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Quagmire's Mom («Мама Куагмира») — десятая серия тринадцатого сезона мультсериала «Гриффины». Премьерный показ состоялся 8 февраля 2015 года на канале FOX.

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Мег просит родителей дать ей денег для поездки на природу, тогда Лоис предлагает ей выписать банковский чек. Но Питер, как всегда, упрямится: он сам хочет выписать чек, но тут выясняется, что вместо чековой книжки у Питера обычный блокнот. Тогда он уговаривает Лоис открыть ему банковский чековый аккаунт. Уже в банке при проверке документов выясняется, что настоящее имя Питера — Джастин Питер Гриффин. Питер решает сменить свой стиль, начинает одеваться, выдавая себя за совсем молодого человека, использовать в речи молодёжный сленг. После того, как новоиспеченный Джастин устраивает в доме шумную дискотеку, Лоис в ярости выгоняет всех из дому и заставляет Питера перестать так себя вести.

На недавней вечеринке Гленн знакомится с молодой девушкой и проводит с ней ночь. Уже наутро выясняется, что ей нет 18 лет, в дом вламывается Джо с полицией и арестовывает Гленна за растление несовершеннолетней. Грядёт суд, на котором Гленна хотят приговорить к 20 годам лишения свободы. Куагмир раскаивается перед судом: он говорит, что причина его сексуально-девиантного поведения кроется в его воспитании собственной матерью, которая переспала со многими мужчинами и даже с его одноклассниками, из-за чего Гленн не получил должного образования и постоянно наблюдал дурное влияние своей матери. Но суд непреклонен: 20 лет за решеткой. В зал суда врывается мать Куагмира, Кристал, она убеждает суд в том, что стала верующей и обратилась к Богу за помощью. Кристал просит суд освободить Гленна, что у неё, однако, не получается: её сыну дано 24 часа на сборы.

Куагмир в бешенстве от того, что его мать советует ему обратиться к Богу за помощью, он упрекает её за то, что она не дала ему должного образования. Тогда Кристал решает взять ситуацию под свой контроль. Уже перед зданием тюрьмы появляется машина, из которой судья, застёгивая ширинку, кричит о том, что приговор изменён и Гленн свободен. Тут же из машины выходит мать Куагмира, которая сделала всё возможное для того, чтобы спасти своего сына. Вместе сын с мамой решают попробовать ещё раз стать семьёй. Питер говорит о том, что Гленн вновь ничему не научился.

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 Рейтинг эпизода составил 1.4 среди возрастной группы 18—49 лет.
 Серию посмотрело порядка 2.81 миллиона человек.
 Серия стала первой по просматриваемости в тот вечер Animation Domination на канале FOX.

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Представители родительской организации за цензуру на ТВ Parents Television Council, будучи жесткими критиками сериала на протяжении многих лет, обиделись на создателей сериала за использование шуток про растление несовершеннолетних и описание того, как Куагмир замораживал мочу для того, чтобы потом использовать её в сексуальном акте. Организация пожаловалась в Федеральную Комиссию по связи с иском о нарушении законов пристойности, ссылаясь на то, что контент подобного характера, противоречащий нормам морали, уже был обнаружен в сериале около десяти лет назад.

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Rock legend Suzi Quatro has been confirmed as the headline act at an East Anglian music festival this summer. The leather-clad singer will top the bill act at Halesworth's Gig in the Park, and is expected to attract thousands of people.
Rock legend Suzi Quatro has been confirmed as the headline act at an East Anglian music festival this summer.
The leather-clad singer will top the bill act at Halesworth's Gig in the Park, and is expected to attract thousands of people people.
Her latest album, Back to the Drive, was released last month, 33 years since her first number one in 1973 with Can the Can. In the 70s she spent 101 weeks in the UK charts with hits like Devil Gate Drive and 48 Crash. She has more recently worked in television and as a DJ on Radio 2.
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After five Oscar nominations, Leonardo DiCaprio finally walked off the stage Sunday night with the coveted gold trophy.
The actor, who was a favorite to win, took home the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in "The Revenant."
DiCaprio used his acceptance speech to highlight an issue close to his heart — global warming.
"Making 'The Revenant' was about man's relationship to the natural world…climate change is real," he said. "It is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating."
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"The Revenant" led in Oscar nominations this year with 12. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu also took home an award Sunday.
DiCaprio, 41, has already racked up tons of awards for the role in which he portrays the real-life frontiersman Hugh Glass, who was attacked by a bear then left in the wilderness, trekking approximately 200 miles to find the men who deserted him.
When DiCaprio's nomination was announced in January, the actor was gracious.
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Woodside has signed a 'statement of strategic intent and cooperation' with the Australian Space Agency, the resources company said today.
Woodside's vice-president of technology, Jason Crusan, and ASA head Dr Megan Clark signed the agreement today in Perth.
The agreement is intended to help promote technology transfer between the space and oil and gas sectors.
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Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto
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Tintoretto (real name Jacopo Robusti; 1518 - May 31, 1594) was one of the greatest painters of the Venetian school and probably the last great painter of Italian Renaissance. For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed Il Furioso. He had a passion for special lighting effects, making wax figures of his subjects and experimenting by placing them before differently angled spotlights before painting them. As a result, certain figures reappear in different works, though they are depicted in different angles and with different lighting, thus prefiguring baroque art.
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He was born in Venice in 1518, though most accounts say in 1512. His father, Battista Robusti, was a dyer, or tintore; hence the son got the nickname of Tintoretto, little dyer, or dyer's boy, which is Anglicized as Tintoretto. In childhood Jacopo, a born painter, began daubing on the dyer's walls; his father, noticing his bent, took him round, still in boyhood, to the studio of Titian, to see how far he could be trained as an artist. We may suppose this to have been towards 1533, when Titian was already (according to the ordinary accounts) fifty-six years of age.
Ridolfi is our authority for saying that Tintoretto had only been ten days in the studio when Titian sent him home once and for all. The reason, according to the same writer, is that the great master observed some very spirited drawings, which he learned to be the production of Tintoretto; and it is inferred that he became at once jealous of so promising a scholar. This, however, is mere conjecture; and perhaps it may be fairer to suppose that the drawings exhibited so much independence of manner that Titian judged that young Robusti, although he might become a painter, would never be properly a pupil.
