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Why is this image so small?
This image is presented as a "thumbnail" because it is protected by copyright. The Brooklyn Museum respects the rights of artists who retain the copyright to their work.
George Segal (American, 1924-2000). Girl on a Chair, 1970. Plaster, wood and paints, 36 x 24 x 11 3/4 in. (91.4 x 61.0 x 29.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederick E. Sherman, 78.213. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 78.213_view1_bw.jpg)
I have a question about this because I didn't fully understand the artist's quote in the description that explained the art historical reference. It says: "the chair is like a ladder with steps, the box is like a house , the girl is like a Greek caryatid holding up the roof..."
That is a somewhat mysterious quote! The forms of the chair's back do resemble a ladder, that's true. A "caryatid" is an architectural column shaped like a human figure. They were used in classical Greek temples, for example.
However, ancient Greek architecture is always centralized and harmoniously proportioned, but this work is very "modern" in being so awkwardly placed. Everything is off-center, and I'm guessing that was likely the artist's intention -- to make us feel a little uneasy.
Girl on a Chair
George Segal was an innovator in sculpture known for his installations of white plaster figures with ghostly appearances. He depicted the dignity in everyday life, showing people poised at a bus stop, paused before a traffic intersection, or conversing on a park bench. Segal's work also took on political themes such as the Holocaust and gay pride. At the time this sculpture was created, the artist discussed its art historical references: "The chair is like a ladder with steps, the box is like a house, the girl is like a Greek caryatid holding up the roof . . . I've always liked the hardness and softness combined, this wedding of organic and geometric."
ARTIST George Segal, American, 1924-2000
MEDIUM Plaster, wood and paints
DIMENSIONS 36 x 24 x 11 3/4 in. (91.4 x 61.0 x 29.8 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE Unsigned
ACCESSION NUMBER 78.213
CREDIT LINE Gift of Frederick E. Sherman
RIGHTS STATEMENT © artist or artist's estate
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CAPTION George Segal (American, 1924-2000). Girl on a Chair, 1970. Plaster, wood and paints, 36 x 24 x 11 3/4 in. (91.4 x 61.0 x 29.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederick E. Sherman, 78.213. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 78.213_view1_bw.jpg)
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Andy Samberg Delivers Your Baby in Storks
By Mina Haq
There's a new family movie about delivering babies, which is less strange than it sounds.
Warner Bros. Pictures delivered the second trailer today for Storks, the upcoming animated movie that's literally about the journey of a bird named Junior (voiced by Andy Samberg, which is impossible to ignore) tasked with delivering a baby to its parents. The only problem is that delivering babies is sort of a dying career for the storks, who now deliver packages for a retail company called Cornerstone. But then Junior accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, which – you guessed it – produces a little girl that he suddenly has to get home.
Now Junior must deliver a baby to her family for the first time in his career without his boss finding out. He enlists the help of his friend Tulip, a human named after a flower who lives on an island entirely populated by birds, in case that wasn't clear. Take a look at a preview of the unlikely group's adventure below; it's probably a little less graphic and a lot less painful than the actual miracle of life.
Storks was directed by Nicholas Stoller (known for Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and also stars Jordan Peele, Jennifer Aniston and Kelsey Grammer. This bundle of joy arrives in theaters on Sept. 23.
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The truck accident attorneys at the Law Offices of John C. Manoog III represent residents of Cape Cod who have been injured in these and other vehicle collisions. We have over more than 146 years of combined experience, and we work diligently to secure the trust of our clients by taking the time to understand their individual needs and the intricacies of their particular cases. Our lawyers have a strong reputation in the local community for providing comprehensive legal services for the people whom we represent. We have a solid track record of success in personal injury cases.
Driver fatigue is among the most common reasons for truck accidents in Massachusetts and across the country. Although federal regulations limit the number of hours that a trucker can log behind the wheel in any given day or week, trucking companies often push their drivers to the farthest extent of – and even beyond - these limits. Driver training is also another factor in many crashes, especially when combined with exhaustion and fatigue. Truckers have to pass a test in order to obtain a commercial driver's license, but state law does not require them to undergo training or have a certain amount of experience operating these large vehicles before they hit the road.
A truck driver who causes an accident because of his or her lack of training, fatigue, or dangerous behavior behind the wheel is likely to be legally liable for any injuries that result from the crash. The trucker's employer may very well also be held responsible under a legal theory called "vicarious liability." As long as the driver is acting within the scope of his or her employment at the time of the crash – going from one location to another as instructed as part of the driver's job, for example – the trucking company may be vicariously liable.
Things get a little more complicated when an accident occurs while the trucker is acting outside his or her authority. A driver who veers off his stated path while making deliveries in order to run errands or attend to other personal matters may be acting outside the scope of the job. Since the driver is not furthering the trucking company's interests during this errand, the employer may not be liable for an accident that occurs during that time. It is important to consider these and other legal issues with an experienced attorney.
The damages awarded in trucking cases often include money for medical bills, property damages, missed wages, pain and suffering, and emotional distress. In order to obtain this kind of relief, the person suing has to clearly show that the truck driver caused the crash because of unsafe behavior, fatigue, insufficient training, or a combination of these factors, and that the person suffered injuries as a direct result of the collision. That generally means compiling various forms of evidence, including witness testimony, police reports, and medical records, depicting both how the accident happened and the consequences that followed it.
If you or a loved one has been injured in a truck crash, car accident, or other motor vehicle collision, the Massachusetts lawyers at the Law Offices of John C. Manoog III can help. We offer free consultations from our offices, which are conveniently located in Hyannis and Plymouth. We are also happy to travel to you if you cannot make it to us. We do not charge a fee in many cases unless we are successful. Call us at 888-262-6664 or contact us online to schedule a free initial consultation. Nós Falamos Português.


31 year old Thomas Carpenter was a Colorado State Trooper. The investigation of his death disclosed that on December 27, 1973 he pulled a vehicle over at a traffic stop; when the suspects kidnapped, shot and kiiled him in his vehicle. This incident occurred on the 13900 block of Albrook Drive. Anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to please contact the Denver Police Department.


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Seznam slovenskih državnih svetnikov v mandatu 1992 do 1997.

