As lovers of photography – we can all admit to dreaming of chucking in the day job and setting up shop as a professional photographer, but for many of us it can remain just that – a dream. But for those with the talent, support system and drive, becoming a freelance photographer can be realised! So what's stopping you? To help you negotiate your way from using photography as a hobby to making a living from your work we have outlined a few helpful hints below. Obviously not everyone has the luxury of jacking in the job right away but with a little patience and preparation anything is possible!
Your first consideration has to be monetary. Can you afford to quit tomorrow? For most people this is probably unlikely. Most pros who give up a reliable stream of income to become self-employed suggest saving two to three months salary before even considering what they will write in their resignation.
Perhaps your spouse can afford to support you for a while or perhaps you already have some money invested in savings that can be used to pay the mortgage and bills before work starts to come in – everyone's situation will be different. Whatever your own personal situation, it is worth sitting down and planning your income and expenditure for the first few months of being self-employed and work out how much you will need to sustain yourself and your family. It is also worth investigating whether you can secure a grant from your local authority, a charity, organisation or even the government.
Finally – there is of course the option of taking out a bank loan to get started, but this should be given a lot of thought before a commitment is made.
Next decided where you want to 'base' yourself. Working from home has many obvious benefits but can become quite isolating if you live alone and depending on your strength of will – can also become quite distracting. Also if you are working from home, bear in mind that this may not be possible in some rented accommodation – so check with your landlord. What is more, regardless of whether you are a home owner or are renting – try to avoid dedicating one room solely to your business – for example a study or a home studio – if you do you could be asked to pay business rates.
Working in a collective studio with other photographers is a great way to bounce ideas of people, whilst making and maintaining friendships – however there will be another cost involved. Setting up a shop or your own studio is another option, but again if you start off with limited finance this may be something you can aspire to over time.
Sure you have a camera but do you have all the other necessary bits and bobs that a professional could require such as: flash guns, reflectors, filters, shutter release, battery packs, a wealth of lens, tripod, memory cards etc? This will ultimately depend on what genre of photography you enter and so you may not need every accessory under the sun – just be prepared for what you will need. Furthermore just because you are turning pro – doesn't mean you need 'professional' kit! It's how you use it that counts.
Look online for second hand deals, visit camera exchange stores for bargains, and never forget January welcomes a month of sales!
In some countries, self-employed individuals can claim back certain 'capital' costs against their tax bill, so ensure you keep all receipts of new items. Also if you have remembered to keep the receipts of items you are 'bringing into the business' i.e. kit that you already own, you may also be able to claim back some of the value of these items back against your tax bill (more on this in part 2). Talk to your account or a tax advisor to discuss these matters further.
Once you have your business in place, equipment at the ready and a brand built, the next key element to put into place is your working style. It goes without saying that to succeed you will need to be reliable and efficient and always meet deadlines, but how will you operate and how will divide your working day? The benefit of being self-employed is being your own boss and thus you can set your own hours, however this could also mean working late or weekends to compensate. A disciplined and motivated approach will ultimately reap the most dividends, but be sure to factor in time to relax and recoup creative energy too. For those less disciplined, create a schedule carved into twenty-four hour portions; colour eight slices to represent sleep and eight or so hours dedicated to work. The remaining hours can then be labelled for relaxation, activities, personal photography projects, housework or non-business related errands. With time, this segmentation will flow more naturally but is a great boon to those who are easily distracted. But be honest with clients and decide a reasonable date when you can realistically deliver on your promises.
In this four part series we will explore everything you need to know from getting started to finding work. In the second part, posted in the next week, we will outline the legal concerns with getting your business up and running. Stay subscribed to dPS for the next installment of this series!
the best part about Photography is that you can become an independent worker. i think this only thing is enough to shift from any other professions to Photography right?
We started our studio only after we had a steady stream of business and a good amount in savings. If you think business or funds are going to magically appear when you open the doors to your studio, think again. It's definitely best to build a name for yourself before you ever consider relying on income to pay the bills.
thankyou for your tips, i am employe, but stil try to clean my garage for my photo studio.
Mandi, your link to FB is not working, though I can get to your website by clicking on your name. But I can't get to your FB page from your website either!
As one of the many trying to make it pro, the main limitation I am hitting right now is, time. I 've been in publishing for many years and have a good handle on business which has already paid dividends even in the way we are perceived. As has already been said, being good 'at business' is absolutely essential if you are going to be successful. You must be able to go out and get business, the "build it and they will come" attitude won't cut it.
But, even with the greatest business plan in the world, you must be able to fulfil it so make sure it is realistic.
Our business is logistically and operationally almost all set-up, raring to go, but as I'm having to keep the day job going to fund the new business I'm finding time is a real issue. I can do all the marketing and planning in the world but nothing will beat getting out in front of potential clients with a great portfolio. So to assist with this, I've made/am making partners with key businesses in my local area and getting them to recommend our business exclusively for photography.
This is no mean feat, but going in prepared with a great pitch and in a business frame of mind (park the creative for an hour ;) ) has made us good progress. It makes us different from other photographers as our 'partners' see value in our business ideas, planning and commitment and not just our creativity. This despite being new and with perhaps less experience than some others.
With the world we are growing into, your marketing must relate to the type of business you are seeking to acquire. Social media is key for most and FaceBook can offer incredibly targeted advertising e.g. female, 20-30 years old, who have a status of 'engaged' - a dream target for wedding photographers!
Thanks a lot for the tips. there is a gradient to going 100% pro which is to start making money with photography as a side job. When it becomes a running concern and there is a regular flow of money coming in then going 100% pro becomes more doable.
For example getting all the equipment financed by the sales of photography would be a good start. force one to sell enough to make a certain income.
One point to correct from the article for those living in the United States: "try to avoid dedicating one room solely to your business – for example a study or a home studio – if you do you could be asked to pay business rates;" this is actually the opposite of what one should do. If you're a sole proprietor or self-employed, you're able to write off a portion of your rent or home on your federal taxes if you dedicate a separate room to use as your studio, within your home.
To throw in my five cents to the conversation - I would say that having previous experience as a freelancer, independent business-person, or as a self-employed worker is extremely beneficial to becoming a self-employed photographer. I can't imagine having made the leap myself if I had not already spent 15 years as a freelance writer and filmmaker, learning how to manage my time, stay on budget, and figuring out ways to promote myself. Working this way is so, so different from working a 9-5 job for a company that pays your wages, vacations, and health insurance, and honestly, not everyone is suited to the constant need to hustle and rely only on yourself to get things accomplished and money made.
I would say anyone who wants to do this needs to shoot a fair amount of professional-quality work for free in the beginning, in order to build your portfolio, and to make connections - especially in competitive cities or areas. In certain areas of photography, there are entry-level, part-time jobs to be had where you can get a steady paycheck, while honing your skills and trying to get your own clients (I work as a product photographer, and this is how I started). And even when you do finally "go pro," sometimes that means not being your own boss, and not getting to shoot work that is particularly creative, or in your favorite genre. For example, due to the bad economy, it got hard to get new clients where I live, in NYC (where there are also thousands of photographers), so last year I took a full-time, staff photography job photographing watches for a web retail business. It's not glamorous, it gets monotonous, and I miss shooting jobs where I can work with props, locations, and creative people, But like any career, being a photographer is a job that is supposed to pay your bills, and sometimes in order to do that, you have to be flexible, and change your plan when the need arises.
This is a fantastic post. I am trying to make a go of it as a photographer, but I find myself doing a lot of work for free. I keep telling myself I'm not good enough to charge "whatever price", but I also find myself starting to gain the confidence to say that maybe I am good enough.
Thanks you for all the great advice. Come take a peek if you would like.
I hate slutting out my work, but it's the only way to get it out there sometimes.
My ultimate goal is to do humanitarian work.
My problem is that many want it pro bono. Especially if you are new. They think you are both helping one another. Though that may be true, this is my career and I cannot feed myself, pay for gear and so on with pro bono work. It's nice to think about, in fact I have done some but, to make a living I need to be paid.
Newspapers too...one wanted a picture I had but only for free. They didn't want to pay for it.
I hope you address how to get work that pays. I want to work with a purpose in my life and look back and be proud of what I've done. But I need to live by some kind of means too.
When you are competing with the "big boys" do you even stand a chance? Is making a difference only for the volunteers or acclaimed?
I think that was a very good initial article and I look forward to the rest of the series.
