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A visionary with an astute mind, Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja (P. D. Hinduja) established a family business which spread swiftly all around the world.
An enterprising individual, P. D. Hinduja is credited with establishing trade links between India and Persia. Two of his major philanthropic projects are Hinduja Hospital and Hinduja Foundation. His wife, Jamuna, shared his spirit of humanitarianism and compassion for poor and needy people. Together, they have left behind a legacy, which is a tale of expansions.
Seizing opportunities in a globalized world, Group Chairman Srichand P. Hinduja along with his brothers Gopichand, Prakash and Ashok, scripted and implemented a strategy for diversified growth of the Group and transforming it into an international conglomerate with a footprint across 38 countries and a 150,000 plus strong team.
Srichand P Hinduja
Chairman - Hinduja Group Hinduja Bank of Switzerland, Hinduja Foundations
Known affectionately as 'SP' among his business associates and friends, Srichand P. Hinduja is the eldest son of P. D. Hinduja, the Founder of Hinduja Group. SP is the head of Hinduja Family and Chairman of Hinduja Group and charitable Foundations.
After completing his education in 1952, SP joined his father in the family business.
Led by his vision and leadership, SP along with his brothers, Gopichand, Prakash and Ashok Hinduja, conceived and strategized the diversification and expansion of Hinduja Group.
Years of business experience in the free market as well as protected economies across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas has shaped SP's fundamental belief that a free market economy can improve tolerance and understanding between different people and cultures, thereby benefitting mankind. SP, a leading Non-Resident Indian (NRI) businessman and head of Hinduja Group, conceived the vision of IndusInd Bank - the first of the new-generation private banks in India - and through collective contributions from the NRI community towards India's economic and social development, brought the Bank into being.
SP is married to Madhu and has two daughters, Shanu and Vinoo.
Gopichand P Hinduja
Co-Chairman - Hinduja Group, Chairman - Hinduja Automotive Limited, UK
Gopichand P. Hinduja, fondly known as 'GP' in business circles, is the Co-Chairman of Hinduja Group.
GP joined the family business in Mumbai in 1959. He was one of the architects of the transformation of the Group from an Indo-Middle East trading operation into a multi-billion dollar transnational conglomerate.
His business philosophy is best summarized by the words 'common sense'. A significant business move came when the Group acquired Gulf Oil in 1984, closely followed by the acquisition of the then struggling Indian automotive manufacturer, Ashok Leyland, in 1987, which was the first major NRI investment in India. A remarkable turnaround story for Ashok Leyland has resulted in turnover in excess of US $2 billion.
GP is also the visionary behind the Group's forays into Power and Infrastructure sectors, spearheading the task of shaping the Group's plan for building 10 GW of power generation capacity in India.
GP graduated from Bombay's Jai Hind College in 1959. He holds an Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Westminster and Honorary Doctorate of Economics from Richmond College, London.
He is married to Sunita and has two sons, Sanjay and Dheeraj, both actively involved in Hinduja Group businesses and a daughter, Rita.
GP's personal interests are trekking, music and swimming.
Prakash P Hinduja
Chairman - Hinduja Group (Europe)
Known affectionately as 'PP' among his business associates and friends, Prakash P. Hinduja is the Chairman of Hinduja Group in Europe. Since 2008, he is based in Monaco.
PP and his three brothers, supported by the third generation, have been guiding the diversified global growth of the Group.
After completing his university education, PP joined the family business in Tehran, Iran. He later moved to Geneva in Switzerland and took charge of the Group's European operations. Thereafter in 2008, he moved to Monaco.
PP is married to Kamal, has two sons, Ajay and Ramkrishan, and a daughter, Renuka.
Ashok P Hinduja
Chairman - Hinduja Group (India)
Known affectionately as 'AP' among his business associates and friends, Ashok P. Hinduja is the youngest son of P. D. Hinduja, Founder of Hinduja Group and Hinduja Foundation.
AP and his three brothers, Srichand (SP), Gopichand (GP) and Prakash (PP) Hinduja, supported by the third generation, have been guiding the diversified global growth of one of India's foremost privately owned Groups with a global footprint across 38 countries, employing 150,000+ people.
AP joined the family's expanding business at a young age by looking after the affairs in India. As Chairman, Hinduja Group of Companies (India), AP has been driving the Group's growth and diversification since it re-entered India in the mid-eighties.
AP also oversees the philanthropic activities of Hinduja Foundation, whose primary focus is on education and healthcare. He is founder-member of the National Health and Education Society, which runs the P. D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai. He is also the Managing Trustee of the KPB Hinduja College of Commerce, Mumbai.
A graduate in Commerce from the University of Mumbai, AP has been conferred honorary Doctorates in Law and Economics respectively, by the University of Westminster, UK and Richmond College, UK, and an Honorary Doctorate by European University, Geneva.
Besides reading, AP's interests include art, architecture, cinema, television and creative media / entertainment. AP is married to Harsha, has two daughters, Ambika and Satya, and one son, Shom.
Sanjay Hinduja
Ajay Hinduja
Vinoo Hinduja
Remi Hinduja
Dheeraj Hinduja
Shom Hinduja


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Bocsári Svastics János (Szentgáloskér, 1802. május 20. – Keszthely, 1873. december 14.), zeneszerző, táblabíró, földbirtokos.

Élete
A római katolikus nemesi bocsári Svastits családban született. Apja bocsári Svastics Antal (1774-1832), táblabíró, földbirtokos volt, anyja jobaházi Dőry Jozefa volt. Az apai nagyszülei bocsári Svastics Antal (1748-1797), somogyi adószedő, földbirtokos és vizeki Tallián Magdolna (1756-1824) voltak. Az 1850-es évektől Keszthelyen és Zalaegerszegen élt. Ismert zeneszerzőként alkotott, a magyar műzene egyik megalapítójának tekintették. Keszthelyi házában olyan híres zeneszerzők is megfordultak, mint Liszt Ferenc. Darabjai a "Veszprém vármegyei Nóták"-ban, a "Róth-krepf-féle Flórában" és "Hunniában", az "Aradi Vészlapokban" és önállóan jelentek meg. Több tánca Bodó Károly gyűjteményében maradt fenn.

1847.-ben a Liberális zalai ifjak a forradalom előestéjén Degré Alajos visszaemlékezésében is előfordul Svastics János: "Rosszul számítottam, hogy majd Csúzy Palinál dolgozni fogok. Pali szeretett mulatni, s ha a kastély nem volt tele vendéggel, mi ültünk lóra, s bejártuk a vármegyét. Ily élvezetek mellett háttérbe szorult a munkakedv; Letenyén gróf Andrássy Aladár kastélyában feledte az ember, hogy más is van a világon, mint öröm és élvezet; Belatinszen Ghica György kiapadhatatlan jókedvével elragadta vendégeit; Inkey Kázmér, ki spanyol grand módjára bikaviadalt rendezett, s mint viador maga állt ki, le is győzte a megszilajult bikát. Inkey Muki [János] meg oly vendégséget adott, melyen az egész megyei ifjúság megjelent. Én aztán időt szakítottam magamnak, elmentem az öreg Svastics Jánoshoz, ki megtette azt, amit senkinek sem szokott, elővette hegedűjét, s azokból az ő szívhez szóló, s lelket elandalító szerzeményeiből annyi művészet-, érzés- s magyaros eredetiséggel játszott, hogy ott tudtam volna feledni magamat a végtelenségig. Végre a mulató társaság fölfedezte, hol vagyok, kiragadott szellemvilágomból, s visszavittek a terített asztalhoz. Minő tűzrőlpattant fiatalság volt ez ! Csúzy Pali, Inkey Kázmér, Inkey Muki, Dőry Pali és János, Csillagh László, Bottka Mihály, Püspöky Gráci, Skoblics Laci, Báthor Géza. gróf Schmicdcgg Kálmán, Csányi Elek stb. Annak idején mily kitűnő honvédek lettek."

