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Amartya Sen on Singur and development
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070723/asp/nation/story_8094453.asp
'Prohibiting the use of agricultural land for industries is ultimately self-defeating'
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen speaks to Sambit Saha of The Telegraph on land acquisition for industrialisation, one of the most important issues facing Bengal and large parts of the country.
Q: What are your views on farmland acquisition for industry and the Singur-Nandigram controversy?
Amartya Sen: That is a very complicated question and has many aspects. Let me separate them out.
First of all, the need for industrial priority in West Bengal, which is a big long-term question and an extremely important issue.
It is sometimes underestimated the extent to which Bengal has been de-industrialised. Bengal was one of the major industrial centres in the world, not only in India. In European writings, Bengal has again and again come up as being one of the most prosperous areas in the world as an industrial base. The kind of reputation that some parts of Italy gained later.
It is often said that historically, Calcutta was founded 300 years ago by Job Charnock but it is also true that there was an urban settlement based on trade and industry, apart from agriculture, in this area. This we see not only from Indian records but also from the writings of Ptolemy and Pliny the Elder. The Europeans were aware of that.
Very near from Calcutta, there were industrial areas of huge prosperity. There is also mention in the writings of Fa Hien who came here in 401 and spent 10 years. He went back by boat. He took the boat from Tamralipta, which is very close to Calcutta. Effectively, it was greater Calcutta. So this has been a trading and industrial area for a very long time.
When Charnock came and the Battle of Plassey happened, there was not only English but the French, the Portuguese, the Spanish, the Flemish and the Danish merchants. They were all interested in the industrial products of this area. Under the British, there was de-industrialisation of classical industry but new industries came in the form, for example, of jute. But gradually that went off after Independence and there was further de-industrialisation.
The policy of the Communist Party itself was not well thought-out. The industrial agitation may have given the workers a little bit more rights, but they lost many more rights by the industries withdrawing out of Calcutta.
Jyotibabu was aware of the problem and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has tried to carry the understanding forward by trying to make it possible to have a big industrial base here. And it is extremely important.
It is also very important to recognise that production of industrial goods was based on the banks of the Hooghly and the Ganges, which are fertile areas anyway. So to say that 'this is fertile agriculture land and you should not have industry here' not only goes against the policy of the West Bengal government but also against the 2,000-year history of Bengal.
This is where industry was based because even though the land may be very fertile, industrial production could generate many times more than the value of the product produced by agriculture. The locations of great industry, be it Manchester or Lancashire, these were all on heavily fertile land. Industry has always competed against agriculture because the shared land was convenient for industry for trade and transportation.
Q: What about land acquisition?
Sen: I think some mistakes were made and the government should admit it and to some extent the government has admitted it.
Singur's location could be questioned because there were some other locations one could have thought of like Kharagpur. But one of the difficulties is that Calcutta has such a huge attraction that it is very much easier to attract engineers and managers to an industrial base near Calcutta for the Tatas than in Kharagpur. And this is a dominant factor. Because Calcutta has such reputation.
I recently wrote in a book edited by Gopal Gandhi on Gandhi and Bengal about Gandhi's relationship with Bengal. Interestingly, the first day he arrived in Calcutta in 1896, he went to see a play. In his stay of six days, he went to see another play. So here is a Gujarati arriving here, but he is so interested in the cultural life of Calcutta that he goes to see two plays in six days. So you just can't say that because it is fertile land, you cannot allow managers and industrialists to be based in Calcutta and they have to be based in district towns. So the locational decision of Singur was probably not wrong.
Q: What are your views on the compensation paid for land?
Sen: The government paid much higher price than the value of the land in the free market. From that point of view, it was fair. Had there been no industry, they would have got the best value for the land. (Had the land not been taken for industry, the price they got would have been considered the best value, Sen explained.)
Where there is a mistake in the government's thinking, and I think it is a big mistake of a tactical kind, is not to recognise that if this land were available for industry in general, and not just for the Tatas, the value of the land would have been much greater. While the compensation paid is greater than the value of the land seen as agricultural land, the compensation paid by the government is less than what the value would have been had it been free for competition with industries. If you are part of the market economy, then you have to take into account what the value of the land would have been had it been freely available for industry. So there is an issue to be addressed. I think it is a mistake, an honest mistake and it can be corrected in the future.
Nandigram is a much more complex issue. There is a question whether that kind of operation was needed, whether it was the right place. But I have not studied it in the way I have studied Singur. So I won't comment.
