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12 Of The Saddest Science Facts Of All Time
It's lonely spacecraft and abandoned animals all the way down. I'm so sorry.
By Kelly Oakes
Kelly Oakes BuzzFeed Staff, UK
Posted on July 28, 2015, at 10:05 a.m. ET
1. On its first birthday on Mars, the Curiosity rover was programmed to play "Happy Birthday" to itself.
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As if being alone on a cold, faraway planet wasn't bad enough.
2. Mars is populated entirely with robots, but they'll never meet each other.
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Of all the robots on Mars, only Curiosity and Opportunity are still alive and well, and they're on opposite sides of the planet.
3. There's a whale called 52 Blue that might be the only one of its kind. It travels alone, singing at a different frequency to other whales.
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Whale calls are usually around 20 hertz, a frequency only just audible to humans. So when scientists started hearing a 52 hertz call, they didn't work out right away that it was a whale. The scientists wrote in a paper:
It is perhaps difficult to accept that if this was a whale, that there could have been only one of this kind in this large oceanic expanse, yet in spite of comprehensive, careful monitoring year-round, only one call with these characteristics has been found anywhere, and there has been only one source each season.
(Although this story may have a happier ending – some scientists now believe they've picked up similar signals, meaning the whale might not be alone after all.)
4. Pluto didn't get to make one whole orbit of the sun in the time between its discovery and demotion.
It takes 248 years to complete the journey.
5. New Horizons spent nine years travelling to Pluto but only 22 hours collecting data from the dwarf planet.
"Omg hiiii!!!" "Oh ok bye then. :("
6. Scientists accidentally killed the world's oldest known animal when they (also accidentally) discovered it in 2006.
Ming the clam was dredged up off the coast of Iceland in 2006. Ming was one of about 200 clams that were brought up as part of a research project on climate change. All of the clams were frozen – killing them – aboard the boat. A year later the scientists realised what they had done.
It was only when they got the clams back to the lab that they realised how old Ming was by looking at its shell under a microscope. At first they thought it was 405 years old, but a later analysis put its age at 507. That means it was born in 1499, during the Ming dynasty in China. RIP Ming.
7. The two Voyager spacecraft are the farthest human-made objects from Earth, but they're travelling in different directions.
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Hurtling out into the cosmos all alone, Voyager 1 is now in interstellar space. Voyager 2 is still in the heliosheath, the outermost layer of a bubble around the solar system created by the solar wind.
8. Voyager 1 won't reach another star system for 40,000 years, and even then it'll be over a light year away from the star.
Voyager 2 will pass by a different star around the same time.
9. A spacecraft that launched in the '70s was still transmitting a signal to Earth in 2008, but nobody had been listening for nine years.
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It was originally called ISEE-3 and was tasked with investigating the solar wind, then in 1983 changed tack (and name, to ICE) and headed off to look at some comets. ICE was supposed to stop transmitting at some point in the '90s, but apparently someone forgot to tell it.
So in 2008, when it was in orbit around the sun, NASA mission design specialist Robert Farquhar tried – and succeeded – to detect the signal ICE was transmitting.
In 2014, ICE came back from its cometary adventures and passed by Earth. NASA was no longer funding communication with the spacecraft, but an unofficial group called the ISEE Reboot Project managed to speak to it in May that year, and fire the thrusters in July, before eventually losing contact once again.
10. Cuckoos trick other birds into raising their young by laying eggs in their nests. The baby cuckoo grows faster than the others and can force the smallest chicks out.
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11. Grizzly bears have been known to abandon single cubs so they can try for a bigger litter the next year.
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A lone cub would take two years to raise, so the mother wouldn't have another litter for three years if she raised it.
12. Pandas often have twins, but usually the mother can only manage to care for one, so the other is abandoned.
Giant panda cubs can't even open their eyes until they're 6 weeks old, and can't move around until they're 3 months. Poor little guys.
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Kelly Oakes is science editor for BuzzFeed and is based in London.
Contact Kelly Oakes at kelly.oakes@buzzfeed.com.

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Pellets wounds have led to blindness and other grievous injuries.
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A Pakistani lawyer has created morphed images of celebrities, showing what they would look like had their faces been injured by pellet guns. According to Mohammed Jibran Nasir who, along with Batool Aqeel and Murtaza Abbas, has created the images, the idea behind the exercise is to show the dark reality of the use of pellet guns by Indian security forces in Jammu and Kashmir.
All the personalities featured are Indian, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Sonia Gandhi, Virat Kohli, Alia Bhat, Saif Ali Khan, Kajol, Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan. The only non-Indian person featured is Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.
"We are just amplifiers, the voice we are amplifying is of the Kashmiri People. We are glad that Kashmiris have responded positively and we are able to add even an iota to their strength we would consider our work done," BuzzFeed quoted Nasir saying.
The website, 'Never Forget Pakistan' has posted the images on its Facebook page, along with text that claims to describe the atrocities that the people in the Kashmir valley have had to endure during the protests following the killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani on 7 June this year.
More than 350 people have been hit by pellets in their eyes and according to doctors, most of them will either sustain some form of permanent damage, suffer disfigurement or lose their eyesight entirely.


