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by Peter Malone
B. Perat, Vernissage au Salon, Paris 1866. Image taken from Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository.
When I first heard the word gallerist spoken in conversation, I couldn't tell whether it referred to an art dealer, a gallery owner or an independent curator. As an unnecessary substitute for any of these terms, it seemed like a passing novelty and I was sure it would never make it into print. But I was wrong. It now strides fashionably across the occasional headline, but is usually repeated in the text alongside the indispensable dealer, director and curator.
So, why gallerist? How would a gallerist differ from the person we now know as an art dealer? Art critic Grace Glueck addressed the puzzle in 2005 with a short piece for The New York Times that reported the attitude of a few major dealers, each suggesting that a gallerist was an individual that represented living artists and did no business in secondary markets. Whether this opinion reflected an interpretation ascending upwards from struggling gallerists, or was sent down from the blue-chip stratosphere was difficult to determine; though a tapping out of the art market pecking order was unmistakable.
The word itself makes an irrationally circular reference that declares no real alignment with anyone or anything beyond a rented storefront. It is particularly troublesome as a substitute for curator in any setting, commercial or non-profit. The word curator describes an individual devoted to keeping a work of art and the artist who made it inseparable. Originating from the Latin word, curare (to care for) a curator has a professional obligation— as their title clearly states—to present art as close to its original intent as possible. From what can be inferred from their title, a gallerist would be dedicated to filling the space with lots of art.
Similar to words like pharmacist, florist and tobacconist, gallerist implies an individual's stock in trade is the gallery itself, which is not only an absurdity but assumes a stealthy impertinence, as it places gallerist and artist in semantic equilibrium. By that logic, the word gallerist would better suit a "highly creative" curator whose personal expression supplants the art they select to exhibit. It is difficult to ascertain what the word contributes to a larger conversation on the influence of the art market. Discussing it recently with an array of art professionals, my inquiries were met mostly with ambivalence. Steven Madoff, Chair of the MA in Curatorial Practice at the School of Visual Arts could see no advantage or disadvantage to the word's use. As it identifies, according to Madoff, a person working in a commercial gallery, its application would simply beg specific information as to the gallerist's actual duties, which could be receptionist, registrar, curator, director or owner. Allegra LaViola, director of her self-named gallery, has no objections to the term, but never felt the need to use it, particularly in reference to her position as a gallery owner. She was as puzzled as I was about the real purpose of the word, but expressed a belief that it is typically used, "in reference to an individual holding a position of responsibility in a gallery, like an owner or director."
Honore Daumier, Galerie Tableaux. Image taken from Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository.
However, for artists who run alternative art spaces, the gallerist always seems to be the other guy. Lars Kremer, an artist who along with colleagues Liz Atzberger, and Kevin Andrew Curran opened Airplane on Bushwick's Jefferson Street in 2011, consider their basement space a gallery, but not a business. They exhibit work by artists they admire. Kremer does not consider himself a gallerist, but an artist with access to an exhibition space he and his partners see in purely cultural terms. A gallerist to him is someone with an exhibition space who fosters relationships with collectors. Deborah Brown, of Storefront and several earlier Bushwick spaces also sees herself as an artist first. Like the folks at Airplane, she does not see the exhibition space as a business asset, but a place where shows can be mounted for an art audience. Sales are made occasionally, but the exhibition of art takes precedent. She believes a gallerist to be a person operating a gallery on a strict business model, representing artists in the traditional manner.
The only enthusiastic supporter of the word I could find was Carlo Lamagna, a professor in the NYU Masters in Arts Administration program, who first heard the word gallerist in its English form in Germany and the Netherlands more than a decade ago. According to Lamagna, it was used then to describe the proprietor of a traditional art gallery with a focus on building careers for the artists associated with the space, which is the meaning Lamagna passes along to his students. He likes the way it distinguishes a gallery owner from a consultant or broker, but admits that it has not enjoyed the same popularity on this side of the pond. A gallery's activities are both commercial and cultural, and any sensitive art dealer will of necessity find themselves juggling responsibilities of widely disparate viewpoints, which demands flexibility. To my ear, the term gallerist sounds too final. It does not reflect that sense of possibility that is so much a part of New York's entrepreneurial tradition. It glosses over the real-world aspect that defines an art dealer's multilevel liaison with a public.
Art galleries are just rooms; rooms that may be dedicated to displaying art for sale, or for contemplation, or for private enjoyment, or for curatorial study, or for political advocacy—or any of the above. Its purpose depends on the orientation of the visitor as much as the proprietor, with neither obligated to assume just one orientation at a time. Frankly, there is enough mystification between the art world and the rest of humanity without renaming art's primary gatekeepers with a word that paints a mental picture of an enigmatic wizard overseeing a magic white box. Illusion and mystery are better left in the hands of artists.
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I think gallery director Edward Winkleman uses 'gallerist' to denote a more active involvement with an artist's work, rather than merely presenting or marketing it (but I can't find a confirming link).
He seems to contrast a gallerist with a mere dealer or sales agent. The 'gallerist' collaborates with an artist on themed shows (or is part curator) or on publications or cross-media projects. The gallerist is a sort of cross between a dealer who may or may not have a permanent gallery, and a curator who likes to work with a small circle of artists, on a variety of presentations.