@Karen - do not be discouraged by it and I agree with Darren_C that you are reading too much negative into it. Photography is a subjective art. One persons perfect shot is another persons crap. The trcik is to ensure that you produce images that your client loves. If that happens then they will refer you to others.
As has been pointed out there are many successful photographers who produce "average" looking images but get paid very well for doing it because they are very good at marketing themselves.
@Karen - with all due respect, your interpretation is slanting to the negative side. Starting and running a business takes money, time, effort and it's not always glamous and there's risk involved. I think the original article and the follow up comments support this.
However, there's nothing preventing anyone from starting a small photo business with 1 camera and 1 or 2 lenses and a small client base. Perhaps part-time while you're still working. Once you have established some clients who might refer your talents to others, and your small business grows, then maybe you need think more about leaviing your other day job. Earn some money and increase your gear bit by bit.
I, too, am interested in Part 2 of this article. So let';s see what the future brings, shall we?
I don't think anyone is saying that you don't need to work on your skills, what they mean is that you can't JUST rely on photography skills, it has to be a blance of business, marketing and skill, yes it is a lot of work and some may find that discouraging, but I find it exciting, I'm barely starting my business and yes I do need to improve my skills on everything, I beleive any venture requires constant learning and improvement, but in this day and age networking and marketing are highly important.
Now it is true that to the average person a picture is a picture and they might find it to be professional just with bokeh, even if composition and wb are off, but that shouldn't discourage you, it only means that you have to be better are selling your product and then when you see your efforts coming alive the excitement is undescribable, being able to see that you made a couple cry when you presented their wedding pics, it's the best feeling in the world, so please if you love photography don't hold yourself back because you don't think it's worth it, trust me, it is!
After reading the article and the comments, this is what I am hearing.
It takes six months to get started. Let's say you're frugal and need $1500 a month. That's $9000. AND you now have to buy extra equipment and factor that into your start up costs. So now we're looking at over a $10,000 investment.
And if that doesn't discourage, you soon learn from the comments, that your customers don't even know a good photo from a bad one so I'd say you can't charge very much or they'll be at the Walmart portrait studio.
On the plus side, you never have to spend time trying to improve your photographic skills. Since you're spending all your time on FaceBook spamming people who eventually block you (I have) and running around handing out business cards to everyone you meet, you won't have to worry about being a decent photographer. Just a good business person.
Somehow that just sounds very unappealing to me. It doesn't encourage me at all to want to go pro.
Well, I'll wait for the next article. Maybe it will be more positive.
@mei tang - I wouldn't use the word dificult as my comments and (I'm assuming) Jason's comments are not by any means meant to scare people away. This is the reality of running any sort of business regardless of what it is. As the original article mentioned, you need to have, and maintain, a certain level of discipline and motivation. You also need to look at your overall skills and find out which areas you need to develop in business to be successful. Choose one or two areas to develop and focus on those unitl you have a confort level with them, then move onto to another area. Slowly you will build up your skills and confidence.
Remember that old addage..."Rome wasn't built in a day".
@darren c -- I'd say it might even be more advantageous to be a better business person than photographer. Once one really starts to look at the photos local pros are putting out, one may be surprised that they are not always impressive. Ditto for their websites. Yet they excel in marketing, networking and running a business. Most people have no idea what a good photograph (to the discerning eye of an experienced photographer) looks like. Any shot with bokeh could be dazzling. Being able to build customer relationships and sell, sell, sell yourself is really important.
In the past year I have found myself in circles I never had before, with other small and medium business owners at networking events, business showcases, etc. Many of them have serious SKILLS at talking to people. They have no problem approaching people and saying hey take a look at this. It is against my nature to be so outgoing, but I try.
For example, I was all packed up and leaving the event yesterday, maybe even had the gate halfway open and I thought should I go introduce myself to the band? (they had just gone on break) I did leave some business cards on a table, but that is anonymous and could be ignored. I made myself go back there and everyone was very friendly, shook hands with them and introduced myself. I said I'd have photographs of them (via the event client) ready soon. As even more of a followup I friended a couple of them on Facebook as well as became a fan of their band on their Facebook business page. Tomorrow I will post their photos on Facebook and tag them with their names and tag my watermark logo with my name.
Today via Facebook I saw it was a client's son's birthday. As a present I sent them an antique black & white bonus family portrait. They are a loyal client, but I want to keep reinforcing that and keep present in their mind.
They say photography is 80% business. I have to definitely agree. If you do not count editing photo time, business might even be 95%.
But, if anyone is thinking of making the leap, I did without any savings built up and committed to the photography business full only in about March of this year (though started the business in June 2009). With my minimal business skills and shy personality, I have been able to earn enough each month to be ok and most months improve on the previous month's income. Plus I live in Florida, which might be hurt even more by the economy and also the oil spill. So if I can do it, you probably can too. One thing you will need though: CONFIDENCE I am very confident in my photography skills. I believe I produce better work than many of my competitors, and definitely better than others in my price ranges, so with that confidence foundation I can go out and seek clients knowing if I can just get them to choose me, I can deliver a product that will impress them.
I would like to know how to sell photos to hotels, hospitals, medical offices, restaurants, etc. Anyone have any success doing this? I have seen lots of photo art in these types of facilities that could be something I can do.
Turning pro sounds more difficult than what I thought. Have to agree with Darren C. Marketing skills is important.
Great advice. I'll admit up front that I'm not a pro (I might make the leap one of these days) my background is on the business side. I think one of the other keys is to remember is that being a great photographer does not always translate to being a great business person. You have to have some skills with marketing, selling, planning, customer service, contracts just to name a few.
Jason Collin reinforces this point above. He spent part his time on that last minute job networking with others and building relationships. It's not always about the photography sometimes.
Just my 2 cents, though.
As a pro photographer with over 10 years experience my advice would simple be "Don't do it!"
The photographic industry is well and truly screwed thanks to dirt cheap microstock/royalty-free stock imagery and a ridiculous overabundance of photo school graduates and wannabe amateurs doing photography jobs for free to get 'exposure'.
The editorial, music and fashion photography markets have already turned to custard. A vast number of clients in these markets have now come to expect photography for free, or for rates so low that they don't even cover a pro photographer's basic overheads.
The chances of staying in business for more 3 years are now less than one in ten.
Managing your time for most efficient use, especially if you are home based like me, is a pretty big challenge. Even though I am disciplined and do not watch TV at all or anything like that during the day, I still find the distractions in my particular home setup to be great enough that I am now looking for cheap office space.
Even though I had to drive all the way back to Tampa today to finish what I was going to do yesterday, from a business standpoint it is not an inconvenience at all since I was well paid for the photo job and more importantly cemented my reliability with the major client (a yacht club/event center). Plus of course I did networking with the entertainment contractor for the event, the band playing, and even the magician walking around. I have their business cards and will be sending them hand written letters later today.
Speaking of your article, you don't mention differences between various types of photography. Maybe you will talk about it in a later installment but is it still possible to make a living as a nature/landscape photographer for instance?
A good first article the keys to success are discipline and motivation.
Nice article series It's a great primer for the new kids on the block, but PLEASE put in the most important aspect of how to become a pro photographer. It's not your location, gear, work ethic, creativity, or ability. It's how well you are a salesman/saleswoman and how hard you network and advertise yourself. No not 2 page ad's in the NYT advertising.
How you get the $11000+ up jobs is by getting your face in front of the rich people. Get them to know you. If rich guy #1 uses you and tells rich guy #2 that you did a good job, then rich guy #2 will hire you. I finally got published after I started networking. Now my photos are on magazine covers... how? By talking to the right people and going to the right events. get known, be on their radar. I am an event photographer, I landed a major event by being a "freebie" on smaller events and then sending a few of my cherry picked images to magazines covering that event.. they got used instead of their photographers.. it then snowballed as bigger events saw MY NAME attached to a photo of another event in a big magazine.
it's all about networking, getting to know people and getting people to know YOU. That's 90% of being a pro photographer. Gear and everything else is 10%. you can have the best gear on the planet and take photos that put everyone to shame..... if nobody knows about you.... you do not exist. Get in their face, make them see your name.
I think the first step, saving up 3-6 months salary, is the hardest to do and to justify. That also ties in to the next two points as well.
One of the points that needs to be mentioned is continuing professional development. It's part of work ethic. You will no doubt have more time to dedicate to improving your skills in photography and business management in the early days. The challenge is maintaining the discipline. I've known craftsmen that transitioned to independent business owners. They used the time when they weren't hustling up new clients and servicing existing ones, polishing their skills by building new cabinets and toolboxes that showcased their skills; redefining what they can provide the client.