B
 Franc Ban
 Ivo Benkovič
 Polde Bibič
 Danijel Božič
 Branko Brumen

C
 Miroslav Cerar

Č
 Peter Čeferin
 Sandi Češko

G
 Peter Glavič
 Franc Glinšek
 Franc Grašič

H
 Tone Hrovat

J
 Zoltan Jan

K
 Fedja Klavora
 Danilo Kovačič
 Ivan Kristan

M
 Jože Magdič
 Avgust Majerič
 Branko Matkovič
 Gregor Miklič
 Dušan Milenkovič
 Dragan Mozetič

O
 Aleš Ocepek

P
 Dušan Plut

R
 Jože Resman

S
 Evgen Sapač
 Miroslav Steržaj
 Janko Sušnik

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 Erih Šerbec
 Majda Šlajmer - Japelj
 Marcel Štefančič
 Dagmar Šuster
 Boris Šuštaršič

T
 Miha Tišler
 Vladimir Tkalec
 Simon Toplak

V
 France Vodopivec
 Albert Vodovnik

Z
 Franc Zavodnik
 Jože Zupančič

Viri
 Uradna spletna stran

Glej tudi
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Home News done deal liverpool confirm another transfer
Done Deal: Liverpool confirm another transfer
Chris David
Liverpool have confirmed their goalkeeper Danny Ward has joined Aberdeen on-loan for a year on Saturday.
The 22-year-old signed a new long-term deal at Anfield after he was included in the first team squad in the final few fixtures of the 2014-15 season by Brendan Rodgers. After that, the Welshman will join the Scottish Premiership club for the upcoming season.
A statement on Liverpool's official website read, "Liverpool have confirmed Danny Ward has joined Aberdeen on a season-long loan."
"Earlier this week, Ward penned a new long-term contract with the Reds. The Welshman has been a regular fixture between the sticks for the club's U21 team since making the switch to Merseyside in January 2012 from Wrexham. Ward was named on the bench for Liverpool's first team 23 times last season."
Ward could make his debut for Aberdeen during the Sunday's friendly with St Johnstone in Brechin. His loan move comes after the former Swansea manager secured the services of Adam Bogdan on a free transfer.
Bogdan will be the second choice keeper at the Merseyside club, behind Belgium international Simon Mignolet. Liverpool made sure they secured Ward's services and then sent him on a season-long loan.
The former Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper's arrival at Anfield allowed Ward to join the Scottish club on-loan. Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes has expressed his delight after signing Welshman man from the Reds.
"I am delighted to get Danny on board. He is a young goalkeeper we have been aware of for some time. We are thankful to Liverpool and Brendan (Rodgers) in particular for allowing this to happen," McInnes told Aberdeen's official website.
"He is someone who is highly regarded at his club and they see the importance of getting him out on loan. Danny now has the task and challenge of playing football at a good level with us.
"We have real competition for places in all areas of the team, and we certainly now have that in the goalkeeping position.
"We believe Danny is going to have a good career as he goes forward and we are looking forward to the opportunity of working with him as part of his development. He can also help us to be successful."
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William Frederick Dahlen (January 5, 1870 – December 5, 1950), nicknamed "Bad Bill" for his ferocious temperament, was an American shortstop and manager in Major League Baseball who played for four National League teams from  to . After twice batting over .350 for the Chicago Colts, he starred on championship teams with the Brooklyn Superbas and the New York Giants.

At the end of his career, he held the major league record for career games played (2,443); he ranked second in walks (1,064, behind Billy Hamilton's 1,187) and fifth in at bats (9,033), and was among the top ten in runs batted in (1,234), doubles (414) and extra base hits (661). He was also among the NL's top seven players in hits (2,461; some sources list totals up to 2,471), runs (1,589), triples (163) and total bases (3,447). After leading the league in assists four times and double plays three times, he set major league records for career games (2,132), putouts (4,850), assists (7,500), total chances (13,325) and double plays (881) as a shortstop; he still holds the record for total chances, and is second in putouts and fourth in assists. His 42-game hitting streak in  was a record until , and remains the fourth longest in history and the longest by a right-handed NL hitter. In Defensive Wins above replacement (WAR), his 28.5 is eleventh best all-time, and he finished in the top five in the category in ten different seasons.

Early life

Dahlen was born in Nelliston, New York at the corner of Berthoud and Dahlen and East Main to a family of German descent. He attended Fort Plain High School and the Clinton Liberal Institute, where he began an amateur baseball career as a pitcher and second baseman. He played semi-professionally in 1889, and professionally in the New York State League in 1890.

Dahlen married his wife, Hattie, on January, 1, 1890, and the couple had a daughter, Corinne, the next year.

Professional career

Playing career
Dahlen was a very good hitter and had a good amount of power for the dead-ball era. He began his career with the Colts in , and during his eight years with the team finished among the NL's top ten players in home runs four times and in slugging average three times. He also scored over 100 runs with 10 or more triples in each of his first six seasons; in 1894 he posted the highest batting average to that time by a major league shortstop (various sources state .357 or .362), and he followed with a .352 average in . His 1894 season included a record 42-game hitting streak from June 20 to August 6, surpassing the 33-game streak by George Davis one year earlier. Amazingly, after going 0-for-6 in the next game, a 10-inning contest on August 7, Dahlen pulled off another 28-game streak, ending up having hit in 70 of 71 games. His mark was broken three years later by Willie Keeler, who hit in 44 straight; that NL record was eventually tied by Pete Rose. Only Joe DiMaggio, with his 56-game streak in , has bettered Dahlen's mark among right-handed batters. Dahlen also twice hit three triples in a game, and once he tripled twice in one inning (August 30, 1900).

Prior to the 1899 season, Dahlen was traded by Chicago, and ended up in Brooklyn after another deal. His new team won the NL title in each of his first two seasons, and although his batting average had dropped from that of earlier years, he compensated by continuing to accumulate numerous walks and stolen bases and by playing outstanding defense. In 1902, he finished fourth in the NL with 74 RBI. In  he set an NL record for fielding percentage with a .948 average, breaking George Wright's 1878 mark of .947; Tommy Corcoran broke his record in  with a .952 average.

After the 1903 season, Dahlen was traded to the Giants, the team he'd always strived to play for, in exchange for pitcher Jack Cronin and Charlie Babb. While Cronin and Babb contributed only three bad years to Brooklyn, Dahlen posted great numbers with the Giants, leading the league with 80 RBI in his first year, . In 1905 he was again among the RBI leaders, despite hitting only .242, as the Giants won their first World Series title. Although he was hitless in the five-game Series, he contributed with flawless defense and by drawing three walks and stealing three bases. He was often considered one of the quietest players in the game, keeping to himself most of the time. After the 1907 season, he was traded to the Boston Doves, for whom he played his last two full seasons. In  he broke Jake Beckley's record of 2,386 career games; his record was broken in turn by Honus Wagner in . He was named Brooklyn's manager for the 1910 season, but never finished above 6th place in four seasons. His last playing appearances were three games as a pinch-hitter in 1910, and one game at shortstop in .

In a 21-season career, Dahlen batted .272; his 84 home runs were then among the fifteen highest totals in history, and ranked behind only Herman Long (91) among shortstops. His 289 stolen bases after the statistic was redefined in 1898 were then among the ten highest totals, as were his 547 total steals since they were first recorded in 1887. His records for games and putouts at shortstop were broken by Rabbit Maranville, and his mark for assists was surpassed by Luis Aparicio, with his NL record standing until Ozzie Smith broke it in ; his record for double plays was broken by Roger Peckinpaugh. Dahlen's 14,566 total chances at all positions have been surpassed by only Maranville (16,091) and Wagner (15,536).

Managerial career
As early as 1908, Brooklyn owner Charles Ebbets sought to have Dahlen manage his club, though he was unable to achieve this until the 1910 season.

In four years as a manager, all for Brooklyn, he posted a 251–355 record for a .414 winning percentage; he earned his nickname with a ferocious arguing style which drew 65 ejections as a manager, still among the top ten in history.