Házassága és gyermekei
1828. október 19-én Szentpéterúron feleségül vette a zalai nemesi származású Csertán Krisztina (Nemesszer, 1806. június 19.–Zalaegerszeg, 1888. január 15.) kisasszonyt, akinek a szülei nemes Csertán Károly (1768-1832), táblabíró, a kapornaki járás főszolgabírája, aki 1827. november 12.-én Zala vármegye helyettes alispánjaként tevékenykedett, földbirtokos és felsőapáti Vargha Rozália (1775-1848) voltak. A menyasszonynak az apai nagyszülei nemes Csertán László (1734-1787), nemesszeri lakós, és a Hahót-Buzád nembeli csányi Csány Rozália (1740-1783) voltak. A menyasszony fivére Csertán Sándor, táblabíró, országgyűlési képviselő, földbirtokos; a húga pedig nemes Csertán Zsuzsanna (1807-1887), akinek a férje, nemes Glavina Lajos, zalai főispán, földbirtokos. Svastics János és Csertán Krisztina frigyéből született:
bocsári Svastics Ilona (Kér, Somogy vármegye, 1830. szeptember 6.–Nagykanizsa, 1888. július 29.). Férje: balatonfüredi Vargha Imre (Rábahídvég, 1826. augusztus 29.–† Balatonfüred, 1894. november 27.), honvéd-ezredes, Zala vármegye főszamvevője.
bocsári Svastics Károly. Felesége, nagymádi és várbogyai Bogyay Paula.
bocsári Svastics Rozália. Férje, Spur János.
bocsári Svastits Benő (Gelse, Zala vármegye, 1833. december 9. – Budapest, 1910. augusztus 31.) jogász, Zala vármegye főispánja, földbirtokos, zalavölgyi vasút alelnöke, 1848-as honvédhadnagy, a "Zalavármegyei Gazdasági Egyesület"nek a tagja. Felesége, bocsári Svastics Paula (Szentgáloskér, 1838. december 18.–Szentgáloskér, 1913. december 1.).
bocsári Svastics Hugó. 1.f. egyházasbüki Dervarics Irén. 2.f. vizlendvai Vizlendvay Viktória.
bocsári Svastics Emília. Férje, bánfalvi Juhász Kálmán.

Művei
F. m.: Emlék hangok ; Enyelgő ; Honfi álmai ; Huszár csárdás ; Ida csárdás ; Kálmán csárdás ; Balatonfüredi csárdás ; Keszthelyi emlék induló ; Kedélyes ; Kemenesalji emlék ; Nefelejcs ; Rustyán emlék ; Szigligeti emlék ; Üdvözlő ; Zalabéri búcsú.
Irod.: Emlékezés a keszthelyi temető egyik lakójáról. In.: Keszthely és Vidéke. 1944. szeptember 2. 3. p. – ZL. 1965. 3. köt. 427. p. – Leszler József: Nótakedvelőknek. 1986. 332. p. – ZÉK. 2005. 246. p.

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Magyar jogászok
Római katolikus magyarok
1802-ben született személyek
1873-ban elhunyt személyek
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Jacques and Sylvie Guinaudeau, owners of Château Lafleur, hosted a superb tasting of their wines for the launch of the 2012 vintage at The Lanesborough Hotel a few weeks ago.
A small gathering of our clients enjoyed a tutored tasting through the most recent vintage followed by the much revered 2009s.
With only around 1,000 cases of Château Lafleur produced each year, it was a rare opportunity for wine lovers to taste these wines.
Thank you very much to Jacques and Sylvie for hosting such a special tasting and of course a big thank you goes out to everyone at The Lanesborough for helping us all evening.


The Speaker holds office from the date of his election till immediately before the first meeting of the Legislative Assembly after the dissolution of the one to which he was elected. He is eligible for re-election. On the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly, although the Speaker ceases to be a member of the House, he does not vacate his office. The Speaker may, at any time, resign from office by writing under his/her hand to the Deputy Speaker. The Speaker can be removed from office only on a resolution of the House passed by a majority of all the then members of the House. Such a resolution has to satisfy some conditions like: no resolution shall be moved unless atleast fourteen days notice has been given, it should be specific with respect to the charges and it should not contain arguments, inferences, ironical expressions, imputations or defamatory statements, etc. Not only these, discussions should be confined to charges referred to in the resolution.
In the Legislative Assembly, both Presiding Officers�the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker- are elected from among its members by a simple majority of members present and voting in the House. As such, no specific qualifications are prescribed for being elected the Speaker. The Constitution only requires that Speaker should be a member of the House. But an understanding of the Constitution and the laws of the country and the rules of procedure and parliamentary conventions is considered a major asset for the holder of the office of the Speaker. The election of Speaker of the Legislative Assembly is an important event in the life of the House. One of the first acts of a newly constituted House is to elect the Speaker. Usually, a member belonging to the ruling party is elected as Speaker. Once a decision on the candidate is taken, his/her name is normally proposed by the Chief Minister or the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. The Speaker pro term presides over the sitting in which the Speaker is elected, if it is a newly constituted House. If the election falls later in the life of a Legislative Assembly the Deputy Speaker presides. Normally, the Speaker is elected unanimously. If more than one notice is received, these are entered in the order of receipt. The motions which are moved and duly seconded are put one by one in the order in which they are moved, and decided, if necessary, by division. If any motion is carried, the person presiding shall, without putting the latter motions, declare that the member proposed in the motion which has been carried has been chosen as the Speaker of the House. After the results are announced, the Speaker-elect is conducted to the Chair by the Chief Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and other Senior Members. He/she is then felicitated by Leaders of all Political Parties and Groups in the House to which he replies in a thanks-giving speech. And from then the new Speaker takes over.
In the Legislative Assembly Chamber, the Speaker's Chair is distinctively placed and, from his seat, he gets a commanding view of the entire House. Insofar as the proceedings are concerned, the Speaker is guided by the provisions of the Constitution and the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Legislative Assembly. The Speaker also benefits from the Directions issued by his predecessors which are compiled periodically. Besides, he is assisted by the Secretary and senior officers of the Assembly Secretariat on Legislative activities and on matters of practice and procedure. In the absence of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker discharges his functions. A member from the Panel of Chairmen presides over the House in the absence of both the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.
The duties of the Speaker are very arduous. He has been assigned extensive administrative, judicial and regulatory functions. He enjoys vast authority under the Constitution and the Rules of Procedure and conduct of business in the Legislative Assembly, as well as inherently. As the conventional head of the Legislative Assembly and as its principal spokesperson, the Speaker represents its collective voice. Of course, he is the ultimate arbiter and interpreter of those provisions which relate to the functioning of the House. His decisions are final and binding and ordinarily cannot be questioned, challenged or criticized.
