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Artist: Natalie Merchant
Album: Ophelia
Take a look at my body
Look at my hands
There's so much here that I don't understand
Your face say these promises
Whispered like prayers
I don't need them
Because I've been treated so wrong
I've been treated so long
As if I'm becoming untouchable
Well content loves the silence
It thrives in the dark
With fine winding tendrils
That strangle the heart
They say that promises sweeten the blow
But I don't need them, no
I've been treated so wrong
I'm the slow dying flower
In the frost killing hour
Sweet turning sour anduntouchable
Oh, I need the darkness
The sadness
The weakness
Oh, I need this
I need a lullaby
A kiss good night
Angel sweet love of my life
Do you remember the way that you touched me before
All the trembling sweetness I loved and adored
Your face saying promised whispered like prayers
Well is it dark enough
Can you see me
Do you want me
Can you reach me
Oh, I'm leaving
You better shut your mouth
And hold your breath
And kiss me now
And catch your death
Oh, I mean this
by MEGGII on 5/16/2008 7:27am
THIS SONG IS BEAUTIFUL.
END OF. X
by Ashley on 5/22/2008 6:52am
I think this song is kind of depressing. I really like it though. I think shes singing about her boyfriend or husband. I love the sound of the piano keys!
by Helen on 5/29/2008 12:06pm
It is very nice song. I like the sound of the piano.
by Cia on 5/31/2008 2:52am
What she is talking about is abuse. Wether it be her or someone else.
"They say that promises sweeten the blow"
Abusers usually make promises or give gifts after beating their lover or child.
"Content loves the silence" means that she feels content being silent or it will happen again.
The melody is depressing but its actually inspiring because she does realize she needs to leave.
by Allison on 6/1/2008 11:07pm
It is a sad song, and gets me crying... I adore the violin and her vocal parts!
by Desdemona on 6/2/2008 12:42pm
Fabulously sad song. Great piano, Great voice. I think it suits Professor McGonagall out of Harry Potter, i'm sure she has so much that she hides.
by nick on 6/7/2008 8:21pm
i'm the jack in the box that went to one of your shows,;what does catch your death mean?
by lucy on 6/8/2008 7:55am
I have never thought of this song as abuse.
I always just presumed she was speaking of how she felt unable to love as she had before but got hurt in the process of.
This song is inspiring and I have tought myself how to play it on the piano.
Life is sweet and Kind and Generous are also good songs.
Anyone else have any ideas on what this song is about?
by Sam on 6/12/2008 9:36am
I read that it was about loosing love and then finding through lonliness, into comfort and then new love.
by vanessa on 6/12/2008 9:45am
This song is very good :* and lovely
by aymee on 6/24/2008 12:20am
haha u guyss r a lil wrong.. this song is about anorexia or an eating disorder most likely anorexia
reread it and think about it
promises are to be thin
by ally on 6/24/2008 7:10am
I think it relates perfectly to the way bells feels about edward in the book 'new moon' by stephenie meyer, the sequal to'twilight'. Both amazing books. Read them all!
by Michaela =D on 6/26/2008 6:12pm
Love this song. Its so emotional. I think it could mean many things. Like, she wants us to use our imaginations to link the lyrics with our own lives.
by Johno on 6/27/2008 6:01pm
According to the always right Wikipedia... "My Skin" is a Natalie Merchant song from her second solo album Ophelia. The song's theme appears to be the story of a woman whose husband has fallen out of love with her, the different emotions she feels and her final resolution to leave him.
by Suzanne on 7/11/2008 11:40am
I think this is about a lover dying and speaking to her other lover that will live on without her... just my interpretation tho.
by Emily on 7/17/2008 6:15pm
Beautiful song, I love the piano's tones. I agree, it sounds like it's about abuse and being hurt.
by Nia on 7/21/2008 8:05pm
This song is honestly, I think the saddest song I've ever heard. The piano sounds so nice, and her voice, it's I think what really makes it amazing, and even though I didn't understand this before, I think I understand now when they mean that someone's voice shows their feelings. Her voice in this song really just makes it stand out. And I was really surprised and OMGed when someone said that it related to Twilight because for me it did too, except I was hearing it in the third book, Eclipse, when
*SPOILER*
Bella tells her feelings to Jacob, and they kiss
*END SPOILER*
and that just got me so (I admit) disappointed with Bella I just put this on replay and cried. It wasn't until later that I REALLY heard it. Gah. Too long post.
by Amber on 7/21/2008 8:39pm
i have been molested and had so many things happen and this so always makes me cry. i told my mum i want her to have this at my funeral because it explains me.
by Sydney on 7/22/2008 4:48pm
I definitely thought of this song during New Moon (twilight saga), during her zombie like state.
When she talked about just going through the motions and feeling like the whole was ripping itself wider and wider.
by Rubii on 8/4/2008 6:48am
This song makes me cry so hard. It's beautiful. I have an eating disorder and I can relate the lyrics to how I feel. It was also used a few times on hollyoaks with the hannah ashworth anorexic storyline. I don't think it is about eating disorders though. x
by Emma on 8/11/2008 7:53am
I don't think it needs to be about anything specific. Like being abused or someone falling out of love. It's just about feeling pain inside and felling trapped and having nowhere to turn. But at the same time you don't want to change it because it's what you've always know and if it goes away then your whole world will be exposed and fall apart.
by Alyssa on 8/21/2008 12:55am
This song is sooo beautiful! It makes me cry every time!! I think it is about how her boyfriend/husband promised her everything, and he didn't keep the promise...It's an amazing song! I totally freaked when i read that someone related it to Twilight because it is perfect! I love the vocals and the piano!
by Jim on 8/31/2008 10:43pm
It doesn't really matter what the true meaning of the song is, her voice alone is simply amazing, coupled with the music the song can be what you make it. To me it puts me in a different place and time that just lets me imagine whatever I want.
by faster on 10/2/2008 11:54am
this is a song from one woman to another
by coco on 10/7/2008 10:44am
this song makes me cry
by June on 10/12/2008 9:06pm
I couldn't agree with you more Faster. What i gorgeous song and what a gorgeous soul she has!
by Plunta on 10/14/2008 4:13am
This song is definately not about abuse...It's about...When you love someone and give them your heart and soul, but they don't give anything back. Lots of us women do it (Men too, they just don't admit it to their male friends.) She gets promises but no comfort...No Sweetness, Openess, sadness to share, nothing to share...just words to keep her around. She threatens him at the end, not actually leaving, still thinking about kissing him...It is the saddest, most heart-wrenching song, ever!
by cassidyxrawr on 10/19/2008 6:07pm
this song, depresses me.
but i love it <33
by Bogga on 10/22/2008 10:06am
This song has sooo much meaning. A very beautiful song, i like depressing songs once in a while, because everyone needs to be sad sometimes. And it kind of makes you a little bit sad:P
by Bert on 10/27/2008 11:02am
wow the vocals at the beggining of the song. My god thats so sad and beatiful and the piano and the violin wow
by Megnolia on 11/14/2008 12:40am
It's about Ophelia and Hamlet isn't it?
by xdaisy on 11/15/2008 12:39am
It's about abuse, from my viewpoint anyways. And no matter what you think it is about, it revolves around hurt. I love this song, it helps me through the almost unbearable patches that so frequently bloom their ugly thorn covered flowers into my life. And yes, sadness can also be a beautiful gift, because it makes us settle down and think, instead of being euphoric all the time. :)
by Alma on 11/27/2008 12:34pm
Just a sidenote:
"Contempt", not "content" loves the silence and "Your face saving promises", not "Your face say these promises." Before attempting to analyze the lyrics of a song, it's best to make sure they are the correct ones. Checking the official site of the artist solves this problem.
by attackofthespoons on 12/6/2008 9:00am
i keep seeing this on Brooke Davis vids, especially after she got.. well.. beaten. and yeah. It makes me think of that. And i'm sad.
by pele0822 on 12/14/2008 12:48pm
The comments that suggest the song is about physical abuse might be valid, although at times we neglect emotional abuse as an equally distressing concept. For example, the whispered and face-saving promises that soften the blow can be taken concretely and literally or can be assumed more formally as a figurative reference to any pain resulting from internalized dissonance - whatever the external source. In any event... beautifully articulated.
by elle on 12/15/2008 7:11pm
i believe this song is about an abusive boyfriend as well. i think she's trying to break free of him, but obviously is having trouble and can't.
it's such a good song, there should be more like this in the world.
by jamie on 12/21/2008 7:32pm
this song is about bulimia and how her husband or boyfreind dosent love her as much anymore because of it
by kels on 1/8/2009 1:58pm
i have always lovd this song, but like some of the others it reminds me soo much of twlight, the second book when edward leaves her and she misses him she needs his kiss.
she needs his lullabye.
she need the darkness.
it is so ironic the way it fits.
by michaela on 1/16/2009 8:02pm
this song reminds me of cameron from house md. there's this amazing video on youtube called "Allison Cameron - As if I'm becoming Untouchable"
go check it out.
by anon on 1/18/2009 3:17pm
I seem to recall an interview with Ms. Merchant at the time of Ophelia's release that My Skin was "about" a woman suffering from cancer. The lyrics express her distress and feelings of alienation as her husband increasingly sees her only as her disease. He talks to her differently now, touches her differently now, ever aware of the presence of the disease. Anyone else remember this?
by Annie on 1/27/2009 4:01pm
It's not "content" it's contempt.
Contempt loves the silence, it thrives in the dark...
sheesh people.
by melanie on 2/11/2009 11:16am
it suites (i dont mean to be laim) intwilight the really famous part 2 of it (new moon) when the boy leaves the girl.
by Spaz on 2/11/2009 10:42pm
I luv the song! BEAUTIFUL PIANO! But I've thought that the name should be: 'Untouchable' Also, just to throw out there...if ur looking for a really great song, try: 'Beauty From Pain' by Superchic[k] p.s. sorry if any spelling was off, im a horrible speller!
by Livia on 2/17/2009 5:21pm
I did this song for my town's annual talent show and everyone was crying because my town's mayor had just been molested. I won 1 prize, though. (The mayor was a judge)
by lalalla on 2/26/2009 9:06pm
great song for new moon
by lesly on 4/4/2009 10:22pm
in harry potter they play that song on you tube and talks about how hermione gets pregnant
by Jasmine on 4/6/2009 1:20pm
This song reminds me of the character River Tam from the TV series Firefly. Very fitting for her.
by Daphne on 4/18/2009 9:43pm
cool song
by Hope on 4/19/2009 6:35am
its actually "contempt" loves the silence
by on 5/16/2009 12:28pm
by Tiffany on 6/8/2009 6:47am
I read on Wikipedia it's about a husband who has cheated on his wife.
by bella on 6/10/2009 9:19am
i love this song...its so beautiful
by lalaine on 6/19/2009 8:00pm
i love this song..
the lyrics, the melody, the vocals, everything!
i saw a great fanmade newmoon trailer with this song..
it's really great!
i think it also fits Melanie & Wanderer in The Host.. :)
by tanisha on 7/15/2009 1:26am
i love to listen to this song whenever i'm upset.. :D
by sam on 8/1/2009 12:21pm
this song reminds me of my eating disorder so much, it makes me really sad. but puts the struggling and pain into perspective for others..
by cris on 8/7/2009 4:23pm
me encanta esta canci�n.
by anon2 on 8/14/2009 12:26am
First of all, Wikipedia is NOT a reliable source of information--anyone can go in an change whatever is put on there. I can see where this song could be about abuse (both mental and physical) as well as an incurable disease--cancer included.
by LBowes on 8/18/2009 11:17am
This song is about abuse and its effects on ones soul. She has been treated wrong--and treated for the effects for so long (by his condescending promises). Also, she may be saying she doesn't need his promises to stay, but his sweetness, a lullaby,a kiss goodnight; him, the way he had once been. There are different forms of abuse--there is emotional abuse, and neglect. She (the singer-writer) is dark, she is hurting, she is brooding. She's turned it all inward--making her untouchable, but she wants to be touched--but, he won't--so, she's leaving before her inward turmoil spills out to kill either herself, or her lover. This song is hauntingly gorgeous in every way--the lyrics match the music perfectly--as well as ones mood.
by Ashley on 11/2/2009 10:58pm
Ok, I LOVE Twilight, don't get me wrong, I'm obsessed, but how in the HELL can any of you believe it's similar to any of the books?! First, Edward NEVER told Bella she was ugly...yes, he lied to her about not loving her in New Moon, but this song is much deeper than that. AND, Bella never left Edward. She would super glue herself to him if she could.
This song is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard and I hope the rumors of a new album in the near future is true.
by navyluvr08 on 11/20/2009 5:49pm
kinda of sad when u relate it to urself....i luv it!
by maeg on 12/3/2009 7:46pm
i thought this song is about self abuse...like an eating disorder. how you fall into your disease and feel utterly untouchable and want to crawl out of your skin.
by Jen on 12/4/2009 1:25pm
I think that it's...."your face saving promises", instead of "face say these promises."
Beautiful song. Has been one of my favorites for years...
by Suger on 1/1/2010 9:45pm
I agree with the one who mentioned the eating disorder.
Its like a message I would send to the one I love, to show him the pain I'm feeling right now.. this is my favorite song, I love it so much.
by Jac on 1/17/2010 6:48pm
This song was played when Dana on The L Word dies from complications due to breast cancer and her lover walks up and sees her dying through the hospital window. I will always think of that when I hear this song. Very beautifully written and the piano is perfect.
