools—they're decorations, he says.
Classroom libraries can be an important part of a literacy rich environment. Funk recommends that four books per child be available and that books be located in a number of places around the classroom. Listening centers with books on CD and their print copies also offer a fun way to expose kids to print and reading.
Writing centers can provide a way for preschoolers to develop fine motor skills and learn about print. These centers should provide lots of writing tools and different types of paper like newsprint and construction paper to help make writing fun, he says.
"Supporting literacy in the classroom is critical in the early years in helping children become literate individuals," Funk writes. "Good teachers continually ask themselves what more they can do to create a literacy-rich environment for their students."


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10 conservation "fads": how have they worked in Latin America?
by Aldo Orellana López and Alan Forsberg 17 June 2016
n May 2013, the journal Conservation Biology published an editorial describing 10 conservation methods that emerged since the late 1970's as fads, "approaches that are embraced enthusiastically and then abandoned."…
Controversial park plans in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve
by Sandra Cuffe 17 June 2016
Other stories in Mongabay's series on the Maya Biosphere Reserve: Killing of Guatemalan activist in the Maya Biosphere Reserve raises alarm Successes and many challenges in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve…
Tracking assets for environmental advocacy work with Bloomberg
by Dan Williams 9 June 2016
Other stories in Mongabay's series on using the Bloomberg Terminal in advocacy work: Part 1: How to use the Bloomberg Terminal for advocacy work: the basics Part 3: How to use…
Communities lead the way in rainforest conservation in Guatemala
by Sandra Cuffe 9 June 2016
Can conservationists overcome their differences to save life on Earth?
by Mongabay 7 June 2016
Veteran Mongabay reporter Jeremy Hance's hard-hitting series investigating recent changes in the field of conservation drew tens of thousands of readers and sparked intense conversation. Catch all four parts of…
Successes and many challenges in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve
Other stories in Mongabay's series on the Maya Biosphere Reserve: Killing of Guatemalan activist in the Maya Biosphere Reserve raises alarm Communities lead the way in rainforest conservation in Guatemala…
Conservation's people problem
by Jeremy Hance 17 May 2016
Other stories in Mongabay's Conservation, Divided series: Part 1: Has big conservation gone astray? Part 2: How big donors and corporations shape conservation goals Part 3: Conservation today, the old-fashioned…
Gold mining shifts course of Peruvian river, 'will destroy' ecosystems
by Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 May 2016
Illegal gold mining has become a big problem for Tambopata National Reserve in southern Peru. Despite its status as an official protected area, mining has encroached along the river that…
How to use the Bloomberg Terminal for advocacy work: the basics
by Dan Williams 6 May 2016
Other stories in Mongabay's series on using the Bloomberg Terminal in advocacy work: Part 2: Tracking assets for environmental advocacy work with Bloomberg Part 3: How to use the Bloomberg Terminal…
Kenya's forests squeezed as government pressures environment groups
by David Njagi 6 May 2016
t age 70 Ngai Mutuoboro may not possess the vibrancy of his youthful days, but he can still pack a punch when it comes to environmental conservation. The elder from…
How big donors and corporations shape conservation goals
by Jeremy Hance 3 May 2016
Other stories in Mongabay's Conservation, Divided series: Part 1: Has big conservation gone astray? Part 3: Conservation today, the old-fashioned way Part 4: Conservation's people problem Epilogue: Conservation still divided, looking…
Has big conservation gone astray?