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There seemed to be among the many people I spoke to about it a very loose consensus that a gallerist is a person with closer ties to artists than a dealer. It is certainly a prevalent opinion among those who call themselves gallerists and one can hope this is the direction its meaning will take. But there are many dealers too, and certainly curators, who maintain close relationships with artists. The issue can only be settled if a clear definition of a gallerist surfaces. Until then my concern remains that of all the titles available to those who perform the duties of curator, dealer, director and independent curator, a gallerist is the most vague and as such becomes the most likely to be associated with a type of exhibition organizer that appropriates the creative role of the artist.
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Vincent Van Gogh, a man who knew his share of pain, had a favorite Christmas story by Dickens that he read every year, and it wasn't the one with Scrooge and the ghosts. His mother blamed him for hounding his father into an early death. Van Gogh experienced a lot of lonely Christmases, lamenting his life. His comfort? Ironically, the darkest Christmas story there is, but one with an eventual light—and lesson—that is its own guiding star.
The story is called "The Haunted Man," and if you want a break from A Christmas Carol this year, there's no worthier read. It's about a chemistry professor named Redlaw, who is haunted by a phantom that looks like him. The phantom twin has an offer for the teacher: he can forget everything that has hurt him, and bestow this "gift" on others.
Redlaw accepts, and gets into this idea of granting what he thinks is peace. Arriving at the home of one of his students, who is ill, he makes the young man forget his suffering. The pupil then behaves horribly to the woman who cares for him, as Redlaw tries to hide himself so that he doesn't end up making the nurse forget, too.
Redlaw isn't a great guy, but when he receives this power, he thinks he can be altruistic. He'll make Christmas festal for all, because he knows that the shortened days function as set dressing for darkling memories. Christmas is a season of sibilance. Hushed tones, carols sung at low volumes, and sighs. For Van Gogh, and for many, they are the sighs of "what if" and "I wish that had never happened."
"The Haunted Man" reminds us that there are worse sighs. There are the soul-aching moans of missing out on experiences that remind us, even if they result in pain—and pain that lingers—that one is alive. All is not over. There will be pain in the future as well, but if there's pain, there can be depths of emotion that are joyous. And maybe the latter isn't what it might be without the former.
"The Haunted Man" rekindles the knowledge that a lot of the good one may do in this world is in trying to help others. That shapes both parties, and also connections.
Those connections fall to the ground like strips of tinsel in "The Haunted Man." People don't remember what they've come through together, or with themselves. When they don't remember that, their bonds change. They don't think about what that other person did for them, and so they're less patient and forgiving. When they end the relationship, they hurt themselves.
This doesn't mean it's time to quaff a flagon of porter in toasting what it means to hurt. No one tries to be hurt. But, having hurt, one is also given something that fits under no tree: a deeper understanding of just how much they can feel. And if one can feel this bad thing over here…well, one can also feel this great thing over there. Patience helps, and faith—a faith in the range of human experience, and being open to that range.
Redlaw implores to have the bargain reversed, all but begging to suffer, because if he can't suffer, he can't have anything else, and none of the people he "saved" will as well.
In the end, when the haunting resumes, Redlaw's joy is comparable to Scrooge's. Take your Christmas gifts where they com, because they really do come in all forms. And the one you think you like the least, may be the most important of all.
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Best War Movies
A mother\'s last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad\'s acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults\' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.
Genre: Best 2010, Best Mystery, Best War
Inglourious Basterads
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as \"The Basterds\" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
Country: Germany, United States of America
Genre: Best 2009, Best Adventure, Best War
Hotel Rwanda
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
Country: Canada, Italy, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America
Genre: Best Biography, Best History, Best Independent, Best Thriller, Best War
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
Country: Austria, Germany, Italy
Genre: Best Biography, Best History, Best War
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Best Action, Best War, Drama, History, War
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman\'s experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Country: France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom
Genre: Best Biography, Best Dramas, Best War, Palme d'Or winners
Devils on the Doorstep
During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene to interrogate the prisoners. The townspeople then struggle to accommodate the prisoners. One is a bellicose Japanese nationalist, the other a nervous translator. Will the townspeople manage to keep the prisoners until the New Year?
Genre: Best War, Drama, War
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Genre: Best Action, Best Dramas, Best History, Best War
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
Genre: Best Dramas, Best Romance, Best War
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord\'s soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
Genre: Best Action, Best Biography, Best History, Best War, Oscar Winners
Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.
Genre: Best War, Drama, Romance, War
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Genre: Best Biography, Best Dramas, Best History, Best War, Oscar Winners
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
Genre: Best Animated, Best War
Goodbye Children
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle's own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Genre: Best War
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Genre: Best Action, Best Independent, Best War, Oscar Winners
The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family\'s wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how their new-found power will corrupt them.
Genre: Best Action, Best War
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people. Based on the acclaimed manga by Nakazawa Keiji, the author of Barefoot Gen, who was 6 years old at the time of the Hiroshima bombing, and is one of the survivors of the destruction. The bomb was responsible for the death of his father, his sister, and his brother. At the age of 6 he and his mother dug their remains out of the ruins of their home. In 1963 Nakazawa moved to Tokyo to become a manga artist, but returned to Hiroshima in 1966 to attend his mothers funeral. It was then that he learned of the true impact of the radiation from the bomb.
Genre: Animation, Best Animated, Best War, Drama, War
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, \"does not exist, nor will it ever exist.\" His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Genre: Best Dramas, Best Independent, Best War, Palme d'Or winners
A group of working-class friends decides to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.
Genre: Best War, Oscar Winners
Two Soviet partisans leave their starving band to get supplies from a nearby farm. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.
Army of Shadows
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.
Country: France, Italy
Andrei Rublev
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.
