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Although the concepts of "telecommuting" and "telework" are closely related, there is a difference between the two. All types of technology-assisted work conducted outside a centrally located work space (including work undertaken in the home, outside calls, etc.) are regarded as telework. Telecommuters often maintain a traditional office and usually work from an alternative work site from 1 to 3 days a week.[7] Telecommuting refers more specifically to work undertaken at a location that reduces commuting time. These locations can be inside the home or at some other remote workplace, which is facilitated through a broadband connection, computer or phone lines,[8] or any other electronic media used to interact and communicate.[9] As a broader concept than telecommuting, telework has four dimensions in its definitional framework: work location, that can be anywhere outside a centralized organizational work place; usage of ICTs (information and communication technologies) as technical support for telework; time distribution, referring to the amount of time replaced in the traditional workplace; and the diversity of employment relationships between employer and employee, ranging from contract work to traditional full-time employment.[10]
A 2007 study of National Science Foundation employees indicated that approximately one-third participated in telework regularly, characterized staff satisfaction with the program, and noted savings in employee time and greenhouse-gas emissions as a result of telework.[102][103] Rep. Sarbanes (D-MD) introduced the Telework Improvements Act of 2009 in March 2009. Co-sponsors of the bill included Reps. Connolly (D-VA), Wolf (R-VA), and Capito (R-WV). The bill requires each executive agency to establish a policy under which employees may be authorized to telework to the maximum extent possible without diminishing employee performance or agency operations. At the same time in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Akaka (D-HI) introduced the companion bill, along with Sens. Landrieu (D-LA) and Voinovich (R-OH).[104]
Face-to-face interactions increase interpersonal contact, connectedness, and trust[48] Therefore, 54% of teleworkers thought they lost out on social interaction and 52.5% felt they lost out on professional interaction in a 2012 study.[77] Teleworking can hurt working relationships between the teleworker and their coworkers, especially if their coworkers do not telework. Coworkers who do not telework can feel resentful and jealous because they may consider it unfair if they are not allowed to telework as well.[35][46] However, despite fewer interpersonal actions and professional isolation,[48] a meta-analysis of telecommuting did not find support for negative telecommuter-coworker relationships or telecommuter-supervisor relationships.[35] Employers' largest concerns about telecommuting are fear of loss of control; 75% of managers say they trust their employees, but a third say they'd like to be able to see them, "just to be sure".[79]
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Here's a far easier way to receive passive income: Use cash-back or rewards credit cards. (If you're carrying a lot of debt or don't have the discipline to use credit cards responsibly, you're best off not using this income-generation method.) You can collect flat-rate cash-back percentages up to about 2% with lots of cards, while some cards offer more focused rewards or cash back based on certain kinds of spending or certain retailers.
As for other tips, all I can say is "a penny saved is a penny earned". If you are running out of ideas to make money, start saving. Some quick "low hanging fruit" tips to save some quick cash include – switch to MetroPCS or Boost for cellphone (I only pay $20/month), switch auto insurance to Insurance Panda ($25/month), and start using GasBuddy (saves me like $100/month at least. I drive a lot).
However, not matter what method you choose to make money online, understand that you might be able to make some money fast, but for the sizable returns, you'll need significant sweat equity. However, a year from now, you'll be happy you started today. Remember, time is far more valuable than money. Focus on creating passive income streams that will free up your time so that you can quit the rat race and focus on the things that matter. That's the important thing here.
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Skill variety has the strongest relationship with internal work motivation.[32] Jobs that allow workers to use a variety of skills increase workers' internal work motivation. If teleworkers are limited in teamwork opportunities and have fewer opportunities to use a variety of skills,[43] they may have lower internal motivation towards their work. Also, perceived social isolation can lead to less motivation.[77] It can be argued that without a work climate or manager nearby, the ability to motivate oneself is even more important when telecommuting than when working in an office. Though working in an office has its distractions, it is often argued that telecommuting involves even greater distractions. According to one study, children are ranked as the number one distractions, followed by spouses, pets, neighbors, and solicitors. The lack of proper tools and facilities also serves as a major distraction,[78] though this can be mitigated by using short-term coworking rental facilities.
"To hackers who make a living stealing information from unsecured computers and network connections, the teleworker could be an open the door to the organization's most sensitive data. Security and privacy have become increasingly rare commodities these days thanks to the ability of hackers to stay one step ahead of just about every security measure that technicians can create. Security breaches are a significant enough threat in a standard office environment; however, when an organization has employees working from home or on the go, these risks become even greater.
All the girls are then seen performing dance routines inside the hall of the house, with Lauren in the middle and two girls at each side of the staircase. Ty Dolla Sign appears while singing with a sledgehammer over his shoulders. He is seen for the first time together with the group, leaning against a wall, while the girls dance off-cam and perform twerking moves. The girls are now outside of the house, where night has approached, as each girl performs synchronized dance moves.
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^ Matthews, H. Scott; Eric Williams (28 February 2012). "Telework Adoption and Energy Use in Building and Transport Sectors in the United States and Japan". J. Infrastruct. Syst. American Society of Civil Engineers. SPECIAL ISSUE: SUSTAINABILITY OF TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS (11): 21–30. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0342(2005)11:1(21). ISSN 1076-0342.
"Work from Home" was initially written by Joshua Coleman with Jude Demorest, Alexander Izquierdo, Dallas Koehlke and Brian Lee, the song also contains samples of Gotta Get thru This by Daniel Bedingfield.[4] Coleman and Koehlke also produced, performed all instruments and programming for the song. The group's vocals were produced & recorded by Victoria Monét and Andrew Bolooki at Windmark Recording Studios and The Northership, both located in California. The song was mixed by Phil Tan at the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center with assistance from Daniela Rivera. The song came for the group after their A&R Joey Arbagey played it during a meeting to discuss their sophomore album's direction; each member immediately approved of the song.[17] During an interview with Spin, Cabello explained that the group "fell in love" with the song after hearing it mostly for its "laid-back" and "chill" atmosphere that featured an "a kind of urban pocket". She explained that was the reason she and her groupmates loved the track because it "branched out in different ways" than anything they ever recorded.[17] The song's title was announced on February 24, 2016.[3] Originally titled "Work" and set to be released on January 26, 2016, the group had to re-title the song to "Work from Home" to avoid confusion with Rihanna's song of the same name, which was released a month prior.[1]
A popular tactic to make money on social media is to pay for advertising affiliate products. Create ads for particular affiliate products that are big sellers and have a high yield. Then target these ads at specific custom audiences to ensure your ads are viewed by those who will have an interest in the product you are promoting. If viewers click through your from advert to the product page and make a purchase then you will earn an affiliate fee.