Later years and death
Dahlen worked a number of jobs after his baseball career ended, including serving as an attendant at Yankee Stadium and working as a night clerk in a Brooklyn post office.

Dahlen died in Brooklyn after a long illness at age 80, and was buried in the Cemetery of the Evergreens, Brooklyn, New York City, New York. As of 2006, his grave remained unmarked.

Hall of Fame consideration
Dahlen initially received very little support for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame; he received just one vote from the Veterans Committee on the Hall's inaugural 1936 ballot and again received a single vote when he was included on the Baseball Writers' Association of America's 1938 ballot. Dahlen was not considered again by the Veterans Committee for several decades, however, in part due to the reputation of his advanced statistics, Dahlen's candidacy has received renewed interest in recent years. He was included on the committee's Pre-1943 ballot for 2009 but received three or fewer of the twelve member committee's votes. He was included again on the newly formed Pre-Integration Committee's ballot for 2013. Dahlen received ten out of sixteen votes, falling two votes short of election, the highest total of any person on the ballot who was not elected. Dahlen was included again on the Pre-Integration Committee's 2016 ballot but the committee selected no new Hall of Fame members as Dahlen tied for second place with eight of sixteen votes. Dahlen was considered again by the newly formed Early Baseball Era Committee for the 2022 ballot but received three or fewer of the committee's sixteen votes.

The Nineteenth Century Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research named Dahlen the Overlooked 19th Century Baseball Legend for 2012—a 19th-century player, manager, executive or other baseball personality not yet inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

Dahlen was featured in David Pietrusza's 1995 television documentary Local Heroes in the segment "Knocking on Cooperstown's Door."

See also

 List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders
 List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders
 List of Major League Baseball player-managers

References

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External links

Baseball Hall of Fame: Fierce Shortstop Dahlen Stands Test of Time
Bill Dahlen Baseballbiography.com
Baseball Evolution Hall of Fame – Player Profile

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Creator of the Pale Hair Girls.
Michael Andrew Law (born in British Hong Kong, 1982) creates what renowned art dealer Douwe Cramer calls, hyper pop surrealist paintings. Law's works capture the essence of youth while maintaining a lasting value that appeals to collectors. Indeed, they are appreciated and collected by many Asian notables. The works showcase technical skill and well defined methods. They include classical compositional framing constructs applied to abstract concepts. The technique is visibly evident. In some cases, the pieces are near photorealistic. Law wields his rendering mastery in ways that would intrigue even the old masters.
Taken as a whole, Law's body of work is significant in many ways. First, it pushes the notion of figurative art into our contemporary age. Yes, the body is a central focus in many of his works. Law applies his traditional anatomical training in the physical representations, but also updates our notions of the body with consideration to gender and identity. He instigates traditionalists with his use of digital tools applied in combination with traditional methods.
The philosophy and symbolism behind the works are quite personal. Law's lived experience during the tumultuous period of Hong Kong's hand over to China becomes embedded into his art practice. The paintings are a visual artifact of that journey. Surrealist influences can be seen in his use of handwritten text in combination with female figures. The repetition of calligraphy text is descriptive, typographic, and indicative of the artist as individual. Law successfully merges his Eastern and Western influences through a meshing of symbols and signification. There is a commitment to tradition and lineage, as well as a dedication to all things new.
Law has studied painting with Sam Tsang of the Central Academy of Art in Beijing and with New York native Dan Anderson at his Hong Kong studio. He has also studied film production with Roger Corman. Law has earned illustrious regard as the designer of many cover spreads for the press in Hong Kong and beyond. He has worked as a professional comic artist, illustrator and film producer, but left commercial work to focus on his fine art practice. Law has exhibited at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in The Avenue of Stars, earning him the greatest regard in his home base and abroad.
Law is co-founder of the Hong Kong Art Studio Nature Art Workshop. The organization functions as a supportive environment for the fostering of emerging Hong Konger artists in addition to producing and marketing Law's related work. As a curator, Law has organized an exhibition of contemporary art that shares a range of responses to HongKong's Gen Y pop culture. At this point, Law has created over 8,000 works. There are three dozen popular artist books published of Law's pieces. He has also written essays on contemporary art and films. The artist lives and works in Central District, Hong Kong.
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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — A positive difference in the lives of differently-abled persons, allowing them to become increasingly independent while generating an income to become self-sufficient due to the efforts of the St. Kitts and Nevis Association of Persons with Disabilities (SKNAPD).
Skills Training Empowerment Programme (STEP) Director Wendell Wattley, said its skills training and work programme currently supports SKNAPD's work, which is based at the McKnight Community Centre. STEP provides support to trainers who work with the people who attend classes at the centre. It also supports ADE's Place, a day centre that provides training for day-to-day skills for differently-abled adults in St. Kitts.
ADE's Place member of the Board of Directors Clarice Cotton, explained that the private institution conducts classes in arts and crafts, and agriculture. They also conduct life-skill sessions and instruction in cooking, washing, ironing, singing and dancing. The private facility caters to graduates of the Cotton Thomas Comprehensive School.
Ms. Cotton said two years ago, STEP came onboard and provided financial support. That translated into paying wages for three staff members at the institution which increased the numbers from two to five. Additionally, STEP provides a stipend for the enrolees at ADE's Place, which has allowed registered participants to grow from seven to about 20 persons.
"They are able to pay their [attendance] fees, their bus fares and they are telling you 'I'm working' and so I think it [STEP] has made quite a difference," said Ms. Cotton.
The increased sense of self confidence has allowed some ADE's Place students to seek and gain part-time employment. Several are employed at the Craft House; one works at the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport; while another is employed by a company in Basseterre.