by Jeremy Hance 26 April 2016
Other stories in Mongabay's Conservation, Divided series: Part 2: How big donors and corporations shape conservation goals Part 3: Conservation today, the old-fashioned way Part 4: Conservation's people problem Epilogue: Conservation…
A bleak future for the U.S. 'wood basket'? Southern forests under threat
by Apoorva Joshi 6 April 2016
The forests in the southern U.S. have been hotbeds of logging over the past two centuries, and currently supply 12 percent of the world's wood products and 19 percent of…
Orangutan refugees: weighing when to rescue the apes
by Melati Kaye 30 March 2016
oop," went the hi-tech pressurized Spezialgeräte GmbH Telinject gun. And yet again "foop." The crack sniper from the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) lumbered about on the boggy forest floor,…
Illegal deforestation for 'sustainable' chocolate continues in Peru
by Morgan Erickson-Davis 17 March 2016
Tucked away in northeastern Peru, a huge cacao plantation has been taking shape over the past few years. Touted by industry as a source for "sustainable" chocolate, critics say it…
Indigenous forest activist released from prison amid Cambodian crackdown
by Rod Harbinson 17 March 2016
ambodian authorities released a leader of the Chong indigenous group from prison on March 3. Ven Vorn, imprisoned since October, was convicted of harvesting forest products without authorization and sentenced…
Scientists blame Smokey Bear for making U.S. forests less resilient
According to a new study, strict wildfire control has changed the forests in the eastern U.S. over the past century, leading to less drought resistance. Researchers are warning this could make…
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Norway's Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, dropped 11 companies in 2015 over their connections to forest destruction. The GPFG, which manages $828 billion worth…
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n December 12, 2015 representatives from 196 nations approved the Paris Agreement to address the challenges of climate change. Proponents praised the agreement as a long-term pathway to curbing global…
Republic of Congo awards two million hectares of timber concessions
he Republic of the Congo announced the allocation of 6 timber concessions on January 8 covering 2 million hectares (7,722 square miles), an area about the size of Israel. Two…
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Are oats the future? Chobani unveils new lines of oat-based products
Colin Tiernan
Chobani says its line of creamers is made with natural, simple ingredients, unlike traditional oil-based creamers.
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Peter McGuinness is Chobani's president.
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Employees load cups during a tour of Chobani Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, east of Twin Falls.
DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS FILE
CEO Hamdi Ulukaya, Governor Brad Little and Twin Falls Mayor Shawn Barigar standby during a ceremony for the new Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
TWIN FALLS — Chobani started dabbling with non-dairy foods this year when it launched a coconut-based non-dairy product.
Now it's diving into plant-based foods in earnest with a heap of oat-based drinks and blends — yogurt alternatives. The company is unveiling more than two dozen products Monday, including dairy coffee creamers and Greek yogurts with oatmeal, too. Some of the foods will hit shelves this month, while others will debut in January.
Chobani isn't calling its new oat blends and oat drinks yogurts or milks. 'We are purposely not calling it milk,' Chobani President Peter McGuinness said. 'That (would be) irresponsible.'
"We've been thinking about oats for a while," Chobani President Peter McGuinness said. "We kind of think they're the king of the plant-based world."
Plant-based milk and yogurt alternatives have been exploding in popularity in recent years. McGuinness said within the plant-based sector, oats are becoming popular quickly.
"Cashew never took off," he said. "Soy is declining dramatically. Almond is plateauing because of its nutritional delivery, taste and environmental impact because it takes so much water."
Oat drinks started emerging a couple of years ago, and have become especially trendy in fancy coffee shops. Demand for non-dairy products for coffee has been growing rapidly.
In addition to launching a host of oat-based products, Chobani is also unveiling Greek yogurts with oatmeal at the bottom.
Oat drinks and blends are more nutritious than other plant-based alternatives, McGuinness said. They're tastier too, and it's easier to get better textures with oats.
McGuinness said that sales for oat-based drinks are going to continue growing exponentially in the next few years.
Chobani's oats are organic and sourced from Canada, specifically Saskatchawan. In addition to being organic, the oats are air and sun dried. McGuinness said that it's possible the company could source oats from the Magic Valley in the future.
Offering plant-based foods doesn't mean Chobani is shifting away from yogurt, McGuinness said. The company wants to offer consumers a wide range of healthy options — selling oat products doesn't mean Greek yogurt is going anywhere.
"The whole notion that you have to do plant-based at the expense of dairy is nonsense," McGuinness said.
Chobani is unveiling a host of oat-based products. It's the company's second foray into plant-based foods.
In McGuinness' eyes, it's important to distinguish between plant-based drinks and milks, and plant-based blends and yogurts. It's not that one is better than the other, they're just different, he said.
You won't find the word "milk" on Chobani's new oat drinks, and you won't see "yogurt" on the oat blends. That's a deliberate choice.
"We are purposefully not calling it milk," McGuinness said. "That (would be) irresponsible."
Chobani's Twin Falls plant, the largest yogurt plant in the world, needed new equipment in order to bottle the oat drinks and creamers, which will be sold in cartons.
The company didn't divulge the exact cost of the additions, but called them a significant investment. Chobani hired new workers in order to handle the expansion as well, but did not specify a number.
It's been a busy year for new Chobani flavors. In addition to unveiling coconut-based foods, the company has also started selling yogurt will less sugar, Chobani Gimmies — a children's product — and yogurts with nut butters. That's in addition to a Farm Batch charity flavor.
Four flavors of Chobani oat drinks will soon hit shelves.
McGuinness said Chobani's market share for yogurt is higher than ever, and added that yogurt sales are on the rise again after some down months.
