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Il Ducato di Asti fu uno dei ducati istituiti dai Longobardi in Italia. Scarse le informazioni sulle sue vicende interne, e incerta perfino la data dell'istituzione del ducato, che risale probabilmente già all'indomani dell'occupazione longobarda della città (569).

Asti apparteneva ai domini longobardi "liguri", in particolare alla regione della Neustria (ovvero alla parte occidentale della Langobardia Maior). Ancora nel XII secolo, Pietro di Montecassino, parlando di san Brunone Solaro che nel 1107 fu abate dell'abbazia casinense, lo nomina come "ligure d'Asti".

Storia

Il VI secolo

Il primo duca di Asti a essere ricordato da Paolo Diacono è Gundoaldo, fratello della regina Teodolinda, anche se è probabile che la costituzione del ducato sia anteriore, probabilmente contemporanea dell'occupazione longobarda della città (569). La nomina di Gundoaldo avvenne contestualmente al matrimonio di sua sorella Teodolinda con Autari, il 15 maggio 589; i due fratelli, figli del duca di Baviera Garibaldo, erano cattolici (a differenza dei Longobardi, all'epoca ancora in gran parte ariani o pagani) e alcune fontiriferiscono che il nuovo duca si adoperò per diffondere la fede cattolica in Piemonte.

A Gundoaldo si deve la costruzione del monastero di Sant'Anna ad Asti, nel Borgo san Rocco, e quella del monastero di San Colombano voluto da re Agilulfo, il duca di Torino che aveva preso il posto del defunto Autari come re dei Longobardi e marito di Teodolinda. Tra il 612 e il 615, Gundoaldo morì, colpito da una freccia. Poiché Paolo Diacono e l'Origo gentis Langobardorum parlano in quel periodo di una rivolta di alcuni duchi longobardi (Mimulfo di San Giulio, Gaidulfo di Bergamo, Ulfari di Treviso) stroncata da re Agilulfo, è probabile che a questa fazione appartenesse anche il duca d'Asti, e che sia stato assassinato proprio per questo motivo.

Il VII secolo

Espansione del ducato astese

In seguito alle sue conquiste militari, re Rotari (636-652) diede un nuovo assetto al ducato astese, estendendolo fino alle spiagge della Liguria. Nella sua Cronaca Fredegario afferma che il re mise a ferro e fuoco le città liguri di Genova, Albenga, Varigotti, Savona e Luni, riducendone le popolazioni in schiavitù. Da questo Jacopo Durandi suppose che nessuna città ligure venisse elevata a capitale di un ducato, e che probabilmente queste terre rimasero sotto l'influenza astese (in particolare Savona ed Albenga). La tesi è avvalorata anche dagli scritti di Paolo Diacono, che in Piemonte ricorda solo i ducati di Asti, Torino, San Giulio e, in seguito, di Ivrea (ai tempi di Desiderio).

Il re astese Ariperto I e la sua discendenza
Alla morte di Gundoaldo il ducato passò al figlio Ariperto, che lo resse fino al 653 quando, in seguito all'uccisione di re Rodoaldo, ascese al trono del regno longobardo. La sua elezione venne fortemente voluta dalla fazione cattolica dei duchi longobardi, che prevalse su quella ariana rappresentata dagli ultimi sovrani, fino a Rodoaldo.

Nel 661, dopo nove anni di regno, Ariperto morì e gli succedettero i due figli Pertarito e Godeperto, che si spartirono il regno; la Tuscia e la parte della Neustria che includeva Asti toccarono a Godeperto. In seguito alle discordie tra i due fratelli, Grimoaldo, duca di Benevento, nel tentativo di imporsi su entrambi e salire al trono, approfittò della richiesta di aiuto rivoltagli da Godeperto, che gli offrì la sorella Teodota in moglie. Marciò verso nord con le truppe, oltre che del suo ducato, anche di quelli di Spoleto e di Tuscia; giunto a Pavia uccise Godeperto, mentre a Milano Pertarito, consapevole della sua evidente inferiorità, abbandonò a sua volta il regno e fuggì presso gli Avari.

I seguaci della dinastia Bavarese si riunirono ad Asti e a Torino, dove si accordarono con i Franchi di Neustria per allearsi contro Grimoaldo. Il nuovo re minacciò allora gli Avari con la guerra se non gli avessero consegnato Pertarito, che si vide quindi costretto a tornare in Italia per sottomettersi al re. Grimoaldo sapeva che Pertarito, essendo di stirpe reale, costituiva comunque un pericolo per il suo trono e progettò di assassinarlo, ma, avvertito per tempo, Pertarito riuscì a scampare presso il re franco Clotario III.

La battaglia di Refrancore
Nel 663, un nutrito esercito franco passò le Alpi e si congiunse alla fazione di Pertarito nei pressi di Asti, per affrontare lo scontro con l'esercito del re longobardo. A pochi chilometri da Asti, nei pressi di val Gaminella, Grimoaldo ottenne una schiacciante vittoria.

Narra la leggenda che, quando vide sopraggiungere i Franchi, l'esercito dell'usurpatore simulò una fuga, abbandonando l'accampamento e lasciando una grande quantità di vino. Le truppe di Pertarito, pensando ormai di aver ottenuto una grande vittoria, si diedero tutta la notte ai festeggiamenti, ma l'esercito longobardo piombò sull'accampamento ormai in completo disarmo, facendo una carneficina dei soldati di Pertarito. Il sangue sparso fu talmente tanto che venne riempito il torrente Gaminella del sangue dei franchi.
Da quel giorno il luogo si chiamò Refrancore e diede il nome al comune, a nord-est di Asti, ancora oggi esistente.

Anche l'Ariosto, nellOrlando furioso, cita il fatto:

Pertarito in seguito a questa disfatta rimase in esilio in Neustria, per poi reinsediarsi sul trono nel 671.

L'VIII secolo
Alla morte di Cuniperto, il duca di Asti Ansprando assunse la reggenza per il figlio minorenne del re, Liutperto. Subito dovette fronteggiare l'immediata ribellione del duca di Torino, Ragimperto, che lo affrontò presso Novara intorno al 701 e lo sconfisse, nonostante l'aiuto del duca di Bergamo, Rotarit. Alla morte di Ragimperto, sempre nel 701, Ansprando e Rotarit tentarono nuovamente di tornare alla reggenza, e riuscirono a sconfiggere e a fare prigioniero il figlio e successore di Ragimperto, Ariperto II. Questi però fuggì e affrontò in battaglia i due reggenti, sconfiggendoli definitivamente a Pavia nel 702. Ansprando riparò presso il duca di Baviera, mentre Ariperto imprigionò e torturò i suoi famigliari (la moglie e i figli), restituendo al padre soltanto il figlio minore Liutprando.