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Maggie Hamilton
Writer, Researcher and Storyteller
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Collin Armstrong
Few adults appreciate the overwhelming pressure our boys and girls are facing to think, act, dress, consume, and interpret the world in ways, which all too frequently diminish and dehumanise, which impacti our home life and schools, our communities and nation.
The constant barrage of cleverly targeted campaigns directed at our pre-schoolers, tweens and teens is nothing short of devastating, leaving increasing numbers of boys and girls anxious and confused, and obsessed with their presentation and possessions. This comes at a time when parents are suffering a major lack of confidence. Haunted by messages about what a cool parent does and says, they too are unsure of their role. Fearful of being labelled uncool, they stop listening to their instincts, allowing their children to adopt values and behaviour that are harmful.
Right now we're also witnessing a profound loss of story - family stories and other essential stories - which help shape our view of ourselves and our world. As world affairs appear ever more uncertain, we've taken to renovating our homes, upgrading our cars and updating our wardrobes, as buffers against a wider world that at times seems firghteningly complex and volatile. In this 'renovating our lives' process we've thrown out many possessions which link us to our past, which hold the threads of our personal, family and community story.
In its place a thriving culture of celebrities has sprung up. Daily boys and girls are bombarded with trivial details of the self-indulgent, over-the-top, frequently out-of-control lives of the rich and famous. Alongside these vacuous tales are the dark, dangerous, and frequently apocalyptic stories in the video games boys watch endlessly. Stories with few life lessons. Stories where opponents and landscapes are obliterated, where the winner takes all. The world view depicted in these games offer little comfort or hope. Story is a powerful thing. It reflects back to us, who we are and how we view ourselves. What then is the impact of the steady diet of stories our children consume daily? The stories we tell, I believe, are the stories we become.
Right now we're also seeing a concerning rise in the power of corporations and in the deliberate targeting of children from birth. As a nation we now spend around a $1000 per child a year on toys and related products for kids aged zero to three. Already our spending on baby products has exceeded $1 billion.1 This is no surprise given rapid growth in the number of baby shops and online baby stores. The problem is, the more time and money spent on kitting babies out, the more parents add to their child's concerns about appearance, possessions, and what it takes to belong.
Given the powerfully immersive presence of licensed products in our lives, all the fun figures we're so familiar with, such as Bob the Builder, Barbie, Dorothy the Dinosaur, are ultimately little more than branded logos, as behind them sits multi-million and in some cases multi-billion dollar corporations. These lucrative little figures are now present in everything from baby bibs to nappies.
It's important to understand how precisely global marketers target our young, how they know exactly which buttons to press at every developmental stage of our children's lives. International marketing guru James McNeal gives us a very clear sense of the commercial focus these top-ticket corporations have, 'Children find security in attaching themselves to an object – a pillow, a blanket, a store, a brand – that enhances their wellbeing.' Knowing they're onto a good thing, there's little to hold these professionals back. 'If you're a kid's retailer or marketer, and you're focused exclusively on the children's business, the next logical migration is going to be younger, not older,' advised Marshall Cohen, NPD Group chief industry analyst as far back as 2004.2
Drawing on a whole raft of experts from psychologists to neuroscientists, corporations are ever more savvy about how to target our young. Underlining the absolute importance of our buying choices, psychologist and child media expert Professor Daniel Anderson warns that '(With every branded purchase), you've turned over part of your child's love to a giant corporation.'3
So what is the impact of all this targeted marketing our young? With the plethora of products available to parents, we're seeing a re-imagining of childhood – children dressed as mini adults, growing up in bedrooms filled with branded junk, watching dvds and TV, and playing on their computers for hours on end. With this level of immersion in fun products, corporations sit comfortably knowing parents will continue to spend. Leading the charge for additional marketing opportunities to kids is the increasing attention now given to the children of celebrities. Their young lives are now under increasing scrutiny, especially their clothes. For many young parents raised in affluent times it's beguiling to know you can add a celebrity touch to your child's wardrobe.
The lifestyles the corporations offer our kids are all-consuming. Today's children can literally play in a Barbie™ World, hang out in a Disney™ Universe and more. So engaging are these games, dvds and websites, there's little reason to stray beyond them. With each encounter a child is likely to want new products, and parents oblige. Disney, for example, has 26,000 Disney™ princess items currently available. These princess products are part of a $4 billion-a-year franchise - the fastest-growing brand the company has ever created.
So what if anything is the fallout from all this consumerism on small kids? When talking to preschool and kindergarten professionals, they spoke of a huge increase in anxiety amongst children three to five, who were anxious about having the right branded gear for pre-school, the right clothing, hair and body. They've also seen a radical drop in imagination due to a steady diet of passive entertainment. This, I believe, is where anxiety and self-loathing issues are starting for our young. Even before they've learned to read or write, or to attend school they've got the message that looks and possessions are what gets you noticed, what brings you acceptance and belonging.
Without active help from their parents small children have no way of screening out the barrage of branded material they're now subjected to. And so, conveniently for the marketer's, they willingly embrace branded toys and clothing as a natural part of their world. Or as Mike Searle, former president Kids-R-Us, puts it, 'If you own this child at an early age, you own this child for years to come.'4 One on level the effectiveness marketing is impressive, what it's easy to forget is that marketers aren't standing still. With our children and teenagers they know they're on to an extremely lucrative part of the market.
Work is now underway into sensory branding™, using taste, sound, colour and scent recognition to capture and reinforce brand awareness. So, having discovered the scent of vanilla in breast milk, for example, we may soon see nursery products infused with, you guessed it, a hint of vanilla.5 The marketers who have kept up to speed also know that sometimes all we need see is the distinctive colour of a brand, such as the unique red of Coca Cola™, to be reminded of that brand. All this is powerful information in the hands of those whose only interest in our kids is how much money they can make from them.
There are endless ways marketers reach young boys and girls, from computer screen pop-ups, to film spin-offs, advergames, premium offers, and giveaways. Our kids now see ads on buses, taxis and trains, in the catalogues stuffed into our letterboxes, at sports venues, on billboards and park benches. Researchers can now observe which part of the brain associated with addictions and rewards light up, when children are presented with a range of new products.6 Marketers are even monitoring the number of times a child blinks to see how attractive a product is, and fine-tuning them accordingly.7
The hearts and minds of our children are being captured in all kinds of ways. When, for example, Burger King introduced its Burger King Kids Club, they reported 300 per cent increase in kids meals.8 More and more corporations are now offering kids gifts and valued customer schemes. All this adds up to conditioning our kids to consume. 'Advertising is … one curriculum kids are excelling in. The ads teach kids that buying is good and will make them happy. They teach that the solution to life's problems lies not in good values, hard work, or education, but in materialism and the purchasing of more and more things,' observes Gary Ruskin, of Commercial Alert.9
All this a world away from the spontaneous, carefree childhoods kids once enjoyed, the time when children were closely connected to nature and community, where imaginative fun play was the order of the day. This brave new world puts huge pressure on children, and on parents, who have to work harder to afford all the things their boys and girls want. The result? Many in this generation are failing to get the developmental experiences they need to feel genuinely empowered, to be exited and well prepared for their adult lives, and hopeful about the future of the planet. Figures indicate, for example, that almost 4,000 children under ten have been prescribed anti-depressants. Over five hundred of these kids are under five.10
Conditioned to consume our boys and girls are ripe for the picking. There isn't a drinks or cereals isle in our supermarkets free of cross promotions with branded products. Nothing is left to chance. Nano-technology, the manipulation of atoms and molecules, is now used in foods to adjust a food's flavour, texture and smell. So, even though most kids know fast food isn't healthy, they find the taste and packaging irresistible. Big money is invested in the detail, to ensure every aspect of an item hits the spot. Even the snap, crackle or pop of certain foods have been carefully engineered to tickle the tastebuds.
Corporations outlay big money on the detail, as the returns are exceptional for those who get things right. In the US kids now spend an estimated $40 billion a year, and influence a further $700 billion of adult spending, which equals the GDP of the world's 115 poorest countries.11 How did we come to be in this place?
By the time our girls and boys reach their tweens, their years between six and twelve, they are seasoned consumers. These are the years when celebrity worship begins in earnest. With their growing awareness of the celebrity culture, they start to absorb the values of these individuals. During these years their spare time is divided between packaged entertainment and shopping, and in a passive virtual world.
Belonging is very important to tweens, and again the marketers have been quick to respond, defining for them the must-have possessions tweens must have if they want to belong. Tweens long to be teenagers, so the corporations produce a whole range of products which enable tweens to appear older than they're are, which in turn makes them more vulnerable as they lack the insight or maturity to be older. Global marketing guru and author of BrandChild sums up this much-exploited demographic, observing that 'Although this may be the most affluent generation to walk the planet, it also has the dubious distinction of being the most insecure and depressed.'12