Genre: Best Biography, Best History, Best War, Drama, History
The Battle of Algiers
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in 1957. The film traces the rebels\' struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell the revolt.
Country: Algeria, Italy
Genre: Best History, Best War
A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain.
Genre: Best Independent, Best Sci-Fi, Best War, Documentary, Drama, TV Movie, War
The Shop on Main Street
In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the town's corrupt hierarchy, Tono wrestles with greed and guilt as he and Rozalie gradually befriend each other. When the authorities order all Jews in town to be rounded up, Tono faces a moral dilemma unlike any he's known before.
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them to a high-security \'escape-proof\' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
Genre: Best Adventure, Best History, Best War
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence\'s mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
Genre: Best Adventure, Best Biography, Best Dramas, Best History, Best War, Oscar Winners
Ivan's Childhood
Poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy's war-ravaged youth.
Ballad of a Soldier
During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides to visit his mother. Due to his kindhearted nature, however, Alyosha is repeatedly sidetracked by his efforts to help those he encounters, including a lovely girl named Shura. In his tour of a country devastated by war, he struggles to keep hope alive.
Fires on the Plain
In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation.
Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army.
Genre: Best War, Comedy, Drama, War
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
A Japanese pacifist and socialist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.
Genre: Best Dramas, Best History, Best War, Drama, History, War
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson , the commander who supervised the bridge\'s construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
Genre: Best Adventure, Best War, Oscar Winners
During World War I, commanding officer General Broulard orders his subordinate, General Mireau, to attack a German trench position, offering a promotion as an incentive. Though the mission is foolhardy to the point of suicide, Mireau commands his own subordinate, Colonel Dax, to plan the attack. When it ends in disaster, General Mireau demands the court-martial of three random soldiers in order to save face.
Genre: Best Crime, Best Dramas, Best Independent, Best War
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.
Genre: Best War, Drama, Palme d'Or winners, Romance, War
Stalag 17
It\'s a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17. For the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem - there seems to be a security leak. The Germans always seem to be forewarned about escapes and in the most recent attempt the two men, Manfredi and Johnson, walked straight into a trap and were killed. For some in Barracks 4, especially the loud-mouthed Duke, the leaker is obvious: J.J. Sefton, a wheeler-dealer who doesn\'t hesitate to trade with the guards and who has acquired goods and privileges that no other prisoner seems to have. Sefton denies giving the Germans any information and makes it quite clear that he has no intention of ever trying to escape. He plans to ride out the war in what little comfort he can arrange, but it doesn\'t extend to spying for the Germans.
The Best Years of Our Lives
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare. Captain Fred Derry is returning to a loveless marriage; Sergeant Al Stephenson is a stranger to a family that's grown up without him; and young sailor Homer Parrish is tormented by the loss of his hands. Can these three men find the courage to rebuild their world? Or are the best years of their lives a thing of the past?
Genre: Best Romance, Best War, Drama, History, Oscar Winners, Romance
Genre: Best Fantasy, Best War
Rome, Open City
ROME, OPEN CITY is a landmark in film history. Filmed in secrecy during the Nazi occupation of Italy, the film shows a realistic portrayal of the underground resistance in Italy in 1945. The film has strong impacting imagery with its mix of fiction and reality that strengthened Italian Neo-realism and the film industry.
Genre: Best War, Drama, History, Palme d'Or winners
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier\'s efforts to track down a German spy.
Genre: Best Comedy, Best War, Comedy, War
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel\'s regime.
Genre: Best Comedy, Best War
The spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner is forced to use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of poverty, following Maj. Gen. William Sherman\'s destructive \"March to the Sea," during the American Civil War.
Genre: Best Romance, Best War, Oscar Winners
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
Genre: Best War, Drama, History, War
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. Together with several other young German soldiers, he experiences the horrors of war, such evil of which he had not conceived of when signing up to fight. They eventually become sad, tormented, and confused of their purpose.
Genre: Best Action, Best History, Best War, Oscar Winners
During America's Civil War Union spies steal engineer Johnnie Gray\'s beloved locomotive The General - his lady love, Annabelle Lee, aboard an attached boxcar - and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle. Released throughout most of the world in 1927, this Silent comedy-action film flopped when originally released, but now is regarded as one of the great American motion pictures. The story is based on actual historic events.
Genre: Best Action, Best Comedy, Best Romance, Best War
Battleship Potemkin
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The film had an incredible impact on the development of cinema and is a masterful example of montage editing.
Genre: Best History, Best War, Drama, History
The Big Parade
The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army\'s Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.
Genre: Best Romance, Best War


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McAfee Hosts CEO Action "Check Your Blind Spots" Tour Addressing Unconscious Bias
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–McAfee, the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, today announced it will host the CEO Action "Check Your Blind Spots" mobile tour at the company's headquarters in Santa Clara, California on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. The tour bus is an interactive, mobile experience that enables McAfee employees to explore the nuances of unconscious bias and consider how to overcome these.
Created by the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion organization, the tour bus features a series of immersive and interactive elements including virtual reality and gaming technology, designed to provide an introspective look at common unconscious biases. The goal is to create a meaningful conversation about enhancing inclusion in the workplace and the community.
Featured activities include:
Look Through a Different Lens: Via gamification and a digital viewfinder, participants can watch an interaction between coworkers setting up a work-related event and then identify moments when unconscious biases were demonstrated.
Face Yourself, Face Reality: In front of a mirror, participants watch as their reflection fades away to reveal a different person staring back at them. Through this touchscreen experience, each new reflection shares a series of biases they've experienced.
