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Pushcart XLI: Rebecca Makkai, "The George Spelvin Players" from Pleiades 35.2
Posted by Karen Carlson on February 9, 2017
Barnes Harlow was actually Jason something, but no one dreamed of calling him that. He was Barnes Harlow when he was robbed of the Daytime Emmy, he was Barnes Harlow all twelve years he played Dalton Shaw, Esq., and he was Barnes Harlow when, in that guise, he married Silvia Romero Caldwell Blake, poisoned his mother-in-law, opened a restaurant, burned down that restaurant, was drugged by Michaela, and saved the Whitney family from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Soledad shared these details with the core company, who sprawled exhausted on the stage. In the five minutes since Barnes had left the theater, Soledad had relayed the basic history of the fictional Appleburg, Ohio, and told them what Barnes Harlow looked like with his shirt off. "Not greasy-smooth," she said. "Just, you know, TV-star smooth." She swore her grandmother had tapes of the show, stacks of VHS cassettes in her basement.
"On a more professional level," Tim said, "what did we think? Star-struck aside?"
Beth vowed to speak last. Last week in the green room, Phyllis had accused her of treating every conversation like a race.
Complete story available online at Pleides
"There are only two plots: A stranger rides into town, and a man goes on a journey" is one of the many writers' aphorisms taken as gospel (QI credits this one, not to Dostoevsky or Tolstoy, but to a metamorphosis of an exercise from John Gardner's The Art of Fiction). In this story, the stranger is Barnes Harlow, former soap opera star come to a ragtag Missouri theater company. But I got sidetracked by something else.
In 2011, Makkai published a novel titled The Borrower, about a children's librarian who either kidnaps or is kidnapped by Ian, one of her 10-year-old patrons, leading to a road trip (the other side of the stranger comes to town) that reverses with a single phrase: "They lost." I read that book in 2012, and I still remember sobbing over my cheeseburger at the local pub where I was reading. I've been thinking of those words for weeks, maybe because I saw Makkai's name in the table of contents, or maybe because I never forgot that moment, and I try to remember that, even though Ian returned home, the trip was not a failure but ended with a kind of slow-motion salvation. That librarian (and possibly Ian) is in this story. It's not her story, but as a secondary character she allows for additional perspective.
I even see a structural comparison between novel and story: the story turns, reverses itself, on a single sentence. I know how that feels; does everyone? To have one phrase, one utterance, change the context, the mood, the background assumptions, the momentum of a gathering or a road trip or a theater company's mission, a call to reality? It works so many ways in this story, with so many characters, it's as if it explodes. Or maybe implodes.
There was a term Beth had learned in a sociology class, though she couldn't remember it now, for a society where people had more than one connection to each other. In a big city, a guy would be your mailman and nothing else. But in a small town, he might be your mailman and your cousin and your neighbor, and his wife is your boss. She wondered what her sociology professor would make of the George Spelvin Players—who not only lived and worked together, but whose constantly shifting fictional relationships were also vivid, if not real. Beth had been Tim's mother, his wife, his sister, his therapist. He had killed her in six different plays…. She wondered if what they were trying to do with Barnes, through this obsessive examination, was to weave him into their complex fabric. They refused to let him be simply a colleague. They wanted to envelop him: talent, legitimacy and all.
Beth has an additional relationship to Barnes once they sleep together, and it's into this theater-world confusion about what is real and what is fictional that Barnes, cornered about his petty theft of multiple trivial items from everyone in the company, says the words that implodes it all: "You're not real. I made you up." And then, worse: "Did I make up that sex, or did I make up all the sex ever?"
Exit Barnes. As Soledad says, "Beth broke the soap star." But exit the company as well; they disintegrate during the town performance of A Christmas Carol they'd been rehearsing (with Barnes hastily replaced). They all start quoting lines from random plays. And the librarian holds on to her Starbucks cup and smiles through it all (who wouldn't; it seems hilarious to me), while a 10-year-old boy plays along. I don't think the 10-year-old is Ian, but I'm happy that he could be.
By the way, the use of the name "George Spelvin" by an actor who doesn't want to be associated with a terrible play, or a terrible theater troupe, is true. I hadn't known that, though I was aware that "Alan Smithee" was sometimes used by film directors who didn't want their name on a movie once the studio execs cut it for reasons having nothing to do with art. I wasn't aware there was a similar tradition, probably an earlier one, in theater.
I'm thinking back over the works in this volume so far, and art seems to be a frequent theme. It might even be hidden in less obviously art-related works, like the poem "Elk" or the hornet article. I'll have to keep that in mind as I read on.
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Jacob Weber says:
If you were going to do one of those high school "compare and contrast" papers to one of the other works in Pushcart so far, I think it would be to "The Story of a True Artist," which is another story built on the overlap between people playing to an audience and the real people behind them.
Did you feel that the company was broken at the end? The closing lines: "They would open to a full house. They would acknowledge nothing missing" seems to indicate they're not really broken. I mean, yes, there is something missing that they will not acknowledge, but that's always the way of it. If they're still able to fake their way through it, then they're doing pretty much the same as always, aren't they?
I didn't see that scene at the Christmas lighting as just a breaking apart. It was a "setting on fire," as the boy there hoped for. Both a destruction and a grand spectacle, which is really all anyone in the theater can hope for. There was a climax to it, but only a petite morte, not a final morte, because the players are able to hide in the crowd afterward and sing Christmas carols. The show will go on.
You thought of Makkai's novel reading this. I thought of Josh Ferris's 2007 novel "And Then We Came to the End," which, coincidentally, has a character in it who starts to steal small things of sentimental value. Unlike that novel, in which no one character really rises above the "we" of the main narrative, Beth and Barnes take the spotlight away from the other players for enough of it that we realize the real thematic battle revolves around them. I like when a story gives me a nice cipher to the whole story like this one does: "The difference (between Barnes and Beth) was: Barnes Harlow looked down at the crack in the universe and fell right in. She saw the crack and stepped quickly over."
You're right about the similarity to "Portrait" – wish I 'd thought of that. I was so focused on the librarian (and distracted by real life) I missed a great deal of this. I do sense a kind of sea change in the theater group, though, as a result of Barnes. I kept enjoying the whole goofiness at the end, but in a grim way. I seem to have trouble with humor – Seinfeld always upset me rather than making me laugh!
"Then We Came to the End" – read it a few years ago, I vaguely remember the "Office Space" feel to the beginning, but what really sticks is the last paragraph, last sentence – knocked me out.


PROS is happening on Sept. 7th!
This is just a reminder that sign up is happening at the WA Bikes Website. You must be signed up in advance in order to be eligible to be in the prize give away, and the deadline is Monday August 31st. It also helps with the ordering of sandwiches. You can sign up for day of ride but you are not guaranteed a sandwich. Come on out and join the fun, the sun is supposed to be back by then!


