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Finding the Moral and Ethical Factors Within Values Systems.
By generating good answers we generate better questions. We have used what we know to find out what we don't know.
In our quest for better questions that others have usually explored the territory which is the new focus for our testing.
Using the wisdom and insights of others and combining it with our cumulative experience and research we have found a much more robust way of understanding human values systems and motivations.
In this final paper we will show how the generation of good answers has led us to a 'new, better answer' to test in the next twelve months (and significantly sooner if possible).
In this short series we have shown how we test and refine our understanding of well-tested academic models of values and personality. We have shown how we combine these independently derived models with our decades-long research into human values systems. This has led to a greater understanding of the multitude of facets that drive human behaviour.
Our theorising (asking better questions), while driving the discovery of new models and the testing of those models on our national cultural samples, has not been limited to the factors we have outlined in this series. We also refine our current data sets by looking for additions to the CDSM Values Space. We usually run the tests on these single factors (as opposed to the whole models we have described) for at least two waves of research before including them in Values Space and using them in client engagements. We have no need to publish or perish like academics; we can take our time to ensure we have robust models to work with.
Last year's multi-country Values Survey in Europe (the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain) contained a range of single factors that were tested on a 10,000+ sample of age and gender-balanced samples of adults in those countries. The next wave of research will run these factors again to ensure they are both stable within Values Space and that they maintain levels of reliability. If they meet these criteria we will include them as standard factors within the CDSM Values Space in coming years.
We have generated a working model, not a final, map of our expectations – part of a better answer. This hypothesis – a best guess – is shown below.
The new factors (CDSM Attributes) are shown as purple squares and green stars. One or two of the 'best guesses' may fail to pass the stability and reliability test after the next research wave – but we are sure of their strength today.
These 12 new potential Attributes will bring new insight into most areas of the map. But just a glance reveals that the left hand side of the map is much more likely to be populated by these new factors. This leads us to believe that the Prospector Values Group will be more deeply understood.
At CDSM we regularly think about our research in terms of our evidence-based comprehensive model – showing a multi-axis model of the human values system.
The comprehensive model is shown below and when compared with our hypothetical model we project that the 'ME' side of the map will potentially contain ten new Attributes with just two on the other side – the 'WE' side of the map.
Better answers lead to better questions.
As CDSM's designated social researcher – reading up to 100 academic papers every month across a range of disciplines and topics, as well as more general media on-line and off-line – it seemed as if I would have to start digging into my files again to discover something we had missed or look for something we hadn't covered yet. So, the first stop was past research files.
Lo and behold, we both remembered that there was a model of moral values we had wanted to test a couple of years ago, but had run out of space on our British Values Survey, so parked the model until we could test it. This was the model developed by Jonathan Haidt - which we had found to be subjectively useful (but not yet empirically evidenced) in Values Space.
We had developed an approach to a better question back then. It was most clearly formulated when we compared our emergent theory of how the evidence might correlate with the SIMS model.
The Haidt Moral model presents us with possibilities for measuring factors that could fill in the WE side of diagram – largely Settler (more likely to be politically conservative) at the top and Pioneer (more likely to be politically liberal) at the bottom. The better question to ask is, 'is this true'?
It is possible the Moral factors will be centred in the spaces on the Settler and Pioneer WE scale – we just don't know. All the better reason to find out!
Haidt has measured the factors on over 100,000 people, is clear on five factors and has a strong candidate for a sixth factor – Liberty/Oppression.
Our working hypothesis is shown on the final map in this short series. The map includes the likely 'finalized' position of the 12 new Attributes. The blue arc represents the space in which we project the new Moral factors will centre.
The one anomaly is in black and is the sixth factor. The description of it in the literature doesn't make it clear if it is a measure along the WE axis or the ME axis. As Haidt wasn't measuring this axis that is not surprising, and it makes it more interesting for us.
Readers of this series will recall we started our journey of discovery of the way CDSM values research relates to other models of human motivations, beliefs, attitudes and personality – and that the first model of motivational research was a statistical examination of OCEAN. That analysis clearly showed that the components of the model were limited to measuring the factors on left hand side of the Values Space and left gaps on the right hand side.
The potential of the Haidt model of Morals for filling in this gap has created an intriguing possibility for us.
The process of measuring changing values, beliefs, motivations, attitudes, and personality - on an individual level and on a cultural level - is a complex and never ending quest. The search for knowledge, with data and expertise compiled by others in many different fields of inquiry, is one of the most fascinating and time consuming endeavours, in academic research and business science, in today's world. Without basic research and an understanding of the human psyche, and the dynamic iterative process between different states of individual psyches, the ability of organisations and individuals to change or reinforce existing behaviour is suboptimal.
Only by never being satisfied with the last best answer, but always looking for a better question, can leading edge organisations maintain their lead on markets. Organisations that want to disrupt markets will need a deeper understanding of the dynamics of human values changes to create robust and sustainable programs and projects to satisfy changing human values.
CDSM will be publishing more insights into our findings over the coming years so that you will be able to keep up with some of the insights our complex and ever-evolving research brings to the world.
Thank you for reading this short series and I hope you will get in contact with us to help us identify the NEXT BETTER QUESTION.


