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Juicero, maker of the doomed $400 internet-connected juicer, is shutting down
By Ashley Carman
on September 1, 2017 2:28 pm
Juicero
Juicero, the company that made its name by creating a proprietary juice-squeezing machine, is shutting down. The announcement comes from Juicero's website. In its post, the company writes that it is suspending the sale of both its juice packets and its Juicero Press device. The last juice packet delivery will occur next week. All customers have up to 90 days to request a refund for their purchase of the Juicero Press, regardless of when they bought it. Fortune reports that employees are being given 60 days notice.
So it's time to say goodbye to Juicero, although we only knew its product for 16 months. The founder of Organic Avenue (a now-bankrupt restaurant chain), Doug Evans, introduced the device in March 2016. At the time, we scoffed at the fact that it cost $699 and required proprietary juice packs. Then in April 2017, Bloomberg published a piece that likely doomed the company to fail. Reporters found that the company's packs of fruits and vegetables didn't require the actual Juicero machine, but were instead squeezeable by hand. Basically, the pricey machine was completely useless, which wasn't a great look for the company.
After that PR catastrophe, Juicero said it hoped to eventually cut the cost of its machine to around $200. It also laid off 25 percent of its staff and offered full refunds, but that appears to not have been sufficient to keep the business afloat. Juicero fell fast. I just hope the bodegas can get a refund.
Correction Sept. 1, 3:35 PM ET: Updated to correct an earlier error on the machine's price cut. The company planned to drop the price of a second-generation device to $200.
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The lulz
By Doge Man on 09.01.17 2:33pm
You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Let's be honest, they were probably a bunch of star-eyed entrepreneurs who genuinely thought there was a market for their ludicrous product after a night of blazing.
It's probably an honest mistake, and there's no point attributing malice to them when they've pretty much done right by their customers.
By OpssYourBad on 09.01.17 5:31pm
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity
By ench on 09.01.17 6:08pm
But who funded them?!?!
By Brailleyard_ on 09.02.17 9:26am
True. But what I find most amazing is that they actually had customers…
The offer to refund is a grand gesture for sure – but there cannot seriously be more than 5 people who bought the thing, so also a non-costly gesture!
By Mha71 on 09.02.17 10:46am
Here's the thing the original idea was to have the produced CUBED. That's why the machine was so seemingly overbuilt. When it didn't work anyway and they went to the hand squeezeable shredded produce they were doomed to fail.
By ChillyDogg on 09.02.17 8:44pm
At least they're giving refunds for the machine.
By nXtIak on 09.01.17 2:42pm
They were, I doubt that they still will be able to.
By d0mth0ma5 on 09.01.17 2:47pm
According to Engadget, they're offering refunds up to 90 days from today, regardless of when it was purchased.
I wonder how much money they have in the bank to pay for it.
By d0mth0ma5 on 09.02.17 8:31am
Probably to avoid a class-action lawsuit.
By backwithan808 on 09.01.17 2:53pm
Don't think that's the intent. The company is shutting down, even if they offer no refunds, what are you going to do? Sue a non-existent company?
Afik, you can still sue a company after it's shut down. It just depends on how long you wait to sue after the business closes.
By Nikki0417 on 09.01.17 9:50pm
Technically true, pointless in practice.
The business simply cannot afford to pay, you lose out on attorney fees, and there's no way you will pierce corporate veil to get owners to pay.
Always sad when area codes 415/650 crash headlong into the real world. And by "sad" I mean "hilarious"
By VandyImport on 09.01.17 2:53pm
As a consumer product, this didn't make any sense. Maybe in businesses, like fast-casual restaurants.
By mar3nez on 09.01.17 2:58pm
Clearly that was the market they were going after yet at the same time didn't. You don't try to sell a $700 juicer that doesn't even juice to people who are price conscience.
By quarterburn on 09.01.17 4:20pm
Yeah, the only theoretical market which made any (slim) sense to me was swanky hotel lobbies.
Yup. The ideal way for this to have worked would have been to go directly to businesses offering to give them a machine. The company can then stock a vending machines or whatever with their pods and make money that way.
By timclayton on 09.01.17 8:53pm
They would have to cut a major deal with the companies for the packets though. They're like 5-8 dollars a pop. That's way more than the Courtyard Marriott would spend to put juice in their lobby when they can get a gallon of OJ for 3.49.
By smbell on 09.01.17 9:14pm
I could have seen this in an office setting. Think of it, a small refrigerator for the packets, and the ability to have juice any time you like. It's a healthier alternative to sodas, and if your company wanted to do something like this, I could see it actually being kind of cool to have cold juice on demand.
For the price, though? Meh. Way out of line at $7 a glass, and the machine was essentially worthless as all it did was squeeze packets.
By Robb-Nunya on 09.05.17 10:08am
I feel bad for the employees, but other than that it's good to hear this nonsense is burning down around it's founders ears.
Or not. Apparently Doug left almost a year ago.
*its
By TennSeven on 09.02.17 1:27am
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Suit claims KMG misled investors for distressed Bronx property
Investment group alleges that property fund failed to disclose financial condition of site
Oct.October 09, 2014 06:00 PM
By David Jones
Three principals of KMG Partners and a prominent New York law firm are facing a suit from a private investment group that claims they were defrauded in connection with a Bronx multifamily property that went into default without their knowledge.
KMG, a real estate fund, was accused in a Manhattan Supreme Court complaint filed Oct. 3 of soliciting more than $550,000 from private investment group TMDL Haviland for the 120-unit 'Haviland Portfolio' in the Bronx in 2012, without disclosing that it had defaulted on an $8 million mortgage loan. The suit also claims that the residential complex was facing imminent foreclosure.
"At the time, KMG, acting as a majority owner and administrative member in charge of day-to-day operations of the property let the mortgage go into default and never disclosed that information," attorney Judd Grossman, who represents the plaintiffs — an investment group called TMDL Haviland — told The Real Deal.
KMG, led by principal Eric Granowsky, has been an investor or repositioned a number of properties in New York, Florida and other major real estate markets. Now-defunct investment bank Lehman Brothers also invested in the Bronx property.