The final authority for adopting rules for regulating its procedure rests with the House. The Principal duty of the Speaker is to regulate the proceedings of the House and to enable it to deliberate on and decide the matters coming before it. It is the Speaker who decides the admissibility of a Question; it is he who decides the forms in which amendments may be moved to the Motion of Thanks to the Governor's Address. With regard to moving amendments to a Bill, the permission of the Speaker is required. If a Bill is pending before the House, it is the Speaker who decides whether he should allow amendments to be moved to various clauses of the Bill or not. As regards regulating discussions in the House, it is the Speaker who decides as to when a member shall speak and how long he shall speak. It is left to Speaker to ask a member to discontinue his/her speech or even decide that what a particular member said may not go on record as part of the proceedings. If he is satisfied, the Speaker can direct a member to withdraw from the House for a specific period of time. A member who flouts orders or directions of the Speaker may be named by the Speaker and in such cases, he/she may have to withdraw from the House.
The Speaker is the guardian of the rights and privileges of the House, its Committees and members. It depends solely on the Speaker to refer any question of privilege to the Committee of Privileges for examination, investigation or report. It is through the Speaker that the decisions of the House are communicated to outside individuals and authorities. It is the Speaker who decides the form and manner in which the proceedings of the House are to be published. The Speaker can also issue warrants to execute the orders of the House, wherever necessary, and delivers reprimands on behalf of the House. The entire Legislative Assembly Estate is under the authority and control of the Speaker. When a decision of the House is to be ascertained on a motion made by a member, the question is put by the Speaker before the House to obtain the decision. On questions of points of order, it is the Speaker who finally decides whether the matter raised is in order or not. The Speaker also has certain residuary powers under the Rules of Procedure. All matters which are not specifically provided under the rules and all questions relating to the working of the rules are regulated by the Speaker. In exercise of this power and under inherent powers, the Speaker issues from time to time directions which are generally treated as sacrosanct as the Rules of Procedure. On matters regarding interpretation of constitutional provisions relating to the House or the Rules of Procedure, the Speaker often gives rulings which are respected by members and are binding in nature.
As regards recognition of Legislature parties, the concept of recognition has materially changed after coming into force of 10th Schedule and introducing of Section 29 A in the Representation of People Act, 1951. Consequently the Legislative Parties continue to enjoy certain functional facilities on the basis of their numerical strength. It is the Speaker who decides on granting recognition to the Leader of the Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly. The Speaker is vested with the power relating to the disqualification of a member of the Legislative Assembly on grounds of defection. The Speaker makes obituary references in the House, formal references to important national and international events and also when the term of the House expires. Though as a member of the House, the Speaker does not vote in the House except on those rare occasions when there is a tie at the end of a decision or when resolution for removal of Speaker is under consideration and the Deputy Speaker presides over the sittings.
The Committees of the House function under the overall direction of the Speaker. All such Committees are constituted by the Speaker or by the House. The Chairmen of all Legislative Assembly Committees are nominated by the Speaker from amongst the members of the Committee. Any procedural problems in the functioning of the Committees are referred to the Speaker for direction whose decision is final. Committees like the Business Advisory Committee, the General Purposes Committee and the Rules Committee work directly under Chairmanship of the Speaker.
The Speaker is at the same time a member of the House as also its Presiding Officer. It is always the Speaker's task to ensure that parliamentary decorum is maintained under all circumstances. For this, the Speaker is invested with wide-ranging disciplinary powers under the rules. On the one hand, the Speaker strives to give adequate opportunities to all sections of the House to ventilate their views and on the other the Speaker has to preserve the decorum and dignity of the House. The Speaker's position in such situations is certainly unenviable. It is indeed a delicate task which calls for diplomacy, firmness, persuasion and perseverance of a high order. The Speaker also keeps open a variety of informal channels of communication with individual members and the Leaders of Parties and Groups in the Legislative Assembly. The Speaker, if he thinks fit, interacts with Leaders of Legislature Parties at meetings on the eve of every Session and or as when any untoward situation warrants. These are important occasions when the Speaker gets to know the mood of various parties on a wide spectrum of issues. The Speaker has to see to it that the Legislative Assembly functions as per provisions of the Constitution and the Rules of Procedure.
The Speaker has certain other functions to perform as the head of the State Legislative Assembly. The Speaker is the ex-officio President of the Punjab Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). The Speaker attends the Conferences of Presiding Officers of Legislative Bodies in India and Conferences of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, United Kingdom.
The Speaker is the head of the Legislative Assembly Secretariat which functions under his ultimate control and direction. The Speaker's authority over the Secretariat staff of the Assembly, its precincts and its security arrangements is supreme. All strangers, visitors and press correspondents are subject to discipline and orders of the Speaker and any breach of order may be punished by means of exclusion from the precincts of the Legislative Assembly or stoppage of admission tickets to the galleries for definite or indefinite period, or in more serious cases, dealt with as a contempt or breach of privilege. No alternation or addition can be made in the State Legislative Assembly and no new structure can be erected in the Legislative Assembly premises, without the permission of Speaker.
The office of the Speaker in India is a living and dynamic institution which deals with the actual needs and problems of Legislative Assembly in the performance of its functions. The Speaker is the constitutional and ceremonial head of the House. The Speaker is the principal spokesperson of the House. It is the responsibility of the Speaker to conduct the business of the House in a manner befitting the place of the institution in a representative democracy. The founding fathers of our Constitution had recognized the importance of this office in our democratic set-up and it was this recognition that guided them in establishing this office as one of the prominent and dignified ones in the scheme of governance of the country.
The Speaker represents the House. He represents the dignity of the House, the freedom of the House and because the House represents the State/ Nation, in a particular way, the Speaker becomes a symbol of state/nation's freedom and liberty. Therefore that should be an honored position, a free position and should be occupied always by persons of outstanding ability and impartiality.


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Kraken Acquires British Derivatives Platform Crypto Facilities
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Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has acquired Crypto Facilities, a British digital asset trading platform and index provider, in an undisclosed "nine-figure" deal. The acquisition means that Kraken will now be able to offer both spot and futures trading in bitcoin core, bitcoin cash, ripple, litecoin and ethereum while boosting revenue by attracting institutional customers. Also read: Cryptocurrency Independence Under Threat As Regulation Encroaches
'Deal Turns Kraken Into a One-Stop Shop'
Kraken chief executive officer Jesse Powell has revealed to U.S. magazine Fortune that the San Francisco-based company was on the verge of completing a $100 million funding round from its "larger customers." Commenting on the Crypto Facilities deal, 10 months in the making, Powell said the acquisition reinforces Kraken's thrust on creating complementary services to its core spot exchange and over-the-counter trading. He stated that the exchange had since integrated the back-end operations of Crypto Facilities, allowing investors from both companies to trade on a single platform. Users now have access to futures on six cryptocurrency pairs, "providing a highly efficient way to trade and hedge cryptocurrency in any market environment," he said in an email to news.Bitcoin.com. For U.S. customers, futures trading will, however, not be available. The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority has already approved the transaction, according to Kraken. Of his company's largest acquisition yet, Powell said:
We are excited to introduce eligible clients to these industry leading futures and index products. Over the coming months, our teams will continue to enhance and expand these offerings. We've got great stuff in store for traders and institutional clients in 2019.