From this time forward the two always remained upon distant terms, Robusti being indeed a professed and ardent admirer of Titian, but never a friend, and Titian and his adherents turning the cold shoulder to Robusti. Active disparagement also was not wanting, but it passed unnoticed by Tintoretto. The latter sought for no further teaching, but studied on his own account with laborious zeal; he lived poorly, collecting casts, bas-reliefs, &c., and practising by their aid. His noble conception of art and his high personal ambition were evidenced in the inscription which he placed over his studio Il disegno di Michelangelo ed il colorito di Tiziano ("Michelangelo's design and Titian's color").
He studied more especially from models of Michelangelo's Dawn, Noon, Twilight and Night, and became expert in modelling in wax and clay method (practised likewise by Titian) which afterwards stood him in good stead in working out the arrangement of his pictures. The models were sometimes taken from dead subjects dissected or studied in anatomy schools; some were draped, others nude, and Robusti was wont to suspend them in a wooden or cardboard box, with an aperture for a candle. Now and afterwards he very frequently worked by night as well as by day.
The young painter Schiavone, four years Robusti's junior, was much in his company. Tintoretto helped Schiavone gratis in wall-paintings; and in many subsequent instances he worked also for nothing, and thus succeeded in obtaining commissions. The two earliest mural paintings of Robusti - done, like others, for next to no pay - are said to have been Belshazzar's Feast and a Cavalry Fight, both long since perished. Such, indeed, may be said to have been the fate of all his frescoes, early or later. The first work of his which attracted some considerable notice was a portrait-group of himself and his brother - the latter playing a guitar - with a nocturnal effect; this also is lost. It was followed by some historical subject, which Titian was candid enough to praise.
One of Tintoretto's early pictures still extant is in the church of the Carmine in Venice, the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple; also in S. Benedetto are the Annunciation and Christ with the Woman of Samaria. For the Scuola della Trinity (the scuole or schools of Venice were more in the nature of hospitals or charitable foundations than of educational institutions) he painted four subjects from Genesis. Two of these, now in the Venetian Academy, are Adam and Eve and the Death of Abel, both noble works of high mastery, which leave us in no doubt that Robusti was by this time a consummate painter - one of the few who have attained to the highest eminence by dire study of their own, unseconded by any training from some senior proficient.
Saint Mark paintings
Towards 1546 Robusti painted for the church of the Madonna dell Orto three of his leading works - the Worship of the Golden Calf, the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, and the Last Judgment now shamefully repainted; and he settled down in a house hard by the church. It is a Gothic edifice, looking over the lagoon of Murano to the Alps, built in the Fondamenta de Mori, still standing. In 1548 he was commissioned for four pictures in the Scuola di S. Marco - the Finding of the body of St Mark in Alexandria (now in the church of the Angeli, Murano), the Saint's Body brought to Venice, a Votary of the Saint delivered by invoking him from an Unclean Spirit (these two are in the library of the royal palace, Venice), and the highly and justly celebrated Miracle of the Slave. This last, which forms at present one of the chief glories of the Venetian Academy, represents the legend of a Christian slave or captive who was to be tortured as a punishment for some acts of devotion to the evangelist, but was saved by the miraculous intervention of the latter, who shattered the bone-breaking and blinding implements which were about to be applied.
These four works were greeted with signal and general applause, including that of Titian's intimate, the too potent Pietro Aretino, with whom Tintoretto, one of the few men who scorned to curry favor with him, was mostly in disrepute. It is said, however, that Tintoretto at one time painted a ceiling in Pietro's house; at another time, being invited to do his portrait, he attended, and at once proceeded to take his sitter's measure with a pistol (or a stiletto), as a significant hint that he was not exactly the manto be trifled with. The painter having now executed the four works in the Scuola di S. Marco, his straits and obscure endurances were over. He married Faustina de Vescovi, daughter of a Venetian nobleman. She appears to have been a careful housewife, and one who both would and could have her way with her not too tractable husband. Faustina bore him several children, probably two sons and five daughters.
Scuola di S. Marco
The next conspicuous event in the professional life of Tintoretto is his enormous labor and profuse self-development on the walls and ceilings of the Scuola di S. Marco, a building which may now almost be regarded as a shrine reared by Robusti to his own genius. The building had been begun in 1525 by the Lombardi, and was very deficient in light, so as to be particularly ill-suited for any great scheme of pictorial adornment. The painting of its interior was commenced in 1560.
In that year five principal painters, including Tintoretto and Paul Veronese, were invited to send in trial-designs for the centre-piece in the smaller ball named Sala dell Albergo, the subject being S. Rocco received into Heaven. Tintoretto produced not a sketch but a picture, and got it inserted into its oval. The competitors remonstrated, not unnaturally; but the artist, who knew how to play his own game, made a free gift of the picture to the saint, and, as a bylaw of the foundation prohibited the rejection of any gift, it was retained in situ, Tintoretto furnishing gratis the other decorations of the same ceiling.
In 1565 he resumed work at the scuola, painting the magnificent Crucifixion, for which a sum of 250 ducats was paid. In 1576 he presented gratis another centre-piece - that for the ceiling of the great hall, representing the Plague of Serpents; and in the following year he completed this ceiling with pictures of the Paschal Feast and Moses striking the Rock accepting whatever pittance the confraternity chose to pay.
Scuola di S. Rocco
Robusti next launched out into the painting of the entire scuola and of the adjacent church of S. Rocco. He offered in November 1577 to execute the works at the rate of 100 ducats per annum, three pictures being due in each year. This proposal was accepted and was punctually fulfilled, the painters death alone preventing the execution of some of the ceiling-subjects. The whole sum paid for the scuola throughout was 2447 ducats. Disregarding some minor performances, the scuola and church contain fifty-two memorable paintings, which may be described as vast suggestive sketches, with the mastery, but not the deliberate precision, of finished pictures, and adapted for being looked at in a dusky half-light. Adam and Eve, the Visitation, the Adoration of the Magi, the Massacre of the Innocents, the Agony in the Garden, Christ before Pilate, Christ carrying His Cross, and (this alone having been marred by restoration) the Assumption of the Virgin are leading examples in the scuola; in the church, Christ curing the Paralytic.
