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Organising Australia's food supply chain
The farming industry has long been one of the most exploitative and abusive sectors in Australia. Our organising drive in the sector could change that.
By: Tim Nelthorpe
25 May 2015: Atrocious conditions in Australia's horticultural industry, which supplies large retailers Coles and Woolworths in Australia, led to farm workers organising successfully for better pay and working conditions. (Photograph by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
In 2016, over 500 National Union of Workers (NUW) members at Polar Fresh – the major cold storage distribution warehouse for Australia's largest supermarket, Coles – went on strike. The strike made use of secondary boycott tactics, drawing on the solidarity of other warehouse workers to ensure that the supermarket giant couldn't outsource the work to others.
Conspicuous gaps quickly appeared on Coles shelves across Victoria and beyond. In three days of striking, the workers secured victory. In a dramatic backdown, Polar Fresh was forced to create 120 new, secure jobs while also granting workers employed indirectly by labour-hire agencies the right to convert to directly employed, permanent positions. A year on, and with no jobs lost, the number of casual workers at the warehouse has fallen from 170 to 30. Paid breaks, registered days off, double pay for any overtime beyond two hours and a pay raise of $4 per hour over four years were also won.
Bosses at Coles and Polar Fresh were incensed by the strike – and they weren't the only ones. The state's peak body for agribusiness, the Victorian Farmers Federation, also condemned the strike. Its members were outraged at the thought of their produce rotting in trucks while workers blockaded cold storage facilities across Melbourne.
The NUW had made the decision 12 months earlier to organise farm workers throughout Australia. The horticulture industry was long overdue for such a drive and, moreover, the prospect of farm worker unionisation raised the possibility of covering horticulture, dairy and poultry – from farming to processing, warehousing and distribution – under a single union. If one union were able to organise the whole supply chain, its workers could wield enormous industrial power. After all, the workers at Polar Fresh caused chaos simply by shutting down Coles' cold storage facilities. Imagine what workers uniting across the entire fresh-food supply chain could do.
The recent amalgamation of the NUW and United Voice (which covered hospitality, among other industries) into the new United Workers Union (UWU) is seeking to forge these lines of solidarity.
All the right groups have had their feathers ruffled, not least of all because the horticulture industry has been culpable for creating some of the most exploitative and oppressive conditions in Australia. This is beginning to change.
Reminiscent of indentured labour
You don't have to dig deep to discover the atrocious conditions that prevail in Australia's horticultural industry, which supplies the country's two largest retailers, Coles and Woolworths.
Although the legal minimum wage in the industry is $24.36 an hour, highly experienced and skilled workers commonly earn as little as $12 to $14 an hour; new workers survive on as little as $5 to $10 per hour. The contractors who supply these farms with workers often use piece rates to mask just how low the pay is.
Farms typically pay contractors by cheque for the fulfillment of an order or for clearing a block of grapes, an orchard of apples or a field of asparagus. Contractors, whose businesses are usually established on the back of dishonest accounting, then use informal networks to gather a day-to-day workforce. These workers are usually paid in cash, once a week, in a brown paper envelope. In many farms, multiple layers of subcontracting puts vast distances between the farm or corporate aggregator who supplies the supermarket from the worker who picks the fruit or vegetables.
Farm workers are like the Uber drivers of the countryside. As day labourers, they are required to provide their own drinking water, uniforms and tools. A lack of amenities forces most to go to the toilet in the field. If injured, workers have to look after themselves: state-funded WorkCover insurance is practically unheard of in the informal economy. Workplace laws won by unions and workers over the last hundred years simply do not exist in Australian farms.
Farm workers march for basic rights
Indeed, the terms of employment on farms are reminiscent of indentured labour. Workers are usually forced into employer-owned accommodation and transport, and rather than obtain their own food, they are required to pay a food bond.
The fruit-growing region of Sunraysia is an epicentre of exploitation. When the NUW began making inroads there in 2017, workers in Shepparton (a nearby regional center) reported some of the worst housing conditions in the country. In one case, the union met with 15 men sharing a three-bedroom house. In the middle of winter, a sign read: "Do not turn the heater on or risk eviction." Asbestos walls were visibly crumbling, and rodents and cockroaches scurried through the house. A vile smell confirmed the obvious: the house was unfit for human habitation.
As a condition of their employment, these workers had been obliged to rent the house – and at exorbitant rents – which was owned by the contractor. Despite hating the place, the workers dared not leave for fear of losing their job and risking deeper poverty or deportation.
Importing cheap labour
The 100 000 workers picking and packing fruit throughout Australia are primarily migrants from Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Permanent workers on structured visa programmes are a minority; around three-quarters of all farm workers are either temporary visa holders or hold no valid work visa at all. It is estimated that as many as half the overall industry is undocumented.
For most, their jobs are arranged while still in their home country. This way, when they arrive in Australia, they have no networks aside from their contractor. This also leaves workers vulnerable to wage theft.
This is what union member Danial Jalil experienced when he first arrived in Australia. Living on less than $100 a week, Danial survived by fishing in the Murray River each night alongside his workmates. One day, he and his friends returned home to discover their passports, a laptop and other electrical goods had been stolen. The workers were particularly shocked when their contractor turned up with a group of youths and told them he had "negotiated" with them to return the passports for the price of $500 each. With little other choice, Danial and his coworkers paid up.
In these conditions, abuse is rife. In the Sunraysia region, the union met with a Malaysian woman in her thirties who spoke no English. Aira Firdaus, an NUW organiser fluent in Bahasa Melayu, translated her story. This worker told the union about a farmer in Robinvale who raped her behind a row of vines while workers picked grapes just metres away.
The owner of the farm, accompanied by her contractor, had simply walked over to her, picked her out from the group and demanded she accompany him behind the nearby vine. As an undocumented worker, she saw no way to report the assault.
Organising temporary migrant workers is undoubtedly a challenge – and one that is sadly shirked by many unions. However, after making contact with Ni-Vanuatuan tomato pickers in Guyra, the NUW/UWU has begun to tackle the problem head-on. Thanks to the efforts of Samson, a long-term union activist with the Vanuatu National Workers Union (VNWU), as well as the union's head, Ephraim Kalsakau, a partnership was brokered. Now in its fourth year, the agreement organises transitory workers from Vanuatu as members of both unions.
The relationship was solidified in early 2017 when, in the space of one night, 150 Nivans working in a tomato greenhouse in Adelaide joined the union. When their employer threatened to fire them if they refused to leave the union, they stood firm, winning better rights than any other seasonal workers in Australia, including the automatic right to return every season.
The NUW/UWU and VNWU have since worked together on a number of important campaigns. As fights often don't conclude before the end of a season, when workers return to Vanuatu, this relationship is crucial. In 2018 and 2019, you could often look under the tree at the VNWU office in Port Vila and see groups of seasonal workers speaking in Bislama with local VNWU organisers while their Australian organisers joined the meeting via phone amplified by loudspeaker.