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While some might think that starting a blog is an arduous effort, when you understand the precise steps you need to take, it becomes far easier. It all starts in the decision of choosing a profitable niche and picking the right domain name. From there, you need to build your offers. You can easily sell things like mini-email courses, full-blown trainings, ebooks, and so on.
Now, I can take long walks whenever I want. I'm way more productive since I work when I'm feeling most inspired, outside the constraints of a 9 to 6. I save money on lunch and MetroCards and after-work beers I don't need. I miss the camaraderie of an office, but I don't miss the politics. Sometimes the best way to deal with working from home is to take note of the benefits. Once you're back to a regular work schedule/life, after all, you'll miss the midday naps.
"Donating plasma is similar to giving blood. A trained staff member called a phlebotomist puts a sterile needle in your arm vein to draw blood. The blood is then cycled through special, sterile equipment that separates plasma from the other parts of your blood. Your plasma is then collected in a container, while the other parts are safely returned to your body. This process is called plasmapheresis."
"Work from Home" is a song recorded by American girl group Fifth Harmony featuring American singer Ty Dolla Sign.[2] The song impacted contemporary hit radio four days after its initial release on March 1, 2016 and was released as the lead single from the group's second studio album, 7/27 (2016).[3] "Work from Home" was written by Daniel Bedingfield, Joshua Coleman, Dallas Koehlke, Jude Demorest, Tyrone Griffin, Jr., Alexander Izquierdo, and Brian Lee[4] with production from Coleman and Dallas Koehlke. The song is primarily an R&B track that incorporates elements of trap music and tropical house beats with lyrics depicting "work" as a euphemism for sex. Many music publications included it in their lists of best songs of the year.[5][6][7][8]
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Pakistan Bananastan
Submitted by Jeff Huber on February 26, 2008 - 13:17
Pakistan, it appears, has replaced Afghanistan as the world's top Bananastan.
You may remember "Afghanistan bananastan" from the 1972 film The Hot Rock, in which thief Robert Redford uses the phrase to put vault guards into a hypnotic trance. Today, a "Bananastan" is (largely by my decree) a South Asian equivalent of a South American Banana Republic. Don't confuse a Bananastan with a Bananaraq, which is a Southwest Asian Banana Republic, or with the Barbecue Republic, which is the United States.
Like a Banana Republic, Pakistan is rife with corruption and has been ruled of late by a puppet (albeit an often uncooperative puppet) of the Barbecue Republic who has run roughshod over his country's constitution and judicial system; which, come to think of it, makes the Bananastan a lot like the Barbecue Republic, too. In many ways, in fact, Pakistan objectifies all that has failed in American foreign policy, and in America itself, over the past seven years and change.
Worst Laid Plans
Preserving and spreading democracy has been the central aim of U.S. foreign policy since Woodrow Wilson was in office. The current administration has taken less than a decade to sabotage the efforts of generations.
Recent elections in the Middle East have transformed terrorist outfits like Hezbollah (Lebanon), Hamas (Palestine) and the Muslim Brotherhood (Egypt) into legitimate political parties. No one can readily predict how soon we'll manage to extract ourselves, if ever, from the quagmire all those purple fingers created in Iraq. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the latest Rovewellian reincarnation of Hitler who's president of the "single greatest challenge" to our security, was duly elected to office. And now, the peace loving people of our new top Bananastan have voted their tinhorn's political party out of power, and there's talk among the victors about impeaching the tinhorn. (Did I tell you the Bananastan looks a lot like the Barbecue Republic or what?)
The Bananastan also illustrates the haplessness of the Barbecue Republic's attempts at controlling nuclear weapons proliferation. Pakistan, not Iraq or Iran or even North Korea, is the country most likely to let a nuke creep into the hands of terrorists.
A year ago, Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell confessed that our Bananastan is the sanctuary of the tallest Arab ever wanted dead or alive by a U.S. president. Clear back in 2003, former Indian general and terrorism expert K.P.S. Gill said that not only was bin Laden holed up in Pakistan, but that members of Pakistani intelligence knew where he was. Dr. Ajai Sahni, another Indian authority on terrorism, said that the Pakistani army and intelligence service actively facilitated bin Laden's relocation from Afghanistan to Pakistan.
That could explain why the CIA opted to ask forgiveness rather than permission from the Pakistani government for its latest spy-fly-die mission against an al Qaeda operative in that country.
The Spy Who Snuffed Me
On February 29, the CIA killed al Qaeda Leader Abu Laith al-Libi in the Pakastini town of Mir Ali. A "knowledgeable Western official" told CNN that al Libi was "'not far below the importance of the top two al Qaeda leaders'—Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri." The story barely broke the radar horizon. Perhaps we've grown so inured to hearing about al Qaeda number two men meeting instant justice by now that when the target is "below the importance" of a number two, nobody could give a number two less.
As Joby Warrick and Robin Wright of the Washington Post tell the story, the CIA used a "variety of surveillance techniques" to track al Libi to the home of a local Taliban commander. A Predator drone aircraft was flown over the site. Two Hellfire missiles left the Predator and tore into the compound, destroying the main building and the gatehouse, and killing up to 13 inhabitants. Unnamed officials told the Post that the CIA conducted the strike without obtaining the Pakistani government's permission beforehand. Wright and Warrick say reaction to the strike from U.S. and Pakistani leaders has been "muted" because neither side is eager to call attention to an awkward situation.
But there's something a darn sight more awkward about this situation than whether or not the Pakistanis gave prior permission for the operation. Let's make something very clear: foreign governments don't order U.S. forces into combat. The U.S. government does that, and in theory, we have rules about who exactly in the U.S. government is authorized to do it.
Bananastan Shenanigan
A former intelligence officer involved with previous strikes in Pakistan said "In the past, it required getting approval from the highest levels." This time, the drone operators, situated half a world away at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, released the missiles "On orders from CIA officials in McLean [Virginia]."
The "Standing Rules of Engagement for U.S. Forces" defines this and other sorts of offensive operations as acts of national defense, things normally approved of by, at minimum, the four-star officer in charge of the geographic area of responsibility. This strike occurred in Central Command, and it sounds like CENTCOM chief Admiral William Fallon got cut out of the loop.