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Words and voices: a snapshot of pamphlet-based debate culture in Enlightenment Cambridge – Part 2
Posted by Queens' College Library Blog in 18th century, Annotations, Exhibition, Uncategorized
The Trinity debate, as recorded in the range of pamphlets collected by David Hughes at Queens' College between 1722 and 1777, demonstrates the broader culture of debate in eighteenth-century Cambridge. Whilst pro-Trinity in his own beliefs and writings, William Stukeley was both a contemporary of Samuel Clarke (1) (subordinationist author of The Scripture doctrine of the Trinity (1712)) and friends with two other key nontrinitarians of the time, Isaac Newton (2) and William Whiston (3).
Isaac Newton, frontispiece to the 3rd edition of Principia [R.2.38]
Stukeley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718, at which time Newton was president, and his personal correspondence suggests that he may even have been the originator of the famous apple anecdote. Whiston was notoriously outspoken in his nontrinitarian stance, publishing Athanasius convicted of forgery (1712) [R.8.61(4)] (on display in Queens' current exhibition) and other vehement nontrinitarian pamphlets, which ultimately led to expulsion from his Lucasian professorship at Cambridge in 1710. Yet 26 years later Whiston attended and presented experiments at Stukeley's Brazen Nose Society (an association he founded in Stamford to replicate the more vibrant social scene of London).
William Whiston ©Wikicommons
The nature of eighteenth-century pamphlet culture and debate meant that these men operated in the same circles, amongst mutual friends and acquaintances, hence a lively exchange of ideas encouraged by this proximity can be envisaged. David Boyd Haycock has argued that Stukeley directed his antiquarian works specifically towards Newton, Whiston and Clarke as nontrinitarians. Despite coming to differing conclusions, they shared common ground for debate: Stukeley's arguments were founded on primary source pagan writings and stone circle archaeology, just as Whiston and Clarke referenced original scripture. Via pamphlets such as those collected by David Hughes, they were able to publish, distribute and debate their ideas with a wider reading public – both within the university and beyond.
Evidence of the reading public is sometimes visible on the pamphlets themselves. The Stukeley example is well annotated by hand; although, unfortunately, many of the pages were cut during binding, removing large sections of the writing. The comments move between English, French and Latin – sometimes within the same note!
The annotator has underlined 'Evohe!' and added 'This is the shout of Bacchus' followers' in French in the margin [P.10(13)]
They appear to remark especially on Stukeley's Latin quotations, for example giving a translation of the Horatian ode being discussed by the author.
Stukeley's ode in Latin, with cropped annotation in Latin in the margin, and an English translation at the bottom of the page [P.10(13)]
The final page is uncut, and heavily annotated, giving a better insight into the reader's thoughts on Stukeley's text.
Here the reader quotes from Francis Hare's Scripture vindicated from the misinterpretations of the Lord Bishop of Bangor (1720) [P.83(6)]. In the quote, Hare condemns the Pantheisticon, a controversial text by John Toland (4) in which he used pagan texts to imitate a Christian liturgy.
The reader clearly links Stukeley and Toland, but the reasoning is unclear. He could be suggesting that Stukeley, like Hare, was criticising Toland's blasphemous use of pagan texts by demonstrating their proper use. On the other hand, he might be implying that Stukeley and Toland were equally deserving of Hare's criticism, since both men used pagan texts to make direct parallels with Christianity.
This annotation is particularly interesting since it demonstrates the philosophical context within which these pamphlets were read in Cambridge. Readers, like our annotator, had clearly read many such publications, and seemingly studied and remembered each one within the context of ideas put forward in others. Stukeley himself may have intended his argument to be read within a certain context and by specific people. However, the huge corpus of pamphlets printed in the course of the eighteenth-century, as well as the ready availability of environments to discuss them (within the university and more publicly in coffee houses) meant that readers could debate, dissect, quote and criticise them within their own frame of knowledge. We are extremely fortunate, therefore, that David Hughes had the foresight to collect and collate so many of these publications at the time, for future reference – thus preserving a unique record of debate in Enlightenment Cambridge.
By Isobel Goodman, Library Graduate Trainee
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(1) Samuel Clarke
Samuel Clarke (1675-1729) was an Anglican clergyman and philosopher, educated at Caius College, Cambridge. As a personal friend of William Whiston and fellow supporter of Newton's nontrinitarian views, he translated and revised works for both men, before embarking on a public correspondence in defence of Newton with prominent German philosopher, Gottfried Leibniz, in 1715-16. Clarke became known for his efforts to demonstrate the existence of God and, controversially, for his subordinationist views as outlined in The Scripture Doctrine of the Trinity (1712).
(2) Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was a celebrated mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian and natural philosopher, whose ground-breaking contributions to classical mechanics, optics and infinitesimal calculus made him a key figure of the scientific revolution. The immediate impact of his theories concerning universal gravitation and the laws of motion, as outlined in Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687), is confirmed by his enduring fame. Yet, in contrast, Newton's nontrinitarian views were seemingly expressed more privately during his lifetime. Extensive research published posthumously reveals that he firmly believed Christ to be a 'divine mediator', subordinate to the Father. Newton was a Fellow of Trinity College and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, as well as Member of Parliament for Cambridge University in 1689-90 and 1701-2. He served as Warden and Master of the Royal Mint from 1696 to 1727, was President of the Royal Society 1703-27, and was knighted in 1705.
(3) William Whiston
William Whiston (1667-1752) was a theologian, historian and mathematician, as well as a prominent supporter of Isaac Newton's theories. Remembered particularly for his efforts to instigate the Longitude Act and for his important translations, Whiston was also a leading exponent of Arianism, as outlined in his book A New Theory of the Earth (1696). His conclusion that Trinity teaching was a pagan invention ultimately led to his dismissal as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge in 1710.
(4) John Toland
John Toland (1670-1722) was an Irish freethinker and philosopher who studied at the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leiden and Oxford. He is best known for his work Christianity not mysterious (1696) in which he argued that all features of 'true' Christianity could be explained through reason and natural principles, as people could not assent to believe in something if they did not understand it. Like Stukeley, he had an interest in druids, especially the ancient Irish, and they are the focus of his Pantheisticon and Tetradymus (both 1720).
Daniel, Stephen H., 'Toland, John (1670-1722)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-27497
Boyd Haycock, William Stukeley: Science, Religion and Archaeology in eighteenth-century England (Woodbridge, UK, 2002), p. 213
Boyd Haycock, 'Stukeley, William (1687-1765)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-26743
D. Snobelen, 'Whiston, William (1667-1752)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-29217
S. Westfall, 'Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-20059
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Tesla Motors Offers $66,000 Tesla Model S 60
June 9th, 2016 by Zachary Shahan
Wait a second, is it Groundhog Day? Am I having a flashback?
As you may recall, Tesla previously offered a Model S 60. It was even for sale last year. But then Tesla increased the battery size, and then it increased that to a Model S 70, and recently it announced a Model S 75. (Note: the numbers refer to the kWh capacity of the battery packs, and thus the distance the cars can drive on a full charge.)
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So, what is going on here? Is Tesla relentlessly testing different price options as its batteries incrementally improve? Is it trying to nab every corner of the >$60,000 premium sedan market, one tweak at a time? Ask Elon. I hear he holds office hours on Twitter in between shooting rockets into space and landing them back on Earth or in the middle of the ocean, disrupting the heck out of the auto industry, and playing video games with his boys.
You can still buy a Model S 70 on the Tesla website. But if you want to custom order one, the base option is now a Model S 60 ( somewhat playfully, $66,000 without any options.) Or you can add a "range upgrade" to 75 kWh for $8,500 (or $9,000 after delivery, indicating this is really a software upgrade rather than a new battery, as we've discussed before).
With the 60 kWh battery, the EPA-rated range of a new Model S is 210 miles. It scoots to 60 mph in a respectable if not neck-snapping 5.5 seconds. If you throw in the battery upgrade, the range moves to 249 miles.
If you want dual motors, or all-wheel drive, you have to deduct another $5,000 from your side of the equation, but that also slightly improves your range (to 218 miles) on a 60, as well as your 0–60 times (to 5.2 seconds).
Below is Tesla's full press release on the upgrade.
As you know, Model S is designed to be a great car for every lifestyle, and we continue to make it even better. Last month we introduced design updates to Model S, and through continual software updates we've made Model S faster, smarter, safer and more enjoyable to drive. It's part of Tesla's relentless commitment to making its products better.
With these improvements, we've heard from a number of people who would like to buy a Model S, but can more easily afford it only at a lower price point. To respond to these requests, on Thursday June 9 we're introducing two new variants of Model S – Model S 60 and 60D, offering a compelling feature set and a great value at a new low price.
The new Model S 60 delivers more than 200 miles of range, a top speed of 130 mph and zero-to-60 acceleration in 5.5 seconds, starting at $66,000. The all-wheel drive option brings even more range and performance, beginning at $71,000. And every Tesla comes equipped with active safety features and Autopilot hardware.
Keep in mind that when comparing the price of any electric vehicle to an internal combustion vehicle, it's important to compare not just the out-of-pocket price, but also the effective cost of ownership. Factoring in annual fuel savings which typically ranges between $1,000 and $1,500, as well as available tax incentives, the effective cost of owning Model S 60 comes to about $50k.
And there are other advantages to owning a Tesla that add up over time, including:
Less maintenance – Tesla vehicles don't require regular maintenance like oil changes, fuel filters or smog checks. And our four-year/50,000 mile bumper to bumper warranty and eight-year/infinite mile battery and drive unit warranty come standard with Model S.
Ample charging options – for most Tesla owners, home charging provides plenty of range for daily travel, and with an EPA range of over 200 miles, that's still the case for Model S 60 and 60D. For long distance travel, there are many convenient Supercharger and Destination Charging locations throughout our network.
New features via free software updates – as with every Model S, the 60 and 60D will receive free over-the-air software updates that add functionality and continue to improve the driving experience for years to come.
To provide customers even more flexibility over time, Model S 60 and 60D owners may later choose to upgrade their vehicles to a 75kWh battery with a software update, should they want to add to their car's battery capacity in the future.
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When is a Campaign Not a Campaign?
Campaigns bring to mind military action. As a marketing leader, you have to muster the troops of your content, creative, email, social, and digital team members to align every angle of approach to influence customer behavior. Your weapons are your channels from email to website, twitter to facebook, and beyond. All of this is backed by powerful ammunition in the form of content, creative images, and copy. Ideally all of this is coordinated through a campaign management tool. Finally, you're ready to launch your program. You've mapped and planned everything and then, the campaign goes live.
There can be no doubt that marketing campaigns are a staple in every great marketing department's arsenal. But the metaphor doesn't stop with careful planning and execution. A campaign is just one part of the overall endeavor for capturing the hearts and minds of your customers. The key difference of course, is that customers are not our enemy in the marketing realm. Instead they're critical allies, though sometimes reluctant or confused by the sheer amount of noise in the marketplace.
In this militaristic strategy, an omni-channel campaign represent a combined arms assault on your customer's preconceived notions. Account Based Marketing is a precision bunker-buster, knocking down barriers to open the way for your special forces sales team. As a whole, campaigns help communicate more clearly with customers and allow your entire team stay on target.
So why change anything, if these tactics are so successful? Because the latest competitive battlefield is not the campaign level, but rather the full customer journey. In this blog, we will discuss campaigns and how they can best be used in a customer journey context.
Technology changes, and tactics change, but in battle, the superior force wins. While it's possible to achieve success through higher volumes of contact — more people on the battlefield — it's far wiser to fight with a technological edge. So too is the case in marketing. The drive to use technology to deliver a better experience and to be more effective marketers lead to the evolution of campaign management platforms. This technology allowed marketers to put the information for their campaign into a single location and then coordinate activities, generally across a few different channels. Instead of simply blasting out messages along a theme, now marketers could execute a strategy. This was a dramatic improvement over simple, uncoordinated or manually coordinated campaigns of years prior. Today, we've seen another evolution. Journey marketing has eclipsed campaign management as the premier way to deliver great messages and great experiences.
This is not to say that campaigns are irrelevant. Just as swords gave way to bayonets, but the blade remained, so too have campaigns remained the tip of the sword for marketing's arsenal. Campaigns are about getting a unified message across to prospects or customers. The best have always used multiple channels to accomplish this goal, especially in the digital space. Journey planning takes the hard-learned lessons of campaign management, and applies it to the entire customer lifecycle. One way of thinking about journeys is as a sequence of micro campaigns. It's critical from a journey perspective that each campaign inform the next. Ideally, there is a flow through the journey from one campaign to another that is personalized for each customer. This is where the long term value of a qualified experience comes into play. Your journey provides specialized campaign protocols that are uniquely relevant to that audience, and that audience alone. Campaign management is linear, and journeys give you an omni-directional advantage.
When a series of campaigns is part of a larger customer journey, the impact is greater than the sum of its parts. Where campaign management tools have allowed marketers to track behavior across channels and coordinate activities based on tracked data-points, journeys have gone one step further. Critically, journeys never end. They start long before you're aware of an individual customer, and end long after they've purchased your product or service. A campaign alone can never capture the entire life of an individual.The entire universe of experiences that are directly under your control cannot be relegated to a single campaign.
In journeys, campaigns retain many of the same features that they've had for some time now. These are things like cross-channel attribution, data fusion, and personalization capabilities. But consider the journey of a customer, Gerber. Gerber has truly revolutionized the way that parents interact with their children's nutrition. This is more than just a campaign in a few key ways. It incorporates a holistic view of the customer across the life of their child from 0-4 years of age. With that information, it provides nutritional information that is relevant to their particular circumstance. This allows parents to travel along an informative path timed appropriately for their youngster, and removes a potentially tone-deaf campaign that would not support their particular education need at that time.
Campaigns play a part in Gerber's strategy, but the key components of their journey flow seamlessly across the timeline of their content, rather than representing a specific push or message that everyone is getting.
Kitewheel has found that customer journeys deliver the most value for marketers because they allow marketers to deliver the best experiences to their customers. If your business is using campaigns to great effect today – chances are that you have most of the tools in place for a successful journey strategy as well. To learn more about what tools are available to orchestrate customer journeys, look no further than Forrester's latest Wave™ report on Customer Journey Orchestration. Inside you'll find critical information to help you understand how customer journeys are remaking the modern customer landscape.