This brief highlights the important role foreign direct investment (FDI) plays in the $5.8-trillion U.S. manufacturing industry, exploring trends, sources of FDI, components of the sector, the impact of FDI, and the reasons why the industry is attractive to global investors.
This report highlights the role FDI plays in high-tech industries in the United States. These industries advance innovation, employ millions of highly skilled and highly educated workers, further U.S. competitiveness, and contribute to greater prosperity across the country.
This report highlights the positive impact of FDI in rural areas of the United States. While FDI in rural areas is a small subset of all FDI entering the country, it has a larger impact on rural communities than urban areas. Since 2003, FDI has created more than 93,000 U.S. jobs in non-metro areas.
This report, which updates a report released in 2013, examines recent trends in FDI and highlights newly released "greenfield" FDI data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Foreign direct investment trends identified in earlier reports have continued to 2016.
Jobs Attributable to FDI in the U.S.
This report highlights the importance of FDI to U.S. jobs, including the number of jobs that are directly supported by foreign investment.
For the sixth year in a row, the United States topped the A.T. Kearney FDI Index. With continued global economic growth and an increasing focus on localization, non-U.S. companies continued to report a higher likelihood of locating their next investment in the United States than in any other markets, and expressed optimism about the nation's macroeconomic outlook.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report highlights trends in global FDI flows. The latest report, released in January 2019, shows that global flows dropped for the third consecutive year. Despite the drop, the United States remained the top destination for FDI flows with $226 billion (representing nearly a fifth of total global FDI flows). UNCTAD notes that while flows are as low as they were after the global financial crisis, a rebound is expected in 2019.
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Useful advice: the name of this high-altitude, quite long and demanding hike originates from Saxons' king Friedrich August, who loved to stop with his suite at the Salegg Hotel in Siusi/Seis. The king loved the hikes here in Alpe di Siusi/Seiser Alm, and willingly passed the nights with farmers and farm-boys. This attitude made him very popular to the people. Equipment: hiking gear, climbing-boots, drinks and snacks.
Itinerary description: a little bus takes us to Passo Sella/Sellajoch. A brief ascent conducts from Passo Sella/Sellajoch (2200 m) to Col Rodella (2400 m), where the way originally was born. Above us the impressive Sassolungo/Langkofel, Cima Cinquedita/Fünffingerspitze, Sasso Levante/Grohmannspitze and Sassopiatto/Plattkofel.
The footpath goes along the ridge following the southern ridge of Sassolungo/Langkofel and Sassopiatto/Plattkofel group, until the Rifugio Sasso Piatto/Palttkofelhütte and Giogo di Fassa/Giogo di Fassa/Fassajoch (2300 m; open on summer). Here we have a break. Later we walk along grassy volcanic-conformation slopes, the so-called "Cresta di Siusi/Seis", towards Passo Duron/Mahlknechtjoch.
At the Mahlknechthütte/Rifugio Molignon (2053 m) we have lunch. After a deserved break we proceed our hike till Saltria (1675 m). After about 1 hour and ½ we arrive at the bus stop which returns to Siusi/Seis.
Maps: Freytag & Berndt, sheet S 1 (Bolzano/Bozen - Merano/Meran e dintorni); Kompass, sheet 54 (Bolzano/Bozen) e sheet S 5 (Cortina d'Ampezzo - Marmolada - Ortisei/St. Ulrich); Kompass, sheet 54 (Bolzano/Bozen).


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"Meeting today's financial challenges in the technology industry" by Aileen L. Saringan (December 14, 2009)
SUITS THE C-SUITE By Aileen L. Saringan
Business World (12/14/2009)
In a world that has become increasingly dependent on technology, one might wonder how technology companies can meet with confidence today's financial challenges like forecasted declines in IT spending and increases in pricing pressure.
In response to these challenges, the industry is also enhancing its corporate governance, strengthening controls over its financial reporting processes, and controlling costs, to name a few strategies.
But unlike other businesses, this industry has undergone what may be considered a precursor to the global financial crisis — the dot-com crash that occurred in the early 2000s. A conservative observation is that the more successful of these technology companies may already have a game plan of sorts for times like this.
Areas that need substantial financing form part of the game plan these technology companies follow.
Research and development (R&D)
In a highly competitive industry, constant product innovation is what marks the difference between success and failure. Current R&D focuses on next-generation products that consumers will buy, like smart phones, other mobile devices, Internet-based applications as well as other tech products and services.
Having a well-adapted R&D is not a small feat for technology companies. There are several basics that have to be covered if an R&D program is to succeed. First, a technology company has to maintain its top talent. A company that develops mobile devices has to employ people who can see what can be the next "in" thing for communications. Second, a technology firm should maintain a fine balance between cost and innovation. As recession consumers have limited funds, R&D can no longer be just about anything fancy or futuristic. The resulting product or service should not be costly to produce and, therefore, can be sold at a price that a regular consumer will find reasonable. It should also be able to fill a need of consumers to sustain demand for it.
These basics should not restrict R&D so much that it has to be linear. R&D should still allow a technology company to find a new product/service using some of the processes that a company already has. Tech companies in Asia have expanded products to increase market presence. Technology companies that produce chips have ventured into solar power and light-emitting diodes — overlapping technology put to good use.
In the end, well-established R&D will help ensure that a technology company can compete and overcome whatever financial challenges may lie ahead.
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and diversifications
Technology companies with enough cash can increase revenue, as well as expand product portfolio and market reach through M&A. Key technologies developed by start-ups usually appeal to major players in the industry.
In anticipation of governments' action towards a cleaner environment, an established company may want to develop a recycling business. Investing in a company that recycles computer motherboards is a logical choice.
Some players in the industry converge to diversify their revenue streams. For instance, hardware companies buy software companies (Oracle/Sun or Dell/Perot). Technology companies may also invest in other industries, like in a medical equipment company in the health care industry.
Software companies who are able to provide software-as-a-service (SaaS) can be targets for larger software companies. These larger software companies see the future in SaaS, where hosted software is being paid for on a per-use basis or on subscription. This allows companies to avoid upfront software expenditures.
Distressed asset sale is also another M&A direction. Potential buyers normally see the opportunity to acquire distressed assets at a fraction of the usual price. This can result in increasing capabilities at a cost that is lower than market.
Despite the high cost of M&A, the resulting converged operations generally help a technology company achieve economies of scale that can somehow ease pricing pressures. However, technology companies must take note that M&A should be done with the end in mind: it should result in giving consumers products or services that can best meet their needs and provide a good return on investment.
Cost reduction and restructuring
Technology companies historically focus on cost controls as their products get obsolete after new products or innovations are introduced. As these product changes (e.g., mobile phones replaced with new models) are notably fast, tech firms limit their exposure to inventory obsolescence by being cost-efficient in producing them.
Aside from controlling operating costs, technology companies have also developed better cost structures through restructuring. These restructuring programs affected most subsidiaries of global technology companies. The management of global technology companies evaluates business units in different countries based on cost efficiency and quality of output, among other metrics. By having low labor costs and a high quality work force, subsidiaries of global technology companies here in the Philippines still continue to operate.
While we can cite other strategies employed by the technology industry, suffice it to say that adaptability is the key to survival. Management has to identify the opportunities that somehow emerge and then plan the best possible way for a technology company to adapt to a rapidly changing business environment with the resources that it has. However a technology company decides to address today's financial challenges, the execution of the game plan remains management's responsibility.
(Aileen L. Saringan is an Assurance Partner of SGV & Co.)
This article was originally published in the BusinessWorld newspaper. It is for general information only and is not a substitute for professional advice where the facts and circumstances warrant. The views and opinion expressed above are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of SGV & Co.
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Local CD Pick: 'Celestial,' Rob Halford with Family and Friends
Halford takes on several holiday favorites and gives them a shot of adrenaline along with his trademark wail
Local CD Pick: 'Celestial,' Rob Halford with Family and Friends Halford takes on several holiday favorites and gives them a shot of adrenaline along with his trademark wail Check out this story on sctimes.com: https://www.sctimes.com/story/entertainment/2019/12/16/local-cd-pick-celestial-rob-halford-family-and-friends/2665683001/
Tim Ryan, Special to the Times Published 4:32 p.m. CT Dec. 16, 2019
It's been no secret over the years that I'm not a huge fan of the holiday classics. I've always gravitated toward more non-traditional Christmas tunes and holiday songs that pack a punch.
When you're the "Metal God," you can do what you want for any non-Judas Priest project. Rob Halford has brought in members of his family while awaiting Priest's European tour with Ozzy to create a new album, "Celestial."
Halford takes on several holiday favorites and gives them a shot of adrenaline along with his trademark wail. The album also contains four new original tracks balancing heaviness with some nice melody.
If your tastes are similar to mine or you're just a fan of the Metal God, "Celestial" is a release that you will enjoy. If you're really in the holiday spirit, you can purchase a package that includes a holiday sweater.
— Tim Ryan, Rockin' 101, 101.7 FM. On air midnight-4 a.m. weeknights, midnight-5 a.m. weekends, 3-9 p.m. Saturday.
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Hops and History pairs trivia with local brews
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Minnesota Dance Ensemble's 'Snow Maiden' features opera singers and live musicians
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Local CD Pick: 'MMXX,' Sons Of Apollo