We can plausibly speculate that the CIA acts as hit man on these missions in order to work around the military chain of command. One can even reasonably argue that the time critical nature of this kind of operation demands a streamlined chain of command. But this is not Spy vs. Spy shtick where we slip the evildoer a designer drug that makes his beard fall out. These are air strikes, overt military operations, something that Congress is supposed to have a say in.
The War Powers Resolution of 1973 allows a president to "introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities" for a maximum of 90 days without a declaration of war or a "specific authorization for such use of United States Armed Forces" from Congress. Mr. Bush had an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) from Congress to invade Iraq. He doesn't have one for Pakistan.
If we want to take an argument for the legality of the Pakistan strikes to the sublime level, we might say that the CIA does not, per se, constitute a "United States Armed Force," and therefore its actions aren't covered by the War Powers Resolution. But how, then, do we justify the Bananastan style shenanigans that have been going on in Somalia? There, we have conducted air strikes not just against al Qaeda "compounds," but against entire villages, and not just with CIA drones carrying a pair of relatively small missiles, but with U.S. Air Force AC-130 gun ships that can rip a town into smithereens in a lot less time than it takes a subsidiary of Halliburton to rebuild one. And there's no AUMF for Somalia either.
If we argue that the Somali strikes are sanctioned by the "blank check" permissions of the AUMF of September 18, 2001 that authorized Mr. Bush "to use all necessary and appropriate force" against anyone or anything that might have had a connection with 9/11 or might ever conceivably be involved with a terrorist plot against the U.S. , then we have a president who can initiate wars whenever and wherever he wants without approval from any other branch of government.
That, fellow citizens, is one of the top three characteristics of a Barbecue Republic. The other two are the executive's ability to a) disappear the Bill of Rights and b) place covert propaganda and disinformation in the domestic media without fear of censure or penalty.
Welcome to your Brave New World Order.
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Nima Jafari is an up and coming Iranian American actor. An alumnus of the prestigious American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Nima has appeared in The Infidel among other projects. He aspires to become a lead on a multi-camera episodic. We have seen Nima performing live alongside Ziba Shirazi on stage. He has a bright future ahead of him in Tinseltown where his talents will go to full bloom. To get caught up with Nima Jafari we did a Q+A with him in Los Angeles.
Nima Jafari is an alumnus of prestigious American Musical and Dramatic Academy
Iman Sadri : Thanks for taking the time to speak with The Persian Observer. Please describe your early life and education prior to college.
Nima Jafari : I was born into a nuclear family though we're a peaceful bunch. I was the last one, my sister, the heart and soul of my universe is 5 years older than me. Was luckily injected with sports & music through my father and my mother filled our home with poetry, beauty and wonderlust. We would regularly rescue cats and dogs because Hamedan is a cold city. I am the only Hamedani in my family. Everyone else is Tehrooonie Gherti.
In school, they taught us boyhood and lessons. After school, we learned life playing soccer on the streets or in the backyard with plastic soccer balls that 3 of them would make one decent ball to play with. I of course, didn't always get to play. Many a time I was sitting by the window watching my friends and studying… that resume to get out of Iran didn't come easy.
Nima Jafari in Infidel
IS : What inspired you to pursue acting / drama ?
Nima Jafari : Since I was 3 years old they would tell me jokes to say at family gatherings so the family instilled the spirit of a comedian in me. It helped a lot that they were all poets and musicians and writers as well. And lucky for me it stayed with me until I graduated from Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific with an I.B. Diploma with Theatre as a higher level subject. By then, the stage had became a home away from home for me and I was learning to get used to it. With the aid of Marina Benedicts undeniable grace, brilliance and light, I nailed my audition in Vancouver and became a proud alumnus of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles. Because of AMDA, I got to live for 7 months in NYC too which was another theatre bootcamp to itself. When we learn how powerful stories are and why a pen is mightier than a sword, then to master the art of telling a good story becomes a very fun and rewarding game. And I certainly didn't come here to be right…I just came to play!
Nima Jafari at an industry event.
IS : What were some of your favorite films and TV Shows growing up ?
Nima Jafari : I loved The Lion Ling and The Mask as a little boy. There was a Japanese cartoon called The Footballers or as they call it in America Captain Tsubasa – we routinely skipped school to catch it. We would also watch a lot of David Attenborough documentaries.
"To master the art of telling a good story becomes a very fun and rewarding game." – Nima Jafari
IS : Was there an actor that inspired you to follow drama / acting ?
Nima Jafari : Big Al (Pacino). Still does.
IS : Can you elaborate on some of your drama / acting experiences in college ?
Nima Jafari : AMDA gave us room to make glorious mistakes. I made a few. That's why after graduation, I felt ready to take on the world. When we did a reading of "Angels in America" , even though I read for a part I would not play until I'm 40 years old, still it came with a sense of play and wonder. When there is the safety of school, we don't learn to take risks though… I learned that at Theatricum Botanicum.
Nima Jafari headshot.
IS :What are some Film + TV projects that you would like to audition for ?
Nima Jafari : I was a huge fan of the Big Bang Theory which just shot their final season. I see myself as the token funny one on a multi-cam comedies on TV however as a film actor, I'd be honored and lucky to portray men who lead.
"I see myself as the token funny one on a multi-cam comedies."
IS : Where do yourself / what are some of your career goals after college ?
Nima Jafari : Ha! Right here. Right now. Hopefully tomorrow too.
IS : What is the key / tips to memorizing lines ? Learn that story the character NEEDS to tell. At the end of the day, it's about how good the writing is. If the writer captures the heart of the story and writes with a flow, then 'memorizing' becomes like learning your favorite song — so easy. No tricks or shortcuts, just a little curiosity required to fall in love with this beautiful wild thing called the Human Experience.
Nima Jafari at the Price for Freedom Premiere.
IS : Can you describe your experience of working on Infidel ?
Nima Jafari : Infidel was a very sensitive time in my life. I had lost my closest uncle a few weeks before we started working on the play , so it was a huge relief to get on stage and allow the Muse to sooth my aching soul. The play itself has caught the essential core of any hostage crisis and the on going battle between religious extremists and those who… cultivate history.
I had a blast working on the play (not sure if everyone else had as much of a good time) but I got lucky. Ted Monte is such a great actor to work with because of his meticulous attention to detail. The play could have been much darker and way more intense but we got it up and sold out shows.
Islam is a religion of Peace (for those who want to understand) and that has been deliberately misconstrued through time but Chritopher Vened's play masterfully points a finger at the politics and narrative surrounding the subject. Very relevant and timely. Muhammad Ali was a great example of a Peaceful Muslim and he didn't have it too easy either.