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Zamfara APC has no candidate for 2019 general elections, INEC insists
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it stands by its statement that the All Progressives Congress will not field candidates for the 2019 general elections in Zamfara.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this on the sidelines of the opening of a two-day validation workshop titled, "Study on the cost of elections in ECOWAS Region" on Monday in Abuja.
"We have issued a statement on Zamfara and nothing has changed. We stand by the statement that we issued," he said.
Yakubu re-emphasised that the deadline for submission of party candidates' name to the Commission was October 18, saying that it would give a full report on that after November 18.
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INEC had informed the ruling APC in a leaked memo that it would not be allowed to field candidates for elective positions in Zamfara in the 2019 elections.
The Commission's acting Secretary, Okechukwe Ndeche, in a letter to the APC said that the party was barred from fielding candidates for governorship, National Assembly and state Assembly elections.
The Commission said this was because APC failed to comply with Sections 87 and 31 of the Electoral Act of 2010.
Parties, according to the Act, were expected to comply with the timetable and schedule of INEC, which says that the conduct of primaries must be held between August 18 and October 7.
INEC said it received reports from its Zamfara office indicating that no primaries were conducted in the state, "notwithstanding that our officials were fully mobilised and deployed."
The APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, later responded to INEC in a statement and said that the party had already arrived at a consensus before the deadline.
Oshiomhole said that following the high level of friction, disagreements and threats of violence by various political camps before the primaries, all the aspirants met at City King Hotel, Gusau, to find a truce.
"After hours of intense horse-trading, a consensus was reached within the spirit and context of the Electoral Act and the constitution of our party.
"This was done in strict compliance with Section 87 (6) of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended)," he said.
He said that the claim by INEC that no primaries were conducted could only be referring to its officials' observation that actual voting did not take place.
The APC chairman said that conduct of primaries was not the only mode prescribed for producing candidates in the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended).
"We, therefore, affirm that indeed, primaries took place in Zamfara State," Oshiomhole said.
The party chairman also noted that PDP had similar issues in Kano State and wondered why INEC did not bar the opposition party from fielding candidates.
INEC boss Yakubu further said that the Commission would, by the end of November, print the outstanding Permanent Voter Cards.
"We have printed the PVCs for those who registered in the first quarter of 2018. We are right now simultaneously printing for those who registered in the second and third quarters.
"We are looking at the end of November for all the PVCs to be printed including request for transfer and relocation.
"Let me just repeat the assurance that every citizen that registered and who have applied for transfer or replacement will get his or her PVC before 2019 general elections," he added.
He, however, said that the Commission had stopped every registration, request for transfer and replacement of damaged PVCs.
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Optimal Time To Treat Huntington's Disease Identified
The earliest brain changes due to Huntington's disease can be detected 24 years before clinical symptoms show, according to a new study led by University College London[1]. The findings could help with clinical trials by pinpointing the optimal time to begin treating the disease.
There is currently no cure for Huntington's, a hereditary neurodegenerative disease, but recent advances in genetic therapies hold great promise.
Researchers would ultimately like to treat people before the genetic mutation has caused any functional impairment. However, until now, it was unknown when the first signs of damage emerge — but as there is a genetic test for Huntington's susceptibility, researchers have a unique opportunity to study the disease before symptoms appear.
Preventing Neurodegeneration
Professor Sarah Tabrizi of UCL Huntington's Disease Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, the study lead, said:
"Ultimately, our goal is to deliver the right drug at the right time to effectively treat this disease — ideally we would like to delay or prevent neurodegeneration while function is still intact, giving gene carriers many more years of life without impairment. As the field makes great strides with the drug development, these findings provide vital new insights informing the best time to initiate treatments in the future, and represent a significant advance in our understanding of early Huntington's."
The Wellcome-funded study, led by UCL researchers in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Cambridge and University of Iowa, investigated a large cohort of Huntington's mutation carriers at a much younger age than previously examined in detail. 64 people with the mutation took part alongside 67 others without the mutation who served as control subjects for comparison.
The study involved the most extensive testing of Huntington's ever performed, including tests of thinking, behaviour, brain scans and proteins in spinal fluid.
Neurofilament Light
The mutation carriers were, on average, 24 years ahead of the predicted disease onset, based on their age and a genetic test. They exhibited no changes in thinking, behaviour or involuntary movements commonly found in the disease, and there was very little evidence of brain scan changes.
But researchers did detect a subtle increase in the spinal fluid of a neuronal protein called neurofilament light (NfL), which is often the product of nerve cell damage.
Just under half (47%) of the mutation carriers had NfL values in their spinal fluid above the range of values found in the control group, at 24 years before disease onset, suggesting the authors have identified a crucial point at which brain changes first start occurring. NfL values correlated with predicted time to disease onset. The finding was supported by using the data to model predicted trajectories.
"We have found what could be the earliest Huntington's-related changes, in a measure which could be used to monitor and gauge effectiveness of future treatments in gene carriers without symptoms,"
said co-first author Dr. Paul Zeun.
Huntington's Disease Onset
Huntington's disease is caused by a single known genetic mutation, which codes for the production of the toxic mutant huntingtin protein that slowly damages neurons in disease sufferers. The disease usually develops in adulthood and causes abnormal involuntary movements, psychiatric symptoms and dementia.
Patients usually die within 20 years of the start of symptoms.
"Other studies have found that subtle cognitive, motor and neuropsychiatric impairments can appear 10-15 years before disease onset. We suspect that initiating treatment even earlier, just before any changes begin in the brain, could be ideal, but there may be a complex trade-off between the benefits of slowing the disease at that point and any negative effects of long-term treatment,"
explained co-first author Dr. Rachael Scahill of UCL Huntington's Disease Research Centre.
No effective treatments exist to slow Huntington's down. Professor Tabrizi led the first human safety trial, completed in 2017, of a drug developed to reduce the levels of the huntingtin protein in the nervous system, which successfully lowered levels of the toxic huntingtin protein in participants.
She is now one of the lead investigators on a major global phase 3 clinical trial, testing the long-term safety and clinical efficacy of the drug, and whether it slows disease progression.
[1] Rachael I Scahill, Paul Zeun, Katherine Osborne-Crowley, Eileanoir B Johnson, Sarah Gregory, Christopher Parker, Jessica Lowe, Akshay Nair, Claire O'Callaghan, Christelle Langley, Marina Papoutsi, Peter McColgan, Carlos Estevez-Fraga, Kate Fayer, Henny Wellington, Filipe B Rodrigues, Lauren M Byrne, Amanda Heselgrave, Harpreet Hyare, Cristina Sampaio, Henrik Zetterberg, Hui Zhang, Edward J Wild, Geraint Rees, Trevor W Robbins, Barbara J Sahakian, Douglas Langbehn, Sarah J Tabrizi. Biological and clinical characteristics of gene carriers far from predicted onset in the Huntington's disease Young Adult Study (HD-YAS): a cross-sectional analysis. Lancet Neurol 2020; 19: 502–12 DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30143-5
Image: Radar plot showing (A) cognitive and (B) neuropsychiatric variables in the Huntington's disease Young Adult Study. Credit: Rachael I Scahill, et al. CC-BY