These initiatives are all the more vital in the context of the history of blackbirding, a practice that saw over 60 000 workers from Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Loyalty Islands kidnapped and brought to Australia to work on plantations in Queensland. Thousands of these workers died and were left in unmarked graves.
Ni-Vanuatuan seasonal workers have endured terrible treatment in the years since. After the 1901 adoption of the White Australia policy – the racist set of immigration policies designed to lock Asian and Pacific Islanders out of the Australian workforce – these workers, as well as those who had survived blackbirding, were forcibly deported. The memory of this tragic history motivates the fight against the return of such conditions today.
Solidarity and militancy
As well as being dehumanising, the combination of exploitation, oppression and precariousness is also potentially explosive. Without traditional support networks, these workers have been pushed to organise. Without a visa, you can't use the courts to tackle wage theft or mistreatment: this pushes workers to collective power.
Workers in tomato greenhouses and mixed vegetable farms around East Gippsland, Cranbourne and the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, and the northern suburbs of Adelaide were among the first to organise. They threatened to publicly expose their mistreatment through the mainstream media and, in so doing, tarnish the brands of Coles and Woolworths.
This was enough to intimidate farmers – who feared losing their contracts with these major supermarkets – into capitulation. A workforce made up of Vietnamese, Cambodian, Hazara, Nepalese, Rohingyan, Taiwanese and Malaysian migrants won an overnight increase of $10 an hour. In addition to reclaiming a percentage of stolen wages, the win built the first sustainable union structures in Australian farms in living memory.
This gave many workers the confidence to transform their vulnerabilities into weapons and to speak of their victories with their own voices, in their own languages.
Addo citrus workers accuse farmers of abuse
For example, union member Anh Nguyen came from Vietnam to Australia to work at a lettuce and herb farm in Pearcedale. He experienced wage theft and was exposed to dangerous chemicals without protection. Standing up alongside his workmates won them not only a $10-per-hour wage increase, but also a collective agreement, secure jobs and union recognition.
Anh described the victory like this:
The union gave us confidence that our workplaces needed us more than we needed them. Workers began to listen to us delegates and stand up to our bosses.
One day, my management were instructing our quality assurance workers to pour chemical products on the lettuce while we were working. We could feel our eyes sting, our throats burn, and we were even vomiting. I decided enough was enough, I went around to ask … my workmates to walk off the job. Then I walked to the middle of the packing shed and shouted, "Everyone out!"
The workers followed me to the lunchroom, and the scared manager meekly asked if we would come back to work as normal. I told him if he ever poured chemicals while workers were in the room again, he could expect the same. We will come back to work if there is no harm to our health.
We worked out a system to protect our health and safety that day, and four years on, the company still respects the right of our union delegates to decide when it is safe to return to the packing shed after chemicals are poured. This experience showed me that the power to create a permanent change has to come from us and through our collective actions.
Alongside union support, these victories also build the confidence needed to stand up against intimidation.
In Sunraysia earlier this year, a contractor owed a group of Malaysian and Fijian workers over $4,000 in unpaid wages. Union organisers had previously accompanied the workplace leader Babra to meet the contractor at his house, forcing him to back down and pay what was owed. This time, Babra decided she could do it alone, and she took four of her undocumented workmates with her to another contractor's house. Although the contractor pulled a knife on the workers, they held their nerve and left the house with the money they were owed.
As she later explained to a conference of union delegates:
When we first came here, we felt like victims, moving from one exploitative contract employment relationship to the next, but being members of the union gave us the confidence that if we stuck together and demanded what was ours, then the contractors were just people, too, and even those with knives and reputations weren't as tough when approached by a group of workers rather than an individual worker.
In just four years of actively organising farm workers, members of the NUW/UWU have gained some big wins. Yet the sheer scale of the exploitation in the industry means that the fight back often takes place just one region or one site at a time. This, too, is set to change.
The new union
These organising efforts have brought farmworker exploitation to national attention. In 2015, Australia's national broadcaster, the ABC, aired an episode of Four Corners focusing on exploitation in the Coles and Woolworths supply chains. This gave workers at the Covino Farms in Sale (Victoria) and Perfection Fresh in Two Wells (South Australia) a national platform with which to talk about exploitation and harassment in the industry. In turn, this helped to pressure state governments into announcing new laws restricting labour-hire licencing, as well as outlawing unscrupulous contractors.
The November 2019 merger of the NUW and United Voice into the UWU builds on this success. While the NUW organised workers on site, the UWU is in a position to bypass farmers to pressure the major supermarkets at the apex of the supply chain. A key demand is for Coles and Woolworths to require their suppliers to meet "prequalification" criteria, ensuring union induction and establishing a grievance procedure.
This also opens new scope for organising workers across regions and sectors. Last month, the union brought delegates together in Melbourne for a training session. Sixty delegates from 12 countries and seven regions of Australia drove or flew to attend. After one delegate who works at a lettuce farm in Bairnsdale was fired for attending, the assembled workers made a decision to protest at a busy Coles store in the central business district. The delegates marched from the union office holding banners in many languages and chanting, "We feed you, we pick your fruit, we are not slaves."
Elsewhere around the country, more than a thousand farmworkers attended forums this year, including in Robinvale (Victoria), Shepparton (Victoria), Springvale (Victoria) and Elizabeth (South Australia). At these forums, workers confronted representatives from Coles, Woolworths and the Victorian Labour Hire Authority, as well as their major institutional investors, about the brutal treatment they receive from farmers and contractors when they join the union. More recently, they joined workers from the Polar Fresh cold storage distribution center (now directly owned by Coles) at the company's annual general meeting. There, workers pressured Coles to both recognise the union and to give workers a voice in their supply chain.
In the late 19th century, the Australian workers' movement was transformed by syndicalists who overcame the antiquated craft union model in order to organise whole industries. The organisation of the whole food supply chain forms a new chapter in this history.
Tim Nelthorpe has worked as an organiser for the National Union of Workers (now the United Workers Union) for eight years, leading many of the union's efforts to organise agricultural workers in the country. He is a member of the Victorian Socialists.
This article was first published by Jacobin.
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Learn how to make Paneer Butter Masala. It is one of the most famous Punjabi recipes. Read preparation method of Paneer Butter Masala.
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Wash Panner and cut in cubes and fry.
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Matt Brown is missing from the 'Alaskan Bush People' family just like 8,000 hours of unaired footage of the reality Television show.
Alaskan Bush People star Matt Brown is keeping his fans in limbo about how he is doing with his drinking problem just like Discovery Channel is keeping the reality Television show's fans in limbo about whether or not the show will be renewed or not.
For now, DC is airing specials or reruns on Friday nights, and judging from the network's social media pages, the reality behind Matt as a member of the Alaskan Bush People family is that the fan-favorite cast member will most likely not return to the show.