Founded in 2015, Crypto Facilities offers derivatives trading in cryptocurrencies like BTC, BCH, XRP and ETH to both individual and institutional investors. The London-based platform is the latest in a series of acquisitions by Kraken since 2016. The company, with four million global users, has previously acquired bitcoin exchanges Coinsetter, Cavirtex and Clevercoin. Kraken also bought Glidera, a wallet funding business, and Cryptowatch, a trading and portfolio tracking platform. Timo Schlaefer, chief executive officer of Crypto Facilities, who will continue in his current role, said: "It has been our mission to build the most sophisticated, powerful and user friendly cryptocurrency trading platform. Teaming up with Kraken allows us to innovate the next generation of products and tremendously boosts the value we are able to provide to our clients."
Kraken Raises $100 Million in New Funding
Meanwhile, Kraken CEO Powell told Fortune that the exchange was close to completing a $100 million fundraising effort. To raise the money, Kraken sold some of its larger customers a stake in the company, he said. Kraken's earlier investors include Hummingbird Ventures, Blockchain Capital, and Digital Currency Group. Powell reportedly refused to name the new investors. Much of the new investment originated from outside the United States, noted Powell, adding the raise did not need U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approval because the company "only approached accredited investors and others covered by an exemption." What do think about Kraken's latest acquisition? Let us know in the comments section below.
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A Motley Crue announcement, an out-of-this-world Grammys gig and an angry Quentin Tarantino: there wasn't a dull moment in the news this week.
Grammy Awards Glory: Last Sunday's Grammy Awards proved probably the most spectacular ceremony in living memory. The most enviable of all performance line-ups entertained a near-record 28.5 million viewers, with Madonna, Daft Punk, Beyoncé and Jay Z, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kendrick Lamar, Imagine Dragons, Stevie Wonder, Nile Rodgers, Ringo Starr, Sir Paul McCartney, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age and Dave Grohl all showing off their skills.
As for the small matter of the actual awards, Pharrell Williams, Daft Punk and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were the evening's big winners whilst newcomer Lorde picked up two gongs and Jay Z and Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Kacey Musgraves and Black Sabbath were also prominent victors. This, year, perfect pop princess Taylor Swift went home empty-handed, which made for some pretty funny videos.
Bieber Goes From Bad To Worse: How we long for the day when Justin Bieber's criminal acts are no longer making headlines. Hours after his manager bailed him for drag racing under the influence, eggy Bieber handed himself to Toronto police on assault charges after a limo driver was repeatedly hit last November. Meanwhile, a petition demanding that Bieber be deported speedily surpassed 200K signatures and now warrants an official statement from the White House. We're waiting...
Motley Crue's Press Conference From The Crypt: Rockers Mötley Crüe called a surprise press conference this week and, after arriving in a typically theatrical style in a hearse and plonking themselves down on named tombstones, the band announced that they were embarking on a final tour and had all signed an agreement to never again tour. The metallers shook off cash cow accusations and said they wanted to "go out on top" and with some "dignity." Find out where they'll be headed on their last ever tour here.
Super Bowl Sunday Draws Nearer: It's the Super Bowl on Sunday, not that you'll have failed to notice what with all the online premieres of the adverts that will air during the big game. Fox Sports allegedly charging advertisers around $4m (£2.4) for each 30-second commercial which means we'll only see the world's biggest brands advertised. There's been U2's philanthropic partnership with Bank of America, Budweiser's incomprehensibly adorable puppy ad, Laurence Fishburne's return to his Matrix Morpheus role for Kia, Anna Kendrick's hilarious non-Super Bowl Newcastle Brown ad and Scarlett Johansson's controversial SodaStream sell-out. Who needs TV?
'Dallas Buyers Club' UK Premiere: Having gathered up a bunch of awards and Oscars nominations, Matthew McConaughey's new movie Dallas Buyers Club is set to hit the UK after premiering earlier in the week. Watch the trailer here. With nominations in all the key Oscars categories, the film's success in the UK is a dead-cert and mercifully for McConaughey and co. probably won't be influenced by Jared Leto's shockingly haughty behaviour upon his arrival in London this week. See what we mean here. Make sure you check out the snaps from the premiere, which a triumphant McConaughey attended with his wife Camila Alves.
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AFRICA GREENCO AWARDED $US600,000 TO EXPAND RENEWABLE ENERGY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE NEW BUSINESS MODEL
COPENHAGEN—20 October—There are more than 600 million people without any energy access in sub-Sahara Africa. At the Copenhagen P4G Summit, Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) awarded US$ 600,000 to Africa GreenCo for its innovative plans to accelerate the supply and demand of renewable energy in southern Africa.
"No region of the world has a higher concentration of people living in deep poverty than sub-Saharan Africa," said P4G Global Director Ian de Cruz. "Africa GreenCo has the potential to play a transformative role in improving energy access for millions of people in this region, which will enhance education, health care and stimulate economic development."
Africa GreenCo is a public-private-partnership between African governments, the private sector and international financial institutions to create a dynamic new participant in the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP). Africa GreenCo will be a regional renewable energy creditworthy intermediary offtaker and power services provider, reducing the credit risk and therefore cost of renewable energy generation projects. Africa GreenCo is working closely with the Government of Zambia and its development partners (in particular the Agence Française de Développement, the European Commission, the African Development Bank and the Development Bank of Southern Africa) and its initial focus will be on supporting projects in Zambia prior to expanding into other SAPP member countries.
"This P4G support adds valuable momentum to Africa GreenCo as we move closer to securing the investments and agreements necessary to launch and operationalize in Zambia," said Ana Hajduka, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Africa GreenCo.
Africa GreenCo is one of six partnerships selected by P4G to receive scale-up funding and among 24 partnerships P4G is funding and/or facilitating in 2018 following a global competition that attracted 450 submissions from 80 countries.
Africa GreenCo's transformative role is to mobilise significant private sector investment for the sector, to strengthen national and the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) power markets and shift away from the current model of African governments taking on heavy liabilities for individual energy projects. Throughout Africa raw power resources are abundant but distributed unevenly – when hydropower is plentiful in one country there may be a drought in another. The region is also ripe for solar and wind energy development. Yet the lack of credit-worthy purchasers of power deters private sector investment as well as trade across the region.
Long term, Africa GreenCo hopes to mobilize US$2 billion in private investments to stimulate development of 2,500 MW of new renewable energy projects across the SADC region, which would create an estimated 645,000 direct and indirect jobs and avoid nearly 200 million tons of carbon emissions equivalent.
"Energy access plays a central role in nearly every major challenge and opportunity the world faces today--yet sub-Saharan Africa is suffering from a sustained and chronic energy crisis," says Saadia Madsbjerg, Managing Director at The Rockefeller Foundation, which has been supporting Africa GreenCo since 2015. "By mitigating credit risk and catalyzing private sector investment, Africa GreenCo will make renewable energy development economically viable and more affordable."
To date, The Rockefeller Foundation has provided significant grant funding for the development of the model through its Zero Gap Innovative Finance portfolio, which provides grants for the early stage design and testing of solutions that mobilize private sector investment towards social, environmental or economic challenges. Africa GreenCo is also supported by Convergence, an organization that supports blended public-private finance investment.
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Khizr Khan, reluctant activist
Student from Aleppo fears shift of fate
Khizir Khan, LL.M. '86, holds the pocket Constitution that he famously offered to lend to Donald Trump during the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Khan joined Intisar A. Rabb (left), law professor and director of the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School, to discuss civil liberties and political action.