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That Murshid who does not take the Seeker of Allah in the Majlis of the Noble Prophet Sal Allahu Alaihe Wa Aa-lehee Wa-sallam that Murshid is like Satan. And the Murshid is the Master-of-gaze and the Master-of-gaze is the (all) seer (Naazir) with four gazes. And the Wisaal of Allah Almighty with the Qurb of Allah Almighty is called the Haazir Hazoori Haq. The Master-of-gaze is attentive towards the Real Secret.
If the Master-of-gaze gazes upon the Ulema, the Ilm-of-Inward and the Marifat of God become all clear. Those Ulema are the Aamil Arif-Bi-Allah. The Kaamil Faqeer becomes Complete and the Waasileen of Haq become the Master of treasure without Riyazat, toil, Mujahida, hard work, pain, effort, worry, Fikr and Zikr, Muraqiba, Muhaasba and Mukashifa.
When the Ilm of Marifat enters the bosom, then the Formal Ilm opens on tongue from the bosom and if the Master-of-gaze gazes upon some Jaahil person with the Tawajuh of the Sirr (secret) of Ill-Allahu" Il Allah, then the Ilm-of-Outward (Outwardly Ilm) becomes Outward on him by the gaze of the Master-of-gaze same as was revealed unto Hazrat Khizar Alaihis-Salaam . and if the Master-of-gaze throws his gaze upon the worldly person, then the Fear of God and the Accountability and Answer takes birth in his heart in such a way that he at once gives up the Dunya (World) and sets his step in Faqar and keeps on the Faqar of Muhammad Sal Allahu Alaihe Wa Aa-lehee Wa-sallam for all his life and becomes the one who is of the Waasileen with God. and if he throws his gaze upon some poor person, then he becomes such a Ghani (rich) that he becomes not needy of anyone in world because of the abundance of wealth and the more a person will have wealth in world, the more the wretchedness will be for him.
[O True-Seeker!] Be wise that the (all) seer (Naazir) Murshid by this Tareeq is also Imperfect. (All) seer (Naazir) is called that person that the [entire quests] of the seer (Naazir) Seeker take birth through him and he takes his Seekers to the Secrets of the Mysteries of Rabubiyat through a single gaze and drowns him into the Huwiyyat. In the likeness of the five gazes that have been described above, should be in his single gaze and that gaze is of God.
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There's less than a week until the royal wedding between HRH Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. We are sure that you've seen their pictures everywhere and maybe heard a news report or two about how the couple are shirking tradition in more than a couple of ways for their big ceremony, but how much do you know about the royal newlyweds?
There's so much tradition and history that goes into a royal wedding — and thus there's a lot of television explaining those details and breaking down each news development going into the ceremony. If you want to be a royal wedding expert before Harry and Meghan walk down the aisle on May 19, we've compiled all the specials, biopics and TV shows you should check out to feel like a royal wedding historian.
Royal expert Melanie Bromley will be covering the royal wedding on the ground in the UK all week, following along as the country prepares for the nuptials of the year. Here's where to get all your lead-up scoop about what fashion to expect, the guest list and what to expect from the ceremony itself.
If you missed the original airing of Lifetime's biopic on Sunday, May 13, don't worry because the network is airing it multiple times leading up to the official wedding. Honestly, it's like getting to watch the festivities twice, but with an inside look at how this romance came to be.
Want your royal gossip with the polish of a PBS documentary? The Public Broadcasting Service will be airing a five-part special leading up to the wedding, with each part examining a specific part of Harry and Meghan's romance or the ceremony. This is for the history buffs fascinated by the politics of royal marriages.
Why stop at Meghan and Harry's romance? Lifetime will also be showing an encore presentation of the William & Kate film made about Harry's older brother. This one stars Grey's Anatomy's Camilla Luddington as the Duchess!
It's 2018, but in the eyes of the royal family, one of their princes marrying an American divorcee is still considered scandalous by some. The acceptance of Harry and Meghan's romance is a progressive step for the crown and BBC America's special will examine the social politics that set up this interesting pair and the potential drama it caused behind the scenes.
The marriage of Lady Diana Spencer to HRH Prince Charles is considered one of the most beloved pop culture moments of the last 50 years. The dress is iconic. A million people lined the streets of London to watch the royal parade. You can relive the glory with BBC America's multiple showings of their Charles and Diana wedding special.
If a news breakdown is your thing, check out NBC's special report on Wednesday with interviews with close friends of the couple and insiders from the world of Hollywood and fashion to break down what royal wedding viewers will be seeing on the couple's big day.
A lot of talk has been made about how Harry and Meghan are making their own traditions and creating their own rules when it comes to their royal wedding. That rebellious streak didn't start with their engagement. BBC America's special explores Prince Harry and his brother Prince William's attempts to make the crown more progressive and fitting for the modern era in their roles as young princes.
OK, maybe you want a more modern example of what to expect from Harry and Meghan's wedding. BBC America is revisiting Harry's older brother's William's big day with Kate Middleton, including commentary from guests that played a big role in the day! This is the perfect warmup for the royal wedding on Saturday.
The royal wedding wasn't the only nuptials that Meghan Markle was a part of this year. The former actress said goodbye to her longterm role as Rachel Zane on the USA drama Suits last month. In her final episode, Rachel married the love of her life Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams). Fans can get a warm up for the royal wedding by watching Rachel walk down the aisle in this special episode.
Move over Harry, William and Prince Charles. The royal family matriarch Queen Elizabeth also knew how to throw a big wedding. The first episode of Netflix's The Crown kicks off with Elizabeth's (Claire Foy) wedding to Prince Philip (Matt Smith) in 1947. Back then, the A-list guests included the likes of Winston Churchill. Talk about interesting dinner conversation, eh?
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EAST RUTHERFORD — John Mara welcomed the criticism and embraced the blame for where the New York Giants are at the moment: mired in mediocrity as one of the worst teams in the NFL, despite the four Super Bowl championships represented by the collection of Vince Lombardi trophies in a display case inside the team's training facility.
Yet as co-owner and team president, Mara was not about to fire himself Monday morning.
So instead, head coach Pat Shurmur paid the price for the organization's on-field dysfunction after two seasons, and for the third time in five years, the Giants are again searching for a new head football coach.
Shurmur was hired in January 2018 as the successor to Ben McAdoo, who was fired with four games remaining in the 2017 season. Steve Spagnuolo served as interim head coach for the final month before the Giants embarked on a coaching search that included candidates Matt Patricia, Josh McDaniels and Shurmur, who ended up being the choice.
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Shurmur's two-year record with the Giants is 9-23, including a nine-game losing streak that matched the longest in the team's 94-year history.
"I think it all starts at the top," Mara said. "So yes, you can criticize me all you want. It would be warranted. Because it all starts at the top. The success, the failures of the past eight years have been pretty miserable. So I'll accept my share of blame."
However, despite the ouster of their coach, the Giants are retaining general manager Dave Gettleman, who rejoined the organization in that capacity together with Shurmur.
"We understand how frustrated our fans are. They expect more from us, and we expect more from ourselves," Giants co-owner Steve Tisch said. "Our focus now is on developing and improving our football team so that our fans can enjoy the winning team they expect and deserve."
The Giants are 12-36 over the last three years, the worst record in the NFL.
They have missed the playoffs seven out of eight years since winning Super Bowl XLVI, and this season, with Shurmur at the helm of a roster torn down by Gettleman with an attempt at a rebuild, they finished 4-12.
The final straw was the sound of Philadelphia Eagles fans essentially turning MetLife Stadium into Lincoln Financial Field North for much of Sunday's game with chants of "E-A-G-L-E-S" at every key moment, roaring with each big Philadelphia play in the fourth quarter.
After that 34-17 loss to the Eagles, Shurmur said: "This is a wins business. I get it. I get it. We've been talking about this for, I think, six weeks, right? You've been asking me the same questions for six weeks ... But that's the reality of this business. When you don't win, that's the line of questioning. I get that."
Shurmur's best argument for returning would have been the development of rookie quarterback Daniel Jones, who finished the season "light years" from where he was when he arrived as the No. 6 overall draft pick last April.
Shurmur made the switch from Eli Manning to Jones heading into Week 3, believing that he and Jones would get time to grow together and turn this relationship into something special.
Had he known this would be his make-or-break season with three years remaining on his contract, perhaps Shurmur would have delayed Jones' insertion into the lineup, in turn strengthening his case to stay and be the one to develop Jones later in the season.
Now the onus will fall on a new coach to get Jones to what he needs to be: a franchise quarterback.
"Where we are right now as a team, where I am right now as a player, is not where we need to be. I feel that, I think this team feels that," Jones said. "If we want to get where we want to go, we're going to have to use this, to learn from this. Otherwise, the season would have been pointless. We need to use it to motivate us, use it to improve going into the offseason."
Shurmur was hired because he was an "adult," according to Gettleman, and the sentiment was echoed by Mara. He was brought in as McAdoo's successor to stabilize things off the field, while being the right coach to pick Manning's successor at quarterback.
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From that perspective, Shurmur did his job. The Giants are more settled than they were two years ago off the field. Now, that does not make them winners — the scoreboard shows it — and for that, Shurmur needs to be held accountable with context.
His in-game rationale with planning and decision-making has been suspect, mostly due to the inconsistency with which he has operated.
His record is what it is — let's not bring up his two losing years in Cleveland, because the Giants hired him despite that — and there remained a legitimate question as to whether Shurmur was the right coach for the post-McAdoo fallout, but not the one to move the Giants forward from this to another level.
Team brass has provided the answer, and now, less than two years after he was hired, Shurmur has unceremoniously been shown the door.
"It's been a very frustrating four years. Certainly the record indicates that," Tisch said. "Those numbers don't lie. And going forward, John and I want to make sure that those numbers change in the next season dramatically."
Baylor University coach Matt Rhule, Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy and McDaniels are considered strong candidates for the vacancy, with Rhule — who served as an assistant coach on Tom Coughlin's Giants staff in 2012 — believed to be a leader out of the gates.
"I'm really looking for leadership; that's the big thing going forward," Mara said. "Somebody who can come in and take control of this roster, help build a culture that is going to lead to winning."
What has become a never-ending search now enters yet another new chapter for the Giants, only this time they can only hope to finally get it right, like old times.
Art Stapleton is the Giants beat writer for NorthJersey.com. For unlimited access to all Giants analysis, news, trades and more, please subscribe today and sign up for our NFC East newsletter.
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Calgary coach in limbo after allegedly using racial slurs
Nov. 26, 2019 at 8:07 am Updated Nov. 27, 2019 at 10:09 am
JOHN WAWROW
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Bill Peters' status as the Calgary Flames coach — and whatever future he might have in the sport — have been placed into question while the NHL and the team investigate allegations he directed racist slurs at a Nigerian-born player in the minors 10 years ago.
Asking for patience, general manager Brad Treliving said Tuesday that Peters remains with the Flames after the allegations raised by Akim Aliu on social media a day earlier. Peters, who has not commented, stayed at the team hotel and was not with the Flames as they practiced for Wednesday night's game in Buffalo.
Aliu alleged Peters "dropped the N bomb several times towards me in the dressing room in my rookie year because he didn't like my choice of music." It happened during the 2009-10 season while the two were with the Chicago Blackhawks minor-league affiliate in Rockford, Illinois.
Treliving called the alleged comments "repulsive."
"Allegations of this nature, we take very, very seriously. This is subject matter that has no place in our organization," Treliving said. "Now it's my job to find out exactly what's taken place."
He said he had spoken with Peters and has had two conversations with Aliu by phone. Treliving offered no timeline and later announced Peters would not be behind the bench against the Sabres. Associate coach Geoff Ward will handle the coaching duties in Peters' place.
The NHL called the alleged behavior "repugnant and unacceptable," but held off commenting pending further investigation.
Aliu has not returned messaged left by The Associated Press, but he has since expanded on his allegations by telling Canada's TSN sports cable network that Peters made the remarks in Rockford's dressing room, calling out his choice of music with a brief tirade marked by profanities and the N-word in front of several teammates.
"He then walked out like nothing ever happened," Aliu said. "You could hear a pin drop in the room, everything went dead silent. I just sat down in my stall, didn't say a word."
Two of Aliu's teammates, Simon Pepin and Peter MacArthur, corroborated the story to TSN.
Aliu referred to former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick as a reason he stayed quiet for so long. Kaepernick has spent the past two-plus seasons out of football since he began kneeling during the national anthem at NFL games to protest police brutality and racial injustice.
"This isn't to the degree of Kaepernick by any means, but if you play the race card, it's most likely the end of your career," Aliu told TSN. "This isn't me being bitter. I sat on this a really, really long time. It broke my heart. I think it made my career go downhill before it started."
Flames players were blindsided by the allegations against the second-year coach. Defenseman Oliver Kylington, whose mother is Eritrean and father Swedish, said Peters has always treated him fairly, and yet respected Aliu for voicing his complaints.
"If he felt like those words have been said, I really respect that he's speaking out," Kylington said. "Words like that should never, ever be said."
Flames captain Mark Giordano called it "a really tough situation" for the individuals involved and franchise.
"I think we all know there's no place for any of that sort of stuff in society, but also you have to respect that the allegations are just that right now, and you've got to go through the process," Giordano said, saying the team attempted to focus on having a good practice as they try to bounce out of a 1-5-2 slump.
Peters led the Flames to a Pacific Division-leading 50-25-7 record last year following four seasons coaching the Carolina Hurricanes. The 54-year-old made the jump to Rockford after leading the Western Hockey League Spokane Chiefs to a Memorial Cup championship in 2008.
Acknowledging he rebelled against Peters, Aliu said the coach eventually asked Blackhawks executives John McDonough and Stan Bowman to send him to a lower minor league level. The Blackhawks issued a statement saying nothing had previously been brought to their attention regarding Peters and Aliu before Monday. The team added it had no effect on any player personnel decisions involving Aliu.
Aliu played under Peters during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons. He was demoted to the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL during the 2009-10 season. Aliu, who was born in Africa but raised in Ukraine and Canada, later played seven NHL games over two seasons with Calgary.
The 30-year-old Aliu has had a transient career since being selected by Chicago in the second round of the 2007 draft.
He's not playing this season after appearing in 14 games with Orlando of the ECHL last year. The Solar Bears were Aliu's 11th team over a six-year span, which included stops in Russia, Sweden and Slovakia.
Aliu's tweet came after reports surfaced of how poorly Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock dealt with his players in Toronto before he was fired several days ago. Forward Mitch Marner confirmed that during his rookie season Babcock asked him to rank Maple Leafs players in order of hardest to least-hardest working. Babcock then shared Marner's list with numerous players.
Aliu noted Peters was Babcock's protege.
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Andrew Schoultz Offers an Explosive Image of War in "Age of Empire"
by CaroPosted on May 16, 2016
Andrew Schoultz's art is filled with chaotic imagery, expressing a rather dystopian vision through a variety of techniques, from sculpture to collage, street art to installations to paintings. Featured here on our blog, his eclectic work cultivates an arsenal of personal symbolism: fragments of dollar bills, fractured Grecian urns, ripped American flags, war horses, and slave ships are just a few of the symbols he uses to juxtapose Western culture with allusions to conflict and exploitation.
For his first solo at Josuhua Liner Gallery in New York, "Age of Empire", Schoultz created a new series of paintings, works on paper, and a site-specific installation. His signature abstract and geometric patterns appear here as undulating, gradient bands of color, meant to represent the artist's varied perspectives of war and politics. Many works feature the motif of maps, combined with images of all-seeing eyes, war and viking iconography next to neon-colored exploding trees, collaged with domestic and foreign currency.
"Chaos and destruction are reoccurring themes in my work because I feel like these things are happening all around us constantly," Schoultz says. "Whether it is the multiple wars being fought all over the world, the natural disasters that seem to happen on a regular basis, the man-made environmental disasters that are becoming more and more prevalent, to the economic crisis that has been crushing this country's poor and middle class for years. I feel like you really cannot talk about one of these things without talking about all of them, so it becomes a monster of a subject."
Andrew Schoultz's "Age of Empire" is on view at Joshua Liner Gallery in New York through May 27th, 2016.