It was probably in 1560, the year in which he began working in the Scuola di S. Rocco, that Tintoretto commenced his numerous paintings in the ducal palace; he then executed there a portrait of the doge, Girolamo Priuli. Other works which were destroyed in the great fire of 1577 succeeded - the Excommunication of Frederick Barbarossa by Pope Alexander III and the Victory of Lepanto.
After the fire Tintoretto started afresh, Paulo Veronese being his colleague; their works have for the most part been disastrously and disgracefully retouched of late years, and some of the finest monuments of pictorial power ever produced are thus degraded to comparative unimportance. In the Sala deilo Scrutinio Robusti painted the Capture of Zara from the Hungarians in 1346 amid a Hurricane of Missiles; in the hail of the senate, Venice, Queen of the Sea; in the hall of the college, the Espousal of St Catherine to Jesus; in the Sala dell Anticollegio, four extraordinary masterpieces - Bacchus, with Ariadne crowned by Venus, the Three Graces and Mercury, Minerva discarding Mars, and the Forge of Vulcan which were painted for fifty ducats each, besides materials, towards 1578; in the Antichiesetta, St George and St Nicholas, with St Margaret (the female figure is sometimes termed the princess whom St George rescued from the dragon), and St Jerome and St Andrew; in the hall of the great council, nine large compositions, chiefly battle-pieces.
We here reach the crowning production of Robusti's life, the last picture of any considerable importance which he executed, the vast Paradise, in size 74 ft. by 30, reputed to be the largest painting ever done upon canvas. It is a work so stupendous in scale, so colossal in the sweep of its power, so reckless of ordinary standards of conception or method, so pure an inspiration of a soul burning with passionate visual imagining and a hand magical to work in shape and color, that it has defied the connoisseurship of three centuries, and has generally (though not with its first Venetian contemporaries) passed for an eccentric failure; while to a few eyes (including those of the present writer) it seems to be so transcendent a monument of human faculty applied to the art pictorial as not to he viewed without awe nor thought of without amazement.
While the commission for this huge work was yet pending and unassigned Robusti was wont to tell the senators that he had prayed to God that he might be commissioned for it, so that. paradise itself might perchance be his recompense after death. Upon eventually receiving the commission in 1588 he set up his canvas in the Scuola della Misericordia and worked indefatigably at the task, making many alterations and doing various heads and costumes direct from nature.
When the picture had been brought well forward he took it to its proper place and there finished it, assisted by his son Domenico for details of drapery, &c. All Venice applauded the superb achievement, which has in more recent times suffered from neglect, but fortunately hardly at all from restoration. Robusti was asked to name his own price, but this he left to the authorities. They tendered a handsome amount; Robusti is said to have abated something from it, which is even a more curious instance of ungreediness for pelf than earlier cases which we have cited where he worked for nothing at all.
Death and pupils
After the completion of the Paradise Robusti rested for a while, and he never undertook any other work of importance, though there is no reason to suppose that his energies were exhausted had his days been a little prolonged. He was seized with an attack in the stomach, complicated with fever, which prevented him from sleeping and almost from eating for a fortnight, and on the May 31, 1594 he died. He was buried in the church of the Madonna dell Orto by the side of his favorite daughter Marietta, who had died in 1590, age thirty; there is a well-known tradition that as she lay dead the heart-stricken father painted her portrait.
Marietta had herself been a portrait-painter of considerable skill, as well as a musician, vocal and instrumental; but few of her works are now traceable, it is said that up to the age of fifteen she used to accompany and assist her father at his work, dressed as a boy; eventually she married a jeweller, Mario Augusta. In 1866 the grave of the Vescovi and Robusti was opened, and the remains of nine members of the joint families were found in it; a different locality, the chapel on the right of the choir, was then assigned to the grave.
Of pupils Robusti had very few; his two sons and Martin de Vos of Antwerp were among them. Domenico Robusti (1562-1637), whom we have already had occasion to mention, frequently assisted his father in the groundwork of great pictures. He himself painted a multitude of works, many of them oh a very large scale; they would at best be mediocre, and, coming from the son of Tintoretto, are exasperating; still, he must be regarded as a considerable sort of pictorial practitioner in his way.
Style of life and assessment
Tintoretto scarcely ever travelled out of Venice. He loved all the arts, played in youth the lute and various instruments, some of them of his own invention, and designed theatrical costumes and properties, was versed in mechanics and mechanical devices, and was a very agreeable companion. For the sake of his work he lived in a most retired fashion, and even when not painting was wont to remain in his working room surrounded by casts. Here he hardly admitted any, even intimate friends, and he kept his modes of work secret, save as regards his assistants. He abounded in pleasant witty sayings whether to great personages or to others, but no smile hovered on his lips.
Out of doors his wife made him wear the robe of a Venetian citizen; if it rained she tried to indue him with an outer garment, but this he resisted. She would also when he left the house wrap up money for him in a handkerchief, and on his return expected an account of it; Tintoretto's accustomed reply was that he had spent it in alms to the poor or to prisoners.
An agreement is extant showing that he undertook to finish in two months two historical pictures each containing twenty figures, seven being portraits. The number of his portraits is enormous; their merit is unequal, but the really fine ones cannot be surpassed. Sebastiano del Piombo remarked that Robusti could paint in two days as much as himself in two years; Annibale Caracci that Tintoretto was in many pictures equal to Titian, in others inferior to Tintoretto. This was the general opinion of the Venetians, who said that he had three pencils - one of gold, the second of silver and the third of iron.
A comparison of Tintoretto's The Last Supper with Leonardo da Vinci's work of the same name provides an instructive demonstration of how artistic styles evolved over the course of the Renaissance. Leonardo's is all classical repose. The disciples radiate away from Christ in almost-mathematical symmetry. In the hands of Tintoretto, the same event becomes dramatically distorted. The human figures are overwhelmed by the eruption of beings from the spirit world.