Q: What, according to you, are the other issues here?
Sen: It is now very important for both the government and the Opposition to avoid violence. There is never a case for violence. The government's policing has been in some cases over-strong. I understand that some Opposition parties have now created 'free regions' where they would not allow anyone to come in. That is also violent activity. It is not in line with Indian tradition of non-violence. The government and the Opposition have to recognise that. It is possible that in the past, the violence committed by the government was greater, but from what I hear, it is possible the opposite might be the case now.
Whichever way it may be, we don't have to judge. But it is extremely important that in a free country, any people can come in and go out from any place they like and you cannot establish restriction of movement either by the government or the Opposition. This is a subject for rational discussion, which has become so impossible as everything is politicised now. Ultimately, those who want to prevent industrialisation of Bengal do not look enough at the interest of the people of the state. They may intend well, but they are not serving the interest of Bengal's working class or peasantry. The prosperity of the peasantry in the world always depends on the number of peasants going down. That is the standard experience in the world.
It is not that historically agricultural production goes up so much that they become hugely rich on that basis. Bengal has done very well in terms of agriculture compared to other states. But that has not made Bengal immensely prosperous. In countries like Australia, the US or Canada, where agriculture has prospered, only a very tiny population is involved in agriculture. Most people move out to industry. Industry has to be convenient, has to be absorbing.
When people move out of agriculture, total production does not go down. So per capita income increases. For the prosperity of industry, agriculture and the economy, you do need industrialisation. Those in effect preventing that, either by politically making it impossible for an industrialist to feel comfortable in Bengal or making it difficult to buy land for industry, do not serve the interest of the poor well.
The Communist Party made a mistake earlier when it drove industries out by union action, which was intended to create benefits for workers but ended up making the workers having no job. Second time it is happening now, not from the Communist Party but from the Opposition, preventing industrialisation, which is not in the interest of Bengal in general and the poor in particular. So if Bengal is to regain what it used to be — being one of the richest in the world — industrialisation has to happen.
Prohibiting the use of agricultural land for industries is ultimately self-defeating.
Q: Why not develop other areas in Bengal where land is less fertile and build infrastructure so that industry goes there?
Sen: You have to bring industry everywhere. But there is no way in which you will be able to avoid industrialisation around Calcutta, any more than you could have avoided it in London, Lancashire, Manchester, Berlin, Paris, Pittsburgh. You will find industry will come up where there are advantages of production, taking into account also the locational preferences of managers, engineers, technical experts as well as unskilled labour.
But we should not make the mistake of thinking that somehow while you are trying to attract business based on the market that the government can say: 'I want you to go to Siliguri and that is where you are going to be.' That is not the way the market economy works. The market economy has many imperfections, on which I have written extensively. But it also creates job and income and if the income goes up, government revenues go up, so there is money available for education and healthcare and other things.
So in order to do that, you have to give the market economy the operational rational of choosing one location over another, depending on their market-based calculation. You cannot be governed by the market but nor can you ignore the logic of the market if you want to use the market as one of the instruments in advancing the country. So the whole idea of thinking in highly bureaucratic terms that 'I want it in Siliguri and Bankura but not here', that is not going to work. That is not the way industry functions in a market economy.
Labels: Amartya Sen, The Telegraph and Anandabazar Patrika
Neither is he asked anything about re-location of the farmers and re-employment of these farmers nor does he say anything about them.
Another economist, Subhendu Dasgupta says that agriculture and farming isn't working because of the way the government has stopped offering the farmers incentives both at the time of buying as well as at the time of selling. Maybe, somone can get Prof. Dasgupta to comment on these assertions of Prof. Sen.
olidhar said...
i would be interested to learn prof. sen's views on nandigram when he has, like he says, studied it.


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18/10/25 at 10.20am / by ESTECHO / 0 Comment
Excellent news for Ace Tone PS-1000 monosynth owners, there has been a significant increase in the amount of documentation available for servicing and adjustment of these capricious units.
17/12/04 at 5.02pm / by ESTECHO / 0 Comment
Recently I've realized that most people watching ESTECHO videos have no idea what kind of process leads to their creation, especially when it comes to the psychedelic, colorful background visuals that adorn them. For this reason I've decided to write a series of posts that will describe how these visual effects are created, and what makes them so unique. In this first installment, I'll be focusing on how the various graphics assets are fabricated.