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Title 42 - Public Health
CHAPTER IV - CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER G - STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION
PART 493 - LABORATORY REQUIREMENTS
Subpart M - Personnel for Nonwaived Testing
Laboratories Performing High Complexity Testing
§ 493.1461 Standard: General supervisor qualifications.
42 CFR § 493.1461 - Standard: General supervisor qualifications.
The laboratory must have one or more general supervisors who, under the direction of the laboratory director and supervision of the technical supervisor, provides day-to-day supervision of testing personnel and reporting of test results. In the absence of the director and technical supervisor, the general supervisor must be responsible for the proper performance of all laboratory procedures and reporting of test results.
(a) The general supervisor must possess a current license issued by the State in which the laboratory is located, if such licensing is required; and
(b) The general supervisor must be qualified as a -
(1) Laboratory director under § 493.1443; or
(2) Technical supervisor under § 493.1449.
(c) If the requirements of paragraph (b)(1) or paragraph (b)(2) of this section are not met, the individual functioning as the general supervisor must -
(i) Be a doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, or doctor of podiatric medicine licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry in the State in which the laboratory is located or have earned a doctoral, master's, or bachelor's degree in a chemical, physical, biological or clinical laboratory science, or medical technology from an accredited institution; and
(ii) Have at least 1 year of laboratory training or experience, or both, in high complexity testing; or
(i) Qualify as testing personnel under § 493.1489(b)(2); and
(ii) Have at least 2 years of laboratory training or experience, or both, in high complexity testing; or
(i) Except as specified in paragraph (3)(ii) of this section, have previously qualified as a general supervisor under § 493.1462 on or before February 28, 1992.
(ii) Exception. An individual who achieved a satisfactory grade in a proficiency examination for technologist given by HHS between March 1, 1986 and December 31, 1987, qualifies as a general supervisor if he or she meets the requirements of § 493.1462 on or before January 1, 1994."
(4) On or before September 1, 1992, have served as a general supervisor of high complexity testing and as of April 24, 1995 -
(i) Meet one of the following requirements:
(A) Have graduated from a medical laboratory or clinical laboratory training program approved or accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES), the Commission on Allied Health Education Accreditation (CAHEA), or other organization approved by HHS.
(B) Be a high school graduate or equivalent and have successfully completed an official U.S. military medical laboratory procedures course of at least 50 weeks duration and have held the military enlisted occupational specialty of Medical Laboratory Specialist (Laboratory Technician).
(ii) Have at least 2 years of clinical laboratory training, or experience, or both, in high complexity testing; or
(5) On or before September 1, 1992, have served as a general supervisor of high complexity testing and -
(i) Be a high school graduate or equivalent; and
(ii) Have had at least 10 years of laboratory training or experience, or both, in high complexity testing, including at least 6 years of supervisory experience between September 1, 1982 and September 1, 1992.
(d) For blood gas analysis, the individual providing general supervision must -
(1) Be qualified under § 493.1461(b) (1) or (2), or § 493.1461(c); or
(i) Have earned a bachelor's degree in respiratory therapy or cardiovascular technology from an accredited institution; and
(ii) Have at least one year of laboratory training or experience, or both, in blood gas analysis; or
(i) Have earned an associate degree related to pulmonary function from an accredited institution; and
(ii) Have at least two years of training or experience, or both in blood gas analysis.
(e) The general supervisor requirement is met in histopathology, oral pathology, dermatopathology, and ophthalmic pathology because all tests and examinations, must be performed:
(1) In histopathology, by an individual who is qualified as a technical supervisor under § 493.1449(b) or § 493.1449(l)(1);
(2) In dermatopathology, by an individual who is qualified as a technical supervisor under § 493.1449(b) or § 493.1449(l) or (2);
(3) In ophthalmic pathology, by an individual who is qualified as a technical supervisor under § 493.1449(b) or § 493.1449(1)(3); and
(4) In oral pathology, by an individual who is qualified as a technical supervisor under § 493.1449(b) or § 493.1449(m).
[57 FR 7172, Feb. 28, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 5235, Jan. 19, 1993; 58 FR 39155, July 22, 1993; 60 FR 20049, Apr. 24, 1995]
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Supreme Court rules in Goodyear´s favor in pay discrimination case
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Lilly M. Ledbetter, a retired supervisor at Goodyear´s Gadsden, Ala. plant, claimed that discrimination in her earliest salary reviews at the plant caused her to be paid 15 percent less than the lowest paid male supervisor in the plant by the time she retired in 1998.
Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority, said the high court has held consistently that claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act are invalid if the employee doesn´t file a complaint within 180 days of the discriminatory act, and future decisions can´t be construed as continuations of the original violation.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing for the minority, said the majority decision overlooks common characteristics of pay discrimination.
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California Institute of Technology, Institute for Quantum Information and Matter
Position ID: Caltech-IQIM-IQIMPD [#19845]
Position Title: IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar
Position Type: Postdoctoral
Position Location: Pasadena, California 91125, United States [map]
Subject Areas: Physics / Condensed Matter Physics, Condensed Matter Experiment, Condensed Matter Theory, Experimental Condensed Matter, Experimental Physics, Gravity, Optics and Photonics, Quantum Computing, Quantum Condensed Matter Theory, Quantum Field Theory, quantum gravity, Quantum Optics and Quantum Science
The Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM) at Caltech invites applications for postdoctoral scholar positions in quantum science. IQIM research spans Caltech's departments of physics, applied physics, materials science, electrical engineering, computer science, and chemistry, and addresses a wide variety of experimental and theoretical research topics. These topics include, but are not limited to, quantum information science, quantum many-body physics in condensed matter and atomic systems, topological states of matter, quantum optics and light-matter interactions at the quantum level, quantum cavity-optomechanics, and quantum metrology. IQIM also has active visitor, seminar, and outreach programs.
Please apply online. Applicants will be asked to name at least one Caltech faculty member they would like to work with. That faculty member need not be affiliated currently with IQIM. Electronic copies of your curriculum vitae, publication list, statement of research interests, and three letters of recommendation are required. Review of applications begins on November 15, 2021; applicants are strongly encouraged to submit all materials by that date. The appointment is contingent upon completion of a Ph.D. If there are any questions during the search process, please contact us at iqim-pd@caltech.edu.
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Serena Williams' Mom Encouraged Her With Scripture After Emotional Struggles With Motherhood
CP Current Page: Entertainment | Wednesday, January 10, 2018
By Christine Thomasos, Christian Post Reporter | Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Serena Williams shares a picture of her daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian that she shares with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. | (Photo: Serena Williams/ Instagram)
Serena Williams says her mother encouraged her with Scripture when the tennis star suffered from physical and emotional struggles following her pregnancy.
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"Sometimes I get really down and feel like, man, I can't do this. It's that same negative attitude I have on the court sometimes," she told Vogue in a transparent interview. "I guess that's just who I am. No one talks about the low moments—the pressure you feel, the incredible letdown every time you hear the baby cry."
Williams went on to detail the rollercoaster of emotions that she has experienced as a mother.
"I've broken down I don't know how many times," she said. "Or I'll get angry about the crying, then sad about being angry, and then guilty, like, Why do I feel so sad when I have a beautiful baby? The emotions are insane."
However, Williams' tennis coach mother, Oracene Price, comforted her daughter with the Bible.
"Obedience brings protection; that's what my mom told me. That's straight from the Bible, and she wrote it down on paper and gave it to me," she said. "I was always obedient: Whatever my parents told me to do, I did. There was no discussion."
Williams was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, which her mother converted to in the early 80s. In a previous interview with ASAP sports, Williams spoke about the importance of keeping God first in her life.
"I am Jehovah's Witness. If you don't believe in God — I think if you don't believe in God, it's going to be tough to live life because pretty much that's the basis of life, it comes from God. And so being a Jehovah's Witness, obviously we believe in God and the Bible. And without Him, I wouldn't be here right now. I really thank Him for everything."
Jehovah's Witnesses recognize the Bible as "God's inspired message," according to their website, but they do not believe Jesus is Almighty God and they also reject the Trinity.
Margaret Court, Tennis Legend-Turned-Pastor, to Boycott Qantas Airlines Over Gay Marriage Support
Russia Files Petition to Ban Jehovah's Witnesses as Extremist Group
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Port of Tallinn – Best Investor Relations on the Nasdaq Baltic Market" – Nasdaq – February 15, 2021
By Geoffrey on February 15, 2021
In a press release distributed on February 15, 2021 Nasdaq announced "the winners of the Nasdaq Baltic Awards 2021 to recognize Nasdaq Baltic-listed companies for excelling in investor relations, transparency, and governance.
The awards honor the companies with the best investor relations and the best shareholder return as well as the best performing stock exchange member. Also, the event that had the most significant impact on the Baltic capital market's development and the 'Best Capital Market Coverage in Media' were announced. In total six awards were presented to listed companies, stock exchange members, media and other stakeholders during the biennial Nasdaq Baltic Awards campaign.
'Around the globe, the pandemic challenges individuals and societies, companies and consumers, governments and investors. I am not only encouraged; indeed, I am inspired by everything Baltic listed companies have done to maintain investor confidence during this time. The pandemic demonstrates that investors value good financial and environmental, social and governance (ESG) management. Baltic listed companies have risen to the challenge,' noted Geoffrey Mazullo, the Chairman of the Nasdaq Baltic Awards Committee, and Principal at Emerging Markets ESG. 'Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to all the companies that participated in the assessment!'
'We are delighted to congratulate the Nasdaq Baltic Awardees who have shown excellence in investor relations, transparency, and generation of return for shareholders, especially noting sound disclosure practice and definition of sustainability goals, thus becoming the regional role models in this area,' says Daiga Auziņa-Melalksne, the Head of Nasdaq Baltic Exchanges.
Port of Tallinn topped the list in the main category 'Investor Relations of the Year'. Port of Tallinn was recognized for the best investor relations practices and the highest shareholder returns among Baltic listed companies over the past two years. The company has been listed on the Baltic exchanges since 2018, after conducting an IPO that was subscribed by more than 13,700 retail investors in addition to institutional investors.
MADARA Cosmetics from Latvia won the award for the 'Best Investor Relations on First North', in recognition of its sound disclosure practices, its achievements, and focus on increasing the company's value based on clearly defined sustainability objectives. MADARA Cosmetics won in this category for the second time in a row.
Latvenergo, the Latvian energy group, was the winner in the 'Best Investor Relations on the Bond Market' category. Latvenergo received the award for its quality relations with bond investors, especially noting the quality of the company's sustainability report and definition of sustainability goals, thus becoming one of the leaders in the region in this area. Latvenergo won the top spot in this category for the second time.
LHV Pank from Estonia was recognized as the 'Stock Exchange Member of the Year', noting its increasing trading activity, steady commitment to serving, educating and inspiring the investor community, acting as a liquidity provider on the market, and contributing to the organization of IPOs and SPOs. LHV Pank clinched the top spot in this category for the 7th time.
The IPO of Ignitis Group was recognized as the 'Stock Exchange Highlight of the Year'. During the international IPO Ignitis Group raised EUR 450 million of new equity capital, more than any other Baltic company to this date. More than 7,000 Baltic retail investors acquired the newly issued shares.
'Best Capital Market Coverage in Media' award was handed out in each Baltic country to recognize a journalist or an editorial board for raising awareness, providing insight and spurring debate about issues related to capital markets. The winner in Estonia was the stock market editorial team in Äripäev. In Latvia it was Latvia's main national radio station Latvijas Radio 1, and in Lithuania it was the financial markets section of Verslo Žinios.
The evaluation of Nasdaq Baltic market's listed companies and exchange members is performed by local and international experts in capital markets, corporate governance and investor relations. For more information, visit: nba.nasdaqbaltic.com. The videos of announcing the winners can be watched by clicking here."
The press release lists the complete list of the 2021 awards, including categories, winners and runners up.
Posted in 2021, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance, Europe