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Backstreet Boys release 20th anniversary edition of "I Want It That Way"
Backstreets' back! The boyband, which has been together for 26 years, released their 9th album earlier this year, but they're going back to their roots with their newest song release. The band released a reimagined version of the 1999 hit "I Want It That Way" on Friday, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the song.
"In 2019 we not only celebrate 26 years together as a group but also 20 years of theMillennium album!" the band wrote on YouTube. "From our visits to MTV's TRL studio in the heart of Times Square to selling out worldwide tours in minutes to meeting so many of you and sharing countless memories, it's been a crazy ride and we want it that way."
The band said they wanted to thank the fans who have made them feel "larger than life." So, they released a new edition of their hit single. The new "I Want It That Way" is a more stripped-down acoustic version of the original ballad.
They're not just offering a new version of the song, but they've made "Millennium" merch available again — 20 years after the album was first released.
During their summer tour, the Backstreet Boys will being performing new hits off their latest album, "DNA," and hopefully some of their classics, for those true decades-long fans.
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I made a joke that when she dies, we'll all comment on what a great deal you got on the dress. We laughed and then she said that she'd really like to have a new picture of herself that didn't look so drab (for her obiturary, mind you). My mother suggested that we take a few pictures right then….so I took her outside in the heat (for all of 2 minutes) to snap a few shots. I got a couple of good ones (even though I should have moved her over a little so I didn't have a window in the background), but the one below makes me laugh because she's cheezing it sooo hard. VERY SILLY! When I came across this shot, I thought it might be the perfect silly shot to enter into Skinned Knees' first photo challenge. Let's just hope she doesn't need to use it any time soon.
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Johnson & Johnson to Deliver up to Half A Million Doses of Their Ebola Vaccine to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The current Ebola outbreak has infected more than 3,000 people.
Janssen, part of the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson will be providing up to 500,000 doses of their experimental Ebola vaccine to help combat the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to a statement released Thursday.
The current outbreak has killed more than 2,000 people and has infected more than 3,000, making it the worst outbreak the DRC has ever seen and the second-deadliest Ebola epidemic ever.
At Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg in 2017, Johnson & Johnson pledged to maintain a global stockpile of their candidate Ebola vaccine, which could be deployed in the event of a public health crisis.
The introduction of this second vaccine was recommended by the World Health Organization's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization in May 2019 to complement ongoing use of another investigational vaccine, rVSV-ZEBOV, made by Merck Pharmaceuticals.
The Merck vaccine is being used in a ring vaccination strategy targeting contacts of those with Ebola virus disease and other health and frontline workers at high risk. It has been administered to more than 200,000 people, and has helped contain the virus.
But the need for more help became apparent in recent months as the WHO declared the outbreak was officially a global health emergency in July.
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That is why the DRC government, in collaboration with several global health organizations, decided to add a second vaccine, developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, to their outbreak response efforts.
"The fact that we're in a position to help the people of the DRC protect their communities from such a serious threat — just a few years after we pledged to accelerate vaccine development efforts — is a testament to both the ingenuity of Janssen's scientists, and the power of close collaboration between partners committed to working for the greater good of all," Alex Gorsky, chairman and chief executive officer for Johnson & Johnson, said in a statement.
The partners on the immunization initiative are now working with the company to schedule shipment of the first batches of the vaccine to the areas where they are most needed. The doses will come from the global stockpile that Johnson & Johnson has maintained since making its pledge at the Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg over two years ago.
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So far, over 6,500 people have participated in over 10 clinical trials for the vaccine, which found that the vaccine is well tolerated and produces a robust immune system response.
This marks the first time the vaccine will be deployed on a large scale to help contain a serious Ebola outbreak. The DRC epidemic has been especially difficult to tackle due to an ongoing conflict in one of the affected areas, which has made it hard for health workers to reach at-risk populations.
"No single entity can solve this outbreak which has continued for more than a year," Paul Stoffels, vice chairman of the executive committee and chief scientific officer for Johnson & Johnson, said in a statement. "The global health community has come together in support of this initiative using Janssen's investigational Ebola vaccine regimen to help prevent its further spread. This collaboration is essential, and a great demonstration of how the public and private sectors can work together to help tackle a public health crisis."
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Al-Kadhimi issues directives to military leaders in Diyala
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi issued today, Thursday ,a number of directives to the security and military leaders in Diyala, while calling on all parties not to exploit the citizens' tragedy to achieve certain things.
The Media Office of the Prime Minister stated in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi chaired a meeting of the Ministerial Council for National Security, in the presence of a number of security and military leaders," noting that "the meeting was devoted to discussing the security situation." in Diyala Governorate, and developments in the work of the security committee formed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and sent to the governorate.
At the beginning of the meeting, Al-Kadhimi condolences the Iraqi people and the families of the righteous civilian martyrs who fell at the hands of the terrorist gangs of ISIS," returning "the performance of the Iraqi forces in the speed of response and rapid response, with the outstanding heroic performance of the brave men in the security forces."
Al-Kadhimi stressed, "ISIS gangs were looking for a foothold in the province, but it is impossible for them to do so," calling on "all parties not to exploit the citizens' tragedy, in order to achieve certain things, and we must unite in order to defeat terrorism."
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Undisputed cruiserweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk, who has emerged as one of boxing's pound-for-pound best, has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing, which will co-promote him with longtime promoter K2 Promotions, Matchroom announced on Friday.
It's a significant signing for Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, who will add Usyk to the roster of fighters who will appear on the DAZN streaming service he has a big-money deal with in the United States, as well as on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.
Usyk (15-0, 11 KOs), a 31-year-old southpaw and 2012 Olympic gold medalist from Ukraine, became the first fighter to unify all four major 200-pound belts by easily outpointing Murat Gassiev to win the eight-man World Boxing Super Series tournament on July 21 in Moscow, Gassiev's home turf.
"Fans can look forward to watching me take on the biggest and best names in the sport," Usyk said. "Boxing for me is all about drama and victory, and there is plenty more to come. A fight with [former cruiserweight titlist] Tony Bellew would be a momentous occasion. He is a good boxer and a good person, and I also have the option to move into the heavyweight division."
A fight between Usyk and England's Bellew (30-2-1, 20 KOs), who is also with Matchroom Boxing, is in talks, and a future showdown with unified heavyweight world titlist Anthony Joshua, also a Matchroom Boxing fighter, is possible down the road.
"Usyk holds all the cards at cruiserweight and is already eyeing a move to heavyweight and in particular a fight with Anthony Joshua," Hearn said. "Right now our priority is to try and finalize a super fight with Tony Bellew later this year, but either way we will announce his next fight in the very near future."
With potential Bellew and Joshua fights in the cards, Usyk will continue to fight on the road in England, which is just fine with him.
"Thankfully, England is more than just a country for me," he said. "In this country, I got what I was reaching for half of my life. I got my Olympic gold medal [in London], and in Liverpool I became European champion in 2008. England is a lucky country for me, and fortune comes only with hard work."
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Q: How to initialize a struct from a json object HI i am new to swift any idea . How to initialize a struct from a json object . i could not figure out how can i do it .

{
   "user": {
     "name": "cruskuaka",
     "email": "cristlika@gmail.com",
     "phoneNo":"018833455"
   },
   "address": {
     "house": "100",
     "street": "B",
     "town":
     {
     "town_id": "1",
     "town_name": "Galway city center"
     },
     "city":
     {
     "city_id": "10",
     "city_name": "Galway"
     },
     "address_id":"200",
     "full_address":"100, B, Galway city center,Galway"
   },
   "delivery_instruction": "no call",
   "delivery_method": "1"
  }

Here all struct :
struct Contact  {
    let user : User
    let address : Address
    let deliveryInstruction : String
    let deliveryMethod : String
    init(dictionary: [String: Any]) {
        self.deliveryInstruction = dictionary["delivery_instruction"] as? String ?? ""
        self.deliveryMethod = dictionary["delivery_method"] as? String ?? ""
        self.address = Address(dictionary: dictionary["address"] as? [String:Any] ?? [:])
        self.user =  User(dictionary: dictionary["address"] as? [String:Any] ?? [:])
    }
  }

struct User {
    let name : String
    let email : String
    let phoneNo : String
    init(dictionary : [String:Any] ) {
        self.name = dictionary["name"] as? String ?? ""
        self.email = dictionary["email"] as? String ?? ""
        self.phoneNo = dictionary["phoneNo"] as? String ?? ""
    }
}

struct Address  {
    let city : City
    let town : Town
    let addressId : String
    let fullAddress : String
    let house : String
    let street: String
    init(dictionary : [String:Any] ) {
        self.addressId = dictionary["address_id"] as? String ?? ""
        self.fullAddress = dictionary["full_address"] as? String ?? ""
        self.house = dictionary["house"] as? String ?? ""
        self.street = dictionary["street"] as? String ?? ""
        self.city = City(dictionary: dictionary["address"] as? [String:Any] ?? [:])
        self.town = Town(dictionary: dictionary["address"] as? [String:Any] ?? [:])
    }
}

struct City {
    let cityId : String
    let cityName : String
    init(dictionary : [String:Any] ) {
        self.cityId = dictionary["city_id"] as? String ?? ""
        self.cityName = dictionary["city_name"] as? String ?? ""
    }
}

struct Town {
    let townId : String
    let townName : String
    init(dictionary : [String:Any]) {
        self.townId = dictionary["town_id"] as? String ?? ""
        self.townName = dictionary["town_name"] as? String ?? ""
    }
}

A: edit/update: Swift 4 or later you can use Codable Protocol:
struct Root: Codable {
    let user: User
    let address: Address
    let deliveryInstruction, deliveryMethod: String
}

struct Address: Codable {
    let house, street, addressId, fullAddress: String
    let town: Town
    let city: City
}

struct City: Codable {
    let cityId, cityName: String
}

struct Town: Codable {
    let townId, townName: String
}

struct User: Codable {
    let name, email, phoneNo: String
}

extension Decodable {
    init(data: Data, using decoder: JSONDecoder = .init()) throws {
        self = try decoder.decode(Self.self, from: data)
    }
    init(json: String, using decoder: JSONDecoder = .init()) throws {
        try self.init(data: Data(json.utf8), using: decoder)
    }
}

Just don't forget to set the JSONDecoder property keyDecodingStrategy to .convertFromSnakeCase:

let json = """
{"user": {"name": "crst","email": "crat@gmail.com","phoneNo":"018833455"},"address": {"house": "100","street": "B","town":{"town_id": "1","town_name": "Galway city center"},"city":{"city_id": "10","city_name": "Galway"},"address_id":"200", "full_address":"100, B, Galway city center,Galway" },"delivery_instruction": "no call","delivery_method": "1" }
"""

do {
    let decoder = JSONDecoder()
    decoder.keyDecodingStrategy = .convertFromSnakeCase
    let root = try decoder.decode(Root.self, from: Data(json.utf8))
    print(root)
} catch {
    print(error)
}

or simply:
do {
    let decoder = JSONDecoder()
    decoder.keyDecodingStrategy = .convertFromSnakeCase
    let root = try Root(json: json, using: decoder)  // or  Root(data: data, using: decoder)
    print(root)
} catch {
    print(error)
}