KMG, which was founded in 2004 and renamed ESG Equities in 2012, allegedly solicited the funds from investor Barry Lipson. He in turn forwarded the request to his son, Kenneth Lipson, the CFO of TMDL Asset Management Inc., which brought in additional investors into the TMDL Haviland group, according to court records.
According to the complaint, KMG partnered with Lehman Brothers in January 2008 to acquire the properties, located at 2252 to 2262 Haviland Avenue in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx.
The buildings included eight four-story walkup properties, originally developed between 1920 and 1928, and totaled more than 97,000 square feet.
According to the suit, Lehman tried to find a minority investor in the property after its 2008 bankruptcy. Granowsky found Lipson in April 2012.
A month later a mortgage payment was missed and New York Community Bank issued a default notice in June, warning of a foreclosure without a payment of more than $141,000.
According to the complaint, law firm Belkin Burden Wenig & Goldman, at the suggestion of Granowsky, became counsel for the Lipson led investment group. The complaint, which accuses the firm of legal malpractice, claims that Daniel Altman, a partner at the firm, failed to perform any due diligence on the property.
KMG finally disclosed the late notices in October, according to the suit. The property was sold at a "fire sale" for almost $10.18 million.
Granowsky did not return calls, nor did Altman.
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Chef Chris Fischer Debuts Beetlebung Farm Market
The cookbook author, farmer, and chef plans to eventually serve breakfast and dinner at his Menemsha storefront.
By Jenna Pelletier·	 7/30/2017, 5:02 a.m.
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Chris Fischer at his family's farm. / Photograph by Tony Luong
A cloud of dirt rises up behind Chris Fischer's pickup as he drives past neatly spaced rows of fennel and kale, heading north to his new produce market near Menemsha's fishing docks. The sawdust on his striped T-shirt and soil in his fingernails hint at his intimate relationship with the land, particularly this 5.7-acre parcel known as Beetlebung Farm.
It's a world away from the chef-farmer's past life in Manhattan, where he spent part of his twenties working long hours as sous chef at Mario Batali's Babbo, then partying until the early morning with the celebrity chef, whom he met through mutual friend Jake Gyllenhaal. But since returning to Martha's Vineyard, where he grew up, Fischer's focus has been on a decidedly less glamorous pursuit: saving the family farm.
It is this land, after all, that has helped Fischer, 37, become a poster boy of sorts for Vineyard cooking. His Instagram account depicting life on the farm has some 35,000 followers, and last year he won a James Beard Award for his Beetlebung Farm Cookbook, which he wrote while working at the Beach Plum Inn restaurant and growing much of its produce from seed.
Featuring: Chris Fischer @beetlebungfarm / Director: Cam Salvatore @cam.salvatore / Music: Humid by Luddy Mussy @luddymussy
But the property he loves so much, and has branded himself around, is not really his. The chef's grandfather purchased it in the 1960s for $20,000; since then, the value has skyrocketed to about $2 million. Now owned by Fischer's 102-year-old grandmother, the farm is set to be inherited by his father and his father's three siblings, who expect to put it on the market.
Fischer's plan to purchase the farm before someone scoops it up as a summer home begins with the small produce market he opened in June. In the blue- and white-washed space, displays of just-picked pea greens and arugula sit alongside Beetlebung cookbooks and T-shirts. Fischer, who proclaims that he's usually "dead broke," is funding most of the project, and therefore starting small. "After years of working for other people, my intuition is, 'I'm doing this on my own terms,'" he explains. He envisions sales financing the build-out of a kitchen, so he can serve breakfast and, eventually, dinner on communal tables hauled in after the shop closes. "You can create a destination restaurant anywhere," Fischer says.
Still, his ultimate goal seems as distant as the mainland earlier this summer as he stands in his new space and contemplates how he's going to pay the rent that's due the following week. But he refuses to entertain an alternative. "I just have a Plan A," he says. He pauses, then adds, "Yeah, I'm just going to go with a Plan A."
Beetlebung Farm Market, 24 Basin Rd., Menemsha.
A produce box from his new Beetlebung Farm Market. / Photograph by Tony Luong
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James Matthew Connor (born May 11, 1863 in Port Jervis, New York) was an American professional  Major League Baseball player. Connor was 29 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 11, 1892, with the Chicago Colts. He did not play in the majors again until 1897. Connor's last game was August 9, 1899 with the Chicago Orphans. He played in the minors from 1887 through 1908, including a stint as player/manager in the Hudson River League in 1907. James Connor died on August 3, 1950 in Providence, Rhode Island. Connor is buried at Mount Saint Mary Cemetery, Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

In 293 games over four seasons, Connor posted a .233 batting average (247-for-1058) with 117 runs, 3 home runs and 129 RBI.

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package com.stolets.rxdiffutil.diffrequest;

import android.app.Fragment;
import android.app.FragmentManager;

import com.stolets.rxdiffutil.BaseRoboTest;
import com.stolets.rxdiffutil.util.ActivityUtils;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;

import static com.stolets.rxdiffutil.util.MockitoUtils.TEST_TAG;
import static net.trajano.commons.testing.UtilityClassTestUtil.assertUtilityClassWellDefined;
import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;

@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
public class DiffRequestManagerHolderRetrieverRoboTest extends BaseRoboTest {
    private FragmentManager mFragmentManager;
    private Fragment mFragment;

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        // When
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Your servers are virtual machines, and you can consolidate physical servers to fewer virtual servers. Maintenance and support costs of ten physical servers will be drastically cut by consolidating down to four or five virtual servers.
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There are many reasons for moving to the cloud, and I'm sure there are more cost saving reasons than what I have listed here. From my own experience, the three main reasons listed are usually the focus of what our clients want to hear about. It's the main driving force behind their decisions. Especially when it comes down to budgets, everyone is looking for ways to lower them. Each client is different and accurately evaluating their costs and network will help make the decision to move them to the cloud.


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Didn't like "feel" of 1998 16' Scamp vs. Casita 17' Build Quality?