17/01/20 at 5.41pm / by ESTECHO / 5 Comments
This classic-looking sixties combo organ was part of a whole range of Ace Tone organs (Ace Tone Corporation's main product line), most of them still very much in demand even today. The model 9 was one of the high-end models available in the TOP series, with a wide variety of voices, a good-sounding vibrato, reverb/sustain on two voices, split keyboard for bass, bright tabs, staccato mode for the bass section, and also an optional bass pedal board. All of this with classic red tolex, chrome legs, rocker tabs and gray/white keys for the bass section.
17/01/20 at 2.36am / by ESTECHO / 10 Comments
This is as far as I know the only monosynth ever produced by Ace Tone, although there were many other keyboards, including a string synth (the Multistring SY-5) and lots of combo organs, such as the Top-9. This instrument was most probably designed at the tail end of Ikutaro Kakehashi's tenure at Ace Tone before founding the Roland Corporation, since many of its design features can be found on Roland gear of the era.
17/01/14 at 4.20am / by ESTECHO / 1 Comment
The rhythm machines found on this website all generate analog sounds; the different percussion voices are not samples, they are generated electrically through discrete components. Sometimes, a primitive CPU is used to store the various beats available, or to record and playback a sequence, but this digital circuitry is not related to the actual sound generation, only to note triggering and pattern memory.
Most of the time, these "drum" sounds really don't sound anywhere near a real percussion instrument: a cymbal sounds like a burst of white noise, a tuned tom sounds like a mono-synth… Which is what makes these machines so unique and interesting, as long as one doesn't expect to reproduce the natural tone of real percussion instruments, but instead focus on the qualities as synthetic sounds.
The advent of electrical amplification in the mid twentieth century brought with it a desire to augment its dry, sometimes harsh amplified sounds with reverberation. This was mainly achieved through the use of reverberation chambers, metal plates, and spring reverbs for portability. These technologies provide shimmering, hall-type echoes, but cannot produce sharp early reflections or clear echo repeats.
Magnetic tape, which became widely available in the sixties, made it possible to emulate clear, well-defined echoes, that could be repeated numerous times, by using a combination of read and write heads to physically delay the signal along a tape. For years, tape and other magnetic supports were the only available technology widely available to achieve this. Thousands of tape delay machines were built throughout the sixties, seventies and early eighties. Such devices could be seen on stage and in studios all over the world.
17/01/13 at 5.30pm / by ESTECHO / 12 Comments
Tape Cartridges (4-track tape in upper left for size reference)
Following is a description of the various cartridge/cassette formats commonly used in tape delays, as well as information on the Univox / Melos EM-200 magnetic discs. Notably absent from this page are the Echoplex cartridges (mainly because I don't own an Echoplex).
This small drum machine doesn't look like much, but in fact it has a good amount of nice features, and is more versatile than one would expect from a preset drum box. This is mainly due to the presence of five 'cancel' buttons which allow you to remove unwanted sounds from any of the rhythms; very useful, because so many times you find a great beat, but one of the sounds ruins it…
The HR-2 also has a digital numerical display that actually writes the bar number, instead of the usual blinking light in other units from the era. This must have been pretty exciting at the time!
The FR-6 represents, in many ways, the 'classic' Rhythm Ace drum machine. It doesn't have all the features of more sophisticated units such as the Rhythm 77, but it has the standard Rhythm Ace voice board and sounds, plus the typical array of preset rhythms you'd expect from a drum machine of this era.
The FR-6's voice board (where all the sounds are generated) is identical to many other Rhythm Ace units of the era (check out the Rhythm Fever page for more info about this). It's fairly simple, with only six sounds, but it's a classic sound heard on many recordings from the past forty years.
The Roland CR-5000 and CR-8000 drum machines, both released in 1981 (around the same time as the TR-808, TB-303 and TR-606), are very closely related; they share the same chassis, boards and general design, the sound generators are identical for both units, except the 8000 has twice the amount of presets, and also programmability. So basically the 5000 is a more affordable version of the 8000, with some features removed. It's also very similar to the Korg KR-55 series of drum machines (the first one released a couple of years earlier), although with a few distinct features.
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Lulo pink diamond
Miners in Angola have unearthed a massive pink diamond that may be the largest gem of its kind found in the past 300 years. Named…
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Miners in Angola have unearthed a massive pink diamond that may be the largest gem of its kind found in the past 300 years.