Matt is not only the Brown family's first-born son, but he is undoubtedly a true Alaskan pioneer child. Matt was only three years old when his folks, including his parents and 1-year-old brother Joshua (Bam Bam Brown), found their home in Alaska's Bush.
According to his father Billy, as a young boy, Matt came up with the idea of howling back at the Alaskan wolves when the family was threatened and the name Wolfpack was born.
But what happens to a wolf when he breaks away from the pack? Discovery Channel's description of Matt Brown used to highlight him as a family member living in the Alaskan wilderness who always had something to say.
Viewers, like the network, loved Matt.
However, when Matt put his own needs in front of the needs of DC and his Alaskan bush family, he turned into a lone wolf. With Matt gone, the network is pushing the next in line, Bam Bam to Alaskan Bush People viewers.
As the Alaska Dispatch News reports, the last special aired by Discovery Channel revealed that not only is Matt Brown missing from the reality show but so are about 8,000 hours of unseen footage.
During the most recent special, the narrator informs viewers that about 2,000 hours of footage of the reality Television show are filmed each season, but that only a small fraction actually makes it on Television.
Over the course of five seasons, that certainly includes a lot of footage that, just like Matt Brown's real life, would be quite interesting to fans of Alaskan Bush People.


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Bloody marvellous!
The second solo album from Tony Mills sees him taking a similar but different path regarding his solo work. If you're expecting Shy or TNT part 2, then you likely to be disappointed; whilst he retains all the hallmarks of his previous outfits, 'Over My Dead Body' takes a slightly harder road.
Opener 'Time Won't Wait' bears the hallmarks of 'Operation: Mindcrime' era Queensryche, not just vocally but stylistically. 'We Should Be On By Now' once again treads the tried and tested melodic path with plenty going on including counter melodies, massive layers of backing vocals and even an Orchestral arrangement which drags this slightly into Melodic Prog territory.
'No Love Lost' veers into far more familiar territory with a chorus to die for and a killer guitar solo. It amazes me that with a history and track record as long as Mills', he seems to be finally finding a style which not only showcases the power and range of his voice but finds the perfect solution musically and straddles both Shy and Siam works.
'Bitter Suite' is different; I'm not sure you would call it straight A Cappella but there is certainly a large degree of it and the odd robotic voice and a suggestion of a Monastic influence for good measure – cleverly done and totally unexpected. 'Northern Star' is built on the back of staccato riffing guitars and is a more traditional "fist in the air" Rocker which again highlights Mills vocal ability alongside a beautifully subtle keyboard melody.
'4 In The Morning' is a contender for "Track Of The Year" by anyones standards; total Melodic Rock heaven with soaring vocals, multi-layered backing vocals with beautifully innocuous keyboards behind a massive riff – rarely have I ever heard Mills deliver so wonderfully. If '...Morning' wasn't enough, 'Somewhere In London' is straight out of the eighties and ranks right up there with Shy's 'Brave The Storm'. Yes it is that GOOD and it'll leave Melodic Rock fans doubtlessly wetting themselves upon hearing it and justifiably so.
Shall I go on or simply say, rarely if ever, does an artist come up with such an album full of wonderful material (especially for a solo album), but Mills has. Aided and abetted by the wonderful Robert Sall and even pulling in world famous producer Neil Kernon on bass, Mills has proved beyond doubt that the term "formerly of Shy" no longer matters and based on this, he is more than capable of standing on his own two feet as a solo artist.
This album is magnificent all round, new and fresh as well as old and clichéd in equal amounts with the sole winner the listener. Bloody marvellous!
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Enjoy life slowly, but to the fullest! Because more often than not less is more, and simple is better.
Fellini said, "Life is a combination of magic and pasta."
Italian-born and Los Angeles-based model Gabriela Giovanardi might look familiar. That's because you've probably seen her in her series of Guess ads, or snapped by the paparazzi when she's out and about with actor boyfriend Alex Pettyfer (the couple made their "red carpet debut" in July 2018). Another one of Gabriela's loves? Food. "Because I'm Italian," she says, "even when I want to talk romantic and sentimental, I talk about food."


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This just in from my hometown of Bad Reichenhall, Germany: snow in April for Easter!
As I sat on the 80*+ patio and received these pictures, I realized how fortunate I am to be sweltering rather than shoveling! Beautiful photos, and they definitely make me long for long hikes through the mountains, the crisp forest air, the beauty of the magnificent & towering "Schlafende Hexe" (the mountain pictured), and the people who are dear to me who live there. It'd definitely be difficult to find an easter egg in that snow!
As I'm building the blog for my family (mainly for those who are overseas and so rarely get an insight into the world we have here), I came across this picture I have of my grandmother (mom's side). In Hungarian, as well as German, "grandmother" is commonly referred to as "oma." She has since passed away, about 7 yrs ago, but this is precisely how I remember her. I recall being very afraid of her when we would go back to Hungary to visit, simply bc she was always saying we should eat eat EAT!!!! and then go to bed "AZONNAL" (immediately!). But as I grew older and more able to understand her and communicate with her, she was such a great, funny, spunky person! She also told us this old wives tale about spiders falling into our eyes if we didn't close them once we were in bed…. –perhaps that's why I'm not so fond of the 8-legged creatures… it was a long time ago, I'd like to think that didn't scar me to this day lol!
We had a joke about chocolate once, and how this one certain brand of chocolate (not Milka) had a really silky-like texture for the dark chocolate they made, and in Hungarian, this word was selymes (pronounced shay-mesh).. so anytime we would have a piece, we would become more "silky smooth…" she was a riot. I loved her, and she was the only grandparent I ever really was able to get to know before passing, and the only one of my friends who ever got to actually meet her (I didn't say understand her, just meet) was my best friend Mike when we went for a 6-week tour d'Europe (who they happily nicknamed "Mishi"). As I came across this picture and breathed a small sigh of teary-eyed reminiscence (Lord knows exactly when this picture was taken.. early '90's if not before?), I realize she was eating the same brand of German chocolate that I so love to this day!
Traveled with my best friend Mike for an amazing 6 weeks in Europe quite a few years back to visit my fam. Here are some (very) quick highlights..
Here we are at the Orlando International Airport, waving our goodbyes – I still couldn't believe someone I actually knew was going to see the rest of my fam, and experience Europe for the first time! Only super stoked, can you tell?
Yea, mainly pics of me which I don't do on the regular, I will add other more scenic ones as I get them loaded – there are some other really awesome/funny/great ones!


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"Best Books of 2014" — The Financial Times
"Best China Books of 2014" — TimeOut Shanghai
Strikingly original … Gripping … This is a tale of modern China.
Excellent … [A] colorful account of the rise of golf in China.
Gripping … Revealing … Brings China to life in a way that outlandish-but-true statistics cannot.
Compelling … Fascinating and complicated … Washburn uses the sport with surprising effectiveness as a lens into the country's development over the past two decades.