Nima Jafari on the set of Suzi Khatami's Andisheh Live TV show.
IS : Can you describe your experience of working on A Homeless Odyssey ?
Nima Jafari : Burt!! What a blast! One of the coolest and most playful casts I've ever worked with. Some seriously talented artists… even Hansford !!! Things were stressful and hilarious backstage. Ronnie Marmo is unapologetic and blunt in his direction (sometimes too blunt…but hey, he's a NY Italian-Jew so what are you gonna do?) which is refreshing and nice to see (especially in LA) but I gotta say, I've never worked with a writer that is as dark and humorous as Sam Henry Kass. What a beautiful man.
Nima Jafari on set.
IS : Imagine you're 100 years old and reading your Wikipedia profile. Describe some career / personal highlights you would like to see on there
Nima Jafari : If/when I'm 100 years old, I hope people are using sources much more reliable than Wikipedia to read all about it… but what/why would they be reading? to see how I've managed to maintain a balance between the arts and athletics for years on end, as well as noticing my patience and passion for human contact. An array of sports fundraisers as well as humanitarian events , all aimed at solving issues like global warming and poverty. I'd like to open up a few boarding schools where the children are required to learn sports and music.
IS : If you could play the biopic of any historical figure who would you play and why ?
Nima Jafari : This one I've been thinking about for a straight week:
Rumi. Rasputin. Imam Ali. Diego Armando Maradona. Bahá'u'lláh. Jahan Pahlevan Takhti. Mahmood Ahmadinejad
It's always a much more interesting challenge to portray a character based on a real-life hero. In the arts, there is no perfection. But when playing someone, there is always the real life version of them to refer to. True actors shine then. Rami Malek got an Oscar for playing Freddie Mercury albeit Too Soft if you ask me… I can win mine too if they give me a chance. That's not a threat it's a promise.
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leaving . I asked if she knew how to put on the spare "doughnut" tire and she said she wasn't even sure how to find it. Normally I would have drove out to pick her up but I was in charge of the kiddos and they were not having any of me leaving the room, let alone the zip code. Luckily her parking garage provides a compressor that was able to fill her tire back up for the ride home.
Today the kids are a little more back to normal so I am able to get away to get the tire repaired. This is good that Nightingale can drive my car because I failed an emissions test, supposedly because I hadn't driven my car in a while.


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3rd	May 2019
The International Observatory of Human Rights is delighted to announce it will be attending and broadcasting from the 26th celebration of World Press Freedom Day which will take place in Addis Ababa on 1 – 3 May. The event is jointly organised by UNESCO, the African Union Commission and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Under the new government led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia has changed immensely and gone from being among Africa's leading jailer of journalists in 2017 to having no journalists in jail for the first time since 2004. In addition, several reforms vital for improving human rights in the country have been carried out and thousands of political prisoners and journalists have been freed.
That is why the International Observatory of Human Rights is proud to not only be participating in, but also to be covering the 26th celebration of World Press Freedom Day in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this year and IOHR will be livestreaming the conference from their mobile studio. IOHR will be promoting and highlighting the campaign #ProtectJournalists, which calls for the appointment of a Special Envoy dedicated to the Safety of Journalists and serves as a reminder that in dozens of countries around the world, publications are censored, fined, suspended and closed down, while journalists, editors and publishers are harassed, attacked, detained and even murdered.
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16 April 2019 – IOHR organised a cocktail reception in preparation for World Press Freedom Day at the Ethiopian Embassy in London, hosted by H.E. Mr Fesseha Shawel Gebre, Ethiopian ambassador to the UK.
30 April 2019 – IOHR is hosting a panel event at the Addis Ababa University School of Journalism with approximately 80-100 future journalists attending. Among the speakers will be Woubshet Taye, a renowned journalist and formerly imprisoned in Ethiopia and the famous Swedish journalist Martin Schibbye, who was held in a prison in Ethiopia for 438 days, will be sending a pre-recorded message and presentation.
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Govt, port operators lose N40bn to Apapa Port strike
The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) on Tuesday said the Federal Government and port operators lost about N40 billion to the 11-day strike which crippled Apapa Port in last month.
This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos by the Public Relations Officer of the association, Mr Simeon Nwonu.
The statement described the strike as "needless'', adding that there was no reason for it.
It expressed concern over the long ship waiting time experienced at the port during the strike.
"For avoidance of doubt, it is on record that the alleged complaint against APMT operations (the concessionaire of the Apapa Container Terminal) is not peculiar to Apapa Port.
"The issue of arbitrary charges is a matter which affects almost all terminal operators in Nigerian ports.
"This matter at present is being handled by the Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC) as the commercial regulator.
"We are aware that a case is pending at the High Court between the terminal operators and Nigerian Shippers' Council with regards to arbitrary charges,'' the statement said.
"APMT is a world-class terminal operator and an investor in Nigeria that requires the support and protection of our country.
"If the agency of government which had the schedule to administer our ports had performed well, it is obvious that our ports may not have been concessioned,'' NAGAFF said.
The statement said that a good example was that of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) which had retrieved its statutory function from the service providers after several years, with the help of the freight forwarders of Nigeria.
"We do hope that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) will take advantage, using its oversight functions to ensure that our ports are friendly and competitive.
"The essence and primary objective of port concession is to bring about efficiency, competitiveness and reduction of costs.
"It is most unfortunate that human element problems, including but not limited to corruption; non-compliance with import regulations, disregard for rule of law and inadequate cargo handling equipment are the bane of our port operations.
"The Nigerian seaports like any other all over the world is a transit area for goods and persons,'' the statement said.
It said: "what we see today is that ports are being used as warehouses and thereby distorting the entire system in ports administration and management.''
NAGAFF said that Section 31 of the Customs and Excise Management Act (CEMA) was clear as to the dwell time of cargo in the ports which should not exceed 30 days.
The statement said: "thereafter such goods would be moved out of the port for further action, including but not limited to processes leading to auction.
"The point herein is to ask why uncleared cargo lists are not being prepared and such cargo transferred to the designated outer terminals.
"Progressive port charges for unlawful stay of cargo in our ports become necessary as a deterrent to the defaulters.
"It is also a fact that the cargo scanners are not optimal in their performance, due to frequent breakdown,'' the association said.
The statement condemned the administration of the Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) regime and maintenance of the scanners by the customs service with a `meagre' sum of 7 per cent of the total duty collected.
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"We advocate that the Nigerian Shippers' Council be allowed to conclude the on-going court processes with the terminal operators to resolve the issue of arbitrary charges and other incidentals,'' it said.