by Tay on 2/12/2010 11:22am
I love this song. The piano part is so beautiful! I need to teach myself this song.
by Shell on 2/14/2010 5:23pm
I'm a Merlin fan and i've just watch this tribute with this song in it...it really matches with Merlin especially after series 2 as he loses so many people.
by MikeyJ on 2/20/2010 12:01am
This is the most hauntingly beautiful song I have ever heard. It always brings me to tears. And since the first time I ever heard it was in the commercial for the Humane Society, it brings to mind the hundreds of thousand of animals who are abused and abandoned and needing loving homes. Please rescue an animal today!
by Jerona on 9/2/2010 1:30pm
actually.. I think this song is about a love/hate relationship where the guy treats her badly, not necessarily abuse though, but she can't leave because she loves and needs him.
First she says I need this, and then 'I don't need this'.
I don't think she leaves in the end like someone suggests cause it says 'kiss me now'.
by KayC on 11/15/2010 2:37am
i have an eating disorder and i can relate to a lot of the lyrics in this song, but i think i remember the interview that anon mentioned (above) where the song is "about" a woman with cancer
i honestly think that no matter what the song is actually about, it just means different things to everybody, based on who they are and their experiences. that's really part of why it's such a beautiful song, that it can speak to so many people on that kind of level <3
by cactus on 11/18/2010 3:16pm
I forgot I had this album until they used this song in an animal abuse ad for a certain charity(not that I don't want to give the charity props, I honestly just can't remember if it was HSUS or ASPCA!) What a blessing to remember though...1 thing though, I always thought she was saying" you're face saving promises..."
by JOhn on 12/5/2010 5:42pm
this song has alot of meanings one of them being abuse it doesnt have one meaning.
by cactus on 1/4/2011 5:10pm
To Anon- thank you for that! I look at this song so differently now. I never even saw it as abuse to begin with, but for me, more personally, as a person with mental illness trying to make a relationship work, bc that's MY life. Anyway its even more sad for me now
by Spirit on 1/14/2011 7:23am
I think it suits Sirius Black from Harry Potter. It's so sad.....Describes the way he was treated.
by cezz on 1/17/2011 11:32am
heya listen to the song kiss the rain and then read the part out of new moon where edward leaves bella in the forest listen to both kiss the rain and that part of the book together and you will b cryin
by Dee on 3/5/2011 11:49pm
I love this song and the beautiful cello parts.
by A/D/L on 3/28/2011 5:35am
I've never seen this as abuse related though i can see how it fits....ive always thought of it as she had skin cancer(explaining why the title is 'my skin') and he's promising things will be alright while she's dying and she knows its a lie but he keeps saying thoes 'face saving promises'
The line 'ive been treated so long' could be the cancer treatment shes reciving
'ive been treated so wrong' as if everyones treating her diffrently
then 'as if im becoming untouchable' everyones backing away as if touching her would infect them and that would also explain the last part
'You better shut your mouth
And catch your death'
as if shes forcing him to or he's forcing himself because she's going to die soon which would be the 'oh im leaving' part
thats just my 2 cents worth :)
by Amparo Mart�nez on 11/12/2011 5:32pm
Well, I think it suits Ophelia, from 'Hamlet', really. Not just that Hamlet ends up abandoning her and treating her like crap, but his brother is out too. And his father has died. She's all alone. And she goes mad. It's just an interpretation! (:
by Janelle on 8/30/2017 2:47am
I believe it's about a sweet women that fell in love with a guy that in the beginning promised her the world and told her what she wanted to hear he led her on to believe he was content but spent his nights with another women the part about twines and heart meaning was his sweet words caught her heart but also would hurt her heart she loved him so she put up with she felt she was nothing without him she was confused why he wasn't attracted to her anymore when she just longed for his love and his touch she wasn't the same anymore she felt unworthy and bitter she eventually had enough and if she couldn't have him nobody could and it drove her to kill him
by Ophelia on 10/15/2017 12:42pm
It was written for a friend who died of aids.
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Influence of Emergency Medicine Policy on Facility Capacity and Quality of Care at Government Hospitals in Tamale
Offei, K.O.
Health emergencies occur everywhere from the market place to the house to by the roadside, and each day they consume resources regardless of whether there are systems capable of achieving good outcomes or not. In a low resource country like Ghana policy and guidelines will play a very integral role in ensuring quality and efficiency of emergency services at all tiers of service. In 2011, the Accident and emergency policy was introduced to help strengthen the capacities of facilities in emergency care management. Northern region accounts for the most (20%) motorcycle fatalities in Ghana. The region is characterized by a huge land mass and population with poor communication and road network, lack of relevant data collection tools and low funding sources, leaves little doubt as to the reasons for poor health indices thus making it the weak link in the overall health system. Most facilities in Tamale are expected to be in the very early stages of implementation of the emergency policy and to have low capacity for emergency service delivery with a lack of strategic leadership, poor management and funding as postulated etiologies Employing current policy and guideline tools from both the Ministry of Health and the African Federation of Emergency Medicine (AFEM), this study assessed the current emergency service delivery capacity of Tamale, the capital of the northern region, in selected facilities. This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study, which employed quantitative and qualitative methods to elicit responses to the specific objectives. Data were reviewed over a four -week period from selected facilities at all four government hospitals in Tamale. Results from all four health facilities shows the unavailability of health supplies as the leading cause of non-performance of emergency procedures, followed by no training, lack of human resources and infrastructure. The unavailability of a policy was the least reason for non- performance showing that the policy exists and people are aware of the emergency policy. However, policy availability however did not translate into the needed accoutrements for proper capacity building. Conclusions: There is currently not much influence of the emergency policy on facility capacity and quality of emergency care in government hospitals in Tamale. Recommendations: There is the need to provide the needed supplies, equipment. training, Infrastructure and human resource to help build needed capacity to provide emergency care at all levels.
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Multi-brand young fashion specialists are rare species these days. In fact, there are only a few specialist left – such as Indigo Just Fashion. "Stand-alone multi-label concepts like Indigo are rare in Germany. Most large fashion houses in a middle position usually just pick up this section on their basement floor", states Horst Bickert, CEO of Indigo Just Fashion in Großostheim. In this small city near Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the name Bickert stands for long tradition and strong fashion expertise. Once started as a manufacturer of women's pants and a factory outlet, the family led company meanwhile operates three stores: womenswear store Aubi (named after the father Arthur Bickert), the younger fashion concept Indigo, and the footwear store "Schuhwerk". Opened in 1992, Indigo carries young fashion on a total space of about 900 square meters with brands such as Only, Jack & Jones, Scotch & Soda, Vero Moda, Pepe Jeans. Here, Horst Bickert discusses the big challenges multi-brand stores face today and the importance of fashion fairs for him.
Why did you decide to open your store? Please tell us your story and your motivation!
Since we are a family business, I got to know the industry from early on and knew the advantages and disadvantages I was facing. After studying business management I opened Indigo in 1992 on a space of 120 square meters. Since then, Indigo has been massively transformed three times. Today we own 900 square meters. The fashion house Aubi has 1750 square meters and Schuhwerk 800 square meters. Because we are located at the outskirt it has always been our goal to offer an attractive shopping location.
Indigo, Großostheim
What is most important to you concerning shopfitting and store design?
We did the last major renovation at Indigo in 2009, together with Schwitzke und Partner. With this, we wanted to implement our own DNA. Two large denim zones for women and men and functional multilabel-platforms. There was only one supplier shop with Tommy Denim. The reconstruction measures were enormous so that we had to move the whole store into a 1000 square meter tent over the course of four months. We invested one million euro into this project. Since then we didn't carry out any major alterations, but rather made modifications concerning the suppliers. After all, the range changes constantly, especially after, in 2014, we gave shoes its own new platform with the concept Schuhwerk opposite the road.
How does your product range look like right now? Which are your anchor brands? And which brands did you recently add to your assortment?
Right now, Only, Vero Moda, Tally Weijl and Review are strong with women, and Jack & Jones is favored by men. Tommy Denim is also still a bestseller with men.
How do you stay in contact with your customers?
With Indigo we are active on Facebook and with our own website. Though we will update our website again this year.
20 years ago, I introduced a "pants passport" to engage customer loyalty. This way, we still get new customers addresses daily for our mailings. We also transferred this system onto Schuhwerk. Through mails we reach around 20,000 customer addresses.
Where do you buy your merchandise? How important are trade shows for you? And where do you inform yourself about new trends?
I am a regular trade show visitor and I can't understand retailers, who don't go to trade shows. For 10 years now, we also visit Pitti Uomo. Though Florence is expensive, it is always an appetizer for the upcoming season. Berlin changed a lot the past couple of seasons, but we also go there. In the past, we used to visit Bread & Butter, now with Premium, Panorama and Show & Order the offer is more suited and interesting for our fashion house Aubi. We plan in three days for Berlin to talk to suppliers and learn how they get ready for the new season. To find new things it comes down to a mix of conversations, luck and feel. Furthermore, the GDS, the ANWR in-house exhibitions and the 01 in Mainhausen are important for Schuhwerk. For Indigo, a compact trade show is missing. To meet at least a part of my suppliers I can visit four different fairs. The segment multibrand young fashion is hardly operated anymore, because it isn't profitable for the trade show organizers or because these suppliers don't need trade shows anymore.
When saying the Indigo segment is challenging: Did you achieve higher sales last year compared to the previous year? How do you explain this development?
Luckily, in 2015 we were able to stop Indigo's stagnating turnovers with a par value. With 900 square meters we are almost too small again to display certain areas. For example, the menswear section is too small to adequately present the possibilities of a young men's world. Given this, it's actually about time to reorganize the store again. We would need a cool café, a product range extension towards Lifestyle books as well as accessories with jewelry and bags. Also, a bigger cooperation with Bestseller and Mango would be possible for us.
Through the verticals and online-retailers we have a huge competition with the younger target groups, which start in our company at fourteen years. Those customers are extremely contested. Since the renovation, we register a very good development in our fashion house Aubi. We were able to retain our regular customers and also win over new ones, who maybe feel like they are too old for Indigo.
Aubi
Right now, which are the biggest challenges in retail?
Stand-alone multi label concepts like Indigo are rare in Germany. Most large fashion houses in a middle position usually just pick up this section on the basement floor. Left are specialists such as Görgens, Yeans Halle and Trendfabrik. Big brands make it hard for the retailers, because they dictate the conditions and decide when a cooperation ends. Nike for example chooses to take us out of the distribution lifestyle and rather services a retailer in the area who only operates over price comparison. Thereby, we lose the last unique selling propositions. Additionally, we are left with bad margins and low quantities. Also, how are we supposed to stay credible to our customers, when the supplier shops already offer a seemingly better price than we do. The customer doesn't care that the industry has different margins and with that associated possibilities. This is only the beginning of the competitive pressure through verticals and online retailers.
What is your position concerning the integration of digital tools in stationary retail?
We work with an internally generated software for customer orders. Those orders can be collected by ipad in the store. The customer is kept up to date on the progress of the order by mail or SMS.
The order is then delivered to the store and ready to be picked up. But in general, individual orders are a delicate topic. It's surprising, when stationary retail gets the chance of a customer order. Often it's less available products but the customer still expects speed.
What do you base your choice in employees and their continuing education on?
We made good experiences with interning students. They were first able to get to know the occupation, completed an apprenticeship and were than adopted into the company.
Staff members have to be in the business for two years to know their strengths and weaknesses. Right now, we offer a staff member training with Andreas Nemeth.
Store's address:
www.indigo-mode.de
Horst Bickert
Just Fashion