Los Angeles Review of Books
Washburn focuses on the stories of three especially intriguing characters associated with the rise of golf in China, and in telling their stories he provides his readers with a sense of what the country was, is, and may become.
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An intriguing study … An absorbing read.
Rigorously reported … Washburn captures China's shift from its agrarian roots toward more Western pursuits in this engaging story.
Captivating.
Marvelous and subtle … Engrossing … A book about money, power and whim that tells you everything you need to know about modern China.
The Forbidden Game uses golf – a game that most in the country probably still know nothing about – to gain a rare insight into ordinary Chinese lives … An illuminating portrait of modern China.
The New Statesman
I know of no narrative that surpasses The Forbidden Game [on the subject of Chinese corruption] … Vivid [and] revealing.
Washburn's extensive research and his breezy, reporter's style make this insightful book both educational and delightful.
A wake up call … Written with a wry sense of humour about the contradictions of modern China … The book shows how the opening up of China has unleashed a fierce determination among the people.
Charming and accessible.
A highly interesting tale … The book stands proudly on the shelf (or in the Kindle folder) next to [Carl] Crow's 1937 work and others that foster greater understanding of China … Washburn's evocation of his visits to Zhou [Xunshu]'s hometown, Qixin, are alone worth the price of his book.
Energetic, poignant and revealing … FOUR STARS.
TimeOut Shanghai
Washburn has a rich topic, and he does it justice. This is a China book, not a golf book, and it's a very good one.
That's Shanghai
Golfers will love reading about the game's evolution in China, and even China hands who have no interest in golf will chuckle … A delightful read.
The Beijinger
A compelling read, well-researched and full of anecdotes that are times entertaining and at times heart breaking.
These stories have heart … The Forbidden Game is China writing at its most thoughtful.
City Weekend
If it sounds like a dour subject, Washburn has managed to turn it into a ripping good yarn by spotlighting three main characters … The three stories are expertly intertwined.
Golf Oklahoma
I'm not a golfer or a Sinophile, but The Forbidden Game spoke to me. At its core, it is classic storytelling – underdog tales of struggle, perseverance and overcoming adversity. The men in this book may not be perfect, but they are real people you can root for. It's like the quintessential American Dream story, only it's set in China.
Brian Grazer, Oscar-winning producer of A Beautiful Mind
From a bourgeois pastime denounced by the Communist Party of China as "green opium," golf became the embodiment of the new Chinese dream. The Forbidden Game speaks volumes about how much this country has changed. You can learn more from this engaging, well-written book about golf than from weightier tomes that have tried to tackle China's transformation. A hole in one from Dan Washburn.
Barbara Demick, bestselling author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea and Logavina Street: Life and Death on a Sarajevo Street
The Forbidden Game offers a thoroughly new window onto the "Chinese Dream." As veteran "China watcher" Dan Washburn engrossingly reveals, it transpires that the game of golf is a barometer for all China's current concerns – economic growth, "social harmony," corruption, the growing wealth gap and, most absorbing, the hopes and aspirations of at least one Chinese man who's daring to dream of a better future.
Paul French, bestselling author of Midnight in Peking
In his revealing and witty new book, Dan Washburn unearths a story that nobody knows: how the game that Chairman Mao denounced as the "sport for millionaires" stirred the dreams of farmers and soldiers, tantalized foreign pioneers, and provoked a Chinese crackdown. This is a tale about golf no more than Seabiscuit is a story about horse racing. This is twenty-first-century China in all its vivid, surprising, and human contradictions.
Evan Osnos, former China correspondent for The New Yorker and author of Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
The Forbidden Game is an important and fascinating work. By taking us deep into China's secret golf culture, Dan Washburn brings to life the contradictions and complications of this unique nation's struggles with modernity – as well as an inspiring group of home-grown players who paved the way for the rising generation of Chinese pros.
Alan Shipnuck, senior writer at Sports Illustrated and author of Blood, Sweat, and Tees
When I picked up The Forbidden Game, I had absolutely no interest in golf or any of its ramifications – or so I thought. Once I began reading, I became genuinely engrossed by the dreams, disappointments, and achievements of the colorful cast of characters here. … It is a rich and fascinating drama on its own terms, and a wonderful portrait of China at this stage of its growth and confusion. It even made me care, a little, about golf.
James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic and author of China Airborne
The Forbidden Game is a propulsive chronicle of an old pursuit thrust into a country undergoing colossal change. But more than that, it's a richly drawn, deeply felt portrait of human striving — a great story.
Tom Vanderbilt, bestselling author of Traffic and Survival City
Every bit as energetic and ambitious as the burgeoning China it so evocatively portrays, The Forbidden Game is a truly memorable feat of reporting and storytelling. By chronicling the ascent of golf in a nation whose newfound affluence has brought it as much turmoil as joy, Dan Washburn gets to the heart of what makes China's messy rise one of the century's most compelling tales. A book this richly observed and deeply humane is an all-too-rare beast these days; read it, and then cherish it.
Brendan I. Koerner, author of The Skies Belong to Us and Now the Hell Will Start
The stunning rise of China is usually told through upheaval in the country's politics and the economy. Dan Washburn has been smart enough to spot a much underestimated way to tell the tale – the phenomenon of golf, a sport which has thrived even as it has been repressed. The story of golf ("green opium" in the words of some government officials) has it all in China, from the wild west developments of courses to inspiring stories of success to dark politics.
Richard McGregor, author of The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers and Washington Bureau Chief for the Financial Times
Sometimes the best way into the heart of an enigma is through a backdoor. With The Forbidden Game, Dan Washburn has opened just such a portal for anyone finding the People's Republic of China's unexpected progress perplexing to understand, much less to explain. By giving us a grand tour of the surprising boom in the game of golf in China, he not only illuminates a very concrete slice of life, but gives us a graphic and readable sense of both the energy and inertia that lay at the center of the contradictory phenomena that has come to be known as "China's rise."
Orville Schell, director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations and author of Wealth and Power: China's Long March to the Twenty-First Century
"One of the best books of 2014"
"Strikingly original"
"Gripping"
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Breaking the compartment into sections, with the extra zips, will make it easier to get to things, but for the most part you don't actually need to get to much until you get to the hut. The more compartments, the more waterproofing becomes an issue. Zips leak and also have a habit of jamming or breaking, so the fewer the better, in the long term.
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A pack cover: the jury's still out as to whether these are really necessary. They are supposed to keep the majority of the usual NZ dampness off the pack and can provide some heightened visibility when tramping through areas frequented by hunters if you prefer the more florid coloured variety.
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Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) is a complex genetic disorder that has lacked a human cell-based platform that incorporates the heterogeneity of the disease. Such a platform would assist identification of potential therapeutic compounds. Human inducible pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) represent an unparalleled technology for modeling aspects of ASC while capturing its genetic heterogeneity.