The ways in which marketers target our kids mirrors the steps paedophiles employ to groom our young. Like the sexual predator, the relationship many corporations cultivate with their child customer is one of calculated psychological manipulation. Using the best expert advice money can buy, corporations spend up big on the services of a whole raft of professionals from child psychologists and animators to cool hunters and consumer anthropologists. With assistance from this expert pool, corporations gain an intimate knowledge of the anxieties and aspirations of today's tweens and teenagers. They know exactly what is needed to get children to purchase their products. Predators also do their homework. They spend a lot of time researching what the kids they target like, what these children aspire to and worry about. They study which sitcoms and movies boys and girls watch, which games they're into, and who are their celebrities of choice.
Relationship marketing is now the name of the corporate game, as it's an excellent way to reach out to potential customers, especially kids. Like predators, corporations work hard to 'befriend' our children. Flattering them and assuring them they understand what it's like to be a tween or teen, the corporations encourage our boys and girls to feel special. They sweeten this budding relationship by offering kids gifts and talking in a language our kids are most likely to respond to, the same classic steps used by sexual predators to reel in their victims.
The use of sexy content in advertising their products is also deliberate, as marketers know that by making sexual content available to children wouldn't otherwise have access to, it's a whole lot easier to get them on board. They capture the curious children and the unsuspecting with their tantalising mix of sexualised images, concepts and language. As more corporations target our children and teenagers, marketers need to keep pushing the boundaries to stay ahead of the game. That's why their sexualised messages and images are increasingly 'out there'. It helps give them an edge over their competitors. We see the ramping up of risky content in everything from teen sitcoms and movies, MTV clips and celebrity styling, to sexualised dolls and lyrics, slogans on clothing and accessories.
The exposure of our kids to increasingly sexualised content is the very same technique used by sexual predators to groom kids for sex. Over a period of time the predator supplies their young victim with a whole range of sexual material they wouldn't otherwise have see. By carefully ramping up the sexualised content, the predator lowers the child's inhibitions to the point where they're ready to do whatever's asked of them. This is not done to help the child, but for the predator's own gratification. Similarly corporations know the power of sexual images. They also know sexual content is the perfect grooming tool to get kids to buy..
The whole message marketing delivers is that life's about winning, about besting others, even those you're supposed to care about. And, if you've to scramble over others to get there, then that's what you have to do. This message flies in the face of everything that makes us human. We're hardwired to connect, to engage with each other, but it's hard to do this when our children's lives and aspirations are shaped by music videos, ads, reality TV, when most of their spare time is packaged entertainment, shopping and hanging out in malls.
Our boys and girls inhabit a space where they can rarely relax. They rarely get to experience the joy of a job well done. Though they're constantly striving, they rarely arrive at a point where they can see an end to their efforts. Their world is constantly re-inventing itself, to keep them buying. The message being that you need to buy happiness, popularity, belonging, success.
To turn this around we need much more sophisticated media education, so boys and girls know from a young age that cool costs big time, and that behind each celebrity lies a powerful corporation. It's liberating for kids to realize their purchases hold real power should they choose to use it. It also helps to know everyone's under pressure from advertising regardless of their age or income.
Yes the raunch culture offers them a dangerous lifestyle, but that's largely because there's a vacuum needing to be filled. Currently many kids lack other forms of 'safe' risk-taking, activities which stretch them that are useful to themselves, their family and community. Today's boys and girls still need the same essentials to grow up strong and empowered. They still need to experience the joy of real connection to their community. This is best achieved through service, and more community-based activities.
We also need to find ways to unpack their unique passions and feed their spirit. As music legend Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas puts it, 'I'm not taking Ritalin, I'm taking music.' If we want to help our kids balance out their wired 24/7 existence and rediscover their creativity, then we need to encourage a culture of handmade items, and value bespoke pieces people dream up and create. Our boys and girls need a village to grow up in, with friendships across the generations. The challenges are immense at present, but so too are the rewards when we can find new and exciting solutions.
Help protect your tweens and teens from commercialisation:
teach them to spot product placement and understand what it's about
make gifts whenever possible
donate money, goods or time to environmental causes
encourage and model recycling
donate old toys to local charities or to children in countries of need
help them recognise when they're being solicited for personal details
encourage them to see why enough is never enough
ensure they understand self-worth isn't about what they own
talk about the vulnerabilities advertisers play on
discuss why marketers target kids and how much money they make from them
keep these conversations light and informative
Cross, Gary, Kids' Stuff: Toys and the Changing World of American Childhood, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997
Eckersley, Richard, Well and Good: Morality, Meaning and Happiness, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2004.
Eckersley, Richard, Never Better or Getting Worse: The Health and Wellbeing of Young Australians, Australia 21, Canberra, 2008.
Hüther, Gerald, Ph.D., The Compassionate Brain: How Empathy Creates Intelligence, Shambhala Publications, Boston, 2006.
Kasser, Tim, PhD, and Kanner, Allen D., PhD, Psychology and Consumer Culture: The Struggle for a Good Life in a Materialistic World, American Psychological Association, Washington, 2003.
Lindstrom Martin with Seybold, Patricia, B., BRANDchild: Remarkable Insights Into the Minds of Today's Global Kids and Their Relationships with Brands, Kogan Page, London, 2003
Lindstrom Martin, buy.ology : Truth and Lies About Why We Buy, Doubleday, New York, 2008
Quart, Alissa, Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers, Basic Books, New York. 2003.
Siegel, David L., The Great Tween Buying Machine: Capturing Your Share of the Multibillion Dollar Tween Market, Dearborn Trade Publishing, Ithaca NY, 2001.
1. Helen Signy, 'Billion Dollar Baby', Essential Baby Parenting Australia, 6 December 2007, http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/parenting/toddler/billion-dollar-baby-2…
2. Erin E Clack, 'What A Tween Wants … Now: Market Research Experts Reveal What's New in This Important Demographic', Children's Business, 1 April 2004.
3. Barbara F. Meltz, 'Marketers See Babies' Noses As Pathway To Profits', The Globe, 19 May 2005, http://www.frankwbaker.com/marketers_babies_profits.htm
4. Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood, Judge Judy Baker Center, http://www.slideshare.net/ccfc/ccfc1
6. Martin Lindstrom, buy.ology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy, Doubleday, New York, 2008, pp 82-83.
7. Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood', Media Education Foundation, DVD, 2009.
8. Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, Penguin Books, New York, 2002, p45.
9. Gary Ruskin, 'Why They Whine: How Corporations Prey on Children', Mothering Magazine, Number 97, Nov/Dec 1999, www.commercialalert.org
10. Julie-Anne Davies, '4000 Kids Under 10 On Mood Drugs', The Australian, 3 December 2008, http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24743413-2702,00.html
11. 'Consuming Kids: The Commercialisation if Childhood', Media Education Foundation, DVD, 2009.
12. Martin Lindstrom with Patricia B Seybold, BRANDChild: Remarkable Insights into the Minds of Today's Global Kids and Their Relationships with Brands, Kogan Page, London 2003, p196.
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IT isn't easy to cook chicken so that its skin is crisp and its interior juicy. Grilling, roasting and sauteing all have their problems.
The chicken is seasoned and marinated for a few minutes, or longer if there's time. Then it's seared in one skillet and weighted with the other before being transferred to a hot oven. Moving the hot, heavy pan from range to oven takes two hands, but the effort is well worth it. As a bonus at the end, much of the chicken's natural juices remain at the bottom of the pan; they make a perfect sauce, especially for rice.
The dish is well known in Italy, where it is called chicken al mattone (a mattone is a heavy tile), but as a knowledgeable friend points out, it has roots in Russia as well. There it's called chicken tapaka (a tapa is a heavy skillet).
Until recently, I had always seasoned this dish as described below -- with olive oil, garlic, rosemary and lemon, a standard quartet often found in Italian chicken dishes. But I have found several successful variations.
-- Use different herbs; sage, savory and tarragon are all great. Russians use paprika.
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-- Use minced shallots instead of garlic.
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2. When you are ready to cook, preheat the oven to 500 degrees. Preheat an ovenproof 12-inch skillet (preferably nonstick) over medium-high heat for about 3 minutes. Press rosemary sprigs, if using, into the skin side of the chicken. Put remaining olive oil in the pan and wait about 30 seconds for it to heat up.
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4. Cook over medium-high to high heat for 5 minutes, then transfer to the oven. Roast for 15 minutes more. Remove from the oven and remove the weights; turn the chicken over (it will now be skin side up) and roast 10 minutes more, or until done (large chickens may take an additional 5 minutes or so). Serve hot or at room temperature, with lemon wedges.
Approximate nutritional analysis per serving: 410 calories, 25 grams fat, 135 milligrams cholesterol, 125 milligrams sodium (before salting), 45 grams protein, 1 gram carbohydrate.