I Act On Pledge: McAfee employees can join thousands of people nationwide in committing to checking their blind spots and changing behaviors through the I Act On pledge.
Chatelle Lynch, Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer of McAfee commented. "At McAfee, we constantly look for opportunities to challenge unconscious biases. Understanding and valuing another's perspective is central to who we are. That's why when we heard of CEO Action's interactive experience to bring to life our blind spots and provide teaching methods for addressing these, we simply couldn't pass up the opportunity. Our employees and community members will learn first-hand what it's like to walk in someone else's shoes, thereby opening the door to meaningful conversations. It's these conversations that lead to a more inclusive workplace and society."
The tour is making over 100 stops across the country through 2019. For more information, visit https://www.ceoaction.com/events/mobile-tour/.
For more information on McAfee's commitment to diversity and inclusion, read more here.
About CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™
CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ is the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion within the workplace. Bringing together more than 800 CEOs and presidents of America's leading businesses, academic institutions and nonprofits representing 12 million employees, the commitment outlines actions that participating organizations pledge to take to cultivate a workplace where diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and respected, employees feel comfortable and encouraged to discuss diversity and inclusion, and where best known—and unsuccessful—actions can be shared across organizations. Learn more at CEOAction.com and connect with CEO Action on Facebook: CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion and Twitter: @CEOAction.
McAfee is the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company. Inspired by the power of working together, McAfee creates business and consumer solutions that make our world a safer place. www.mcafee.com
McAfee technologies' features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software, or service activation. No computer system can be absolutely secure. McAfee® and the McAfee logo are trademarks of McAfee, LLC or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Other marks and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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The theme for the lectures of the season 2019-20 of the Beaurepaire-Beaconsfield Historical Society
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2020 February - History of the press in Québec
The Printing Press between Paper and Thought
When: Vernissage: Thursday, February 6, 2020, from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m
Exhibition: From Tuesday, February 4 to Thursday, February27, 2020, during opening hours of the library
Contact the library to insure that the Discovery Room will not be occupied at the time of your visit.
Where: Beaconsfield Library, Discovery Room
303 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield H9W 4A7
Everyone welcome. Free entrance.
This exhibition, sponsored by the Société historique Beaurepaire-Beaconsfield Historical Society, has been prepared by Jacques G. Ruelland, historian, and Michel Desjardins, President of Musée de l'imprimerie du Québec.
This exhibition shows in six periods the history of the press in Quebec, since its introduction in Montreal in 1776 by Fleury Mesplet until today.
Lecture by Jean-Pierre Raymond - Abraham Hanibal
The First Black African Engineer, Great-Grandfather of Alexander Pushkin
Speaker: Jean-Pierre Raymond
When: Thursday, February 20, 2020; 19:30 à 21:00
Where: Centennial Hall,
288 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield, H9W 4A4
Lecture in English followed by a bilingual question period
February is Black History Month. Abraham Hanibal (Ganibal in Russian), born on the shore of Lake Chad in what is today Cameroon, was among the unlucky black to be made slave. But he got the unbelievable good fortune to become the adoptive son of the Tsar of Russia, Peter the Great, and will receive an engineer training in France.
The subject is presented by the retired engineer and history buff Jean-Pierre Raymond.
History Beaconsfield - Beginnings of Heights Park
The Beginnings of Beaconsfield Heights Park
As in most housing development of the mid 20th century in Beaconsfield, the Beaconsfield Heights Association was created by the residents of the neighbourhood. For several years, the thought of a community park had been discussed but no definite progress was made until April 1950 when it was found that the last available property suitable for parks development was about to be subdivided into building lots. As immediate action could not be expected from the Town, the B.H.A. called a meeting and established the "Beaconsfield Heights Recreation Park Fund" with a view to purchasing this 6 acres highly desirable piece of property. Approximately two thirds of the area was cleared, suitable for field sports and playground developments. The remaining third was heavily wooded, providing excellent facilities for nature study.
Fundraising brought enough money to take an option on the land on May 4, with a second payment on May 16, 1950, for a total of $500. At this point several City Councillors took an active interest in the project. At the May 16, 1950 Counsel meeting, it was voted that the Town assume the balance $2 360 of the purchase price thus ensuring a permanent public park in the neighbourhood. Members of B.H.A. were to assist in the development of the Park.
Tuesday and Thursday evenings of each week citizens of all ages participated in the development of activities. They installed a backstop and levelled the softball diamond and the playground area. Horseshoe pits were constructed for the 19 teams of the Horseshoe League ready for the season's play. Other important items for immediate consideration were provision of a well, sanitary conveniences and first aid necessities, purchase of sports equipment, construction of see-saws, swings, slides, sand boxes, park benches and a picnic area.
The official opening of Heights Park was held on Labour Day. The President of B.H.A., Ronald Turnham, announced the transfer of the land for the right of way to the Park from Beaconsfield Court (now Westcroft). Mr. Les Barrell and Mr. Turnham each gave three feet (approximately 1 meter) along their entire joint boundary to serve as permanent access to the Park, and handed to His Worship, Mayor L. Parry, the deeds to the property. He accepted them in the name of the Town of Beaconsfield. He thanked the donors and christened the path "Alimar Lane" in honour of the wives of the donors, Mrs. Alice Turham and Mrs. Marguerite Barrell.
The other members of the Park Committee were George Osborne, Clarence Woolley, Gaston Boyer, Paul Poupart and Ronald Barrie, with William Barrell, member ex-officio. Supporting this project were Councillor J. Pynn and Ex-Councillor J. Knowles, defeated at the June 1950 elections.