This will print

Root(user: __lldb_expr_112.User(name: "cruskuaka", email:
"cristlika@gmail.com", phoneNo: "018833455"), address:
__lldb_expr_112.Address(house: "100", street: "B", addressId: "200", fullAddress: "100, B, Galway city center,Galway", town:
__lldb_expr_112.Town(townId: "1", townName: "Galway city center"), city: __lldb_expr_112.City(cityId: "10", cityName: "Galway")),
deliveryInstruction: "no call", deliveryMethod: "1")

Original Answer (before Codable protocol)
Swift 3
You have more than one error in your code, but you are in the right path. You are using the wrong key when initializing your user, city and town structs. I have also created two more initializers so you can initialize your struct with a dictionary, the json string or just its data:
struct Contact: CustomStringConvertible  {
    let user: User
    let address: Address
    let deliveryInstruction: String
    let deliveryMethod: String
    // customize the description to your needs
    var description: String { return "\(user.name) \(deliveryInstruction) \(deliveryMethod)" }
    init(dictionary: [String: Any]) {
        self.deliveryInstruction = dictionary["delivery_instruction"] as? String ?? ""
        self.deliveryMethod = dictionary["delivery_method"] as? String ?? ""
        self.address = Address(dictionary: dictionary["address"] as? [String: Any] ?? [:])
        self.user =  User(dictionary: dictionary["user"] as? [String: Any] ?? [:])
    }
    init?(data: Data) {
        guard let json = (try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data)) as? [String: Any] else { return nil }
        self.init(dictionary: json)
    }
    init?(json: String) {
        self.init(data: Data(json.utf8))
    }

}

struct User: CustomStringConvertible {
    let name: String
    let email: String
    let phone: String
    let description: String
    init(dictionary: [String: Any]) {
        self.name = dictionary["name"] as? String ?? ""
        self.email = dictionary["email"] as? String ?? ""
        self.phone = dictionary["phoneNo"] as? String ?? ""
        self.description = "name: \(name) - email: \(email) - phone: \(phone)"
    }
}

struct Address: CustomStringConvertible  {
    let id: String
    let street: String
    let house: String
    let city: City
    let town: Town
    let description: String
    init(dictionary: [String: Any] ) {
        self.id = dictionary["address_id"] as? String ?? ""
        self.description = dictionary["full_address"] as? String ?? ""
        self.house = dictionary["house"] as? String ?? ""
        self.street = dictionary["street"] as? String ?? ""
        self.city = City(dictionary: dictionary["city"] as? [String: Any] ?? [:])
        self.town = Town(dictionary: dictionary["town"] as? [String: Any] ?? [:])
    }
}

struct City: CustomStringConvertible {
    let id: String
    let name: String
    // customize the description to your needs
    var description: String { return name }
    init(dictionary: [String: Any] ) {
        self.id = dictionary["city_id"] as? String ?? ""
        self.name = dictionary["city_name"] as? String ?? ""
    }

}

struct Town: CustomStringConvertible {
    let id: String
    let name: String
    // customize the description to your needs
    var description: String { return name }
    init(dictionary: [String: Any]) {
        self.id = dictionary["town_id"] as? String ?? ""
        self.name = dictionary["town_name"] as? String ?? ""
    }
}

Testing the initialization from JSON:
let contact = Contact(json: json)   // crst no call 1

contact               // crst no call 1
contact?.user         // name: crst - email: crat@gmail.com - phone: 018833455
contact?.user.name    //  "crst"
contact?.user.email   //  "crat@gmail.com"
contact?.user.phone   //  "018833455"
contact?.address      //  100, B, Galway city center,Galway
contact?.address.id           //  200
contact?.address.street       //  B
contact?.address.town         // Galway city center
contact?.address.city         //  Galway
contact?.deliveryInstruction  // "no call"
contact?.deliveryMethod       //    1

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In this task type you will be given a number of statements. You will have to decide if these statements agree with the writer's views.
To complete this task well you will often need to be able to recognise the writer's views not only from what is said directly, but also from what is implied. For example, we do not need the writer to state directly that he/she disapproves of zoos. We can infer this disapproval if the writer states his/her disapproval of the following: animals being taken from the wild, animals being caged, people paying money to see animals, animals not having any privacy. However, if the writer simply describes the problems with zoos this does not necessarily imply disapproval.
Also, we should not try to guess the writer's views. In statement 5 of the sample task on the following page, we should not assume that because we think that the lifeboats should have rescued more people, or because 'everybody' thinks that the lifeboats should have returned to rescue more people, that this is the writer's view. In this case the writer does not express any view on this issue; she simply states the fact that the lifeboats were not full and so the answer must be Not Given.
Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in the reading passage?
1) The enormous loss of life on the Titanic was primarily caused by inadequate equipment, training and procedures.
2) Nobody had thought of installing enough lifeboats to accommodate all the passengers and crew in the event of an emergency.
3) Captain Smith didn't inform his officers of the true situation because he didn't want to cause a panic.
4) The lifeboats would have buckled if they had been fully loaded.
5) After the Titanic sank the lifeboats which were not full should have returned to rescue as many people from the water as they could.
6) The Captain of the Californian could have brought his ship to the rescue if he had realised that the Titanic was sinking.
7) The sinking of the Titanic prompted an overhaul of standard operating procedures which made ocean travel much safer.
No The statement contradicts the writer.
Not Given The writer does not give an opinion on this point.
Step 2: Skim through all of the statements to get an idea of the topics you will be searching for in your reading of the text.
Step 3: Read the first statement again more carefully. Note the main point or opinion given in the statement.
Step 4: Skim the text for the section which refers to that idea. If you come across information relating to other statements, put a mark beside the section so that you can find it quickly again later.
Step 5: Once you have found the appropriate section of the text, read more carefully. Decide if the statement agrees with the view of the author (mark Yes on your answer sheet) or disagrees with the author (mark No on your answer sheet). If the author doesn't give an opinion which agrees or disagrees with the statement then mark Not Given on your answer sheet.