104 Paintings of Tintoretto
paintings per page 24 48 96
Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples
Prado Museum Madrid Spain
c.1548/49
The Miracle of St. Augustine
Museo Civico Vicenza Italy
The Murder of Abel
Gallerie dell'Accademia Venice Italy
The Creation of the Animals
The Temptation of St. Anthony
San Trovaso Venice Italy
The Miracle of St. Agnes
Madonna dell'Orto Church Venice Italy
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple
The State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg Russia
The Vision of St. Peter
The Execution of St Paul
The Presentation of the Virgin
The Liberation of Arsinoe
Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden Germany
Susanna and the Elders
146 x 93.6 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna Austria
The Temptation of Adam
The Discovery of Ariadne
Palazzo Ducale Venice Italy
The Flight into Egypt
San Rocco Venice Italy
Saint George and the Dragon
National Gallery London United Kingdom
Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan
Alte Pinakothek Munich Germany
Madonna of the Treasurers
San Cassiano Venice Italy
The Removal of the Body of St. Mark
Portrait of a Nobleman with his Son
Liechtenstein Museum Vienna Austria
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Meet The Liberal Democrats House of Commons Team
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Why we're fighting to give NHS and care staff the right to stay
By Liberal Democrats
What are the Liberal Democrats calling for?
We're calling on the Government to grant indefinite leave to remain in the UK - the right to stay - to all foreign nationals currently working in the NHS and social care, and their families.
How many people from other countries work in the NHS and social care?
About 1 in 7 people who work in the NHS are foreign nationals, according to the latest data from NHS digital.
In England alone, that's 171,000 people - including 36,000 doctors, 59,000 nurses and 40,000 clinical support staff.
Meanwhile, figures from Skills for Care show that 1 in 6 of the adult social care workforce in England are foreign nationals: 249,000 care staff.
As these numbers demonstrate, there are hundreds of thousands of people from other countries on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic here in the UK. Like the rest of our wonderful NHS and care staff, they are putting themselves in harm's way to make sure we get the care we need.
Surely they already have the right to stay?
You'd think so, but no.
Some do already have the right to stay, but many others face having to reapply or being forced to leave the UK - some as soon as October.
First, there are the EU citizens (68,000 in the NHS and 115,000 in adult social care in England), most of whom have come to work in the UK thanks to free movement. Under the Conservatives' plans, they will lose that right when free movement ends at the end of 2020. Boris Johnson promised them the automatic right to stay, but has reneged on that - instead forcing them to apply for Settled Status and putting them at risk of a new Windrush-style scandal.
Then there are those from outside the EU (103,000 in the NHS and 134,000 in social care). Many of these are on "Tier 2" general work visas, often lasting for just two or three years at a time. When their visas expire, they will either have to reapply or leave the UK.
So what is the Government doing about this?
The Government has announced a free one-year visa extension for around 3,000 health and care staff with visas due to expire before 1st October.
However, the Government has excluded many of those on the frontlines, such as hospital porters, cleaners and social care workers, from this offer. Even those who are included will be forced to renew their visas next year - at a cost of around £700 per person - or leave the country.
And then there are the NHS and care workers whose visas are due to expire after the end of September. The Conservatives are doing nothing for them, which means frontline workers could find themselves being forced to leave the UK as early as October.
That's simply not good enough.
The idea that anyone who has worked so hard to save lives during this emergency might one day be forced to leave should be unthinkable.
What's the solution?
The UK should say, loudly and unequivocally, that those who have put their lives at risk for our country are welcome to live in it.
That's why the Liberal Democrats are fighting to give all NHS and care staff from other countries the right to stay in the UK. The Government should grant them and their families the right to settle here, without the costs or bureaucratic hurdles that usually involves.
This would be a small way to recognise and celebrate the enormous contributions that people from all over the world make to our NHS - and to our society, our economy and our communities more broadly.
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After two weeks of rainouts, the Brighton Securities softball team took the field for the first time ever Wednesday at Norton Village Park. The weather was less than cooperative, but none the less the team was ready and able to play.
It was a slow start for Brighton Securities, scoring only 5 runs in 5 innings while Johnny's Pub put up 10 runs. But as the rain picked up in the top of the 6th inning, so did the BSC bats. 5 runs were scored in the inning drawing the two teams to a 10-10 tie. Unfortunately, darkness prevented the game from going any further. End result: BSC 10 - Johnny's Pub - 10. Since there is no such thing as a tie in baseball or softball (unlike soccer) the game will be completed on July 28th.
The Brighton Securities Softball team plays every Wednesday at Norton Village. Games start at 7:30 and last between an hour and an hour and a half. Come on down and support the team!


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Efficient Dispatch Of Regulation Services
Provided more efficient dispatch of Regulation Services (Frequency Control Ancillary Services (FCAS)) in the NEM by allowing the co-optimisation of regulation and delayed services.
Hydro Tasmania proposed a Rule change that seeks to provide more efficient dispatch of Regulation Services (Frequency Control Ancillary Services (FCAS)). The function of the proposal is to put in place pricing and cost recovery provisions to give NEMMCO flexibility to more efficiently dispatch FCAS. Hydro Tasmania believes that the Rule change is sufficiently minor and has requested that it be treated as non-controversial.
On 22 February 2007, the Commission published a notice under sections 95 and 96 of the NEL commencing initial consultation on a Rule proposal for Efficient Dispatch of Regulation Services and advising of its intention to expedite the Rule making process subject to written objections.
However, consideration of submissions received in the first round of consultation and the proposal's interrelationship with the Cost Recovery of Localised Regulation Services Rule change proposal lodged by the National Generators Forum, as well as the review of FCAS currently being undertaken by NEMMCO, led the Commission to believe that the proposal should not be expedited under section 96 on the basis that it is non controversial. The Commission considered that the public interest would be better served by not expediting the Rule making process but by undertaking the standard Rule making process. The Commission also considered that a comprehensive Rule change process would allow for a more thorough consideration of the proposal in light of the current NEMMCO review of FCAS.