The statement directed all members of NAGAFF to exercise restraint in any matter leading to the closure of the port and explore all amicable avenues with the authority.
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Building A Fanbase And Keeping Fans Engaged During Lockdown
by Essentially Pop	| Posted on 14/06/2020
While we're all staying home as much as we can during this unprecedented time, it can begin to feel like things that were once normal are starting to feel like the past: gigs, shows, spending time in the studio and, of course, the normal social media updates.
Lockdown is the perfect time to grow by growing as an artist, improve your music, and grow your fanbase. Use your creativity to come up with unique ways of building a fan base and keeping your fans engaged when people are sitting around.
You can grab the attention of people online. You can also interact with them more intimately because everyone can have their voices heard through the chat. Why not go on Instagram Live, TikTok, Facebook Live, and YouTube Live to do a few of your songs, this way you can still gig and use your free time to keep people engaged and keep building on that fan base. Essentially pop have been doing live gigs over on their Instagram with a lot of different artists/bands. Make sure to follow so you can keep up to date: https://www.instagram.com/essentiallypop/?hl=en
How about do a giveaway of merch, an album, discounted tour tickets that you may have coming up? This way you can get fans coming back to your page and interacting with you more and also they can share with their friends. The rules could be, for example, you must follow us on all social media and stream our new song/EP on Spotify. This way you also have new people listening to your music.
Create hashtags/TikTok videos
You could ask people to use your sound on TikTok to create a dance to your new song. As TikTok is a popular platform at the moment, especially during lockdown, it is a fun way of getting people to promote your song but in a fun way that anyone could do. You could also create a hashtag to use on Instagram if you have a new song or EP out. Your fans would love to help you out with your growth, so by them using the hashtag it can get your content out there.
Put up snippets of a new song/EP you are working on
This can keep your fans engaged as they will be excited about new content you are bringing out and can give them an excitement about what you are working on. You can keep on putting snippets of different songs off the EP out and teasing fans with it, whilst also gaining.
Direct people to your other social media accounts or website
You can use this as an opportunity to point them to your merchandise or to your latest EP/song on iTunes/Spotify, if they want to support you, with just one link! Maybe leave the link in your bio, so it is easier to access and they can support you easily even by streaming it. If they like the look of your merch, they are still supporting you by buying the merch.
Making new merch
You can use this opportunity to create new merch or thinking of ideas of what you want your new merch to be. New merch could be whatever fans are interested in and what goes with your brand. Put a poll up on Instagram with your ideas and what others would like to buy when the merch comes out, that way they're more likely to buy it, as they have contributed their ideas to the merch designs. You could also get a merch designer involved and then this way you two are collaborating and they can promote you on their social media too.
If you've any tips or experiences you want to share and what you have been doing to keep your fans engaged and keep on growing, please leave some suggestions in the comments below.
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Corruption across the globe, as crime and literature
The writer is a senior journalist and commentator based in New Delhi
Published : Mar 2, 2018, 4:35 am IST
Updated : Mar 2, 2018, 4:35 am IST
Governments at the Centre and in Maharashtra, big names in industry, all got embroiled in a project riven with scandals.
It is unrealistic to search for an enclave, a state where the malignancy of corruption has not reached. Corruption seems to be coming out of our ears. It is all pervasive and will remain so as long as the diagnostic punditry attending on it is shrouded in dishonesty.
Post-Soviet globalisation bred crony capitalism on an unspeakable scale, but Western conscience did grapple with it wherever it could. When Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, etc were supervising the monstrosities of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, David Hare was able to draw full houses with his biting play, Stuff Happens, in which George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice and the gents mentioned above were squarely chastised for the Iraq war.
Remember the Dhabol power project initiated by Texas energy giant Enron?
It was a unique moment in history. US ambassador to India Frank Wisner was on sixes and sevens because the central committee of the CPI(M) in its New Delhi session was divided over Jyoti Basu as Prime Minister.
While the Communists dilly-dallied, Jaswant Singh, a friend of Mr Wisner's, became finance minister in a BJP government that lasted only 16 days. But in this period it hurriedly signed the agreement with Enron for a $3 billion gas power plant in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
In the 1990s, it was conceived as the poster project for economic liberalisation. But, alas, it collapsed, and with it the Enron empire with a debt of $38 billion.
British playwright Lucy Pebbles wrote Enron, an outstanding play that opened at the Noel Coward theatre on the West End (later on Broadway too).
"Capitalism exposed as con-trick and illusion", was the way the Guardian described it.
The reason I have dwelt on the Enron story is this — the scandal was headquartered in Mumbai, which has a lively tradition for theatre, but while Pebbles' script received rave reviews in London, New York and Dublin, there was no appetite for the play in the country actually affected by the scandal.
A quest for literary source on corruption led me to a satirical poem on "Bribery", by Josh Malihabadi. It is quite remarkable that slush money appears to have been a way of life even in the 1950s, which is when the poem was composed:
Bhuk ke qanoon mein iman dari jurm hai/ Aur be imanyon pe sharmsari jurm hai/ Dakuon ke daur mein parhez gari jurm hai/ Jab hukumat kham ho to pukhta kari jurm hai.
(In the laws of hunger, incorruptibility is a crime./To be embarrassed by one's own corruption is a crime./In the age of high way robbery, flinching from pilferage is a crime./When faltering towards corruption is the government's style, citizens staying resolute is a crime.)
In his tongue-in-cheek style, he paints a nation of unredeemed corruption:
Mulk bhar ko qaid kar de, kiske bus ki baat hai,/ Khair se sub hain, koi do, chaar, du ski baat hai?
(Ending corruption would require the entire country in jail; it is not just a guilty few but a whole nation steeped in it.)
In my experience, even newspaper proprietors were not averse to harbouring certain levels of corruption. As regional editor of a major chain in South India, I hired scores of stringers who were, at the proprietor's insistence, paid a pittance.
"How will our district correspondent survive on those wages?"
Pat came the reply: "The correspondent also carries our accreditation card. That will help him multiply his wages."
In other words, stringers were not discouraged from district-level blackmail to keep body and soul together.
Of course, the scale of corruption became astronomical in the post-globalisation era.
The notional balance between Saraswati and Lakshmi was abandoned. Saraswati was locked up in the Siri Fort Auditorium; rampaging capitalism, money, money, money… became the order.
Nirav Modi is the creature of this culture. Is there any hope of this state of affairs being halted, leave alone being reversed?
Only when the more muscular in public life seriously take up the issue of electoral finance will the first encouraging signs appear on the horizon for lessening corruption.