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The Faculty of Medicine of Cenderawasih University (Jubi/Benny Mawel)
Uncen's Faculty of Medicine Not Accredited After 12 Years
Jayapura, Jubi – The Faculty of Medicine of Cenderawasih University (Uncen) revealed various of problems encountered by the medical school, including a lack of accreditation 12 years after it was established.
"After 12 years, it still has not received top accreditation," Acting Dean Yohanis Krey told Papuan councillors at the Papua's Parliament Office on Monday (18/1).
"We have to start from zero. Now it has accredited with Accreditation C, but it's only to meet requirements for providing education. I can not fix the problems because of the current situation," he said during the meeting.
In front of the First Chairman Deputy Edwar Kaize, Chairman Deputy of Commission V of Health and Education Division, Nioluen Kotouki and Commission V members, Jhon Banua Rouw, Nason Uti, Gerson Soma, Bobirius Jikwa, he said at least there are 45 problems that must be solved and they were all connected to one another.
"In terms of regulation, some internal policies are against regulations; both at the university or national levels. I cannot explain it one by one because it's too many. Some are related to the students and academic process, such as students who could take a class without Study Result Card (KHS) enclosed. Everything was running without rules," he said.
He further said some graduate students do not know about their GPA. Even those who graduated must return to the class because they did not pass the exams.
Meanwhile, the First Rector Assistance, Onisimus Sahuleka said until now he never sign the transcripts of study result from the Faculty of Medicine. He further said the problems in the Faculty of Medicine are very complicated. He said the problems are just like the tangle strings that must be sorted properly.
"Besides the KHS, none of Study Planning Card (KRS) has been submitted to the university. There are some students who were not pass the exam but already got a graduation. The students who propose a graduation must pass the exam and complete all lectures. There's never been a graduation, but how could the Decree of Graduation be submitted to the university?" Sahuleka said.
Earlier, the former Minister of Health Nafsiah Mboi were furious if the Faculty of Health was established for only pursuing the commercial aspect and not paying attention to the quality of education, thus proposed a closure concerning many medical faculties were opened but not following the rules.
The firs rule is about the number of new student. It must be equal with the capacity of class and the number of lecturers. Ideally the students and lectures ratio is 1:10 but now the ration 1:500 is still found at some medical faculties.
Secondly, to form a Faculty of Medicine, the university must have a training hospital, accredited lectures and other requirements. The lectures must have at least a master degree or specialist license. Or at least the university has some minimum requirements such as have a campus building, laboratory, update curriculum of education, sufficient number of lectures, and training hospital.
Human Resource Development and Empowerment Body (PPSDM) of PPSDM Ministry of Health recorded there are 74 medical faculties established in Indonesia, but only 54 could produce a doctor graduates while the rest are still under requirement or still new.
Although the medical education is not running properly yet, Directorate of Higher Education (Dikti) issued a Circular no.547/E3.3/DT/2014 about the Medical Education, which is appropriate with the Law No. UUNo.12/ 2012. The Circular also said related to the Health Improvement Plan for 2011-2025, medical staffs are still needed. This circular could be giving an opportunity for the Uncen's Faculty of Health to immediately fix their problems. (Arjuna Pademme/Dominggus Mampioper/Rom)