On 17 May 2007 the Commission published a notice under section 99 of the National Electricity Law (NEL) giving notice of the making of the draft Rule Determination for this proposal. The draft Rule Determination is substantially the same as Hydro Tasmania's proposal, subject to some minor drafting amendments. Submissions on the Commission's draft Rule Determination and draft Rule closed on 29 June 2007.
On 23 August 2007, the Commission published a notice under sections 102 and 103 of the National Electricity Law (NEL) making the National Electricity Amendment (Efficient Dispatch of Regulation Services) Rule 2007 No.6 and corresponding Rule determination. The Rule to be made implements the Hydro Tasmania proposal and, other than minor drafting amendments, is unchanged from the Commission's draft Rule. The Rule commenced on 1 January 2009.
The Commission's consideration of the Efficient Dispatch proposal was undertaken in parallel with its assessment of Cost Recovery of Localised Regulation Services Rule change proposal submitted by the National Generator's Forum (NGF). The Commission's final decision on the NGF proposal was published and is available on the Commission's website.
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Christmas is fast approaching, and if you've just decided you'd like the swap the city for the countryside this festive season, then there's still time to book yourself a relaxing holiday. Below, I've listed some handy tips for planning the traditional British Christmas getaway in a short timeframe. Hopefully, this'll give you plenty of inspiration for your own break.
Balancing going away for the Christmas period with still having a classically British festive season can seem a little tricky – but there are several simple ways you can make it work. The first of these is by choosing a quintessentially British destination, like Devon.
There are several reasons why I recommend Devon in particular. One is that it's easy to find cosy holiday cottages in Devon, which have a number of advantages – though I'll go into that side of things in more detail in a moment. Another is that there are just so many wonderful, family friendly attractions in Devon, not to mention the fact that it's got a wonderful food culture (so you can really indulge during the festive season) and there are plenty of seasonal events to go to.
And if you want to give the Christmas attractions a miss (after all, that might be the whole reason you've decided to go away!), then you'll be pleased to hear that there's plenty of non-festive rainy day activities too. Kent's Cavern, for instance, is a series of underground caves that can be enjoyed no matter what the weather, while there are lots of fun indoor sports centres too, including Quay Climbing Centre and Barbican Leisure Centre.
Above, I briefly touched on the idea of hiring a holiday cottage rather than staying in a hotel. I think the main reason for doing so is the social factor – if you're planning a family break, then it's really nice for everyone to be able to stay together rather than be divided across separate hotel rooms. Similarly, you'll have communal spaces like a living room and kitchen where you can all get together and enjoy each other's company.
Another handy thing about holiday cottages is that they give you a little more freedom to control your budget as you please, largely because you can save money by cooking your own meals. Plus, having your own kitchen also means you can still whip up a traditional family roast if you like!
On the other side of the coin, if getting away from Christmas is your primary objective, you'll have your own little self-contained world free of endless Christmas carols and decorations.
The last advantage of choosing Devon is that there are some great festive events set to take place over the Christmas period. For instance, anyone keen to find some good old-fashioned, non-commercialised Christmas cheer is bound to love Candlelit Dartmouth. Taking place on December 6th and 7th, this procession of local children carrying homemade paper lanterns is heartwarming and atmospheric.
If bustling Christmas markets are more your thing, make sure you head to Exeter Christmas Market, which runs from November 21st to December 19th. The charming stalls here sell everything from unique decorations and handmade gifts to delicious Christmas treats, and makes for a lovely morning or afternoon out.
There you have it, some great suggestions for family fun in the English countryside! There are many places you can choose to spend the holidays this year, but Devon has a little something for everyone and I highly recommend it.


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Trending on ETFdb.com: Retailers Post Mixed Results as the Market Edges Higher
Iuri StrutaAug 18, 2016
ETFdb.com analyzes the search patterns of our visitors each week. By sharing these trends with our readers, we hope to provide insights into what the financial world is concerned about and how to position your portfolio.
This week retail companies have stolen the spotlight by releasing their earnings reports, many of which painted an image of the broad U.S. economy. Emerging markets represented by China equities and Russia have attracted our readers for market-related and geopolitical reasons, respectively. Meanwhile, corn bulls were disappointed after hearing forecasts of a record harvest this autumn, and equity bears are on the lookout for a short opportunity.
Retail: All Eyes on Earnings
Top U.S. retailers have been reporting their quarterly earnings over the past week, making our readers interested in the ETFs tracking companies such as Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), Home Depot (HD) and Target (TGT). As a result, the retail page has seen its traffic jump 118% week-over-week. While some retailers (i.e., Home Depot) posted good results , others disappointed (Target), contributing to a relatively mixed performance of ETFs. For example, VanEck Vectors Retail ETF (RTH B+) has dropped 1% over the past five days, but year-to-date is up 3.74%.
Target released its second-quarter results on Wednesday, saying net income fell 9.7% and sales were down 7.2%. The company lowered its full-year sales guidance, citing a difficult retail environment. The earnings per share results were higher than analysts had expected, but investors were not impressed, bidding the stock down more than 6% on Wednesday. Home Depot, meanwhile, released results on Tuesday that matched forecasts, and the stock has barely moved since then. Wal-Mart is set to issue its quarterly report on Thursday, and expectations are for the company to post good results. Wal-Mart has also been in the news for its recent $3.3 billion acquisition of online retailer Jet.com, prompting pundits to wonder whether the brick-and-mortar giant launched a race after the clear online leader Amazon (AMZN). Other parts of the retail landscape are much grimmer, particularly clothing. Macy's (M) recently announced plans to close 100 stores in a bid to boost efficiency and reverse flagging sales.
The overall retail landscape looks somewhat healthy. U.S. retail sales increased in the three months through July. The growth was flat for July, however.
China Equities: More Welcoming
Chinese equities have benefited from good news this week from the government, which announced plans to further open up its stock markets to international investors. Traffic to China equities was up about 91% this week, as investors wondered what to make of the announcement. iShares China Large-Cap (FXI A-) has risen 2.26% over the past five days, extending year-to-date gains to 6.35%.
On Wednesday, the Chinese government said it will connect its bourse in Shenzen with the Hong Kong stock exchange, effectively allowing traders of both exchanges to trade each other's stocks. The move is part of a plan by China to slowly give unrestricted access to international investors willing to invest in the country. Until now, traders were allowed to invest in the country through the Hong Kong-Shanghai connect.