Nel 712, Ansprando ridiscese in Italia con l'aiuto dell'esercito di Teodone II di Baviera e, dopo uno scontro incerto in cui Ariperto morì, divenne nuovamente re, associandosi al trono il figlio Liutprando (il quale nel frattempo aveva retto il Ducato di Asti). Tre mesi dopo, alla morte del padre, Liutprando divenne unico re longobardo e ricompensò Teodone II per l'aiuto portato al padre affidando il Ducato di Asti al figlio omonimo. Il duca Teodone resse Asti fino alla morte, quando passò al figlio Ansulfo; questi però morì in giovane età, lasciando la reggenza alla madre Imberga.

Nel 744, dopo l'investitura di re Rachis, il ducato passò ad Aliprando, parente del nuovo re.

Il territorio

La corte ducale
Dai dati e dai rilievi archeologici condotti nel corso degli anni, è emerso che l'insediamento longobardo avvenne, come a Brescia, ai due poli della città, nei pressi delle due porte romane.

L'insediamento ad ovest era compreso in un'area che andava dalla porta Torre di Santa Caterina al complesso episcopale, alla chiesa di San Anastasio, fino al castello dei Valloni; qui sono stati ritrovati reperti ceramici databili tra VI e X secolo, compreso un frammento di ceramica longobarda "a stampigliatura", molto raro tra i rinvenimenti nei centri urbani piemontesi.

Nella zona est della città, nei pressi della Porta Arcus, doveva trovarsi la corte ducale.
L'unico documento che tratta della "curtis ducati" della città di Asti è del 1º agosto 880 e, riferendosi a quel luogo, la indica anche come sede del "mallo pubblico", cioè del tribunale. Questo documento colloca la corte nelle vicinanze della collegiata di San Secondo.

Negli anni novanta del XX secolo, durante alcuni scavi nell'area cimiteriale prossima all'abside della collegiata, è venuta alla luce una grande quantità di resti umani, appartenenti ad astigiani vissuti tra l'VIII e il XV secolo circa. Quattro di queste sepolture appartenevano alla stessa tipologia di quelle della Francia sud-orientale del VII-IX secolo, di quelle aostane del cimitero di San Lorenzo (VIII secolo) e quelle dell'Abbazia di Novalesa del X secolo. In seguito alla determinazione del Carbonio-14, le tombe sono state datate tra l'VIII secolo e l'inizio del IX.

La presenza della collegiata e dell'area cimiteriale confermano la tesi che in questa zona vi fosse il centro del potere longobardo astigiano.

Costruzioni longobarde nel ducato astese
Un editto di re Rotari permise a molte maestranze "forestiere" di immigrare nei territori longobardi per lavorare alle costruzioni del regno. Assieme a loro, operarono sicuramente artigiani locali.

Del periodo longobardo sono rimasti alcuni reperti databili tra VI e IX secolo:
 Nei pressi della cattedrale astigiana, ad oriente, sono presenti alcuni capitelli, databili attorno al VI secolo, che formano la cosiddetta cripta di San Giovanni. Probabilmente questi sono i resti di una chiesuola sorta sulla tomba del vescovo astigiano sant'Aniano, sopra la quale sorse la prima basilica longobarda. La maggior parte delle strutture antiche vennero distrutte nel 1309 col rifacimento dell'abside; rimane ancora la scala di mattoni che scendeva un tempo dalla basilica alla tomba del primo vescovo astese..
 Altri reperti sono presenti nel colonnato della cripta di sant'Anastasio. Il Daquino ipotizza che si tratti del ritrovamento della tomba del vescovo Anastasio, databile intorno al V secolo; sulla tomba, in seguito, sarebbe stata costruita un'edicola e, ancora più tardi (secolo IX), una prima chiesa carolingia. Di diverso avviso è il Silicani, che esclude il rapporto tra la cripta ed il santo astigiano ma data la costruzione nel periodo "liutprandeo" (VIII secolo), periodo di massimo culto del martire assiro Anastasio.

I duchi e la Chiesa di Asti

La maggior parte dei duchi astesi appartennero alla fazione cattolica dei Longobardi, rappresentata dalla dinastia Bavarese. Inoltre la collegiata, che era nella zona della corte, aveva nelle vicinanze un edificio battesimale detto "San Giovanni ad fontes" (di cui rimase il toponimo fino al XVIII secolo), sottolineando l'importanza della collegiata sotto l'aspetto di "chiesa matrice".

Il vescovo Secondo "difensore della fede"

L'abate Secondo, citato da Paolo Diacono come consigliere spirituale della regina Teodolinda e officiante il battesimo del principe ereditario Adaloaldo, secondo il Daquino sarebbe il vescovo astese Secondo, anche se più frequente è l'identificazione del prelato con il monaco Secondo di Non.

Il vescovo Secondo avrebbe svolto un grande lavoro diplomatico di pacificazione tra i Longobardi ed i Bizantini della città di Asti, convincendo anche gli invasori alla conversione. Per questi meriti, il vescovo si guadagnò il titolo di martire, nel significato più ampio del termine, cioè di "difensore della fede". Alla sua morte (VI secolo) sarebbe stato sepolto fuori le mura nei pressi della corte longobarda , costruendo sopra prima un'edicola ed in seguito la collegiata.

Elenco dei vescovi astesi nel periodo longobardo
 Sant'Aniano† (V secolo)
 Anastasio† (V secolo)
 Pastore† (V secolo)
 Maiorano† (V secolo)
 Secondo† (VI secolo)
 Benenato† (VII secolo)
 Evasio† (685-713)
 Evasino† (VIII secolo)

Elenco dei duchi di Asti
 Gundoaldo (589-612/615)
 Ariperto I (615-653)
 Pertarito (661-662)
 Cuniperto (671 - 688)
 Ansprando (688 - 701)
 Liutperto (701)
 Teodone (VIII secolo)
 Ansulfo(VIII secolo)
 Imberga (fino al 744)
 Aliprando (744-VIII secolo)

Note

Fonti
 Paolo Diacono, Historia Langobardorum (Storia dei Longobardi, Lorenzo Valla/Mondadori, Milano 1992).