In the absence of any such hint or suggestion, one must live in uncertainty. In the meantime, the Leviathan of corruption will, in the foreseeable future, gobble up whatever pockets of political decency have survived.
It is unfashionable to applaud the Left for anything these days, but I commend to any fair-minded person the thought that he/she visit Tripura before some unforeseen avalanche buries the rare experiment underway in that northeastern state.
Before Partition, the ratio of tribal population vis a vis Bengalis was 70:30. After the creation of East Pakistan, Bengali migration inverted the ratio — Bengalis came on top, 70:30. A horrendous insurgency followed. It was doused by Marxist leaders like Dashrath Deb (tribal) and Nipen Chakravarty. The latter entered the chief minister's bungalow with two pairs of dhoti, kurta, shaving kit and books; he left the house after 10 years with exactly the same baggage.
Grocery for the CM's household was purchased on a ration card.
Since banks are so much in focus, it is probably not an irrelevant detail that the chief minister of Tripura never had a bank account.
His protégé, Manik Sarkar, has not complained about a non-cooperative Centre. He has instead picked up all the Central government's schemes, called in the officials, party cadres, involved the three-tier panchayati raj system and transformed Tripura into the country's best-run state with an unbelievable near-zero crime rate.
Of course there is the expected cul de sac that a Marxist mindset runs into.
The absence of private industry and lack of enthusiastic support from New Delhi has created an acute problem of unemployed, yet educated youth.
The Congress has vacated the Opposition space to the BJP which, not unlike the Congress, is playing the tribal versus Bengali card. Also, vast sums of money have been pumped into a campaign for which the results are expected on March 3.
What will the "vast sums" of money do at this late stage? I ask a CPI(M) worker. His reply is almost a paraphrase of Josh: Rishvaton ke lene wale/Rishvaten dete bhi hain. (Bribes have to be distributed, also, so that the flow continues.)
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Lebanon's presidential election campaign began earlier than usual this year. One by one, most of the politicians who have declared an interest in succeeding President Emile Lahoud this November have made their way to Damascus in recent weeks to interview for the job. Although historical precedent suggests that a decision by Syrian President Bashar Assad will not be unveiled until a few weeks before parliament convenes to choose a replacement, the selection process is already underway and Assad has warned local politicians to avoid "playing with fire" in the run-up to the elections.
While the presidency (constitutionally reserved for a Maronite Christian) was the paramount political office in Lebanon's First Republic (1943-1989), its powers were strictly curtailed by the 1989 Taif Accord, which transferred most executive power to the Sunni Muslim office of prime minister and strengthened the Shiite Muslim office of parliament speaker. In practice, however, the powers of all three offices in the Second Republic (1990-present) have depended on the office-holders' relations with Syria. During the heyday of Lebanon's postwar reconstruction, Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri was considered "first among equals" within the ruling troika. After Lahoud's ascension in 1998, Syria shifted power to the president, who was given absolute control over the military and state security apparatus and allowed to appoint allies to key cabinet positions. Since his return as premier in 2000, Hariri has chafed under these new rules.
Syria's rationale for strengthening of the presidency was two-fold. First, with Israel preparing for a unilateral withdrawal from Lebanon - a move that would delegitimize continued cross-border warfare against Israel in the eyes of Lebanon's political class - the Syrians decided that all decision-making with respect to security should be concentrated in the hands of a single proxy. Lahoud, a discharged military officer whose appointment as army commander in 1989 came as a result of Syrian fiat, was seen as a more reliable proxy than Hariri, a self-made (or Saudi-made) billionaire construction tycoon. Second, it was hoped that a strong president would be able to mobilize Christian support for continued Syrian hegemony in Lebanon. Ultimately, these two goals proved to be mutually unattainable - Lahoud, lacking any domestic power base, proved to be a very obedient Syrian surrogate, but for this reason was unable to generate greater Christian loyalty to the Second Republic. Moreover, Sunnis became increasingly alienated by the president's supremacy over the prime minister.
With the end of Lahoud's six-year tenure in November, the Syrians are faced with the question of whether or not to continue the current arrangement. Although Article 49 of the constitution prohibits a sitting president from seeking reelection, Syria could extend or renew Lahoud's mandate by forcing parliament to amend the constitution (as it did in 1995, when Elias Hrawi's term was extended another three years).
An extension of Lahoud's term would impinge on Assad's efforts to win the Maronite Christian community's acceptance of Syrian hegemony. After two years of negotiations (through intermediaries) between Syria and Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butrous Sfeir, the broad outlines of such a deal have become common knowledge - Syria will protect Christian cultural autonomy and permit the mainstream Maronite political elite to re-enter government in return for the latter abandoning its vocal opposition to the Syrian occupation. The fact that recent visits to Damascus by presidential contenders coincided with visits to Sfeir by Beirut MP Nasser Qandil - Syria's main intermediary - suggests that the issue of Lahoud's succession is central to the negotiations.
Although Lahoud is despised in the Maronite community and Sfeir recently declared his opposition to a term extension, there have been reports that Syria is trying to win his acceptance of a short (2-3 year) term extension in return for other concessions, such as an electoral law that would favor mainstream Christian politicians in the 2005 parliamentary elections. A short extension of Lahoud's term might also be acceptable to Sfeir if it is followed by the election of a mutually acceptable candidate in 2006 or 2007 (as opposed to the immediate election for a full 6-year term of a candidate only marginally more acceptable to mainstream Christians).
Most Lebanese analysts contend that keeping Lahoud on board would disrupt Syria's chances of reconciling with the United States and endanger its warm relationship with Europe. According to Beirut press reports, the Bush administration has explicitly indicated that it expects Lebanon to proceed with a constitutional alternation of power in November. On February 24, following the third meeting of the EU-Lebanon Cooperation Council in Brussels, the European Union issued a statement emphasizing that "full respect for constitutional rules" and "free and fair elections at regular intervals" are integral to democracy - both references were widely interpreted in Lebanon as oblique criticism of a term extension for Lahoud.