Mayor Parry cut the white ribbon and sport activities got underway. Even with intermittent showers, the crowd enjoyed picnicking in front of the new barbecue pit.
Author: Pauline Faguy-Girard, President, Société historique Beaurepaire-Beaconsfield, October 2019
Sources: The Lakeshore News; Minutes of Beaconsfield Council Meetings
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Big Trouble in Little China: Special Edition
Reviewed by: Todd Doogan
Review Date: May 03, 2001
1986 (May 22, 2001)
Film/Program Grade: B+
Video Grade: A
Audio Grade: A-
Extras Grade: A+
Who doesn't love this frickin' movie? If you've seen it, it holds a special place in your heart. If you haven't seen it, well... there's no excuse for you. Big Trouble in Little China follows the adventures of Jack Burton (Kurt Russell, in one of his best roles ever), as he goes block-head to hollow-head with an ancient Chinese wizard, who is holed up underneath Chinatown waiting to take over the world. Burton's an idiot though. He's the type of man that's so self-absorbed that he refers to himself in the third person. His days are spent hauling pigs from one coast to another to local wholesale markets (in his truck "The Porkchop Express") and waxing moronic on his CB radio. His latest trip sets him up with an old friend who, as the story unfolds, keeps getting ol' Jack deeper and deeper into trouble. But half the fun of this film is letting its wackiness unfold as you watch it. If you've ever seen Big Trouble, you know what I'm talking about. If not, pick up this disc and you'll quickly learn what I mean.
Big Trouble was made long before special effects relied on CGI and wire erasing technologies. This is an old-fashioned, chop-suey serial and it's a whoppin' fun flick. The pace is razor sharp and oh-so quick, the writing is witty and all of the effects are pretty impressive – even by today's standards.
Although it's not classified as such, this DVD is easily on par with Fox's 5 Star editions, and it should be considered as such. This two-disc special edition presents the film in a beautiful anamorphic widescreen transfer with a lot of detail and minus any unwanted blemishes (which is very important on a film this needle-point intricate). The sound is amped up to the max in both DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital 4.1. I liked the DTS sound a bit better here because there's more balance to it. But those of you without DTS aren't going to be disappointed with the 4.1 track.
Extras include, on Disc One, a wickedly funny audio commentary track with director John Carpenter and Russell. These guys love each other and every track they've done is wonderful. Half the time, they simply talk about their lives and it's a nice change of pace (made nicer by the fact that they actually have a lot of interesting points to make about life, Hollywood, the current state of directors, writers-turned-directors and the true meaning of the impending writer's strike). Disc Two gives us a plethora of deleted scenes (7 in total) which can be viewed either as a work print (which is slightly better viewing quality in full anamorphic widescreen) or from a back-up video which shows how the scenes fit into the final film (but isn't quite "DVD ready"). Among the deleted scenes is one that's more storyboard than actual footage, and which shows how a scene in the final film was originally imagined. It's pretty fascinating and, through alternate angles, you can compare the storyboards to the final scene as you watch. There's also an extended ending, magazine articles about the making of the film, trailers, TV spots, an interview with visual effects supervisor Richard Edlund (in his book-strewn office), a stills gallery, and a wonderfully kitschy music video for the film's theme. Yes... that's Carpenter on lead vocals. And that's the original Michael Myers on keyboard as well. Scary huh? But overall, I'd say the best thing on this DVD – the thing that makes this set most fun - is the menu design, which is pretty damn cool. It fits the film beautifully and doesn't annoy (very important). Oh... and look through the credits for an equally enjoyable Easter egg.
Just to get this classic film on DVD is reason enough for you to run out and pick this disc up when it streets. Add to that the extras on this set, and your decision should be a no brainer. The commentary track alone is worth standing in line for. Carpenter and Russell talk about getting together again for something in the near future... and I say let's have at it. These two guys are magic together and this new DVD edition of Big Trouble in Little China proves that. Do check it out.
- Todd Doogan
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Within the 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security - IoTBDS 2018
Roger Hallman
Dartmouth College & Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific
Brief Bio
Roger Hallman is a cybersecurity researcher at the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, as well as a PhD student in the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Mr. Hallman's research includes contributions to applied homomorphic encryption and data privacy, decision support for cybersecurity, and malware analysis; his current research interests include the trustworthiness and resilience of distributed machine learning systems. He also supports inter-agency programs within the United States Department of Defense by participating in proposal review and source selection committees as well as providing technical oversight of funded research efforts.
Victor Chang
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Victor Chang is a Senior Associate Professor, Director of Ph.D. between June 2016 and May 2018) and Director of MRes at International Business School Suzhou (IBSS), Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), Suzhou, China, since June 2016. He is also a very active and contributing key member at Research Institute of Big Data Analytics (RIBDA), XJTLU. He's an Honorary Associate Professor. Previously he worked as a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University, UK, for 3.5 years. Within 4 years, he completed Ph.D. (CS, Southampton) and PGCert (Higher Education, Fellow, Greenwich) while working for several projects at the same time. Before becoming an academic, he has achieved 97% on average in 27 IT certifications. He won a European Award on Cloud Migration in 2011, IEEE Outstanding Service Award in 2015, best papers in 2012 and 2015, the 2016 European award. He is a visiting scholar/Ph.D. examiner at several universities, an Editor-in-Chief of IJOCI & OJBD journals, Editor of FGCS, Associate Editor of TII, founding chair of two international workshops and founding Conference Chair of IoTBDS and COMPLEXIS since Year 2016. He has published 3 books as sole authors and the editor of 2 books on Cloud Computing and related technologies. He gave 16 keynotes at international conferences. He is widely regarded as one of the most active and influential young scientist and expert in IoT/Data Science/Cloud/security/AI/IS, as he has experience to develop 10 different services for multiple disciplines.
