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technologi continues to build business and accelerates onboarding with Adobe Sign
Southampton, England — technologi Worldwide, part of NetPay Solutions Group, today announces it is extending its long-standing relationship with Adobe Sign.
Adobe Sign has processed more than 8 billion electronic and digital signature transactions from millions of signees around the globe. Helping businesses from small start-ups to huge global corporations work smarter and faster.
Adobe Sign forms an intrinsic part of the award-winning technologi 'Revolution' platform. Revolution is the leading global customer on-boarding and service management platform for the payments industry. Through automation and extensive 3rd party data integration it allows acquirers, payment facilitators, ISOs and payment service providers to board merchants quickly and efficiently without increasing the potential risk. It also reduces the level of application fall out, as well as the cost of delivery and shortens the time to revenue, whilst improving the customer experience. Revolution has a growing global footprint, currently serving merchants across 20 countries with a platform translated into 8 languages. It is truly the leading multi-region, multi-currency, multi-language solution.
In a quickly evolving aspect of the financial services industry, card acquiring merchants are increasingly looking to their suppliers for instant fulfilment of their new service requests– the days where paper-based processes and a 2-week turnaround were acceptable are long behind us. To compete within this market, participants need to deliver an end to end digital on-boarding journey. This has been even more prevalent during the pandemic with businesses simply unable to entertain face to face appointments with their providers. With people running their businesses remotely, it's never been more important to ensure they can continue to be fully operational without the need for face-to-face contact or having to send documents in the post, which not only costs more but also slows down the process considerably. When you send a PDF for signature with Adobe Sign, you get real-time, instant notifications the moment it is opened and signed. This means customers and staff can stay on top of every process and manage all of their business documents easily and efficiently. Adobe Sign helps technologi to deliver digital end to end merchant onboarding solutions to more than 200,000 merchants per year.
"technologi offers customers a streamlined signature process in sending and signing documents by integrating Adobe Sign with their Revolution service management platform." said Chris Whitcomb, Director, Strategic Partnerships – Document Cloud. "technologi complements our ongoing mission to deliver secure, modern, and simple e-signature experiences for the way customers work and in the applications they work with whenever and wherever they are."
"I am delighted to be able to further extend the long-running partnership with Adobe." said Carl Churchill, Managing Director of technologi Worldwide Limited. "We have utilised Adobe Sign since we launched the first iteration of our Revolution platform back in 2013. Over the years the volume of digital signed applications, the customers we support and the countries we deploy this technology to have all grown significantly. Adobe Sign forms an intrinsic part of the capability we offer and is firmly embedded within the customer experience that serves our bank and payments customers all over the world".
Key Benefits of the Adobe Sign Integration:
Allows technologi to implement a completely automated, paperless solution for their award-winning customer onboarding and service management platform Revolution.
Adds a robust layer of security as Adobe provides a regulatory compliant service that technologi's customers look to for validation.
Adds an immediate signature solution which is an important conclusion to a process that has been streamlined and automated end to end.
A range of features included in Adobe Sign also provides additional benefits to situations where there is a requirement for numerous signatures or an auditable trail of all signees.
Adobe Sign is the perfect addition to all technologi's products and services as it also allows internal teams to manage pending documentation with notifications and alerts providing real-time tracking of any agreement.
For more information, please contact press@technologi.co.uk.
Note to editors: For more information and news from technologi Worldwide, please visit www.technologi.co.uk.
About technologi Worldwide
technologi Worldwide, part of NetPay Solutions Group is an award-winning FinTech, delivering industry-leading software solutions across more than 20 countries internationally.
Over the past 6 years, the business has been building revolutionary technology for the payments industry and counts some of the largest banks and payments businesses as clients, such as Natwest, Fiserv, Lloyds Banking Group and Elavon/US Bank.
technologi delivers capability within its four key product areas, customer boarding and management, risk assessment and monitoring, transaction reporting/analytics and funding and settlement.


New Society Publishers, 9780865715684, 237pp.
Also including lighthearted, playful recipes--some using basic, wholesome foods, some illustrating food growing or preservation, and all emphasizing organic, flavorful, and locally grown produce that can readily substitute one for another--this book is about having your catastrophe and eating it too.
Albert Bates is an Environmental Educator and Founder of the Ecovillage Training Center at The Farm in Tennessee. He has been instrumental in facilitating the growth of the worldwide ecovillage movement into an organization of more than 20,000 communities on six continents with more than one million residents.


Researchers at the University of York have revealed computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) is likely to be ineffective in the treatment of depression.
Published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), Professor Simon Gilbody from York's Department of Health Sciences and the Hull York Medical School led the REEACT trial. The study was funded by the National Institute of Health Research Health Technology Programme.
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) delivered by a trained therapist is considered to be a highly effective "talking treatment" for depression, but this is not always immediately available through the NHS. One alternative is the delivery of CBT via specially-designed computer programmes which can be used to increase access.
To judge the effectiveness of computerised CBT, York researchers carried out the largest randomised control trial to date, assessing the effectiveness of cCBT when added to usual GP care.
The REEACT trial included 691 patients with depression carefully selected from 83 general practices across England.
Results showed that cCBT offered little or no benefit over usual GP care.
Patients generally did not engage with computer programmes on a sustained basis, and they highlighted the difficulties of repeatedly logging on to computer systems when clinically depressed.
Dr Elizabeth Littlewood, who managed the REEACT trial, said: "Current NICE guidelines recommend the use of cCBT as a treatment for depression, but there was a need to carry out a large trial to judge the value of these treatments as they are offered in the NHS. Our findings show that cCBT is likely to be an ineffective form of low-intensity treatment for depression and an inefficient use of finite healthcare resources.
"Despite the high level of technical support and weekly encouragement to use the computer packages, there was general low adherence and engagement with this form of treatment. It seems that participants often want more clinical support in addition to therapy."
Professor Gilbody, Director of the York Mental Health and Addictions Research Group (MHARG) and Chief Investigator of the REEACT study, added: "These findings have important implications for those who commission services and purchase commercial products on behalf of publicly funded health services. Depression is a treatable condition and there a number of effective interventions that can be offered. We know that CBT works very well for depression but this research make us less sure that it can be treated when computers alone are used to deliver this treatment."
Professor Karl Atkin, Head of Department at Health Sciences in York, concluded: "This is one of a number of large scale trials in this area to be conducted by MHARG and the York Trials Unit. Such research is essential in ensuring the best care is offered in the NHS and finite healthcare resources are used to the maximum benefit for patients. This is the type of research which York does very well."


Black Iris. Acrylic on 10 x 8 inch canvas board. $90.00 unframed, $120.00 framed plus taxes, shipping, and handling.
This tall bearded iris is such a deep, dark purple that it is nearly black when it blooms in our garden in early summer. So stunning I was compelled to paint it!


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The Road Dirt Crew
Founder, Senior Editor, Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Rob claims, "Motorcycles are in my blood, in my DNA." This has not been independently verified.
What is verifiable, nay certifiable, is Rob's love of bikes, whether riding, writing, or wrenching on them. With a long family history of motorcycling, Rob has traversed America on two wheels (and a few sundry locales across the globe) but calls north Georgia, USA his home, along with his wife, two daughters, and a menagerie of pets.
Associate Editor, Writer & Part Time Digital Biker Nerd
Yes, he's one of those. Phil raced Motocross as a young buck, then rejoined the motorcycle craze after the nest emptied. Active in the 70's precursor to X-Games, Phil never really grew up, which helps since he spends most of his time supporting video and other content over the web. When not touring twisties on his Road Glide with his "Mild Hog" crew, Phil enjoys time on any Apple device, eating & cooking, and spending time with his family – especially his three beautiful grandkids.
Ted Edwards requires constant adult supervision. Without it, he will end up party crashing Laguna Seca, small town quilt shows or cattle drives. The next step involves getting recklessly caffeinated at his local cafe and writing the story. This Northwest native's work has appeared online as a trip writer and gear tester for Bike Bandit and in print for the Vintage Motorcycle Enthusiast newsletter.
J. Joshua Placa is the former Editor-in-Chief of Cruising Rider and Motorcycle Cruiser. He has contributed to major dailies, travel and adventure publications and most major moto magazines. Whereabouts unknown, it is believed he is holed up in some clapboard desert shack, comfortably hiding from the Vatican.
Ryan "Ryhno" Nolan
Contributing Author/Photographer
When Ryan isn't road racing in the CCS Midwest series, he enjoys Motorsports photography, exercise, wearing pink, and a good whiskey. Motorcycles are more than a passion for him. His wife learned this firsthand when motorcycle racing was added to their wedding vows. Ryan's love of motorcycles comes from his dad, who rode a Suzuki TS185 back in college. For Ryan two wheels is greater than four and single malt scotch is best in a double dose.