An important hypothesis put forth to explain the behavioral challenges observed in individuals with ASC suggests that there is a significant imbalance in the excitatory and inhibitory inputs in the brain. The connections between excitatory and inhibitory neurons are made in cortical circuits early in development, and there is ample evidence that the genesis and maintenance of these circuits requires a number of different cell types as well as the complex interactions between these cells within 3-dimensional (3D) tissue. Although models of ASC-associated conditions have been established by reprogramming patient somatic cells into iPSCs, these models have been developed using two-dimensional (2D) tissue culture conditions and typically with only one neuronal cell type. In order to improve the robustness and utility of iPSC models of ASC we have developed a novel 3D iPSC culture system that recapitulates some aspects of early human cortical development. This system produces interneurons and excitatory neurons in developing cortical circuits. We hypothesize that the use of this 3D system will allow us to more accurately reflect dysfunctional circuitry in ASC and model the interaction between excitatory and inhibitory inputs.
By making 3D stem cell cultures from individuals with ASC with known genetic variants and studying the development of these circuits and inputs, we will elucidate mechanisms that are in place early in the disorder during critical times of development, and we will identify novel biomarkers and points of intervention for ASC not uncovered by traditional 2D iPSC models.
Additionally, we use high-throughput physiological assays (multi-electrode arrays, real-time calcium imaging, optogenetics, high-content cellomics-based morphological assays) combined with next-generation molecular biology (RNAseq, CRISPR, dqPCR, Illumina ChIP-Seq) to understand the role of genetic mutations in the function of iPSC-derived neurons from individuals with ASC, providing pathways to develop drug screens should candidates arise. Finally, because our iPSC lines come from individuals that are extensively clinically and genetically characterized we will be able to understand more clearly the connections between molecular pathways and cell biology in the context of ASC using our 3D iPSC system. This work is important for the development of a robust ASC iPSC model that will be used as a platform for preclinical drug discovery in order to find early treatments and enhance the lives of people with ASC.
Lab Team
Michael W. Nestor, Ph.D.
Andre Phillips, Ph.D.
Associate Staff Scientist
Research interest: 3D iPSC-based cortical organogenesis and mitochondrial dysfunction in ASC.
Elena Artimovich, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research interest: Microfluidic platforms, synaptogenesis, X-inactivation, and epigenetics in ASC.
Jonathan Nestor, B.S.
Research interest: Application of 2D electrophoresis and mitochondrial dysfunction in ASC.
Michael W. Nestor Ph.D.,
Laboratory of Human Stem Cell Neurophysiology
Program in Neuroscience
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The Myth And Magic Of Library Systems
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Author : Keith J. Kelley
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The Myth and Magic of Library Systems not only defines what library systems are, but also provides guidance on how to run a library systems department. It is aimed at librarians or library administrations tasked with managing, or using, a library systems department. This book focuses on different scenarios regarding career changes for librarians and the ways they may have to interact with library systems, including examples that speak to IT decision-making responsibilities, work as a library administrator, or managerial duties in systems departments. Provides guidance on how to run a library systems department Focuses on different scenarios regarding career changes for librarians and the ways they may have to interact with library systems Includes sample scenarios that speak to IT decision-making responsibilities, work as a library administrator, or managerial duties in systems departments
Systems Librarianship
Author : Brighid M. Gonzales
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Systems Librarianship: A Practical Guide for Librarians offers new systems librarians and interested LIS students foundational knowledge about the field of systems librarianship as well as practical information and strategies for common projects like migrating a library system and technology planning. With up-to-date information based on a survey of 200 practicing systems librarians, the current professional literature, and on-the-job experience, this practical guide covers everything a new systems librarian should know in order to succeed in this field. The first half of the book covers background information about the systems librarian position, hiring trends and job searching tips, as well as essential knowledge on library systems like the ILS, content management systems, and emerging technology. The second half of the book provides how-to information for some of the most common and often daunting projects a new systems librarian might be expected to take on, including systems migration, website redesign, technology planning, and project management. Also included are where to find useful resources and support from the library community, such as pertinent listservs, professional associations, conferences, and journals, blogs, and other professional content. Finally, the book features informational interviews with over a dozen systems librarians working in a variety of library types across the professional spectrum, offering their experienced takes and advice on libraries, technology, and the profession. While new systems librarians can often feel overwhelmed and underprepared for their first professional position, this book will serve as a useful resource for navigating the ins and outs of this dynamic and challenging field.
Information Technology for Librarians and Information Professionals
Author : Jonathan M. Smith
This comprehensive primer introduces information technology topics foundational to many services offered in today's libraries and information centers. Written by a librarian, it clearly explains concepts familiar to the I.T. professional with an eye toward practical applications in libraries for the aspiring technologist. Chapters begin with a basic introduction to a major topic then go into enough technical detail of relevant technologies to be useful to the student preparing for library technology and systems work or the professional needing to converse effectively with technology experts. Many chapters also present current issues or trends for the subject matter being discussed. The twelve chapters cover major topics such as technology support, computer hardware, networking, server administration, information security, web development, software and systems development, emerging technology, library management technologies, and technology planning. Each chapter also includes a set of pedagogical features for use with instruction including: Chapter summary List of key terms End of chapter question set Suggested activities Bibliography for further reading List of web resources Those who will find this book useful include library & information science students, librarians new to systems or information technology responsibilities, and library managers desiring a primer on information technology.
Mentoring Programs in ARL Libraries
Author : Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center
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History and Mystery The Complete Eschatological Encyclopedia of Prophecy Apocalypticism Mythos and Worldwide Dynamic Theology Vol 3
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Surely you've lain awake at night to ponder life beyond time? Or dreamed restlessly of those multi-honored beast of Revelation? Or became frustrated because you don't know how to properly use your athame? How about all those times you came across a theological word that battered your brain? No problem. History and Mystery: The Complete Eschatological Encyclopedia of Prophecy, Apocalypticism, Mythos, and Worldwide Dynamic Theology has arrived, Here, just for you, are four volumes of exhaustive information that every student, teacher and interested person everywhere needs to know. Over 8000 defined words and phrases, 60 exploratory essays, and mini-sections of relational materials await. Before you know it, you'll be the best informed reader in your neighborhood and most of the next state over.
Myth Magic
Author : Kinuko Y. Craft
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Immerse yourself in the enchanted fantasy world of Kinuko Y. Craft, celebrated contemporary illustrator, painter, and storyteller. Transcend time and space as you color to life these gorgeous illustrations of goddessess, angels, fairies, princesses, heroes, and mythological creatures. Craft's vast body of work includes award-winning illustrated books of classic fairy tales and cover art for fantasy novels.