I just bought a 16 ft. 1999 Casita Spirit Standard with front and side gouchos and I love the roomy-ness. (email me at LynnG@remax.net and I will send you photos.) I didn't want a bath on board either, Ed. (Just a porto-potty that slides under the goucho.) There is only cabinetey on the starboard side around the kitchenette. I suppose that is part of what keeps the weight down to 1600 lbs dry (I have a receipt from a weigh station.) I saw photos on here from a guy who converted a goucho to have an optional dinette set-up and plan to do that on one of the gouchos someday when it's mostly just me camping (so I can have a bed, dinette, and couch available all the time.) Right now me and the 3 girls are gonna sleep on the 4 bunks so we can leave the big rear dinette set up all the time. I feel the quality of this FGRV is high. The first night I slept in it was windy and cold and I didnt hear a whistle or feel a draft all night. It rained 3 straight days bringing it home and it is totally dry inside. The rubber seal around the door opening is loose in one corner. Other than that, this Casita seems to have held up near perfectly with high use over the last 16 years. I plan to put 16 more on her, maybe more.
If you replace the door gasket on your 16 Casita, you should order the new gasket from Scamp , Take a look when you get a chance to see one.
Wow just as one thinks he knows it all , one learns something new.
That might be a big help and I will be sure to look into it if I cannot get the leak fixed soon.
EDIT: After thought.. would not every trailer manufacturer employ such a leak detecting device as part of their quality assurance?
Obviously not , and that's a good thing. Some of these trailers are already out of reach for anybody who ever had a real job. The companies must take their costs, add a profit margin and price the product accordingly.
So every so called improvement adds the cost of it plus the margin.
Taking every unwarranted precaution merely adds cost to what will in fact be an imperfect product which needs customization anyway.
At $50,000.oo expectations go up much faster than results.
But again, I am reserving judgement until this plays out and hope everyone does the same, at least as it concerns my issues.
Really Floyd? I wouldn't call assuring your product doesn't leak an "unwarranted precaution" and it shouldn't be terribly expensive to do so.
When we picked up our Casita last year I specifically asked them if they tested their trailers for leaks. I was told they did. The exterior is sprayed with water while someone in the interior looked for leakage.
I doubt this precaution added much, if anything, to the cost of the trailer.
Warranty costs are, basically, playing the odds. If they do not do a leak check procedure it might save $100 per trailer, if 1 in 50 has a warranty leak problem they saved $5,000 and spend,say, $500 in warranty costs. Simple business math!!!
Originally Posted by Randy P.
Really Randy?The test you describe might detect a leak marginally better than drawing the curtains outside in the daylight and have someone in the interior looking for light.
an electronic leak finder? that's a new one for me...did you see it work?
There are electronic leak detectors for A/C so it shouldn't be too hard to make one for detecting leaks in a camper shell by generating some type of gas inside for it to sense. At the truck shop I worked in we used what was basically a smoke bomb in freight trailers and box trucks to check for leaks. Set it off inside, look for smoke to come out.
Well the only thing I can find along these lines is a test using positive air pressure inside the camper, wetting down the outside, and looking for bubbles.
Sounds like a lot of work since you have to do so much prep.. seal everything, create the positive pressure, keep it at safe levels, etc.
I didn't see them use the one at the RV dealership, but I did see one used at a GMC dealership when I had a annoying door seal air leak. As I recall it used ultra sound.
That wasn't meant as a definitive explanation of their procedure. I gave only a cursory description but even this simple test can easily reveal a leak. Heck, that's exactly what we tell people on this very forum to do all the time for leak detection. If a moisture meter is employed even better.
The point being, Casita does test their trailers for leaks and maybe if Scamp did likewise they could avoid the kind of issues we've been discussing.
"Now I don't care who you are... That's funny right there!"
Actually, as best as I can recall, this is only about the 2nd or 3rd post concerning leaks in NEW Scamps that I can remember, it's not like it's a common problem I don't think!
I think that the OP's leak story has to play out before judgments can be made. And, with what was called a tiny leak, that only showed up after raining all day, I doubt of anyone's leak test would have caught that.


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London's Iconic New Year's Eve Fireworks Display Has Been Cancelled For The Second Year Running
Alex Landon - Editor • 12 October, 2021
London's huge New Year's Eve fireworks display won't be happening this year.
One of the earliest markers of a quieter end to 2020 was revealed last September, when London's New Year's Eve fireworks display was cancelled due to fears over coronavirus transmission. And whilst we're (hopefully) in for a fuller festive season, owing to the return of attractions such as Winter Wonderland and the Natural History Museum ice rink, 2021 won't end with the usual bang, as the NYE fireworks have once again been cancelled.
SEE ALSO: All The Best UK Christmas Markets To Visit In 2021
As you probably guessed, "uncertainties due to Covid" have been cited as the reason for cancelling the huge end-of-year bash for the second time in a row. Hundreds of thousands of visitors gather for the annual pyrotechnics, which are traditionally screened across the UK to welcome in the new year, but fears of coronavirus transmission (even after the success of the NHS' vaccination programme) have prompted a second cancellation.
It's a pretty devastating blow, as the iconic sight of the London Eye surrounded by fireworks is as integral to a NYE party as toasts at midnight, singing Auld Lang Syne, and making resolutions you're never going to keep. Like last year, running the display and simply asking people nicely not to come along was never a viable option, but plans are afoot for an alternative celebration in Trafalgar Square, per a spokesman for Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. These are set to be revealed closer to the year's end, and as always, Secret London will keep you updated. Hopefully, the classic New Year's Eve fireworks will be back (with a very literal bang) in 2022.
Get your fireworks kick by checking out photos of the display in previous years.
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ASNMU adopts resolution urging state senate to reconsider vote to block BOT appointee
RESOLUTION—ASNMU adopted a resolution to urge Senate Republicans to reconsider their vote to block Jason Morgan from serving NMU's BOT. So far, they have blocked a total of 18 Of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's appointments.
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On Thursday, Feb. 18 ASNMU met for a special session and unanimously approved a resolution urging the state senate to reconsider its vote to block Jason Morgan, NMU alumni and former ASNMU president, from serving on NMU's Board of Trustees.
Specifically, the resolution calls on senator Ed McBroom, who represents the 38th district which contains two-thirds of the U.P. including Marquette, to reconsider his Feb. 3 vote to block Morgan's appointment to NMU's BOT. McBroom and other senate Republicans voted to block five of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's appointments, including members for MTU's BOT.