Immigrant lawyer who electrified Democratic convention urges new administration's foes to 'remain strong'
By Christina Pazzanese Harvard Staff Writer
Date February 16, 2017 July 26, 2019
"You have two minutes. Say whatever you want to say."
That was the simple directive that organizers of the Democratic National Convention gave last July to a quiet, bespectacled lawyer whose middle son, a decorated Army captain, had been killed in combat during the Iraq War.
Counseled by friends and colleagues to protect his family's privacy and his own professional reputation by staying out of the election spotlight's glare, the lawyer, a Muslim immigrant from Pakistan, said at first he was inclined to turn down the speaking offer. What changed his mind was a handwritten card from a worried little girl named Sofia, who asked whether Donald Trump could force her to leave the country if he got elected.
"It is that that makes me stand in front of you," said an emotional Khizr Khan, LL.M. '86, who stayed standing Wednesday evening throughout an impassioned talk at the Harvard Kennedy School. He stood, he said, to honor the civil rights leaders who sacrificed so much to protect American liberties, including free speech. "I'm a humble, private person," Khan said. "This task that I have taken up [and] made mine has become more important because we are faced right now with an administration without a moral compass."
Khan's electrifying convention speech, in which he chastised Trump's call for a ban on Muslim immigration and questioned his understanding of the U.S. Constitution — even offering to loan him the pocket copy he pulled from his suit jacket — became an indelible, signature moment in the 2016 election, and sent publishers scurrying to meet the overnight demand for copies of the 226-year-old document.
Wednesday evening, Khan criticized the new administration, saying it has shown malice by fomenting racial and social division and advancing an anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant agenda, such as with the recent executive order to restrict immigration by residents of seven predominantly Muslim countries and suspend refugee admission to the United States.
While "saddened" at the outcome of the election, Khan said he has been hopeful and heartened since then by large and small grassroots reactions around the nation, from the massive show of unity at women's marches and airport protests to remarks from strangers who have thanked him for speaking out or simply walked up to him and said, "'I am with you.'"
"That is an indication that the majority of this country still remembers its tradition, its values enshrined in the Constitution: pluralism, equal dignity … and equal protection of law," he told reporters before his talk at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum with Intisar A. Rabb, a professor of law and director of the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School.
Isolating and vilifying Muslims because of the heinous actions of the ISIS terrorist organization will only strengthen such groups, not weaken them, Khan said. "A small group of criminals don't define most Muslims," he added. "They are criminals, they must be defeated, but defeated by joining hands, not alienating the entire society, the entire community throughout the world."
A Conversation with Khizr Khan
Reading from his favorite part of the Constitution (Section 1 of the 14th Amendment), Khan encouraged students to first reread the Declaration of Independence, as he often does, followed by the Constitution and Bill of Rights to better understand and appreciate the United States' essential, foundational values.
Despite living in what he called "this small, dark chapter of history of the United States," he urged people to see it as a blessing in disguise, a golden opportunity to effectuate change in meaningful ways, just as he says he did by putting aside his fears and speaking up that night in Philadelphia. In addition, he said, do not underestimate the impact a single person can have.
"This is a crossroads. This is a historical moment. There is a challenge for all of us," Khan said. "Have a voice. Say something. Do something" that honors America's democratic values, and remain faithful to them.
"This dark chapter is momentary. The United States remains a beacon of hope. Its values remain a beacon of hope for the rest of the world," he said. "Remain standing. Remain strong."
Karen Mardini '18, who grew up in Aleppo, Syria, says that the Trump immigration order has made her feel uncertain about her future in the U.S.
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THE iDOLM@STER SideM GROWING STARS
Video Game Data
Platform: iOS, Android
Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
Developer: Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
Release Date: October 6th, 2021
CERO Rating: N/A
THE IDOLM@STER SideM GROWING STARS (Japanese: アイドルマスター サイドM グローイングスターズ, Aidorumasutaa Saido Emu Gurooingu Sutaazu), or SaiSuta (サイスタ) for short, is a free-to-play rhythm game based on THE iDOLM@STER SideM. The game is available on iOS and Android devices. It also introduces a new unit, C.FIRST along with its members, Shu Amamine, Momohito Hanazono, and Eishin Mayumi.
It was released on October 6, 2021 and is available for free download on the Google Play Store (Android) and the App Store (iOS) in Japan. It was the final mobile game to be released during the 2nd Vision era.
1.1 Live
1.2 Auto Live
1.3 Idols and Commus
1.4 Oshigoto
2 Gacha
2.1 Platinum Gacha
3 Costumes
3.1 Another
5.1 Event Songs
7 Official Links
Live Show gameplay.
THE IDOLM@STER SideM GROWING STARS features enhanced standard rhythm gameplay with music full of exhilaration and speed. In addition to new animations (similar to Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage's 2D Live Shows), some of the songs have a Singing Part function, in which players can select the performer by team building. Some songs does have a 3D live version of them.
The difficulty level of the songs can be selected from 4 levels. From lowest to highest, the levels are named Easy, Normal, Hard, and Expert. Each Live Show has a base cost of 30 ST (stamina).
The five possible judgments in the game, sorted from best to worst.
In a Live performance, the player must tap notes to the rhythm of the song, which can range from those that can simply be tapped, flicked in a certain direction, held down, and slided in the direction of the note. When tapped or flicked, the player will get a Perfect, Great, Good, Fast/Slow, or Miss..., based on the accuracy of the tap or flick. The current combo will increase by 1 for each Perfect/Great/Good, and getting a Fast/Slow or Miss... will reset the current combo to 0 and decrease the unit's life bar accordingly.
If the life bar reaches 0, the song is failed, and the player is asked if they want to continue using 10 Star Gems. Additionally, if the player does not do anything in a song and fails it by getting only Misses..., they will be asked if they wish to restart the song, or, if they cleared it with a score rank of A at least once, play the Live Show automatically. Both of these options do not consume ST, but can only be done once in one Live Show.
To clear a song, the player must not let the life bar decrease to 0. If a song is cleared with Perfects, Greats, and/or Goods (e.g. not getting a Fast/Slow or Miss...), it will result in a Full Combo. If it is cleared with only Perfects, it will be an All Perfect.
Auto Live
Also present in the game is Auto Live Shows, which allow the player to let the game play a song for them. To unlock Auto Live Shows for each song and its respective difficulty level, the player must achieve a score rank of A or above. During an Auto Live Show, each time a note is tapped, the judgment will say Auto, and the amount of points gained this way is the same for Goods in regular Live Shows.
The results screen after an Auto Live Show.
If an Auto Live Show is cleared, the player is not eligible for score and combo rewards, but clear rewards can still be received. If the score exceeds the player's high score, it will also not save. Additionally, the results screen does not show the max combo or the number of Perfects/Greats/Goods/Fasts/Slows/Misses obtained during the Auto Live Show.
Idols and Commus
The game uses Live2D for character animations in commus, the home screen, and other things. Incorporating a new expression method that makes the graphics move vividly, the game tends to deliver the movements and facial expressions of the idols in order to convey their individuality.
The fully-voiced story depicts the bond and growth of idols and producers. It also features Individual idol episodes and episode zero that tells the reason why they became idols. The idol units will have brand-new stage costumes and logos in the game. Players can also interact with the idols via in-game social media that is similar to real-life WhatsApp.