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Voci correlate
 Asti
 Ducati longobardi
 Longobardi
 Storia del Piemonte
 Storia di Asti
 Rione San Secondo

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How a simple sticker may help stick it to produce waste for good
StixFresh, which could be applied to labels that are already used on produce, extends shelf life up to 14 days.
Lauren Stine
Preventing thousands of pounds of fresh produce from winding up in a landfill may be as simple as upgrading the stickers already applied to perishable fruits and vegetables, according to food tech startup StixFresh.
The Washington-based company developed a solution formulated from all-natural ingredients that can help extend the shelf-life of avocados, citrus fruits, mangoes, and apples up to 14 days. Plants naturally produce chemicals called secondary metabolites that serve to protect a plant when exposed to stress like temperature, humidity and light fluctuations. They include substances like alkaloids, steroids, fats, tannins and sugars, which can help ward off pesky predators like hungry insects or pathogens.
StixFresh created a natural formulation of these substances that it applies to the non-sticky side of a sticker. The secondary metabolites are slowly released over time, providing the fruit with an added cloak of protection during transit or on the shelf.
"Almost every fruit and vegetable already has a sticker on it, so we aren't adding anything to the supply chain. A sticker is so simple and easy to use. It can be applied anywhere along the supply chain, from the moment the product is picked up to the day the end consumer brings it home," Moody Soliman, CEO and co-founder of StixFresh, told Food Dive. "We are looking for producers and distributors to use their existing stickers with their branding on them. We just apply our formulation to the surface of that sticker."
StixFresh's core technology is the brainchild of Malaysian researcher Zhafri Zainudin. The stickers have shown promise in trials on fruits including pear, papaya, starfruit, dragon fruit, and other exotic varieties. In addition to longer shelf life, the stickers promote sweetness, moisture retention and firmness.
"Almost every fruit and vegetable already has a sticker on it, so we aren't adding anything to the supply chain. A sticker is so simple and easy to use. It can be applied anywhere along the supply chain, from the moment the product is picked up to the day the end consumer brings it home."
Moody Soliman
CEO and co-founder, StixFresh
Giving produce a bigger window for consumption may help make a dent in the world's serious food waste problem. Some 63 million tons of food is wasted each year, according to nonprofit food waste research outlet ReFED, with 85% of the waste occurring at the retail and in-home stages of the supply chain.
Fruits and vegetables have the highest rates of waste, with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimating 40% to 50% of fruits and vegetables produced globally end up in the garbage. The figure is unsurprising considering it can take quite a bit of time to get a shipment of freshly picked avocados or other produce from the farm gate to the consumers' shopping cart, cutting into an already narrow window of optimum consumption.
StixFresh is not alone in the mission to find tech-driven solutions to help save produce. As food waste has become a global concern, a number of startups have cropped up with a variety of solutions including protective coatings like Apeel Sciences. The biotech company manufactures a 100% edible formula from agricultural byproducts and waste like orange peels that can be applied to fruit to extend its shelf life. It launched in 2012 after receiving a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It's since raised more than $100 million in venture funding.
Beyond protective coatings, emerging food waste solutions have taken different shapes and forms. Hazel Technologies created a small packet that can be inserted into fresh produce packaging that releases anti-fungal vapors, while BiOWiSH Technologies tapped the power of microorganisms to increase produce longevity with a liquid wash. Bluapple has created an apple-shaped plastic container that can be placed inside a refrigerator to help absorb the ethylene gases that fruits and vegetables produce, which can speed up ripening. A few other startups offering tech-driven shelf-life enhancements include AgroFresh, BluWrap and Citrosol.
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Although venture capital investors doled out $125 million for food waste solutions in 2018 alone according to ReFED, some of these products are still a few steps away from commercialization. Considering that U.S. produce sales exceeded $60 billion last year, there is a major incentive to be the first company to reach a national scale.
Soliman said StixFresh makes the most sense as an easy and impactful solution.
"There are some existing solutions that look at ways to extend the shelf life of produce but nothing we have seen is as seamless or as easy to apply as our sticker. The real key behind this is that for producers and distributors to adopt new technology it has to make sense for them economically as well as operationally," said Soliman.
Although the product is not yet available commercially, StixFresh already ran a successful crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo that's raised $11,190 – more than twice the initial $5,000 it set out to capture. In addition to potentially selling the stickers to packers, distributors and retailers, StixFresh is exploring a direct-to-consumer model where it would sell sheets of stickers to consumers that can be applied at home. The crowdfunding campaign helped Soliman validate his theory that consumers would be eager to use the stickers themselves.
StixFresh has not released any public information about its pricing model, but potential B2B clientele may initially balk at having to pay more for the upgraded stickers and losing some of their already slim margins. Consumers may be willing to pick up some of the increased cost, however.
"[There are] potentially billions of stickers that we could be producing, but we would have to ensure that the first sticker is performing just as well as the billionth sticker."
Across the board, consumers are willing to pay extra for products that promote sustainability, according to a 2015 Nielsen report that polled 30,000 consumers in 60 countries. Two-thirds of consumers said they placed sustainability over cost on factors including packaging, marketing and health — a 55% increase from a similar study from the prior year. And as millennials transition from their school years to becoming heads of households, retailers should take note that nearly three-quarters of them are ready to fork over more cash for sustainable products.
As with any startup, StixFresh is still perfecting its innovation. Certain challenges lie ahead, including how to adapt the sticker for different sizes or types of produce like blueberries or grapes where applying a sticker to each piece of fruit would be unrealistic.
"The other challenge, of course, is just making sure the technology works on a consistent basis," Soliman said. "We were just in eastern Washington visiting some of the largest apple producers in the world and the magnitude of production is unreal. One distributor can pack up to 4 million apples a day. That's potentially billions of stickers that we could be producing, but we would have to ensure that the first sticker is performing just as well as the billionth sticker. But we have a solid team that will be able to address these issues and get us to our targets."
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The Government of India has started the MSME Registration process to provide encouragement for small scale businesses. MSME Registration is also known as Udyog Aadhar Registration is a novel initiative taken up to promote the growth of small scale businesses in India. It provides for the registration for the small and micro scale entrepreneur firms in India.
Enterprise means any industry involves in Production and Manufacturing process and which focuses on earning money and profit.
Micro enterprise means that it is an enterprise in which there is an investment in plant and machinery worth of 25 lakhs.
Small enterprise means that it is an enterprise in which there is investment of more than 25 lakhs but not increasing to 5 crores.