"She can suspend what people wear, where they go, what they buy, where they can work, when they can work, where they can eat, she even strove to limit who we can have in our own home. All this done without any debate," Sen McBroom said during his Feb. 3 Senate speech.
The resolution requests that Senator McBroom reconsider his objection to Jason Morgan's appointment, and encourages him to persuade his fellow senators to reconsider their objections as well. Encouraging them to put aside arguments about COVID-19 restrictions since they are unrelated to Morgan's ability to serve the BOT.
This is the second time that Senate Republicans have blocked some of Whitmer's appointments. On Jan. 27 they voted to block 13 appointments to various agencies around the state. Senate Republicans did not block all of the appointees, however, allowing Gregory Seppanen to be approved to NMU's BOT.
"We're not going to be distracted by petty partisan games. The governor is focused on achieving the state's goal of equitably vaccinating 70% of Michigan adults as soon as possible so we can get our kids back in school safely, return to a strong economy and get back to normal day-to-day activities," Bobby Leddy, press secretary for Whitmer said. "Michigan families, students, and small businesses are counting on the legislature to stop the partisan games and pass a robust recovery plan that doesn't block badly needed resources for vaccines and classrooms."
The resolution says that the decision to appoint a member to the BOT should be based on that individual's suitability, and not based on partisan arguments between the legislature and Whitmer about COVID-19 regulations.
"Morgan has the necessary qualifications to serve on the Board. As a current Washtenaw County Commissioner and a previous ASNMU president, Morgan has demonstrated ability to represent the needs of those he serves and advocate for change," the resolution says. "The Board will benefit from someone like Morgan, who can advocate for student interests to shape a more successful campus community. Furthermore, the confirmation of Morgan, a distinguished NMU alumnus, will generate more engagement between students and the Board."
Morgan says that although Senate Republicans have so far blocked his appointment, he is hopeful he will still be able to serve the NMU community.
"I really appreciate ASNMU's leadership and their support of my appointment to the NMU Board of Trustees. I have always believed in the voice of students and it is my hope that our senators will listen to their thoughtful advocacy, focused on supporting students and our amazing university. I would still love the opportunity to work with our campus and community to serve NMU and Michigan's Upper Peninsula," Morgan said.
"Jason Morgan is an NMU alumn and was ASNMU president from '09 and 2010. He would be a great asset to the board bringing youth, commitment to climate activism, representation. He was a first-generation student here and would be a huge asset to our board and bring a lot of freshness. It would also mean that our education isn't some political capital," ASNMU President Emma Drever said during their Feb. 16 meeting.
In response to ASNMU's resolution, NMU President Fritz Erickson said he is aware of the action to block Morgan and hopes that the BOT will have a full group in the near future.
"We are aware of the action by the Senate and its role in the process of appointments. As a university, we look forward to having a full slate of trustees in the future," said Erickson. "Additionally, ASNMU was created to ensure students have a voice on campus. We respect their right to exercise that voice and share their opinion."
The resolution also says that ASNMU will distribute the resolution both throughout the NMU community and also to other universities to help gain support to help Morgan's appointment go through. ASNMU urges students who are interested in writing a letter to their local state senator to reach out to them for guidance. Those interested in getting involved in this initiative can contact ASNMU via email at [email protected], by calling 906-227-2452 or by visiting their office at 1203 University Center.
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Barry Douglas was integral to Wolves' promotion campaign last time around so his reported impending move to Leeds United is something of a surprise.
If Old Gold fans didn't have such faith in Nuno Santo's current regime and the arrival of full-back Jonny Castro to soften the blow, it may be cause for deeper concern at Molineux.
However, despite Castro's arrival, the feeling persists that Wolves will need to dip into the transfer market once more to land a suitable upgrade and reports have linked them with Bristol City man Joe Bryan in recent days.
With Bryan able to operate at both left-back and left midfield, he appears to be perfectly suited to the ambitious left wing-back role vacated by Douglas and he certainly has the delivery from wide areas to replace what Wolves will lose when the Scotsman departs.
So, we asked Wolves fans whether the Robins man would be an upgrade on Douglas and the voting could not have been tighter.


The parties involved in the case Held v. FIMCO, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on September 21, 2018. In this matter, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. alleged that FIMCO, Inc. ("FIMCO") sold vinyl/PVC sprayer hoses containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
As part of the agreement, FIMCO agreed not to sell any vinyl/PVC sprayer hoses in California after the San Francisco County Superior Court approves the Judgment, unless the hoses contain less than 1,000 parts of million of DEHP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies OR have Proposition 65 warnings provided.
The Consent Judgment required settlement payments of up to $29,500, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower Held and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.


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Over two million tourists visited Oman in 2015
A total of 2,065,414 tourists (except those coming onboard cruise ships) visited the Sultanate of Oman during the first ten months of 2015, an increase of 302,221 tourists in comparison to 2014, where 1,762,920 tourists visited the Sultanate.
Statistical indicators issued by the Ministry of Tourism, carried by Oman News Agency (ONA), showed that the number of licensed hotels rose from 297 in 2014 to 318 hotels in 2015, an increase of 7.1 per cent. The number of rooms and hotel apartments rose from 15.424 in 2014 to 16.691 rooms/apartments, an increase of 8.2 per cent. The number of beds rose from 23,997 beds in 2014 to 25,966 beds over the past year 2015.
Indicators included the largest number of hotel facilities, which opened in 2015 within two star hotels, an increase of 27 per cent from 2014, followed by an increase of hotel apartments 9.7 per cent from 2014.
The number of 5-star hotels reached 11 in 2015, an increase of one hotel, in comparison to 2014. The number of hotel rooms for the same category reached 2450, an increase of 6.7 per cent in comparison to 2014.
The number of 4-star hotels increased two hotels to reach 23 hotels in 2015. The number of hotel rooms and apartments for the same category totalled to 3,300, an increase of 9.7 per cent. The number of 3-star hotels reached 20 hotels, while hotel rooms and apartments for the same category reached 1689 in 2015.
The two star licensed hotels amounted to 47, with an increase of 27 per cent in comparison to 2014. The number of hotel rooms and apartments for the same category rose 35.9 per cent. The total number of rooms and apartments totaled to 2881 in 2015.