Oshigoto
Players can use 20 stamina for Oshigoto (Work). The player can select Physical, Intelligence, Mental, or All work; upon selecting, a random idol from that type (or any type from All) appears, and the player gains EXP (experience), Items, etc. Occasionally, a short communication with the idol can appear.
The gacha is used to scout for new idols and to obtain cards, known in-game as idol photos, using star gems as currency. SSR idol photos unlock special outfits that can be viewed through in Live Shows.
Platinum Gacha
In the Platinum Gacha, R, SR, and SSR idol photos are pulled using star gem as currency. It costs 250 star gems for a single pull and 2500 star gems for a 10-pull. A player can also pull one idol photo for 60 paid gems, which can be done once a day. If 10 idol photos are pulled, the tenth idol photo is either an SR at 94% or SSR at 4%.
Each pull from the Gacha rewards players one Memorial Star. After 200 Memorial Stars (equivalent to 200 total rolls), players can pick up one of the idols that are featured in Platinum gacha. Once the gacha period ends, any unused Memorial Stars get converted into Memorial Pieces which can be exchanged for items in the Memorial Pieces Shop.
Rarity Appearance Rates
Platinum Gacha 4.000% 20.000% 76.000%
Costumes can be obtained in several ways: drop rewards, the platinum & medal gacha, event point & ranking rewards, through the event item exchange center, and the costume shop (DLC). To see a full list of the costumes available in the game, click here.
Just like in THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! Theater Days, some costumes in the game have "Another" (Japanese: アナザー, Anazaa) version, which are recolors of the original costume. Costumes that are rare drops and some DLC costumes do not have an another version.
DRAMATIC STARS
High×Joker
Shinsoku Ikkon
Café Parade
Mofumofuen
S.E.M
THE Kogadou
F-LAGS
Legenders
C.FIRST
How to Obtain
DRIVE A LIVE All Types 315 ALLSTARS Available at the start.
Beyond The Dream All Types 315 ALLSTARS
Growing Smiles! All Types 315 ALLSTARS Read Main Story Chapter 1 Episode 1 Parts 1-10.
BRAND NEW FIELD Intelligence Jupiter Available at the start.
STARLIGHT CELEBRATE! Physical DRAMATIC STARS
The 1st Movement
~Mirai no Tame no Nijuusou~ Intelligence Altessimo
Smile Engage Mental Beit
VICTORY BELIEVER Mental W
Yuukan Naru Kimi e Physical FRAME
Kassai! ~Kachoufuugetsu~ Mental Sai
HIGH JUMP NO LIMIT Physical High×Joker
Burnin' Cool de Kagayaite Physical Shinsoku Ikkon
Café Parade! Mental Café Parade
∞ Possibilities Intelligence S.E.M
Welcome Happykira Park! Mental Mofumofuen
Tsuyoku Toutoki Kemono-tachi Physical THE Kogadou
Yumeiro VOYAGER Mental F-LAGS
Legacy of Spirit Intelligence Legenders
We're the one Intelligence C.FIRST
Not Alone Physical C.FIRST Available as of 10/17/21.
Omoi wa ETERNITY Intelligence Beit Available as of 10/28/21.
Plus 1 Good Day! Physical FRAME Available as of 11/8/21.
Study Equal Magic! Mental S.E.M Available as of 11/27/21.
Pavé Étoiles Mental Café Parade Available as of 12/7/21.
OUR SONG -Sore wa Sekai de Hitotsu Dake- Physical High×Joker Available as of 12/26/21.
Time Before Time Intelligence Legenders Available as of 1/7/22.
LEADING YOUR DREAM Mental W Available as of 1/26/22.
Itowokashi! ~Issai×Gassai~ Physical Sai Available as of 2/6/22.
True Horizon All Types 315 ALLSTARS (Touma Amagase, Teru Tendo, and Shu Amamine) Read Main Story Chapter 1 Episode 10 Parts 1-10. Added on 2/15/22.
MOON NIGHT no Sei ni Shite Intelligence DRAMATIC STARS Available as of 2/24/22.
Harukaze Baton Mental Mofumofuen Available as of 3/7/22.
ANYWHERE Intelligence 315 STARS (Intelligence Ver.) Available as of 3/26/22.
Infinite Octave! Physical Altessimo Available as of 4/7/22.
RED HOT BEAT!! Physical 315 STARS (Physical Ver.) Available as of 4/26/22.
K.now O.nly Mental THE Kogadou Available as of 5/7/22.
Little Happiness Mental 315 STARS (Mental Ver.) Available as of 5/26/22.
Made in "♪" Intelligence F-LAGS Available as of 6/7/22.
Swing Your Leaves Physical FRAME Available as of 6/26/22.
ROUTE77 Mental Shinsoku Ikkon Available as of 7/7/22.
Reason!! All 315 STARS Available as of 7/17/22.
String of Fate Intelligence Legenders Available as of 7/26/22.
Inner Dignity Physical Jupiter Available as of 8/7/22.
Shukusai! Mental Sai Available as of 8/26/22.
Multiple Entertainment Show! Intelligence S.E.M Available as of 9/8/22.
Handmade Kimi Heart! Physical Mofumofuen Available as of 9/27/22.
Take a StuMp! 01 All Types 315 ALLSTARS* Available as of 10/1/22.
Change to Chance Mental DRAMATIC STARS Available as of 10/8/22.
Reversed Masquerade Intelligence Café Parade Available as of 10/28/22.
VIVA!! Family Rhythm Physical W Available as of 11/8/22.
PROOF OF ONESELF Mental THE Kogadou Available as of 11/27/22.
Platinum MASK Intelligence Beit Available as of 12/8/22.
Tone's Destiny Physical Altessimo Available as of 12/28/22.
GO FOR IT!! All Types 315 ALLSTARS (Minori Watanabe, Seiji Shingen, Michio Hazama, Jiro Yamashita, and Amehiko Kuzunoha) Read Main Story Chapter 2 Episode 10 Parts 1-10. Added on 12/29/22.
JOYFUL HEART MAKER Mental High×Joker Available as of 1/8/23.