Elsewhere, China announced a fall in new yuan loans to $70 billion in July, prompting market observers to raise eyebrows. A large part of that lending was to finance new home purchases, boosting property developers. Corporate lending, however, remains sluggish.
Russian equities have seen their traffic rise more than 60% over the past week, as the country's relations with the West are deteriorating on renewed tensions over Ukraine. Shares have still edged up slightly over the past week, with iShares MSCI Russia Capped (ERUS B+) increasing 1.48%. Year-to-date, iShares MSCI Russia is up an impressive 29.38%.
The good news for equities has been a potential cooperation with Saudi Arabia on freezing oil output to support prices. The sides were close to reaching a deal on stabilizing the market earlier this year, but talks collapsed after Saudi Arabia insisted on Iran joining the accord. The bad news for Russia has been the escalation of the Ukraine conflict. Tensions have been rising since July, and Western allies observed a build-up of Russian forces along the shared border in Crimea. The ruble weakened as a result, and costs to insure Russian debt increased. If tensions escalate and a new armed conflict erupts, Russian equities are expected to decline further on the threat of additional sanctions from Europe and the U.S.
Corn: No Light at the End of the Tunnel
The only ETF tracking corn, Teucrium Corn (CORN B), has jumped slightly over the past few days, although prospects for further gains look grim at the moment. Corn has seen 54% more viewers this week than in the past, as investors were disappointed to acknowledge that a recovery in prices may not come anytime soon. The U.S. Agriculture Department said last Friday that the country was on track to harvest record amounts of corn this autumn, about 15.2 billion bushels of compared to the previous record of 14.2 billion achieved in 2014. Higher demand is not expected to offset the increase in supply, putting further pressure on prices.
Teucrium Corn has risen 1.77% over the past five days, but is still down 10.74% since the beginning of the year.
Inverse Equities: Waiting to Short
Inverse Equities ETFs have taken the last spot in the list with a 34% rise in viewership over the past week. The ETFs gaining from a slide in stock prices have had a bad year so far, given the U.S. equities are hovering around all-time highs. For instance, Short S&P500 (SH A+) has dropped 0.71% this week, extending year-to-date losses to nearly 9%.
Despite the obvious optimism in the market, many reputable voices have condemned this bull run, pointing to fundamental weaknesses and sluggish economic growth both in the U.S. and the rest of the world. Perhaps, the U.S. stocks are becoming more attractive for a short position as the bull market continues its advance.
Retail companies have posted mixed results for the second quarter, with apparel struggling the most and online in high gear. Chinese stocks have been boosted by news of a connection between the Hong Kong and Shenzen bourses, while Russian equities could suffer from the resuming of the Ukraine conflict. Corn, which took fourth place in the list, is not likely to see a rebound in prices anytime soon given the record crop forecasts, and inverse equities drew interest for the short-selling possibility.
By analyzing how you, our valued readers, search our property each week, we hope to uncover important trends that will help you understand how the market is behaving so you can fine-tune your investment strategy. At the end of the week, we'll share these trends, giving you better insight into the relevant market events that will allow you to make more valuable decisions for your portfolio.


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February 23, 2021 Jonathan Gabay Season 7 Episode 1
Feb 23, 2021 Season 7 Episode 1
Jonathan Gabay
The UK's roadmap to returning to normal has started its journey.
Yet, globally there is an odoriferous vaccine apartheid that allegedly involves bullying and demands.
In this revealing Thought and Leaders expose, the award-winning investigative journalist Madlen Davies uncovers what happens behind the scenes in order for Western governments to protect their citizens - and so preserve an electable image of care and kindness.
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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't LEED Building)
by Michael on May 24, 2010 • 3:20 pm 5 Comments
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music has always had many reasons to be proud. At 145 years it is the oldest continuously operating music school in the country. Its graduates can be found in major performing institutions across the world. Admission by audition is extremely competitive, and only a small fraction of applicants are admitted each year. Most recently, it was awarded the National Medal of Arts in recognition of its contributions to the oeuvre of American creative expression, which was presented to Dean David Stull by President Obama in February. Sometimes I have to walk over to the diploma on the wall, just to make sure it was not a dream that I had the privilege to practice in such a place. The training and study I undertook there, both musical and otherwise, have played a large part in shaping who I am today.
When I see the Conservatory mentioned in the news, it is usually in reference to student, graduate and faculty accomplishments. The most recent headliner, however, has floors, walls, windows and doors. The Bertram and Judith Kohl Building opened its doors to Oberlin and the world on May 1, 2010. It will serve as a much needed sanctuary for the Conservatory's jazz department, which until now had been housed in facilities unbefitting of its rich tradition. The building will also be a new home for many music theory and history faculty members, as well as the James and Susan Neumann Jazz Collection, which is believed to be the largest private collection of jazz recordings and paraphernalia in the United States.
Perhaps no one is more proud of the Kohl Building than Michael Lynn, Associate Dean for Technology and Facilities, who was one of the main stakeholders representing the Conservatory throughout design and construction. Lynn graciously gave my wife Min and I the grand tour while we were in town a week ago. In additional to the building's functional and symbolic significance for the Conservatory, it is also the first music facility in the world to achieve LEED Gold certification. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and has fast become one of the de facto standards for measuring the environmental performance of built environments. I am currently pursing accreditation as a LEED Green Associate in order to better understand the role buildings play in a comprehensive enterprise sustainability strategy. Having Michael walk us through the newly completed structure brought many of the concepts I am studying right off the page and into real life.
The building, designed by architect Westlake Reed Leskosky, makes extensive use of local building materials and contractors. It has a geothermal powered HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) system coupled with radiant heat, allowing the building to function without use of the campus steam loop. Geothermal and radiant heat (as opposed to forced air) climate control is best suited to environments where temperature and humidity stasis is feasible and desirable. This not only provides a comfortable environment for the human occupants, but the collection of Steinway pianos distributed throughout studios and rehearsal spaces benefit as well. The entire building is managed by a Siemens control system, which collects large amounts of real-time environmental data and has the capability to display resource use to occupants through public displays. Attention was even paid to the dirt that was removed from the footprint of the building prior to construction. It was later reclaimed as fill dirt. Tree and shrub removal was minimized, and the Conservatory was able to donate the plants that it was unable to relocate.