The number of hotel apartments, licensed by the Ministry of Tourism, rose from 103 apartments in 2014 to 113 in 2015, an increase of 9.7 per cent. While the number of rooms and apartments totaled to 3661, an increase of 11.3 per cent. Last year also saw a rise in the number of camps and guest heritage houses and inns.


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Beethoven - Cello Sonata No.3 (II. Scherzo Allegro molto)
Sheet music for cello
Sonate pour violoncelle et piano nº 3; Tšellosonaat nr 3 (Beethoven); Cellosonate Nr. 3;
Completed in 1808, in the same year as his Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, op. 69, bears the title "Inter Lacrimas et Luctum," (Amidst tears and sadness). Although this richly melodic work does not immediately sound sad to the listener, there is some melancholy behind its reflective lyricism. The Scherzo, branded Allegro molto, finds the two instruments swapping fragments of a syncopated melody, swinging from A minor to E minor and C major until he stumbles across a more musical trio section with sweeping dynamic contrasts and a bass drone. This entire structure repeats itself, with the final appearance of the scherzo itself escaping from pizzicati to cello.
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Op. 69
15/16 December 1770 , Bonn
26 March 1827 , Vienna
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One of the greatest and most radical composers of all time. A tormented genius, who went deaf in later life and never heard his final works. His nine symphones are probably his greatest achievement, each one an unrivalved masterpiece, but he also wrote 5 piano concertos, piano sonatas, string quartets and one opera, Fidelio.
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Manu Rishi Temple Shanshar: A Fair & Five Hitchhikes
Leave a Comment / Himachal Pradesh, Indian Himalayas, Kullu / By Jitaditya Narzary
Archaic followers of this blog probably remember the first time I explored Sainj Valley back in the spring of 2017. During that time a big tower temple was visible from Shangarh, on a distant slope, and we were told that it was the famous temple of Manu Rishi at Shanshar. We were also told that getting there was difficult and there is hardly any tourist going there and outsiders may not even be welcome in the conservative temple premises. However, from what I have seen over the years, such fear mongering stories are generally NOT true and everybody loves to see tourists in their village, especially in Himachal.
So, this time, Shanshar was one of my clearly pre-decided goals for the summer. However, even I still had no clear idea about the place. Nevertheless, Shubham also joined in as he had missed it too on previous trips. Sainj Valley has become expensive of late due to tourism boom. In order to save money we checked into the government facility i.e. the Ropa Tourist Complex a few KMs ahead of Sainj (don't confuse it with Sai Ropa Tourist Complex in Tirthan).
We'd started from Kullu in the morning and we checked into our room in Ropa and finished our lunch too by 2 pm. We hoped to get a bus going toward Shanshar which was practically the farthest point in that direction. However, we were told that there's no surity of the bus and also, there's a Mela (fair) taking place at the temple.
Anyway, we waited in front of the FRH (which is thankfully located on the road). After a while we got one car who gave us lift (Hitchhike 1), but only till a point around 3 kms ahead, just after Neuli. After this point the road suddenly starts gaining altitude. So, we walked for a few minutes but it was getting more and more tiresome and a light drizzle started too.
That's when another vehicle arrived (Hitchhike 2). It was sort of a pick-up van and he allowed us to climb up the pickup area on the backside. The driver seemed to be in a hurry as he drove at a brakeneck speed. He seemed to increase his speed when he saw other vehicles. We just managed to cling on the car for survival but I still managed to shoot some videos and enjoyed views of the Shanshar Valley. We also realised that the road has been renovated just a few days ago. So, it was pretty smooth, with the fragrance of fresh tar threatening to work as an aphrodisiac.
The second vehicle to give us lift
This frame deserved better light
Eventually, a bunch of local school kids also joined us and we reached the temple too. As expected, it was a nice tower temple, something that we had seen any times on social media. It is located on the edge of a cliff, with the lower villages of the valley visible from the edge. It was a gloomy day so could not see the distant mountains but the sun kept reappearing through the clouds, making the temple glitter ominously every few minutes.
Manu Rishi Temple Shanshar
Details about the temple are sketchy. However, as we have seen at various occassions, Himachal has many shrines dedication not only various gods but also revered sages such as Parashar Rishi, Pundrik Rishi etc. In fact, there are multiple Manu Temples in Kullu region and this one of them. As per one version I heard, a local person was imprisoned by the king of Bushahr. He prayed to Manu Rishi for help and once rescued, he built this temple.
So, as mentioned earlier, it was the day of Shanu Mela. So, most of the locals and gathered there for festivities and rituals. Makeshift stalls had come up in front of the temple overnight. There were several shops preparing sweets and snacks on the ground and all the locals, especially kids were happily devouring them (So did we).
A day of feasting
Kids were best dressed
There were four deities under a gazebo in front of the temple. I'm sure various rituals were going to be conducted here later on. We asked the locals and they told me that these were four different deities from four different village temples who had arrived for the Mela. They were Manu Rishi of Shanshar (the resident deity here), Mata Shatrupa Sahinshar Kothi Gaon Mahel Patni, Kashu Narain of Banaugi and Jagthamb Rishi of Bagi Shadi Village.
Four deities
Coming to the temple, it's the usual pagoda style architecture with a lot of wooden sculptures on the walls and ceilings. We also entered inside, which was already full of local kids, and took a round of the sanctum sanctorum. While the temple seems to have been renovated of late, we could see some scattered stone sculptures in front of the temple which probably date back to mediaeval times. It'll be better for you to just see these pictures rather than reading my tedious description.
Musicians waiting
sculptured on the wall of the temple
Local kids in front of the temple
Scattered sculptures
We waited for the festivities to begin but it was getting late because some of the performers had not arrived. We also had to return before it's dark and there was no possibility of finding regular transport. This possibility bothered us and so we decided to check the village beyond the temple before it's too late. We had learnt about about tower called Raghunath Kot in Talyara village, just a KM ahead of this spot.
We walked a bit, took another lift (Hitchhike 3) and finally reached another village with a nice but smaller tower. However, were told that Talyara is further, we could see it from a distance but decided to give up for the day.