Medium enterprise means that there is investment of more than 5 crore in plant machinery but not exceeding more than 10 crores.
(a) Manufacturing Enterprises – The enterprises engaged in the manufacture or production of goods pertaining to any industry specified in the first schedule to the industries (Development and regulation) Act, 1951) or employing plant and machinery in the process of value addition to the final product having a distinct name or character or use. The Manufacturing Enterprise is defined in terms of investment in Plant & Machinery.
(b) Service Enterprises: The enterprises engaged in providing or rendering of services and are defined in terms of investment in equipment.
The Government has provided many benefits to the holder MSME Certificate through which you can avail benefits, incentives or support given either by the Central or State Govt.
Protection against delay in payment from Buyers and right of interest on delayed payment.
Preference in procuring Government tenders.
Enterprises that have MSME Registration Certificate can avail 50% subsidy for patent registration by making application to respective ministry.
Concession in electricity, water bills.
Reservation policies to manufacturing / production sector enterprises- The government reserves certain products to be exclusively manufactured by MSMEs.
Time-bound resolution of disputes with Buyers through conciliation and arbitration.
Credit Guarantee Fund Trust For Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) – Under this scheme, banks offer finance of up to Rs. 100 lakh to MSMEs without any collateral security and/or third-party guarantee. Each bank has separate targets for financing of MSMEs under this scheme.
Exemption under Direct Tax Laws.
Stamp duty and Octroi benefits.
Statutory support such as reservation and the Interest on Delayed Payments Act.
Participation in Government Purchase registrations.
Counter Guarantee from the government through CGSTI.
15% weightage in price Preference.
Reduction in rate of Interest from banks- Small and medium enterprises get loans at rates lesser than the market rates, especially those in agriculture and located in rural areas.
States have their own package of facilities and incentives for small scale. You can avail that benefit by registering your undertaking registered under MSME Act.
A 12 Digit Aadhar Number should be filled in the form.
Name of the owner should be written as mentioned on the Aadhaar card.
To continue the form, the applicant has to click the validate Aadhar option for verification of Aadhar.
If you wish u can click the rest button.
A social category option will pop up and you have to click in which category you fall.
Name of the enterprise by which people know you.
What type of organization it is? You have to click from the given options.
The complete details of the Postal Address.
Date of commencement of the entity or industries.
Bank details from which the business is running.
What is your major activity? Are you involved in both types of business like services and Manufacturing?
Number of persons who are employed.
The money invested in establishing Plant and machinery.
Fill the option DIC. It will show that whether you are attached to the DIC or not.
It provides for the registration for the small and micro scale entrepreneur firms in India and all that one is required to do is to fill up the Entrepreneurship Memorandum, also known as MSME, and the registration process is done. The Udyog Aadhaar Registration will help simplify the earlier complicated registration process and will also be done with just a one page form which is available online. Apart from this MSME will also certify itself its existence, business activities, bank details, employment and ownership details, etc.
Filling up the 12 digit aadhaar number in the registration form is the first step.It has to be kept in mind that Adhaar number is mandatory and without the aadhaar card number, the registration process cannot be continued.
The applicant has to fill up his/her name as mentioned in the Adhaar card issued. No change or modification is allowed. For example, if the candidate's name is Priya Bhushan Chowdhury and the adhaar card name is Priya B. Chowdhury, the applicant has to fill her name as Priya B. Chowdhury. If there is any change of name as opposed to what is written in the aadhaar card, the application will get rejected.
After providing the Adhaar card number and applicant's name, the applicant has to provide information about his/her social category. Proper documents will be required if the applicant belongs to SC/ST/OBC category.
The name of the enterprise is required to be filled by the applicant. The name will be that by which his/her enterprise will be known to the public. Legal documents for that will also be needed. If more than one enterprise is there, then the enterprises can be registered as Enterprise 1 and Enterprise 2 suing the same Aadhaar card number.
The applicant will have to fill the type of organization he is wishing to start.
The exact postal address of the enterprise along with the pin number, mobile number and email address is needed.
The candidate has to mention the date on which the enterprise commenced.
Previous registration details of the particular enterprise must be provided and every appropriate and required detail should be filled up in the particular box.
In case of bank details, the applicant has the task of mentioning two important things. The two things are- his/her bank account number and secondly the IFS code of the bank branch where the applicant's account exists. In the case where the applicant does not know the IFS code, he/she should mention the name of the bank and the branch where his/her account exists.
The enterprise's main activities have to be mentioned. There will be a major activity box where there will be two types of options- manufacturing and servicing. The applicant has the option of choosing any of it. In the cases where the particular enterprise in involved in both types of works, there comes a tricky way to fill out the registration form. Suppose your enterprise is involved with manufacture on the large scale and servicing on the small scale, you must choose 'manufacturing', and if your company is involved with servicing on the large scale and manufacturing on the other, i.e. the reverse then you should choose 'servicing' as the major activity.
National Industry Classification code or the NIC code should be mentioned by the applicant in the registration form. More than one national industry classification code can be provided and for mentioning more than one NIC Code, one should click the button 'add more'. After that the details have to be mentioned as required.
The number of people who are currently employed by the enterprise has to be mentioned by the applicant. Also, information about the total number of individuals who are paid wages by the said enterprise of the applicant is also to be furnished.
The applicant has to provide details about the total investment expenditure on installing plants and machinery equipment. This detail will exclude the cost of pollution control, safety devices, etc. according to the rules as notified by the RBI. In the case where the plants and machinery purchased on 2005 are of the value of Rs. 10lakhs and that in 2007 is Rs. 30 lakhs, the investment expenditure would be around Rs. 40 lakhs.
The DIC based on its location has to be mentioned and the box in the application form will show the options only when there are more than one DIC in the district. The applicant is supposed to fill the details accordingly.
After filing out all the columns and all the points as mentioned above, the applicant has to click on the submit button and then the Udyog Aadhaar Registration number will be generated. Your registration process will be completed.
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Shoe Zone is a chain of footwear stores that specialises in selling shoes at discounted prices. As of 2017, there are over 510 Shoe Zone stores in the UK.
Their store consists of men's, women's, and children's shoes. While not all of their stores sell shoes for toddlers and babies, some of them do. As well as shoes, they sell slippers, wellies, sandals, and are constantly running different discount sales in-store and on their website.
Contrary to what a lot of people believe, Shoe Zone is home to a lot of popular branded products including Lotus, Comfort Plus, Earth Spirit, and Lunar.