In my 20s I found myself tricked and captured by the mythological Greek bandit Procrustes, known as the stretcher.
According to Greek mythos, Procrustes' house was near the road between Athens and Eleusis, and he'd invite travelers in for a meal and the promise of a bed that would fit them perfectly.
But as the unsuspecting travelers would soon discover, this perfect bed came with a steep price: Procrustes would stretch short limbs to fit and cut off any overhanging bits.
In today's world, the Procrustean bed is proverbially defined as a forced conformity to an arbitrary standard, often through violent or ruthless means (1).
We do this unconsciously to others when we take our own cultural values and beliefs as absolute truths and impose them on the world around us, angrily judging that which doesn't fit.
I'm part of an online "Freethinker" group – and its more vocal members have no qualms stridently slashing out at others whose thoughts don't fit the arbitrary Freethinker Procrustean bed.
Thus we regularly empower our egos to brutally damage our true selves to serve what we perceive as society's norms.
Some history: Having abandoned my childhood faith when I was 13, I eventually fell into the Jesus Movement of the late 1960s and early '70s, which then morphed into a patriarchal authoritarianism.
Fast forward a few years. Carl Jung writes that within each of us is an innate drive for wholeness (2), and eventually if those parts that we have deemed unacceptable aren't brought out of the shadows and incorporated into ourselves, lethargy sets in along with a deep sadness that won't go away, as well as despair and hopelessness.
John of the Cross calls this the Dark Night of the Soul.
And this despair, this deep sadness, this dark night – they are all gifts to us from the deepest part of who we are.
"Wake up!" it's telling us.
So, when people come to me in despair, dying inside, they soon see the gift in the anguish – and they work with what's emerging from their soul.
This road by which Procrustes lived is known as the "sacred way," because it was the route taken by processions when celebrating the sacred rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries. These mysteries relate to the myth of Demeter, mother of Persephone, when Persephone was abducted by the king of the underworld, Hades.
Demeter, goddess of the harvest and agriculture, goes into deep mourning for this lost part of herself – her daughter. While searching for Persephone, she caused a drought during which time people starved and died. These rites describe the descent (loss), the search, and the ascent – and of course, the representation of life restored.
Symbolically speaking, we can see the pattern in our own psyches: how while traveling the sacred path of our life's journey, we can be tricked into violently rejecting parts of ourselves not acceptable to what might be an arbitrary standard.
We're hobbled by rejecting these vital pieces of who we are, but we continue on until the wake-up call can no longer be ignored – usually because of emotional, psychological, or physical suffering.
And it's here we have a choice: We can give into despair, believing things will never change.
OR, we can begin the descent into our psyches, searching for these lost parts of ourselves – and if we're fortunate, we find apt guides who aid us in interpreting the signs along the way.
Those at risk for suicide teeter on the edge of hope. People are bumping into this lost part of themselves and don't know it. Hope sets us off on a journey to find our missing pieces. You might end up down a path with just enough light to see that next step. You will develop new awareness skills through mindfulness practices.
Wherever you end up, you won't be the same. The energy consumed in ensuring that those wiggly pieces wouldn't reconnect themselves is now set free and you will live your life differently.
So, what's emerging from your soul? What beautiful fragments of you will you find?
And as always, People House ministers, counselors, therapists, and staff are here to assist you on your Sacred Way. No one can do it for you, but you can't do it alone!
1.) For Procrustean bed and Eleusinian Mysteries, see online sources, such as Wikipedia and Britannica, Greek mythological figures.
2.) Jung, C.G. Collected Works of C.G. Jung: The First Complete English Edition of the Works of C.G. Jung. Routledge; 2015.