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EXCLUSIVE: Weld co-founder/editor Glenny Brock quits
Posted on May 19, 2012 by Wade Kwon | 5 comments
By Wade Kwon
Glenny Brock, editor of Weld for Birmingham, resigned Friday after 1 year on the job, Media of Birmingham has learned. She was one of the co-founders, along with publisher Mark Kelly, general manager Heather Milam and new media editor Kyle Whitmire.
A statement about the departing partner was posted on the Weld site today.
The statement includes a note from Kelly:
"Glenny is a talented editor and an excellent writer. She played an important role in the birth of Weld, and certainly in the success we have enjoyed to date in establishing ourselves in the local media market. As she makes this decision to pursue other opportunities and to devote more time to writing a book, we support her and wish her the best."
Brock and Whitmire came from Birmingham Weekly after working for the alternative paper for 9 years each. Weld began publishing its weekly issues in September, though the website had been in place earlier in 2011.
Managing editor Jesse Chambers, another former Weekly writer, will assume Brock's responsibilities as Weld searches for her replacement.
Updates to follow …
Added May 28 …
Glenny Brock answered questions by email about her future and her time at Weld.
Working with Kyle Whitmire: My friendship and collaborative partnership with Kyle Whitmire has been and will continue to be one of the most meaningful relationships of my life. I am very proud of all that we have accomplished together, from our early days at the Hilltop News (Birmingham-Southern's student newspaper) to the [Birmingham] Weekly to Weld.
Kyle made me a journalist and thus changed the course of my life. However, I am also a poet, a professor of writing and aspiring memoirist. I have decided that now is the time to concentrate on that work rather than keeping myself shackled to a weekly deadline.
On her book: My mother died in 1985, when I was only 8, so I know very little about her, except what I've learned from the numerous diaries and extensive correspondence she left behind, a haphazardly organized paper file that covers about half of her 41-year life.
About 5 years ago, I received a tremendous gift from the artist and cartoonist Howard Cruse, a packet of more than a dozen letters that he and my mother exchanged in the early 1970s. His letters to her and hers to him yielded many revelations about her life, including the extraordinary fact that between her two marriages, she had affairs with three Catholic priests and a Benedictine monk.
The working title of the book comes from an old-fashioned catechism term for a very short prayer uttered aloud, "Pious Ejaculations."
Weld success and failures: That we created Weld at all was a major success. The newspaper we published is one of the finest publications Birmingham has ever had. By showcasing so many excellent examples of commentary, feature writing and public affairs reporting, we managed to fill a void created by the decline and disappearance of Birmingham Weekly and the institutional torpor of the Birmingham News.
We had a terrific concept to create a "Web first, print best" publication, based on network of local blogs. That is, we wanted to create and curate content, supplementing our original proprietary reporting with blog posts-turned-stories from all over the community.
To date, we have failed to achieve this. Or rather, we have only succeeded piecemeal.
A few notable blogs are connected to Weld. However, a handful of linked blogs falls far short of our original vision and mission, to be a place of meaningful community connection and a virtual town square. Weld may yet achieve that, under the leadership of a different editor.
On internal conflict: Conflict is a part of the alchemy that makes creativity possible. Not long after we launched the print edition, musician and writer Janet Simpson-Templin urged me to think of the partnership like a band.
Kyle, Heather, Mark and I had shared and disparate ambitions; the collective power of our four skill sets allowed us to accomplish much together.
We argued plenty, but the specific fights don't matter much to me at this point.
I'm going to have a solo career, but the rest of the band plans to stay together. I wish them well, and I'm confident they wish me well, too.
On a possible return to journalism: Absolutely. I love freelancing, and I've spent too much time in recent years receiving pitches and assigning stories instead of pitching stories and getting assignments. The role reversal looks incredibly appealing.
If I discover the right opportunity, I'd gladly take a full-time position at an online or print publication, but I want to make some headway on this book first.
Weld's publisher Mark Kelly also answered questions by email.
On Brock's resignation: I was disappointed but not surprised by Glenny's resignation. As I indicated in the statement on our website, I was a little surprised by the timing. But that was Glenny's decision and I support her fully. Her presence has been integral to everything we've done, and we're going to miss her daily presence.
I'm a Glenny Brock fan for life. She has spent some time making a considered decision about what is best for her at this point in her life and career. I respect that and, however regretfully, support it.
On changes for Weld: Having a weekly print product is key to our business model, but the key element of our growth strategy is flexibility, starting with the print product as the primary focus and transitioning over time to making our electronic presence not only the primary focus, but also the primary means of building value in our company.
Specific changes will be announced in the near future.
On the next editor: We're much more interested in finding the right person than in adhering to some self-imposed timetable. In fact, in view of the changes that have been planned and which we're preparing to implement, it's probably better that we get through that process before turning our full attention to the search for a new editor.
Obviously, we will be looking to fill this role with someone who has great editorial skills. But we'll also be looking for a person with strong leadership capabilities and a vision for the community and the role of our company in it.
Note: Brock, Kelly, Whitmire and Milam declined to answer questions about Brock's ownership stake in Weld or any possible buyout of her stake.
Wade Kwon is a co-founder of Media of Birmingham and a Birmingham journalist for 25 years.
Tagged Glenny Brock, newspaper, website, Weld, Weld for Birmingham
Is the Birmingham Business Alliance requiring "pay for play" for media access?
Posted on September 16, 2011 by Wade Kwon | 4 comments
The Birmingham Business Alliance has had much news to share of late, from recent hires to position statements on the ongoing Jefferson County financial crisis.
But its preferred method of sharing has raised my hackles as a journalist: members first, media second.
(Note: I co-own Birmingham media outlet Magic City Post, which is a member of the Birmingham Business Alliance.)
I discovered that the Birmingham Business Alliance routinely, and as a matter of policy, sends news releases to its members before media outlets. But not all media outlets, as it turns out.
It gives news outlets that are members the advantage in publishing breaking news online, as the lag time can range from minutes to hours.
I pointed this out to David Rickey, senior vice president of communications, in an email:
"I don't think media should be pay-for-play to receive newsletters from the Business Alliance. If media outlets get information faster simply because they are members, that is ethically untenable."
The practice of paying for news coverage, pay for play, is usually frowned upon for news outlets. It does happen, especially in the highly competitive market for TV news magazines and morning shows.
Rickey's response:
"Your remark about media pay for play is out of bounds. Our philosophy is to notify our investors — whether corporate CEO, small business person, social media guru or television GM — as a courtesy about announcements from BBA."
I had suggested two possible solutions:
That media outlets receive notices at the same time.
Or that media outlets be included as investors without cost.
I received no further comment on those suggestions.
I wrote a letter to Brian Hilson, who became Birmingham Business Alliance president and chief executive officer in March. I raised the issue of pay for play, even though as an alliance member, we would benefit unfairly from this policy.
Hilson's response:
"The BBA's process of providing news and information to BBA investors first and other media later is a logical method that we will continue to follow. It is not, as you termed it, 'unethical.' "
In checking with other chambers of commerce, all sent news releases to media outlets first or while simultaneously notifying members.
I asked Kelly McBride, senior faculty member in ethics at journalism training center the Poynter Institute, what she thought.
McBride's response:
"It's hardly fair to charge for access to news. If they were a government organization, they couldn't do that. But as a private group, they can do whatever they want.
"But it's really up to the news organizations to stand up to it, because it's their principles that are being violated.
"There would be a way that all the news orgs could get together and agree to receive the press releases at the same time, regardless of their membership. Or all the news orgs could simply resign in protest.
"But it's not really the Business Alliance's responsibility to stand up for journalism values. It's the responsibility of the journalism organizations."
The media outlets that are Birmingham Business Alliance members:
Magazines: Birmingham Magazine, B-Metro Magazine, Lindy's Sports Annuals;
Newspapers: The Alabama Baptist, Birmingham Business Journal, the Birmingham News, Community Newspaper Holdings Inc., Latino News;