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'It's more personal': Why this crisis isn't like the GFC
Tahn SharpeMarch 30, 2020
Forsyths principal and financial planner Julie Sherwood
Julie Sherwood, a principal adviser at Forsyths in Tamworth, says she's noticed a trend in her conversations with clients in the last few weeks.
At the end of every phone call, the same sign-off gets repeated.
It's cottoned on, Sherwood says, "even with the oldies".
The phrase is an indication of where advisers are right now and the timbre of conversations they are having with clients during the coronavirus crisis. Portfolios are a concern for clients, of course – which is to be expected during a significant market correction that has no apparent end in sight. But the fact that this crisis stems from a threat to our health and well-being makes it vastly different from the global financial crisis in 2009. This time it's much more personal.
"Obviously there's financial concern when clients call, but what they're more concerned about is the fact that this is a health issue," Sherwood says. "They're asking me about my children and how we're doing as a family."
Sherwood reporting a much more personal nature to the discussions she's having with clients makes sense. The impact of the virus goes beyond markets; despite three stimulus packages being announced by the government in response to the crisis, unemployment is rising rapidly and businesses are being shut down across an alarming array of sectors. Almost everyone has been deeply affected by this crisis, and while it has brought out the worst in some – lets hope the toilet paper panic is over – it's also brought out the caring, nurturing side in many.
According to Phil Thompson, a principal adviser at Rise Financial in Canberra, the majority of his clients are more concerned about health matters than they are about their finances.
"At no point am I complacent that we're through all of this, but I think it is a bit different from the GFC," Thompson says. "Health has dominated people's thinking rather than the investments."
There are a few reasons clients would be less concerned about their finances than they were a decade ago. Advisers themselves have a sharper, more acute awareness of portfolio diversity and have positioned investments accordingly. They've also been diligent about coaching clients to refrain from reacting to a crisis by selling down their equities en masse. The chasm between advised and non-advised investors has never been starker – a point Sunsuper head of advice and retirement Anne Fuchs made clear last week.
Thompson's clients have another reason to be relatively sanguine; predominantly Canberra-based public service workers, it's likely their jobs are safer than most.
The overarching feeling from advisers, however, is that the nature of the crisis itself – a flu-like pandemic that threatens the health of our kids, partners and parents – has brought humanity to the fore.
"Most of them have been really sweet actually," says Jordan Vaka, an adviser at Planning Solo in Melbourne.
Vaka says he's noticed a stark difference in his client list, which is comprised of a core group of ongoing clients and a book of legacy or orphaned clients. The legacy clients are slightly prone to panic, he reports, but the main group refuse to fret.
"The ongoing are fantastic, sitting tight and really calm," he says. "We touch on the portfolio and that's about it, we don't need to go into it too much."
This core group of clients, Vaka says, have supplanted financial concern with personal warmth.
"They're saying they don't want to call us because they know we're busy and they're asking about us and how we're doing," he says. "It's really lovely."
client relationships, coronavirus crisis, COVID-19, Forsyths, Julie Sherwood, Phil Thompson, practice management, Rise Financial
Tahn Sharpe is a Sydney-based financial services journalist with a background in financial planning. He writes on advice, superannuation, investment, banking and insurance issues, is a certified SMSF Adviser and holds an Advanced Diploma of Financial Planning. Contact at [email protected]
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Jeremy Wright
Mar 31, 2020 @ 9:28
Trust and having your adviser to call when times or circumstances turn for the worse, has been the foundation of what advisers do for their clients for decades.
To the regulators, fees were and still are their main focus, to the point of obsession, which has led us down this path, where now only select Australians have someone to turn to when they need help or guidance.
It is coming to light now from research, though those of us in the advice community already knew, that advised clients are better prepared and suffer less anxiety when stuff happens.
The long term cost to the millions of Australians who previously had an adviser and who are now lost in the wilderness, will be in the multi billions of dollars. The 1 cent in the dollar per annum to have an adviser, which the regulators saw as a fee for no service, is one cent in the dollar saved, though has now created millions of anxious and confused Australians, with no-one to turn to, facing losses and missed opportunities much higher than that, as they wander through what is an impenetrable maze of complexity and uncertainty.
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Democracy may be alive and well in Joe Biden's America but there's no room for democratic principles like equality when it comes to mergers and acquisitions. Success requires a dominant home-base to take control, AZ NGA's Paul Barrett writes.
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Most advisers to be exempt from new claims handling AFSL rules
Confusion around new rules for claims handling – and misleading press coverage – has led many advisers to believe they need to apply for a new AFS licence. Association heads have confirmed Treasury is set to include an exemption for the "vast majority" of advisers.
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Cairns graduates step into a bright future
Answering the call to follow their passion
Hannah Gray
JCU Cairns graduates have gathered at the Cairns Performing Arts Centre to walk the stage and toss their caps. The opportunity to celebrate their achievements was much anticipated after ceremonies were postponed in March 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions. As family and friends clapped, cheered, and snapped pictures of the proud graduates, the anticipation for graduation turned to excitement for the future.
Over two days and six ceremonies, more than 500 JCU Cairns graduands crossed the stage and entered the next chapter of their lives. With students from both the 2019 and 2020 cohorts in attendance, as well as many students with their degrees conferred in absentia, there were more than 900 graduates from JCU Cairns celebrated this year.
The chance to be officially recognised and celebrated for finishing their university studies was met with great elation. Graduate and new JCU Politics and International Relations alumni, Sena Kuukua Tsey, says that getting to celebrate her achievement felt like a rite of passage.
"This graduation made for one of the greatest days of my life," Sena says. "It represents a turning point in my life, and I got to experience it all with my family and friends. I felt like I was reaping the benefits of my hard labour."
Sena Kuukua Tsey at the Cairns graduation
Sena says that looking back over her university study, she can see how much her knowledge and confidence have grown. "University has shown me that I can achieve anything if I put my mind to it," she says. "One thing that stood out to me in Andrea Della Mattea's speech was 'follow your passion'. I am determined to find my passion, pursue it, and make an impact in the world."
Hearing the speakers at the Cairns graduations give encouragement, advice, and guidance, Sena was reminded of why she first chose to study. "I have worked to empower myself with knowledge through my education so that I can go into the world, especially into my country, Ghana, to make a difference by embracing my potential," she says. "When Vice Chancellor Sandra Harding challenged us with the questions 'Can you do what needs to be done?' and 'Will you do what needs to be done?', I vowed to answer, 'yes'."
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The Eyes of Orson Welles
Matt Zoller Seitz March 15, 2019