Design. Photography. Image-making. Writing. Song-selecting. Music sharing (ssshhh).
Annual end-of-year CD series to give people a break from all the holiday songs, aptly named Holiday Respite. Nothing wrong with holiday songs, but this gives me a way to showcase my taste in music*, design and production skills plus put some of my photography to good use. On my 12th year and going strong. Switch to an online delivery system this past year, which made me sorely miss the tactile medium of CD and jewelcase.


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Durch die Parifizierung oder Nutzwertberechnung wird im Österreichischen Wohnungseigentumsrecht das Verhältnis der Eigentumsanteile der einzelnen Miteigentümer eines Hauses, an dem Wohnungseigentum begründet ist, untereinander bestimmt. Durch die Nutzwertberechnung wird auch erstmals der Berechnungsschlüssel festgelegt (um z. B. den Betriebskostenanteil oder das Stimmrecht der einzelnen Eigentümer zu ermitteln), durch Abstimmungen können die Eigentümer die Berechnungen auch unabhängig von der Parifizierung festlegen, sie ist also nicht zwingend anzuwenden.

Gemäß  des Wohnungseigentumsgesetzes von 2002 werden die Nutzwerte aufgrund eines Gutachtens eines für den Hochbau zuständigen Ziviltechnikers oder eines allgemein beeideten und gerichtlich zertifizierten Sachverständigen für das Hochbau- oder das Immobilienwesen bestimmt.

Die Parifizierung ist ebenfalls die Basis für die von allen Wohnungseigentümern zu unterfertigenden Wohnungseigentumsverträge.

Die Berechnungsgrundlage der Nutzwerte sind die Nutzflächen. Die jeweilige Nutzfläche ist die gesamte Bodenfläche einer Wohnung oder einer sonstigen Räumlichkeit abzüglich der Wandstärken und der im Verlauf der Wände befindlichen Durchbrechungen, Türöffnungen, Treppen, offenen Balkone, Terrassen, Garten sowie Keller- und Dachbodenräume, soweit sie ihrer Ausstattung nach nicht für Wohn- oder Geschäftszwecke geeignet sind. Umstände, die den Wert einer konkreten Wohnung im Vergleich zu anderen Objekten im selben Haus nennenswert erhöhen oder auch vermindern, werden durch Zu- oder Abschläge zur Nutzfläche berücksichtigt (werden vom Gutachtenaussteller definiert). Diese Abschläge werden auch bei Flächen wie Gärten, Terrassen, Balkonen sowie Keller- und Dachbodenräumen angewandt. Flächen in Wohnräumen über welchen eine Raumhöhe von unter 150 cm gemessen wird (in der Schräge in ausgebauten Dachböden) werden mit dem Faktor 0 gerechnet.

Neufestsetzung

Eine Neufestsetzung kann in folgenden exemplarischen Fällen auf Antrag erfolgen:
 Wenn im Gutachten gegen zwingende Grundsätze verstoßen wurde
 Wenn das Gutachten von den Gegebenheiten abweicht
 Wenn aufgrund einer vom Gutachten abweichenden Bauführung sich der Nutzwert eines Anteils um mehr als 3 % ändert
 Wenn durch nachträgliche bauliche Vorgänge sich der Nutzwert eines Anteils um mehr als 3 % ändert

Die Kosten und Gebühren einer Nutzwertneufestsetzung sind von jenen Miteigentümern zu tragen, denen Miteigentumsanteile übertragen werden. Für die übertragenen Miteigentumsanteile ist den abgebenden Miteigentümern ein angemessenes Entgelt zu leisten, sofern diese nicht ausdrücklich darauf verzichtet haben. Diese "Ablöse" errechnet sich beispielsweise aus dem Grundstückswert.

Hierbei ist zu beachten, dass es sich bei einer Nutzwertfestsetzung um einen zivilrechtlichen Vorgang handelt und dies nicht mit dem baurechtlichen Vorgang, der Zustimmung zum Bauantrag für die Baugenehmigung, zu verbinden ist. Die Zustimmung von Parteien zur Baugenehmigung begründet keinen Verzicht auf das Entgelt für die Nutzwertabgabe.

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