Radio stations: Citadel, Cox;
Television stations: ABC 33/40, Alabama Public Television, Alabama's 13, CBS 42, Fox 6, WPXH.
Though my own outlet shares in the benefit of getting Birmingham Business Alliance news ahead of non-member outlets, it rubs me the wrong way. The chamber may not want to call it pay for play, but any media outlet not paying at least $350 a year for membership is at a disadvantage.
Birmingham News columnist John Archibald says the Birmingham Business Alliance overlooks another "pay-to-play" move by one of its committee chairmen.
What do you think? Should the Birmingham Business Alliance change its news release policy? Is it pay for play? Should media outlets speak up, even if it means losing a competitive advantage?
Tagged Birmingham Business Alliance, Brian Hilson, chamber of commerce, David Rickey, Kelly McBride, media policy, pay for play, Poynter Institute
EXCLUSIVE: Birmingham Weekly, the untold stories
Posted on September 7, 2011 by Wade Kwon | 15 comments
Stephen Humphreys, left, and Chuck Leishman
Birmingham Weekly made its reputation on untangling the lies and the financial misdeeds of former mayor Larry Langford. Just 2 years later, the alternative paper now finds itself enmeshed in its own set of accusations and denials, questionable figures and sobering facts.
In June, the weekly publication quietly changed hands from publisher Chuck Leishman to Stephen Humphreys. In doing so, it began to dig itself out of a financial hole that continues to limit its operations.
Friday, editor Sam George tweeted his resignation over a pay dispute. In his statement published on his personal website, he wrote, "I can no longer ask myself, my employees or my writers to continue to work with out the compensation and com fort they are due."
In this exclusive investigative report for Media of Birmingham, we talk to staff members who shaped the paper over the past decade and uncover the internal troubles that have placed it in its current situation.
(Note: The author co-owns Birmingham media outlet Magic City Post.)
Tagged Birmingham Communications, Birmingham Weekly, Chuck Leishman, Creative Loafing, Fun and Stuff, Glenny Brock, Kyle Whitmire, Lynn Leishman, Magnolia Media, newspaper, publishing, Sam George, Stephen Humphreys, Weld for Birmingham
Just another one-newspaper town
Posted on September 23, 2010 by Wade Kwon | 12 comments
On the passing of the Post-Herald 5 years ago
History buffs know today marks the fifth anniversary of the last edition of the Birmingham Post-Herald.
Up until that day, Birmingham had been a two-newspaper town for much of its existence. Well, more like one-and-a-half newspapers, as both were operating under a joint-operating agreement. The Birmingham News was the senior partner, handling the advertising, marketing and circulation for itself and the Post-Herald.
In essence, competitive entities in name only.
Has the News thrived or become complacent since becoming a solo act in 2005?
The News has operated for 5 years without another daily paper competing for scoops, but finding itself competing on a new playing field. It had its traditional competitors: radio, television, even the Internet vying for readers for both news and attention.
But who knew back then that the state's flagship newspaper would also be fighting Facebook, and blogs, and YouTube, and Twitter, and a publishing industry implosion?
Walk through the News' building — insiders jokingly refer to the layout as a prison — and you'll see disturbing signs of a newspaper in decline. Empty desks marking the dozens of jobs cut. The third floor, once home to circulation, now a ghost town; owner Advance Publications consolidated that function for all state newspapers in its Mobile office.
In some ways, the 2006 structure remains a time capsule impervious to a changing world. No wi-fi. Even odder, no AL.com. Though the News and AL.com are separate companies, both are part of the Advance family with the same mission: Turn a profit while informing readers.
And yet, the staff of the state's largest website sits in its own offices a mile away at Pepper Place, which might as well be a thousand miles away.
The News, rather than embracing its digital destiny, has found it rather loathsome. The columnists decry the online commenters while doing little to fix the system. The editors hold back more and more content for print only. And while other publications have moved toward more interactive features and storytelling, the News largely sticks to its comfort zone of text, photos and graphics.
The print product grows ever thinner, more expensive and less read, a strategy copied straight from the Post-Herald. You may be surprised to learn that at one time, the Post-Herald also had the state's largest, if only, website, back in the mid-1990s. But by failing to adapt to the audience's changing news-consumption habits, that advantage was lost over time.
It may seem unthinkable that Birmingham could go from a one-newspaper to a zero-newspaper town. This quiet anniversary should serve as a reminder that no publication is safe, no institution sacred. Hopefully, it is not too late for the Birmingham News to learn from the Post-Herald's demise, before it also becomes a footnote in history.
Tagged Advance Publications, al.com, Birmingham News, Birmingham Post-Herald, newspaper, publishing
EXCLUSIVE: Coastal Living editor departs after less than 6 months
Posted on August 25, 2010 by Wade Kwon | 2 comments
Also, Southern Living offers new round of buyouts
Sara Peterson, the third editor at Coastal Living magazine in the last 2 years, is calling it quits. Media of Birmingham has learned that she plans to work in New York on the long-rumored HGTV Magazine published Hearst Corporation, according to insiders at the Birmingham office. Hearst is a direct competitor to Time Inc., which owns Coastal Living and other Birmingham-based titles.
Time Inc. spokesperson Jennifer Zawadzinski said via e-mail that the company is interviewing candidates for editor, but no announcement is ready at this time.
(Also, Peterson's interview with 365Beach.com in April.)
This latest departure is one in a series of ongoing editor changes at the former Southern Progress division:
Cooking Light switched editors in September.
Southern Living inherited its third editor in less than 2 years earlier this month.
Lindsay Bierman, the new editor at Southern Living, has started a new round of buyouts among the editorial group, reportedly to give the option to staff members no longer passionate about the magazine a way out. An exact number is not known, but the final accepted buyout list is expected to be announced after Labor Day.
More coverage of Time Inc.'s Birmingham division.
Tagged Coastal Living, editor, Hearst Corporation, Lindsay Bierman, magazine, publishing, Sara Peterson, Southern Living, Southern Progress Corporation, Time Inc.
EXCLUSIVE: Southern Living has third editor in 2 years
Posted on July 29, 2010 by Wade Kwon | 3 comments
The tenures are growing ever shorter.
John Floyd was editor of Southern Living for 18 years, until his retirement in 2008. Eleanor Griffin has been in the position less than 2 years.
With her promotion to vice president of Southern Living brand development, deputy editor Lindsay Bierman will succeed her as editor on Aug. 9, Media of Birmingham has learned.
Bierman has been through this before. He became editor of Cottage Living a month before it closed in 2008; he succeeded Griffin, who had just taken the role at Southern Living. He then became editor of Coastal Living, until moving to Southern Living in March. All Time Inc. three titles are based in Birmingham, part of the magazine group formerly known as Southern Progress.
The e-mail announcement from Time Inc. Executive Vice President Sylvia Auton …
To: Lifestyle Group
From: Sylvia Auton
Re: Staff Announcement
After 33 years with Southern Progress, Southern Living Editor in Chief Eleanor Griffin, has decided to move her career in a different direction. Eleanor is a consummate publishing professional whose insights, expertise and passion would have been sorely missed had she not agreed to stay on in the newly created role of VP, Brand Development for Southern Living. In this position, she will work closely with the advertising and marketing group to break and grow business on key accounts. She will also work in an advisory capacity with our book division, Oxmoor House, on the creative development of Southern Living branded book concepts, as well as be responsible for identifying relevant partnerships with appropriate organizations and events.
As editor of the country's 5th largest monthly consumer magazine, Eleanor had her pulse on modern Southern style, ensuring that Southern Living covered every aspect of Southern life with a unique and powerful voice. From secret sources for beautiful home décor to delicious Southern recipes and charming, must-visit Southern towns, Eleanor reminded her readers every month why the South is such a special place to live.
Prior to Southern Living, Eleanor had an impressive career as the launch editor of Time Inc.'s Cottage Living. Not only was the brand beloved by readers, but under Eleanor's direction, it received many industry accolades, including "Startup of the Year" by Adweek and "Launch Worth Watching" by Ad Age, and made two appearances on the Adweek Hotlist.
Eleanor joined the company in 1977 as merchandising manager at Southern Living. During her tenure, she has held various roles at the company including editorial director of the custom publishing division where she launched four new consumer publications and was director of corporate magazine development.
I'm pleased to announce that succeeding Eleanor will be Southern Living's Deputy Editor Lindsay Bierman. With more than 14 years of lifestyle editing experience, Lindsay's varied expertise, keen design sense and creative vision dovetails perfectly with the brand. I am confident that Lindsay will build on the momentum of last year's successful redesign. Lindsay assumes his new role on August 9th.