Nearly 8,000 Jewish-owned businesses, schools, hospitals and homes were destroyed during one night of brutality in November 1938. German Nazis and their supporters took to the streets of Germany and Austria bent on destruction. They burnt hundreds of synagogues to the ground, killed more than 100 Jews and sent 30,000 more to concentration camps. Kristallnacht, "the night of broken glass", would mark the beginning of the Holocaust.


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Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Department of Education (DepEd) to expedite its internal review of the K to 12 program amid continuing reports of low employment rates for graduates of the program, stressing that the review of the K to 12 curriculum is important to boost the employability of graduates.
"Dahil nga ang hangarin ng K to 12 ay mas madaling makakuha ng trabaho ang mga graduates nito, kailangan natin i-adjust 'yong curriculum to prepare graduates for success based on the current and future needs of the labor market," he said.
DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones previously announced in July that the department would conduct a "thorough review" of the K to 12 curriculum after two years of implementation. Director Jocelyn Andaya of the Bureau of Curriculum Development said the review is still on-going, with initial results expected around February next year.
"I hope the review would be finished as soon as possible to give adequate time to adjust the curriculum for next school year," he added.
Moreover, the lawmaker, who is chairperson of the Senate Sub-Committee on Education Reform, which has been tasked to conduct a comprehensive review of the Philippine education system, said he is eyeing the possibility of conducting an inquiry on the low employment rates of K to 12 graduates.
"We need to hear straight from the top Philippine employers themselves kung bakit sila hesistant na mag-hire ng K to 12 graduates," Gatchalian said.
A survey conducted by Jobstreet Philippines in April found that only 24 percent of Philippine employers are willing to hire fresh graduates of the K to 12 program. An earlier survey, conducted by non-profit organization Philippine Business for Education (PBE), revealed that three out of every five companies are open to hiring K to 12 graduates, but only one in five are ready to do so.
Gatchalian was designated by Senate Committee on Education, Arts, and Culture chair Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero as chairperson of the Senate Sub-Committee on Education Reform in September. As sub-committee chair, Gatchalian is allowed to conduct hearings and sponsor and defend committee reports in the plenary session, among others.