Mamadou Diallo
SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
Mamadou H. Diallo is a scientist at the United States Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Paci?c in San Diego, California. He is a Science and Technology Manager and currently leading a number of United States Department of Defense research and development projects. He is a subject matter expert in a number of other United States Navy projects. He also contributes in inter-agency research programs within the United States Department of Defense providing assistance in proposal reviews, source selection committees, and technical oversight of funded projects. His research interests span across various areas including security, privacy, and trust in cloud and autonomic computing, big data, and Internet of Things (IoT), identity and access management (IdAM), secure computing, security requirements, trust management in decentralized applications, dependability in software architecture, and privacy policy languages. He is a lead inventor on multiple patent applications.
Bahar Farahani
Shahid Beheshti University
Dr. Farahani has served as a Senior Consultant to several companies/organizations. She is currently the CEO and a Co-Founder of the Pirouzan Group, a top-leading company that delivers Internet of Things products and services, Machine Learning and Big Data analytics - ranging from innovative connected devices to cloud-based software - to top-quality organizations and companies. Dr. Farahani has served as a Guest Editor of several journals, such as the Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier), the IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), and IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD). She is a Program Committee Member in ICCAD e-health workshop, and Complexis. Dr. Farahani is also a Reviewer of several journals/conferences such as the IEEE TVLSI, the IEEE TCAD, Microelectronics Reliability (Elsevier), Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier), Journal of Medical Systems, and Complexis.
Farshad Firouzi
IMEC/Katholieke Univ. Leuven
is a senior researcher and program manager at MSG Systems AG, Germany working in the fields of statistics, machine learning, neuromorphic computing, IoT, Big Data, and eHealth. Prior to joining MSG Systems, he was senior scientist at KU Leuven, KIT, SRC, and SI LAB. Dr. Firouzi is the author of more than 40 journals and conference papers. He has served as reviewer (e.g. IEEE Transactions on VLSI, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and System, ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, Elsevier Microelectronics Reliability, Elsevier Microelectronics, etc.), managing guest editor (e.g. TVLSI, FGCS, TCAD), Program Chair (e.g., Complexis) and program committee member in several conferences (e.g. ICCAD, ATS, etc.).
In recent years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has grown at an exponential pace solving complex problems in different disciplinary fields such as healthcare, finance, business, transportation, etc. However, these innovations are not without their drawbacks. Many challenges related to Security, Privacy, Connectivity, Big Data Analytics, Intelligent Analysis, Compatibility, Standards, etc. remain.
Security is a crucial issue on the Internet, and it is probably the most significant challenge for the IoT. The Internet of Things (IoT) opens up new vulnerabilities for both security and privacy. Smart buildings and smart cities, for example, will collect and process data for millions of individuals. Industrial systems, which were never intended to be linked via common protocols, are recognized as suddenly being open to security threats that can limit service availability and possibly cause considerable damage. Autonomous systems allowed to operate with minimal oversight are ripe targets for cyber-attacks. Data stored and processed in confidence in the cloud may be subject to exfiltration, leading to public embarrassment or the exposure of proprietary information. Ransomware has emerged in the public consciousness after multiple high-profile attacks, and many experts forecast that it will become a major threat to IoT and critical infrastructure in the very near future.
Of course, Big Data is the crucial mean for plagiarizing valuable actionable information quickly and effectively from the IoT tsunami. Machine learning techniques are usually used to effectively synthesize (big) data and extracts meaning from (big) data traversing from things/devices to the edge/fog an to the cloud using different techniques such as regression analysis, classification, clustering, decision trees and random forests, support vector machines, reinforcement learning, and deep learning.
In order to succeed in IoT, multidisciplinary research is needed, in addition to collaboration between academia and industry. This special session will bring researchers and industrial partners together to examine and report state-of-the-art research on recent advances in the IoT era such as Big Data analytics, Machine Learning, and security.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
Operating System, Applications and Protocols Design, and Validation Techniques for Internet of Things
Enabling Technologies for Social Internet of Things
Cybersecurity and Privacy approaches such as Honeypots, Honeynets and Honeypatches, Deception-based approaches, Encrypted Computing and Secure Computation, Active and Passive Cybersecurity, Privacy-Enhancing Technologies, Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence
Cyber Security and Biometrics in the IoT Era
Cyber-security Settings
Security and Privacy in Cyber-Physical Systems
Information and Resource Management Systems for Internet of Things
Fusion for different services and its impacts in the IoT era
Intelligent Algorithms and Standards for Interoperability in Internet of Things
Communications, collaborations, and services in networks of embedded devices
High-Performance Services Computing and Internet Technologies
Emerging Services Science for Cloud Computing
Autonomous Cloud
Relational and Non-relational big data stores
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Data analytics for cybersecurity such as Predictive Cybersecurity, Event Analysis, Event Attribution and Cyber-Forensics)
Intelligent Security and Optimization in Edge/Fog Computing
Innovative Network for Data Intensive Science
Cognitive Internet of Things Assisted by Cloud Computing and Big Data
Intelligent Sensing and Applications for Cyber-Physical Systems
IoT-specific approximate architecture and micro-architecture design, exploration and optimization
Brain-inspired and neuromorphic components, circuits, and systems for IoT
Smart Data in Future Internet Technologies and Cloud Computing
Affective Computing in Ambient Intelligence Systems
Technological innovations in Digital transformation
Edge of the Cloud
Novel edge computing-inspired approaches and paradigms for mobile IoT applications
Blockchain and Decentralization for Internet of Things
Accountability and Privacy Issues in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
Cloud and Fog Computing for Smart Cities Data Analytics and Visualization
Landscapes of the Data Stream Processing in the era of Fog Computing
Big Data for Context-Aware Applications and Intelligent Environment
Computation Intelligence for Energy Internet
Fog and Cloud Computing for Cooperative Information System management
Benchmarking IoT and Big Data Systems
Cybersecurity metrics
Human/Societal issues (e.g., Legal and Policy Topics related to Cybersecurity and Privacy, Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Privacy, Inter-Organizational Cyber-Threat Information Sharing)
Other security topics such as System Situational Awareness, Emerging Threats, Malware Analysis, Event Recovery, Security as a Service (SaaS), Privacy as a Service (PaaS)
Case studies of successful IoT systems (eHealth, Smart City, etc.)