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Rudy Giuliani defends his stance on ethanol production
Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani on Thursday defended his commitment to renewable energy such as ethanol production despite his law firm's work on behalf of major oil companies.
Campaigning in Iowa, the first party caucus state and home to more than two dozen ethanol refineries, Giuliani promised to lead the country away from reliance on foreign oil with construction of ethanol plants and nuclear reactors. Ethanol "gives us hope for the future," Giuliani said while touring the Hawkeye Renewables plant in Fairbank.
Yet at a stop at a diner in Waterloo, the former New York mayor was questioned about his law firm, Houston-based Bracewell & Giuliani, and its lobbying work.
The firm has lobbied Texas legislators on behalf of Citgo Petroleum Corp., a Texas-based oil company ultimately controlled by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The firm also has worked on behalf of Saudi Arabia's oil ministry in a Texas court case, and its other legal clients include ChevronTexaco; BMB Munai, a developer of oil wells in Kazakhstan, and Statoil, a Norway-based oil and gas conglomerate.
Giuliani himself, however, did no lobbying for Citgo, which was a client of the law firm before Giuliani joined, Giuliani and Citgo officials have said.
"The reality is law firms represent a lot of people. They represent people in the renewable energy field, all these ethanol companies do business with all the big oil companies, they are part of a movement, and one thing has nothing to do with another," Giuliani said. "Law firms represent businesses, companies that have legal interests. Sometimes they are in trouble, sometimes they need help, they don't reflect your political views."
The presidential candidate added: "Law firms aren't political, so this is kind of a silly way in which people attack each other on politics, it has no relationships to your political position. As a lawyer, or a law firm ... you don't make determinations of who you represent on your political philosophy."
Giuliani leads all presidential candidates in contributions from donors and spouses of donors employed by the oil and gas industry. An analysis by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics placed Giuliani's contributions from such donors at $396,000 through June 30, far ahead of the second highest oil and gas beneficiary, Mitt Romney.
Questioned whether corporations have a moral obligation, Giuliani said: "Absolutely. And it has no relationship to whatever businesses my law firm either represents now or may have represented in the past. Some of those businesses I agree with, some I don't agree with, some I'd be very tough on, some I wouldn't because I agree with them. The reality is the corporations are no different than human beings."
The ethanol industry is expanding rapidly in the United States. More than a quarter of the corn crop will go into ethanol this year in the United States, according to Agriculture Department estimates, up from 20 percent last year and 14 percent in 2005.
In Iowa, there are 28 ethanol refineries operating and 19 under construction or expanding, and there are 12 refineries for soybean-based biodiesel operating and three under construction, according to the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association.
Where a presidential candidate stands on ethanol use is a critical issue for White House contenders hoping to win Iowa's first-in-the-America caucuses, scheduled for Jan. 14.
Giuliani said he supports the 51-cent-a-gallon tax credit created by Congress to encourage growth of the ethanol industry: "I agree with subsidies for energy independence," he said. The tax credit expires in 2010.
Besides expanding nuclear power and renewable fuels like ethanol, Giuliani also called for more clean coal technologies, more clean-burning natural gas, environmentally safe drilling for oil and natural gas in North America and new technologies like hybrid cars and hydrogen fuel cells.


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Trumbo at the Oscars!
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We are thrilled to announce that Hard Act by Geoffrey
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We are also pleased to share the official cover for Sam Alibrando's book, The 3 Dimensions of Emotions, scheduled for publication July 2016 by Career Press. The 3 Dimensions of Emotions is a new way to understand emotional intelligence and find your relational "sweet spot"-the dynamic intersection of power, love, and mindfulness".
Dr. Sam Alibrando is an organizational consultant, psychotherapist, author, teacher, workshop facilitator, and executive coach. He has worked on the three-dimensional model for nearly 35 years.
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He comes to the agency with his satirical book, Tiffany Brittany Brooke, illustrated by Justo Borrero, which tells the story of a young woman who leaves home to go to Hollywood so that she can follow her dream of becoming a prostitute.
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I can't believe I'm asking this lol but can anyone tweak my test? I swear I see a shadow line on this test! Kinda freaking out now!!!
I'm following all your posts haha just rarely post! But I had to this time- holy crap I totally see the invert line!!! Fingers crossed!! I soooo hope this is it.
Eeekkk i totally see it on the invert. Im follow all your posts too. Baby dust to you girl.
I'm not crazy? Lol I'll definitely update tomorrow morning with a FRER!!!
I totally see it! FX for you!!!! I've also been following your posts and really want for you to finally have your BFP and your happy ending. You deserve it.
OMG! I see that sneaky little shadow! FX for you. Can't wait for your update!
I totally see it:) I have a good feeling about this and I'm totally rooting for you!!


If HRT is so effective why don't more people take it? First, not everyone needs it; second, not everyone wants to take it; third, a small number of women should not take it; and finally, many women who would benefit from it are concerned about risks and side effects.
It is imperative to find out the facts before you decide about any form of treatment. Women's magazines often prove to be the most important source of information on hormone therapy but they do not always get it right. In one questionnaire more than 50 per cent of women expressed an opinion that HRT increased the risk of heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer and cancer in general. Furthermore, many women starting HRT discontinued treatment within the first three months because of side effects – return of 'periods', feeling bloated, weight gain, nausea, breast tenderness and headaches.
What many of the magazines do not discuss is all the benefits of HRT -relief from menopausal symptoms, and reduction in risk of fractures, heart attacks and strokes; although cancer can occur, the risk needs to be put into perspective. Similarly, many of the side effects experienced settle down after the first few months of treatment or respond to simple adjustments of dose or a change of hormones.
It is also important to have realistic expectations; if HRT does not work, it may be because the dose of hormones is too low but it could be that oestrogen deficiency is not the sole cause of all the symptoms.
All these problems need to be addressed before starting HRT to ensure that treatment is not discontinued for the wrong reasons.
Early HRT treatment schemes were associated with a fourfold increase in the risk of endometrial cancer. Oestrogen replacement therapy thickened the lining of the womb, which could subsequently turn cancerous. Although the survival rates of this special type of cancer were very high (99 per cent at five years) the risk of developing cancer increased with each year of oestrogen use.
A breakthrough in research showed that 'opposing' the oestrogens with the addition of progestogen cycles created a 'period' which effectively removed the lining of the womb and any potentially cancerous cells.
Further studies have confirmed that an adequate dose and duration of treatment with progestogen reduce the risk of endometrial cancer at least to that of non-HRT users, if not lower.
Both these cancers are more common than endometrial cancer but there is no evidence that HRT has any beneficial or detrimental effect, nor is having these cancers a reason to withhold HRT.
Modern diagnostic techniques have meant that more cases of venous thrombosis are accurately identified. For many years it has been believed that HRT is associated with little, if any, increased risk of venous thrombosis. However, recent research using these new techniques suggests that women taking HRT who have a family history or past personal history of venous thrombosis, who are overweight, immobile or who have severe varicose veins, may be more likely to develop blood clots in the veins than women who are not taking HRT. This risk appears particularly to affect women just starting HRT and, like all other risks, should be balanced against the benefits of long-term treatment.
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Mercedes found to be in violation of U.S. labor law.
The UAW scored a small victory courtesy of a ruling from the National Labor Relations Board.
The United Auto Workers has won a small victory in its ongoing efforts to organize workers at Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, courtesy of a recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
The decision upheld an earlier ruling that Mercedes violated federal labor laws by preventing UAW supporters from distributing literature inside its Alabama plant.
The Automotive Journal of Record!
It also mandates that Mercedes update its employee handbook to say that workers are allowed to discuss union issues during non-work times and that they can solicit their colleagues in mixed-use areas like team centers and atriums.
Mercedes must also post notices at the plant acknowledging the violation and reaffirming that management won't "interfere with, restrain, or coerce" workers seeking to unionize the plant.
Both side proclaimed the ruling supported their assertions about the issue.
Daimler AG said in a statement the NLRB's decision "confirms the initial ruling that MBUSI did not threaten or harass team members.
However, the UAW noted in its statement the new order "affirms a decision last summer by a judge who ruled that the MBUSI employee handbook included a provision illegally prohibiting employees from discussing a union.
"Mercedes-Benz employees now can freely solicit other employees — not on working time, but in a work area — in accordance with federal law. The NLRB ordered Mercedes-Benz to inform employees that it had violated federal labor law and also to tell employees that they are free to "form, join or assist a union," the union statement noted.
Members of UAW Local 112 in Tuscaloosa, the new local the UAW created in October at the plant, described the NLRB order as a positive development.
"It's unfortunate that Mercedes-Benz had to be ordered to simply allow workers to discuss their right to organize," said Kirk Garner a longtime Mercedes-Benz employee and member of UAW Local 112 who served as a witness in the NLRB case.
"But this is an important development for UAW Local 112 and we're hopeful it can be a turning point for honoring workers' rights in Alabama, as Daimler does elsewhere in the U.S. and around the world," he said.
The UAW, which is getting extensive help from German unions in its latest campaign in Tuscaloosa, also called on Daimler AG to abide by its global Principles of Social Responsibility and respect the right of Mercedes-Benz U.S. International employees to organize a local union at the Tuscaloosa plant.
The union has been attempting to organize workers at the plant since it first opened 20 years, but only recently has it made some headway. That progress has been made, in part, with the assistance of German metal workers union, IG Metall, which has exerted new pressure on German-based companies to accept union representation at non-union plants in the Southern United States.
IG Metall recently helped the UAW gain a foothold at the Volkswagen of America plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The UAW had lost a representation election in Chattanooga in February, but VW recently announced it would recognize the UAW as representative of a portion of the plant's employees and meet regularly with officers of the local the UAW has established at the plant.
The new VW policy does not recognize the UAW as an agent for bargaining an economic contract. The policy also follows German practices and makes room for representation by groups or union other than the UAW, VW officials said.
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Autumn brings a wide variety of colourful squashes, pumpkins and gourds in all shapes and sizes. This side dish of baked squashes dressed with fried green chilli, garlic, coriander and parsley, topped off with toasted pumpkin seeds is a perfect seasonal side dish with your roast dinner. We've included details on how to cook this over an open-fire or in your kitchen oven, whichever suits you best. This is a great recipe to use up those halloween pumpkins you never got around to carving!
Bake squash directly in hot coals, turning often.
Pour enough oil into your small saucepan, to fill it 1cm deep and heat to a medium temperature.
Add the chilli, garlic, coriander seeds and parsley, watching closely and take off the heat when the garlic starts to turn golden.
Once the squashes are charred all over and a skewer can be inserted easily to the centre, remove and cover with cling film so the that the squash retracts from the skin making it easier to peel.
Add the lemon zest to the oil mixture to infuse.
Add the pumpkin seeds to a dry hot pan and toast until they start to pop.
Peel and deseed the squashes. Cut them into wedges and arrange on your serving dish. Drizzle over the oil with all the crispy bits and season with salt and pepper.
De-seed the squash, then slice into large wedges. Toss in oil and a large pinch of salt and pepper, and roast in the oven for 30-35 minutes.
Pour enough oil into your small saucepan to fill it 1 cm deep and heat to a medium temperature.
Add the chilli, garlic, coriander seeds and parsley to the oil, watching closely and take off the heat when the garlic starts to turn golden.
When the squash is ready, arrange on serving dish. Drizzle over the oil with all the crispy bits and season with salt and pepper.