When Christian says he studies motorcycles, he's being absolutely serious. He received an early education in the bike culture, as he was raised in Laconia, New Hampshire, site of one of the biggest and oldest motorcycle rallies in the country. That education continued into college, much to the delight of his parents, as he studied motorcycle movies while working on a film degree and later examined lesser-known motorcycle manufacturers while completing a degree in the history of technology. He's complemented that book knowledge with some hands-on experience as well, earning a trade degree in motorcycle repair. When he's not writing or wrenching, Christian enjoys listening to 80s "hair bands," sampling local brews, and traveling with his family.
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Kevin built his first engine at 9 years old with an old hardback Motors manual in his dad's garage, and has been involved in virtually all disciplines of high performance engines since. While pursuing an education as a mechanical engineer, his experience developed into a career building race cars and restoring high end muscle cars. As a Master Engine Designer and Builder, Kevin went on to design super high performance race/street engines, components, and fuel injection systems as a consultant for professional engine builders. Kevin parlayed his love of motorcycles into Pro Twin Performance & Baxter's Garage, known internationally for high performance v-twin engine builds. In short, Kevin loves everything that burns gas…except for lawn mowers.
Nathan "GenZ Biker" Baron
Contributing Author/Videographer
Also known as "GenZ Biker", Nathan brings a youthful and new rider perspective to the Road Dirt crew. As a popular "Moto-Vlogger", Nathan is influencing and inspiring a new generation of riders to get out on two wheels. A recent graduate of Marquette University, Nathan's "GenZ Biker" YouTube channel and accompanying social media pages display a great enthusiasm and connection with the heart of motorcycling, and are challenging the industry to innovate and creatively grow the sport for the future. Nathan loves his family, his girl, his bike, and a good local ice cream shop with friends.
Mike is a photographer, drone wizard, and decorated Vietnam combat veteran. Mike flew Huey helicopters in 'Nam, was shot while dropping in to rescue soldiers in a hot LZ, and is an unquestioned patriot. Mike maintains the coolest fleet of AMF/Aermacchi era Harley-Davidson Sprints, as well as half a dozen other motorcycles, and loves capturing bikes and rides through the camera lens, whether at ground level or 100 ft. in the sky. He may be a shade under 5'8" or so, but he's 10 feet tall to us.
Geoff has always loved motorcycles. His Dad owned a Harley 74, with a sidecar, in the late 30's. Geoff had a Kawasaki TR90 as a kid, and raced Suzuki RM 250s. His idol, Kenny Roberts, provided him with press passes from '78 through '85, and so began Geoff's race photography. Barb married into the equation and has taken up photography only recently. No more carrying the backup equipment! She loves all racing, especially flat track. Both enjoy meeting riders and their families and aren't afraid to get close to the action.
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Evidence (ALRC Report 38)
The ALRC revised the interim legislation and published it in ALRC Report 38 (tabled 5 June 1987). Accordingly, the two reports need to be read together to obtain a comprehensive picture of the ALRC's work on this reference.View ALRC Report 38 in HTMLon the AustLII website.
Spent Convictions (ALRC Report 37)
The inquiry on spent convictions examined the question of whether criminal records should be deleted after specified time periods had elapsed. ALRC Report 37 was tabled in June 1987.View ALRC Report 37 in HTMLon the AustLII website.
Contempt (ALRC Report 35)
ALRC Report 35 was tabled in June 1987. In it's review of contemp laws, the Commission was required to strike a balance between a number of principles including freedom of speech and expression; the right of fair trial by an impartial tribunal; public scrutiny of the operations of the court system; and the protection of …
Contempt, Summary (ALRC Report 35)
ALRC Report 35 was tabled in June 1987. In it's review of contempt laws, the Commission was required to strike a balance between a number of principles including freedom of speech and expression; the right of fair trial by an impartial tribunal; public scrutiny of the operations of the court system; and the protection of …
Civil Admiralty Jurisdiction (ALRC Report 33)
ALRC Report 33 (tabled December 1986) found that the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act 1890 (Imp) had limited civil admiralty jurisdiction to matters that were within the admiralty jurisdiction of England as at 1890. As a result there were many uncertainties about, and unjustified limitations on, the scope of the jurisdiction.The report outlined that any …
Loss of Consortium and Compensation for Loss of Capacity to do Housework (ALRC Report 32)
ALRC Report 32 (tabled 23 October 1986) examined the position in the Australian Capital Territory regarding the doctrine of loss of consortium. This doctrine allows a husband to recover damages for the loss of his wife's companionship and services resulting from an injury inflicted on her through negligence.In the ALRC's first report on community law …
Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Laws (ALRC Report 31)
The focus of ALRC Report 31 (tabled 12 June 1986) was whether it would be desirable to apply, either in whole or in part, Aboriginal customary law to Indigenous peoples—generally or in particular areas or to those living in tribal communities only. In addition, the report addressed whether in criminal cases existing courts should be able …
Domestic Violence (ALRC Report 30)
ALRC Report 30 (tabled March 1986) examined the issue of domestic violence within the Australian Capital Territory, focusing exclusively on incidents involving adult people who were married or living in a de facto relationship.Legal institutions' responses to instances of domestic violence had been criticised on two grounds. First, police were seen as taking a dismissive …
Contributory Negligence in Fatal Accident Cases (ALRC Report 28)
ALRC Report 28 (tabled 29 November 1985) is the first of two reports on community law reform in the ACT.View ALRC Report 28 on the AustLII website.
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DHR Home > Historic Registers > Hampton (Ind. City), VLR Online & National Register Listings
114-0002-0001 Fort Monroe: Chapel of the Centurion
Photo credit: Calder Loth, 2022
The Chapel of the Centurion, located at Fort Monroe in the city of Hampton, was the Army's oldest wooden structure in continuous use for religious services at the time of its listing. Consecrated May 3, 1858, the building is an adaptation of a small mission church designed by Richard Upjohn and published in his book Rural Architecture. The chapel features stained-glass windows designed by famous artisans such as Louis C. Tiffany, J.& R. Lamb Studios, R. Geissler, and the John Bolton School. The windows of the Chapel of the Centurion memorialize both individuals and events in U.S. military history as well as showcase a 100-year history of stained-glass practice and design.


On January 20, I was invited to facilitate a group of young adults at Playsense in Guelph, called Friday Friends, led by Nicole Jacobs. After everyone shared their experience in a circle with Nicole, I helped them express themselves with earth rhythm music and clay modelling. We created a group floor 'mural' with everyone participating fully. They loved this new experience. Here are a few of their bright drawings. Nicole assisted me with the Creative Art Adventures classes in 2009 and '10 in her final year of high school. This experience gave her direction and helped her find her own mission in life working with autistic youth. This is so rewarding for me to know that the volunteers who assist with our students are receiving valuable experience and the direction to help them find their own life path.


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Unas elecciones para una Asamblea Constituyente se llevaron a cabo en Guinea-Bisáu en 1972, entre agosto y octubre. El país estaba sumergido en su guerra de independencia contra Portugal, por lo que decidió celebrar las elecciones para darle legitimidad al gobierno del PAIGCV. Fueron las primeras elecciones celebradas en alguna de las colonias portuguesas. Se presentó una lista única del Partido Africano para la Independencia de Guinea y Cabo Verde, que fue aprobada por el 97% de los votantes. Sin embargo, solo 91 de los parlamentarios electos accedieron a la Asamblea de 120 miembros, debido a que 29 escaños quedaban reservados para las cuatro regiones que aún estaban militarmente ocupadas por Portugal:  Bisáu, Bolama, las Islas Bijagós y Bafatá.

A pesar de que la participación fue alta, eso es solo teniendo en cuenta la cantidad de votantes registrados, puesto que en realidad solo votó el 32% de la población del país en edad de votar, debido a la guerra. La Asamblea se reunió el 24 de septiembre de 1973, declaró la independencia y eligió Presidente de la República a Luís Cabral. Los 29 miembros vacantes fueron elegidos en elecciones parciales tras la guerra, todos miembros del PAIGCV, al ser Guinea-Bisáu un estado de partido único.

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Q: SSRS Parameter Selection disappear Hoping someone can help. I am very confused. I have a client working on SSRS (SQL Server 2014). We have reports running and they ran fine in the past. Since about a week ago when selecting a specific parameter and clicking on view report, the selection in the parameter field reverts to nothing. It seems to happen almost immediately without querying the data.
There are multiple reports with the same parameter and they have the same issue, letting me to believe it is a data issue, but I can't see anything that might be wrong in the data.
If you have any advice I would highly appreciate it.
The DataSet for Sites:
  Select SiteName from Sites
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Its a very basic query. Nothing strange...

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IQA de AltonaNorth: Indice de la qualité de l'air (IQA) à AltonaNorth en temps réel.
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Click here to download the Melbourne Air Quality plugin from the Chrome store.
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In order to install the Melbourne Air Quality Widget on your favorite iPhone or iPod device, just launch the internet browser from your device and open the web page: " http://ios.aqicn.org/?".