Instead of frying chicken wings today, I wanted to try baking some chicken wings to be "healthier." Maybe it really isn't that much healthier, but at least it wouldn't be deep fried. I looked around various blogs and stumbled across a Cola Glazed Wings recipe from http://www.steamykitchen.com. WOW! Chicken wings marinated in a Coca-Cola glaze with jalapenos, lime juice, and sugar. Plus, it was baked. So I decided this would be the perfect wing recipe to try.
I did a few things differently, but I thought it turned out pretty tasty. The wings were nicely glazed, spicy and sweet, but not very salty like other wings I've eaten. You can definitely taste the Coke flavor in the wings. If you are a Coke fan, this is a must try!
I wonder how this recipe would taste if I used Dr. Pepper, Root Beer, or Mr. Pibb instead? Maybe someone can try it and let me know!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees on Bake.
Prepare wings, season with salt and pepper to taste, and put in a large bowl.
In a saucepan, combine cola, brown sugar, soy sauce, chilies, and garlic and whisk on Medium until sugars are dissolved.
Pour 3/4 of coke-glaze to the bowl of chicken wings.
Marinate chicken wings in coke-glaze until oven is pre-heated.
Add marinated chicken wings and liquid to a baking tray.
Bake for half hour and flip wings cook on other side for another half hour and continue flipping wings every 15 minutes until chicken wings are cooked.
Take chicken wings out of the oven, put on a platter, drizzle rest of sauce over wings, and serve.