Furniture layouts for each room were designed in consultation with faculty members on how they intended to use the space. The contractor, Ohio Desk, was actively involved in this iterative process to ensure that everyone got exactly what they needed. Ohio Desk sourced furniture from Steelcase, which is located in Grand Rapids, MI and specializes in manufacture of workplace furnishings that consider social, economic and environmental sustainability. The furniture contains little to no plastics or resins, dramatically reducing the off-gassing of volatile organic compounds characteristic of traditional new construction. The proximity of Steelcase's operations meant that all building furnishings counted toward credit in LEED categories for local materials sourcing.
Though these technologies are each notable in their own right, the defining characteristic of a LEED building is how it is designed as a system, so that each piece works optimally with all of the others. In a traditional building, each system would be designed by separate engineers, often working in isolation, only for the combination to be considered later and foregoing any opportunity for optimization. By contrast, LEED sees each party as a stakeholder, including not just designers and engineers, but the building owners, occupants, municipal governing bodies, utilities and others. These stakeholders each have a role to play, and all are involved from inception to completion and occupancy. Oberlin College, the Conservatory, faculty and students can all feel that they had a hand in creating this space, in a way that runs deeper than had it been a traditional construction.
The Kohl Building, in combining world class music training with environmental sustainability, also has special significance for me, representing integration of my two primary areas of professional interest. As I transitioned away from a career as a full-time performing musician, into management and now specifically in sustainability strategy, I confronted the challenge of explaining how my background in the arts is relevant to what I do now. During my business school interviews, subsequent job applications, and even my current career search, my degree has raised more than a few pairs of eyebrows. Initially, my approach was to convince the listener that I had hard skills to offer, despite my musical training. I would rattle off a list that could have been titled Reasons Why I Have More Technical Ability than a Marshmallow. It included the fact that by the time I finished high school I had taken university level physics and calculus, and was proficient in multiple programming languages, some of which were self taught. At Oberlin, music majors had core curriculum requirements no different from students in the College of Arts and Sciences. In my senior year, when I could have been goofing off and taken fluff courses for the last few credits, I elected for economics and a calculus refresher. I later figured out that partial differential equations do not generally make for lively cocktail conversations, but the dye had already been cast. I had hoped the fact that I was accepted to the Darden Graduate School of Business would at least serve as a litmus test to offer future employers. Any one or a combination of these data points will work in a pinch, but I gradually figured out that I was not really convincing anyone, myself included. The Miles Davis track "So What" from Kind of Blue comes to mind.
There was one other list I had compiled, with the help of Marci Alegant, the Conservatory's Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs. While in school I held a part-time job managing Marci's stream of incoming and outgoing paperwork. Though it did not pay much more than beer money, I was rewarded with the opportunity to be a fly on the wall for high level, strategic discussions about the current and future state of the school. This exposure was a valuable asset that I carried through to my contributions to our case method class discussions at Darden. The list on which Marci and I worked included transferrable skills developed as a result of musical training.
To start, young adults considering a degree in music performance have to commit to that decision around the age of 14 or 15. This presumes a significant level of accomplishment already achieved, but the several years of concerted, focused preparation are required to even approach a state of competitiveness needed to enter a school like Oberlin or Julliard. Though we receive lessons from our primary instrument professor, generally once a week, the vast majority of work is self-directed. We spend five or more hours a day in a practice room working on individual development. This requires self-awareness to know what areas require improvement, the organizational skill to identify and prioritize appropriate measures to address that improvement, and the discipline to carry through on that plan with no one watching. This cycle repeats itself everyday, over weekends, through vacations, and clear across summer break. This spans the full four years of the undergraduate program, and for those who go on to more training and professional careers, it will continue for the rest of their lives. In small chamber ensembles to large orchestras, we must take all of the experience and ability we have attained through our own development and integrate it with that of others. It is an exercise in fluid, nonhierarchical leadership. The consummate musician is technically solid and emotionally expressive, but also knows when his role is to lead and when it is to support others. I believed Marci, and the things on this list, I just was not sure how many people would believe me.
Doubt has its place. In some situations, healthy skepticism keeps us safe. But when it limits our ability to seek personal and professional development, it does not serve us. Fortunately, I have had assistance from others in articulating my story in a more effective way, and discovered several role models that bolster my confidence in the content of the message. Philippe Kahn is a former CEO of Borland, a major software developer. An acquaintance who worked as an officer in human resources during Kahn's tenure recently told me that Kahn expressed the notion that musicians make the best programmers, due to the way music requires the brain to consider the structure and purpose of the work they are performing. Kahn is himself a flutist and composer, and makes a point of the fact that he practices everyday. Among other innovations, he is credited with inventing the camera phone. My colleague PJ Simmons began his career as a dual major at the New England Conservatory and Tufts University. He later focused exclusively on environmental science, but still appreciates his musical background. He went on to direct the strategy practice under Adam Werbach at Saatchi & Saatchi S, the sustainability consulting firm that has helped shaped Walmart's massive initiatives in environmental performance. PJ is now Chairman of the Corporate Eco Forum. Darden professor Ed Freeman is an accomplished keyboardist and leader of our band, BluesJam. He is also considered internationally to be one of the foremost experts on stakeholder theory and corporate ethics. He keeps a list in his office, one page, large font, of goals he wants to be sure he accomplishes. One of those goals is, "Play music, at least one hour, everyday." For Ed, a day without music is a day unfinished. PJ and Ed have been actively involved in my recent career developments, and talking with them about all of our collective interests has been a great help in piecing together what, until recently for me, had felt like two separate and unrelated worlds.
Musicians are a pragmatic bunch. They understand that improvement happens one day or one hour at a time. They consider the whole arc of their careers and do not easily frustrate at incremental progress or short-term setbacks. They balance respect for the manner in which something is traditionally executed, with an open mindedness to new, different and smarter ways to do things. The idea of making an upfront investment in sustainability with a long payback period (by the standard of a publicly traded company) would come naturally to them.