Smaller tower enroute to Talyara
We returned to the Manu Temple and learnt that the festivities still had not started. Catching some local dance and rituals would have been nice but we couldn't risk it any further. We started walking backwards and after around 15 minutes got a lift (Hitchhike 4) who left us a few KMs ahead. Almost immediately, we found another car (Hitchhike 5) that dropped us at Neuli, from where we walked to the tourist complex.
Shanshar Travel Guide
Where is Shanshar Valley Located?
Shanshar Valley is the area beyond the more familiar areas of Sainj Valley including Sainj town and Shangarh. Practically Shashar area starts once you cross Neuli, which is around 4-5 KMs from Sainj town. It is around 14 KMs from Sainj to Shanshar Manu Rishi Temple.
Do note that Shanshar is not just one place but is an entire valley with several villages. The Manu Rishi Temple shown above is the most famous point here but you can go further and find more tower temples.
How to Reach Shanshar?
There are a couple of buses going to Shanshar via Sainj but they are limited in number and so they may not be available when you need them. We ended up hitchiking.
Road conditions to Shanshar?
Roads have been recently developed here and so, as of now Sainj to Shanshar road is pretty smooth.
Where to stay in Shanshar?
Tourism has just started here, so stay options are limited. We came accross one lady who said she has a homestay, but there was no board. We heard of another homestay in Bagi Shadi Village but it was further and had no motorable road as of now (but likely to be connected soon). We just made a day trip from Ropa.
For more details… Read the Sainj Valley Travel Guide
Video of Shanshar
Here is a small footage


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PARK(ing) Day 2022
Friday 4 March is Wellington's PARK(ing) Day!
Providing temporary public open space—one parking spot at a time!
For one day a year, artists and community groups take over inner-city car parks, challenging us to think about how we can make better use of our public space. Take a walk down Cuba Street between 9am and 5pm for a surreal outdoor art experience!
In the case of wet weather the event will be held on Friday 11 March. PARK(ing) Day is brought to you by Wellington Sculpture Trust, Creative Communities and Wellington City Council.
Neil Plimmer: What is the meaning of "public" in "public art?"
At some risk of oversimplification, there are two major approaches to deciding on public art. One is that good art is good art wherever it is, in a gallery, private collection, company lobby, public space or other, and the issue of distinguishing public art from the other art and art locations is hardly significant. The alternative is that art in public spaces is qualitatively different, and this difference needs to be understood and respected.
The centrepiece of the second view is that the audience is different: most people seeing art in a public space are not seeking to see it but are passing by, while in contrast people seeing art in other locations are likely to be there intentionally for the purpose of viewing the art. The audience for public art is therefore much broader and less specialised.
That much is relatively easy to accept, but the next stage is more complex: if you are seeking public art that is both good art and widely accessible art, how do you modify good art to reflect or relate to this public art audience expecting accessibility?
A part of the answer is the selection process. While gallery and private art may represent the selection choices of an arts professional, curator or individual, the selection of public art requires a more collective and less professionally oriented process. But desirably the process will not be structured in a manner that ignores professional art input.
At the Wellington Sculpture Trust a two-tier system embodies this balance. There is an arts advisory panel of professional persons from the art world which advances its selections and the reasons for these, and a board of trustees who on the whole are not arts professionals but representatives of the community, passionate about art or the city landscapes in which public art is placed. While there is normally agreement between the two, the board is responsible for the final selection in each case.
Another part of the answer is to have a concept or over-arching approach to what the commissioning programme is trying to achieve with the installation of public art. It is clear in many cities around the world their ambition is to ensure popular support and engagement by commissioning what may be called populist art. This is normally figurative and literal, with examples abounding, such as of a bronze sculpture of a person sitting on a bench perhaps reading, with an empty seat beside him for viewers to sit on and be photographed. By some counts this is dumbed-down or kitsch or plonked art (depending on the writer) but for others it at least ensures there is no popular adverse reaction calling for its removal and it may do more by achieving tourist attraction status.
Wellington's concept is rather different. The city aspires to be the nation's art as well as its political capital and maintains high quality art forms and organisations in numerous fields such as the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Royal New Zealand Ballet and the New Zealand Book Council known as Read New Zealand. It was and is logical that a collection of art in its public spaces should reinforce the standards implicit in this. That has meant not literal art but pieces with conceptual values embedded in them. The challenge this poses is demanding, for the concept and quality cannot ignore that need for public accessibility.
The outcome is in the sculptures themselves. One out of some 30 commissioned is close to being figurative, Virginia King's Katherine Mansfield by Midland Park, although it is stylised and outsized compared with a standard statue. Michel Tuffery's Nga Kina qualifies also for being literal; it is outsized and realistic if not figurative in a narrow sense. The great majority, however, are much further removed from this style. But nor are they purely abstract. Nearly all have an element of easy-to-relate-to reality in the form of, for example, braille in the case of Anton Parson's Invisible City, earthquake movements in the case of Louise Purvis's Seismic or a ship's rudder in the case of Andrew Drummond's Rudderstone.
The litmus test of whether this balance, between quality and accessibility, has been achieved or not lies in the response, and this, although largely anecdotal, suggests that in Wellington's case appropriate selections have been made. The artworks normally have highly favourable reviews in the professional art journals and a warm enough public response in so far as this is measured through informal feedback. Some of this is uncertain rather than positive – 'I don't understand it but I still respect that it is there' – but rarely is it negative.
Delving deeper into this difference between public and professional attitudes to art, there is evidence that a general public approach is influenced by an attachment to form and related features of much traditional art such as perspective, scale and colour, in contrast to the current professional view of art in which such factors play little role compared with matters of context. Modernism and post-modernism mean a lot less to a general public than to arts professionals.
Extending this, the contemporary approach of expanding the notion of what is art to include almost all of today's culture – advertising, fashion, television, graffiti art, tattooing and so on – widens the difference between public and professional perceptions of art.
Some scientific studies offer insights into popular views of art. One suggests the preference is not straight literalism or photo-reality. It shows that most people's brains light up most when shown an artwork which has about a 20 percent variation from reality. It seems some interpretation is expected and valued, but if you move more that 20 percent away from reality in the direction of abstraction or disguising of the object, you will lose viewer interest. It is not easy to measure 20 percent variation, but plausibly the Katherine Mansfield sculpture in Wellington, being oversize and somewhat stylised, fits this prescription, and needless to say the public feedback suggests it is among the most popular the Sculpture Trust has installed.