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Yelp and the Business of Extortion 2.0
Local business owners say Yelp offers to hide negative customer reviews of their businesses on its web site ... for a price.
By Kathleen Richards
The phone calls came almost daily. It started to get creepy.
"Hi, this is Mike from Yelp," the voice would say. "You've had three hundred visitors to your site this month. You've had a really good response. But you have a few bad ones at the top. I could do something about those."
This wasn't your average sales pitch. At least, not the kind that John, an East Bay restaurateur, was used to. He was familiar with Yelp.com, the popular San Francisco-based web site in which any person can write a review about nearly any business. John's restaurant has more than one hundred reviews, and averages a healthy 3.5-star rating. But when John asked Mike what he could do about his bad reviews, he recalls the sales rep responding: "We can move them. Well, for $299 a month." John couldn't believe what the guy was offering. It seemed wrong.
In fact, something seemed shady about the state of his restaurant's negative reviews. "When you do get a call from Yelp, and you go to the site, it looks like they have been moved," John said. "You don't know if they happen to be at the top legitimately or if the rep moved them to the top. You don't even know if this is someone who legitimately doesn't like your restaurant. … Almost all the time when they call you, the bad ones will be at the top."
Usually, John said, he would politely decline to advertise. "Well, thanks," he'd say. "I'll talk to my partner about it." Or, "It's not really in my budget right now." But inevitably, in another week or so, he'd get another phone call. Occasionally, the voice on the other end of the phone would change, but the calls continued. These days, John chooses to not answer his phone when it's from a number with a 415 area code.
John may sound paranoid, but he's got company. During interviews with dozens of business owners over a span of several months, six people told this newspaper that Yelp sales representatives promised to move or remove negative reviews if their business would advertise. In another six instances, positive reviews disappeared — or negative ones appeared — after owners declined to advertise.
Because they were often asked to advertise soon after receiving negative reviews, many of these business owners believe Yelp employees use such reviews as sales leads. Several, including John, even suspect Yelp employees of writing them. Indeed, Yelp does pay some employees to write reviews of businesses that are solicited for advertising. And in at least one documented instance, a business owner who refused to advertise subsequently received a negative review from a Yelp employee.
Many business owners, like John, feel so threatened by Yelp's power to harm their business that they declined to be interviewed unless their identities were concealed. (John is not the restaurant owner's real name.) Several business owners likened Yelp to the Mafia, and one said she feared its retaliation. "Every time I had a sales person call me and I said, 'Sorry, it doesn't make sense for me to do this,' … then all of a sudden reviews start disappearing." To these mom-and-pop business owners, Yelp's sales tactics are coercive, unethical, and, possibly, illegal.
"That's the biggest scam in the Bay Area," John said. "It totally felt like a blackmail deal. I think they're doing anything to make a sale."
Yelp officials deny that they move negative reviews, although such allegations have surfaced many times before. The issue is even addressed on the web site's Frequently Asked Questions page. Chief Operating Officer Geoff Donaker said advertisers and sales representatives don't have the ability to move or remove negative reviews. "We wouldn't be in business very long if we started duping customers," he said.
But Donaker's denials are challenged by nine local business owners and also by a former contract employee who worked with Yelp in its early days. That person, who is still close to some Yelp employees and only agreed to be interviewed if granted anonymity, said several sales reps have told him they promised to move reviews to get businesses to advertise. "It's not illegal or unethical," he said they told him. "We're just helping the little guy. It doesn't hurt them, it benefits them."
Such tactics may be legal, but they clearly raise ethical concerns. Yelp touts its web site as consisting of "real people" writing "real reviews." The allegations of business owners who have tangled with the company suggest otherwise.
If Yelp indeed suppresses honest reviews in exchange for its advertisers' money, it is cheating users who expect genuine consumer feedback. Conversely, if Yelp demands payment to remove even dishonest reviews, then advertisers are being cheated.
One thing is certain: In both cases, Yelp benefits.
Yelp.com was founded in July 2004 by two young entrepreneurs: Jeremy Stoppelman, 31, and Russel Simmons, 30, who had worked together at PayPal. They conceived the idea during an "incubator" held by PayPal cofounder Max Levchin. The concept was an online city guide with a Web 2.0 mentality, allowing "real people" to write "real reviews" about nearly any type of business — from restaurants to dentists, bars to clothing stores.
Yelp creates a page for individual businesses, including address and phone number, like a directory. Then, any person who signs up for a free Yelp account can write a review of the business and rate it on a five-star system.
The site's social-networking capabilities and clever marketing quickly made it popular with young, web-savvy users accustomed to using the Internet to find their goods and services. Launched in the Bay Area, the site has since spread to many major metropolitan areas — including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Boston, Las Vegas, and Seattle — as well as England and Canada.
Today, Yelp draws more than 16 million unique visitors to the site each month, according to Yelp spokeswoman Stephanie Ichinose. More than 4.5 million reviews have been written so far, and the company has raised $31 million in funding to date.
Translating that traffic into a viable business model hasn't been easy. According to the Financial Times, the company still isn't making a profit. Yelp relies solely on advertising for revenue: banner ads from national businesses like Monster.com and Toyota, and fees from local businesses, which pay between $300 and $1,000 per month to highlight themselves in search results and enhance their page with photo slideshows and other information.
But while the basic premise of Yelp hasn't changed since its inception, its spirit has changed for the worse, according to "Mark," the former contract employee. "I started with them at the beginning, helping them market and put the word out for the company, and I loved the concept of this," he said, sitting in a Berkeley cafe in December. "I thought the whole thing would be positive and will increase business to a lot of the small businesses, the mom-and-pops."
But Mark complained that in the past two years there has been an increase in negative, trash-talking reviews. "If you don't like somebody for no reason, you can go on there and talk horrible about their place for whatever reason and also encourage close friends to go on there and trash those places." Mark cited a recent case with his own cafe in which a customer who was angry that the business was closed for a private event went on Yelp and accused employees of being unsanitary.
Other business owners describe similar experiences — receiving negative reviews from competitors or customers who are unreasonably angry. John said one of his employees told him that her former employer — a rival restaurateur — had gone on Yelp and written a negative review of his business. "How many other people have done that?" he wondered in an interview. "It's hard to know what's real."
Yelp's web site states that slamming a competitor is grounds for removing a review. But business owners say the company's response to such complaints is woefully inadequate. "We don't get anywhere," Mark said. "We're just one little restaurant in the middle of 500,000 restaurants that they review, or more than that. They don't have time to respond."
Last April, in response to a litany of complaints, Yelp began allowing business owners to sign up for a free "business owner account." It enables them to track how many people view their page, update their business' information, and send messages directly to a reviewer (although reviewers can choose to disable this feature).
Still, it's up to business owners and not Yelp to resolve disputed reviews. In a November e-mail from a Yelp employee in response to a local business owner's inquiry about why a positive review was removed, the staffer wrote, "While we can't evaluate individual cases or re-instate specific reviews, we certainly appreciate your feedback and are continually striving to improve the user experience."
Given the economics of the Web, Mark believes Yelp has no interest in curbing illegitimate reviews. "They needed more people to go on the site; they needed to promote the site; so they can't stop it," he said. "They don't want to stop it and create any problems for themselves. So they just let it open and try to get as many people on as they can." Mark said he stopped working with the company after several years because he didn't agree with the direction it was headed in.