Many of my classmates have gone on to successful careers as performers, conductors, composers and teachers. Some, like me, have found other outlets that serve our creative and professional needs. In all cases, I do not think that any one of us would have given up our time in rural Ohio for anything. My initial motivation for returning to Oberlin was to explore the Kohl Building, paying specific attention to the environmental performance features in preparation for this post, somewhat indicative of how far afield I felt I had traveled, professionally. Seeing familiar places and faces, however, it seemed fitting that my travels, figurative and literal, had brought me back right to where I started. Certainly food for thought as I continue to refine the way I tell others what I am all about.
So, for the record: Yes, I am a musician and I went to Oberlin, which is exactly why I can handle just about anything the world throws at me.
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Christa Avampato says:
Hi Michael! I love this post, the fact that you illustrated so beautifully how art is such an integral part of people's lives, even if they know longer make the bulk of their paycheck from its practice. I feel about theatre the way you feel about music. I can handle anything that comes my way in the business world because of my time in the theatre.
Thanks =) I'm glad it makes sense to someone besides me! This has been on my mind for quite a while, but is still a challenge to put down in words, even without being in the cross-hairs of an interviewer.
Aries Indenbaum says:
I hope your week is staring out well– I had a question for you.
I'm the editor of the Oberlin Stories project,(http://stories.oberlin.edu/) and I'd love to republish this piece on our homepage.
The stories describe the lessons learned at the college, from
working with professors, doing research or internship, running a radio station or teaching an exco. Writing a story gives back to the college and tells people about the work that you've done.
As the cornerstone of the homepage, the stories receive over a thousand viewers a day, defining Oberlin to prospective students, alums, newcomers and anyone.
I think a slightly shorter version of this entry would be perfect. Does that sound alright? We'd credit you in full, and provide backlinking to your site.
As an example, you might want to check out this story:
http://stories.oberlin.edu/5/natural-sciences/tom-carroll-96.shtml
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December 2008 (Volume 60, Number 7)
(Dec 01, 2008)
Topics: Political Economy , Stagnation
The historic testimony by former Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan before the House Committee of Government Oversight and Reform on October 23, 2008, represented such a startling turnaround for an individual previously given such nicknames as "Maestro" and "Oracle," that it might well have been entitled "The Education of Alan Greenspan." Taken to task for the enormous and still growing economic disaster, Greenspan acknowledged that he was "shocked and dismayed" by the emergence of what he called a "once-in-a-century credit tsunami." In his effort to account for the complete failure of foresight at the Fed, Greenspan explained that the supposedly sophisticated asset pricing models that he and others in the financial community had relied on had been based almost exclusively on the experience of the last two decades during a period of rapid financial expansion, and had failed to incorporate the negative shocks visible from a longer-term historical perspective. As Greenspan himself put it, "The whole intellectual edifice…collapsed in the summer of last year because the data inputted into the risk management models generally covered only the past two decades, a period of euphoria. Had instead the models been fitted more appropriately to historic periods of stress, capital requirements would have been much higher and the financial world would be in far better shape today" ("Greenspan Testimony on Sources of Financial Crisis," Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2008; see also "Greenspan Says He Was Wrong on Regulation," Washington Post, October 24, 2008).
The extreme short-sightedness of building models on "a period of euphoria" and ignoring "historic periods of stress" meant that the historical reality of capital accumulation was simply written out of the analysis. As Marx explained, overproduction of capital inevitably leads to periods of massive devaluation, by which the system prepares the ground for a further expansion. "Business is always thoroughly sound, and the campaign in fullest swing, until the sudden intervention of the collapse" (Capital, vol. 3, chapter 30).
"It is too bad," Floyd Norris, economic columnist for the New York Times, noted, "that Mr. Greenspan never appreciated the work of Hyman Minsky, who understood that stability is destabilizing, and there will come times when the very calmness of markets, and lack of apparent risk, causes investors to take ever greater and greater risks." In fact, Minsky, building on the work of Marx, Keynes, and Kalecki (see the Review of the Month in this issue), developed an analysis of financial instability as an "inherent flaw" of a capitalist economy, leading to the danger of deep depression and prolonged stagnation—if the lender of last resort function of the government should fail. It was this financial instability hypothesis—together with the interaction between stagnation and financialization, as emphasized for many years in these pages—that was most conspicuously absent from the arcane models constructed by Greenspan and other orthodox economists. As a result "the whole intellectual edifice" of neoliberal economics has proven bankrupt and has now visibly "collapsed" (Floyd Norris, "Greenspan's Lament," norris.blogs.nytimes.com, October 23, 2008). Those wanting a fuller, more systematic treatment of these issues will be interested in The Great Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences by John Bellamy Foster and Fred Magdoff, forthcoming from Monthly Review Press in January 2009. It can be ordered online at monthlyreview.org or by calling 1-800-670-9499.
As István Mészáros powerfully demonstrates in his new work, The Challenge and Burden of Historical Time (Monthly Review Press, 2008), the deep-seated problems of capital accumulation that we are now encountering are due to the "structural imperatives" of capitalism. This means that "it is impossible to significantly alter them without envisaging a qualitative different structural framework" (384). Mészáros's aim in his book, Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez points out, is to provide the intellectual means with which "to take to the offensive—throughout the world—in moving toward socialism." We strongly urge MR readers to obtain a copy of The Challenge and Burden of Historical Time and to study it, passing on to others the ideas that it conveys of "a qualitatively different structural framework" of society. (On ordering see the previous paragraph.)
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Why Orthodox Economics Fails , Carlos J. Castro


Nicola Yoon's second book is bound to please.
In The Sun is Also a Star, to understand the characters and their love story, we must know everything around them and everything that came before them that has affected who they are and what they experience.
Adam Blake lands the best elective ever in his senior year, serving as an aide to the school psychologist. Sure, it means a lot of sitting around, which isn't easy for a guy with ADHD, but he can't complain... Then the doctor asks him to track down the troubled freshman who keeps dodging her, and Adam discovers that the boy is Julian--the foster brother he hasn't seen in five years.


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