Another piece of research, based on the manner in which the pupils of our eyes expand when we see something appealing, such as an attractive person, and contract when we see something we view negatively, such as a shark, claims that our eyes contract when faced with abstract art.
And yet another proposes that our brain uses reason and order to counter the fact of the world being subjected to increasing disorder – the second law of thermodynamics – and finds an attraction in orderly configurations particularly as found in nature, such as a spiral, a sphere or a crystal. In Wellington's public art it is possible to see such configurations, such as the discs of Spinning Top or Seismic or the well-proportioned rectangles of Invisible City or Rudderstone, and to correlate these to wide public acceptance.
A quite separate factor, besides that of audiences and their perceptions, in identifying the difference between public and other art, relates to the outdoors location of public art. This requires intensive engineering relating to seasonality and weather, human contact including vandalism and an ability to withstand a cluttered environment (the lines of sight to many public sculptures are impeded by commercial signs, for example). These conditions require a robustness in the artwork that does not apply to art in galleries and most other private places.
This in turn has led to the development of a different type of relationship between the artist and engineers and tradesmen. It has become sufficient for the artist to conceive and design the artwork, and then contract others to construct or fabricate it. Catherine Monro's Per Capita, made of corten steel, is a Wellington example. There may be some elements of this happening in other art, but it can hardly apply to painting and if it applies to three-dimensional indoor art it is a much less evolved relationship than for public art.
Another very practical consequence of this outdoors impact is the caution required in commissioning sculpture with moving parts. Although such pieces are desirable because of a heightened interaction with the viewer, they invariably involve much higher cost because of engineering and testing requirements – Len Lye's Water Whirler for example had thousands of hours of testing before it was approved for installation – and also much higher levels of maintenance over the sculpture's lifetime, and can only be installed after the most careful consideration of these factors. These requirements will rarely be manifested with indoor art.
Placing sculpture outside raises the much-debated issues of site specificity. Art inside whether two or three dimensional does not normally engage with this – a room or a wall does not impose this consideration. A painting may be unsuitable for a particular inside space, but that does not make the artwork site specific – it could be suitably placed in any number of other internal places.
There are gradations in the issue of site specificity. In Wellington's experience the artwork in each case is deemed to be compatible with the space allocated, a good and sympathetic fit, but it is rare that a commission would be so specific to the site that it could not be contemplated to place it elsewhere. Nga Kina would be an example of tight site specificity. It is a work that necessarily is half in the water and is carefully designed and scaled for its harbourside location.
At the other extreme, Green Islands has shown how site specificity can be turned on its head. The artist contemplated the site, the four plinths outside Te Papa, and felt the over-arching feature was wide expanse of bare paved plaza surrounding the plinths and the bleak absence of vegetation. He would therefore make each plinth an island of "greenery" but added to the irony of this by designing a series of native trees made of wire. The sculpture was a striking example of an artwork chosen because of its very intense relationship to the site.
Yet the work was subsequently installed in the Botanic Garden surrounded by vegetation. This site retained the four plinths elements of the original (four replica plinths were constructed for the placement of the wire trees) but in every other respect it is hard to imagine a site more opposite from the original and the concept that underpinned the work.
Sometimes the site does more than require the artwork to accommodate it: it may even determine the nature of the artwork. Regan Gentry's Subject to Change is arguably a case of that. A site was chosen in a part of the city that had housed early settlers, and their Victorian homes were variously being preserved or destroyed to make way for developments. It was mandatory that the sculpture should relate to this history of the location and its buildings, and the artwork chosen achieved this both in its form and concept.
A further factor, still relating to public art's outdoors environment, is the response of reviewers and critics. The public space siting of the art prompts them to make references that are different from their reviewing of gallery and most other art, and they do not seem to do it well. Many say, for example, that the artwork "interrogates" the space, without citing what the process of interrogation is nor the conclusions of the interrogation. The consideration of public art in its location is more understandably expressed by the language of the urban designer or landscape architect discussing, for example, scale and compatibility or contrast with surrounding features.
It is an aside to note that some of this public space critique language is spilling back into art in interiors: a recent review of an artwork comprising a piece of cloth hanging on the wall of a gallery claims that it is "articulating space" but like "interrogation" this needs elaboration to be convincing.
The selection of public art, then, requires an ongoing acceptance of significant conditionalities surrounding the viewing and physical environments of this art. At its simplest, "public" means "accessible". Here are two other views of this that I respect. An architectural journal argues that good art is "Tough art, which does not ingratiate with accessibility or prettiness." This is not to oppose accessibility but to require this to be achieved by means that do not ingratiate – a likely reference to that "dumbed down" art.
Another view comes from a different art form: the expatriate New Zealand composer and arts laureate Lyell Creswell was being interviewed after winning an international composition competition and was asked, "What were the organisers looking for?" He answered, "A work that pushed out the boundaries without losing accessibility." That is such a good articulation of what good public art requires.
It is another story to describe the many areas that public and other art share. These relate to the need of both to respond to social change, the drive for diversity, greater recognition of the work of minority groups and the empowerment of marginalised people, the polarisation of political attitudes, the impact of the internet and social media, and so on.
For more of Neil's writing see neilplimmer.net
Neil Plimmer: Yawning gaps in Wellington's art landscape
Published 20 August, 2020
https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/122469396/yawning-gaps-in-wellingtons-art-landscape
OPINION: Around the world cities are giving to artists bulldozers and the like, and a site, perhaps a used quarry, and asking them to make land art. Hillsides are terraced, small valleys filled with water to make lakes, paths and walkways constructed. You can view the art piece from afar or above or walk all over it.
It is a public art trend of the last decade or two. Many of the resulting art forms are quite stunning, some formal while others remain more rugged but still visibly a work of art. They all show strong popularity as visitor attractions.
Wellington's claim to be New Zealand's cultural capital has yawning gaps in its art array, with no land art nor a sculpture park. The latter is another well-established feature of cities seeking to project themselves as creative centres offering engaging lifestyles.