KnowledgeWorks explores 7 approaches to fund the transition to personalized, competency-based education in recent report.
iNACOL/CompetencyWorks releases new report titled, Fit For Purpose: Taking the Long View on Systems Change and Policy to Support Competency Education, which explores the issues state policy needs to address in the long-term to support a transformation of K-12 education systems.
iNACOL published a new issue brief titled, Rethinking State Accountability to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Learning in K-12 Education.
This post originally appeared at Education Post on September 12, 2017.
Budget shortfalls in states are framing a new angle on educational equity conversations. It is no longer simply about what is right, but what is fiscally necessary for a state to grow and thrive.
Studies from Erik Hanushek and the National Bureau of Economic Research show, state economies live and die by the extent to which they drive educational success for all their learners.
Fiscal responsibility at the state level is vital for the academic success of all children, but especially for students of color, students from low-income families, students with disabilities, English-language learners, students living in foster care and students currently without a permanent residence.
These and other student groups who have been underserved, seemingly as tradition in public education, are more likely to attend what Johns Hopkins University researcher Robert Balfanz calls "dropout factories"—schools in which less than 60 percent of students graduate on time.
For example, the national, on-time graduation rate for students with disabilities and English-language learners is currently under 65 percent. Given the widespread use of Balfanz's "dropout factory" definition, this means that we could be on the verge of classifying our national education system as a dropout factory for the aforementioned student groups.
This post originally appeared at the Christensen Institute on August 3, 2017.
The new report "How to create higher performing, happier classrooms in seven moves: A playbook for teachers" tells stories of teachers who improved student engagement and academic results by introducing seven specific, practical moves into their classrooms that replicate the successes of top managers in cutting-edge workplaces. For the next three months, I'll be doing deep dives into each of these important moves.
The sixth move for creating a dynamic classroom is to help students hold themselves accountable.
Cutting-edge organizations that give employees ownership—as well as hire for and nurture the skill of agency—balance that trust with a thoughtful accountability system. Ownership and accountability, out of necessity, go hand in hand. Companies such as Google, Facebook, Airbnb, and Medallia rely on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to help their employees cycle through a system of setting transparent goals, learning, tracking their progress, taking stock of where they are, and pausing to reflect on how to improve before beginning the cycle anew.
The term accountability can stir negative associations in the education sector, as it conjures images of top-down oversight. That's not the type of accountability that we have in mind. Rather, Move #6 is talking about any structures and systems that teachers can put in place to help their students learn to set goals, track their progress, and follow through.
Kelly Kosuga, a 9th-grade Algebra I teacher at Cindy Avitia High School, part of the Alpha Public Schools network in the San Francisco Bay Area, knew that her students would make better choices if they felt informed and accountable. She decided to make this move in two ways: (1) making the grading system and student progress transparent and (2) using tools to help students stay organized.
This is the nineteenth article in a series leading up to the National Summit on K-12 Competency-Based Education. We are focusing on four key areas: equity, quality, meeting students where they are, and policy. (Learn more about the Summit here.) We released a series of draft papers in early June to begin addressing these issues. This article is adapted from Fit for Purpose: Taking the Long View on Systems Change and Policy to Support Competency Education. It is important to remember that all of these ideas can be further developed, revised, or combined – the papers are only a starting point for introducing these key issues and driving discussions at the Summit. We would love to hear your comments on which ideas are strong, which are wrong, and what might be missing.
Assessment literacy is important for practitioners but it is also important for policymakers and stakeholders throughout the system to understand the roles that different types of assessment play in student learning, how assessment and moderation are used to comparatively and fairly judge student mastery, and how the information generated by assessments can be used toward a cycle of continuous improvement in teaching and learning. The lack of assessment literacy across the system is a major blind spot. Thus, building significant capacity for assessment literacy is needed to advance new competency-based approaches and address tough issues in our current system.
There are unique circumstances in the U.S. education system that have driven the need for much greater degrees of comparability than is true in most other nations. When the federal government became involved in K-12 education with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, it was in direct response to deep inequities that remained even after school segregation. Because of the history of inequities in education offerings among student groups, concerns for equity are much greater than in many other countries, which drives, to a significant extent, the degree to which we need to take greater care that measures are fair and have common meaning among students, schools, and districts.2 This drives the prevalence of standardized tests in our country, causing the concept of assessment to often be conflated with the end-of-year, statewide, summative accountability tests.
Practitioners working deeply in competency-based learning models realize quickly how our K-12 education systems lack systems for calibrating the quality of student work, so we know that fundamentally there is significant consistency across schools and systems. As much of a systems challenge as this would appear across the states in the U.S. today, building professional educator capacity and policymakers' understanding of assessment literacy is fundamental to shifting to personalized, competency-based systems at scale and focusing on equity.
Personalized, competency based learning requires us to reorganize systems around doing what it takes to ensure every student is attaining mastery, rather than the ranking and sorting them into high achievers and low achievers that is created through variable A-F grading practices. Redesigned systems will need to build capacity for clear evaluation criteria to make valid and reliable comparisons of students' progress against outcomes (commonly understood outcomes) using evidence and common rubrics.
Thus, progress isn't measured by ranking and sorting kids against each other, or through grading "curves," but instead for each student to measure their evidence against articulated, high-level, common expectations of success and with clear depictions for what success looks like. This process of developing clear expectations for common proficiency levels is a key part of a "calibration." Calibration is a process that allows two or more things to be compared via a common standard (e.g., a weight in the physical sciences or commonly scored papers in an education system). The purpose of common performance tasks given to students by different schools and districts is to serve as a "calibration weight;" a way to compare the way one school or district scores students on the common task, with the way other schools and districts score those same students' work. In order to use the common performance tasks as calibration weights, districts need to re-score other districts' common performance tasks. Calibrating expectations as well as grading and scoring processes for learning goals, is very important in competency-based learning systems. Calibration may involve groups of educators who collaborate and develop consensus around rubrics for scoring student work. The calibration process makes scoring student work consistent and more aligned to the standards upon which rubrics and scoring criteria are based, as well as creating reflective processes focused on improving student learning.
We are now in high gear to get ready for the National Summit on K-12 Competency-Based Education. I continue to be both amazed and grateful for the collaborative spirit of the competency education field. I wanted to share with you the incredible list of resources that the Summit participants have suggested as the best reading and resources in the field right now. A bunch of them are new to me – so I better get reading!
This is the fourth article in our series on competency education in K12 and higher education institutes. Begin the series here.
It's one thing to build consensus around a definition of competency-based education. The definition of competency education developed in higher education by C-BEN and the definition used by CompetencyWorks are comparable. Both have served as a helpful organizing tool around which to build the field and deepen our understanding of competency education. However, it's an altogether different thing to agree to what high quality competency-based education looks like, not to mention the more difficult task of agreeing to what what low quality, the unacceptable kind, looks like.
C-BEN has started down a path toward building agreement about quality. They started with ten design elements in the Shared Design Elements and Emerging Practices. They then narrowed this to eight in the Quality Standards for Competency-Based Educational Programs: transparency of student learning; intentionally designed and engaged student experiences; clear, measurable, meaningful and complete competencies; coherent, competency-driven program and curriculum design; credential-level assessment strategy with robust implementation; evidence-driven continuous improvement processes; collaborative engagement with external partners; and demonstrated institutional commitment to and capacity for CBE innovation.
They have created a structure of a design element, principle, and standards to dive deep into what quality means. Much of it applies directly to competency education in K12, although there are differences.