Cabinet Of Curiosities A The Myth Magic And Measure Of Meteorites
Author : Martin Beech
Hurtling through the atmosphere, in a blaze of light and reverberating percussions, the arrival of a meteorite on Earth is a magical, rare, and precious sight. These characteristics have accordingly ensured a long, yet often controversial history. For all this, meteorites are cosmic messengers. They tell us about the entire history of the solar system, their story carrying us from the very earliest moments, when solid material first began to form in the solar nebula. Indeed, meteorites played a key role in the origins of Earth's oceans and the genesis of life. Meteorites additionally tell us about the origin and evolution of the asteroids, and they tell us about impacts upon the Moon as well as the volcanic history of planet Mars. Much is known about the structure and chemistry of meteorites, but for all this, they still harbor many scientific mysteries that have yet to be resolved.
Making Myths and Magic A Field Guide to Writing Sci Fi and Fantasy Novels
Author : Shelly Campbell,Allison Alexander
So you want to write speculative fiction? It's time to get that fantastic world that's been stuck inside your head for years, complete with dragons and androids, onto paper! Whether you're starting your first or tenth novel, Making Myths and Magic was written for you. Fantasy author Shelly Campbell and executive editor Allison Alexander have teamed up to provide a comprehensive resource, distilling the information they've learned from years in the publishing industry. To keep you inspired and engaged as you grow in your craft, they take a deep dive through science fiction and fantasy novels, movies, and TV shows. Within these pages, you'll learn how to tackle structure, hooks, dialogue, tropes, character arcs, diversity, creation stories, mythology, poetry, riddles, prophecies, fantastic creatures, weapons, technology, magic systems, languages, and more!
TechGnosis
Author : Erik Davis
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
How does our fascination with technology intersect with the religious imagination? In TechGnosis—a cult classic now updated and reissued with a new afterword—Erik Davis argues that while the realms of the digital and the spiritual may seem worlds apart, esoteric and religious impulses have in fact always permeated (and sometimes inspired) technological communication. Davis uncovers startling connections between such seemingly disparate topics as electricity and alchemy; online roleplaying games and religious and occult practices; virtual reality and gnostic mythology; programming languages and Kabbalah. The final chapters address the apocalyptic dreams that haunt technology, providing vital historical context as well as new ways to think about a future defined by the mutant intermingling of mind and machine, nightmare and fantasy.
Resources in Education
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Legend Myth and Magic in the Image of the Artist
Author : Ernst Kris,Otto Kurz
Publisher : Yale University Press
"This is the first English translation of a brief, scholarly, and brilliantly original work which sets out to examine the links between the legend of the artist, in all cultures, and what E.H. Gombrich, in an introductory essay, calls 'certain invariant traits of the human psyche.'"--Denis Thomas, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts "This book gathers together various legends and attitudes about artists, ancient and modern, East and West, and gives fascinating insights into attitudes toward artistic creation. It impinges on psychology, art history and history, aesthetics, biography, myth and magic, and will be of great interest to a wide audience in many fields.... A delightful and unrivalled study."--Howard Hibbard "Thought provoking and valuable.... To all those interested in psychiatry and art from the perspectives of history, criticism, or therapy and to the wide audience concerned with the psychology of aesthetics and of artistic creation."--Albert Rothenberg, American Journal of Psychiatry
MYTH MAGIC and METAPHOR
Author : Patricia Daly-Lipe, Ph.D.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Myth, Magic, & Metaphor, attempts to put together a fairly simple creative writing classroom scenario. The idea is to awaken the aesthetic sense, the creative muse who lurks within us all. The method is multisensory, interdisciplinary, and holistic. Philosophy, art, music, and linguistics are some of the disciplines used. The goal is to have the reader recognize and enjoy the process. It asks for the students of writing to experience the sense of wonder they knew as children, to use their imagination, to feel and absorb the world around them, to listen, not just to hear, to see, not just to look, in sum, to become intoxicated with life. The tool is the heart: the medium is words. "They say that the human mind, once stretched to a new idea, never returns to its original shape." (Georgi Lozanov). Our hope is that this little tome will reshape a few minds. "Myth, Magic, & Metaphor" is luminous with oracular wisdom about the nature and sources of creativity. From first page to last, this book will inspire you to be inspired." Richard Lederer, author of The Miracle of Language, Crazy English, The Play of Words, and many other "Linguistic Treasures"
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Routledge Library Editions Existentialism
This set collects together a vital selection of works on Existentialism, including the key Introduction to the New Existentialism by Colin Wilson. Some of the titles were early works written as this new philosophy spread into the English language, while others are more recent examinations.
Author : Jorge Luis Borges
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Interest in Singapore's healthcare system has soared because of the country's impressive health statistics. However, how Singapore achieves these impressive results is made even more remarkable when we consider that the country spends only 4% of its GDP on healthcare, which is comparably half of what the UK spends. This book explains how Singapore manages to achieve such an impressive degree of efficiency in the delivery of quality healthcare services.
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth Magic and Mysticism
Author : Geoffrey W. Dennis
Jewish esotericism is the oldest and most influential continuous occult tradition in the West. Presenting lore that can spiritually enrich your life, this one-of-a-kind encyclopedia is devoted to the esoteric in Judaism—the miraculous and the mysterious. In this second edition, Rabbi Geoffrey W. Dennis has added over thirty new entries and significantly expanded over one hundred other entries, incorporating more knowledge and passages from primary sources. This comprehensive treasury of Jewish teachings, drawn from sources spanning Jewish scripture, the Talmud, the Midrash, the Kabbalah, and other esoteric branches of Judaism, is exhaustively researched yet easy to use. It includes over one thousand alphabetical entries, from Aaron to Zohar Chadesh, with extensive cross-references to related topics and new illustrations throughout. Drawn from the well of a great spiritual tradition, the secret wisdom within these pages will enlighten and empower you. Praise: "An erudite and lively compendium of Jewish magical beliefs, practices, texts, and individuals...This superb, comprehensive encyclopedia belongs in every serious library."—Richard M. Golden, Director of the Jewish Studies Program, University of North Texas, and editor of The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Western Tradition "Rabbi Dennis has performed a tremendously important service for both the scholar and the novice in composing a work of concise information about aspects of Judaism unbeknownst to most, and intriguing to all."—Rabbi Gershon Winkler, author of Magic of the Ordinary: Recovering the Shamanic in Judaism
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Historic launch, dramatic landing for SpaceX
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CAPE CANAVERAL (FOX 13) - An historic Kennedy Space Center launch pad roared back to life for the first time in nearly six years Sunday as a privately-owned rocket not only sent an unmanned cargo capsule toward the space station, but then made the first-ever daylight rocket landing nearby.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Launch Pad 39A at precisely 9:39 a.m. Rain had been pouring at the launch site less than an hour earlier, but the showers moved out as predicted.
The engines' brilliant orange flames stood out in bright contrast to the gray, hazy horizon, but only for a few seconds. The rising rocket disappeared into the low clouds before the crackling sound of the launch could even reach observers.