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Starting from where we left off...
In the age of modern sport with its daily torrent of mindless give and take a couple of weeks on the beach can leave you fairly buried even if too much of what comes and goes is ragtime. Some artful catching-up is hence obliged.
The NHL's labor talks
In the opening salvo, we discover we may have the "Mother" of the all-time destructive sporting collective bargaining collisions on our hands. Borrowing from the playbook of the Robber Barons -- hitherto believed to have been retired in the Gay Nineties -- the owners are essentially declaring war on their own players. They vow to roll back wages roughly 22 percent while stripping their labor force of perks and rights they've enjoyed since the Original Six held them in total bondage a half century ago. To the players, the opening salvo was a bloody insult.
Many observers choose to regard the tactic as amusing, presumably on the assumption that the owners couldn't possibly be that dumb and are merely posturing. Methinks they underestimate the danger of these fools.
Serious degrees of incompetence and delusion characterize the ranks of the NHL's oafish moguls, at least half of whom have no business being in the game. As but one measure of their collective wit and wisdom, owning a hockey team in Phoenix makes as much sense as establishing a surfing school on Golden Pond. The Sunbelt owners, who now constitute a tyrannical minority, won't mind driving this alleged "negotiating" process right over the cliff.
If the owners are not posturing there's no way there will be a deal by the mid-September deadline; not with that worthy old Bolshevik, Don Fehr, calling the shots for the players. Nor is it likely that Commissioner Bettman -- who is totally in the tank with the owners -- would allow the season to start without a new contract although he could do that if the talks were proceeding. To those few who care, be advised that it's not too early to worry about whether there will be an NHL season, "next season."
London Olympics beckon
Featuring surface-to-air missile emplacements on top of apartment buildings abutting the stadium grounds to ward off would-be terrorists. Do you begin to wonder if the Games have outlived their reasonable necessity?
But it's nice to see the US Olympic Committee in familiar form. Allowing their team's garb to be produced in China is merely dumb. It's the pretensions of the thing that are truly amazing. The uniforms they've grandly authorized for the US delegation verify once again that the USOC doesn't have a clue. Is it further possible that having high-fashion designer Ralph Lauren produce the costumes is vaguely out of step with the essential premises of this athletic festival?
Why do they need to be decked out like Swiss Air attendants, or an honor guard from the Kingdom of Zenda, or a chorus line from a Rudolph Friml operetta? Can't you just see the assembled USOC poohbahs exclaiming in delight, "Ah now that's the look we want our boys and girls to have!" Perhaps, it's the berets.
Pitiful Penn State
Tragedy becomes laced with needless farce when the likes of Bill James, resident Red Sox guru, opts to blame the media for the classical failings of Joe Paterno. The Freeh Report slams the book shut. It's clear that dear old JoPa was no latter day Lear sadly wronged by twisted fates but someone or something much deeper and darker. Whoever wanders into the minefield of apologia on this dreadful matter is a dang fool.
Meanwhile, the NCAA in all its legendary pomposity prepares to get involved. Heaven help us! The marching band and chowder society from Kansas -- willing choreographers of all that's wrong with collegiate sport -- is said to be pondering further penalties for Penn State. How very gallant.
The dilemma is staggering. Should the University in Happy Valley be sanctioned for its monumental institutional failings? Few would object. But consider that those who would pay the heaviest price for any such sanctions are the kids now attending the university who had nothing to do with the crimes committed.
It would take Solomon himself to make the requisite very precise distinctions. Of this much, I can assure you. Solomon does not work for the NCAA.
Red Sox Notes
Which you can take to the bank for whatever they are worth.
The high priced and under achieving Adrian Gonzalez blundered when he opted out of the last ill-fated Red Sox meeting with the Yankees claiming an alleged but ill-defined "illness." No doubt his reasons were valid and his discomfort genuine and in Southern California, where he formerly performed, it would have passed unnoticed. But this is Boston and they were playing the Yankees in arguably the season's most important game, as are they all. Moreover, his illness promptly proved rather less than "terminal." Freddie Lynn, a better player who contributed more, got run out of town for much less.
Regarding David Ortiz, there's this question. When does likeable but increasingly irascible "Big Papi" push the envelope too far? In his latest excess, Ortiz reveals he found this season's contract negotiations that reaped him $14.5 million to have been "embarrassing" and ''humiliating.'' Can you imagine Yaz getting away with that? Recall how Nomar Garciaparra got hammered for whimpering that was hardly more indiscrete. Someone should remind Papi it was precisely three years ago that he promised to get back to us with an explanation for how he got included in Judge Mitchell's list of steroid cheats. We're still waiting.