Could a single book inspire deadly terror? The Turner Diaries has been tied to nearly 200 murders, including those committed by Timothy McVeigh when he bombed the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. This new short film from American Experience, featuring an interview with J.M. Berger, an extremism fellow at The Hague, chronicles the adherents to the book and their crimes.
Could a single book inspire deadly terror?


Travel for me is about discovering the world with a spirit of adventure. Discovery and adventure can take place half way around the world or close to home, as the articles reveal. They are designed to give you the reader a sense of my experience, and provide practical information such as how to plan out a trip and what might be expected. I attempt to present a balanced perspective on each destination to help readers make truly informed travel decisions.
Those who travel have an opportunity to witness first hand changes in the natural environment associated with climate change and pressure from the global economy. Communicating this information by word of mouth, writing letters to those who can influence change, and contributing to effective pro-environmental charities assist in preserving at risk destinations. With the aim of educating and encouraging action I present environmental problems in my articles whenever applicable, such as the demise of marine ecosystems and sharks that have largely remained hidden under the waves.
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Szépalma is conceivably the the most hidden hotel in Hungary; it may not be easy to find but it is even more difficult to leave. From the very arrival one feels at home. Surrounded by thousands of acres of meadows and forests one finds peace and quiet, excellent care and much more.
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- GBP softens as market waits for word of 3rd Withdrawal vote.
- Brexiteer dominoes are falling but will May secure enough votes?
- Art 50 extension request certain, but question remains; how long for?
The Pound was softer at the beginning of the new week as investors wait to hear if Prime Minister Theresa May will put her EU Withdrawal Agreement before parliament again, while attempting to gauge whether she will have the numbers to see it pass.
One-by-one, opponents of PM May's proposal have indicated in recent days that they will now back the exit bill if it is put before parliament again. However, a controversial decision on Monday by Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow came as a fresh curveball for Sterling.
Bercow told parliament that age-old convention, which is also the best description of the UK's constitution, means PM May cannot ask MPs in the House of Commons to vote on her Withdrawal Agreement again until there has been some form of meaningful change to it.
This is because convention states that parliament should not be asked to vote on the same question twice within the same parliamentary session, which puts in doubt the idea of a third parliamentary showdown over Brexit this week. A parliamentary session normally runs for around a year.
"This is a big blow for the government as it effectively closes off another vote this week unless May can pull a rabbit out of the hat. The Speaker will only allow a third vote if the proposition changes significantly – which seems rather unlikely ahead of the European Council meeting this week," says Mark Wilson, an analyst at Markets.com.
Bercow's intervention came in a session where European Research Group leader Jacob Rees-Mogg told LBC radio listeners that he is waiting to see what the Democratic Unionist Party will do at the next withdrawal ballot before making his own mind up on whether to support PM May's proposal this time around.
He also spoke strongly in favour of a so-called no deal Brexit, where the UK leaves the EU and defaults to trading with it on World Trade Organization (WTO) terms, before conceding that the choice facing MPs is between a "bad Brexit" and "no Brexit at all".
It is now unclear when MPs will next vote again on the EU Withdrawal Agreement but it is the question of whether the bill passes that is most key for Sterling. Either way, the uncertainty hanging over the economy will be prolonged beyond March, although the fate of the bill will determine exactly how long for.
"The focus will be on the DUP – if she can convince them to back her deal, it is likely that many of the Eurosceptic Conservatives will do so as well, as the backstop remains the most contentious issue of her deal. The DUP will come under increasing pressure to support her deal," says Lee Hardman, a currency analyst at MUFG.
Rees-Mogg's comments came after MPs including the Brexit-backing stalwart Esther McVey said they will now vote for PM May's proposal. This was after parliament backed with a majority of more than 200, a motion to extend the Article 50 negotiating window.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Monday that PM May will put the Withdrawal Agreement before the House of Commons again only if she can be confident of a victory. Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called on Monday for MPs to reject the agreement again this week. Some 21 other Conservative Party MPs also say they'll continue to vote against the bill.
Media pundits were speculating in the afternoon session that PM May has so-far failed in talks that had sought to bring the Democratic Unionist Party on board with her EU withdrawal plan. The DUP will be key to the eventual outcome.
PM May has tried and failed twice to move her controversial and contentious EU Withdrawal Agreement through the House of Commons.
Some Brexit-supporting MPs say they'll now vote for the deal because it's the only way they'll ever see anything that looks even remotely like independence from the EU, given the composition of parliament.
However, many of them have been waiting for the outcome of talks between Downing Street and the Democratic Unionist Party, which represents the unionists of Northern Ireland. If PM May is able to entice them on board with her plan, then more Brexit-backing MPs could fall into line this week.
"Given the FX market's tendency to don "rose-tinted eyeglasses" on all things Brexit-related in recent sessions, we had thought the overwhelming bias today would have been a firmer GBP on expectations that pure duress would likely force more MPs to back May's deal in a third meaningful vote on Tuesday," says Stephen Gallo, European head of FX strategy at BMO Capital Markets.
"If the DUP end up supporting her deal, it is possible that the bulk of the rebel Tories as well as a handful of Labour MPs could as well, and that this could finally push her deal over the line. If this begins to look more likely, the pound should continue on its rise against the dollar from last week, edging higher in the 1.3300 to 1.3500 range," says MUFG's Hardman.
"GBPUSD had spent the day easing off its highs around 1.33 as the government cooled expectations for an MV3. The Bercow comments saw the pound move sharply lower, with GBPUSD shipping about 50 pips and giving up the 1.32 handle briefly before recovering some poise," says Markets.com's Wilson.
The Pound was quoted -0.40% lower at 1.3230 against the Dollar late on Monday while the Pound-to-Euro rate was -0.48% lower at 1.1680. Both exchange rates have risen sharply this year, by 3.9% and 4.9% respectively.
"On the event of a chaotic exit from the EU we see risk of cable plunging below the GBP/USD 1.15 level and EUR/GBP soaring towards parity," says Jane Foley, a strategist at Rabobank.
The House of Commons including Prime Minister Theresa May voted last Thursday to have her return to Brussels and request from the European Union an extension of the Article 50 negotiating window, which is currently scheduled to end on March 29.
PM May has said that if parliament approves her EU Withdrawal Agreement then she will ask the EU for only a short two-month delay to enable ratification but that, if parliament rejects her proposal for a third time, then there could be a Brexit delay of between two and four years.
"If May's deal scrapes over the line, the government has said it would then request a short, "technical" extension to A50 at the European Council meeting (Thurs). If the deal fails, a request will be made for a longer extension to the exit date and parliament would then vote on alternative scenarios (another referendum, a different exit deal, etc). ). If the EU turns down either request, it could lead to a "No deal" Brexit," says Sue Trinh, Asia head of FX strategy at RBC Capital Markets.
All 27 leaders of EU members must unanimously approve any extension and there's no guarantee that they'll do it. There's also little telling what they might demand in return for granting an extension or exactly how long they could demand that such a thing be.
Unless and until an extension is agreed the course of action currently enshrined in law will see the UK leave the EU on March 29 and default to doing business with it on World Trade Organization (WTO) terms, which is for those looking to see a stronger Pound Sterling, the worst possible outcome.
However, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt also warned on Monday that the support of all EU leaders for an extension of Article 50 cannot be taken for granted. This is because a seemingly unlikely European Council veto from either Italy or one of the Visegrad Four of Central and Eastern Europe cannot yet be ruled out.
"GBP could be expected to rally on the news that a deal is in place and that a hard Brexit is firmly off the table. The knee jerk reaction could take GBP/USD above the 1.35 level, but profit-taking would then likely kick in," Rabobank's Foley writes, in a note to clients. "European Commission President Tusk has suggested that the EU could be open to a long extension "if the UK finds it necessary to rethink its Brexit strategy."
Markets like PM May's Brexit proposal because it defers a meaningful change in circumstance until at least the end of 2020 and even then, the exit envisaged by the withdrawal agreement and future relationship declaration removes the UK from the under the EU's wing in legal terms, but little more than that.
This is because the withdrawal agreement means that if the UK cannot or will not satisfy the EU's demands in the next stage of the negotiations, government will be forced to choose between two options.
That choice is between allowing the province of Northern Ireland to be annexed by the Republic of Ireland and European Union, or the UK remaining subordinate to the EU and subject to many of its laws on a potentially-indefinite basis and without any ability to influence those laws or EU institutions.
As a result, the proposal that PM May has been doggedly thrusting at parliament has gone down like a cup of cold sick with some MPs, although not nearly all of them. Many have appeared to oppose the pact simply out of a partisan and opportunistic desire to force a general election.
"While GBP would likely rally initially if the EU grants the UK any delay to Brexit beyond March 29, the fact that a no deal Brexit would still be on the table in these circumstances coupled with concern that the economy would continue to suffer under the burden of political uncertainty would likely limit upside potential," says Foley.