Named the "Lulo Rose," after the Lulo mine in northeastern Angola where it was found, the diamond weighs in at 170 carats. This makes it just a smidge smaller than the 182 carat Daria-i-Noor diamond which is considered the largest pink diamond in the world. The Daria-i-Door is presumed to have come from the Kollur mine in India and was uncovered some time before 1739. It now resides in the Iranian National Jewels collection in Tehran.
The new Lulo Rose diamond was found by the Lucapa Diamond company which has a 40 percent interest in Lulo and one other diamond mine, Mothae, in Angola.
Since 2015, the Lulo mining project has uncovered 27 diamonds weighing more than 100 carats, including the largest diamond ever found in Angola: the 404-carat "4th February Stone," which sold for US$16 million in 2016.
The Lulo Rose, the fifth-largest diamond found at Lulo, is expected to sell for an even higher price.
This undated handout picture released by Lucapa Diamond Company Limited on July 27, 2022 shows a 170 carat pink diamond — dubbed The Lulo Rose — that was discovered at the Lulo mine in Angola's diamond-rich northeast region
Lucapa is a Western Australian-based company and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), with a secondary listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Lulo and Mothae both produce large and high-value diamonds, generating more than 75 percent of their revenues from the recovery of +4.8 carat stones. Diamond production has been scaled up at both mines.
Lucapa has also recently acquired the Merlin tenements and assets in the Northern Territory of Australia. Merlin is well known for being Australia's large stone producer with significant exploration potential. It consists of two tenements – a 24km2 tenement with a mining lease, and a 283km2 exploration tenement and mining lease, both approximately 720km south-east of Darwin. The mining lease contains 11 previously discovered kimberlite pipes in three kimberlite clusters.
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Josh Pasek
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Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies and Political Science
Ph.D. 2011 Stanford University (Communication Studies)
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Josh Pasek is Associate Professor of Communication & Media and Political Science, Faculty Associate in the Center for Political Studies, and Core Faculty for the Michigan Institute for Data Science at the University of Michigan. His research explores how new media and psychological processes each shape political attitudes, public opinion, and political behaviors. Josh also examines issues in the measurement of public opinion including techniques for reducing measurement error and improving population inferences. Current research explores how both accurate and inaccurate political information might influence public opinion and voter decision-making, evaluates whether the use of online social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter might be changing the political information environment, and assesses the conditions under which nonprobability samples, such as those obtained from big data methods or samples of Internet volunteers can lead to conclusions similar to those of traditional probability samples. His work has been published in Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Communication, Communication Research, and the Journal of Communication among other outlets. He also maintains two R packages for producing survey weights (anesrake) and analyzing weighted survey data (weights).
Research Areas: Political Communication, Survey Methodology, New and Emerging Technologies, Media Psychology, Public Opinion, Data Science
Email: jpasek@umich.edu
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Bode, L., Budak, C., Ladd, J. M., Newport, F., Pasek, J., Singh, L. O., Soroka, S. N., & Traugott, M. W. (2020). Words that Matter: How the News and Social Media Shaped the 2016 Presidential Election. Washington, D.C., Brookings Institution Press.
Ozan Kuru, Josh Pasek & Michael W. Traugott (2020) When Pundits Weigh In: Do Expert and Partisan Critiques in News Reports Shape Ordinary Individuals' Interpretations of Polls?, Mass Communication and Society, 23:5, 628-655, DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2020.1774780
Josh Pasek, Jon A Krosnick, Relations Between Variables and Trends Over Time in Rdd Telephone and Nonprobability Sample Internet Surveys, Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, Volume 8, Issue 1, February 2020, Pages 37–61, https://doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smz059
Carina Cornesse, Annelies G Blom, David Dutwin, Jon A Krosnick, Edith D De Leeuw, Stéphane Legleye, Josh Pasek, Darren Pennay, Benjamin Phillips, Joseph W Sakshaug, Bella Struminskaya, Alexander Wenz, A Review of Conceptual Approaches and Empirical Evidence on Probability and Nonprobability Sample Survey Research, Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, Volume 8, Issue 1, February 2020, Pages 4–36, https://doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smz041