Not sure what Bobby Valentine had in mind when he branded the departed Kevin Youkilis his clubhouse Quisling. But I do know this much. It was dumb. Valentine will never learn.
Patriots Cover Boy
That would be, of course, their herculean tight end Rob Gronkowski, emblazoned this week in what the tabloids used to call his ''birthday suit'' on the cover of the latest ESPN the Magazine, a shallow rag under the best of circumstances.
If Gronkowski feels he's lacked attention the problem's probably been rectified. But he ought also understand that notably depraved linebackers roaming the NFL minefield are likely to derive from his questionable photo-spread the inspiration to wipe the smile off his face, given the chance. If and when that happens you'll understand where they're coming from. This, apparently, is what sport has come to in our times. It's a brave new world.
On the other hand there is the annual tennis festival that well after a century and counting still exemplifies sport as its very best. There have been more dramatic tourneys at the jolly olde England in recent years but the triumphs of those 30-something paragons -- Roger Federer and Serena Williams -- was no less pleasing.
As usual, the tennis was terrific and the pageantry was elegant and everyone bowed politely to the starchy protocol of the thing and nobody grumbled about it nor sought to upstage it. In other words, it was wonderful. What is the finest sporting event of the year, every year? The answer is majestic Wimbledon, where essentially nothing has changed in a hundred years save for the addition of the roof they can roll out over centre court when it rains, as it always does. How grand!
All-Star Baseball
At the other extreme you have the tired and increasingly dismal parody of what was once indisputably a wonderful idea but no longer works. The last all-star game worthy of the distinction was played at Fenway Park in 1999 when the spontaneous celebration of Teddy Ballgame charmed the nation. But who remembers what happened in the game itself.
This year's flat and pointless renewal was deservedly rewarded with the worst television ratings in the history of the event. That this joyless exhibition should determine who gets critical home-field advantage in the World Series remains the most outrageous gimmick that the sitting commissioner has introduced in his interminably painful reign which has been full of them.
This party is over. Get rid of it. Nothing in Sport persists forever essentially unchanged. Except, maybe, Wimbledon!


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Google AdWords is really a great way to get targeted results for your dental practice. It is short, quick and reliable but only when you know how to create and optimize and manage your PPC ads. It isn't going to be an easy job especially when you are more focused on delivering satisfactory dental services.
PPC has a disadvantage. It can make you bankrupt if the ads go uncontrolled. But the good thing is that it is easier to keep a tab over the paid traffic by taking a few precautions.
It is the first thing to do after finding the right keywords to target your audience. You simply can't go on making ad groups on every keyword. It won't serve any interest but it would consume your productive time waste and hard earned money on clicks.
Categorization stands for grouping keywords in matching ad groups. For example, take dental cleaning. It is a broader keyword that includes complete dental service. If you are targeting dental cleaning, you should make an ad group for this phrase. Take another example of professional teeth whitening and porcelain veneers. These two keyword phrases can be placed in the category of cosmetic dentistry.
Grouping of keywords will help in better ad group management and it would have a direct impact on your click-through-rate and the quality score. The CTR would go up and Google would assign a high-quality score to your ads. Google assigns quality score to ads according to the relevancy and performance of ads.
Phone response is an added advantage of PPC. It will provide genuine leads without adding your PPC expenses. For example, a targeted audience views your ad and chooses to call instead of clicking on the ad. He calls your office to book an appointment. You get a customer from Google free of cost. For better phone response, you should write your ad copies keeping the phone customers in mind and optimize the ads to be visible only during working hours. The number of phone users is increasing day by day and a good number of phone-wielding customers use their mobiles for searching business Internet information. And it is free traffic that you can divert to your dental clinic by simply optimizing your PPC ads for phone response.
An ad extension is a great way to lengthen a PPC ad by adding more power words to the advertisement. For example, you can add location; provide an application to download facilitate calls through extensions. Adding extensions won't cost you anything but the clicks would be charged at the regular rate. These extensions can be used for offering more options to the targeted audiences. Extensions increase visibility and visibility increases the chances of clicks and clicks bring traffic. And you can make sure that you get targeted traffic.
Nothing works in PPC other than testing. It is power to you and you should take full advantage of ad testing. The objective of this exercise is to find what works and what doesn't. For example, you can check the performance of your keywords and determine what needs to be changed. Similarly, you can see whether headlines need tweaking and whether the descriptions match with the keywords. You can make a couple of ad groups for a test run of your PPC ads. It is trial and error process and you can use it to improve the performance of your PPC ads. You could have the best set of keywords but how could you be sure of their performance without testing.
If you advertise your business in the traditional market, you will target the city you work in. It is called location-specific targeting. You know where your customers are and you only need targeting that geographic area you serve. You need to implement this strategy in your PPC ads. Google's Ad interface has a feature called geo-targeting. This feature allows geographic targeting with zip code and city names. You can target the areas that you serve. It has a great advantage because it narrows search to give focused results.
Targeting potential clients is the objective of every PPC campaign. Keywords are used for targeting and the result depends on selection of keywords; quality of ad copies, placement of ads, use of extensions and other features. While it is possible for dentists to run their PPC campaigns but it is always better to have a professional do the job. A Google AdWords expert would promise all the benefits of PPC campaigns. The ad spending would be low and the traffic would be high.
God knows how I would manage things with dentistry service but feel confident after reading the blog. Could you help me? If yes then how?


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