As planned, the rocket's lower section soon separated, leaving the upper stage to continue powering the unmanned Dragon capsule into orbit. Moments later, the first stage came plummeting back towards the landing site.
With a roar of flame and a crackling double sonic boom, the first stage appearing seemingly out of nowhere from inside the curtain of clouds. At the last second, spidery landing legs deployed and the booster touched down, just eight minutes after blasting off.
Dragon, meanwhile arrived in orbit three minutes later and extended its solar arrays. It will dock at the space station early Wednesday, bringing 5,000 pounds of fresh supplies for the astronauts.
The rocket landing was the third at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station but the first to occur during the day, giving Space Coast residents their first good look at what SpaceX hopes will become a routine sight. The company is planning to re-use the flown booster rockets in a bid to cut launch costs.
SpaceX is one of two private companies with a NASA contract to deliver supplies to the International Space Station. But the Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded since last year's explosion during a launch rehearsal that destroyed the rocket, pad, and payload, and ultimately led to changes in the rocket's fueling procedures.
SpaceX signed a 20-year lease with NASA to use Pad 39A in 2014, but the explosion at Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 41 forced them to press the historic pad into service sooner than planned.
Pad 39 is the iconic seaside launch site where Apollo astronauts blasted off for the moon and, later, where the majority of space shuttle flights began. The last flight from there was in 2011, when Atlantis closed out the shuttle program. And the last unmanned rocket to take off from the pad was a modified Saturn V carrying the Skylab space station, way back in 1973.
"It was really awesome to see 39A roar back to life for the first time since the shuttle era and it was extremely special that this first launch off 39A was a Dragon mission for NASA headed to the space station," Dragon mission manager Jessica Jensen offered afterwards. "It's been fantastic."
SpaceX hopes to use the pad to launch a powerful triple-core version of its Falcon 9 rocket, perhaps as soon as later this year, as well as manned flights to the space station and beyond.


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Australian culture: authoritarian, conformist, shame-based and servile
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John Pilger, 'Two unsung heroes cut through in a week of propaganda' The Sydney Morning Herald, 29.04.15
Ray Jackson: he exposed cynical drivel by offending in the best tradition of freedom of speech and shone a light on deaths in custody for 30 years
Following a week in which the words "heroes" and "heroism" bobbed on a tsunami of raw propaganda, a tribute is due to two unrecognised Australian heroes. The first is Ray Jackson, who died on April 23.
Ray spoke and fought for a truth which the powerful and bigoted hate to hear, see or read. He said this was a land not of brave Anzac "legacies", but of dirty secrets and enduring injustices that only a national cowardice could sustain. "Conformity is widely understood and obeyed in Australia," he wrote to me, "freedom is not."
Sacked over Twitter comments: Scott McIntyre.
I first met Ray in 2004 during the Indigenous uprising in Redfern, Sydney, that followed the violent death of a 17-year-old, Thomas Hickey. Known as "TJ", he was chased by a police car, lost control of his bike and was impaled on an iron fence. The police denied they had caused his death. Not a single Aboriginal person believed them, least of all Ray, whose campaign for justice will not go away.
A Wiradjuri man, Ray was stolen from his mother at the age of two and given to a white family. The experience taught him about Australian genocide. A lifelong socialist, his speciality was his unflagging investigations into police thuggery towards Aboriginal people, especially the multiple deaths in police and prison custody that routinely go unpunished. Australia incarcerates black Australians at a higher rate than that of apartheid South Africa.
When John Howard decimated Indigenous institutions and funding, Ray took his files and videos to his single-bedroom Housing Commission flat and founded the Indigenous Social Justice Association. He fought for the memory of young Kwementaye Briscoe, left to die in a police cell in Alice Springs, and Brazilian Roberto Curti, Tasered to death by police in Sydney. He was the champion of countless locked-up Iraqi, Iranian and Tamil refugees. "Never stop fighting for your freedom," he told them. Shaming official Australia, the French government awarded him one of its highest human rights laureates.
Ray loathed warmongering and would approve of my second hero. This is Scott McIntyre, the young SBS soccer journalist who, in four now famous tweets, set out to counter the authoritarian sludge that demands we celebrate the criminal waste of life in the British imperial invasion of Turkey a century ago, rather than recognise unpalatable truths about our past and present.
Opportunistic politicians and journalists have turned this melancholy event into a death cult. Federal governments have spent almost $400 million promoting it as a fake patriotism – more than Britain, France, Germany and Canada combined: countries that lost many more men in the 1914-18 bloodfest. Today, the military and venal militarism are virtually off limits for real public criticism.
Why? Australia, a nation without enemies, is spending $28billion a year on the military and war and armaments in order to fulfil a tragic, entirely colonial and obsequious role, as Washington's "deputy sheriff".
This much we know, perhaps have always known. But watching a contemporary version of crude Edwardian jingoism consume the nation's intellect and self-respect has been salutary, especially the cover provided by those paid ostensibly to keep the record straight. Tony Abbott, zealot, oaf and one of our cruellest prime ministers, "shone" at the Gallipoli Anzac service, according to Peter FitzSimons, whose tomes on the subject show no sign of abating. In the Murdoch press – augmented as ever to promote war after war – Paul Kelly echoes Abbott that remembrance is not enough; that the Anzac death cult "is now the essence of being Australian" …. indeed, "a quasi religious force".
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Scott McIntyre drove the Twitter equivalent of a five-ton truck through such maudlin, cynical drivel. He tweeted the unsayable, much of it the truth; and all decent journalists – or dare I say, freedom-loving Australians – should be standing up for him. That Malcolm Turnbull, who made his name unctuously shouting about freedom of speech, should have been involved in the saga with McIntyre's employer, SBS, in whatever form, is a measure of the state of public and media life in Australia.
That a journalism professor of long standing, John Henningham, can tweet that "freedom of speech meant that journalists had the right to speak without breaking the law but did not have the right to keep their job when offending others" is a glimpse of the obstacles faced by aspiring young journalists as they navigate the university mills.
Many young people reject this, of course, and maintain their sense of the bogus, and McIntyre is one of them. He offended in the highest tradition of freedom of thought and speech. Knowing the personal consequences would be serious, he displayed moral courage. When his union – the MEAA – locates its spine and its responsibility, it must demand he is given his job back. I salute him.
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A Silicon Valley legend on the coming of invisible technology
By Claire McCall
In the future personal technology will be so seamlessly built into our lives it will be almost invisible. Claire McCall spoke to Ivy Ross, the woman in charge of designing Google's hardware, ahead of her appearance at the Future of the Future conference next month.
Ivy Ross doesn't see the future. She feels it. It's intuition that has drawn her along a diverse career highway, driven not by an ambition to make it to the top but by the desire never to retrace her footsteps. "I don't ever want to do the same thing twice," says Ross on the phone while driving to the airport.