In order to install the Melbourne Air Quality Widget on your favorite Symbian device, just download the "MelbourneAir.wgz" and install on your phone using Nokia Suite.
In order to install the Melbourne Air Quality Widget on your Windows Desktop, just download the "Melbourne.gadget" and let you be guided through the Windows installer.
You can download the Melbourne Air Quality Widget on your Android Device directly from the google app store.


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FRANK JERMY: Judge upholds dismissal of suit against sheriff's office
Sun | Local
By Travis Baker, Sun Staff — Nov 23rd, 2000
A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against Kitsap County by Deputy Sheriff Frank Jermy.
None of the various claims Jermy and his wife, Jane, made against former Sheriff Pat Jones and his top two administrators in the mid-1990s are justified, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said in its decision.
It was the second setback in court for 41-year-old Jermy this month.
On Tuesday, he was charged with third-degree assault for an alleged attack on his wife Oct. 22. He pleaded innocent and has a Feb. 7 trial date.
The civil suit named Jones, Undersheriff Charles Wheeler and Capt. Ray Magerstaedt as defendants. It made a variety of charges including retaliation for supporting Jones' 1994 election opponent, invasion of privacy, infliction of emotion distress and conspiracy.
Jermy's problems with alcohol factored into both this week's criminal charge and the Court of Appeals ruling.
The criminal case asserts that Jermy had been drinking heavily before he allegedly assaulted his wife at their home, choking her with his hands.
The appellate judges said that Jermy had not shown that comments he had made that may have offended Jones, Wheeler and Magerstaedt were "a substantial or motivating factor in his assignment or claimed denial of training."
"Frank Jermy's problems with alcohol and his poor attendance are legitimate reasons to reassign his shift and to deny him seats in training classes," the judges wrote. "These actions reflected the sheriff's office's legitimate judgement of how to utilize a less dependable employee most effectively.
"Frank's illness and poor attendance record gave the KCSO a neutral justification for the actions it took in the case."
The court also agreed with the District Court that neither Frank nor Jane Jermy, who worked for the coroner's office, were subject to an "adverse employment action."
"Declining to hold a job open for an employees, bad-mouthing an employee outside the job reference context and transferring an employee whose salary is unaffected do not constitute adverse employment action," it said.
Unless the Jermys appeal further, this is the final action in a series of lawsuits filed in the mid-1990s against Jones, his administrators and the county.
Altogether, the county and its insurer have paid out $1,595,000 in damages to plaintiffs in those actions. Four were settled, two of them for just under $500,000, the other two for less.
Four others, including the Jermys', were dismissed. And one, brought by former Sgt. Phil Colcord, won a $480,000 jury verdict.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE: Deputy accused of assault loses his job
* Frank Jermy's termination is the outcome of an internal investigation. Kitsap County Sheriff's Deputy Frank Jermy was fired on Thursday, about two months after an alleged assault against his wife Jane, a former Chief Deputy Coroner. Jermy was on unpaid leave and the ... [Read More...]
KITSAP COUNTY: Fired official to fight
* Jane Jermy says there is no justification for new County Coroner Greg Sandstrom dismissing her. Jane Jermy, dismissed as chief deputy in the Kitsap County Coroner's office Wednesday, says she will fight to get her job back. There is no documentation with her ... [Read More...]
FRANK JERMY: Sheriff's deputy charged with third-degree assault
Kitsap County Sheriff's Deputy Frank Jermy was charged Tuesday with third-degree assault for an alleged attack on his wife, Jane. He pleaded innocent and a Feb. 7 trial date was set. Jermy had been on leave for a little over a week before the ... [Read More...]
SHERIFF'S OFFICE: Judge rules Jermy suit has no merit
* A fourth action alleging retaliation by former Kitsap County Sheriff Pat Jones is dismissed. Kitsap County Sheriff's Deputy Frank Jermy and his wife, Jane, have lost their case against former Sheriff Pat Jones, his two top administrators and the county. Judge Franklin Burgess ... [Read More...]
CORONER'S OFFICE: Jermy files $1 million lawsuit
Feb 3rd, 1999
Jane Jermy has submitted a $1 million claim to Kitsap County over her firing as chief deputy coroner. And she and her husband, Frank, are keeping alive another lawsuit against the county and its former sheriff by appealing that matter in federal court. Attorney ... [Read More...]


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Gospel music coming to Branson
By Going On Faith
BRANSON, Mo. – The musical siblings who first became popular on America's Got Talent in 2009 are appearing in a new show called "Ayo starring Voices of Glory" at the Hughes Brothers Theatre in Branson. Running from March through December, the show will feature gospel favorites and current songs with everything from pop to jazz.
Michael, Avery and Nadia Cole make up the Voices of Glory group of siblings, who started singing to their mother while she was in a coma from a car accident in 2007. After serenading their mother for months, she came out of her coma. The siblings have been singing together ever since.
The group most recently appeared in Branson as a featured act in "Andy William's Christmas Show."
"In 'Ayo,' we're taking the audience on a journey of joy using song, dance, lights and the personalities of Michael, Avery and Nadia, backed up by a live band," said Jason Hughes, owner of the Hughes Brothers Theatre.
The Hughes Brothers Theatre will co-produce "Ayo starring Voices of Glory." The company recently produced the shows "it" and the "Hughes Brothers Christmas Show." For more information, visit www.hughes-brothers.com.
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Bhopal, Sep 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L. Ganesan on Friday filed nomination papers for the 2016 Rajya Sabha by-elections from Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan lauded the efforts of Ganesan and his contribution for uplifting the party's position in southern parts of India. Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah, Chouhan said Ganesan will deliver well to the position offered. Ganesan (71), who is currently national executive member of the BJP, has also served the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS).


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In the wake of beloved Connie Mack's bow-out, the former state house majority leader is strongest on conservative issues and has solid Tea Party backing.
Maverick Adam Hasner Looks Good for GOP Senate Slot in Florida
In the wake of beloved Connie Mack's bow-out, the former state house majority leader is strongest on conservative issues and has solid Tea Party backing.
John Gizzi
Two weeks after Rep. Connie Mack (R.-Fla.) announced he would not seek the Republican nomination to oppose Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, Florida GOPers are still reeling in disbelief. The namesake son of the state's much-loved conservative Republican U.S. senator from 1988 to 2000, young Mack had signed on top campaign and fund-raising operatives and a new press team. Polls showed the five-term House Member a favorite for the September 2012 primary, and signs were strong Mack would run for his father's old seat.
But Connie Mack isn't running, and his no-go is likely to be pondered by pundits for some time to come. Now, however, political eyes are on the remaining three contenders for nomination against Nelson: state senate President Mike Haridopolos, former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, who served out the remaining 15 months of the term of Republican Sen. Mel Martinez (who resigned the seat that was won in 2010 by present U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio), and former state house majority leader and conservative swashbuckler Adam Hasner.
Although the Republican primary is 17 months off, there is strong evidence that 41-year-old Palm Beach lawyer Hasner gained the most from Mack's exodus. With the exception of his criticism of Arizona's law dealing with illegal immigration, Mack has a solidly conservative record in Congress (lifetime American Conservative Union rating: 93.33%) and many on the Right also recall his father's good-as-Goldwater voting record in the House and Senate.
Hasner doesn't compare or contrast himself to anyone, but cites his record in the state legislature as a leader on conservative causes and issues. From fighting to eliminate the state's property taxes to toughening Florida's pro-life legislation, it was Florida House of Representatives Majority Leader Hasner—working with close ally and then-Speaker Rubio—who was the leading force in Tallahassee behind the measures.
In contrast, Haridopolos has served in the state senate, where many of the conservative items sent over from the house of representatives have died. The 41-year-old LeMieux was campaign manager, top aide, and chief adviser to the centrist former Republican governor Charlie Crist, who bolted the GOP to run for the Senate last year and lost to Rubio. Crist—"Judas Crist" to Republican activists—gave the vacant U.S. Senate appointment to LeMieux, whose role with the governor has been likened to that of Karl Rove to George W. Bush.
Both Haridopolos and LeMieux backed Crist for the Senate when he was still a Republican, while Hasner was one of the first elected officials to endorse Rubio. To no one's surprise, both Haridopolos and LeMieux dub themselves "conservative" in this Senate race.
"I don't have to reinvent myself," Hasner told HUMAN EVENTS. "I have proven I have the courage to say what needs be said and do what needs to be done, even when it's not popular. And in the U.S. Senate, you'd find I'd be the different kind of conservative leader I feel voters are looking for." He went on to cite that he has already spoken out against the Obama Doctrine—"We're less trusted and less safe than before he became President in foreign policy"—and against raising the debt ceiling—"I'm for a the Balanced Budget Amendment but not willing to trade raising the debt ceiling to get it."