Before joining Southern Living in early 2010, Lindsay led the repositioning and redesign of Coastal Living as Editor in Chief for two years. Under his leadership, the audience grew nearly 10% to more than 3.6 million, and the brand launched four major home furnishings collections. Lindsay joined the company in 1997 as the first Homes Editor at Coastal Living and served as Executive Editor at Southern Accents before moving to Cottage Living as founding Executive Editor. Earlier in his career, Lindsay worked at Robert A.M. Stern Architects in New York and wrote for titles such as Elle Décor and Interior Design. It was during his school years that Lindsay developed such a strong affinity for the South. He earned a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and a Master of Architecture from the University of Virginia.
I am proud that since 1966 Southern Living has been the South's favorite magazine and that more than 16 million people read it each month.
Please join me in thanking Eleanor for her many contributions to Southern Progress and wishing her well in her new role and congratulating Lindsay on earning the honor of succeeding her.
Eleanor Griffin: LinkedIn
Lindsay Bierman: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn
Tagged Coastal Living, Cottage Living, editor, Eleanor Griffin, Lindsay Bierman, magazine, publishing, Southern Living, Southern Progress Corporation, Sylvia Auton, Time Inc.
Sneak peek: Birmingham Weekly changes website look
Posted on June 30, 2010 by Wade Kwon | Leave a comment
Birmingham Weekly's new site design for 2010.
(Click image for larger version.)
Less than a year after completely revamping the website, Birmingham Weekly is set to roll out a new online design Thursday.
Incoming editor Sam George mentioned the redesign in an earlier interview. He added by e-mail that the new site will be done in collaboration with Wisconsin-based Wehaa, a Web company specializing in content management systems for print publications.
The previous design had debuted in April 2009.
Birmingham Weekly's website front page from 2009 to 2010.
George described the upcoming changes:
"Readers should expect a site that is much easier to navigate, a slick interface with bells and whistles that actually enhance the browsing experience, rather than distract from it, and a comprehensive city directory and event calendar. For the first time ever, many sections of the paper that were overlooked on the website will be available online as well."
"On our end, the process of getting our content online has been streamlined, largely thanks to the new digital edition of the paper which will be available every Thursday along with the print edition. The digital edition is processed from the same PDFs we send to our printer, and getting the individual articles plugged in is a snap.
"Also, the online events calendar allows us to reverse publish everything, including user-submitted events, making it easier for us to provide a calendar in the print paper that is concise, comprehensive and easy to use.
"These are just a few of the many new features I am excited about. You'll just have to browse on over to the site on Thursday to check out the rest."
The Terminal has another screenshot of the new design.
More coverage of Birmingham Weekly.
Tagged Birmingham Weekly, design, newspaper, Sam George, web
EXCLUSIVE: Sam George named new Birmingham Weekly editor
Posted on June 25, 2010 by Wade Kwon | 7 comments
Media of Birmingham has learned that Birmingham Weekly staff writer Sam George will become the alternative newspaper's editor, starting with the July 8 issue. He succeeds interim editor Jesse Chambers, who served since Glenny Brock's departure in March.
George, left, has been a staff writer since May. He also works as a freelance graphic designer and lead singer for Birmingham-based rock band Bright Henry. Previously, George was editor and lead designer of local music site, Bham.fm.
Chambers, right, said via e-mail that George is a "smart, talented, passionate, hard-working guy with enormous enthusiasm for making a great paper and website. He has my complete confidence and support." Chambers said he had wanted to fill in until a permanent replacement was hired. He will continue as staff writer, including editing the Green Space section.
Update June 26: Sam George shared more answers to our questions via e-mail …
Will you still continue to write and edit for Bham.fm?
Unfortunately, I will no longer have time to continue Bham.fm. I spoke with Whitney Sides (Mitchell), my co-editor there, and we both agree that the site has been suffering from lack of attention lately and that the best thing to do would be to shut it down. I plan to post an announcement saying as much there this weekend. (Note: Bham.fm started publishing in November 2008.)
It's been a great pleasure covering the local music scene, and I hope to continue doing so with equal passion at the Weekly, including continuing my regular post "The Daily Dose," though I plan to expand its scope beyond music. We will also have plenty of support for local bands on the new website we are launching.
Why did you decide to become editor?
I had approached (publisher) Chuck Leishman about writing a regular music column, and he offered me the managing editor gig instead. I decided to take the job because it combines a number of interests I have in one spot. It allows me to continue to cover local music and appeals to my design and photography side while expanding the scope of what I am able to accomplish for the city as a whole.
Also, it's much better than slinging coffee, which is what I had been doing in the daylight hours.
What are your plans for the Weekly?
The first order of business is to launch our new website. I've been spending most of my energy here designing and implementing a brand new site for the Weekly that is really in a different stratum of excellence than the one we have now. It looks great, is easy to navigate, increases the functionality and scope of our site and integrates it further with social media. It also has a really cool digital interactive version of the paper.
I've put a lot of love and elbow grease into this thing, and I'm pretty excited to hear what Birmingham thinks about it when we launch, which should be Thursday, provided we can iron out the last wrinkles.
As for the paper itself, I'm still learning what it takes run the thing. I believe that Birmingham has the wealth of culture necessary to become a vibrant and modern metropolis with a strong urban center, and I would like to focus the Weekly on celebrating the things that can lead us towards that goal.
Update June 27: Whitney Mitchell clarified Bham.fm's future via e-mail …
"The band is staying together (somewhat). It's been hard for much of anyone to concentrate on writing with losing jobs (two-thirds of our writers), being full-time students and having "real" jobs. When I started it back in '08, I had much more time to dedicate to organizing show schedules and attending three to four concerts a week.
"While the site won't be the detailed info mecca it was, it is definitely staying alive and restarting as Birmingham's only kickass music site. (We mean that … it would suck to see it die, y'know?)
"Chris (Mitchell, photo editor) is pretty psyched about revamping the site, so stay tuned for a new layout and daily (still music and regional-focused) postings."
Tagged Bham.fm, Birmingham Weekly, Bright Henry, editor, Jesse Chambers, newspaper, Sam George
Community Newspaper Holdings moving headquarters to Montgomery
Birmingham-based Community Newspaper Holdings is heading south. The newspaper publisher plans to relocate its headquarters from the Colonnade area to Montgomery's new Retirement Systems of Alabama building in late 2011 or early 2012.
The company, founded in 1997, owns 86 daily newspapers, 46 nondaily papers and four TV stations. In Alabama, it owns the News Courier in Athens and the Cullman Times.
RSA helps fund CNHI. According to the story, "The company will bring 70 high-paying jobs with salaries averaging $75,000 to the area." Another report says that current employees will be offered the chance to move from Birmingham to Montgomery, and that replacements will be found for those not making the move.
Tagged Athens News Courier, CNHI, Community Newspaper Holdings Inc., Cullman Times, Montgomery, newspaper, Retirement Systems of Alabama, television
EXCLUSIVE: Pavo Magazine to fold
Pavo Magazine, a Birmingham-based arts and culture online publication, will shut down Saturday.
In an e-mail sent this afternoon, marketing director Lauren Lippeatt wrote:
Dear Pavo Supporters,
Pavo began with a dream of uniting communities and spreading the wealth of inspiration that exists in Birmingham. Janet Elizabeth Simpson and Lauren Lippeatt are the two halves of Pavo, each balancing each other and the publication in their own dynamic ways. In the last few months, we have being heading towards a crossroads that is now taking our Lauren in a different direction. Pavo just isn't Pavo without both of its equal halves. To that end, it is with extreme gratitude that we now conclude this adventure.
We at Pavo Magazine wish to thank you for your amazing support and for believing in our dream for Birmingham. It is with some sadness that we close this chapter of our lives, but we eagerly look forward to what opportunities lie ahead. On May 15, we will publish our public farewell. We will continue to support and promote your events during the next few weeks through our calendar. In our remaining days, please let us know how we can best support you.
Lauren Lippeatt and Janet Elizabeth Simpson
The magazine's 9-month run started in September.
Update May 15: Pavo closes out with three essays. Post 1 | post 2 | post 3.
Tagged Janet Elizabeth Simpson, Lauren Lippeatt, magazine, online, Pavo Magazine