Looking forward, McGuinness said coconut and oat-based foods and creamers are just the beginning.
"There'll be a lot of other things beyond oats," he said. "It was never our ambition to end with yogurt."
The new foods
Shoppers will be able to buy Chobani Oat Drinks in four flavors: Plain, vanilla, chocolate and plain extra creamy. A 52-ounce carton will cost $3.99 at most stores. McGuinness said there were 125 iterations of the oat drink before the company settled on the final drink. There will also be a Chobani Oat Drink Barista Blend, which will appear in coffee houses in December.
There will be four Oat Blend flavors: Vanilla, strawberry vanilla, blueberry pomegranate and peach mandarin. The oat blends are packaged like yogurts. Those hit shelves sooner, starting this month, and come with a suggested retail price of $1.99. There will also be an oat blend with crunch, coming in strawberry granola crunch, blueberry almond crumble and peach coconut crunch. Those will appear in stores this month with a suggested $1.99 price tag.
Chobani is also launching dairy-based creamers, which will come in four flavors: caramel, sweet cream, hazelnut and vanilla. Those will sell for $3.99 a bottle and will go on sale in January.
The company will also start selling Greek yogurt with oatmeal at the bottom. There will be apple spice Greek yogurt with brown sugar oatmeal, blueberry Greek yogurt with maple oatmeal, banana Greek yogurt with maple oatmeal and peach Geek yogurt with brown sugar oatmeal. Those will retail for $1.79, and unlike the other new products, will be made at the company's New York plant instead of in Twin Falls.
Chobani Global R&D Center
CEO Hamdi Ulukaya, Governor Brad Little and Twin Falls Mayor Shawn Barigar standby during a ceremony for the new Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS
Media members from Mexico make pictures and video with their phones during a tour of the Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
A view from the new Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
Mayor Shawn Barigar speaks during a ceremony for the new Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
Employees work out at the new gym inside the Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
Ingredients for new yogurt flavors are seen during a of the Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
Chobani food scientists work at the new Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
During a tour of the new Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
Scientist Amanda Tuck talks about the work they do at the new Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
CEO Hamdi Ulukaya embraces guests during a ceremony for the new Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
Gov. Brad Little speaks during a ceremony for the new Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
A media member from Mexico listens during a tour of the new Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
A foosball table has been installed in the new Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
A view of the cafeteria and offices are seen at the Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
Mayor Shawn Barigar takes a tour of the new Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
CEO Hamdi Ulukaya makes jokes during a ceremony for the new Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya shakes hands Monday before cutting a ceremonial ribbon made out of Chobani labels for the dedication of the new Global R&D Center in Twin Falls.
The entrance to the new Global R&D Center is seen Monday at Chobani in Twin Falls.
CEO Hamdi Ulukaya speaks to the crowd Monday while Idaho Gov. Brad Little, second from right, and Twin Falls Mayor Shawn Barigar stand nearby during a dedication for the new Global R&D Center Monday at Chobani in Twin Falls.
CEO Hamdi Ulukaya's office at the Global R&D Center Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at Chobani in Twin Falls.
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Milk prices are good today, but five years of low prices have taken a toll on the dairy industry and Idaho dairies are feeling the pain.
Milk and cookies (but not for Santa): New Chobani flavor to help farmers
Chobani is launching a new limited-edition charity yogurt flavor in an effort to provide some farmers with a bit of relief from low milk prices.
Major dairy producer unveils $30M expansion
When a group of dairy families opened Idaho Milk Products a decade ago, the company faced a murky future at best. Ten years later, after a $30 million plant expansion, it looks like the gamble is paying off.
Crash near Kimberly results in fatality
A juvenile died after being thrown from a vehicle during a crash on Idaho 50 near Kimberly.
Albertsons plans to bring Plated meal kits back to stores
Albertsons has announced that it will no longer sell Plated kits online but will bring them back to stores as part of the Boise grocery chain's private label lineup.
Nuts and Bolts: Mustang goes electric
Some car folks aren't impressed. But people are already reserving the car at the Twin Falls dealership.
Twin Falls man could spent the rest of his life in prison
A man charged with multiple drug and firearm felonies could face life in prison if convicted.
Hailey man dies after single-vehicle crash
A Hailey man died after driving his Jeep off the side of Idaho 75.
For the first time, a Twin Falls canal is getting a plastic liner to stop leaks
"This is the leakiest stretch of our canal and it has been for 100 years. You can't afford to leak as much as you used to, because water's more valuable."