It is this kind of agenda and talk that has made Hasner a hero and much-in-demand speaker at the varied Florida Tea Party groups, "immeasurable in their numbers statewide," as Hasner put it, and inarguably key to the nominations and elections of Sen. Rubio and Republican Gov. Rick Scott last year.
"I went to a 9/12 picnic recently and it drew more than 400 people—and on a Sunday!" Hasner told HUMAN EVENTS." I understand their message—enough is enough. We want leaders to tell it like it is, and if they can't get the job done—then we will find those that will. And also about how 2010 was just the beginning, and these groups are as educated and energized as ever before. In 2012 its time for the next wave who are ready to fight to get the job done and restore America's promise. That's why I am running."
Values Matter: Actors For "The Playboy Club" Sign Nudity Clause
Eric Holder Knows Better Than You
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The Age of Majority
Matthew Clayton
in Justice and Legitimacy in Upbringing
10.1093/0199268940.003.0006
This chapter addresses issues of justice with respect to the end of childhood. Should there be an age at which certain legal rights become available to individuals and, if so, how should the ... More
This chapter addresses issues of justice with respect to the end of childhood. Should there be an age at which certain legal rights become available to individuals and, if so, how should the appropriate age be determined? The chapter defends age-based discrimination against objections that it is unjust or undemocratic. It then considers the issue of the voting age and defends certain criteria for its determination.Less
This chapter addresses issues of justice with respect to the end of childhood. Should there be an age at which certain legal rights become available to individuals and, if so, how should the appropriate age be determined? The chapter defends age-based discrimination against objections that it is unjust or undemocratic. It then considers the issue of the voting age and defends certain criteria for its determination.
Keywords: age of majority, discrimination, franchise, democracy
The Politics of the Poor: The East End of London 1885-1914
Marc Brodie
History, Social History
This book is about the political views of the 'classic' poor of London's East End in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. The residents of this area have been historically characterized as ... More
This book is about the political views of the 'classic' poor of London's East End in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. The residents of this area have been historically characterized as abjectly poor, casually employed, slum dwellers with a poverty-induced apathy toward political solutions interspersed with occasional violent displays of support for populist calls for protectionism, imperialism, or anti-alien agitation. These factors, in combination, have been thought to have allowed the Conservative Party to politically dominate the East End in this period. This study demonstrates that many of these images are wrong. Economic conditions in the East End were not as uniformly bleak as often portrayed. The workings of the franchise laws also meant that those who possessed the vote in the East End were generally the most prosperous and regularly employed of their occupational group. Conservative electoral victories in the East End were not the result of poverty. Political attitudes in the East End were determined to a far greater extent by issues concerning the 'personal' in a number of senses. The importance given to individual character in the political judgements of the East End working class was greatly increased by a number of specific local factors. These included the prevalence of particular forms of workplace structure, and the generally somewhat shorter length of time on the electoral register of voters in the area. Also important was a continuing attachment to the Church of England amongst a number of the more prosperous working class. In the place of many 'myths' about the people of the East End and their politics, this study provides a model that does not seek to explain the politics of the area in full, but suggests the point strongly that we can understand politics, and the formation of political attitudes, in the East End or any other area, only through a detailed examination of very specific localized community and workplace structures. This book challenges the idea that a 'Conservatism of the slums' existed in London's East End in the Victorian and Edwardian period. It argues that images of abjectly poor residents who supported Conservative appeals about protectionism, imperialism, and anti-immigration are largely wrong. Instead, it was the support of better-off workers, combined with a general importance in the area of the 'personal' in politics emphasized by local social and workplace structures, which delivered the limited successes that the Conservatives did enjoy.Less
The Politics of the Poor : The East End of London 1885-1914
This book is about the political views of the 'classic' poor of London's East End in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. The residents of this area have been historically characterized as abjectly poor, casually employed, slum dwellers with a poverty-induced apathy toward political solutions interspersed with occasional violent displays of support for populist calls for protectionism, imperialism, or anti-alien agitation. These factors, in combination, have been thought to have allowed the Conservative Party to politically dominate the East End in this period. This study demonstrates that many of these images are wrong. Economic conditions in the East End were not as uniformly bleak as often portrayed. The workings of the franchise laws also meant that those who possessed the vote in the East End were generally the most prosperous and regularly employed of their occupational group. Conservative electoral victories in the East End were not the result of poverty. Political attitudes in the East End were determined to a far greater extent by issues concerning the 'personal' in a number of senses. The importance given to individual character in the political judgements of the East End working class was greatly increased by a number of specific local factors. These included the prevalence of particular forms of workplace structure, and the generally somewhat shorter length of time on the electoral register of voters in the area. Also important was a continuing attachment to the Church of England amongst a number of the more prosperous working class. In the place of many 'myths' about the people of the East End and their politics, this study provides a model that does not seek to explain the politics of the area in full, but suggests the point strongly that we can understand politics, and the formation of political attitudes, in the East End or any other area, only through a detailed examination of very specific localized community and workplace structures. This book challenges the idea that a 'Conservatism of the slums' existed in London's East End in the Victorian and Edwardian period. It argues that images of abjectly poor residents who supported Conservative appeals about protectionism, imperialism, and anti-immigration are largely wrong. Instead, it was the support of better-off workers, combined with a general importance in the area of the 'personal' in politics emphasized by local social and workplace structures, which delivered the limited successes that the Conservatives did enjoy.
Keywords: poverty-induced apathy, protectionism, imperialism, anti-alien agitation, Conservative Party, franchise laws, workplace structure, electoral register, Church of England, localized community
Who counts?
Robert E. Goodin
in Innovating Democracy: Democratic Theory and Practice After the Deliberative Turn
Political Science, Comparative Politics, Political Theory
Constituting the demos — deciding who gets a say, or a vote — is the first task of any democracy, but it is a topic on which democratic theory has surprisingly little to offer. 'Enfranchising all ... More
Constituting the demos — deciding who gets a say, or a vote — is the first task of any democracy, but it is a topic on which democratic theory has surprisingly little to offer. 'Enfranchising all affected interests' is a good start. When unpacked, however, it turns out that the most defensible version of that rule requires us to extend membership in the demos to every interest that would probably be affected by any possible decision arising out of any possible agenda. Given the broad scope of the 'possible', that means we ought, in principle, include just about everyone worldwide in the same demos.Less
Constituting the demos — deciding who gets a say, or a vote — is the first task of any democracy, but it is a topic on which democratic theory has surprisingly little to offer. 'Enfranchising all affected interests' is a good start. When unpacked, however, it turns out that the most defensible version of that rule requires us to extend membership in the demos to every interest that would probably be affected by any possible decision arising out of any possible agenda. Given the broad scope of the 'possible', that means we ought, in principle, include just about everyone worldwide in the same demos.
Keywords: constituting the demos, political membership, franchise, all affected interests
The Great Victorian Realignment
in Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair
Political Science, UK Politics
A case study of the great Victorian electoral realignment. Corrects existing claims about landslide elections, and tabulates the bias and responsiveness of the UK electoral system from 1868 to 1918. ... More
A case study of the great Victorian electoral realignment. Corrects existing claims about landslide elections, and tabulates the bias and responsiveness of the UK electoral system from 1868 to 1918. Examines the opportunities and problems for politicians in two‐dimensional space. A new account of the reasons for Gladstone's failure to achieve Home Rule for Ireland in 1886 and 1893 is offered, as is a solution to the puzzle of why politicians whose interest lay in widening the franchise after 1900, especially by introducing women's suffrage, failed to do so.Less
A case study of the great Victorian electoral realignment. Corrects existing claims about landslide elections, and tabulates the bias and responsiveness of the UK electoral system from 1868 to 1918. Examines the opportunities and problems for politicians in two‐dimensional space. A new account of the reasons for Gladstone's failure to achieve Home Rule for Ireland in 1886 and 1893 is offered, as is a solution to the puzzle of why politicians whose interest lay in widening the franchise after 1900, especially by introducing women's suffrage, failed to do so.