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Move Over, Hallmark: These Netflix Holiday Movies Will Have You Feeling Some Type Of Way
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'Tis the season to turn your holiday cheesiness all the way up! We can all agree that December is the time to drink wine and watch Christmas flicks in your sweats, right? If you're looking for movies with a great (and maybe predictable) plot, people who fall in love in unexpected ways and a big dash of holiday cheer, we have you covered. Or, rather, Netflix does. Over the last few years, they've debuted some incredible festive films — and they're ready to challenge Hallmark when it comes to dominating your screens this season.
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But where should you start? Whether you're looking for something funny, romantic or adventurous, the streaming service has it all. Keep scrolling to check out the Netflix original movies that will make you feel extra festive this season.
The Parent Trap meets Disney Channel's Model Behavior in the Netflix's The Princess Switch. The movie stars Vanessa Hudgens as not one but TWO characters. The plot is about a down-to-earth baker and princess who decide to switch places, and shenanigans ensue (as you can imagine). Sounds like everything we want in a holiday movie.
"I think we were destined to run into each other."
A cute plot, Vanessa Hudgens and baked goods — what else could we ask for?
This movie stars Kurt Russell, so you're already winning right there. After crashing Santa's sleigh, a brother and sister have to help a non-traditional Santa finish his route. To give you an idea of the vibe, this movie was made by the same people who created Home Alone.
"I don't go, 'Ho, Ho, Ho.' That's a myth."
The movie is obvioulsy hilarious and will bring a jolt of Christmas joy to help you believe in Santa once more. Also, again, Kurt Russell.
The Holiday Calendar
This movie has a seriously fun (and festive) plot. After receiving an antique Advent calendar from her grandmother, a young photographer notices it's able to predict her future. She finds herself (and maybe love) in the process.
"I've been too scared to leave my crappy day job."
We stan a girl who goes after what she wants, even while dressed like an elf. It also looks like our lead has a bit of a love triangle on her hands.
This movie isn't new, but if you haven't seen it, just watch it, OK? Plus, you'll need to catch up on how a reporter found love with a prince in a faraway land to be able to watch the sequels (more on that next).
After it came out, we all added our own "Christmas Prince" to our holiday wishlist.
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding
How can you watch The Royal Wedding, without the backstory of how the bride and groom met? This is why watching the original is a must. In the second flick, her simple taste clashes with royal expectations, and it makes wedding planning a real doozy. Honestly, call your girlfriends, pour some wine and have yourself a double feature.
"Christmas spirit has overtaken the palace."
It has the same lovable cheesiness as the first one, and we're not mad about it.
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby
Still need more? Good thing the 2019 holiday season brings with it the third Christmas Prince installment. This year, the royal movie adds in a bit of mystery when the parents-to-be are meant to sign a royal document — only for it to disappear into thin air.
"No one does Christmas like the Aldovians."
Will they find the artifact in time to save their baby from a maybe-curse? Sounds like an adventure we're interested in.
El Camino Christmas
This movie isn't exactly about Christmas, more so it takes place around Christmas. A group of strangers gets stuck in a liquor store during a robbery on Christmas Eve. What unfolds are a lot of surprises about the characters. Honestly, we shouldn't say any more in fear of giving something away.
"You're starting to act like a damn police officer."
Dax Shepard shines in this, and the storyline is great for people who would prefer a "Diehard" Christmas vibe.
Christmas Inheritance
This movie concept is an oldie but a goodie. Rich girl will inherit her family company one day but needs to visit a small town to prove she's responsible. Rich girl then learns life lessons and the spirit of the holidays. Rich girl may or may not fall in love in the process. We stan an instant classic.
"You want me to go to Snow Falls?!"
The fact that the main character drinks too much at a party and knocks over a Christmas tree at the beginning is a great kick-off to the story. We're here for it.
Sex and the City star Kristin Davis is as charming as ever as she jets off to Africa for what should've been her second honeymoon. Instead, recently heartbroken, she prepares herself to head out on Safari alone — only to find herself in the midst of a whole new adventure with Rob Lowe.
"This year is gonna be Christmas in Africa."
We love a good enemies-to-lovers rom-com, and this flick promises plenty of tension before the romance begins.
Holiday Rush
After a radio show host loses his job, he and his partner decide to buy a station of their very own — but they'll need to scrounge up pretty much every penny they have to do it. Can they save their show and manage to have a happy holiday with his family?
"Let's face it, we've gotten a little …" "Bougie?"
This movie promises plenty of laughs and some heart-melting moments, too.
Inspired by three stories written by different YA authors, one of Netflix's latest releases focuses on a colorful cast of characters and how their relationships play out over a single snowy day.
"Anything can happen. Good, bad, anything."
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We understand these and other issues surrounding lawsuits centered on defective medical devices. Unfortunately, we also understand why victims give up on their hopes of holding responsible parties to account. When a loss occurs, such as the recent loss of a trial against DePuy hip replacements, it becomes even easier to abandon hope and accept the consequences.
We urge you to look at the big picture. Many people who suffered harm by DePuy's hip replacements have walked away with a satisfactory legal remedy after seeking justice. Courts have awarded several million dollars in damages to injured victims targeting DePuy over the last few years.
These ordinary citizens seeking compensation for their suffering probably wanted to call it quits more than once. By choosing not to give up, they succeeded on two fronts: they got the compensation award they needed, and they helped hold defective medical device manufacturers to account. This is no small feat, especially for average Americans.
While there is no question that hip replacements have given many people a new lease on life, it does not make up for the long-term suffering and pain some replacements can cause. Holding device makers accountable for design, manufacturing or other defects can return a measure of peace to injured victims and prevent future defects. We invite you to learn more on our blog and elsewhere on our website.