'Tis the season to hire: Store busy bringing on seasonal workers
Twin Falls retailers hire a whole bunch of workers to keep up with the chaos of holiday shopping.
City Council approves Twin Falls' second Domino's
Twin Falls City Council approved a new Domino's after a neighbor complained about the business' late hours.
Taking on big business: How Magic Valley shops compete against the chains
Big chains have been closing their Magic Valley stores as more people shop online. But some local retailers are fighting back — and succeeding.
Ice in their vines: Holesinsky Winery pulls off tricky ice wine harvest
A Buhl winemaker managed to make a rare and valuable barrel of ice wine this year.
Jerome County gives Agropur tax exemption on $15.4M expansion
Jerome County has given Agropur a tax exemption on the $15.4 million the company spent on its dairy processing plant this year.
Dairy sees declines after high prices last quarter
After a few months of good prices, milk values have taken a tumble on the open market, in part due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Wendell dairyman tapped for CAFE research dairy manager
Retired Wendell dairyman John Wright will manage the University of Idaho's 2,000-head research dairy near Rupert.
Chobani launches new charity yogurt to help food banks
Chobani is launching a PB&J yogurt and is donating all proceeds from the product to a national food bank organization.
Chobani oat drink selling like hotcakes, already second in oat drink sales
Chobani is already the second biggest oat drink company in America — even though Chobani Oat has only hit shelves in November.
Chobani launches new plant-based probiotic drink, modified yogurt
Chobani has a new non-dairy fermented drink and a modified yogurt that's lactose-free and protein-rich.
Locally-made pumpkin spice: Chobani unveils two new fall flavors
Chobani will have two new pumpkin spice products in stores this fall, along with two returning, seasonal, yogurts.
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Warner, Cotton Introduce Bill to Prohibit Funding for Huawei, Chinese Technology
WASHINGTON — Senators Mark Warner (D-Virginia) and Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced the American Telecommunications Security Act to prohibit federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act from being used to purchase Chinese telecommunications equipment, including from Huawei and ZTE.
Text of the bill may be found here.
"With states across the country mapping out their plans for quality and affordable high-speed internet as a result of historic funding from the American Rescue Plan, we've got to make sure no community is sacrificing network security," said Warner. "That's why I'm joining Sen. Cotton on a bipartisan bill to ensure states do not purchase equipment or services from companies that pose national security risks – such as Huawei and ZTE."
"American tax dollars should not be sent to Chinese spy companies like Huawei that undermine our national security. The U.S government must take strong action to cut the Chinese Communist Party out of our networks. Americans deserve both reliable and secure telecommunications technologies," said Cotton.
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There is almost no discussion of Israel's nuclear cruise missiles on three submarines stationed off the coast of Iran. They patrol 24-7, and they can reach any target in Iran in a matter of minutes.
Consider the consequences of the following three reports, three among many. A three-fold improvement in nuclear missile accuracy combined with newly-installed and effective US anti-missile batteries on the Russian and Chinese borders. With early warning satellites the US would have a 30 minute warning of a launch whereas the others cannot do better than 15 minutes.
This poses an unparalleled threat to the integrity of Russia and China. It has given the US the capacity to annihilate them both with some expectation (as yet unproven) of minimal retaliation.
Will the US make a first strike, or manage to keep the possibility just as a threat? If a threat, the most obvious demand backed by that threat would be "Get rid of your non-dollar currency or we will ….". This is the one development in these countries that is most capable of undermining US hegemony.
For the threat to work there would need to be a demonstration to prove that the threat was credible. I would expect the US to find a way to provoke the Russians or Chinese to fire a few missiles and then show they can knock them down. Once demonstrated beyond dispute, the US could then demand the submission of both countries from an unassailable position.
The problem with this scenario is that the demonstration could easily escalate into war as both or either of the 'enemy' countries find they could not submit and still survive.
A new "super-fuze" device incorporated into submarine-launched ballistic missile warheads are so deadly and accurate that they could possibly wipe out an entire fleet of Russian ICBMs in their silos, creating a preemptive strike-first capability that would give Russia little time to respond.
"Disarming Enemies with a Surprise Nuclear First Strike". The key turning-point that led to the present crisis was the gradual and increasing acceptance, on the American side, of the concept of using nuclear weapons for conquest instead of only for deterrence. The US nuclear forces modernization program has been portrayed to the public as an effort to ensure the reliability and safety of warheads, rather than to enhance their military capabilities. In reality, however, that program has implemented revolutionary technologies that will vastly increase the targeting capability of the ballistic missile. This increase is astonishing — boosting the overall killing power of existing US ballistic missile forces by a factor of roughly three — and it creates exactly what one would expect to see, if a nuclear-armed state were planning the capacity to fight and win a nuclear war by disarming enemies with a surprise first strike.