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In making a feature-length documentary about director, actor and pop culture icon Orson Welles, Mark Cousins did not choose an easy path for himself. There are already many written biographies and long magazines pieces about Welles, some of which are considered classics, and nearly as many documentaries about his life and work (or aspects of his life and work, zeroing in on particular films, such as "Citizen Kane," "Touch of Evil," the Shakespeare adaptations and, most recently, the posthumously released "The Other Side of the Wind"). On top of all that, Welles has been a fictional character both in movies about his own work ("The Cradle Will Rock," "RKO 281," "Me and Orson Welles") and and other people's (notably Tim Burton's "Ed Wood," where he offers solace to the title character at a low point).
"The Eyes of Orson Welles" doesn't rank with the best Welles scholarship, mainly because it's too overreaching and disorganized, and commits itself to central creative decisions that increasingly come to seem misguided. The movie is broken into five numbered sections, some of which seem specious in retrospect. One of these, "Love," is further broken into five subsections, arguing that Welles loved places, loved "visually," loved in a "chivalrous" way (or a way he thought was chivalrous), that he was omnivorous (which might or might not be a roundabout way of saying he repressed some homosexual inclinations), and that he and his work were haunted by "the death of love."
Equally problematic is the simultaneously serious/hypnotic and tossed-off-sounding narration by Cousins, whose career is marked by films whose subjects are framed this way. Here, Cousins' voice-over addresses itself directly to Welles, who died in 1985, as if delivering an extended eulogy, or writing letters that will eventually be deposited at a gravesite or burned on an altar. "Were you in a hurry to get old, Orson? Did your youth bore you?" "You adored Joseph Cotten, didn't you, and can I mention John Houseman?" A little of this goes a long way, and this is a longish film—and it has a payoff so bizarre that it nearly destroys the movie.
Cousins himself doesn't appear onscreen much, except in early sections, in particular during an interlude with Welles' third daughter Beatrice, who offers so many striking insights about her father that one wishes she'd been in more of the film's running time. Still, the emphasis on the filmmaker's circuitous ruminations on his subject t (which would've been embedded in the marrow of any documentary about Welles, regardless of how "present" the director was) puts "The Eyes of Orson Welles" in the nonfiction sub-genre of "Looking for X" movies, wherein the filmmaker's fascination with the subject is given nearly as much importance as the subject. Your mileage will vary, but after twenty minutes or so, I started to wish that Cousins' analysis of Welles in context of his art and biography had been allowed to play out in a more traditional or even "square" way, without the qualifiers of "this is my personal opinion" or the storytelling device of "Dear dead person, who meant so much to me."
There's a lot to admire here, though, particularly when Cousins' uses Welles' visual art (he originally trained to be a painter at the Chicago Art Institute) to connect his films, politics, and life. Although Cousins' isn't the first biographer to search Welles' sketchbooks, drawings, watercolors and oils for insight into the totality of his existence, I can't recall another that treats his fine art as a lens through which every other aspect can be examined.
Of particular interest is the lack of filled-in faces in Welles' art from the 1930s onward, after Hitler and Mussolini rose to power and authoritarianism started to spread. The documentary is astute in showing how "facelessness" became Welles' way of commenting on the soul-corroding influence of absolute power—a theme explored in everything from "Citizen Kane" and "Macbeth" through "Mr. Arkadin" and Welles' 1962 film version of "The Trial." There's a delightful moment when Cousins talks about how Welles' "took a line for a walk" over a shot of a roller coaster, right before a car comes into frame and embarks on a series of loops. Here, and in some other scenes, the film attains a crystalline focus and grace that mirrors Welles at his peaks.
Without spelling things out too much, Cousins makes us aware of the contrast between Welles' fine art, his work for theater and cinema, and his work on the page with ink, watercolor, oil and acrylic. Where Welles' film direction was often maximalist—deep-focus, marked by extreme angles and theatrical abstraction, constantly filling up foreground, middleground, and background as if trying to see how much information he could pack into a frame—his work with pencil, pen and brush often seemed to be daring itself to communicate as much meaning as possible while still leaving most of the canvas blank. In one brief scene, Cousins even counts the number of pencil lines in a drawing, the better to emphasize how Welles' attained maximum impact with seemingly minimal effort.
Cousins is never on firmer ground than when he's describing the expressiveness of Welles' lines, the way his choice of color impacts our emotional reaction to the work, and the use of negative space and blankness within compositions. This movie is iffy as both biography and unconventional documentary, but as a work of old-school art criticism, fronted by the kind of teacher whose classes you'd never skip, it's hard to beat.
Matt Zoller Seitz
Matt Zoller Seitz is the Editor at Large of RogerEbert.com, TV critic for New York Magazine and Vulture.com, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism.
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On October 17th, Canadian Export Challenge Finalists gathered in Ottawa to begin a 2-day intensive global export and expansion program, curated to optimize their connectivity to Canada's entrepreneurship ecosystem. Finalists received signature jackets and attended the Entrepreneurs on the Hill Launch Party to be welcomed alongside Startup Community Leaders, entrepreneurs, industry partners, and delegates from across Canada.
During the evening, the group convened at the Shaw Centre for their official orientation and interviews with UPS Canada. On October 18th, the Finalists enjoyed a photo and meet and greet with the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, before connecting with growth partners, polishing their pitch with expert mentors in the UPS Lounge, and hitting up the red carpet for media interviews.
The National Winner is Margaret Magdesian, Founder and CEO of ANANDA (Advanced Nano Design Applications) Devices, a Montreal-based company that combines expertise in organ-on-a-chip and stem cells technology to develop mini brains and mini spinal-cords-on-a-chip, enabling more efficient testing of drugs directly on patients' derived tissues. ANANDA Devices' mission is to increase research capacity and competitiveness by developing and applying nano- and microtechnology platforms to improve biomedical research and diagnostics.
A Toronto-based company revolutionizing the industrial market place by providing its customers with a completely fuel free, portable, job site power source. They deliver a rugged product that eliminates fumes, fuel, noise and maintenance, with no compromise in performance. As a clean new alternative to traditional fossil fuel generators, the Batt Pack offers 4000W, it is designed to last a complete work shift and recharge in 3 hours. Their "green" battery pack find applications in mining, railway, public transit and military.
A Vancouver-based company that created a revolutionary new high-efficiency gearbox technology platform. Its various benefits enhance the performance of drivetrains for motion control, robotics, electric vehicles, wind power, or anywhere gear motors are used. We work with leading innovative gearhead, power transmission, and gearmotor companies to improve their competitive edge. Orbitless uses standard gear components and takes advantage of most innovations in gear tooth design and optimization when implemented in an Orbitless gearbox.
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Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) released the admit cards for Homeopathic and Ayurvedic Medical Officer Screening Examination 2013. The examination is scheduled to be held on 19 April 2015.
Candidates who had applied for the examination can download their admit cards from the link given below.