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Our exploration of Wales continues with the return of our Discover Wales tour. Where the national animal is a mythical dragon, Wales will not disappoint. Explore three national parks, visit an incredible array of castles, and learn about the ancient Celtic culture. Plus enjoy two nights in London (pre/post).
Arrive London on Sunday. Transfer to your hotel is included. You are free to enjoy London on your own. (Please note, hotel check-in is generally between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm. If you are arriving into London early - the hotel should be happy to hold your luggage until your room is ready).
Make your own way to the the the London departure point by 9:00 am (unless optional transfer was purchased at time of booking). Depart from London at 9:15 am. Departing London the road north west takes us through the Cotswold's, an area of outstanding beauty that is unchanged in many ways for hunderds of years. Following a lunch break, we travel west through the Welsh Marches; the borderlands between England and Wales marked out by the ancient Offa's Dyke. The route then leads into the heart of the Cambrian Mountains and the beautiful Elan Valley from where pure Welsh water is supplied to the distant City of Birmingham. Leaving here in the late afternoon it is just an hour or so to the beautiful seaside town and cultural center of Aberystwyth, our base for the next 2 nights. You will be dropped off at your selected accommomodation choice.
Traveling north our first stop of the day is in the ancient market town of Machynlleth, the gateway to the mountainous region of the Snowdonia National Park. We then head for the beautiful mountain village of Beddgelert, the resting place of a legendary hound, 'Gelert', and the nearby copper mine, no longer working but open to visitors. We travel on to Porthmadog, home of the Ffestingog light railway and over the Cob causeway before reaching the castle at Harlech, one of Edward I's masterpieces of medieval military architecture and part of a set of similar castles which that ring the north Wales coastline. We return to Aberystwyth in late afternoon.
Leaving Aberystwyth we travel around the coast of Cardigan Bay through the pretty little planned town of Aberaeron to New Quay with its a charming sandy harbour containing fishing boats and its connections with Dylan Thomas. From the breakwater wall you may be lucky enough to spot dolphins or whales out in the bay. We continue inland to Carreg Cennen Castle , home to the Welsh princes of Deheubarth and later a stronghold of King Edward I. Explore the castle and learn more about the great period of castle building that helped to consolidate the English kings claim on Wales. Later we head for the coast again at Laugharne where Dylan Thomas wrote the famous play "Under Milk Wood". From here it's a short distance to Tenby, the small, picturesque seaside town that will be our base for 2 nights.
Our last full day in Wales is spent exploring the extreme south west of the country, in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. This region was the birthplace of both the patron saint of Wales, St David, and the Twdyr (anglicised to Tudor) royal dynasty. After stopping in the county town of Pembroke itself with yet another fabulous castle you will travel on to the tiny cathedral city of St Davids for lunch and time to explore this magical place. In the afternoon we return to Tenby for an afternoon exploring this colourful town with it's beachside Georgian Houses, cobbled alleys and 13th century medieval town walls. Overnight in Tenby.
Leaving Tenby in the morning, we begin our return journey to London. We pick up the motorway taking us past the big industrial cities of South Wales to the outskirts of Cardiff for a visit to St Fagans outdoor National History Museum (an optional drop-off for anyone wanting end the tour in Cardiff is available). Afterwards we head back in time 2000 years with a stop at the remarkably well preserved Roman Fortress at Caerleon. From here sadly it is time to leave Wales behind and head back across the Severn Estuary bridge into England. We will take one final break at Castle Combe, a quintessentially Cotswold village where you can stroll amongst ironstone cottages dating back to the 16th Century. Arrive back in London at Victoria Bulliedway approximately 7:30 pm. A transfer is not available on your return, however, taxi's will be readily available to take you to your pre-booked London hotel.
Day 07, Saturday: London - U.S.
After breakfast, check out of your London hotel. A transfer to the airport is included that will collect you from your hotel to the airport. We welcome your feedback on your return home.
Your tour land price is per person based on two (2) people sharing a twin or double room. When a single room is booked, a single supplement will apply. There are no triple rooms for this tour.
Discount rate applies to children aged 5-12 years. Tours are not suitable for children under the age of 5.
Pre and post nights are based on Grange Hotels / Park City or similar. Hotel is on a request basis. If necessary, a hotel upgrade may be necessary. Your booking agent can advise this at time of booking. Property in Cirencester will be advised once confirmed by our UK supplier.
Airfare is additional. Once you select your date, you will be given the opportunity to search our system for the best available airfare from your home city. The dates shown will be the start/end date of your tour. However, you can alter these dates to arrive earlier or extend your stay as needed.
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I launched this site less than a week after leaving my job of 17 years. I figured it would be a major life change in numerous ways, but in terms of the actual job of writing about technology there was one change that concerned me the most: being more aggressive about finding interesting links.
Link posts are part of the currency of sites like this. Not only do they serve a good purpose—pointing you at stories that are worth reading—but they afford me the opportunity to add a brief comment on them without just rewriting the story. Stories about other people's stories are the worst.
Generally I've assumed that the best way to be a link miner was to subscribe to a bunch of obscure (but good) RSS feeds. I've fallen out of the habit of reading RSS. In truth, I was never very good at it. Twitter became my RSS reader, because I follow a bunch of interesting people who follow a bunch of interesting people, and using those people as my own personal filtering service seemed to make sense.
When I went out on my own I tried to get my own RSS-reading habits cranked back up, and I'm still working on that, on Mac and iPad and iPhone alike. But those efforts have slowed a bit due to my discovery of a fantastic service that uses those same links on my social network: Nuzzel.
I was pointed to Nuzzel by listener Shep G., who heard me complaining about my lack of good RSS habits on episode 2 of Upgrade. Nuzzel is a free web site and iOS app that mines your Twitter and Facebook networks and shows you the newest or most popular links.
While I enjoy reading Twitter, I follow too many people (and have become too busy) to be a Twitter completist. This means I miss links. And though Safari's Shared Link feature can filter out every tweet that doesn't contain a link, it's still just providing a chronological list of Tweets.
What Nuzzel does well is sort and filter and group the links in interesting ways, and present them as nicely formatted news-story items—not as tweets. The filtering makes a big difference. I can, for instance, see all links from the past four hours that have been recommended by two or more friends. This has a tendency to float the most interesting stuff to the very top.
I've found that Nuzzel has also displayed worthwhile stuff from my Facebook network, which surprised me. I don't visit Facebook very often (sorry, Facebook friends), but I don't mind seeing links that are going viral in that crowd. Since I'm not checking Facebook every day, I would miss them otherwise.
Another clever thing about Nuzzel is its ability to expose links from the friends of your friends. Today on Twitter, I take advantage of this secondary network by reading tweets that my friends have decided to retweet. That's good, because they're (usually) endorsing that information as being worth my time by passing it on in that way. Nuzzel lets you dive into everything your friends see, whether they recommended it or not. There's a lot more noise in this approach—I see some pretty weird stuff when I flip to this view—but sometimes the pretty weird stuff is also pretty awesome.
I'm not sure Nuzzel is good enough to be my only news source—it does a bad job of highlighting obscure stuff that hasn't yet hit it big. Part of my job is to find that stuff, so I'm trying to use RSS as a secondary source, one that provides me with items from blogs that are less likely to float up on Nuzzel, such as personal sites from interesting people.
Chances are good that most of you don't need to feed a website audience with interesting links. But if you want to read interesting links, personalized for you via your own social networks, I recommend giving Nuzzel a look. There's a new version of the Nuzzel app out today, which adds a Today Widget for iOS 8 and (at long last!) iPad support.