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Q: What is the probability that $x$ is between $-1.92$ and $5.92$? Let x follow a Normal distribution with mean $2$ and variance $4$.
Stats question that I need help on.

A: Normalize the values in order to use the standard Normal distribution (whose values are usually given in a table in a statistics course).
\begin{align}
z_1 &= \frac{x_1-\mu}{\sigma} & z_2 &= \frac{x_2-\mu}{\sigma} \\
 &= \frac{-1.92-2}{2} &  &= \frac{5.92-2}{2} \\
&= -1.96 &  &= 1.96 \\
\end{align}
Recall that the Normal distribution is symmetric around the mean.
Let $Z$ be a standard uniformly distributed variable.
\begin{align}
P(-1.96 \leq Z \leq 1.96) &= P(|Z| \leq 1.96) \\
&= 1 - P(|Z| > 1.96) \\
&= 1 - 2 \cdot P(Z < -1.96) \\
&= 1 - 2 \cdot P(Z < -1.96) \\
&\approx 1 - 2 \dot (0.025) \\
&\approx 1 - 0.05 \\
&\approx 0.95
\end{align}

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There seems something entirely appropriate about a quote by Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Rae Armantrout on the back cover of poet Emily Kendal Frey's first trade poetry collection, The Grief Performance (Cleveland OH: Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2011), winner of the 2010 Cleveland State University Poetry Center First Book Prize, selected by Armantrout herself. Frey's poems echo some of Armantrout's short lines and short bursts in longer sequences, and work to negotiate light against the dark. Composed in three sections, the first two of shorter poems and the third of a longer sequence, "A Meditation on a Meditation of Frost," Frey's The Grief Performance is a celebration wrapped up in mourning, especially in the final six poems of the first section, all titled "The End." "My mother / and her dead // sister are / watching me," she writes in one of these, a short poem as longing, responding to a call, as she ends the short piece, "and I love / how they call // me flower / so I walk // closer / toward the light // that is them." Frey's poems are direct and open, meditational without falling into sentiment, writing out the important stages of grief. Isn't grief, in any and all of its stages, an element of performance, even if just for an audience of the self?
gentle, not hard, they love it.
New feathers that grow in plasticky sheaths.
You have to break them up with your fingers.
Fabulous. A head massage for the birds.
with a beak or fingernail.
Remove the sheath. It's heavenly.
They'll melt in your hand. You will see.
you can make with your mouth.
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Hunger, homelessness and destitution were the main themes when the National Justice & Peace Network hosted an open networking day in the Methodist Central Hall in Manchester in February. The main input came from Liam Purcell from Church Action on Poverty and Dave Smith of the Boaz Trust.
In the morning, after a prayerful reflection focussing on hunger led by members of Salford Diocese J&P committee, Liam introduced END HUNGER UK. This is CAP's latest campaign hoping to end food poverty and hunger in UK by the end of 2020. Liam reminded us that adequate food for everyone is a human right and together we considered some of the implications this. For instance the government is legally required to ensure food security for its citizens and can be held to account for not doing so. END HUNGER UK is a coalition of several groups with a focus on food provision; CAP is acting co-ordinator. In table groups we discussed the various reasons people are without food and resorting in greater numbers to food banks. Benefit delays and sanctions were the most usual but also low pay, job insecurity, no free meals in school holidays were offered as secondary reasons. This session finished with suggestions for ways of supporting the campaign.
People had come from various parts of the country to the meeting to join locals from the Greater Manchester area. Lunchtime offered a welcome break to chat, to read some of the written reports posted on the walls and also to browse Julian Filochowski's book stall. He is winding this up so there were good bargains as well as free books available.
The afternoon session focused on the Boaz Trust which serves destitute refugees and asylum seekers in the Manchester area. Dave Smith who founded the Trust in 2004 gave us the background to this and showed how much it has grown over the years. Now run by a steering group of 8 it was registered as a charity in June 2015. Last year it provided accommodation for 1,328 people: two thirds were male and mainly singles from various countries. They are not currently taking people from Europe. Dave said the Trust is providing an immediate response to peoples' problems but a long term political solution is needed. Maybe even more necessary is a change in people's hearts and mind with regard to asylum. Helpful weekly Lenten reflections and prayers are available on The Jesuit Refugee Service website.
During the day there were reports from the environment and media NJPN working parties as well as from various agencies and diocesan J&P Commissions. Attendees from Westminster Archdiocese spoke of the consultation currently taking place as to the future direction of justice and peace. It was felt that the voices of lay people were being heard. There was some discussion about conference themes for 2017 & 18 which was interesting as for many like myself, Swanwick is the main annual opportunity for personal involvement with NJPN.
Stop Trident Rally Feb 27 –it was suggested you join the Faith section to show faith communities care. Take an NJPN flag to wave!
A Pilgrimage to El Salvador is planned Nov 7 -19 . This will probably be the last.
CAFOD are planning an MP correspondence action for the World Humanitarian Summit in May.
Housing Justice Alison Gelder highlighted CHAS (Catholic Housing Aid Society) Diamond Jubilee this year. J & P groups are asked to hold one event during the year to reflect on the current housing situation and commit to taking an action to make a difference. There will be small group resources available on the Housing Justice website before the end of March.
It was an interesting informative day and may inspire some of us to travel further for an open day in future.
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Q: InstallShield - .net prerequisities I have a .net 4.5 application which I'm deploying with Install Shield.
I have marked the .net 4.5 full re-distributable in the project so it is checked and downloaded if not installed on the target machine.
Do I also need to check .net 1, 1.1, 2.0 and 3.5?
If the installer is run on a new machine with no .net at all installed. will the web application run if only .net 4.5 is installed by the installer?

A: You only need the one framework version you are targeting.  So, including just the 4.5 should be ok.  But you should be testing these scenarios in your testing as well.


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Welcome to the intermediate Python programming tutorial series. In this series, we're going to be taking the "next steps" after one has become comfortable with the basics of Python, and has been working with it for a bit.
Up to this point, my tutorials have all been done using very basic, rudimentary Python. My definition of basic Python: code that is meant to "just make it run." This is fine for beginners, because there's not much point in overloading with nuances (most people wont retain it, since they don't care, at least I didn't when I was starting out).
Modular - Easily used by others and/or in other projects by you or others. Basically, write code with the intention to honor DRY (don't repeat yourself).
Maintainable - ...Both by the original author and by other users. Is it easily read-able and understood?
Scales - For this to happen, code needs to be efficient when it runs, and be able to scale. Think about reading files, working with requests, or doing calculations. Maintainability also plays a major role in scaling.
In general, code that meets the above standards in Python is done with the Object Oriented Programming (OOP) paradigm. There does exist another paradigm, called Functional Programming (FP), and there are bloody wars fought over which is better. We're going to use OOP. Either one of these is better than outright scripting, which what most beginner programmers are really doing.
To begin this series, I am going to teach a few basic standard library functions and functionalities of Python that will replace otherwise bad habits in programming, before getting into Object Oriented Programming and design.
In this introduction, I will point you towards PEP 8. PEP 8 is a guide for Python styling. Things like white spaces, indentation, naming conventions, and more. PEP 8 is a guide, not a bible.
In the next tutorial, we're going to talk about string concatenation and string formatting.


NanoHand is a European funded project, where leading researchers and industry collaborate to create the world's first nanorobotic production system inside of a scanning electron microscope. Nanorobotics, controlled and even automated manipulation using nanoscale tools, manipulators and soldering techniques, will allow tiny carbon nanotubes to be placed as components anywhere in a circuit to replace ordinary components or to form altogether novel devices that could not be produced using conventional methods. OFFIS as coordinator together with all project partners has the pleasure to invite you to attend the first NanoHand international workshop which will take place in the framework of the ISOT2007 Conference on October 11th 2007 at Lausanne. This workshop aims at presenting the first results of the NanoHand project to the scientific community and to the industry. In addition to providing an opportunity to build up high value contacts, it aims at also providing a discussion platform where different projects can evaluate each others synergies and differences, thus finding opportunities to cooperate, where possible and advisable.


Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III is the chief academic officer of Case Western Reserve University. The primary responsibilities of this position are providing leadership that supports all aspects of the academic enterprise of Case Western Reserve and assuring that resources are aligned with the academic goals of the university.
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Prostitutes, razor gangs, drugs, illegal alcohol: step into the criminal underworld of Sydney in the 1920s. Mugs Like Us is a compelling trilogy of one-woman plays inspired by three photographs of Dorothy Slatter, May Smith and Rae Bibby, taken just after they were arrested.
In the 1920s Sydney police began photographing the criminals they arrested, creating the city's first collection of 'mug shots'. Lost for almost half a century, these extraordinary images resurfaced in the 1980sand were published by historian Peter Doyle in his book Crooks Like Us. These images inspired this collaboration with Riff Raff and three emerging playwrights that imagines the people behind the pictures; why they were compelled to commit their crimes and what paths it set their futures on.
We're delighted to share a first-draft of these plays at The Space in London. We welcome audience feedback which will inform the next stage of these plays' development.
In November 1926, after a three month search, the Queensland police arrested a 16 year old girl called Dorothy Duval (real name Dorothy Slatter). Dorothy had previously worked as a maid at Madame Hana Lingerie and Robe Specialist in Sydney, where £200 worth of clothing had gone 'walkabout'.
'English May' Smith was arrested in June 1921. She was a practitioner of the routine known as 'old friend'. In broad daylight, she would fling her arms around a well-dressed gentleman and shower kisses upon him. Whilst he recovered from his embarrassment she would pick his pocket and quietly pass the contents to her partner.
When Rae Bibby was arrested she took off her clothes and ran about the room naked, reading passages from the Bible. When we meet her the next day, in Central Police Station, she's calmed down and is waiting to have her photo taken, but that's not all she's waiting for... Is Joe coming to get her? Or will she be left to rot?
Join us for a free post-show talk with the creative team behind Mugs Like Us on Thursday 7th September. Director Emma Sampson will discuss the making of the work with writers Michèle Winstanley and Susan Kingman.
Michèle Winstanley is an actress and playwright. She started acting at age ten, and left school at sixteen to take a lead role in Phil Redmond's GOING OUT; the first television series aimed specifically at teenage viewers. In her acting career she has played numerous roles; in television, film, radio and theatre; including Karen the Barmaid in ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES, and Olive McBollock in Alex Cox's SID N NANCY. In the early 1990s Michèle featured in over fifty commercials for SAFEWAYS; as Harry the talking toddler's mum. Lately, Michèle has been enjoying using her improvisation skills to deliver forum theatre in situ.
In the late 1990s, Michèle branched into writing; and in 1999 her first play, KEEPERS, was selected by Hampstead Theatre for inclusion in their festival of play readings by new writers, called A Small Drop of Ink. The reading starred Ray Winstone in the role of Derek, and led to a full production at Hampstead in 2000, as well as a commission from Soho Theatre for her second play, EDGING GENTLY FORWARDS (via dramaturg and playwright Paul Sirett).
After a career-break to raise a daughter and learn sign Language, Michèle returned to writing, and finished her third play, BROKEN WATER, in 2013. It was subsequently shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award (placing it in the top 25 out of over 800 submissions) and selected for inclusion in Arcola Theatre's first Playwrought festival of new writing (with a rehearsed reading, directed by national treasure, Phil Davis).
Her first full-length play The Flats won a commendation at the 2003 Philip Parsons Award and she was a writer for the B'Sharp 24 Hour Play Project in the same year. Her play FiREwas part of Darlinghurst Theatre's In The Raw festival in November 2006, and her monologue Awkward Redemption was performed by Dominik Golding and directed by Emma Sampson as part of the Bits Of Obits Festival in London in 2012. In 2013 her monologue The Other Foot was performed at the London Design Festival as part of Lost Soles, and she is currently in workshops with Riff Raff Theatre for Mugs Like Us - a trilogy of one-woman plays inspired by images of women from the 1920s, taken just after they were arrested.
Susan Kingman is a writer/performer currently based in Cardiff. Her writing career began in 2012 with a short monologue written for Riff Raff Theatre's Bits of Obits Festival. She went on to develop this into a full-length one-woman show and, in 2014, was awarded an Arts Council Wales grant to tour I'll Be there, Now around South Wales. In 2016 Susanwrote and directed the one-woman show Breaking Bud as part of Clocktower Theatre's Kiln Season. In 2017 Susan completed her first full-length play, A Wake, which was developed through Soho Theatre Writers' Lab programme. She currently has a number of exciting projects in development, including a short film with Corrwg Productions and Mugs Like Us with Riff Raff Theatre. Visit www.corrwg.co.uk for more information on Susan's other film and theatre projects with Corrwg Productions.
Emma is a producer and director. She is currently the General Manager for Lightbox Theatre Company, Producer for Upstart Theatre Company and for the past 5 years has been a director for the Handlebards. In 2012 she co-founded Riff Raff Productions and has produced their new writing festivals Bits of Obits, Lost Soles and Nick Myles' Mistaken. She has held producing roles at the Space and the Tristan Bates Theatre where she supported emerging artists and their new writing projects. In 2016 she produced Phone Home an international collaboration between Upstart (London), Pathos (Munich) and Highway (Athens). Her directing credits include Richard III and Hamlet (the Handlebards UK and International tours), Tartuffe (the Space) and Small Lives, Global Ties Scratch Night (Tamasha Theatre Company, Unicorn Theatre). Her work as an Associate Director includes Macbeth, Twelfth Night, A Comedy of Errors and Romeo & Juliet (the Handlebards) and A Doll's House (Space Productions, The Arcola).
Corinne is a Producer and Operations Manager. Since early 2017 she has held the post of Operations Manager at Battersea Arts Centre. Before this she opened and ran, as Operations Manager the Crystal Maze Live Experience London, an immersive, interactive game/performance experience based on the popular 90's TV show of the same name.
Corinne has also worked with Secret Cinema on their projects Moulin Rouge (2017), Dr Strange Love (2016) and Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back (2015).
In 2013 she joined Riff Raff to co-produce Lost Soles and has worked on a plethora of other freelance projects since 2005 ranging from festivals, to dance projects, to pop-up venues and clubs, to BAFTA nominated films and high profile photoshoots.