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 Chandler, David G. The Campaigns of Napoleon. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. ISBN 0-02-523660-1
 Chandler, David G. Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars. Ware: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999.  ISBN 1-84022-203-4

Bătălii ale Războiului celei de-a Treia Coaliții

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Community is built through altruism, but planners are taught to think of self interest as the biggest motivator of human behavior. How do we use planning skills to encourage public goods and community interest?
Does a Frankenstein Building Symbolize Architecture's Endemic Social Negligence?
Kaid Benfield muses on the question of whether architects are more interested in making statements than serving people, a topic raised in a recent commentary by Christine Outram. He uses Toronto's deconstructivist "Crystal" as an entry point.


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Gov''t is selfish, 'Dumsor' will abate during elections - Sarkodie 5/3/2015
Gov''t is selfish, 'Dumsor' will abate during elections - Sarkodie
Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie has described Ghana''s leaders as selfish.
The rapper, known in real life as Michael Owusu Addo, expressed his frustrations on twitter about living conditions in Ghana and how the country's leaders are not paying attention to the needs of the citizenry
He wrote, "It ain't easy being a president and I don't think I can but if you choose to, you can't be selfish… It is only for the selfless #Leader."
"Watch and listen to them carefully and see if they care about us," he added.
According to him, it is amazing how Ghanaians manage to survive under such harsh economic situations only to forget about the challenges they went through when it's time for elections.
"It's a miracle how we survive down here you know, guess dumsor will pause when election is closer right?? Smh and [my] people will fall for it!!! After all it's caused," he said.
The 'Inflation' rapper believes that voting for a leader in Ghana now is only to select a leader who maltreats the citizenry.
"What voting means down here: choosing who's best to maltreat me….simple, see how we scream when our lights are back on like they doing us a favor smh…And we think we have lights???", he stated.
"We been treated like kids down here ma people and it's sad…They succeeded in programming our minds not to focus on important issues, all these fake political talk shows with people battling on who speaks better English and not sharing ideas on way forward", Sarkodie added.
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Yesterday i was hungry and I didn't have adequate food supplies at home. I was also pretty tired to drive out to find a meal so i rummaged through my freezer and found some well preserved cat fish i had cleaned up and stored earlier. Then again it was a question of what could i possibly arrange with this cat fish because i didn't have tomatoes & pepper blend to whip up a stew neither did i have pepper soup ingredients to arrange pepper soup. It struck me that that in Nigeria cat fish has typical recipes and i should try something different. I decided on grilling it and i must tell you it was JUICY, FLAKY & DELICIOUS when i was done. I paired it with some noodles but you can choose to pair it with whatever you like actually. I used western spices in this recipe which most Nigerians may not be conversant with but are readily available in Supermarkets. Next time i will showcase an option using our local spices and you can choose which option would grace you table best. So, let's get on with it!
1Preheat your oven for 10mins. I used a halogen oven and i preheated it at 175 degrees for 10mins.
2Mix the black pepper, salt, oregano, basil, thyme, parsley & seasoning cube in a small bowl and set aside. Ensure you taste your spice rub to ensure it taste balanced.
3Melt the butter in another small bowl, add in your powdered garlic and lemon juice mix and also set aside. If you are adding habanero pepper then best to do that here. Ensure you taste this as well to ensure its balance.
4Arrange some foil in an oven friendly bowl/plate and place the fish on it.
5Sprinkle the spice mix all over the fish however before you do that best you pat dry your fish with a kitchen roll to reduce wetness on the fish.
6Next drizzle the butter-lemon-garlic mixture all over the fish and bake uncovered for 20mins.
7Yippie! its ready to be feasted on. Like i said earlier, you can pair it with any meal of your choice.


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Halifax judgment: The sting in the tail for some New Zealand investors
19 May, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read
A judgement on how Halifax client money will be distributed has been released. Photo / File
Tamsyn Parker
Personal Finance Editor
Some investors who used the failed Halifax Investment Services derivative trading platform will be able to get their shares transferred directly to them, but will have to pay A$1500 each plus costs to the liquidators to facilitate it.
While other clients of Halifax will have their investments sold and the money pooled together and distributed to them. Those who had less than A$100 invested will get nothing.
Halifax liquidator urges investors to come forward
Halifax hell: Two years on and investors still waiting for payoutd
Key decision looms for Halifax investors as shortfall blows out to A$44.6m
Kiwi investors fearful as online broker Halifax Investment Services is tipped into administrati...
A judgment on exactly how millions of dollars will be distributed to 12,000 clients of the trading platform, including 2100 New Zealand users, was released yesterday - five months after the case was heard in a first-time joint New Zealand and Australian court case.
Halifax Investment Services went into administration on November 23, 2018, and four days later on November 27, the appointment was extended to Halifax NZ, 70 per cent owned by Halifax Australia.
Then on March 20, 2019, the companies were placed into liquidation under KPMG's Morgan Kelly and Philip Quinlan.
At the time of the appointment, Halifax had assets worth A$221.6 with a shortfall of A$19m.
That shortfall has since grown to A$44.6m or about 16 per cent of client equity positions as of February 28 this year.
The company's services included margin foreign exchange trading, CFDs (contracts for difference, a form of speculating on market moves), and shares and options trading through the online platforms Interactive Brokers (IB), MetaTrader4 and MetaTrader5.
All of the New Zealand arm's administration and treasury support services were provided by the Australian head office. So, when the Australian business went into administration, Halifax NZ could not operate separately.
The liquidators applied to the court for directions in distributing the money from the investments after discovering co-mingling of money between clients and between the New Zealand and Australian businesses as well as the fact that clients had invested via different platforms.
The court appointed five respondents to represent various classes of investor groups and two other respondents joined the action on behalf of the Whitehead's Beeline Trust and separately Andrew Whitehead.
Halifax shareholder and director Jeffrey Warboys and Hong Kong Capital Holdings - the company of Matthew Barnett, Halifax's other major shareholder and director also tried to join the proceedings but then withdrew after being asked to post A$50,000 as security for court costs.
Releasing his judgment, Justice Jeffrey Venning decided category three investors who had their shares from another broker transferred to the Interactive Brokers Australian and New Zealand platforms and never traded the shares can apply to have them transferred to a nominated person.
Those investors have 21 days to write to the liquidators if they believe they are entitled to category three shares. If the clients don't get in touch within 35 days with a written response their investments will not be treated as part of category three.
But those who confirm they are in category three must pay the liquidators a fee of A$1500 as well as a proportionate share of all the additional fees and expenses of the liquidators for their work in relation to the category three shares.
If these fees are not paid on time the shares will go into the general pool to be sold and distributed.
The case is similar for those in category five whose shares were transferred from another broker to the Saxo platform and never traded and those shares transferred from Saxo to the Interactive Brokers Australia and New Zealand platforms and were recorded in a client account on MT5 or the IB AU or IB NZ platforms.
This category also includes those who bought shares through Halifax New Zealand prior to July 1, 2013, or through the IB AU, IB NZ or MT5 platform prior to May 1, 2012, and never traded those shares.
These clients will also be able to apply to have the shares transferred to a nominated person but will have to pay A$1500 and a share of the expenses to the liquidators.
Clients of category 1, 2 and 4 will see their investments cashed up and the money pooled together for distribution using a pari passu approach in which all investors will share equally in the proceeds in proportion to the entitlements owed to them.
The entitlement proportion will be calculated as of November 27, 2018.
The liquidators have now been given permission to close out the open trading positions of clients of Halifax NZ accounts on the IB AU and IB NZ platforms and the open positions of Halifax NZ clients on the MT4 and MT5 platforms and pool the money together.
Investors will then be contacted by email or post and provided with login details to a secure, web-based investor portal where they will be notified of the value of their distribution.
Investors will then have up to 21 days to dispute the distribution.


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Had I not met her, I may have become a fixture in Eureka Springs, cause I truly love that place. Thanks for the memories.
It is a cool place, isn't it, Larry? I'd love to own a cabin there so we could run up anytime we had a day off. It's wonderful!
Love ES!! We have been going there since 1970's!! Love Mudd Street Cafe!! Always love your photos!!
Oh, I see a road trip to ES in my future. Those springs look beautiful. But I'll need someone to hold my hand. I just KNOW if I see a sign that says "Don't drink the water", that's just what I will do!