Keywords: bias, electoral system, franchise, W. E. Gladstone, Home Rule for Ireland, realignment, responsiveness, women's suffrage
Democratic Institutions
Rex Martin
in A System of Rights
It was argued earlier that active civil rights require agencies to formulate, maintain, and harmonize them; the question arises then, whether there are any kinds of governmental agencies that would ... More
It was argued earlier that active civil rights require agencies to formulate, maintain, and harmonize them; the question arises then, whether there are any kinds of governmental agencies that would be apt to produce and enforce rights. It could plausibly be argued that democratic institutions—universal franchise (on a one‐person, one‐vote basis), regular and contested voting operating at two distinct levels (the level of parliament and the level of general elections), and majority rule—can effectively perform this job and thus provide the setting required by civil rights. Democratic procedures are a stable and relatively reliable way of identifying, and then implementing, laws and policies that serve interests common to the voters or to a large number of them, presumably, at least a majority.This key argument is deeply ambiguous; it covers several disparate options. We do not want to eliminate any of them from the list altogether; the best solution, then, would be to try to rank these options in some definite order. The chapter concludes by laying out the idea of a ranking procedure that would be acceptable to all the voters: the theme advanced here is that we should go to the basic practice itself (as outlined in the three democratic institutions and their various rationales, as found in Condorcet and Duncan Black and others) to try to establish an internal ground, one that can be located in the practice itself, for deciding on a ranking; the resultant ranking of options, if it could successfully be achieved, would thereby become part of the very justification for having and relying on democratic institutions.Less
It was argued earlier that active civil rights require agencies to formulate, maintain, and harmonize them; the question arises then, whether there are any kinds of governmental agencies that would be apt to produce and enforce rights. It could plausibly be argued that democratic institutions—universal franchise (on a one‐person, one‐vote basis), regular and contested voting operating at two distinct levels (the level of parliament and the level of general elections), and majority rule—can effectively perform this job and thus provide the setting required by civil rights. Democratic procedures are a stable and relatively reliable way of identifying, and then implementing, laws and policies that serve interests common to the voters or to a large number of them, presumably, at least a majority.
This key argument is deeply ambiguous; it covers several disparate options. We do not want to eliminate any of them from the list altogether; the best solution, then, would be to try to rank these options in some definite order. The chapter concludes by laying out the idea of a ranking procedure that would be acceptable to all the voters: the theme advanced here is that we should go to the basic practice itself (as outlined in the three democratic institutions and their various rationales, as found in Condorcet and Duncan Black and others) to try to establish an internal ground, one that can be located in the practice itself, for deciding on a ranking; the resultant ranking of options, if it could successfully be achieved, would thereby become part of the very justification for having and relying on democratic institutions.
Keywords: Duncan Black, Marquis de Condorcet, contested voting, democratic institutions, democratic procedures, majority rule, options, ranking, universal franchise
Globalization of Freedom of Contract
Martin Shapiro
in On Law, Politics, and Judicialization
Political Science, Comparative Politics
The two papers in Ch. 5 examine how lawyers and law professors, operating in private arenas, successfully revived a pre-modern legal system, the Lex Mercatoria – the international body of trade law ... More
The two papers in Ch. 5 examine how lawyers and law professors, operating in private arenas, successfully revived a pre-modern legal system, the Lex Mercatoria – the international body of trade law derived from merchant practice. Shapiro's paper, which was originally published in The State and Freedom of Contract (ed. Harry Scheiber, Stanford University Press) in 1998) first introduces the Lex Mercatoria (the law of merchants) in relation to freedom of contract and contract law, and then discusses globalizing tendencies in contract law, doctrine, and jurisprudence, before moving on to globalizing tendencies in contract practice, using the legal doctrine of conflict of laws as a baseline for measurement of globalization tendencies. Here, Lex Mercatoria (or general principles of law) often play a substantial part in the resolution of contract disputes, particularly where arbitration is involved. Shapiro goes on to deal with the unification of private law in the United States in the 1920s (the trans-state harmonization of contract law), which he uses as a benchmark to assess the massive post-Second World War movement to a global law of contract. Aspects addressed include the globalization of contracting practice and law, the American-style contract (in relation to franchising law and mineral (non-oil) development contracts), and developments in business organization and law institutions.Less
The two papers in Ch. 5 examine how lawyers and law professors, operating in private arenas, successfully revived a pre-modern legal system, the Lex Mercatoria – the international body of trade law derived from merchant practice. Shapiro's paper, which was originally published in The State and Freedom of Contract (ed. Harry Scheiber, Stanford University Press) in 1998) first introduces the Lex Mercatoria (the law of merchants) in relation to freedom of contract and contract law, and then discusses globalizing tendencies in contract law, doctrine, and jurisprudence, before moving on to globalizing tendencies in contract practice, using the legal doctrine of conflict of laws as a baseline for measurement of globalization tendencies. Here, Lex Mercatoria (or general principles of law) often play a substantial part in the resolution of contract disputes, particularly where arbitration is involved. Shapiro goes on to deal with the unification of private law in the United States in the 1920s (the trans-state harmonization of contract law), which he uses as a benchmark to assess the massive post-Second World War movement to a global law of contract. Aspects addressed include the globalization of contracting practice and law, the American-style contract (in relation to franchising law and mineral (non-oil) development contracts), and developments in business organization and law institutions.
Keywords: American-style contract, arbitration, business law, business organization, contract disputes, contract law, franchising law, Freedom of Contract, globalization, Lex Mercatoria, merchant practice, mineral development contracts, trade law, trans-state harmonization of contract law, United States
The Law Market
Larry E. Ribstein and Erin O'Hara
Political Science, American Politics
Cheaper transportation, faster communication, and lowered trade barriers have made people, firms, and their assets much more mobile. This increasing mobility has strained traditional notions that ... More
Cheaper transportation, faster communication, and lowered trade barriers have made people, firms, and their assets much more mobile. This increasing mobility has strained traditional notions that laws operate within geographic borders. Instead, some nations find their laws powerless to control or regulate behavior, while others pass laws that have profound effects on assets and activities worldwide. Today, states increasingly act as hawkers of legal rules in a market for law where people and firms often can shop for those regimes that they find most desirable. A California resident can incorporate her shipping business in Delaware, register her ships in Panama, hire her employees from Hong Kong, place her earnings in an asset-protection trust formed in the Cayman Islands, and enter into a same-sex marriage in Massachusetts or Canada, and in doing so, she can enjoy the California sunshine while at least potentially avoiding many facets of the state's laws. The law market carries the promise of improving our lives as well as the quality of the laws that govern us because it helps to discipline interest group attempts to pass laws that impose costs on society. But the law market also threatens governments' ability to protect its citizens from harmful private conduct. Given this trade-off, the book argues that simple contractual choice-of-law rules can help maximize the beneficial effects of the law market while tempering its costs. This approach often is superior to attempts to federalize legal rules in the United States or to harmonize legal rules across nations. Moreover, lawmakers have powerful incentives to enforce parties' bargains regarding the applicable law in order to attract or retain mobile firms and residents. The book shows how their insights and recommendations apply across a wide variety of legal problems, including corporate governance, securities, franchise, trust, property, marriage, living will, surrogacy, and general contract regulations. This book therefore provides a useful template for analyzing the role of law in an increasingly mobile world.Less
Larry E. RibsteinErin O'Hara
Cheaper transportation, faster communication, and lowered trade barriers have made people, firms, and their assets much more mobile. This increasing mobility has strained traditional notions that laws operate within geographic borders. Instead, some nations find their laws powerless to control or regulate behavior, while others pass laws that have profound effects on assets and activities worldwide. Today, states increasingly act as hawkers of legal rules in a market for law where people and firms often can shop for those regimes that they find most desirable. A California resident can incorporate her shipping business in Delaware, register her ships in Panama, hire her employees from Hong Kong, place her earnings in an asset-protection trust formed in the Cayman Islands, and enter into a same-sex marriage in Massachusetts or Canada, and in doing so, she can enjoy the California sunshine while at least potentially avoiding many facets of the state's laws.
The law market carries the promise of improving our lives as well as the quality of the laws that govern us because it helps to discipline interest group attempts to pass laws that impose costs on society. But the law market also threatens governments' ability to protect its citizens from harmful private conduct. Given this trade-off, the book argues that simple contractual choice-of-law rules can help maximize the beneficial effects of the law market while tempering its costs. This approach often is superior to attempts to federalize legal rules in the United States or to harmonize legal rules across nations. Moreover, lawmakers have powerful incentives to enforce parties' bargains regarding the applicable law in order to attract or retain mobile firms and residents.
The book shows how their insights and recommendations apply across a wide variety of legal problems, including corporate governance, securities, franchise, trust, property, marriage, living will, surrogacy, and general contract regulations. This book therefore provides a useful template for analyzing the role of law in an increasingly mobile world.