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Julia Michaels Announces Second Tour Leg
JULIA MICHAELS ANNOUNCES SECOND LEG OF THE INNER MONOLOGUE TOUR
DATES KICK OFF OCTOBER 16 IN TEMPE, AZ AND RUN THOUGH NOVEMBER 2019
CURRENTLY ON THE BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA WORLD TOUR WITH P!NK THROUGH MAY 2019
Listen to Inner Monologue Part I HERE
On the heels of multiple sold out shows, GRAMMY® Award-nominated multi platinum singer and songwriter JULIA MICHAELS will extend her first-ever headline show—THE INNER MONOLOGUE TOUR—with a month of dates this fall. Given the widespread fan demand, she will once again canvas North America with headline gigs coast-to-coast. The next leg kicks off October 16 in Tempe, AZ at the Marquee Theatre and concludes November 16 at Vogue Theatre in Vancouver, BC. Tickets go on-sale this Friday!
Get them HERE.
In March, THE INNER MONOLOGUE TOUR showcased her power as a live performer and solidified her as an impressive concert draw. She sold out venues in Chicago, Seattle, San Diego, Boulder, and Tulsa, to name a few. MICHAELS is also currently supporting P!NK on the U.S. installment of The Beautiful Trauma World Tour.
On a nightly basis, she's bringing her debut, INNER MONOLOGUE PART I, to life on stage—and bringing fans closer than ever.
GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer and songwriter Julia Michaels has transformed the pop music landscape not only from behind-the-scenes as one of the most in-demand songwriters, but in the spotlight as a solo artist as well. Her rapid rise can be attributed to identifiable honesty in every lyric, as exemplified in her triple-platinum selling debut single "Issues". In 2018, she garnered GRAMMY® Awards nominations in the categories of "Best New Artist" and "Song of the Year" for "Issues," which amassed nearly 2 billion streams worldwide. Continuing that success, "Issues" notably became "the top-selling debut single by an artist in 2017," and placed as the only solo female composition on Variety's "30 Most Consumed Songs of 2017."
As a songwriter, MICHAELS has co-written 21 titles that have charted on the Billboard Hot 100, eleven of which have hit the Top 40, including "Issues." Those songwriting credits include smashes like Justin Bieber's "Sorry," Selena Gomez's "Good for You" [feat. A$AP Rocky] & "Hands To Myself," and Hailee Steinfeld's "Love Myself." She's also written titles for Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Linkin Park, Ed Sheeran, John Legend, P!NK, Maroon 5, Jessie Ware, Janelle Monae, Keith Urban, Shawn Mendes and more.
Since her debut as a solo artist, MICHAELS has built an enviable touring resume, joining artists like Maroon 5, Keith Urban, Shawn Mendes, Niall Horan, and P!NK- who she is currently touring the U.S. with through May 2019, around the globe.
MICHAELS most recently surprised fans with the release of INNER MONOLOGUE PART I. Upon arrival, the EP debuted at #1 on the iTunes Pop Albums Chart and #5 Overall iTunes Albums Chart. The success of the EP prompted MICHAELS first-ever headline tour, "The Inner Monologue Tour," which has sold out dates across the country.
THE INNER MONOLOGUE TOUR DATES
10/16 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
10/18 Austin, TX – Emo's
10/19 Dallas, TX – House of Blues Dallas
10/20 Houston, TX – House of Blues Houston
10/22 Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
10/23 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
10/25 Philadelphia, PA – Theater of Living Arts
10/26 Boston, MA – House of Blues Boston
10/27 Washington, DC – The 9:30 Club
10/30 New York, NY – Webster Hall
11/2 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
11/5 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom
11/6 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
11/8 Englewood, CO (Denver) – Gothic Theatre
11/9 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
11/11 Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre
11/13 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
11/15 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
11/16 Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
P!NK's BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA WORLD TOUR DATES
4/26 Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
4/30 Indianapolis, IN – Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5/2 Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum
5/4 Fargo, ND – FargoDome
5/5 St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
5/7 Omaha, NE – CenturyLink Center
5/9 Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena
5/11 Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
5/13 Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
5/17 Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
5/21 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
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Fashion moves: An SNS image of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan's collaboration with ViVi magazine for a range of T-shirts sporting the LDP logo and an online advertisement for the same shirts. | KYODO
National / Media | MEDIA MIX
Japanese politics finds ways to target youth
by Philip Brasor
In the June 15 book review section of the Asahi Shimbun, University of Tokyo professor Shigeki Uno discussed several new books about changing political sensibilities in Japan. He writes that the traditional ideological conflict has always been between hoshu (conservatism) and kakushin (reformism), whose respective adherents tend to fight over things like constitutional reform and national security. Today's young people see the face-off differently. To them, kakushin basically means "change," but they don't think about the direction of that change. Instead, they focus on its impact on "vested interests."
Consequently, their view of existing political parties differs from that of their elders, who consider the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) as being reformist and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) conservative. People under 30, however, see the JCP as being conservative and the somewhat reactionary Ishin no Kai reformist. Policy positions are not as relevant as the perceived capacity to shake up the system.
This tendency hasn't been lost on the LDP, which is definitely trying to take advantage of it ahead of next month's Upper House election. At the end of April, the LDP released a video featuring Prime Minister Shinzo Abe communing with a teenage BMX rider and hip-hop artists, insisting he wants to "create the future" with them. The party also commissioned artist Yoshitaka Amano of "Final Fantasy" fame to design a poster for it based on a manga-like "Seven Samurai" motif.
The aim of the LDP campaign is to infiltrate the opposition's stronghold, social media, with the hashtag #自民党2019 (LDP2019). The person charged with this mission is former state minister for administrative reforms, Akira Amari, who, according to weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun, is using his connection with publishing house Kodansha, which published a policy overview by Amari last fall. Bunshun thinks Kodansha is beholden to Amari because his supporters bought a lot of copies of the book and Kodansha wants the government to push for stricter anti-piracy legislation.
The result was a photo spread for Kodansha's fashion magazine ViVi featuring female models wearing T-shirts with the LDP logo as well as slogans referring to positions that supposedly appeal to young people, such as equal rights, animal welfare and cultural diversity. The piece sparked a backlash from people who wondered if it was ethical to run it. The chief editor of the print version of ViVi — the spread only appeared online — was apparently against the idea, and Bunshun revealed that Kodansha was upset when it discovered the LDP was offering the depicted T-shirt as a "present" to readers, since that could be seen as a violation of political campaign laws. The publisher thought the purpose of the piece was simply to encourage greater voter turnout.
Even some LDP supporters frowned, telling Bunshun that it was all the idea of Amari and his pet advertising agency, Starbase, which also produced the Amano poster and the video. The agency assured Bunshun that they had worked closely with Kodansha on the project.
In addition to the video, Abe has been doing his fair share of promoting the youth angle. On May 10 he went out for pizza with the aging boy band Tokio, and on May 22 invited two actors appearing in a current hit film to the prime minister's residence. One of the actors, Mitsuki Takahata, posted photos on her Instagram account, complete with a comment from Abe. The Tokio rendezvous got publicized on Abe's social media accounts, quickly receiving 70,000 likes on Instagram and 280,000 on Twitter, according to the online magazine Litera on May 24.
The posts intrigued Mainichi Shimbun since they contained images of Tokio, whose management company, Johhny & Associates, Inc., is famous for prohibiting photos of its charges on the internet. The company didn't answer the newspaper's request for a comment. Litera surmised that, despite the violation of its photo embargo, the agency saw the advantage in having its artists dine with the prime minister. Johhny & Associates, Inc. isn't the only show business entity the LDP is courting. Such companies see Abe as a celebrity rather than as a politician with an agenda. These show biz summits are covered voraciously by daytime news shows, which could not care less about policy or even propriety ahead of a national election.
But one media outlet that has called foul is the tabloid Nikkan Gendai. On April 20, Abe appeared at an Osaka theater run by Yoshimoto Kogyo, Japan's biggest talent agency for comedians. Abe was there as a kind of guest performer, ostensibly to promote the G20 summit in Osaka, and spoke a few scripted comic lines that, according to Gendai, elicited a subdued reaction. Nevertheless, it got lots of play in the media, benefiting both the LDP and Yoshimoto The latter expressed its thanks by dispatching a few comedians, including veteran funnyman and former Diet lawmaker Kiyoshi Nishikawa, to the prime minister's residence on June 6, where they performed some typically crude skits.
According to Gendai, the LDP and the relevant talent agencies had been planning these opportunities beforehand with the idea that both sides would benefit. Gendai called the gambit "cheap theatrics," and even one of Yoshimoto's talent, Daisuke Muramoto of the duo Woman Rush Hour, tweeted that if he had been present at any of the meetings he would have found a way to make fun of the prime minister, implying that a comedian's job is to challenge authority rather than suck up to it.
It's not clear if young people are flattered or being fooled by the LDP, and maybe it doesn't matter. The Asahi Shimbun suggested that young men who came of age during the Democratic Party of Japan's disastrous stint as ruling party from 2009 to 2012 support the current administration, but only because they think Abe won't make things worse, which would mean they aren't really very different from their parents.
Shinzo Abe, media, LDP, Johnny & Associates, Kodansha, JCP, Yoshitaka Amano, TOKIO, Mitsuki Takahata, ViVi, Yoshitomo Kogyo, Kiyoshi Nishikawa


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