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Thursday, June 8, 2017 - 10:36am
Fall 2017 Graduate Alumna,
Complex social issues are rarely solved by the individual success of a single organization. The nonprofit sector has the ability to achieve significant social change through collaboration across sectors. Cross-sector collaboration can be defined as partnerships between nonprofit, private, and government entities working together towards mutual goals to produce change (Simo & Bies, 2007).
When the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development dropped the bombshell of defunding all but one nonprofit transitional housing provider for homeless families in Maricopa County, Arizona, the local nonprofit, private and government organizations began to scramble (Polletta, 2016). The community's homeless housing and service providers were aware how the funding cuts would drastically eliminate transitional shelter beds within the family shelter portfolio. All sectors needed to consider what steps were essential to prevent the families in the defunded housing programs from becoming homeless again. This is an informal and episodic example where partnerships involving government, philanthropy communities and public businesses, collaborate to create a onetime task force to keep the families in need of housing, off of the streets.
Far too often the nonprofit sector is stepping up to fill in the gaps in services because of local, state, and federal administrative failures (Simo & Bies, 2007). In order to meet complex social needs, the interdependence between people and organizations across all sectors, need to engage to solve challenging social problems (Grudinschi, et al., 2013).
Below are suggested attributes to implement an effective collaboration between the public, private and third sector, powered with innovation, leading, and acting.
Build Leadership: The importance of building leadership within the council is one of the core elements of effective cross-sector collaboration. Creating a culture which builds trust, respect, and values creates buy-in. Collaboration efforts are more likely to succeed if their leadership team is committed to the long haul. Doing so can provide a range of champions that play the formal or informal leadership roles at multiple levels. By providing attention to building leadership within, these collaborations could model authority, vision, long term commitment and integrity.
.Attention to Capacity Building: When nonprofits are focused on efficiency and building capacity, it creates opportunity to strategically engage in multi-sector collaborations which can help achieve large scale social change. When capacity is built, there is potential to eliminate fragmented services. It allows an opportunity to build systems, approach needs for system change, create social capital, yield each sectors expertise and allows freedom for social innovation. As a result, multi-sector collaboration can provide the opportunity for greater impact.
Social Innovation: In cross-sector collaboration, sectors are expected to harness each other's expertise in order to create, think outside of the box and overcome barriers that lie in the way of achieving the social challenge. Through social innovation and cross-sector collaboration, initiatives should have the support to innovate and be the change needed.
Understand the Importance of Social Equilibrium: In cross-sector collaboration, it is a progressive approach and requires action and balance between interdependent parts. Willingness to try new approaches for social happenings brings the collaboration to disequilibrium. In conjunction, knowledge of why systems approach can be necessary to provide universal cohesive services.
In the case of the defunded transitional homeless family programs in Arizona, the cross-sector collaboration shared the attributes needed to build effective cross-sector collaboration. The situation occurred in a turbulent environment, it was episodic and required leaders and champions whom share common values to build capacity across-sectors to address a large scale social problem. The situation allowed collaborators to be innovative on how to leverage their capabilities, empower possibilities through each other's expertise, and embrace the social disequilibrium. It provided an opportunity to overcome the complex problem collaboratively. Individually we make a difference; through cross-sector collaboration we achieve resounding impact.
Grudinschi, D., Kaljunen, L., Hokkanen, T., Hallikas, J., Sintonen, S., & Puustinen, A. (2013). Management Challenges in cross-sector collaboration: Elderly Care Case Study. The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal, 18(2), 7th ser.
Polletta, M. (2016, May 12). Funding cuts could leave 100-plus Phoenix-area families homeless -- again. Retrieved February 22, 2017, from http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2016/05/11/funding-cuts-could-leave-100-plus-families-homeless-again/84158972/
Simo, G., & Bies, A. L. (2007). The Role of Nonprofits in Disaster Response: An Expanded Model of Cross-Sector Collaboration. Public Administration Review, 67, 125-142. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00821.x
Jessica Cruz currently serves as the Supportive Services for Veteran Family's (SSVF) Program Coordinator for UMOM New Day Centers. In this role, she provides oversight to the SSVF team and implements the SSVF program for the agency including Rapid Rehousing and Homelessness prevention for veteran families. UMOM's SSVF program specializes in serving high barrier veteran households and has served as a mentor agency for SSVF for the past 4 years. Additionally, Cruz serves on the Built for Zero leadership team in Phoenix which focuses on ending veteran homelessness. Cruz most recently began working with the Arizona Department of Veteran's Services to provide strategic planning for the Women's Working Group Initiative with a housing focus. Prior to joining UMOM New Day Center, Cruz's portfolio includes program design and implementation, case management and life skills group facilitation for homeless women and families. The common theme between all of her duties is the drive to end family homelessness. Cruz earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Services from California State University Fullerton and a received her Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management Degree from the College of Public Service and Community Solutions, Arizona State University.