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Three components of carbon allocation, biomass, flux, and partitioning, were measured in two contrasting Amazon forests growing under similar climatic conditions. Allocation to aboveground compartments was highest in a high-stature forest growing on clay soils, while allocation to fine roots was higher in a short-stature forest growing on white sands. Differences in carbon allocation components where not proportional between the two forests, with soils controlling a trade-off between allocation to fine roots versus aboveground parts.


Did we Ever Truly Leave the Dark Ages?
Does anybody truly take notice of how much technology influences their lives? We're aware of it of course, how couldn't we be? But do we ever appreciate just how much we rely on electricity and technology to get from one day to the next? It seems that it takes a significant event like the recent blackout in New York for us to take stock of our lives.
People may often speak about what it might be like to go back to the days where there was no electricity. They might joke that they would be "lost" without their smartphones and tablets. Yet the truth of the matter is such a time is really never far away. When the aftermath of tropical storm Sandy wiped out the electric board in New York, hundreds of thousands of people were left in the dark. Literally, for weeks. The answer to what it would be like to live with no electricity was no longer hypothetical. It was being lived by the inhabitants of one of the most well-developed cities in the world.
Was anyone prepared? Is there any way we could ever prepare ourselves for something like this? The whole infrastructure of New York City was uprooted by this blackout. Every aspect of people's lives was turned upside down by losing electricity, something which we have become accustomed to taking for granted. How do you begin to prepare for such a seemingly unlikely event? Candles are fine, maybe a backup generator. But how far do you take it? Should people be looking for ground floor apartments in order to be able to gain access easily should the elevator be out of order? Should we stop relying on our multi-synced digital contact list and invest in an address book? Some preparation is easier than others to carry out.
Unfortunately, it seems that many people weren't prepared at all. Lives were not only disrupted, but lost. People were stripped of the basics needed to take care of themselves. Basics which over the years, have become powered solely or activated by electricity. Heating, cooking appliances and even the ability to call for help takes electricity. In a world where absolutely everyone relies on their cell phone to communicate with others, what happens when this device is taken away? Of course, certain measures were taken to try to sustain reasonable living circumstances. Candles were lit, traffic was directed manually instead of using lights, instead of using social networks to connect with friends, people visited each-others homes. Such interaction brought people closer together in the same way that any kind of adversity will instigate comradery amongst peers.
This has highlighted exactly how vulnerable and tentative the life we have become accustomed to is. New Yorkers pride themselves in living in a bustling, vibrant city. Yet one flick of a proverbial switch showed us all that the dark ages have not gone, they are simply hidden beneath a sea of man-made illumination.
At the date of this article, 3 weeks after Sandy touched us here in New York City. There are still Massive Buildings without power and entire zip codes without landline phone service "Hence; no internet", They are still pumping seawater out of the WTC and the Path train station and my guess in serveral hundred businesses have closed down.
We are up and running now in the studio with limited phone service via cell technology and limited internet also via Wireless. I hope and pray that all of the families who lost more than I did can get themselves back up and running soon as well.


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The meridian 42° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 42nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 138th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 42nd meridian west passes through:

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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Lincoln Sea
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|Nansen Land
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | J.P. Koch Fjord /Navarana Fjord
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! scope="row" |
|Freuchen Land
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
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! scope="row" |
| Maranhão Piauí — from  Bahia — from  Minas Gerais — from  Rio de Janeiro — from , the mainland and Ilha do Cabo Frio
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the Shag Rocks,  (at ) Passing just west of Black Rock,  (at )
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
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! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Claimed by both  (Argentine Antarctica) and  (British Antarctic Territory)
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See also
41st meridian west
43rd meridian west

w042 meridian west

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Q: magento 1.9.0 payment method payumoney is not working I have installed magento 1.9 with payment method PayUMoney.
PayUMoney provides the merchant id and salt after successful account creation on their site.
In magento admin payment method this merchant id and salt is submitted but when I go to use payment using PayUMoney it will return error- Sorry, Some Problem Occurred..
Can somebody help me to integrating the PayUMoney in Magento ?

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Fashion Week: Paris returns to parades despite COVID
magictr | September 26, 2020 | Region news | No Comments
While most brands have chosen to present their collection online, the big haute couture houses, such as Dior, Chanel and Vuitton, are returning to the parades during "Fashion week", which starts Monday in Paris in full progress of the COVID-19.
After men's fashion and haute couture entirely virtual this summer for the first time in history, this week of women's ready-to-wear from September 28 to October 6 will be "phygital" (half-physical, half-digital), but just as atypical.
Saint Laurent decided during confinement to give up Fashion weeks, announcing that the house will create at its own pace. Celine by Hedi Slimane, and Off-white, the brand of the American Virgil Abloh, star of the millennials, are also absent subscribers this season. But ten new designers are entering the official calendar featuring 84 houses, more than usual in both cases.
Masked parades with very few foreign guests and "subject" to the evolution of health instructions, presentations by invitation, videos broadcast on social networks: creators are adapting and trying to appropriate the new formats to talk about fashion in times of pandemic.
"This collection is the mirror of the last five months. I still work like that, it is the world around us that has changed radically, "young French designer Marine Serre told AFP.
The strength of the garment
After impressive parades with a post-apocalyptic aesthetic, she opted this time for a short film which will be broadcast on Tuesday, in which she wanted to highlight "the strength that clothing has today, how it is protects us, helps us face our daily lives and move forward ".
Marine Serre is the spearhead, with Belgian Dries Van Noten, of a manifesto for more responsible fashion where hundreds of small houses are committed to producing less and reinventing fashion shows. Marine Serre says she will "adapt according to what will happen".
"I have nothing against remaking a show in the coming months. What is interesting in Fashion weeks is to create a synergy, a moment of sharing, being together ", she underlines, adding that having" 25 (shows) per year does not make sense " .
The Georgian Demna Gvasalia, artistic director of Balenciaga, confided in an interview with the specialized media WWD to have wondered "if fashion has a meaning in this apocalyptic world in which we live since March".
"I discovered that even in the time of the pandemic, people want new things, even more, to distract themselves from these horrors," said the designer who will do a digital presentation on October 4 and a haute couture show in July.
Eight minutes
The Turkish Ece Ege, at the head of her brand Dice Kayek, is back at Paris Fashion week with a film, after having given it up for four years, because she could no longer support the pace that demanded up to six collections per year.
"Films or exhibitions allow you to express that there are other things in your world than dresses, something that you want to tell through clothing. A film is always there, unlike the parade where you put your life, all your energy, your fortune for six months and then it lasts eight minutes and no one has understood anything, "she told AFP.
If the last digital Fashion week did not seduce the critics, nostalgic for the effervescence of the parades, this format has not yet said its last word, estimates Miren Arzalluz, director of the Palais Galliera, fashion museum in Paris.
"There is the emotional side that is difficult to replace. But we can provoke other types of reactions through digital technology, it will be another experience, "she told AFP.
In the summer, the houses offered "a quick fix" because they did not have time to conduct "a very thorough reflection".
"The reflection begins now and we will see more and more interesting things," she says.
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The Madison Ave Exit from 787 is closed because of repairs to the Dunn Memorial Bridge. It a little difficult to get to the USS SLATER from the north. If you're visiting from this direction it would probably be a good idea to call ahead and get directions (431-1943).
Sunday was a hot day. Started nice, but got very hot in the afternoon. I gave two tours.
I had a problem with the 1st group. A number of people came after I was showing the video in the briefing room. When I exited from the briefing room, without any prompting for me people waiting for the NEXT group tagged along with my group. When I got aboard the ship I found out that I had a huge group. It was just too large to get into all the spaces. When I tried to separate the people who tagged along, this lead to a protest. I let it slide and made do with the large group. In retrospect I should have asked for help from an intern and split the group into two.
In the second tour we had a VERY inquisitive young visitor. He was a great visitor - very well behaved and quite entertaining. Whenever I could I made him part of the show. We had fun at the 40mm. He was too small to move the mount by himself, so I helped him. When I did he would happily exclaim - "It's working!" But after a few seconds he would want to do it himself. Then the mount would stop and he would exclaim sadly that "It's not working!". We repeated this procedure several times. Very entertaining.
Between one of the tours, I was asked where Steamboat Square was in Albany. Basically it was by the underpass of 787 (at the foot of Broadway), perhaps a 1/4 of a mile north of where the USS SLATER is moored. This is also the site of the old Fort Orange.
I dug up the slide show (mostly from Library of Congress Photos) that shows Steamboat Square and a collection of views of Hudson River Steamboats. These boats were very graceful and quite fast. I'm guessing that most of these boats were faster than the USS SLATER (21 knots). The Hudson River Day Liner Steamboats left New York City at 8:00 AM and arrived in Albany at 6:00 PM. This is a distance of 140 miles. During the trip they made 8 or 9 stops. Doing the math, allowing about 20 minutes on average for a stop, they would have to average roughly 18 knots during the rest of the trip. The last trip was made in 1948.
How long did it take to change a 20mm magazine?
While I was a Gunners Mate, I never fired a 20mm. I managed to dig out a video of a 20mm being fired in a training exercise. Looking at this, I would guess that a magazine could be changed in about 4 seconds.
I also found another interesting video showing a 20mm being fired at night. When fired at night you get a good impression of the arc and speed of a 20mm shell.