The only journey where she's happy to press repeat is the drive – two hours there, two hours back – between her home, a modern tree house in the wooded hills north of San Francisco, and Googleplex, the company headquarters in Silicon Valley. That might be some people's idea of insanity. For Ross, it's the opposite. "To me, nature is the most aesthetic place, filled with sound, scent, colour and texture."
Ross, the vice president of hardware design at Google, is headed to New Zealand to speak at The Future of The Future conference on August 15. She is part wacky Californian hippy – she has a 1000-square-metre 'sound-bathing' studio in New Mexico that she says looks like Willy Wonka's factory, filled with pyramids and toys to climb into – but clearly has a serious side. The combination of those qualities has seen her work in product design at high-profile companies such as Gap, Swatch, Mattel and Google – places you can't work at without a great deal of talent and vision.
Ivy Ross is vice president of hardware design at Google (image: supplied)
If her degree, from New York's High School of Art and Design (majoring in fine arts, minoring in psychology) nudged open career doors a crack, her upbringing gave her the gumption to stride on through. Her father, an industrial engineer at the studio which designed the sporty, glamorous Studebaker Hawk, taught her to see possibilities. "He was always pointing out how things were put together and how you could learn from what you see and adapt it. He stretched my mind and left me hungry and curious."
By her early twenties, that curiosity meant Ross had developed a technique shaping metals to craft jewellery from titanium and niobium that captured so much attention her work made its way into the permanent collections of museums such as The Smithsonian and the Victoria & Albert in London. It was a high point – and a low one. "Getting into museums was such an ego trip; it lasted about two weeks before life was back to normal," she says. The experience taught her to focus on the journey, not the end goal.
Ivy Ross's first breakthrough was in jewellery design (images: supplied).
Ross was named by Fast Company magazine as one of the 100 most creative people in business. For the past five years, she has mentored a team that is driving the aesthetic of Google hardware and her belief in thoughtful design underpins what has been released to date. It's woven into Daydream, a cloth-covered virtual reality headset that is lightweight, soft and easy to wear. It's evident in Google Home, a voice-activated smart speaker that can be customised with a grille that comes in shades such as grey, mango, violet and copper. And in the tactility of the polyester and nylon knit cases that enclose the search engine's offering to the mobile phone market – Pixel. For Ross, these products are the tangible outcome of visceral experience: her tandem focus is on technology 'doing' and 'feeling'.
Which is why at the Milan Furniture Fair held this April, the Google stand was not dedicated to Products On Display but rather a 'conversation' within the discipline. A series of three rooms was curated with different furniture, sounds, lighting, colour and even smells. Visitors were encouraged to turn off their phones and to just be, quietly, in the spaces, to take in the artwork, to run their hands over the textures. Visitors wore a custom-designed wristband to measure biometric data which was then collated and presented as an individualised inkblot drawing – a circle with colours to represent what the wearer was feeling. "I am a luminary scholar in neuro-aesthetics," explains Ross. "The idea was to give people consciousness about what artists and designers have always known – that our physical body reacts to what we see and what we are feeling all the time."
Google's custom-designed wristband to measure biometric data which was then collated and presented as an individualised inkblot drawing (image: supplied).
Fortunately, says Ross, we have agency over what we surround ourselves with. Hence her mammoth commute to Mill Valley, to the forest and hideaway hills where the living room of the home she helped design is softened with colours of the earth and a 50s-style fireplace is the snug counterpoint to a deck that cantilevers beneath a magnificent oak tree.
Ross's husband, photographer Arthur Drooker, is another treasured aspect of a life designed to feed her voracious spirit. They met as teenagers when she dated his best friend and hung out, listening to 70s rock. Decades later, they reconnected through Facebook and seven years ago were married. Drooker is the perfect foil to his on-the-move wife, freeze-framing moments in time before Ross darts off in a new direction.
"The future is so dynamic that we have to stay incredibly flexible as it reveals itself," she says.
Ross has always moved towards the future faster than most. She grew up in Yonkers, a suburb just north of the Bronx, in a house designed by her father with architecture so avant-garde that it caught the eye of pop artist and director Andy Warhol. He used it as one of the settings in the movie Bad, a 1977 comedy described these days as "a subversive cult classic that imagines a world of empowered women."
Ivy Ross's tree house home in the hills north of San Francisco (image: supplied).
By the time futurists such as Warhol were conjuring tomorrows where women left the kitchen, Ross was already breaking down barriers. That hasn't changed. As one of the most successful women in Silicon Valley, she believes today's technological attention to our thinking mind is creating new opportunities. "Everyone is craving the more sensorial aspects of life. That is why women are increasingly thriving in the tech workforce."
Our future, Ross believes, holds technology that amplifies our humanity – technology which is so integrated into the background of our homes and lives that it will all but disappear. It's a curious conundrum that, when that day comes, the woman who wants to shape how it feels to "hold Google in the palm of your hand" will have, effectively, designed herself out of a job.
Ivy Ross is one of six global thought leaders who will speak at The Future of The Future presented with Spark Lab to be hosted at Auckland's Aotea Centre on August 15. To learn more, see www.futureofthefuture.co.nz
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This is of great interest to lenders and to tenants in properties that are being foreclosed. In 2009, Congress passed the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act (PTFA)which provided certain tenants in foreclosed properties with expanded rights to notice prior to eviction. Most notably, the Act required the tenants receive 90 days notice prior to eviction. The Act expired by its own terms in 2014. The May, 24 2018 passage of the Bipartisan Regulatory Relief Bill revives the law and makes it permanent. The reauthorized Act became effective on June 24, 2018.
The PTFA requires the buyer at foreclosure to provide bona fide tenants with a notice 90 days before requiring them to vacate the property, and allows tenants with leases to occupy the property until the end of the lease term. The law applies both to private purchasers at a foreclosure sale and banks who buy the property back at the foreclosure sale. Tenancies at will can be terminated per state law, but such tenants are still entitled to the 90 days notice.
In order to be considered a 'bona fide' tenant: not the mortgagor, nor the spouse, parent, or child of the mortgagor; the lease or tenancy is the result of an arm's length transaction; and, the lease or tenancy requires rent that is not substantially lower than fair market rent, or is reduced or subsidized due to a federal, state or local subsidy. If the property was purchased at foreclosure by someone who will occupy the property, then that purchaser can terminate the lease on 90 days' notice, even when the tenant has a lease that extends beyond 90 days after foreclosure.
Massachusetts has a similar law, G.L.c. 186A, but allows for evictions for cause, such as non-payment of rent, nuisance, etc., set forth in the statute. It also requires a notice period of only 30, instead of 90 days, so it probably does not pre-empt the PTFA and Massachusetts buyers at foreclosure sale, especially foreclosing lenders, would be wise to comply with both the PTFA and G.L. c. 186A. Tenants in foreclosed properties should most certainly be aware of their rights under these laws, they provide tenants with strong protections.


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