Event Songs
Not Alone Physical C.FIRST 10/10/21 @ 15:00 - 10/17/21 @ 20:59 JST
Omoi wa ETERNITY Intelligence Beit 10/21/21 @ 15:00 - 10/28/21 @ 20:59 JST
Plus 1 Good Day! Physical FRAME 11/1/21 @ 15:00 - 11/8/21 @ 20:59 JST
Study Equal Magic! Mental S.E.M 11/20/21 @ 15:00 - 11/27/21 @ 20:59 JST
Pavé Étoiles Mental Café Parade 11/30/21 @ 15:00 - 12/7/21 @ 20:59 JST
OUR SONG -Sore wa Sekai de Hitotsu Dake- Physical High×Joker 12/19/21 @ 15:00 - 12/26/21 @ 20:59 JST
Time Before Time Intelligence Legenders 12/31/21 @ 15:00 - 1/7/22 @ 20:59 JST
LEADING YOUR DREAM Mental W 1/19/22 @ 15:00 - 1/26/22 @ 20:59 JST
Itowokashi! ~Issai×Gassai~ Physical Sai 1/31/22 @ 15:00 - 2/6/22 @ 20:59 JST
MOON NIGHT no Sei ni Shite Intelligence DRAMATIC STARS 2/18/22 @ 15:00 - 2/24/22 @ 20:59 JST
Harukaze Baton Mental Mofumofuen 2/28/22 @ 15:00 - 3/7/22 @ 20:59 JST
ANYWHERE Intelligence 315 STARS (Intelligence Ver.) 3/19/22 @ 15:00 - 3/26/22 @ 20:59 JST
Infinite Octave! Physical Altessimo 3/31/22 @ 15:00 - 4/7/22 @ 20:59 JST
RED HOT BEAT!! Physical 315 STARS (Physical Ver.) 4/19/22 @ 15:00 - 4/26/22 @ 20:59 JST
K.now O.nly Mental THE Kogadou 4/30/22 @ 15:00 - 5/7/22 @ 20:59 JST
Little Happiness Mental 315 STARS (Mental Ver.) 5/19/22 @ 15:00 - 5/26/22 @ 20:59 JST
Made in "♪" Intelligence F-LAGS 5/31/22 @ 15:00 - 6/7/22 @ 20:59 JST
Swing Your Leaves Physical FRAME 6/19/22 @ 15:00 - 6/26/22 @ 20:59 JST
ROUTE77 Mental Shinsoku Ikkon 6/30/22 @ 15:00 - 7/7/22 @ 20:59 JST
String of Fate Intelligence Legenders 7/19/22 @ 15:00 - 7/26/22 @ 20:59 JST
Inner Dignity Physical Jupiter 7/31/22 @ 15:00 - 8/7/22 @ 20:59 JST
Shukusai! Mental Sai 8/19/22 @ 15:00 - 8/26/22 @ 20:59 JST
Multiple Entertainment Show! Intelligence S.E.M 8/31/22 @ 15:00 - 9/8/22 @ 20:59 JST
Handmade Kimi Heart! Physical Mofumofuen 9/19/22 @ 15:00 - 9/27/22 @ 20:59 JST
Change to Chance Mental DRAMATIC STARS 9/30/22 @ 15:00 - 10/8/22 @ 20:59 JST
Reversed Masquerade Intelligence Café Parade 10/20/22 @ 15:00 - 10/28/22 @ 20:59 JST
VIVA!! Family Rhythm Physical W 10/31/22 @ 15:00 - 11/8/22 @ 20:59 JST
PROOF OF ONESELF Mental THE Kogadou 11/19/22 @ 15:00 - 11/27/22 @ 20:59 JST
Platinum MASK Intelligence Beit 11/30/22 @ 15:00 - 12/8/22 @ 20:59 JST
Tone's Destiny Physical Altessimo 12/20/22 @ 15:00 - 12/28/22 @ 20:59 JST
JOYFUL HEART MAKER Mental High×Joker 12/31/22 @ 15:00 - 1/8/23 @ 20:59 JST
Omoi no Uta Intelligence Shinsoku Ikkon 1/20/22 @ 15:00 - 1/28/23 @ 20:59 JST
Famitsu November 2021 Edition cover.
The home screen with an SSR art.
The song selection screen.
A Full Combo is achieved.
Famitsu Cover for 1st Anniversary.
Title Reveal PV
Video Games in THE iDOLM@STER franchise
Games by Platform
Home Console Games
Xbox 360 • Live For You! • 2 • Gravure For You! • iM@S CHANNEL • Shiny TV • ONE FOR ALL • Platinum Stars • Viewing Revolution • Stella Stage • Starlit Season
Handheld Console Games
SP • Dearly Stars • SHINY FESTA • MUST SONGS
Mobile • Mobile i • Starlight Stage • LIVE ON ST@GE! • Theater Days • POPLINKS • GROWING STARS
Cinderella Girls • Million Live! • SideM • Shiny Colors
Pachinko/Pachislot Games
LIVE in SLOT! • Fever Million Live! • Pachislot Million Live!
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Funeral directors manage all aspects of a funeral service including preparing the remains of the deceased person and organizing funerals.
Completing a two-three year college program in funeral service or mortuary science is required to do this type of work.
What is the Average Salary For A Funeral Director?
What Courses Should I Take To Become A Funeral Director?
What Is The Work Environment For A Funeral Director?
Funeral directors work for funeral homes.
What Is The Future Outlook For A Funeral Director?
What Degrees Should I Consider If I Want To Be A Funeral Director?


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Op-Ed: 37signals.com/rework – By Bob Lefsetz
When we were all in it together, the key was to be first. Now we're all grazing in different locations, stumbling upon things, and what might be new to us is actually old, but does anybody care?
That's a long-winded explanation for the fact that you might be wincing right now. Lefsetz, you don't know about 37signals? You don't know about "Rework"? You're a retard. I'm unsubscribing!
Be my guest.
Because with an attitude like that you're positively stuck in the last century, and the 37signals crew is all about residing in this century, to your advantage.
I stumbled upon 37signals and "Rework" in the new "Newsweek". And I kept reading the article because of the introductory paragraph, wherein it was stated that Mint.com was sold to Intuit for $170 million and Jason Fried of 37signals responded, "Is that the best we can do? Become part of the old generation? How about kicking the shit out of the old guys?"
Whew. This goes contrary to America's business philosophy, wherein the corporation is bigger than any personality and the goal is to cash out so…
So what? So you can go lie on the beach? Do you really think this will be satisfying to an entrepreneur who's worked so hard for a toehold? No, that's when the going gets interesting, when you're finally big enough to roll the dice against the big boys, to see what you've got. Never mind that the landscape is littered with companies that were decimated when sold to a larger competitor. Remember when Snapple was a scrappy upstart? When you chugged the bottle and felt part of a team? Do you even drink Snapple anymore?
In business, many argue it's about the cash. But is it really about the cash in music? Isn't your career based on more than a P&L? Don't credibility and believability count in music? In other words, should you be looking for the big check, or is that going to ruin you? Especially after the company that ponies up the money tells you how to run your business/make your music. How many of the original concert promoters rounded up by Bob Sillerman are still involved at Live Nation? Those were fierce independents, they couldn't report to anybody but themselves. Furthermore, it's simple to argue that the concert landscape would be healthier, at least from a consumer standpoint, if the SFX roll-up had never occurred.
As for bands… Think about Snapple. People loved the drink when the company was an independent renegade. But once it was sold by the man, they were done. It'd be like Apple selling out to IBM, never mind Microsoft. Fans like the story. Of the written-off upstart who triumphs.
The whole music business infrastructure, the baby boomer infrastructure anyway, is about selling out. The manager and the lawyer want their commission. Make that deal with the label, we're gonna get a check! Do that endorsement deal, we're gonna get paid! As for the agent, he's not about investing in the future, he's not about leaving money on the table. Oh, don't argue with me, there are exceptions, but the agents are the biggest whores out there. And why not, with acts jumping ship willy-nilly. Then again, the longest agent/act relationships are when the agent invests in the act's future. Then again, how much of a future do today's acts have?
Anyway, at the bottom of this "Newsweek" article, there's a list of ten precepts. Which first made my jaw drop, and then had me nodding my head in agreement.
1. Avoid Workaholics
If I hear one more asshole telling me how little sleep he gets, I'm gonna explode. You need sleep to be productive! Furthermore, outside influences not only give you perspective, but inspiration! Live in a vacuum and you're Microsoft, thinking you're the best, getting your ass kicked in Smart Phones, not even seeing the MP3 player market until it's way too late.
2. Hire The Better Writer
Wow. Maybe I'm talking out of self-interest. But I judge you on your typos and if I can't understand it, I don't care how great your idea is.