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Forbidden es el decimoctavo álbum de estudio de la banda británica de heavy metal Black Sabbath, lanzado el 20 de junio de 1995 a través de I.R.S. Records. Supuso el regreso del bajista Neil Murray y del batería Cozy Powell y es también el último con el vocalista Tony Martin y el teclista Geoff Nicholls. Ante la presión de la discográfica por modernizar su sonido, Ernie C fue el seleccionado para las labores de producción, mientras que Ice T, su compañero en el grupo Body Count, rapeó en una de las canciones.

El disco fue un fracaso de crítica y la mayoría de reseñas recibidas lo catalogaron como el peor trabajo en la carrera del conjunto, además durante dieciocho años fue el último publicado por Black Sabbath hasta 13 (2013). En cuanto a las ventas, únicamente llegó al puesto 71 del UK Albums Chart y se convirtió en uno de sus pocos lanzamientos que no entró en el Billboard 200. Para promocionarlo, la banda realizó una gira mundial con Motörhead en la que Bobby Rondinelli reemplazó a Powell, y tras la cual, el guitarrista Tony Iommi volvió a reunir a la formación original.

Trasfondo

Tras la gira promocional de Cross Purposes en 1994, los miembros originales Geezer Butler (bajo) y Bill Ward (batería) abandonaron Black Sabbath. Después de su salida, el guitarrista y único integrante fundador que continuaba en la banda, Tony Iommi, decidió volver a contratar al bajista Neil Murray y al percusionista Cozy Powell, quienes junto al vocalista Tony Martin, el teclista Geoff Nicholls y el propio Iommi, completaron la formación que había grabado el álbum Tyr en 1990.

Durante la planificación de su nuevo disco de estudio, la gerencia de I.R.S. Records instó a Iommi a contratar a un productor más «moderno» y el propio mánager del guitarrista le sugirió trabajar con algún artista de rap como habían hecho Aerosmith con Run-D.M.C. y Anthrax con Public Enemy. Finalmente, el elegido para la producción fue Ernie C, guitarrista del conjunto Body Count, el cual fusionaba heavy metal con rap y del que también formaba parte el cantante Ice T, que acabaría participando en Forbidden. Sin embargo, la contratación de Ernie C provocó confusión entre los demás miembros de Black Sabbath, que apuntaron que era una idea ridícula y en palabras de Martin: «No me gustó la idea de aventurarme en el rap y no sabía si finalmente iba a estar en el disco hasta que estuve en el estudio, así que fue un álbum muy incierto y poco inspirador para mí».

Por aquel entonces, el seno creativo de la agrupación había cambiado. Entre 1988 y 1990, Iommi y Powell eran las figuras principales y habían coproducido los trabajos de estudio, pero tras su retorno el batería era «solo un músico contratado» y todas las decisiones las tomó el guitarrista. Powell había preferido continuar en la misma línea de Headless Cross y Tyr, pero Iommi pensó que ese estilo ya estaba pasado de moda y la banda necesitaba una renovación.

Composición y grabación

La grabación tuvo lugar en diciembre de 1994 en los estudios Parr Street de Liverpool en un plazo de diez días y posteriormente la banda viajó a Los Ángeles para realizar la mezcla y algunas grabaciones adicionales en los estudios Devonshire. Durante este proceso, Cozy Powell tuvo que adaptarse a las demandas del productor y según Tony Iommi: «La primera cosa que Ernie hizo fue pedir a Cozy que tocara el bombo con un ritmo ta-ta-ta-ta [...] Cozy era un batería respetado y ahí había alguien que llegaba y le decía: "Toca esto"». El guitarrista remarcó que las decisiones de Ernie C ofendieron a Powell, quien no quería tocar de esa forma y que eso provocó malas vibraciones. Iommi, que había participado en la producción y la mezcla de los álbumes de Black Sabbath desde sus años con Rodger Bain, no contribuyó con estas labores en Forbidden y posteriormente criticó el trabajo del productor: «El sonido no era muy bueno y no estaba feliz con ese disco. Ninguno de nosotros lo estaba». Sin embargo, Ernie C señaló que el guitarrista estaba abierto a intentar cosas diferentes y que estuvo de acuerdo en que Ice T interpretara un rap en una de las canciones. Este último recordó un comentario de su compañero: «Black Sabbath no hace duetos, no tienen a otras personas en sus cosas» y por ese motivo no pudo cantar con ellos y grabó su voz en otro estudio. Neil Murray destacó que «Ernie C realmente no propuso ninguna idea interesante o viable en lo que respecta a la producción. Se nos escapó de las manos. Sé que Tony rehízo muchas cosas y fue a varios estudios en Los Ángeles y Londres, y probablemente tuvo más oportunidades de cambiar las cosas un poco a cómo las quería».

«The Illusion of Power», en el cual participó el mencionado Ice T, es el primer tema del disco y comienza con una introducción atmosférica antes de ralentizarse cuando emerge el riff principal. «Get a Grip», para el cual la discográfica grabó un vídeo musical animado, es en palabras del ensayista Chris Wade: «Mejor [que «The Illusion of Power»], pero aun así es completamente olvidable, salvo por un agradable solo de Iommi». «Can't Get Close Enough» empieza con una melodía disonante entre Iommi y Neil Murray, aunque según Wade, la melodía de Martin no se ajusta completamente al riff. De acuerdo, con el escritor Steve Pilkington, «Shaking Off the Chains» trata en su letra sobre «un personaje sin identificar al final de su vida o bien que está relatando su adicción». Por su parte, las canciones más lentas y melódicas son la balada «I Won't Cry for You», la orientada hacia el blues «Sick and Tired» y la pista final «Kiss of Death». «Rusty Angels», dirigida hacia el pop metal, es un relato sobre un cementerio de aviones de combate, mientras que «Forbidden», el tema que da título al álbum, está impulsada por un poderoso y pesado riff de Iommi y el prominente teclado de Geoff Nicholls.