However, tensions between Syria and the United States could work in Lahoud's favor by making Syria less willing to roll the dice with a major government shakeup. Although several other presidential contenders have close relations with Damascus, Lahoud's subservience is stronger because he is entirely a product of Syrian patronage. "While other serious candidates for the presidency . . . are seen as pro-Arab first and pro-Syrian second, Lahoud is, first and last, pro-Syrian," notes political analyst Zeina Abu Rizk. Syria's "nightmare scenario" in Lebanon is that a new president will develop pretensions of leading the Christian community, which is overwhelmingly opposed to the Syrian occupation, and, in the face of strong American pressure, act independently of Damascus (e.g. by deploying army units to south Lebanon). Some analysts have suggested that Assad may opt to keep Lahoud in office precisely because it would convey to the international community that Syrian control of Lebanon is absolute. "If replacing Lahoud might be construed internationally or regionally as a sign of Syrian weakness in Lebanon, then Lahoud will stay," argues Lebanese journalist Hussain Abdul-Hussain.
Assad's decision regarding the presidential succession also hinges partly on whether he decides to keep Hariri in office. If Hariri stays, Lahoud most likely will go. The deadlock between the two archrivals and their allies has so paralyzed the government in recent years that even minor policy decisions often require direct Syrian intervention. With international pressure on Syria to withdraw from Lebanon on the rise, Assad wants the government to be more self-regulating - given the acute level of personal animosity between the two rivals, this means that one of them will have to step down. However, if Hariri keeps his job, the Syrians will want to choose a presidential successor who can stand his ground against the billionaire tycoon. A variant of Syria's "nightmare scenario" has a future president aligning himself with Hariri, perhaps with Saudi and American encouragement, and pushing for the deployment of troops to south Lebanon (a move that Hariri is known to privately favor).
Officials in Damascus are reportedly divided over whether Hariri should get the boot. Assad faces a Catch-22 - the prime minister's close ties with the Saudi royal family, personal friendship with French President Jacques Chirac, and glowing reputation in Washington are both an asset and a liability. On the plus side, Hariri's reputation and personal charm have helped persuade the international community to bail out the debt-ridden Lebanese government on several occasions (most recently at the November 2002 Paris II conference) in spite of its inability to meet even minimal conditions normally associated with debt-relief loans. By subsidizing one of the most corrupt and inept regimes in the world, the international community's largess helps perpetuate the patronage networks that sustain Syrian hegemony over Lebanon (and enrich scores of Syrian officials). Many Lebanese analysts (both on and off the prime minister's payroll) believe that Hariri is too indispensable for Assad to discard. On the other hand, Hariri's international connections and personal fortune (recently estimated to be about $4.3 billion by Forbes magazine) make him less subservient to Syria than other Lebanese politicians. In recent months, the prime minister has quietly pressed Western governments to pressure Assad into giving him a freer hand in managing economic policy - Syrian officials fumed when they got wind of this.
Should Syria decide to replace Lahoud, it will most probably choose one of its top Maronite political allies, of which five are said to be under consideration: Health Minister Suleiman Franjieh, former Minister of State Michel Edde, former Foreign Minister Fares Boueiz, current Foreign Minister Jean Obeid, and Akkar MP Mikhael Daher. Franjieh is generally regarded as the frontrunner because he is from a distinguished Maronite political family (his grandfather was president from 1970 to 1976) with a long history of friendship with the Assad regime. However, a big strike against him is that he is a close political ally of Hariri. In an apparent effort to bolster his credentials, Franjieh suddenly lashed out at the prime minister in a televised February 26 interview on LBCI, accusing him of complaining about Syria to the United States and conspiring to install a "weak president whom he would be able to manipulate." Public Works Minister Najib Miqati, considered one of Syria's top choices to replace Hariri, has reportedly lobbied vigorously on behalf of Franjieh.
The third, rather remote, possibility is that Syria will approve the election of a candidate from the Qornet Shehwan Gathering, a coalition of mainstream Christian opposition politicians, nominally chaired by Sfeir. Three Qornet Shehwan members have declared their candidacy or are known to be lobbying for the job: Batroun MP Boutros Harb, Metn MP Nassib Lahoud, and Zghorta MP Nayla Mouawad, the widow of the late President Rene Mouawad. All have met privately with Syrian officials and have been careful to emphasize publicly that they support a "special relationship" with Damascus. Since declaring her candidacy in mid-January, Mouawad has repeatedly declared that "Lebanon must not be ruled against Syria and must not be ruled from Syria." While such slogans are clearly designed to reassure Damascus while maintaining credibility in the eyes of the Lebanese public, they do not dissimulate - mainstream Maronite politicians are, by and large, willing to guarantee Syrian interests in return for entry into government.
 As related by Michel Edde following his visit with Assad, Al-Nahar (Beirut),29 February 2004.
 The Daily Star (Beirut), 10 February 2004.
 The Daily Star (Beirut), 28 February 2004.
 The Daily Star (Beirut), 31 January 2004.
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Portman, Brown, Renacci react to Kavanaugh, GOP hits Brown hard
By Jack TorryThe Columbus Dispatch
WASHINGTON — Sen. Rob Portman sharply criticized Senate Democrats Monday for waiting "until the 11th hour" to make public an accusation by a woman that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at party when both were in high school three decades ago.
Portman, R-Ohio, a close friend of Kavanaugh's and who introduced the federal appeals judge to the Senate Judiciary Committee this month, complained Monday that Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., "has had this information since July but chose not to raise it during the extensive public hearings, private sessions with" the committee and Kavanaugh, "or the dozens of private meetings with senators."
Portman, who spoke by telephone this weekend with Kavanaugh, said he expects the committee "to now thoroughly review the allegation in a way that is fair and respectful to" the accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, and Kavanaugh.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, who already had announced his opposition to Kavanaugh's nomination, said he agreed with "senators on both sides of the aisle that the judiciary committee should take the time it needs to investigate."
Brown's comments were complicated by a digital video launched last week by GOP-funded group #MeTooOhio, which revived records from Brown's 1986 divorce.
During that divorce, Brown's ex-wife, Larke Recchie, filed a restraining order against him after an incident in which she accused him of entering her house by shoving her to the side. An affidavit in the divorce reported that on numerous occasions, Brown "intimidated, pushed, shoved and bullied" her.
But Recchie put out a statement saying the use of their divorce records for a political campaign was "shameless" and "disgusting."
"Anyone who suggests he is not an honorable man is just wrong," she said.
Senate Republican candidate Jim Renacci said the "allegations against Brett Kavanaugh are serious and should be thoroughly examined, and by the same standard, anyone who calls on Kavanaugh to step aside based on these allegations must also call on Sherrod Brown to resign given the substantial evidence and affidavits detailing with Brown's history of domestic violence."
Brown's divorce came up in his 2012 race against Treasurer Josh Mandel and in his 1992 race for the House of Representatives. In 2006, the Brown campaign cut an ad featuring Recchie in an effort to defuse reports about the ugliness of their divorce, with Recchie defending him. They never had to air the ad; then-Sen. Mike DeWine never brought up the allegations during the campaign.