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Piłkarski Oskar we Włoszech  (wł.: Oscar del Calcio) – nagroda przyznawana przez AIC (Związek Piłkarzy we Włoszech) piłkarzom, trenerom oraz arbitrom, którzy zostali uznani za najlepszych w danym sezonie Serie A. Zwycięzcy są wybierani przez piłkarzy ligi włoskiej.

Nagrodami są pozłacane statuetki zawodnika kopiącego piłkę - symbol AIC.

Wyróżnienia przyznawane są w następujących kategoriach:
 Najlepszy Piłkarz Serie A (Migliore calciatore assoluto)
 Najlepszy Włoski Piłkarz Serie A (Migliore calciatore italiano)
 Najlepszy Zagraniczny Piłkarz Serie A (Migliore calciatore straniero)
 Najlepszy Młody Piłkarz Serie A (Migliore calciatore giovane)
 Najlepszy Bramkarz Serie A (Migliore portiere)
 Najlepszy Trener Serie A (Migliore allenatore)
 Najlepszy Sędzia Serie A (Migliore arbitro)
 Najlepszy Obrońca Serie A (Migliore difensore) (przyznawana od 2000 roku)
 Najlepsza Drużyna Serie A (Migliore squadra) (ostatnia edycja w 1999 roku)

Pierwsza edycja miała miejsce w 1997 roku. Natomiast od 2000 roku przyznawana jest nagroda dla Najlepszego Obrońcy. W 1999 roku po raz ostatni przyznano tytuł Najlepszej Drużyny.

Liczba trofeum według drużyn

Zobacz też
 Złoty Guerin () – nagroda dla najlepszego piłkarza Serie A przyznawana przez magazyn piłkarski
 Złota Ławka () – nagroda dla najlepszego trenera Serie A

Bibliografia
 Oficjalna strona AIC
 Italy - Footballer of the Year
 Lista zwycięzców na worldfootball

Piłkarski Oskar we Włoszech

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Not everybody loves meetings and even fewer enjoy reading the minutes, but investors make an exception with the Federal Reserve. This week the Fed published the minutes from its August 1meeting. While no changes were made to interest rates, the minutes did provide insight to how the Fed sees the U.S. economy.
While the Fed remains concerned about the risks of inflation, it also is concerned about slowness in the housing market. Home building has declined due to a labor shortage and to higher cost of materials from tariffs, according to The New York Times.
If you recently received a raise or a bonus (or expect to), you may want to give some serious thought to how you will use the additional income – spend it, save it, or do some of both – and how your choices will affect your taxes. If you'd like to discuss your options, give us a call.


We use assertive flavors to jazz up this vitamin- and fiber-rich grain.
We challenged ourselves to use only one pan while developing our bulgur pilaf recipe: In one large saucepan, we sautéed the aromatics (covered, at low heat) and browned the mushrooms. We then added the bulgur and cooking liquid and simmered until the grains were tender. To get intense mushroom flavor in our bulgur pilaf recipe, we combined cultivated mushrooms—white or cremini—with dried porcini mushrooms. Relatively inexpensive and packed with flavor, the dried mushrooms impart an intensely earthy note and pungent aroma to the most mild-mannered fresh mushrooms.