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Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves further reduced, State Bank released a report
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The State Bank says that the country's total foreign exchange reserves stood at 11.42 billion dollars as of December 30, 2022 – Photo: File
State Bank of Pakistan has released the data of domestic foreign exchange reserves.
According to the State Bank, domestic foreign exchange reserves decreased by $28.47 million in the last business week of December.
The State Bank says that the country's total foreign exchange reserves stood at 11.42 billion dollars as of December 30, 2022.
According to the data of the State Bank, the reserves of the State Bank have decreased by 24.54 million dollars to 5.57 billion dollars.
The State Bank says that at the end of December 2021, the total domestic foreign exchange reserves were 23.88 billion dollars, in December 2022, the domestic foreign exchange reserves were 11.42 billion dollars. In one year, the country's foreign exchange reserves have decreased by 12.46 billion dollars.
State Bank's reserves decreased by $12.10 billion in 2022, State Bank's reserves were $17.68 billion at the end of 2021, State Bank's reserves decreased by $6.26 billion in the first quarter of 2022, and $1.60 billion in the second quarter. , decreased by $1.93 billion in the third quarter and $2.30 billion in the fourth quarter.
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Jenna Marbles signs with CAA
The YouTuber, who can be seen in season two of #HeyUSA, will be repped by the tenpercentery in all areas.
YouTube star Jenna Mourey, better known as Jenna Marbles, has signed with CAA for representation in all areas, it was announced on Tuesday.
Marbles' comedic postings have garnered her more than 14.9 million subscribers and 1.7 billion views on her YouTube channel, the second most-subscribed-to channel in the world outside of the gaming and music verticals. Her vlog channel with her boyfriend Julien Solomita has nearly 1.4 million subscribers. She also has strong followings on other social platforms, including Facebook (2.1 million fans), Twitter (3.8 million followers), Instagram (3.2 million followers) and Vine (2.1 million followers).
Currently, Marbles is executive producing the digital series Maximum Ride with best-selling author James Patterson, being produced by Collective Digital Studio (CDS). She stars in the second episode of the second season of of #HeyUSA, hosted and executive produced by Mamrie Hart and Grace Helbig, which premiered on The Scene on April 16th, and will be syndicated across YouTube, AOL, Yahoo, Roku, and Dailymotion.
Marbles also hosts a weekly pop-music show on Sirius XM Hits 1 titled The YouTube 15. In 2014, she was honored with Young Hollywood's Viral Superstar Award, and the 2014 Streamy Award for First Person.
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There is no greater input for any marketing strategy than listening to customers in their own words express the impact of a product or service. Market research supports marketing in creating a deeper understanding of the marketplace, competitive environment, organization's image and competencies, and customer needs and wants.
There are two main types of market research: quantitative and qualitative.
Qualitative market research looks to probe for the answer to deep questions such as why people feel the way they do, and why they do what they do. The main types of qualitative research are focus groups (e.g. face-to-face, dyads, triads, etc.) and one-on-one in-depth interviews.
Qualitative marketing research stands out from quantitative marketing research in that data is gathered from a small group of respondents and that that data is not put through statistical analysis. Author Malcolm Gladwell http://adage.com/article/viewpoint/focus-groups-abolished/104151/ has pointed out that, "market research, when it is observational or when it is interpretative, is profoundly useful", however he warns practitioners to consider the right approach to interpret the data obtained in such ways.
The main two types of qualitative research are focus groups and in-depth conversations.
In-depth interviews are conducted one-on-one and are best suited for understating personal, opinions, beliefs and values. Busy, time-pressed high-level executives prefer this approach to focus groups. Also, this type of interviews is more cost-intensive than focus groups because they require highly skilled interviewers that not only must be able to gather useful information over extended periods of time but also must be able to interpret from a wide range of responses. In-depth interviewers make use of several techniques such as laddering, hidden issue questioning and symbolic analysis.
On the other hand, focus groups are best suited for groups, usually up to 12 participants. Led by a moderator, the focus group will go through a prepared discussion guide in which the subject of discussion (e.g. company, product, service) may or may not revealed. The activity of focus groups is often recorded in order to provide context to the dialogue from participants through their facial expressions, gestures and language nuances.
Both in-depth interviews and focus groups can also be implemented asynchronically through online tools.
On the other hand, quantitative market research seeks for the answer to specific questions such as how many people feel, think, or act in a particular way. The main forms of quantitative research are polls and surveys.
"When the market changes, you may be seeing all the new opportunities and problems the wrong way because of the solutions you're used to", stated marketing expert Seth Godin http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/11/hammer-time.html back in 2009. This is particularly true when selecting what quantitative research method to use. A common pitfall of companies is to become too comfortable with a particular sampling method that they often ignore better alternatives.
Here is a primer on the different options you have available for quantitative research.
Mail-back Surveys. This is a particularly effective method with mature audiences that prefer more traditional and less intrusive communication methods, however it is the most expensive one due to ever-raising postage costs.
Phone Surveys. An effective method for companies that are looking for statistical significance, which the marketing firm can achieve trough cold calling randomly selected phone numbers.
Online Surveys. The Internet allows respondents to have he benefit of running the survey at their own pace, just like under mail-back surveys, but enable the company to both save postage costs and receive feedback immediately.
In-Person Surveys. Savvy marketing research firms will have their offices or rent office spaces in downtown locations to provide respondents the convenience of filling out surveys during their lunch break, or before or after work hours. In-person surveys provide the double benefit of immediate reward and convenience to the respondent.
Hybrid Surveys. Depending on your company's budget, you can mix and match the different types of polling methods to optimize the number of respondents to your surveys.
Just like Seth explained, take a second look at your business problems through a fresh marketing approach.
Market research is the most important part of marketing because it is at the core of what the field is all about: establishing the relationship between the individual and the brand, and fully understanding that relationship so that you can articulate it in such a way that other people want to try out the brand. If you don't have the in-house expertise to run quantitative or qualitative market research, consider outsourcing those task to a qualified expert. For example, click here to learn more about a great company that serves London and New York. Hiring the services of a third party guarantees that the results of the research are impartial.


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        Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having
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