And if that threat is not enough, what of methane?
The lower chart shows the inexorable increase in global atmospheric methane levels. The two diagrams in the upper chart show the consequences in which the increased RATE of methane discharge is obvious in the red line. On the left a normal linear scale has been applied that shows that now that the rate has accelerated a linear view of future growth cannot be maintained. On the right Sam Carara has connected the points with a polynomial curve that suggests that we are in for an acceleration of the rate of acceleration itself. The doomsday scenarios issued by scientific bodies that foretell 4C within the next 15 years to some extent reflect this interpretation.
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A shadowy global operation involving big data and billionaire friends of Trump and May. There are three strands to this story. How the foundations of an authoritarian surveillance state are being laid in the US. How British democracy was subverted through a covert, far-reaching plan of coordination enabled by a US billionaire. And how we are in the midst of a massive land grab for power by billionaires via our data. Data which is being silently amassed, harvested and stored. Whoever owns this data owns the future. The Brexit campaign was a military contractor using military strategies on a civilian population. Us. The documents throw light on a significant and under-reported aspect of the Trump administration. The company that helped Trump achieve power has now been awarded contracts in the Pentagon and the US state department. Its former vice-president Steve Bannon now sits in the White House.
And yet another highjacking, where are you John Perkins?
"U.S. financing and logistical support for violent groups in Venezuela have facilitated an armed insurgence," Caracas said.
China's plans to lead in science and innovation and to take over global technology leadership is relentless. It wants to lead in computing, semiconductors, research and development, and clean energy. It is accelerating science investment as the U.S. retreats. Even in quantum technologies and it wants to be first to build an exascale supercomputer.
After photographing tigers and tapirs in one of Sumatra's least known wildernesses, conservationists are hoping to discover a hidden population of orangutans in high altitude forests. Sumatra has changed remarkably in the last few decades, from an island of villages and wilderness to one of vast monoculture plantations of pulp and paper and palm oil. Since 1985 the island has lost more than half its lowland forest, and it continues to have one of the highest deforestation rates on the planet. Its large mammals – many of which are found nowhere else in the world – have undergone a severe contraction, leaving them at risk of total extinction.
A deal signed by Russia, Turkey and Iran to create 'de-escalation zones' went into effect on Saturday.
Fascinating, When you look at the mix of government spending over the the past fifteen years, you start to see some of the drivers of the growth.
Some ten years ago, myself and my friend Pietro Cambi had the weird idea of "retrofitting" Pietro's old Fiat 500, turning it into an electric car. So, we put this idea into practice in 2007 and it worked. It was, actually, rather easy. An electric car is so much simpler than a car powered by a combustion engine.
But you may get a free trip with your morning coffee. Transport-As-A-Service will use only electric vehicles and will upend two trillion-dollar industries. It's the death spiral for cars. A major new report predicts that by 2030, the overwhelming majority of consumers will no longer own a car – instead they will use on-demand electric autonomous vehicles. And 95% of all passenger miles traveled will be served by on-demand, autonomous, electric vehicles that will be owned by fleets rather than individuals.
It also reveals a critical and gaping hole in the political debate in Britain. Because what is happening in America and what is happening in Britain are entwined. Brexit and Trump are entwined. The Trump administration's links to Russia and Britain are entwined. And Cambridge Analytica is one point of focus through which we can see all these relationships in play; it also reveals the elephant in the room as we hurtle into a general election: Britain tying its future to an America that is being remade – in a radical and alarming way – by Trump. There are three strands to this story. How the foundations of an authoritarian surveillance state are being laid in the US. How British democracy was subverted through a covert, far-reaching plan of coordination enabled by a US billionaire. And how we are in the midst of a massive land grab for power by billionaires via our data. Data which is being silently amassed, harvested and stored. Whoever owns this data owns the future.
global oil discoveries have been much lower than production for quite some time. The IEA also stated that the amount of world conventional oil discoveries averaged about 9 billion barrels for the past 15 years. If we assume that the world was producing 65 mbd of "conventional oil" for the past 15 years (it was likely higher), the world was only replacing about 38% of its annual oil consumption.


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By JOSEF FEDERMAN
Doubling down on its public break with the Obama administration, a furious Israeli government on Tuesday said it had received "ironclad" information from Arab sources that Washington actively helped craft last week's U.N. resolution declaring Israeli settlements illegal.