Ozan Kuru, Josh Pasek, Michael W Traugott, When Polls Disagree: How Competitive Results and Methodological Quality Shape Partisan Perceptions of Polls and Electoral Predictions, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 32, Issue 3, Autumn 2020, Pages 586–603, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edz035
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BuzzFeed: "Downton Abbey Season 5 Begins With A Jolt"
Julian Fellowes' costume drama begins its fifth year with a slew of domestic intrigues in place, as well as some new tensions. WARNING: Minor spoilers ahead! At BuzzFeed, you can read my latest feature, " Downton Abbey Season 5 Begins With A Jolt," in which I review the fifth season premiere of Downton Abbey , which launches on ITV in the U.K. (Sorry, U.S. readers!) Period drama Downton Abbey had begun to show signs of wear and tear, particularly in its fourth season, where the creakiness of the subplots began to match that of the house's ancient stairs. It was, simply put, not the best year for the drama, which had come off the narrative highs of its third season, including the highly emotional deaths of two linchpin characters, Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens) and Lady Sybil (Jessica Brown Findlay). But, in its fourth, Downton sagged into overt melodrama with storylines involving murder, blackmail, and the shocking and highly controversial rape of Anna Bates (Joanne Fr
BuzzFeed: "18 Gasp-Worthy Secrets About Downton Abbey Season 5 From The Cast"
Michelle Dockery, Allen Leech, Laura Carmichael, and Joanne Froggatt share details about the new season with BuzzFeed. Warning: SPOILERS ahead if you haven't finished Season 4. At BuzzFeed, you can read my latest feature, "18 Gasp-Worthy Secrets About Downton Abbey Season 5 From The Cast," in which I interview the cast of Downton Abbey about what's coming up on the fifth season of the British costume drama. 1. Reinvention is very big this season. Judging from how often word "reinvention" itself came up among the cast members. "There's big social change in this season," Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary, told BuzzFeed. "You can tell by the clothes, it's very, very modern. And Mary really embraces those changes. Reinvention is a good word." That spirit of renewal is perhaps nowhere more apparent than within the character of Lady Mary herself. "It's the new Mary," she said. "Because she's through the grief now and she's moving on with her life and embracing a
BuzzFeed: "Veronica Mars and 8 Other TV Shows You Can Only Stream On Amazon Prime"
Looking to get caught up on Veronica Mars before the movie comes out on March 14? Turns out, the only place you can do so now is on Amazon Prime Instant. At BuzzFeed, you can read my latest feature, "9 TV Shows You Can Only Stream On Amazon Prime," in which I run nine shows that you can only watch on Amazon Prime. 1. Veronica Mars A long time ago, we used to be friends… and you used to be able to stream Veronica Mars on Netflix. But those days are long gone and on Jan. 9, Amazon Prime Instant announced that it had secured exclusive streaming rights to all three seasons of the UPN/CW sleuth series. And what perfect timing to get caught up (or refresh yourself) on all of the intrigues in Neptune: The feature film sequel opens on March 14, marshmallows. 2. Downton Abbey Episodes of Julian Fellowes' well-heeled period drama — which airs Stateside on PBS' Masterpiece Classic and centers on the Crawley clan and their servants — can only be seen on Amazon Prime Inst
BuzzFeed: "Season 4 Of Downton Abbey Is A Bit Of A Downer"
Has the bloom gone off this English rose? Warning: Minor spoilers ahead! At BuzzFeed, you can read my latest feature, "Season 4 Of Downton Abbey Is A Bit Of A Downer," in which I review the fourth season of Downton Abbey . After the shocking events of last season's bloody finale — in which heir Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens) was unceremoniously killed off — Season 4 of Downton Abbey , which returns to PBS' Masterpiece on Sunday, Jan. 5, sees an awful lot of restructuring in the wake of not one but two major character deaths. Yes, there are plots aplenty for both upstairs and downstairs as the series is now firmly entrenched in the changing times of the 1920s, when estates like Downton were in even greater jeopardy. When the series returns, the relics of privilege and luxury teeter unsteadily on a knife's edge as the world advances without them. (There is an electric whisk in the kitchen!) Season 4 of Julian Fellowes' Downton Abbey picks up six months after Matthew's
BuzzFeed: "12 Objects That Defined The Year In Television"