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Work on the 'The Holy Bible in Modern English' began in 1853 by a London businessman named Ferrar Fenton (1832–1920). The complete Bible was first published in 1903, though some individual bible 'books' were published as separate volumes during the preceding 11 years.
Fenton is well known for a rearranging of the books of the Bible into what the author believed was the correct chronological order. In the Old Testament, this order follows that of the Hebrew Bible. The name of God was translated throughout the Old Testament as "The Ever-Living".
Fenton is an exciting translation that shows respect and gives clarity in many areas where other translations fall short. This Bible is described as being "translated into English direct from the original Hebrew, Chaldee, and Greek languages."
Henrik Borgström assisted Fenton with his translation of the Book of Job, which first appeared in 1898. The book of Job was "rendered into the same metre as the original Hebrew, word by word and line by line". His translation of the New Testament is based on the Greek text of Westcott and Hort. The ordering novelty in the New Testament is that it places the Gospel of John and the First Epistle of John at the beginning before the Gospel of Matthew, thus placing the Acts of the Apostles immediately after the Gospel of Luke.
Notable as well, is Ferrar Fenton's restoration of the Psalms into the musical verse form as close to the original as he could get. The Psalms were, quite literally, songs, complete with instructions for the "choirmaster" as well as descriptions of the proper musical instruments to be used. Today Psalm 48, Psalm 137, and Psalm 23 are still sung in churches, albeit to tunes not the original.
This bible is named the "Revised Fenton" because it puts things back into chronological order. In many cases, whether in error or not, Ferrar moved some parts of the scriptures down to the footnote section. These re-ordered verses have been returned to their chronological order as they are currently found in the King James Version. There was no alteration of the wording or intended meaning of what was originally intended by Mr. Fenton."
Blog entry: September 17, 2016
Welcome to the new blog section. Join us in this exciting effort to display the works of Ferrar Fenton! The Holy Bible in Modern English is now fully digitized and can be seen for it's creative and artistic beauty as well as for the spiritual edification that we all need through the daily study of the scriptures.
This project actually began in 2012 when the conversion of scanned images, using OCR software, revived a very beautiful but tangled digital version of Ferrar Fenton's work. The major part of the editing, including verse alignment, OCR errors and chapter breaks took over one year. Still, as we go there are minor fixes to punctuation and a few odd necessary edits.
In its very raw form, 'The Holy Bible in Modern English' went online with a free but very undependable web hosting service in 2014, where it has been ever since.
With thanks to the generosity of others, just recently, the site has been moved to its current home. This hosting service is by far superior to the previous but costs are high so we are maintaining an ad service to help offset the costs.
Jeremiah 2 [RF]
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RF JER 2:1
The Remonstration of Judah.
The message of the EVER-LIVING afterwards came to me to say:—
RF JER 2:2 "Go, and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, and say, ' Thus says the EVER-LIVING:—I attended you in your infancy; I loved you in your youth; guided you after Me from the desert to a land you had not cultivated,
RF JER 2:3 for Israel to dedicate to the EVER-LIVING the first of its products. They devoured them all! Wickedly bad they went at them!'" said the EVER-LIVING,
RF JER 2:4 Listen, House of Jacob, to the message of the EVER-LIVING, with all the families of the House of Israel!
RF JER 2:5 The EVER-LIVING asks this:—"What injustice did your fathers find in Me, that they have removed from Me, and follow after delusions, and deluded themselves?
RF JER 2:6 instead of asking, Where is the EVER-LIVING who mounted in company with us from the land of the Egyptians? Who marched With us in the desert, in a country of drought, and snares, in the land of withering and the shadow of death; in the land where no one passes, and no man dwells;
RF JER 2:7 whence I brought you to a land of pastures, to eat its fruits and goodness. But you went and defiled My Country, and My Estate, by attaching yourselves to Abominations.
RF JER 2:8 "The priests asked not, Where is the EVER-LIVING? or took hold of the Law. They would not teach about Me; and the guardians sinned against Me; and the Preachers preached for Bal; and would not rise up to advance after Me!
RF JER 2:9 Therefore I will contend with them," said the EVER-LIVING, "and with the sons of their sons I will contend;
RF JER 2:10 for they shall pass over to the isles of the Khithites and look, and mourn in their exile and think much,
RF JER 2:11 and examine what came of this changing to heathen gods,—who are not gods. For My people changed for what are worthless.
RF JER 2:12 The heavens heard and were astonished at it, and shuddered, wasting away! " said the EVER-LIVING.
RF JER 2:13 "For My people twice did evil to Me. They forsook the Spring of Living Water, to dig for themselves wells, broken wells which contain no water!
RF JER 2:14 Israel served, with the children of his House, what brought him to become an object of plunder!
RF JER 2:15 The tigers roared against him, they uttered their voices, and assailed his country, to desolate his fortified cities, to deprive them of inhabitants.
RF JER 2:16 The sons of Nof, also, with Thakhfenes injured your crown."
RF JER 2:17 But have you not procured it to yourselves? You forsook your EVER-LIVING GOD at the time you went from the path.
RF JER 2:18 And now why do you wish for the road to Egypt, to drink the black waters? And why do you wish for the road to Ashur, to drink the water of that well?
RF JER 2:19 "Turn yourself from your sins, and return from your shame, and learn and see how bad, and rebelliously forgetful you are of your EVER-LIVING GOD, and I will not terrify you," said the MIGHTY LORD OF HOSTS,"
RF JER 2:20 although from of old you have vexed Me yourselves. " I withdrew from your vows, for on every hill-top, and under every leafy tree, was a walk for fornication.
RF JER 2:21 "But I planted you, a perfect vine, from a true stock;—then how is it that you are changed from Me, turning to a wild vine?
RF JER 2:22 Even if I wash you with nitre, and polish you with soap, will your faults be removed?" asks the MIGHTY LORD OF HOSTS.
RF JER 2:23 "How can you say, I have not polluted myself with the Balites.' Look at your proceedings in the valley! " I know what you have done in the feasts of Lust, in her depraved ways. You wild ass,
RF JER 2:24 used to the desert, drawing your breath in puffs—in the spirit of lust,—who can turn you away? All who seek her will be wearied at the time she feels it.
RF JER 2:25 Keep your feet unshod, and your throat for thirst, and say, They are no use to me, for I love wantonness and will go after it.' " The shame of the House of Israel
RF JER 2:26 is like the shame of a detected thief. Both they, their kings, nobles, priests and preachers, for they say to wood,
RF JER 2:27 ' You are my father,' and to stone, You bore us! ' while they turn their back, and not their face, to Me. But in the time of distress they cry, ' Arise and save us! '"
RF JER 2:28 Go to your gods whom you have made for yourselves I Let them arise,—if they can save you in the time of your sufferings I For your gods are as many as your towns, Judah!"
RF JER 2:29 Why do you all implore. Me, when you have all revolted from Me?" the EVER-LIVING asks."
RF JER 2:30 I flogged your children in vain;—they would not learn. Your own sword has devoured your preachers like a ravaging lion.
RF JER 2:31 Search for ages," says the EVER-LIVING. " Have I been a desert to Israel? or a land of darkness? For what do you say to Me, Begone from us! We will never more come to You! '
RF JER 2:32 " Can a bride forget her adornments? her beautiful girdle? Yet My People have forgotten Me, numberless times!
RF JER 2:33 "Why do you prepare your way to seek love? Do I need researches to learn your ways,
RF JER 2:34 when I find the blood of poor innocent souls upon your skirts, without disarranging them to find it, for it is on them all
RF JER 2:35 "But,' you reply, although I have sinned, let the anger turn from me! ' " I will decide about you,—although you say I have not sinned! '
RF JER 2:36 "Why do you shuffle so to change your road. You were disappointed in the Egyptians as you were disappointed in Ashur.
RF JER 2:37 You will rush out from them with your hands on your face, for the EVER-LIVING will reject those you trust and you will not prosper in them.
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Carnival of Journalism: How To Measure What Matters?
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My (belated) entry in the March Carnival of journalism. The theme: how do we measure impact?
Just as we need to be careful what we wish for, we must choose carefully before establishing metrics. From The Guardian's Simon Caulkin (emphasis added):
What gets measured gets managed – even when it's pointless to measure and manage it, and even if it harms the purpose of the organisation to do so…
Quality guru W Edwards Deming went further, putting 'management by use only of visible figures, with little consideration of figures that are unknown or unknowable' at No 5 in his list of seven deadly management diseases. Henry Mintzberg, the sanest of management educators, proposed that starting 'from the premise that we can't measure what matters' gives managers the best chance of realistically facing up to their challenge.
What matters? What is the role of journalism, our purpose, our challenge?
I don't think that America's news media have been given the gift of the First Amendment so that moguls can negotiate monopoly rents into millionaire status. I don't think that America's news media have been given the gift of the First Amendment in order to glorify celebrity culture (think Kim Kardashian, for example).
I do think America's news media have been given the gift of the First Amendment to speak truth to power, to give voice to the powerless, to act as a watchdog on public institutions — all things that matter but that are hard to measure and even harder to monetize.
Two recent stories brought this point home to me.
First, the #STOPKony campaign.
The virality of the questionable video is unquestionable. On March 5, only 58,000 viewed [1] the Vimeo-hosted video. The next day, the number was 2.7 million. The third day (March 7) it was 8.2 million.