The allegations further poisoned the increasingly toxic atmosphere between Israel and the outgoing Obama administration in the wake of Friday's vote, and raised questions about whether the White House might take further action against Israeli settlements in its final weeks in office.
With the U.S. expected to participate in an international peace conference in France next month and Secretary of State John Kerry planning a final policy speech, the Palestinians said they were hoping to capitalize on the momentum from the Security Council vote.
Although the U.S. has long opposed Israeli settlements on occupied lands, it has traditionally used its veto in the U.N. Security Council to protect its ally Israel from international censure. But in a change of policy, it abstained from Friday's vote, allowing the resolution to pass by a 14-0 margin.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has long had a cool relationship with President Barack Obama, has called the resolution "shameful" and accused the U.S. of playing a leading role in its passage.
On Tuesday, his spokesman went even further.
"We have ironclad information that emanates from sources in the Arab world and that shows the Obama administration helped craft this resolution and pushed hard for its eventual passage," David Keyes said.
"We're not just going to be a punching bag and go quietly into the night as the Obama administration helps push such a grave resolution," he said.
He did not identify the Arab sources or say how Israel obtained the information. Israel has close security ties with Egypt, an original sponsor of last week's resolution. Under heavy Israeli pressure, Egypt delayed the resolution last week before other council members presented it for a vote a day later. Egypt ended up voting in favor of the measure.
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This Apartment Travels From Tokyo To Paris In An Instant
It starts as a blank white room. A white bed. A white comforter. A white table. A white couch. But moments later, thanks to the magic of a few projectors, the space gets all new materials, finishes, and decor, taking you to Bali, Tokyo, Penang, or Paris–where you can even look out the window and see the Eiffel Tower.
The project was a promotion by Airbnb Singapore to celebrate the romance of traveling to various homes and cultures around the world. In that regard, it's a great advertisement for the brand. But the reason we appreciate it is the pure futuristic eye candy of it all, that through projection-mapping alone, designers created some fairly convincing facsimiles of apartments around the world, transforming a space to feel totally different.
In Tokyo, pixels paint sliding shoji screens that open to reveal a garden full of cherry blossoms, while in Bali, the walls turn to bamboo and the furniture turns wicker. Penang is a place where brick and broken plaster muddle into a shabby-chic escape, while Paris features old stone walls, art hung in gilded frames, and a garbage can made of marble.
The effect isn't perfect–and if you're standing in the way of the projector, you would leave a shadow on the wall. But even still, it's intriguing to imagine a world where we could change a room's interior design, or even its view, with the flick of a switch.
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Companies: #activision #blizzard #ea #electronic-arts #sierra #take-two
Activision boss Bobby Kotick has reavealed that Activision also considered making an offer to buy Take-Two, which is currently in the stage of fighting off buy-outs from EA.
In an interview with GI.biz, Bobby Kotick said that Activision, which recently merged with Vivendi Universal, also entertained the purchase.
However in the end, Kotick and Co. decided that Take-Two, the company backing both BioShock and GTA IV, just wasn't successful enough to interest them.
"I think we've had - as we've said for a very long time, now - well-stated criteria for what we're interested in in an acquisition," said Kotick.
"We've said that we need a history of profitability, good management, the proprietary technology for a franchise, history of multimillion unit sellers. They would have to be non-dilutive and operating margin accretive. And, for us, Take-Two didn't fulfill those requirements. Maybe it does over the long-term for EA, but it doesn't for us."
Let nobody say that Bobby Kotick doesn't like his buzzwords!
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WoW lead designer starts new project
Jeff Kaplan, lead designer of World of Warcraft, has announced that he's started work on Blizzard's next MMO.
E3 looking empty this year?
A number of respected publishers and developers have pulled out of E3 this year, making it look like the show floor may be a bit emptier than usual.


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Opium War
The Opium War was the one between the British Empire and the Chinese empire at the time of the Qing dynasty in China. The war took place after the Chinese emperor reigning at that moment authorized his army to lay siege to the British opium dealers. In traditional Chinese community, opium was known for its medicinal value. However, Europeans craved for this commodity, and its export increased tremendously over the years. As a result, the Chinese government restricted the use of this drug for any other purpose other than its original one. Since the reigning emperor had ordered the sellers to halt this illegal trade, he was left with no other choice but to take matters into his own hands. Earlier on, the emperor had requested the merchants to stop the opium trade and give away their possessions to the authorities. However, their refusal to comply with the emperor's demands forced him to arrest and lay siege to some British traders.
The Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is a water way in Egypt that separates Asia and Africa. The canal offers the simplest sea route to Europe and other lands situated on the other side of the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. The canal is related to the European penetration into Africa in order to increase the demands for their agricultural goods and raw materials.
Meiji Restoration is a series of events that led to the reinstatement of the imperial rule in Japan under Emperor Meiji. It was significant as it brought changes in country's social and political structures. The restoration took place under Emperor Meiji who saw the transformation of Japan into the modernized nation as it is seen today.
The Battle of Plassey
The Battle of Plassey was a combat between the Nawab of Bengal and the East India Company's forces. The fight took place in a small village between Murshidabad and Calcutta in India. It lasted only for a few hours after which the Nawab of Bengal was defeated by the opposing side. Forgery and treason were the tools used to force the enemy to surrender prematurely. These actions of the British have started prolonged bitterness of the Indians against the British ever since.
The leader of the Indian army showed a shallowness of his character by selling his own people to the enemy. After this battle, it became the British custom to use bribery as a way of winning any battle. It became impossible for them to win again without using such methods henceforth.
The Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer was a Chinese society at the time of the Ching dynasty, which was started by the Yihetun or the Righteous Harmony Society in order to stop foreign influence in China. The movement was formed by peasants from the northern part of the empire who were known for their practice of boxing. At first, the members of the society wanted to destroy the entire rule of that time in order to get rid of the foreign influence in the kingdom. However, the Chinese empress tried to help them to weed out the aliens.
The movement started by massacring Christians. However, the united forces from various European nations weakened the power of the Ching dynasty to make China a republic.
Emperor Qianlong
The words of Emperor Qianlong were written in his letter to King George III. The letter is expressing his sovereignty as an emperor and the sovereignty of his kingdom over the European kingdoms. In this letter, the emperor laid out his demands to the British who wanted to trade with China.
At that time, many European nations including Great Britain yearned to trade with the Chinese empire. Unlike in periods after the letter had been written, the Chinese empire had not opened its territory to other merchants. Because of this, King George III sent Lord Macartney to request the Chinese emperor to allow Great Britain merchants in the Chinese territory.
Honda Toshiaki
The words of Honda Toshiaki praise the European nations, which, according to him, were ahead of the Japanese Empire. Toshiaki was known for his intellect in many areas including astronomy, navigation, mathematics and western languages. His close observation of the western way of ruling and economics prompted him to write these words. At that moment, Japan was passing through hard economic times and was isolated from the foreign trade. His admiration for the western culture and way of governance can be clearly felt in this excerpt. Toshiaki opposed the use of Chinese writing and advocated the use of western characters as a way of simplifying education for the Japanese learners. At the end of this period, Japan moved from an isolated kingdom to an industrialized nation.
Heinrich von Treitschke
In the following statement, Heinrich von Treitschke is talking about war in support of national honor and prestige. It was made in line with his beliefs and with those of most Germans that war was the only right path to the greatness of the nation. Back then, the Germans feared democracy and socialism and supported authoritarianism and militarism. Having read the statement, one can make a conclusion that war will always recur as medicine for the human race.
Dr. Veraswami
In the excerpt from Burmese Days, Dr Veraswami is expressing his reverence and respect for the British colonists. He feels that the Burmese cannot do anything by their own since they are inferior to the British. The excerpt represents British colonialism in Burma in times when the country was ruled by Britain together with the Indian empire. The character is used by the author to represent the feeling of inferiority to the British who were governing the Burmese by undermining and treating them unfairly. Since other nations like the Japanese were craving for Burma, Veraswami felt that the British were doing good colonizing Burma because it was protecting them from other countries like Japan.
The excerpt represents the words of Flory in the Burmese Days. In this passage, the character expressed his discontentment with the corrupt nature of the British in Burma during the colonial era. Flory was a British, but he abhorred everything the colonialists did to the natives.
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As seen earlier, the novel was written at the time of the British reign over Burma. Flory was used by the author who witnessed the British imperialism in the country to show his discontent with it. The character presented the British as a corrupt and an imperialist nation. To prove this, Flory says, "How can you make out that we are in this country for any purpose except to steal?" He goes on to argue that the work of the British officials is to benefit from the countrymen by "skinning the unfortunate peasant".
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Taylor Jordan: 5th Starter?