From Breaking Bad 's stevia packet to Girls ' Q-tip, here are some of the pivotal objects that sum up scripted television in 2013. SPOILER ALERT for a ton of shows if you're not caught up. You've been warned. At BuzzFeed, you can read my latest feature, "12 Objects That Defined The Year In Television," in which I look at the 12 objects that roughly define 2013 in scripted television, from a Q-tip on Girls and a Sharpie on Homeland to an automobile on Downton Abbey and that Cytron card on Scandal . 1. This Q-tip. Where It Appeared: Girls What It Was: A seemingly innocuous Q-Tip, used repeatedly by Hannah (Lena Dunham), whose OCD was quickly spiraling out of control, to clean out her ears. But she inserted it too deeply into her inner ear canal. What It Did: It punctured her eardrum ("I heard hissing," she later said), leading Hannah to seek medical attention at the hospital. What It Meant: That Hannah had truly hit rock bottom with her psychological condition
BuzzFeed: "25 Secrets About Downton Abbey Season 4"
The cast and crew spill some details about what's coming for the Crawleys and their servants. Julian Fellowes' British period drama returns to ITV in September in the U.K. and to PBS' Masterpiece on Jan. 5 in the U.S. Warning: minor spoilers ahead! At BuzzFeed, you can read my latest feature, "25 Secrets About Downton Abbey Season 4," in which I sit down with executive producer Gareth Neame and cast members Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Phyllis Logan, and Joanne Froggatt to glean some details about what's going on in Season 4 of Downton Abbey . When Downton Abbey returns with its fourth season, it's February 1922 and six months will have passed since the death of heir Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens) — who perished after driving off the road shortly after the birth of his son, George — and the Crawley household is still in a state of mourning. But, fortunately, the mourning period won't last all season, for life must go on for Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) and t
The Daily Beast: "Downton Abbey Season 4 Sets PBS Return Date"
PBS sets a January return date for the fourth season of Downton Abbey , and announces the return of Call the Midwife and the launch of dramedy Last Tango in Halifax . At The Daily Beast, you can read my latest feature, " Downton Abbey Season 4 Sets PBS Return Date," in which Masterpiece executive producer Rebecca Eaton talks about the return of Downton Abbey , which has (finally) set a U.S. return date in January 2014. American fans of the Crawley clan can finally mark their calendars: Season 4 of Downton Abbey will kick off on PBS' Masterpiece Classic on Sunday, January 5, 2014. Masterpiece executive producer Rebecca Eaton announced the official U.S. airdate for Season 4 of the award-winning period drama Tuesday at the PBS Annual Meeting. Downton's fourth season will run for eight weeks, from January 5 to February 23, 2014, roughly the time timeframe as its third season, which aired in the U.S. earlier this year. (In the U.K., Season 4 will air this autu
The Daily Beast: "Downton Abbey Breaks Records"
Season 3 of beloved British costume drama Downton Abbey has broken a number of ratings records, becoming the highest-rated PBS drama of all time, according to PBS. Plus, Masterpiece executive producer Rebecca Eaton reacts to the day-and-date broadcast issue. At The Daily Beast, you can read my latest feature, " Downton Abbey Breaks Records," in which I talk to Masterpiece executive producer Rebecca Eaton about the same-day broadcast issue and whether the show will be affected by the departure of Dan Stevens. 24 million viewers tuned in to watch the third season of Downton Abbey. Just think about that for a second: 24 million viewers. In an age of increasingly fragmented television viewing, those numbers are even more staggering when you compare those figures next to say, a recent episode of NBC's Smash, which garnered roughly a tenth of that audience. Those numbers are huge for broadcast and cable, but considering that they're associated with a costume dram
The Daily Beast: "Downton Abbey Crashes" (Or My Thoughts on the Controversial Season Finale)
My take on the frustrating finale of Downton Abbey , which ended its spectacular third season with heartbreak. WARNING: Spoilers ahead if you haven't seen Sunday's episode. At The Daily Beast, you can read my latest feature, " Downton Abbey : Why Last Night's Season Finale Has Fans Seeing Red," in which I offer my thoughts about the controversial Season 3 finale, which aired last night on PBS's Masterpiece Classic . He had to die. There was no other way for Dan Steven's Matthew Crawley to leave Downton Abbey other than in a body bag. As the heir to the grand estate and the title, it would have been impossible for sensible, responsible Matthew to shirk his responsibilities and head to America to start a career on the New York stage, or—to borrow from Monarch of the Glen, a Scottish Highlands-set drama that featured Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes as part of its cast—to go climb a mountain somewhere. No, Matthew Crawley was not only wedded to Lady Mary (Miche
The Daily Beast: "Downton Abbey Season 3: Julian Fellowes, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, and More"