Keywords: international trade, choice-of-law, law market, corporate governance, securities law, franchise regulation, trust law, marriage, surrogacy, contract law
Media Franchising: Creative License and Collaboration in the Culture Industries
NYU Press
10.18574/nyu/9780814743478.001.0001
Society and Culture, Media Studies
While immediately recognizable throughout the United States and many other countries, media mainstays like X-Men, Star Trek, and Transformers achieved such familiarity through constant reincarnation. ... More
While immediately recognizable throughout the United States and many other countries, media mainstays like X-Men, Star Trek, and Transformers achieved such familiarity through constant reincarnation. In each case, the initial success of a single product led to a long-term embrace of media franchising—a dynamic process in which media workers from different industrial positions shared in and reproduced familiar culture across television, film, comics, games, and merchandising. This book examines the corporate culture behind these production practices, as well as the collaborative and creative efforts involved in conceiving, sustaining, and sharing intellectual properties in media work worlds. Challenging connotations of homogeneity, the book shows how the cultural and industrial logic of franchising has encouraged media industries to reimagine creativity as an opportunity for exchange among producers, licensees, and even consumers. Drawing on case studies and interviews with media producers, it reveals the meaningful identities, cultural hierarchies, and struggles for distinction that accompany collaboration within these production networks. The book provides a nuanced portrait of the collaborative cultural production embedded in both the media industries and our own daily lives.Less
Media Franchising : Creative License and Collaboration in the Culture Industries
While immediately recognizable throughout the United States and many other countries, media mainstays like X-Men, Star Trek, and Transformers achieved such familiarity through constant reincarnation. In each case, the initial success of a single product led to a long-term embrace of media franchising—a dynamic process in which media workers from different industrial positions shared in and reproduced familiar culture across television, film, comics, games, and merchandising. This book examines the corporate culture behind these production practices, as well as the collaborative and creative efforts involved in conceiving, sustaining, and sharing intellectual properties in media work worlds. Challenging connotations of homogeneity, the book shows how the cultural and industrial logic of franchising has encouraged media industries to reimagine creativity as an opportunity for exchange among producers, licensees, and even consumers. Drawing on case studies and interviews with media producers, it reveals the meaningful identities, cultural hierarchies, and struggles for distinction that accompany collaboration within these production networks. The book provides a nuanced portrait of the collaborative cultural production embedded in both the media industries and our own daily lives.
Keywords: media franchising, intellectual properties, homogeneity, media industries, collaborative cultural production, film, comics, games, merchandising
Franchising Dreams: The Lure of Entrepreneurship in America
Peter M. Birkeland
Sociology, Organizations
McDonald's, Blockbuster Video, Jiffy Lube, and Subway: franchising has become an ever-present feature of the American landscape. One-third of the U.S. gross domestic product flows through franchises, ... More
McDonald's, Blockbuster Video, Jiffy Lube, and Subway: franchising has become an ever-present feature of the American landscape. One-third of the U.S. gross domestic product flows through franchises, and one out of every sixteen workers is employed by one. But how did franchising come to play such a dominant role in the American economy? What are the day-to-day experiences of franchisees and franchisers in the workplace? What challenges and pitfalls await them as they stake their claim to prosperity? These are just a few of the questions explored in this book, a documentary-like look into the frustrations and uncertainties that entrepreneurs face in their pursuit of the American dream. The author worked for three years in the front-line operations of franchise units for three companies, met with CEOs and executives, and attended countless trade shows, seminars, and expositions. All this firsthand experience gave him unprecedented access to the hopes and aspirations of franchisees. His book closely traces different franchisees and follows them as their dreams of wealth and independence buckle beneath the weight of frustrating logistics and contractual technicalities. Through extensive interviews and research, the author not only discovers what makes franchisees succeed or fail, he uncovers the difficulties in running a business according to someone else's system and values. Bearing witness to a market flooded with fierce competitors and dependent on the inscrutable whims of consumers, he uncovers the numerous challenges that franchisees face in making their businesses succeed.Less
Franchising Dreams : The Lure of Entrepreneurship in America
McDonald's, Blockbuster Video, Jiffy Lube, and Subway: franchising has become an ever-present feature of the American landscape. One-third of the U.S. gross domestic product flows through franchises, and one out of every sixteen workers is employed by one. But how did franchising come to play such a dominant role in the American economy? What are the day-to-day experiences of franchisees and franchisers in the workplace? What challenges and pitfalls await them as they stake their claim to prosperity? These are just a few of the questions explored in this book, a documentary-like look into the frustrations and uncertainties that entrepreneurs face in their pursuit of the American dream. The author worked for three years in the front-line operations of franchise units for three companies, met with CEOs and executives, and attended countless trade shows, seminars, and expositions. All this firsthand experience gave him unprecedented access to the hopes and aspirations of franchisees. His book closely traces different franchisees and follows them as their dreams of wealth and independence buckle beneath the weight of frustrating logistics and contractual technicalities. Through extensive interviews and research, the author not only discovers what makes franchisees succeed or fail, he uncovers the difficulties in running a business according to someone else's system and values. Bearing witness to a market flooded with fierce competitors and dependent on the inscrutable whims of consumers, he uncovers the numerous challenges that franchisees face in making their businesses succeed.
Keywords: franchising, franchises, American economy, entrepreneurs, front-line operations, CEOs, executives, trade shows, seminars, expositions
Rethinking Structures of Dominance, Translation Effects, and Export Models
Michael Keane, Anthony Fung, and Albert Moran
in New Television, Globalisation, and the East Asian Cultural Imagination
10.5790/hongkong/9789622098206.003.0003
Film, Television and Radio, Television
This chapter examines the strategies for export growth and the role of TV franchises and formats in extending audio-visual markets. It begins with a discussion on some of the inherent problems within ... More
This chapter examines the strategies for export growth and the role of TV franchises and formats in extending audio-visual markets. It begins with a discussion on some of the inherent problems within the political economy of media tradition when it is applied to East Asia, and offers new ways of thinking through processes of cultural translation and exchange. This leads to the five-stage model of export growth: clusters, niche, franchising, cloning, and de-territorialization.Less
Michael KeaneAnthony FungAlbert Moran
This chapter examines the strategies for export growth and the role of TV franchises and formats in extending audio-visual markets. It begins with a discussion on some of the inherent problems within the political economy of media tradition when it is applied to East Asia, and offers new ways of thinking through processes of cultural translation and exchange. This leads to the five-stage model of export growth: clusters, niche, franchising, cloning, and de-territorialization.
Keywords: export growth, TV franchises, audio-visual markets, East Asia, clusters, niche, franchising, cloning, de-territorialization
More Than Meets the Eye: Special Effects and the Fantastic Transmedia Franchise
Bob Rehak
Film, Television and Radio, Film
Today's franchises of fantastic media depend on visual effects for their existence, not just in their local textual homes (a feature film, a TV episode, a videogame) but across multiple screens and ... More
Today's franchises of fantastic media depend on visual effects for their existence, not just in their local textual homes (a feature film, a TV episode, a videogame) but across multiple screens and platforms, working transmedially to build ongoing storyworlds, imbue bodies with evidence of life, and ultimately to travel freely as spectacular subgenres in themselves. In this book's four case studies, major fantastic franchises of the last half century—Star Trek, Star Wars, the Middle Earth films, and The Matrix—reveal themselves as busy sites of negotiation between the late analog era of the 1960s and 1970s and the digital blockbuster era that followed. Arguing that this colonization took place largely in and through the visual effects design and engineering of high-profile media properties, the chapters explore television series art direction and its relationship to an amateur "blueprint culture," documenting the contents of media's imaginary worlds; the previsualization practices through which visual effects rebrand complex webs of creative contributions under the sign of the techno-auteur; the animation traditions that bring special-effects-assisted performances to life; and the role of special effects in larger circuits of visual culture. Approaching special effects both as specific technological practices and discursive performances of behind-the-scenes labor, More Than Meets the Eye plumbs the analog roots of contemporary transmedia franchises to find the unexpected behaviors and impacts of special effects that hide in plain sight, constructing perceptions of narrative worlds and characters as on another level they construct our collective ways of imagining franchise cinema, digital media, and technological change.Less
More Than Meets the Eye : Special Effects and the Fantastic Transmedia Franchise
Today's franchises of fantastic media depend on visual effects for their existence, not just in their local textual homes (a feature film, a TV episode, a videogame) but across multiple screens and platforms, working transmedially to build ongoing storyworlds, imbue bodies with evidence of life, and ultimately to travel freely as spectacular subgenres in themselves. In this book's four case studies, major fantastic franchises of the last half century—Star Trek, Star Wars, the Middle Earth films, and The Matrix—reveal themselves as busy sites of negotiation between the late analog era of the 1960s and 1970s and the digital blockbuster era that followed. Arguing that this colonization took place largely in and through the visual effects design and engineering of high-profile media properties, the chapters explore television series art direction and its relationship to an amateur "blueprint culture," documenting the contents of media's imaginary worlds; the previsualization practices through which visual effects rebrand complex webs of creative contributions under the sign of the techno-auteur; the animation traditions that bring special-effects-assisted performances to life; and the role of special effects in larger circuits of visual culture. Approaching special effects both as specific technological practices and discursive performances of behind-the-scenes labor, More Than Meets the Eye plumbs the analog roots of contemporary transmedia franchises to find the unexpected behaviors and impacts of special effects that hide in plain sight, constructing perceptions of narrative worlds and characters as on another level they construct our collective ways of imagining franchise cinema, digital media, and technological change.