Here's what advertisers receive, according to an e-mailed sales pitch that a local business owner sent to this newspaper. They can highlight a favorite review to appear at the top of the page about their business. They also show up first in search results for similar businesses in their region (for example "coffee" near "Alameda, CA"). Ads for that business appear on the page of local competitors, while competitors' ads do not appear on their page. Owners can post photo slideshows, add a "personal message" about their business, and have the ability to update info on special offers and events. They also can find out how many users visit their web site, update their page, contact Yelpers who've reviewed their business, and have access to an account manager who will help "maximize" their experience with Yelp.
But aside from a single "sponsored review" at the top of the page, the order of all other reviews is based on a secret Yelp algorithm, spokeswoman Ichinose said. The order is mostly due to recency and reader votes for certain reviews as "useful," "funny," or "cool." But Ichinose said there are other factors, including how frequently reviewers contribute to the web site and "what kind" of review writer they are. "It's a number of different things we don't disclose," she said. "To be explicitly clear, the algorithm is an automated system. There's no human manipulation of that. … If we were to start doing that, that would erode the trust we have with consumers."
Yelp officials strenuously deny that the company moves negative reviews for advertisers. So how to explain all the stories?
In an interview, Chief Operating Officer Donaker said it is all a big misunderstanding. "Do I think that sales reps call are saying, 'We'll move your bad reviews'?" he asked. "No. But I think it could be true — when you get to pick your favorite review and put it to the top, if I said it a little different way, it might sound a little nefarious." Donaker conceded that Yelp could do a better job of training its sales team to be "crystal clear about what you get and don't get."
Donaker also offered a more cynical answer to the question of why so many businesses accuse it of extortion. "Change isn't good for everybody," he said. "The vast majority of dentists and salons are getting a lot of benefit out of the New World Order, but there are some who aren't benefiting from it and like it the way it used to be. Maybe customers weren't happy but they could market their way out of it."
However, the advertisers and advertising prospects interviewed for this story weren't just responding bitterly to harsh reviews on Yelp. That's because Yelp doesn't allow just anyone to advertise on its site. In order to advertise, businesses need at least a three-star rating and a "significant number of reviews," Ichinose said. Consequently, every person interviewed for this story was favorably reviewed by a majority of Yelp reviewers.
Former Yelp advertiser Mary Seaton said she took the company up on its offer to move her negative reviews if she advertised. Seaton, the owner of Sofa Outlet in San Mateo, paid $350 a month for six months about a year ago. During that time, Seaton said, her negative reviews were removed and old positive reviews showed up. "There was one negative review but they pulled it down and then it came off," she said. After her contract was up, Seaton said a negative review appeared, which contained lies. When she asked her sales rep, Katie, about it, she responded, "We don't get involved with that. We're not mediators." Seaton said at that point she chose not to renew her ad contract.
One San Francisco merchant said a Yelp sales rep rearranged the reviews on his restaurant's page to entice him into advertising. Greg Quinn, general manager of Anabelle's Bar and Bistro in San Francisco (168 reviews, 3.5-average star rating), said that around January 2007, a Yelp sales rep was trying to get him to advertise. Quinn said he subsequently noticed that some of his negative reviews had moved further down on the page. "It was clearly … a sales tactic," said Quinn, who added that the rep called him up and asked, "'Did you notice what I did? Well, we can keep doing that for you.'" Quinn said he ultimately turned the sales rep down, and told Yelp's latest sales rep to never call him again due to "the lack of reliability of the reviews and the narrow demographic."
"She said, 'I'm very sorry you feel that way.' And I said, 'It's not how I feel; it's fact.'"
Another East Bay business owner said that in January of 2008 he was approached by Yelp sales reps offering to move one- or two-star reviews of his business if he advertised. The owner, who we'll call "Joe," said he initially toyed with the idea. His two businesses have more than two hundred total reviews; one averages a three-star rating, the other averages four stars.
"At one point, I finally said to them, this doesn't sound too local," Joe said. "This is the voice of the people and you're manipulating the voice. She got her manager on the phone to respond to that. 'No, not at all, we've been doing this for years. We're not eliminating your bad reviews, we're shifting them around. We do that anyway, we move them around anyway. This is just to your advantage.'" But Joe wasn't impressed. "I said, 'This sounds like the Mafia — I'm paying you off to make me look better. I'm not comfortable with this.'"
Business owners are also disturbed that some negative reviews are written by paid Yelp employees. When the company first launched in 2004, its staff wrote many reviews on the site. And to this day, Yelp hires "Scouts" or "Ambassadors" to write reviews — especially when they enter new markets. CEO Stoppelman himself has written nearly eight hundred reviews. It's not immediately apparent which reviews are written by paid Yelpers until you click on a user's name to get to their profile page, where they might display a "Scout" or "Ambassador" badge.
In some cases, businesses that received negative reviews from paid Yelpers were also asked to advertise. San Francisco's Elite Cafe, which advertises with Yelp, received a two-star review by a paid Yelp ambassador, as did Anabelle's Bar and Bistro. In both instances, the negative reviews appeared after Yelp sales staff asked them to advertise. Both business owners were unaware that a paid Yelper had written a negative review of their business.
Ichinose insisted that Yelp does not use negative reviews as leads for its sales staff. But she affirmed that reps do have access to the complete profiles of sales prospects through the company's database. "Leads are determined purely by the reputation of that business," she explained. "Any sort of timing beyond that would be coincidental."
Negative reviews are not the only bait that Yelp employees apparently use to attract advertisers. Some business owners believe Yelp sales reps remove positive reviews when they refuse to buy an ad.
Robert Gaustad, co-owner of Bobby G's Pizzeria in Berkeley, said that about a year ago a Yelp sales rep offered to "move good reviews to the top to make us look better." Since declining to advertise, approximately fifteen to twenty of his restaurant's reviews — mostly positive — have been removed for reasons he can't figure out.
Gaustad said his complaints have gone unheard but that a Yelp sales rep told him his complaints would be heard if he advertised. In an e-mail from salesman Ethan Davidoff, which he read to this reporter, Davidoff told Gaustad that if he paid for an ad, "you will have access to an account manager who will help keep your page up-to-date and … you will never have to ever wait again to talk with Yelp about your listing and issue with reviews."
A San Francisco wedding photographer relayed a similar story. About two years ago, a Yelp sales rep contacted her to advertise. The photographer — we'll call her "Mary" — declined the offer. But the sales rep was pushy; Mary said she received about three phone calls and as many as ten e-mails per week asking her to advertise. Still, she declined. "All of a sudden my reviews started disappearing," she said. "I called them up and said, 'I'm a little curious why my reviews are disappearing.' They said, 'Well, people stop reviewing, we take them down.' … I talked to the clients — they're still actively reviewing."
"Ellen," who only agreed to be interviewed if not identified by name, owns an Oakland business with more than twenty Yelp reviews, and averages a 4.5-star rating. She says she began to receive solicitations to advertise soon after her business began receiving positive customer reviews. But she declined. "The prices were cost-prohibitive," she recalled telling the sales rep. "I can't pay $300 a month when I pay $90 for Google AdWords. After that, reviews started to disappear."
When Ellen questioned her sales rep as to why some reviews had disappeared, the rep told her reviews can be taken down based on the company's algorithm. Reviewers must follow certain guidelines to post a legitimate review, the rep replied. "They had to have pictures, friends, be part of the community," Ellen recalled the rep telling her. But Ellen says the reviews that were removed fit the profile of acceptable reviews. Ellen turned down the offer again, and more reviews disappeared. She says she's now down to 50 percent of her original reviews. "Just today I got three more e-mails from Yelp. They're aggressive. … But it's blackmail."
Of course, none of these business owners could say for sure whether the disappearance of positive reviews was an intentional strategy or mere coincidence. Yet the claims don't appear to be far-fetched given the experience of other business owners.