UPDATED: I talk to Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, Gareth Neame and nine cast members (including Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Thomas, Rob James-Collier, and many more) about Season 3 of Downton , which returns to PBS and Masterpiece on Sunday, January 6. Over at The Daily Beast, you can read the updated feature, " Downton Abbey Season 3: Julian Fellowes, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, and More," in which we talk broadly about Season 3 and break down some of the specific arcs from the third season, character by character. (Minor spoilers.) Downton Abbey viewers are anxiously awaiting Season 3 of the addictive British costume drama—which arrives on Jan. 6 in the U.S., when it returns to PBS's Masterpiece—searching for televised methadone to tide them over until Downton Abbey's third season kicks off. One problem: there isn't really another show like Downton Abbey on television. Between the exquisite costumes and lavish sets (including real-life Highc
The Daily Beast: "Downton Abbey Season 3 Review: A Return to Form"
Downton Abbey is back, and I review the sensational third season—and the highly controversial finale—of the British period drama, which returns to PBS's Masterpiece on Sunday. WARNING: Minor spoilers ahead! Over at The Daily Beast, you can read my latest feature, " Downton Abbey Season 3 Review: A Return to Form," in which I review the third season of PBS's Downton Abbey ahead of its premiere on Sunday evening. Downton Abbey is back. For some, that's incentive enough to tune in to the award-winning British period drama, which returns to PBS's Masterpiece Classic on Sunday, Jan. 6, for another season of soapy intrigue with the Crawley clan and their servants. Other viewers, who like me were disappointed with last season, will take more convincing. They should take heart: Season 3 of Downton is a return to form for the show, recapturing the dazzling wit and sweeping romance of the now-classic first season. I was intensely critical of Season 2 of Downton when i
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Sipping a cup of Earl Grey, Downton Abbey 's feisty cook spills on the upcoming third season, a potential romance for her character, posing for German Vogue , and more. " Downton Abbey : My Tea with Mrs. Patmore," in which I sit down for tea with Downton Abbey star Lesley Nicol to discuss Season 3—which returns to PBS' Masterpiece Classic on January 6—and a potential romance for Mrs. Patmore, posing for Bruce Weber, and the Mrs. Patmore doll. No, Mrs. Patmore cannot cook. It's a question that is frequently asked of Lesley Nicol, the 59-year-old actress who plays the uppity cook on PBS's sumptuous costume drama Downton Abbey . "There's a thing in the U.K. called Celebrity MasterChef ," Nicol says, sipping a cup of Earl Grey tea at the London Hotel in West Hollywood. "I've been asked several times to go on that. I keep saying, 'No, you have to be at a certain level before you even think about that, and I'm not there at all. When you look really hard, I'm doing a bit o
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Alex Kingston reprises her role as River Song in Saturday's Doctor Who and travels back in time for the new season of Upstairs Downstairs . I talk to the former ER star about River, Downton Abbey , historical lesbians, and more. Over at The Daily Beast, you can read my latest feature, "Alex Kingston's Journey Through Time," in which I talk to Kingston about Doctor Who and "The Angels Take Manhattan," Upstairs Downstairs (which returns to PBS' Masterpiece on Oct. 7), Downton Abbey , River Song, historical lesbians, and more. Upstairs Downstairs isn't typically known for its salaciousness. The costume drama's legendary original run—between 1971 and 1975 on ITV—kept the characters' sexuality more or less off-screen, but the recent BBC revival series, which returns to PBS' Masterpiece on Oct. 7, has taken a more overt approach to human sexuality than its predecessor, with one character—Claire Foy's Lady Persephone—painted as a notorious Nazi sympa
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Will Breaking Bad unseat Mad Men ? Will Maggie Smith be crowned a winner? Ahead of Sunday's Primetime Emmy Awards telecast, Maria Elena Fernandez and I predict the outcomes of the top races. Over at The Daily Beast, you can read my latest feature, "2012 Emmy Awards: Our Predictions for Who Will Win," in which Maria Elena Fernandez and I offer our predictions in ten of the key races in Sunday's Primetime Emmy Awards. Will Mad Men remain triumphant? Will Downton Abbey 's Dowager Countess reign supreme? Let's take a look The Emmy Awards aren't typically known for shocking anyone, but there are some unexpected twists every now and then. Just look at last year's surprise Best Actor win for Kyle Chandler for the beloved, barely watched Friday Night Lights, and the look of absolute shock upon the face of Best Supporting Actress winner Margo Martindale. This year's races are tighter than ever, especially in the acting categories, where no fewer than seven comedia
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The power play was once again ineffective for Charlotte, failing to convert on any of the season-high eight opportunities they were given. The Checkers' power-play unit now has one goal in its last 30 man advantages.