Keywords: special effects, media franchises, transmedia, fandom, world-building
in Cities Divided: Politics and Religion in English Provincial Towns 1660-1722
History, British and Irish Early Modern History
James was determined to repeal the penal laws and test acts, to allow religious freedom and full political rights to Catholics and Dissenters. To achieve this he needed a compliant Parliament. As the ... More
James was determined to repeal the penal laws and test acts, to allow religious freedom and full political rights to Catholics and Dissenters. To achieve this he needed a compliant Parliament. As the great majority of MPs sat for boroughs, his attempts to secure a suitable Parliament focused on towns. The more urban rulers showed their opposition to his plans, the more blatantly he interfered in the towns' internal affairs. He used the powers given him in the charters of the early 1680s to remove members of corporation, but he also nominated their replacements, for which the charters made no provision. In 1688 he issued new charters to many towns confining the franchise to the corporation — which he nominated. These measures were backed up by threats and intimidation, some of them involving the army. When he fled in December 1688 many towns showed their hostility to his measures with riots and other disorders.Less
James was determined to repeal the penal laws and test acts, to allow religious freedom and full political rights to Catholics and Dissenters. To achieve this he needed a compliant Parliament. As the great majority of MPs sat for boroughs, his attempts to secure a suitable Parliament focused on towns. The more urban rulers showed their opposition to his plans, the more blatantly he interfered in the towns' internal affairs. He used the powers given him in the charters of the early 1680s to remove members of corporation, but he also nominated their replacements, for which the charters made no provision. In 1688 he issued new charters to many towns confining the franchise to the corporation — which he nominated. These measures were backed up by threats and intimidation, some of them involving the army. When he fled in December 1688 many towns showed their hostility to his measures with riots and other disorders.
Keywords: James II, Catholics, Parliament, charters, franchise, army, riots
Repositories of Knowledge in Franchise Organizations: Individual, Structural, and Technological
Linda Argote and Eric Darr
in The Nature and Dynamics of Organizational Capabilities
Economics and Finance, Microeconomics
Where is knowledge embedded in organizations? The chapter describes results on the persistence and transfer of knowledge in fast food franchises, and presents the results on the productivity of the ... More
Where is knowledge embedded in organizations? The chapter describes results on the persistence and transfer of knowledge in fast food franchises, and presents the results on the productivity of the franchises and on the timeliness of their service. It is shown that the qualitative evidence about where knowledge was embedded in the franchises suggests that knowledge gained from experience at the franchises was embedded in individual workers and in the organizations' routines, structures, and technologies. It is argued that the fast food franchises were able to realize significant productivity gains in the face of extraordinarily high turnover because a significant component of the knowledge was embedded in the organization's structure and technology rather than in individual employees. Further, embedding knowledge in structure and technology appeared to facilitate the transfer of knowledge across organizations.Less
Linda ArgoteEric Darr
Where is knowledge embedded in organizations? The chapter describes results on the persistence and transfer of knowledge in fast food franchises, and presents the results on the productivity of the franchises and on the timeliness of their service. It is shown that the qualitative evidence about where knowledge was embedded in the franchises suggests that knowledge gained from experience at the franchises was embedded in individual workers and in the organizations' routines, structures, and technologies. It is argued that the fast food franchises were able to realize significant productivity gains in the face of extraordinarily high turnover because a significant component of the knowledge was embedded in the organization's structure and technology rather than in individual employees. Further, embedding knowledge in structure and technology appeared to facilitate the transfer of knowledge across organizations.
Keywords: fast food industry, franchise organizations, knowledge, knowledge transfer, productivity, routines, timeliness
The Enfranchisement of the Urban Poor in Late-Victorian Britain
in Politics and Culture in Victorian Britain: Essays in Memory of Colin Matthew
History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter highlights Colin Matthew's first published article as one of his most influential pieces. In his celebrated 1976 essay on the role of franchise extension in the rise of the Labour Party, ... More
This chapter highlights Colin Matthew's first published article as one of his most influential pieces. In his celebrated 1976 essay on the role of franchise extension in the rise of the Labour Party, Colin, writing with Ross McKibbin and John Kay, argued that the then little studied fourth Reform Act of 1918 had, by enfranchising the 30 per cent or so of adult men previously beyond the political pale, provided the impetus for the growth of Labour and the replacement of the Liberals as the party of the left. The authors argued that the bulk of the missing 30 per cent before 1918 were working class. They showed that in the pre-1918 system urban, industrial boroughs had the lowest proportion of their male population registered to vote, and prosperous county towns the highest. The 'Franchise Factor' article looked forward into the twentieth-century. Colin Matthew, at least, was much influenced in writing it by the then prevalent view of the steady emergence of class as the basis of political allegiance during the course of the twentieth-century.Less
This chapter highlights Colin Matthew's first published article as one of his most influential pieces. In his celebrated 1976 essay on the role of franchise extension in the rise of the Labour Party, Colin, writing with Ross McKibbin and John Kay, argued that the then little studied fourth Reform Act of 1918 had, by enfranchising the 30 per cent or so of adult men previously beyond the political pale, provided the impetus for the growth of Labour and the replacement of the Liberals as the party of the left. The authors argued that the bulk of the missing 30 per cent before 1918 were working class. They showed that in the pre-1918 system urban, industrial boroughs had the lowest proportion of their male population registered to vote, and prosperous county towns the highest. The 'Franchise Factor' article looked forward into the twentieth-century. Colin Matthew, at least, was much influenced in writing it by the then prevalent view of the steady emergence of class as the basis of political allegiance during the course of the twentieth-century.
Keywords: Colin Matthew, franchise extension, Labour Party, Ross McKibbin, John Kay, Reform Act 1918, Liberals, Franchise Factor
in Franchising Dreams: The Lure of Entrepreneurship in America
This chapter presents an account of the experiences working with franchisees in three franchise systems. Franchise systems are aimed to repress the creativity and uniqueness of regional businesses so ... More
This chapter presents an account of the experiences working with franchisees in three franchise systems. Franchise systems are aimed to repress the creativity and uniqueness of regional businesses so that small towns as well as urban areas are much the same. The diversity among franchisees in background, aspirations, expectations, and values does not cause the problem of control but can contribute to it through the equally pressing problem of organizational alignment. The fundamental features and dispersion offer the motive and opportunity, respectively, for franchisees to operate their unit outside of the trademark. Franchisors employ every tool in their power to bring franchisees in line. But despite an exhaustive agreement in their favor, it is not enough precisely because profiles of franchisees are not absolutes, interests of franchisors and franchisees are not as tightly aligned as they could be, and the direct supervision of franchisees is not obtainable.Less
This chapter presents an account of the experiences working with franchisees in three franchise systems. Franchise systems are aimed to repress the creativity and uniqueness of regional businesses so that small towns as well as urban areas are much the same. The diversity among franchisees in background, aspirations, expectations, and values does not cause the problem of control but can contribute to it through the equally pressing problem of organizational alignment. The fundamental features and dispersion offer the motive and opportunity, respectively, for franchisees to operate their unit outside of the trademark. Franchisors employ every tool in their power to bring franchisees in line. But despite an exhaustive agreement in their favor, it is not enough precisely because profiles of franchisees are not absolutes, interests of franchisors and franchisees are not as tightly aligned as they could be, and the direct supervision of franchisees is not obtainable.
Keywords: franchisees, franchise systems, control, organizational alignment, trademark, franchisors
What Is the People?: Rome on the Romantic Stage after Kemble
Jonathan Sachs
in Romantic Antiquity: Rome in the British Imagination, 1789-1832
Classical Studies, Literary Studies: Classical, Early, and Medieval
Framed by questions of popular participation in politics and the problem of public opinion, this chapter considers Roman themes on the London stage after Waterloo and Kemble's retirement. ... More
Framed by questions of popular participation in politics and the problem of public opinion, this chapter considers Roman themes on the London stage after Waterloo and Kemble's retirement. Post‐Waterloo Roman plays show how the theatre functions as a public space for debate on problems of scarcity, conspiracy, revolt, and the use of violence to achieve political ends. Payne's Brutus and Knowles's Caius Gracchus clearly align themselves with Reform politics, while Croly's Catiline uses an episode from Roman republican history to link popular sovereignty to domestic misrule and corrupt imperial governance. All three plays, however, are critical of the Roman populace, which they depict as a mob not a "people," one incapable of articulating its interests coherently. Given increasing demands for franchise reform, this depiction of the Roman populace demonstrates republican Rome's role shaping British responses to the most contemporary of events.Less
What Is the People? : Rome on the Romantic Stage after Kemble
Framed by questions of popular participation in politics and the problem of public opinion, this chapter considers Roman themes on the London stage after Waterloo and Kemble's retirement. Post‐Waterloo Roman plays show how the theatre functions as a public space for debate on problems of scarcity, conspiracy, revolt, and the use of violence to achieve political ends. Payne's Brutus and Knowles's Caius Gracchus clearly align themselves with Reform politics, while Croly's Catiline uses an episode from Roman republican history to link popular sovereignty to domestic misrule and corrupt imperial governance. All three plays, however, are critical of the Roman populace, which they depict as a mob not a "people," one incapable of articulating its interests coherently. Given increasing demands for franchise reform, this depiction of the Roman populace demonstrates republican Rome's role shaping British responses to the most contemporary of events.