Cynics (count me in this group) see the $15 million raised from this campaign as a testament to the need to use any means to trigger donations so that those who run Invisible Children can continue to fight for their cause. After all, most of the organization's budget goes to overhead, filming, salaries and travel ("we are an advocacy and awareness organization") not aid to Africa; to arguments for militarization, not humanitarian intervention.
Yes, the group raised awareness of problems in Africa by appealing to the white man's burden. It also tapped into the click-as-substitute-for-action movement honed to a fine edge by Facebook, lamented by Malcolm Gladwell. But more importantly, it's generated a lot of money for the principals to travel around the U.S., talking to college students, cultivating a community with the power to launch a viral video overnight. Thus the story, many said (the younger you are, the more likely you were to believe this), may have not have been accurate but it matters and as a result did more good than harm [2]. Just look at at the inches of newsprint, minutes of air time that have been devoted to the plight of Uganda!
Second, Mike Daisey.
I saw Daisey's show when he was in Seattle last year. I have visited Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Japan, but not mainland China. Even though I live on the left coast, have had students from China and have read Chinese-American authors, I know that my perceptions about Chinese culture and commerce are simplistic.
So I'm not surprised that my crap detector remained dormant as I listened to his (supposedly) personal stories. His fabrications fit the frame that I use to view "things Chinese." But because the frame was skewed for at least one reporter living in China, we all now know about the fabrications, the deliberate lies to both America and This American Life [3].
Yes, Daisey raised awareness of problems in China. He did so, however, by linking Apple and Foxconn together like a horse and carriage, even though Foxconn makes products for every major computer electronics firm: Amazon, Cisco, Dell, HP, Intel, Microsoft … the list goes on. However accurate his story, many said, it matters and did more good than harm. Just look at the inches of newsprint, minutes of air time now devoted to working conditions at Foxconn!
In both cases, brilliant marketing and an exaggerated (to be kind) narrative raised awareness of something the protagonists believed was an under-reported issue.
In both cases, the story was also the vehicle for the storyteller's livelihood.
In both cases, the medium was initially non-traditional. outside of what we think of as the "news media."
These examples raise more questions than they answer.
How can journalists legitimately spotlight under-reported stories? How do we chose which issues to spotlight, and how do we carve out the time in an business climate squeezed by forever lost monopoly rents? How do we get attention in the attention economy without resorting to hyperbole? Is it proper for a journalist to become central to the story? How do we build networks like those of Invisible Children? Should we? Where do we cross the line from "speaking truth to power" to becoming advocates? Should we?
And how does "but it matters!" coexist in an environment where assessment is measured in large part by short-term page views and click-throughs?
Postscript: this is part one of a two-parter. While sitting in a hearing convened by the Washington News Council on Saturday, I started thinking differently about the word impact, moving from "measure" to "assess," from numbers to fairness, from bottom line to social impact.
[1] "Views" are measured as someone hitting "play" not necessarily watching 'til the end
[2] To be clear, I do not ascribe to this view.
[3] Even on stage, first person memoirs don't get to play loose and fast with facts. It's not a biopic when the storyteller is the protagonist!
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Kathy E. Gill 6 April 2012 Reply
Just now reading this from Ethan Zuckerman: http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2012/03/28/the-passion-of-mike-daisey-journalism-storytelling-and-the-ethics-of-attention/
He gets to my point better than I do:
"His story is one of a handful of recent stories that have drawn attention to the tensions between journalism, storytelling and advocacy, and posed an intriguing set of questions for people interested in the future of news. What Mike Daisey's story brings into focus is the tension between journalism as "a discipline of verification" and the power of – and need for – compelling narratives"
What's fascinating to me is that we both linked Daisey and Invisible Children's STOPKony campaign.
Most definitely worth your time and it's very #longform.
LOL – it's a big link cuz you copied it from Facebook – and therefore the only way it works is for someone to be logged in to Facebook. :-/
http://ow.ly/a7SFp
WaPo link is still ugly (but not as ugly): http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/woodward-and-bernstein-could-the-web-generation-uncover-a-watergate-type-scandal/2012/04/03/gIQAwErvtS_story.html
It's an interesting story — and part of what the college students believe has a basis in reality. (Not the part about finding "Nixon's secret fund" via a Google search — that one is very hard for me to swallow. I've not come across anything that, umm, shallow, in my teaching at UW – and all of my classes are not journalism classes.)
I get more than a little bent out of shape with statements like this one from Woodward (b 1943).
"The truth of what goes on is not on the Internet. [The Internet] can supplement. It can help advance. But the truth resides with people. Human sources."
Woodward's comment reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of "The Internet."
It is a technology. It is a medium, like the phone, fax machine and telegraph that came before it. The scale of this technology means that what is being shared can be shared more widely and more cheaply than any medium that predates it.
But it's still people ('human sources') providing that information. See Wikileaks.
We don't have computer programs autonomously writing analyses and recording video and audio. Yet.
"The ballroom, though, was mostly misty with nostalgia."
Yup. That's pretty clear.
If students ("all" not "one or two") don't know "Martin Luther from Martin Luther King" that is not THEIR fault. It is our (collective we) fault because we are the people who shape the norms that are reflected in education curricula. It is our (collective we) fault because too often we reduce history to rote recitation of facts. It is our (collective we) fault because we don't teach comparative religion or even a history of religion lest we offend someone (not just the religious right).
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[…] Kathy E. Gill asked about similar fundamentals, "What matters? What is the role of journalism, our purpose, our challenge?" and raised a good question of balance: how does "but it matters!" coexist in an environment where assessment is measured in large part by short-term page views and click-throughs? […]
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Hi Kathy
I taught at Columbia's Journalism school for 7 years and then another 6 at NYU. Believe me, we have created an idiot generation. Note this piece from today's WaPo
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(boy, that was a big link).
When I was at NYU most of my students didn't know Martin Luther from Martin Luther King and didn't care. Many thought that radio was invented by Macaroni.
Bring on the Kardashians. That's clearly what they want.. and about all they understand.
Thanks. I expected you to disagree. :-)
No where did I say that news organizations should not "make money" although the BBC does a damn fine job with its hybrid model. Without them, we'd know a lot less about what's going on in the world.
There are systemic issues surrounding mega-media-corps that relate to consolidation and capitalism that are larger than anything I've written about here.
You typed: "we may have debased our educational system and created an idiot society, but so be it."
I can't – I won't – accept that attitude. Perhaps that's why I'm an educator.
This was interesting, but I have to disagree:
The First Amendment says "Congress Shall Make No Law". That's pretty clear. It doesn't say 'here's what you have to do with a free press'. Making money with a free press is the only way to have a free press. Otherwise, who pays for it? and if 'we the people' want to see Kim Kardashian or Cupcake Wars or anything else, well, we may have debased our educational system and created an idiot society, but so be it. That's who we are. The last society to print 'only important stuff' was the Soviet Union, and while Pravda had great circulation numbers, I don't think it was all that readable. The problem here is that 'your' idea of what is 'important' doesn't' mean anything – neither does anyone else's idea of 'what is important'. The nice thing about a free press tied to a market is that everyone gets to decide what they think is important. That you don't think it's important or junk or whatever..well, too bad. That's life in a free society. That's the price we pay for a true First Amendment. So let the money roll! And let the market decide. As Abraham Lincoln might have said – it's the worst system, except for all the others.
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Some 77 bird species nest here, of which 24 are on Europe's red list. The Patronka area holds about a dozen breeding pairs of the rare Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) which in Bulgaria only nests in the Eastern Rhodopes. Egyptian Vulture, Black Stork, Chukar, Rock Nuthatch, Barred Warbler and Ortolan Bunting are among the appealing birds to attract the birdwatchers interest.
A pair of Otter inhabits the river bank and can often be seen playing in the river during daytime.
The rocks are covered with the rare Haberlea rhodopensis and on the open places you can see the orchid Hymantoglossum carpinum, the regional endemic Carduus thracicus and the rare Fritillaria pontica. Thriving populations of the Spur-thighed and Hermann's Tortoises also occur here.
The protected site is rather small and we do not recommend to enter inside in order not to disturb the breeding birds. Easier and better views are obtained from two view points (1. Google Earth coordinates: 41 38' 45''N 25 52' 28'' E 2. Google Earth coordinates: 41 38' 35''N 25 53' 33'' E). Here it is possible to see the flying and breeding Griffon Vultures, Rock Thrush, Blue Rock Thrush and with some luck Chukars and White-tailed Eagle. The best observations can be made in the afternoons when the sun illuminates the rocks which have their exposition facing west.