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Monty Cantsin
Monty Cantsin is a multiple-use name that anyone can adopt, but has close ties to Neoism. Monty Cantsin was originally conceived as an "open pop star." In a philosophy anticipating that of free software and open source, anyone could perform in his name and thus contribute to and participate in his fame and achievements.
2 Influences
The name was coined in 1978 by the critic, prankster and Mail Artist David Zack as a nom de plume for the Latvian-born poet and singer Maris Kundzins.[1] It further alludes to:
Martial Canterel, the wizard-hero of Raymond Roussel's novel Locus Solus;
Monte Capanno, a Northern Italian villa near Perugia where Zack had taught a San Jose State College study and living community in 1970;
Monte Cazazza, a Californian performance artist and industrial music performer;
Istvan Kantor, the second bearer of the name;
"Monty can't sing";
"Monty can't sin", a reference to religious free spirit movements which collectively adopted the names of Jesus or saints.
Zack called upon his correspondents to adopt the name Monty Cantsin. His suggestion was taken up in 1979 by the Hungarian-Canadian performance artist Istvan Kantor, who amalgamated the name into Neoism.[1] As the shared identity of all Neoists, Monty Cantsin was transformed from a "pop star" to a radical identity experiment occupying the everyday life of Neoists and culminating in frequently extremist ways at Neoist Apartment Festivals ("APTs"). The "open pop star" concept lived on in a series of electropop and industrial music albums and performances of, mainly, Istvan Kantor.
Influences[edit]
Later multiple names like Karen Eliot and Luther Blissett drew inspiration from Monty Cantsin and Neoism, but intentionally avoided association with physical persons, being conceived either as mere signatures (Eliot), collective media phantoms (Blissett) or multiple single collective experiments.
Publications[edit]
(as editor): Neoist Book, Canada, 1984. [2]
^ a b C. Carr (9 April 2012). On Edge: Performance at the End of the Twentieth Century. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 105–. ISBN 978-0-8195-7242-4.
^ http://www.neoism.info/neoist_book.pdf. URL last accessed 2014-04-07.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monty_Cantsin&oldid=769824423"
Anonymity pseudonyms
Neoism


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The State of Analytics report found that the number of data sources analyzed by companies will jump 83 percent over the next five years. In addition, the report showed that 90 percent of high-performing organizations say analytics are important to driving their overall business strategy and improving operational outcomes. In order to stay competitive in the data driven economy, companies today need to deploy analytics in order to keep pace.
Building a culture around analytics not only gives employees access to the right insights at the right time, but also empowers them with the ability to collaborate and take data-driven action. In fact, high-performing organizations are extending analytics across the business, from the boardroom to the front line.
Ninety percent of high performing organizations say their executive teams are committed to the success of analytics tools and technologies to help drive overall business strategy and improve operational outcomes.
High performing teams are 2x more likely than underperformers to have more than half of their employee base using analytics tools.
Ninety-four percent of employees at high performing organizations say they collaborate with other functions in their company to make use of insights gleaned from analytics tools.
Employees at high-performing organizations are 4.6x more likely than underperformers to move beyond using benchmark scores to making ongoing data-driven decisions. On the other hand, underperformers are 5.7x more likely than high performers to use gut instincts instead of data when making strategic business decisions.
As employees gain greater access to data, they sharpen their analytical skills and increase how they apply analytics across organizations to discover new insights and facilitate better business decisions.
High performing organizations analyze more than 17 different kinds of data, nearly double the number analyzed by underperformers.
High performing organizations are 3x more likely than underperformers to glean value from analytics in 10 or more disciplines.
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Organizations now desire real-time, mobile insights and place a premium on ease of use, self-service capabilities and mobile when evaluating analytics tools.
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High performing organizations are nearly 5x more likely than underperformers to say mobile capabilities to explore and share data are critical when selecting an analytics tool.
High performing organizations are 3.5x more likely than underperformers to extensively use mobile reporting tools.
This study was conducted by Salesforce Research through a third-party survey firm in mid-2015. More than 2,000 global business leaders were surveyed, each indicating whether their organization was high-performing, moderate-performing or under-performing. High-performing organizations are defined as those who rated their business performance as much stronger than their competition.


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Q: How to fix Tkinter? Every code with GUI crashes mac os with respring I was practicing tkinter with PyCharm for my own project with serial and arduino.
Nothing special about it - few buttons, option-menu and labels.
But I clicked on Mac's menu bar in the tkinter's GUI window on the option "Show tab bar".
And then macbook had a reboot.
After it - every script with tkinter's GUI reboots my macbook on executing.
A blank window is shown for a second and then mac reboots.
I'm using Mojave 10.14.6 (18G84)
I deleted python 3.7 interpreter from mac and reinstalled PyCharm.
I cleared cache folders for python and PyCharm.
import tkinter
tkinter._test() # and it crashes now ever in this code...

UPD: updated MacOS to 10.14.6 (18G87) - still the same issue

A: Seems to be a common problem python.org/download/mac/tcltk/#built-in-8-6-8 according to them

If you are using macOS 10.6 or later, the Apple-supplied Tcl/Tk 8.5 has serious bugs that can cause application crashes.

Rather than fixing TCL/TK I recommend you to want to reinstall a python version that satisfies the requirement & use it python.org/downloads/release/python-374

A: Have you tried to downgrade tkinter to a version below the one causing a crash?
I.e going from 8.6.8 to 8.6.7 in conda can be done by executing:
conda install tk 8.6.7

this is all it took to fix an identical issue and error log, might also work with pip

A: I ran into this issue on Mojave 10.14.6 after installing python 3.7.4 and tkinter 8.6.8 using Miniconda3.
Downgrading to python 3.7.0 fixed this issue for me.
conda install python=3.7.0

A: I have the same issue with python 3.7.0, tk 8.6.8 in anaconda3 in macOS 10.14.6: once I start my tk interface script the OS logs out without an error message showed or error report filed. Windows are also lost.
My problem was solved once I update to macOS 10.15.3. Tk is working properly and haven't spotted a new issue.

A: A somewhat long explanation of the problem can be found here. It looks like you should avoid using a third party distributer of python.
I had the same problem. Your code made my computer crash. To fix it I had to install python from here. This will become your system's python 3.7 version. I uninstalled anaconda and used the system's 3.7 interpreter in PyCharm. Next, I had to start installing packages to make my code work. This may seem a bit tedius/difficult. Unfortunately, everything else I tried failed.
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A: I was using a Conda virtual environment for python 2, switching to a System Interpreter solved the issue for me. If you don't have a System Interpreter, use
$ brew install python@2

and use this interpreter to run the program. In PyCharm you would open your project, go to preferences -> project -> interpreter and select the 2.7 interpreter you installed.

A: Any system interpreter seems to work fine for me. As @Rfm0905 said, use brew to install the system interpreter if you do not have it. However, you can do this for any python version using brew install python${version}. This version, as far as I know, could be 3 (for python 3.7.5) or 2 (for python 2.7.4).

A: I struggled with this same problem; code starts running (mac os 10.14.6 Mojave) and then I'm looking at my log in screen.  After I log back in, PyCharm is also shutdown as is my chrome browser.
Here's what worked for me:
1) python 3.8.1 - I also got it running on python 3.6, so probably 3.7 would work, too.
2) Install ActiveTCL 8.6 - from ActiveState.  Background ref is here.
3) I could not get any virtual environments to work with tkinter in PyCharm - I tried several iterations each of miniconda and virtualenv. The Python interpreter had to be the regular installed path - ie my path is /usr/local/binpython3.8  This could just be a quirk of my system...but I figured it could be useful for others.

A: I meet the same problem, and I recently founded a solution.
First, open terminal and type "python" to enter in the python 2.7 provided by macOS.
Then type:
 import Tkinter as tk
 print("Tk Version: {}".format(tk.Tk().eval('info patchlevel')))

Then it will pop up a normal tk window in python2.7 version and tk version 8.5.9.
Then redo the same thing that crashes the python3's tk, that is "clicked on Mac's menu bar in the tkinter's GUI window on the option 'Show tab bar'". But this time, it will change to 'Hide tab bar'. After you click it, the tk's tab bar will disappear.
After that, your tk in python3 and tk version 8.6.x should operate normally.
I think this is a bug in macOS. When showing tab bar in tk version 8.6.x(not the tk 8.5.9 provided by macOS), the macOS will crashed. And the solution above is just canceled the showing of tab bar, so it's not 'really' solved the bug. So looks like you need to update to macOS 10.15 to really solve it. And that means you still not able to 'show tab bar' in macOS 10.14 with tk version 8.6.x.


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-Are there any dealer manuals/service engineer manuals for these floating about online?
-Can the software be "downgraded" to reinstate the contra-rotation The one I've just picked up has been hobbled with "improved" software to locked the drum. I'd like to unlock the drum - bearings are not expensive.
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