Auckland has stolen a march in both these features. It has two world class works of land art, the famous Maya Lin's A Fold in the Field at Gibbs Farm (she is the designer of the Vietnam War memorial on The Mall in Washington DC) and Virginia King's Koru at Brick Bay Sculpture Park (she is the artist for Wellington's Katherine Mansfield sculpture at Midland Park).
And Auckland has at least four prominent sculpture parks, so good that every time a Wellington group organises a tour to Auckland to visit them it is sold out, even if it is highly priced to be a fundraiser for the organising group.
Is Wellington bereft of space and resources to meet this challenge? The spaces are sitting there waiting, ideal for these roles and not far from the CBD, and the initial financial resource is on offer.
The sites are on Watts Peninsula, the long green promontory of land on the eastern side of Evans Bay, above Shelly Bay, running from the housing area and the old Mt Crawford prison in the south to the Massey Memorial and Point Haswell in the north.
It is surplus central government land of 68 hectares, waiting for some imaginative use.
In the 2019 Budget the minister of finance announced that the land would be kept in government ownership and transferred to the Department of Conservation to be a reserve. The roles of preparing a development plan and the future management of the land was assigned to Wellington City Council, with $4 million of taxpayer funds to help get this under way.
Fifteen months later and there is no evidence that anything has happened. Does Wellington care if this vast area remains in scrub, its potential for the city ignored?
If the bulldozers and front-end loaders could move in, the Miramar side of Wellington would benefit from an inspiring new attraction, and Wellington would reinforce its cultural capital aspirations by art features that are particularly well placed because of their general accessibility and their visibility from aircraft arriving at and departing from the airport.
Neil Plimmer is a trustee and former chair of the Wellington Sculpture Trust.
Read more of Neil's writing: neilplimmer.net
Call for proposals: 4 Plinths Sculpture Award 2022
Wellington Sculpture Trust is calling for proposals for the 2022 4 Plinths sculpture commission.
Every two years $50,000 is awarded to an artist to produce a new temporary work installed on the four 'plinths' on the forecourt of Te Papa Tongarewa, The Museum of New Zealand. The call is open to emerging and established artists alike.
The deadline for proposals is 31 July 2020.
Download the full brief here.
For more information email: wellingtonsculpture@xtra.co.nz
Wellington PARK(ing) Day 2020
On Friday 6 March, twenty two Cuba Street car parks were occupied by creatives, architects, urban designers and community groups, proposing alternative ways we might use our public space. Congratulations to judges' choice winners Bernie Harfleet and Donna Turtle Sarten for their project Max and Bella and friends (detail), an enigmatic reflection on mental illness. Congratulations also to Judah Jackson who won the people's choice award for his car park Put yourself in others' shoes.
Thank you to Wellington City Council and Wellington Community Trust for supporting the event.
4 Plinths 7: Yolunda Hickman's Signal Forest
The Wellington Sculpture Trust is pleased to announce the latest 4 Plinths Sculpture Award is now installed on the Te Papa forecourt.
Yolunda Hickman's work, Signal Forest is a thicket of entangled images on each plinth. Based on stencil motifs, the simplified shapes depict a range of animals, plants, transportation, technology, and cultural items. These shapes are then applied with a pattern or image drawn from the collection and archives of Te Papa Tongarewa, further entangling forms and the boundaries of classification and meaning.
Yolunda Hickman comes from a painting background and her work takes an interest in the contemporary nature of images—how we're surrounded by them and how we try to deduce meaning. Yolunda has exhibited extensively throughout New Zealand, is a Doctoral candidate at The University of Auckland and a lecturer at Whitecliffe.
The 4 Plinths Sculpture Award
With the 4 Plinths Award, the Wellington Sculpture Trust has made a departure from permanent to temporary public art, and showcases New Zealand sculptural practice with biennial sculpture installations. The aim of the project is to foster art, artists and audience interactions, and to provide an opportunity for established and emerging artists to work in the area of large-scale public sculpture.
The Trust acknowledges with warm appreciation its major sponsors, Wellington City Council and the Public Art Fund, as well as the support of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Seresin Wines.
Signal Forest is a thicket of entangled images on each plinth. Based on stencil motifs, the simplified shapes depict a range of animals, plants, transportation, technology, and cultural items. These shapes are then applied with a pattern or image drawn from the collection and archives of Te Papa Tongarewa, further entangling forms and the boundaries of classification and meaning.
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To build on a CGD post about 'what's hot and what's not' in global development for 2012, after attending the PMAC conference in Bangkok, I think it's fair to say that as far as global health is concerned, UHC is on the rise. That is, if the global health big shots and Ban Ki Moons of this world indeed put their heart (and money) where their mouth is. So UHC is definitely in vogue. Conversely, keeping in mind the new direction taken by the Global Fund, Health systems strengthening is probably going to fade out, at least as a buzzword.
What is good about the new UHC momentum is that it focuses more on 'people' than HSS. Perhaps not as much as the 1978 Alma Ata declaration of "health for all" did, but this is still a move in the right direction. Of course health systems will need to be strengthened but as a means to an end, not as an end in itself.
Putting too much emphasis on reaching UHC might be dangerous, though. UHC is a moving target that no country on earth has ever reached. Declaring that a country reached UHC is therefore a blatant though understandable lie. This doesn't preclude strong country commitments and/or important progress, but offering all-comprehensive health care to all citizens at an affordable price is quite utopic. Rationing is part of the game, so we'd better talk about it. Unfortunately, this reality was omitted from all discourse on UHC at PMAC. I believe we better face it.
Defining measurable UHC targets to accommodate them into future MDG+ or SDG frameworks might bring us some self-serving measurement of progress as well as fiery political declarations, yet, they will never reflect the complexity or the neverending quest of moving towards UHC. UHC is a spirit, not an indicator for me. (but granted, many ohers reckon that we need some sort of ideal composite index to rank countries according to their UHC progress.)
Having said that, I firmly agree with the final Bangkok statement on UHC. It's great to be part of this global drive towards UHC!
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Queer para-athlete Claire Toh has done Singapore proud by scooping up several medals at the 11th ASEAN PARA Games held in Solo, Indonesia.
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