By Ryan Ritchey
Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports
Today I come to you writing a post that is number two of three in a series to see who should be the fifth starter in the Nationals rotation. I wrote yesterday about Ross Detwiler and his chances of earning the spot based on his body of work from previous seasons. Today it is Taylor Jordan's turn to go under the microscope to see if he is the right candidate for the job.
Jordan made his debut last season on June 29th against the New York Mets which ended in a loss. It really shouldn't have been placed on him since the defense made a couple of errors behind him putting him in a hole. Just another reason why wins and losses should not be a stat for a pitcher. Jordan only allowed one earned run through 4.1 innings while striking out one. The Nationals only scored one run on the day, so you could blame the loss on lack of run support as well, but anyways.
As the season continued into July, Jordan didn't get much better. He couldn't have a complete start, and he surrendered a lot of hits to the opposition. Like I said yesterday, allowing hits allows for a better chance to teams to score. That is what hurt Jordan. He couldn't keep runners off the base paths.
In his nine starts he did go at least six innings in four of them. That is something that the Nats rotation needs to focus on. Get through the six inning and everything after is a bonus. The Nats have Tyler Clippard for the 7th, Drew Storen for the 8th and Rafael Soriano for the 9th. All they need to do is get through 6. Jordan failed to do that in over half of his starts.
He continued to struggle the more starts he received. He gave up at least four runs in four of his nine starts. The Nationals have a great offense but even they have off days. It is hard to score more than four every time out.
Don't take this as me being down on Jordan. He is very young. He has a lot of room to improve, but that is what he needs to do. He needs to be in Triple A working on things to get better before taking over this role. There are a lot worse fifth starters in the majors than Jordan, but he just happens to be on a team with title implications and what he is doing isn't going to get the job done.
There is one other guy that deserves the starting spot going into Spring Training other than Detwiler and Jordan. He will be the final part of this series as we complete it on Friday.
Jordan could end up in the bullpen for all I know. The Nats have plenty of arms around but there is never enough. You might think there are, but anything can happen, so you need guys like Jordan in Triple A getting consistent work so they are ready if needed for a spot start.


Sometimes I work out. Like not a lot, but enough that I have small drawer of clothes that I'm ok sweating in. I love work out clothes that make me smile. They're cheeky, sarcastic, honest, basically what I'm feeling when I'm working out.
Right? Let's just savasana under the covers.
I love Old Navy activewear. Its affordable and durable.
For the girly girls. Fabulous.
So if you have to work out, have some fun with it. Say what you are cursing on the inside and wear it with pride. Then get pizza.


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The 100-day blogging challenge, is now over and it is time for something new. I've been meaning to tweet more, so why not a new challenge?
Here I'll document the 140-tweet challenge.
Hopefully I'll be tweeting more than once a day, but this is just a forcing function to get myself out there in the Twitter-sphere.
Update: I have to admit, I didn't do a good job with this challenge. I still tweet and retweet fairly often, but don't keep to any strict schedule.
Got a white facial hair.. or three! Nooooooo!!
The lean startup is interesting in theory. But, how many founders of top 100 sites started out thinking w/ lean startup principles?
I wonder, which part of the startup journey is least blogged about (but should be)?
For those in SF Bay Area: last weekend to see David Hockney exhibit at @deyoungmuseum . It is awesome!
You can live to minimize downside, or live to enable upside. The two often seem mutually exclusive.
I want a good onesie.. Preferably with the American flag on it.


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3 aircraft carriers to change homeports, Navy says
By Brock Vergakis
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) participates in a group sail during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise off the coast of Hawaii, July 26, 2018. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships and five submarines, and about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Arthurgwain L. Marquez)
Three nuclear-powered aircraft carriers will move to new homeports as the Navy shifts its ships around for maintenance.
The USS John C. Stennis will move from Bremerton, Wash., to Norfolk in advance of its midlife refueling at Newport News Shipbuilding, the only company that builds and refuels carriers in the United States. The Stennis was commissioned in 1995 and has a planned life of 50 years.
The Norfolk-based USS Abraham Lincoln will rejoin the Pacific Fleet in San Diego, according to the Navy. The Abraham Lincoln was commissioned in 1989 and had previously served in the Pacific Fleet before it moved to Norfolk for its midlife refueling in 2011, the Navy said.
As part of the homeport shift, the San Diego-based USS Carl Vinson will move to Bremerton in advance of its planned maintenance availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
The Navy has not publicly specified when each ship will move. Naval Station Norfolk is the homeport for all aircraft carriers on the East Coast.
Brock Vergakis, 757-222-5846, brock.vergakis@pilotonline.com
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