Yelp suggests in its Terms of Service that it moves and removes reviews at will, without explanation: "Yelp reserves the right (but has no obligation) to remove or suppress User Content from the Site at its sole discretion for any or no reason and without notice or liability of any kind, including without limitation, the suppression or removal of User Content that Yelp deems untrustworthy or in violation of the Terms of Service or guidelines for reviews, photos, or talk threads."
COO Donaker said there are three reasons why reviews might disappear. First, they could have been removed by the reviewer who wrote them. Second, the reviews could have violated Yelp's Terms of Service by containing second-hand experiences or hearsay, personal attacks, lack of relevance, plagiarism, or a conflict of interest such as an owner praising their own business or trashing that of a competitor. Third, reviews could disappear as a result of the company's "automated review filter." Donaker says he's not exactly clear how the filter works, but that the software looks for "suspicious patterns," such as "rants and raves from friends and competitors." Yelp reviewers also can flag reviews that seem suspect, and Yelp's customer service staff then reviews them.
So is it legal for Yelp to do all this? Probably, according to Matt Zimmerman, senior staff attorney at the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation. "As a general matter, web sites are allowed to present information however they want, so there's nothing inherently illegal about that," he said. But denying they do this could get them in hot water, he added. "I suppose a disgruntled business could bring an unfair-trade-practices-type lawsuit of their Terms of Service, but it has to hinge on whether they're saying one thing and then are doing something else. That's the only way there could be any legal action." The same would be true if a paid Yelper had written the review, he said.
"Business owners who pay Yelp.com may feel like victims of extortion, but offering to remove derogatory reviews after the fact probably doesn't fit the legal definition of the crime of extortion," wrote Mark Hathaway, a white-collar criminal defense attorney who practices in California, New York, and Washington, DC. But while manipulating how reviews are displayed to make people buy advertising may not be illegal, it doesn't necessarily feel right. "Yelp.com has to be careful that their business model does not look like they are asking business owners for protection money from bad reviews when Yelp.com controls whether the bad reviews are posted in the first place," Hathaway added. "Some business owners may feel that the local neighborhood protection racket has just moved to the Web."
In principle, there's certainly nothing wrong with Yelp soliciting reviews about businesses. Or with Yelp removing certain reviews.
Tens of thousands of newspapers, magazines, and online destinations — including this newspaper and its web site — write reviews of businesses even as their advertising departments are busy soliciting those same businesses for advertising. Ideally there is no causal relationship between the two. Financial considerations shouldn't affect the tone of supposedly independent content.
But if the accusations are true, Yelp is compromising the integrity of its reviews to make a buck, which contradicts its identity as a user-generated, consumer-first web site. Quoted in The New York Times last year, CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said of his company's priorities: "We put the community first, the consumer second, and businesses third." In fact, the evidence suggests that Yelp comes first.
To Jo-Ellen Pozner, an assistant professor in the Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations Group at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, the whole concept is ethically murky. "Yelp appears to be an unbiased, unmotivated web site, and this kind of rating site operates more on the basis of trust than something like a CNET or for-profit Consumer Reports," she said. "To be successful, people have to trust the content that Yelp is showing. By the same token it's the Internet … deception is easy and it's almost inevitable. It's clearly not ethical. It does seem to be close to extortion if Yelp is actually removing positive reviews if business owners don't pay up. Then again, these kinds of user-generated sites are also subject to manipulation by the businesses that are being reviewed."
So where should Yelp's values lie? Pozner says stricter controls to eliminate manipulation by business owners would make the site more trustworthy, but such controls might be inconsistent with the company's revenue goals. "It's a really tricky spot," she said. "I don't know if I could define that in ethical terms. It doesn't make a lot of sense. It's difficult to keep the integrity of this kind of model."
User Foster Kerrison of Pasadena said Yelp's integrity as a user-generated site was what first attracted him to it. He said he'd trust the site less if he knew that Yelp manipulated its content. "That does bother me, because up till now I feel like it's been completely — just all user content," the 31-year-old said. "You take it with a grain of salt but it's all real, it's not altered."
Is such integrity counterproductive to success on the web? One of Yelp's early competitors, JudysBook.com, which launched about the same time as Yelp, tried to be responsible in the quality of its content and its relationship with businesses. According to Jeff Rodenburg, who helped build the Seattle-based online review site, the company tried to encourage good user behavior and high-quality reviews, and allowed business owners to freely post responses to reviews.
One of the biggest challenges the site faced, Rodenburg said, and one also faced by sites such as Google Local and Yahoo Local, was how to reduce the enormous cost of its sales effort. Getting businesses to advertise required a huge investment in people-power. Rodenburg said many web startups assumed that local advertising dollars would eventually migrate online — "not if, but when." "That never materialized," he said. While Yelp has obtained far more funding than JudysBook ever did, the company still faces the challenge of living within its means. "If you think you can reach profitability through online ad sales, I'm not sure," he said.
In the wake of a recent spate of critical media coverage — stories in the San Francisco Chronicle, Daily Californian, and on CBS5 — there are some signs that perhaps Yelp is changing its practices. Interviews with more than a dozen local business owners suggest that Yelp sales reps may be wording their sales pitches more carefully these days. Owners who were approached by Yelp in recent months said they were told they could choose one positive review that would appear at the top of their page, which would clearly be denoted as a "sponsored review."
And plenty of Yelp advertisers still have negative reviews on their pages. "You pretty much have to fight tooth or nail to get a bad review moved or removed," said one East Bay restaurant advertiser, who wished to remain anonymous. Peter Snyderman, the owner of Elite Cafe, said his sales rep never mentioned moving negative reviews.
In any case, there is scant evidence that the criticism has actually hurt Yelp. "We have thousands of advertisers in our program that are very happy with what they're seeing," Ichinose said. And the number of visitors to the site continues to grow. Pozner says that's probably because Yelp's target demographic — young people and college kids — isn't as sensitive to news of this kind. "I don't see it as terrifically damaging unless there was some kind of legal action taken," she said.
When avid reviewer Bill Blackburn of San Francisco was asked whether he would still use Yelp even if he knew the site manipulated its content to sell advertising, the 28-year-old conceded, "Yeah, I think I would."
Kathleen Richards
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Young Anna is tormented by her father's romantic relationship with Rachel Summers, the former nurse of her deceased mother. Did Rachel kill her mother? Is Rachel trying to kill her? American remake of the 2003 South Korean horror film A Tale of Two Sisters is only a middling success at best. The problem: the script doesn't play fair with the audience, tacking on a "twist" ending that doesn't jive with the rest of the film. Of note are the performances of its two lead actresses: Emily Browning and Elizabeth Banks. They almost save the film…almost.
Reverent drama of the lawyer who became the leader of the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India. Ben Kingsley gives a flawless performance in the role of a lifetime. Technically stunning, exhaustively detailed biography about one of the 20th century's most important figures is indeed impressive. However, one cannot get over the fact that this sprawling, lengthy epic feels more like a history lesson than entertainment. An unknown Daniel Day-Lewis appears briefly as a South African street tough who harasses Gandhi.
Religious thriller concerns a kidnapping plot of the 4 leading Cardinals being considered for the Papacy, for which a successor is needed. Fast moving, visually stunning sequel to The Da Vinci Code, is an even more exciting race against time than its predecessor. Unfortunately the story could have benefited from some romance or humor amidst all the impenetrable dialogue. These people talk and talk and then they talk some more. Director Ron Howard's beautiful location shooting in Rome improves the story which ultimately climaxes into preposterousness. An action packed, but flawed diversion.