3. Forget Formal Education
Ever notice the bigwigs in the music business don't have MBAs, didn't go to music business college? Formal education teaches you how to think like everybody else, when in a cutthroat business like music you've got to think for yourself. You like rules, but rules imprison you, they're the enemy.
4. Drug Dealers Are On To Something
Or, as Ahmet Ertegun once said, a hit is a record that gets a listener to jump out of bed, put on his clothes and go to the all night record store to buy it after hearing it on the radio. I listen to the radio in my car all day long. But it's rare that I have to write down the title of a song and rush to my computer to download the track. Happened with Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy". And, in the CD era, with Alanis Morissette's "Hand In Pocket", I had to go home and rifle through hundreds of CDs to find "Jagged Little Pill". And then there's Walt Wilkins/Pat Green's "Wrapped"… Point is, hit records sell themselves, like drugs. If your record is not selling itself, you're never going to make it. In other words, if you're working me, you're in trouble. Your track should be so great I hear about it from someone else!
5. Emulate Chefs
They give their secrets away.
Interesting, I'm still thinking about this one. But, if you break an act, and it's signed to a long term deal, why not tell everybody how you did it, for the overall health of the business!
6. Retire The Term "Entrepreneurs"
Separates the company into creatives and worker-bees, leaders and followers. Everybody can innovate, and should. Why do the best ideas have to come from the top? Just because that guy's paid the most? Maybe the kid on the bottom is more in touch with the street!
7. You Need Less Than You Think
Do you need business cards in a virtual world? When you can just e-mail your newfound client immediately, or instruct him how to add your name to his BlackBerry?
Do you need an office?
Do you need a zillion employees?
Image might be important with an act, but in business, your product, your success is your image. No one cares how clean the factory floor is.
8. Pick A Fight
I LOVE this one!
I was listening to Richard Roeper on Howard Stern, he lamented the guest hosts from Hollywood who co-starred with him on "At The Movies" would say nothing negative, for fear of alienating some potential business contact. But it's when you say something negative that you endear yourself to a group! And if you're offering a better product…
I beat up Ann Powers the other day. I feel a bit guilty. But first and foremost, she should move back to L.A. or be fired by the L.A. "Times", second she should know her writing is so dense and overwrought as to make me quit reading it each and every time. If I don't say she sucks, who will? How will she ever improve? Then again, if I'm saying she sucks, I've got to be better. And I've got to believe you're going to rally around me, the independent, and agree.
That's risky. Are you willing to take that risk? Are you willing to state your truth and own it? Elton John talks shit about other people. But most acts demur. I'd like Jon Bon Jovi if he just said SOMETHING or SOMEONE sucked. But he's so busy sucking the public's dick I miss no chance to beat him up, point out his band's foibles, because he's not real…and I know many people agree with me. Then again, most people are indifferent! And only by taking a side can you get them to care!
9. Build An Audience
Build it, don't try to nuclear bomb people into submission. Advertising slides right off of us. Be real. Online. Win our hearts. Consistently.
10. Be A Curator
This is about deciding what's in and what's out.
Talk to a great creator, he'll tell you sometimes you've got to leave the best stuff out, because it doesn't fit, it ruins the whole.
And then there's Apple. Simple, simple, simple. It's easy to add a button. But can you leave that button off and have the device do everything it needs to, without requiring a read-through of the manual?
Oh, there are so many other great points in the book. Like no meetings. Ever been on a conference call? What a waste of time.
No, I haven't read the book. But I went to the Website, and I read the excerpt. And I'm glad to have someone on my side. Yup, these guys closed me just that fast, by stating their truth, by not pussyfooting, by not being afraid of alienating people, putting it out there so I can identify.
And I think you can too.
"Newsweek" article: " Chaos Theory: The new rules of management for people who hate rules. And management ."
Signal vs. Noise (37signals blog)
"Rework"
(scroll down to download the PDF)
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Q: Using `PreferenceActivity` for features only, not settings I'm currently working on an Android app, and looking at the PreferenceActivity class and the corresponding layout elements (PreferenceScreen, etc.), it appears that it provides much of the functionality that I desire for a major component of the app. However, that component is not a Settings activity per se, and I'm not sure if using Preference stuff for things that aren't technically preferences is a good way to do things. On the other hand, I'd prefer not having to implement all the features that PreferenceActivity/etc. provides, so would it be fine to use that framework and just change the layout theme so it doesn't seem like a Settings menu?

A: You can definitely load/set up the preference layout using the android framework and then save the data using your own implementation of SharedPreferences. This class is a good example. Not sure why you would not make it look like a preference screen though. What's wrong with that look?

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Comics: A Beginner's Guide: Earliest Superheroes
Martin Skidmore • The Brown Wedge • Comics • 2 comments • 723 views
Frankly, there wasn't so much in the early years of superhero comics that holds up well now. Jack Kirby's early work, including Captain America, is worth a look, but he got much better later on. There's some good art on some of DC's '40s heroes – notably some early Alex Toth (Black Canary is his best of that era, I think), Joe Kubert and Carmine Infantino here and there, and some nice work from Sheldon Moldoff on Hawkman and Jack Burnley on Starman, for instance. Elsewhere, C.C. Beck's childlike Captain Marvel comics, and Mac Raboy's art on Captain Marvel Jr, hold up pretty well. These are all hard to find, as is Lou Fine's lovely art on Doll Man or The Ray for Quality.
Lou Fine is the artist Will Eisner always talked about most – Fine had worked on Eisner's The Spirit, which is perhaps the best comic work of that era. It ran in a newspaper supplement, 7-page strips from 1940-1952. Eisner was an immensely accomplished and expressive cartoonist, who also had a talent for memorable characters, including some femmes fatale to match Caniff, and tightly wound short stories, but I think his biggest contribution to the comics of the time was his sense of design, which was like nothing else seen in comics then, and rarely matched since. His splash pages in particular are often highly original and memorable. One warning: there is a comedy black kid in it, and Ebony obviously looks rather distasteful all these decades later.
It's worth noting that after a quarter of a century away from comic books, Eisner returned in the late '70s and became a prime mover in the creation of graphic novels, with a series of volumes based around Jewish characters in New York – these are rather sentimental, but superbly crafted.
Lots of greats worked on The Spirit: Eisner, Fine, Wally Wood, Jules Feiffer, Joe Kubert, Jerry Grandenetti and others, but the one who rivalled Eisner's work at the time was Jack Cole, creator of Plastic Man. He was the first successful stretchy superhero, and that power gave Cole enormous opportunities to play with the design of the panels. He was one of the great cartoonists, energetic and endlessly fun, and while the stories are far less intense than Eisner's best, they are very entertaining.
The Spirit has been extensively reprinted. Since the rights are with DC these days, I hope that we will eventually get cheap Showcase reprints, but I've no idea if that will happen. Plastic Man and the other Quality titles are owned by DC now, and there are expensive reprints, but no indication of Showcase reprints so far – again, I live in hope. (Actually, the same is true of Fawcett, who published the Captain Marvel titles, but DC have shown no sign of reprinting any pre-Silver Age comics yet in their bargain editions.)
Martin Skidmore on 8 Sep 2008 #
This is almost certain the penultimate post in this series!
Beginners Supplement Guide † on 1 Feb 2010 #
This is something which tells about Superheroes about 40's heroes.
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