Muse, in his first start since the Admirals peppered him with 50 shots en route to an overtime victory, turned in a solid outing in finishing with 21 saves, keeping his team in a position to win throughout.
The Checkers will now fly to Texas for back-to-back tilts with the defending Calder Cup champion Stars on Friday and Saturday before returning to Charlotte to begin a four-game home stand, starting on Tuesday with a matchup against Oklahoma City.
Second Period—None. Penalties— CHA Biega, (Fighting) 9:04; NOR Cramarossa, (Boarding) 9:04; NOR Cramarossa, (Fighting) 9:04; NOR Sarault, (Delay of game) 13:49; CHA Staal, (Tripping) 15:50.
Third Period—2. NOR Clark, (1) (Pistilli, Kerdiles), 4:38 3. NOR Friberg, (3) (Steckel, Bell), 17:22. Penalties—NOR McIver, (Kneeing) 5:11; NOR Friberg, (Slashing) 8:26; CHA Robertson, (Boarding) 11:53; NOR Bell, (Tripping) 12:08; NOR Cramarossa, (Tripping) 13:42.
Shots on Goal—Charlotte 15-4-18 37. Norfolk 5-10-9—24.
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Recycling on the increase across the island
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Cypriots are getting better at managing household waste, particularly when it comes to recycling, but there is room for improvement, waste management company Green Dot said on Monday.
The NGO, responsible for running most of the island's recycling system, cited a Eurostat study published in early April, which showed Cyprus is 11th in Europe when it comes to recycling packaging waste (like PMD, paper and glass).
A whopping 88 per cent of participants in a survey by Green Dot said they recycle plastic bottles, packaging and bags at home, with 57 per cent saying they recycle glass.
In general 41 per cent of participants expressed a great interest in environmental issues, with 46 per cent saying they were moderately interested.
The NGO also published data breaking down recycling by district and municipality, which generally showed an uptick in recycling across the republic.
In Nicosia, Aglandjia municipality led the charge with an average of 64.10kg of recyclables per person for 2021, marking a 55 per cent increase from 41.40 per person in 2020.
Engomi came second with 46.95kg per person, nevertheless marking an 8 per cent decrease from 50.95kg in 2020.
Pera Chorio Nisou and Alambra followed, with a 7 and 16 per cent increase respectively.
In general, Nicosia residents recycled four per cent more in 2021 than they did in 2020.
In the Limassol district, Ayios Tychonas municipality was in the lead with 130.56kg per person in 2021, a 60 per cent increase from 2020's 81.42kg.
This was attributed to the fact the municipality produces a high amount of glass waste because of its high concentration of hotels.
Yermasoyia, Parekklisia and Pano Polemidia followed with 78.39kg, 63.30kg and 66.31kg respectively.
Parekklisia and Pyrgos, which came fifth with 59.56kg, only entered Green Dot's recycling programme in November 2020.
Limassol saw a six per cent increase in its recycling rate from 2020 to 2021.
In Larnaca, Livadia municipality was in the lead with 42.83kg per person, followed by Larnaca with 39.94 and Aradippou with 33.60kg.
Larnaca residents recycled eight per cent more in 2021.
Paphos also saw a general increase of nine per cent. Kissonerga was in the lead with 100kg per person, followed by Tala with 66.24kg and Chlorakas with 46.72kg.
Lastly, Dherynia was in the lead for the Famagusta district with 49.43kg per person, followed by Achna with 38.29kg and Sotira with 34.28kg.
Green Dot general director Marios Vrachimis told Phileleftheros that in 2022 the organisation plans to expand its door to door recycling services to reach the six communities around Lythrodontas, the 13 communities in the Solea valley, Lympia, Pissouri, Avgorou and Paralimni municipality.
In 2023 they plan a further increase to cover Kolossi, Trachoni and Erimi.
This would mean that by the end of 2023 Green Dot would serve 90 per cent of the population, he said.
Vrachimis said that the organisation faces three key issues, the first being a lack of an institutional framework covering recycling.
This means that there are no legal requirements to sort rubbish at the source or apply a 'pay as you throw' scheme, "which was implemented by Aglandjia municipality with very positive results".
At the same time, many companies fail to register on the Green Dot system which means they are not meeting their legal obligations, he said.
Lastly, he added that discussions on whether to implement a deposit return system for recyclable packaging endangers the viability of Green Dot.
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