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Finally I am illness free and again drowning in articles to catch up with – first off is this fine review from Kernel Jack, when the lucky lad got to hit up THX 1138 on the big screen at The Opera House with Asian Dub Foundation re-scoring the movie. Interesting and unique would be my initial description of his reaction. What I would kill to see would be TRON with Daft Punk live scoring – that would blow my bloody mind – anyways enough from me – envy Jack's thoughts……….all the best……….JK.
I am quite the sci-fi enthusiast, never able to get enough of it. It is without a doubt my favourite genre, my favourite movies of all time being the STAR WARS saga, even if those are technically fantasy films set a long time ago in galaxy far, far away. While STAR WARS certainly got its creator George Lucas on the map, it wasn't his first venture into cinema, as it's THX 1138 that served as his first feature film.
Released back in 1971 and based on a student film he made a few years earlier, the film only made $2 million upon its initial release, however it's now considered an underrated gem, and recently I was given the opportunity to head into the Sydney Opera House and watch the film as part of the GRAPHIC Festival, with a live re-score by the Asian Dub Foundation, and it was an immensely entertaining night.
The film is set in the futuristic, underground, dystopian 25th century, where individuality and emotion is being controlled and subdued by those with greater power in an attempt to maintain peace amongst society. Nobody ever steps out of line, and those who do are severely punished for it. Human interaction is all gone, drugs serving as a daily necessity in order to achieve this. We follow the story of THX (Robert Duvall), a factory worker who builds robocops that go on to patrol the streets and keep everyone in line. Despite laws preventing it, THX is engaging in relations with his roommate, LUH (Maggie McOmie), which never usually ends well for the people involved.
Sick of the way society is being controlled, the two decide to rebel, stopping their drug-induced lives in an attempt to escape the underground world that they're living in. Their rebellious nature lands them in trouble with the law, as expected, and it's here that THX comes in contact with SEN (Donald Pleasence), who assists in their rebellious ways and also wishes to escape. It's an experimental piece of art-house cinema from the man who went on to create the most famous film series of all time, and while it's far from the greatest film he's ever made, it does serve as an interesting look at the development of his filmmaking capabilities.
While everyone hates on Lucas for creating those oh-so-disappointing prequels, it's best not to forget that he's still the man responsible for the original trilogy. I'm a big fan of his, no doubt, so I found myself surprised that I didn't really know too much about this film. I sort of knew it existed, but that's all I'd heard about it. I'd never seen it before, so watching it was my first experience with this movie, and while I enjoyed it, I feel as though that wasn't the right move. I will explain why later in this review, but I really should've experienced this movie in its original form, without the live re-score.
However, I did see it, so there is still much to be discussed, and as a movie, I dug it. It's a thought provoking, visually stimulating sci-fi with a lot of important themes and ideas, and they're all translated well onto the big screen. Lucas is a master of cinematic visuals, and with THX 1138 he doesn't disappoint, as the effects are gorgeous, even if I later learnt that the version presented was the directors cut which was released a few decades after with updated visual effects, but still, they work. The set design is very low budget, but it creates a solid atmosphere, everything feeling consistent and real.
That being said, THX 1138 is a very strange movie. Very, very, very strange. It's a somber, quiet, free flowing story in which not everything makes much sense, but an explanation isn't always necessary. You just have to roll with it, a fair bit of it getting an explanation in the long run. There's a lot to soak in when it comes to this film, mixing together social commentary with plenty of excitement and varying ranges of performances. Vocal range is non-existent, everyone speaking in the exact same tone in every scene, and while that does feel a little draining and uninteresting at times, it's a necessary part of the plot, and so I can forgive its draining nature.
One of my top 10 films of all time is the Stanley Kubrick directed masterpiece, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. That too is a quiet, experimental, idealistic sci-fi with great meaning behind it, and while the two films are vastly different, I couldn't help but draw parallels. They're thematically opposite, but I was left in a similar state of mind while watching both of these films for the first time, and I'm sure that doesn't really mean an awful lot, nor does it reflect the quality of either one of the films, but it did seem like something worth mentioning.
Not having seen the movie before, I wasn't sure what to expect. The first thing that become apparent was that this new score certainly didn't capture the essence of what this movie is. I watched some clips from the film on YouTube afterwards, all of which featured the film's original score, and it's safe to say that it's far superior to the loud, out of place score that was played at this special screening. Don't get me wrong, the music composed was a good selection of music, but it's not used for the right movie. Put it in some upcoming sci-fi movie with a faster, more action packed plot and it would've worked perfectly, but for a film like THX 1138, it's completely out of place.
Despite little action appearing on screen, the dubbed score was always fast and exciting, never knowing what sort of mood it was trying to put the audience in. This fast paced score rarely worked, often being played way too loud and making the dialogue impossible to hear in certain scenes. Some of the quieter, more peaceful compositions I found myself quite fond of, as they matched the tone of the film, but everything else didn't work for me, except perhaps the music during the chase sequence towards the finale, but the song kept going through to the scenes that followed, and once the chase had finished, the song was no longer effective.
Watching THX 1138 with the live re-sore was a great experience, even if it isn't an ideal one for a first time viewer. While the new score could use some serious work and doesn't suit the tone and style of the movie, the film itself is a smart, visually stimulating sci-fi that raises some important themes while also being flawed and super weird. But hey, I still found the whole thing to be rather entertaining.