Diseño artístico
La portada muestra un dibujo de una figura esquelética con capa y armada con una guadaña, mientras que la contraportada es una continuación en la que aparecen los miembros de la banda, Ice T, Ernie C, el director de I.R.S. Records Miles Copeland y la esposa de Iommi, Valery, entre otros. Su realizador fue Paul Sample, un artista británico popular por haber creado el personaje animado Ogri. Tony Iommi escribió en su autobiografía que «pensaba que [Forbidden] era una basura, incluso la portada con dibujos animados, así que no me sorprendió que no tuviera buenas ventas». Jon Hadusek, redactor del sitio web Consequence of Sound, la calificó como «poco profesional» y manifestó que «debería haber sido rechazada».

Recepción

Comercial
Forbidden salió a la venta en junio de 1995 a través de I.R.S. Records y alcanzó el puesto 71 del UK Albums Chart, el peor en la carrera de Black Sabbath y solo se mantuvo en la lista durante una semana. Por su parte, en los Estados Unidos vendió únicamente 21 000 copias en su primera semana,
 lo que le impidió, al igual que Tyr, posicionarse en el Billboard 200. El disco alcanzó mejores posiciones en países del centro de Europa y alcanzó el top 50 en Suiza, Alemania y Austria, aunque el país donde mejor recibimiento tuvo fue Suecia, donde llegó al número diecinueve.

Crítica

Tras su lanzamiento Forbidden recibió principalmente reseñas negativas y muchos lo calificaron como «el peor trabajo de Black Sabbath». Bradley Torreano de Allmusic escribió que «es difícil identificar su peor álbum, pero podría ser este. Con canciones aburridas, una producción horrible e interpretaciones sin inspiración, esto es fácilmente evitable para todos menos para los aficionados más entusiastas». Ben Mitchell de Blender apuntó que «Ernie C se encarga de la producción del peor disco de la banda, reteniendo a Ice T para que ayude con la risible "The Illusion of Power". Todo el trabajo es una vergüenza». Don Lawson del sitio web Louder destacó que «invitar a Ice T a murmurar sobre el puente de "The Illusion of Power" fue una tontería de proporciones épicas. Ernie C estaba produciendo el álbum, pero se trata de Black Sabbath, no de Linkin Park. Ni siquiera un par de buenos riffs pueden salvar este fiasco». Joe Divita de Loudwire lo catalogó como el peor lanzamiento del conjunto y valoró que «esta obra desorientada destacada fácilmente por la primera canción, "The Illusion of Power". La labor de Tony Martin sigue una línea similar a la poesía que es empeorada cuando Ice T entra en escena». Jon Hadusek de Consequence of Sound también lo consideró como el trabajo de menor calidad de la carrera la agrupación y destacó que «es una atrocidad a medias. Las canciones parece que hubieran sido sido concebidas en el momento, durante sesiones improvisadas». Por su parte, Michael Hann del periódico The Guardian lo emplazó como su antepenúltimo peor disco y comparó la aparición del rapero con «un ejecutivo de mediana edad que se compra una Harley-Davidson».

Gira y disolución
A pesar del pésimo rendimiento comercial, la banda realizó una extensa gira mundial para promocionar el álbum que recorrió Norteamérica, Europa, Asia y Oceanía con Motörhead como acto de apertura. Tras el tramo norteamericano, Cozy Powell abandonó la formación debido a una sobrecarga de trabajo, pues había tenido otros proyectos aparte de Black Sabbath, además estaba decepcionado con Forbidden y con el hecho de que en esa ocasión, en palabras de Tony Iommi, «ya no era el co-capitán del barco». El elegido para reemplazarle fue Bobby Rondinelli, que había grabado la batería en Cross Purposes y que ya había sustituido a Powell en Rainbow en 1980. La gira continuó por los restantes continentes hasta su finalización en diciembre de 1995 con un concierto en Bangkok.

Después de terminar la gira y de la publicación del álbum recopilatorio The Sabbath Stones, la relación del grupo con I.R.S. Records llegó a su final, por lo que Iommi comenzó a trabajar en su proyecto en solitario con la colaboración del vocalista Glenn Hughes. El guitarrista pudo terminar la grabación de un nuevo álbum, pero debido a su reunión con la formación original de Black Sabbath —Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler y Bill Ward— su lanzamiento quedó suspendido. El teclista Geoff Nicholls siguió ligado al grupo hasta 2004, mientras que Powell falleció en abril de 1998 debido a un accidente automovilístico. Por su parte, el vocalista Tony Martin perdió el contacto con Iommi y no volverían a verse hasta varios años más tarde. Tras la separación definitiva de la banda en 2017, el guitarrista comunicó su intención de reeditar los álbumes de la etapa de Martin, aunque tras el relanzamiento de los de la época de Ronnie James Dio.

Lista de canciones
Toda la música compuesta por Black Sabbath. Todas las letras escritas por Tony Martin, excepto «The Illusion of Power», escrita por Martin y Ice T.

Pista adicional de la edición japonesa

Fuentes: Allmusic y Black Sabbath FAQ: All That's Left to Know on the First Name in Metal.

Créditos

 Tony Martin - voz
 Tony Iommi - guitarra
 Neil Murray - bajo
 Cozy Powell - batería
 Geoff Nicholls - teclado

 Ice T - voz en «The Illusion of Power»

 Ernie C - producción, ingeniería, mezcla
 Bobby Brooks - ingeniería, mezcla
 Andrea Wright, Phill Luff - asistentes de ingeniería
 Geoff Pesche - masterización
 Paul Sample - portada

Fuente: Discogs.

Posición en las listas

Véase también
 Discografía de Black Sabbath

Referencias

Bibliografía

Enlaces externos

 Forbidden en Discogs (en inglés)

Forbidden (album de Black Sabbath)
Forbidden (album de Black Sabbath)
Álbumes de I.R.S. Records
Álbumes en inglés


And smelt the breeze that crept up from the west.
Of lumbering wagons and of closing doors.
That told him fireflies winked among the wheat.
And watched above the quiet tents of night.
Who heard her calling and who could not go!


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Dabangg 3 Movie Review {3.5/5}: The Ultimate face-off between Good & Bad!
by Creative Guyz Desk | Dec 20, 2019 | Reviews | 0
Yes, it is that time of the year when a mandatory 'Khan' movie arrives at the Indian box-office. Last year, it was 'Zero' and this time around, Salman Khan has taken up the mantle with the third instalment of his most successful franchise – Dabangg.
Dabanng-3 has a very strong Sandalwood connection, which has made movie-buffs across the state wait for this movie. The movie has our very own Kichcha Sudeepa playing the baddie and giving a tough fight to Sallu on the big-screen. While Prabhudeva has directed the flick, the Kannada version of Dabangg-3 is finding a big release across the state that has helped the movie garner the attention of Kannada movie fans.
The movie has hit the screens today and let us find out if the flick managed to become the first-ever Dubbed Film to succeed in Karnataka.
Chulbul Pandey, the do-gooder cop breezes past the first few minutes of the movie, bashing up the goons & romancing his wife. However, when he busts up a prostitution racket, he takes on the villain of the movie – Balli Singh, essayed by Sudeepa. Also, there is a chunk of the movie devoted to Chulbul's younger days, when he falls in love with Khushi and the circumstances which turn him into Chulbul Pandey.
Although the narrative seems disjointed at times, the makers have succeeded in weaving a plot that would entertain the 'mass' fans to the core. Action sequences, Sallu's trademark mannerisms, and comedy are provided in ample quantities, therefore making it for an engrossing watch. Most importantly, Sudeepa gives an intense fight to Salman on screen and helps the movie achieve its core objective of conveying a story based on the concept of 'Good vs Evil'.
While Salman is at his usual best in the movie, it is Sudeepa who deserves praise for his performance. It is difficult to dominate Salman on the big screen but our Abhinaya Chakravarthi has done it with elan. The female leads, Sonakshi and Saiee have also done a fine job.
A few peppy numbers bring justice to the genre of the movie. The BGM is loud and complements the action scenes very well. The film stands at 2 hours 42 minutes, which could have been trimmed to an extent.
Overall, Dabangg 3 is a decent attempt to strengthen Sallu's market in Karnataka for his future projects. The movie has a couple of interesting scenes, especially the ones involving Sudeepa, which will guarantee you a great time at the cinemas.
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