Keywords: franchise reform, public opinion, Romantic theatre, reception of Rome, John Howard Payne, James Sheridan Knowles, George Croly, popular politics
The Structure of Poaching
ROGER B. MANNING
in Hunters and Poachers: A Social and Cultural History of Unlawful Hunting in England 1485-1640
History, British and Irish Early Modern History, Social History
This chapter examines the structure of poaching and illegal deer hunting in medieval England. It explains the leadership of the gentry in poaching gangs and discusses the factionalism in unlawful ... More
This chapter examines the structure of poaching and illegal deer hunting in medieval England. It explains the leadership of the gentry in poaching gangs and discusses the factionalism in unlawful hunting that flourished in Tudor and early Stuart England because of conflicts in overlapping hunting franchises and jurisdictions, and competition for forest and game offices among the aristocracy and the gentry. The chapter suggests that the violence perpetrated by deer stealers and poaching gangs can be explained by the extent to which martial values permeated the deer-hunting culture of the aristocracy and the gentry.Less
This chapter examines the structure of poaching and illegal deer hunting in medieval England. It explains the leadership of the gentry in poaching gangs and discusses the factionalism in unlawful hunting that flourished in Tudor and early Stuart England because of conflicts in overlapping hunting franchises and jurisdictions, and competition for forest and game offices among the aristocracy and the gentry. The chapter suggests that the violence perpetrated by deer stealers and poaching gangs can be explained by the extent to which martial values permeated the deer-hunting culture of the aristocracy and the gentry.
Keywords: poaching, deer hunting, unlawful hunting, medieval England, gentry, aristocracy, hunting franchises, martial values
Janice Carlisle
in Common Scents: Comparative Encounters in High-Victorian Fiction
Literature, 19th-century and Victorian Literature
This afterword comments briefly on Eliot's Middlemarch to indicate the political conclusion to which the argument of this study leads. Although the preceding chapters analyze the plots of the fiction ... More
This afterword comments briefly on Eliot's Middlemarch to indicate the political conclusion to which the argument of this study leads. Although the preceding chapters analyze the plots of the fiction of the 1860s by treating the politics of class in relation to the practices of everyday life, Middlemarch, a novel begun in the last years of that decade, suggests the extent to which such texts also open themselves to more institutionally specific political readings. The debates surrounding the 1866 and 1867 franchise reform bills involved on a national scale the kind of exchange that Victorian novels enact on the level of relations between individuals, and the argument with which this study concludes, like those in the previous chapters, is based on the olfactory data provided by the many novels surveyed earlier and the perspectives on materiality that they offer. The evocative smells of Middlemarch exemplify the relationship between matter and spirit in high-Victorian fiction, and the case of one of its characters connects olfactory experience to the larger, presumably inodorate arena of institutional politics.Less
This afterword comments briefly on Eliot's Middlemarch to indicate the political conclusion to which the argument of this study leads. Although the preceding chapters analyze the plots of the fiction of the 1860s by treating the politics of class in relation to the practices of everyday life, Middlemarch, a novel begun in the last years of that decade, suggests the extent to which such texts also open themselves to more institutionally specific political readings. The debates surrounding the 1866 and 1867 franchise reform bills involved on a national scale the kind of exchange that Victorian novels enact on the level of relations between individuals, and the argument with which this study concludes, like those in the previous chapters, is based on the olfactory data provided by the many novels surveyed earlier and the perspectives on materiality that they offer. The evocative smells of Middlemarch exemplify the relationship between matter and spirit in high-Victorian fiction, and the case of one of its characters connects olfactory experience to the larger, presumably inodorate arena of institutional politics.
Keywords: class, Eliot, franchise reform, materiality, Middlemarch, olfaction, politics, reform bill
The Strategic Rail Authority and Railtrack after Hatfield
Terry Gourvish
in Britain's Railways, 1997–2005: Labour's Strategic Experiment
Business and Management, Business History
This chapter begins by exploring the great impact caused by the Hatfield accident on the strategic rail authority (SRA) and its frustrated strategies and franchising. It then discusses the general ... More
This chapter begins by exploring the great impact caused by the Hatfield accident on the strategic rail authority (SRA) and its frustrated strategies and franchising. It then discusses the general election on 7 June 2001 and the reorganization of the transportation department by the new government. It also talks about Stephen Bryers, the then newly appointed Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, and John Spellar as Transport Minister. Subsequently, this chapter explains that the decision of taking Railtrack into administration and rejecting the alternative of another review of the company's requirements by the Regulator may have been Bryer's and the Government's, though it is clear that the company itself played a part in its own demise. Lastly, it also discusses Morton's reactions on Bryer's decisions for the company.Less
This chapter begins by exploring the great impact caused by the Hatfield accident on the strategic rail authority (SRA) and its frustrated strategies and franchising. It then discusses the general election on 7 June 2001 and the reorganization of the transportation department by the new government. It also talks about Stephen Bryers, the then newly appointed Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, and John Spellar as Transport Minister. Subsequently, this chapter explains that the decision of taking Railtrack into administration and rejecting the alternative of another review of the company's requirements by the Regulator may have been Bryer's and the Government's, though it is clear that the company itself played a part in its own demise. Lastly, it also discusses Morton's reactions on Bryer's decisions for the company.
Keywords: Hatfield accident, strategic rail authority, franchising, Stephen Bryers, John Spellar, Morton, reorganization, general election, Railtrack, Regulator
The Strategic Rail Authority and the Railway, 2001–4: The Strategic Vision
This chapter begins by discussing the search for a successor to Morton and the appointment of Richard Bowker. It then examines several complicating factors in the relationship between Bowker, the new ... More
This chapter begins by discussing the search for a successor to Morton and the appointment of Richard Bowker. It then examines several complicating factors in the relationship between Bowker, the new chairman, and his Board. Subsequently, it talks about the reshaping of the SRA as well as the industry's new strategic plans. It then discusses the resignation of Stephen Bryers as Transport Secretary and the appointment of Alistair Darling for the said position. It also illustrates the franchise development made by the SRA from the year 2002 to 2004. It then presents TOC's operating costs, its pre-tax profits, and government subsidy received per passenger per kilometer. In addition, the rail industry's performance from 2000 to 2007 is evaluated. Lastly, it discusses the industry's aspirations to get involved in freight transport.Less
The Strategic Rail Authority and the Railway, 2001–4 : The Strategic Vision
This chapter begins by discussing the search for a successor to Morton and the appointment of Richard Bowker. It then examines several complicating factors in the relationship between Bowker, the new chairman, and his Board. Subsequently, it talks about the reshaping of the SRA as well as the industry's new strategic plans. It then discusses the resignation of Stephen Bryers as Transport Secretary and the appointment of Alistair Darling for the said position. It also illustrates the franchise development made by the SRA from the year 2002 to 2004. It then presents TOC's operating costs, its pre-tax profits, and government subsidy received per passenger per kilometer. In addition, the rail industry's performance from 2000 to 2007 is evaluated. Lastly, it discusses the industry's aspirations to get involved in freight transport.
Keywords: Morton, Richard Bowker, Board, strategic rail authority, strategic plans, Stephen Bryers, Alistair Darling, franchise development, operating costs


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Our program is dedicated to Paul Price Sr, who had the fortitude and desire to encourage the borough of Audubon to create both an Amateur Radio Club and Community Emergency Response Team under the auspices of the Office of Emergency Management. The Borough of Audubon Mayor John Ward was fully supportive of the idea and when asked if the soon to be organizations could utilize the old Audubon Heavy Rescue building on Oak which was not in any official use at the time. Once approved, OEM quickly appointed a CERT Coordinator Stephanie Shirk and a Municipal Radio Officer Jim Tieman WA2WUN. From there an alliance was created between the Audubon OEM and Barrington OEM under Director Mike DiPierri.
Once finalized, Paul wanted to start a radio club, in honor of his father and brother who were both amateur radio operators. So with that in mind, the idea of the club was founded in April 2015 with the club having its first meeting in September of 2015. The club was recognized by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) as an affiliated club in November of 2016. The club officers were nominated and elected in January of 2016, As of 2018 the Officers are: President Rick Tighe N2PHI, Vice President Bill Bacon KE2XC, Secretary Rebecca Martel KD2ORS, Treasurer .Debra Licorish W2DAL.
The Audubon Amateur Radio Club adopted its constitution and bylaws, and was officially recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501c3 organization.
Encourage the advancement of the art and science of radio.
Promote the development of an emergency communication capability to assist communities when needed.
Develop a pool of trained radio operators.
Promote international good will by connecting private citizens in countries around the globe. Through ham radio, you will become an ambassador for your community and your country.
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Amateur Radio Operators as well as supporting Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Services when called upon.
We will support the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) and the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES).
Dedicate support to an individuals advancement by encouraging, training and testing to obtain both entry level and higher class Amateur Radio Licenses through the Volunteer Examiner Program.
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