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function Path() {
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/**
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 * @param  {number} y
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Path.prototype.moveTo = function(x, y) {
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        x: x,
        y: y
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};

/**
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 * @param  {number} y
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Path.prototype.lineTo = function(x, y) {
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        x: x,
        y: y
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};

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 * @param  {number} y1 - y of control 1
 * @param  {number} x2 - x of control 2
 * @param  {number} y2 - y of control 2
 * @param  {number} x - x of path point
 * @param  {number} y - y of path point
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/**
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 * @param  {number} y1 - y of control 1
 * @param  {number} x2 - x of control 2
 * @param  {number} y2 - y of control 2
 * @param  {number} x - x of path point
 * @param  {number} y - y of path point
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Path.prototype.curveTo = Path.prototype.bezierCurveTo = function(x1, y1, x2, y2, x, y) {
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        type: 'C',
        x1: x1,
        y1: y1,
        x2: x2,
        y2: y2,
        x: x,
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};

/**
 * Draws quadratic curve
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 * @param  {number} x1 - x of control
 * @param  {number} y1 - y of control
 * @param  {number} x - x of path point
 * @param  {number} y - y of path point
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/**
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 * @param  {number} y1 - y of control
 * @param  {number} x - x of path point
 * @param  {number} y - y of path point
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Path.prototype.quadTo = Path.prototype.quadraticCurveTo = function(x1, y1, x, y) {
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        type: 'Q',
        x1: x1,
        y1: y1,
        x: x,
        y: y
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};

/**
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/**
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Path.prototype.close = Path.prototype.closePath = function() {
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        type: 'Z'
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};

/**
 * Add the given path or list of commands to the commands of this path.
 * @param  {Array} pathOrCommands - another opentype.Path, an opentype.BoundingBox, or an array of commands.
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Path.prototype.extend = function(pathOrCommands) {
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        var box = pathOrCommands;
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        this.lineTo(box.x2, box.y1);
        this.lineTo(box.x2, box.y2);
        this.lineTo(box.x1, box.y2);
        this.close();
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    Array.prototype.push.apply(this.commands, pathOrCommands);
};

/**
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Path.prototype.getBoundingBox = function() {
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    var startX = 0;
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                startY = prevY = cmd.y;
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                prevY = cmd.y;
                break;
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                prevY = cmd.y;
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                prevY = cmd.y;
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                prevX = startX;
                prevY = startY;
                break;
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    }
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        box.addPoint(0, 0);
    }
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};

/**
 * Draw the path to a 2D context.
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Path.prototype.draw = function(ctx) {
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            ctx.moveTo(cmd.x, cmd.y);
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        } else if (cmd.type === 'Q') {
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            ctx.closePath();
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    }

    if (this.fill) {
        ctx.fillStyle = this.fill;
        ctx.fill();
    }

    if (this.stroke) {
        ctx.strokeStyle = this.stroke;
        ctx.lineWidth = this.strokeWidth;
        ctx.stroke();
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};

/**
 * Convert the Path to a string of path data instructions
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 * @return {string}
 */
Path.prototype.toPathData = function(decimalPlaces) {
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    function packValues() {
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            s += floatToString(v);
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        return s;
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