Recchie and her husband Joe held fundraisers for Brown in 2006, 2012 and earlier this month, and she and Brown's current wife, Connie Schultz, have posted pictures on social media of the Recchies and the Brown-Schultz families together with their grandchildren.
MeTooOhio, whose spokeswoman Alice Stewart lives in Virginia, named state Rep. Christina Hagan, R-Marlboro Township, as its executive director. Hagan, a strong supporter of President Donald Trump, lost a Republican congressional primary in Northeast Ohio last May to former Ohio State wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez.
Last week, Republican Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor called on Brown to resign and this weekend, Ohio Republican Party Chairman Jane Timken said Brown "has never had to answer questions about his court documented domestic abuse."
But in fact, the Dispatch asked Brown about the incidents in 1989. "I have done nothing wrong," he said back then, adding "I've never hurt her. I've never touched her. I never harassed her on the phone."
Said Recchie in 1992: "There was a lot of hurt on both sides, and it led only to angry words."
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Netflix has come a long way since that time. Today, Netflix is the world's leading streaming content platform, with over 130 million paid subscribers in 190 countries around the world. And other streaming services like Amazon Prime and Hulu are right at its heels.
At the click of a button or the swipe of a finger, users can access thousands of titles in their virtual library and stream TV shows, movies and documentaries, binge-watching to their heart's content.
So, let's do the numbers on Netflix.
It all began in 2002. The year "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" was released, Britney and Justin broke up and Kelly Clarkson won the first season of "American Idol."
That same year, a (relatively) small company called Netflix officially became a publicly traded company on May 23. The share price in the company was a measly $15.
Today, Netflix's share price floats north of $300.
Speaking of price comparisons, in 2007, before Netflix began focusing on content streaming, a monthly DVD subscription cost $16.99. At that time, a version of the streaming library did exist, but users were limited to an hour of streaming per dollar spent per month.
Today, subscription packages look a little different at Netflix. Streaming and physical DVD subscriptions were split into separate bundles in 2011 and a huge effort was underway at the company to focus on streaming content. As of 2018, there were still 3 million DVD subscribers and the company had a library of about 100,000 DVDs.
In an announcement Tuesday, Netflix unveiled new streaming subscription pricing — the highest to date. The price hike will go into effect over the next three months for existing subscribers and will be immediately implemented for new customers. The price hike, to $13 from $11 for their most popular subscription level, is the latest increase in the company's history.
Netflix has even brokered exclusive deals with commercially successful showrunners such as Ryan Murphy for $300 million and Shonda Rhimes for $150 million respectively.
And all of this content was not for naught.
In 2018, Netflix original programming has gathered 112 Emmy nominations, 20 Critics' Choice Award nominations and 12 Golden Globe nominations — beating out its streaming video competitors.
And as Oscars season approaches, the company is estimated to have spent $10-$20 million so far on "award-season promotion" on original projects such as "Roma," which won the award for best picture at the Critics Choice Awards.
But in the journey to create content, the company has amassed a bit of debt. In September 2018, Netflix reported $8.34 billion in long-term debt. In a letter to shareholders in October, Netflix recognized that in order to create original content, some investment was needed.
And that's where the recent price hike for subscribers comes in. Analysts estimate the increase will "allay concerns over higher original programming spending" and will improve cash flow — which in the last year, was around -$2 billion.


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Holden Acadia LTZ-V 2018 Review
Seven-seat SUV is the right car at the right time for Holden
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thoroughly testing this car.
Holden needs a saviour.
With the once-dominant lion brand in danger of falling outside of the top 10-selling brands in the country (an unthinkable result), it desperately needs a car that can draw buyers back into showrooms and reclaim its position as a family favourite, just as popular models like the Kingswood and Commodore did for decades.
Those icons were foundation stones for a company that built a reputation for offering big cars for big families for a big country. But times have changed. Australia has changed. Families have changed. And Holden has changed.
That Holden no longer builds cars locally is yesterday's news. What it needs today is a Kingswood or Commodore for a new generation; a generation with different desires yet one that still demands the same fundamental hallmarks of space, reliability and affordability.
Considering the rapid rise in popularity for full-sized SUVs - cars that made the Commodore redundant and essentially forced it to close its local manufacturing operations - Holden is pinning its hopes on this car, the Acadia, to help steer it back into the hearts, and driveways, of Australia.
At a glance, it ticks all the right boxes; the Acadia is a big and spacious high-riding soft roader jammed full of gear, including up-to-the-minute safety systems, and powered by a gutsy V6 engine. Think of the Acadia as Holden's rival to the Toyota Kluger, which remains one of the most popular seven-seat SUVs.
Like the Kluger it is designed for primarily for North America, where the Acadia is sold under the GMC brand, and, similar to key rivals such as Hyundai Santa Fe and Kia Sorento, it has been tweaked and tuned to suit local conditions.
However, the Acadia is unique in that, where those competitors are sold around the world, Holden has convinced parent company, General Motors, to produce it in right-hand drive specifically for Australia and New Zealand.
As such, it retains a chunky, boxy style garnished with plenty of Americana and chrome that is more masculine than most, and yet manages to mask it size so it doesn't look like a block of flats on wheels as most Yankee SUVs do.
Can I afford it ?
Holden hasn't left anything on the table to make the Acadia the miracle it requires.
Available in three specifications - each offered in either two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive configuration - the entry-level LT starts at just $42,990 driveaway, which is significantly cheaper than all other seven-seat SUVs with the exception of the Chinese-built LDV D90.
Stepping up to the mid-grade LTZ is a big jump though, at $53,990 driveaway, and the top-spec LTZ-V is another $10k more expensive. A four-wheel drive transmission is, however, consistently a $4k option across all three variants.
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What do you get for your money?
You don't miss out on much, even in base specification, as the LT rides on 18-inch alloy wheels, has tri-zone air conditioning and an 8.0-inch colour touch screen with sat nav, Bluetooth and smartphone mirroring for Apple and Android devices as standard.
It also comes equipped with one of the most comprehensive suites of safety systems, including low-speed automated emergency braking, lane keeping assistance, rear cross traffic alert, blind zone monitoring and rear parking sensors with a reverse camera.
For the extra money, the LTZ adds leather-appointed trim throughout the cabin with electric adjustment and heating for the front seats, wireless phone charging, automatic windscreen wipers, front fog lights and a powered tailgate, as well as front parking sensors and semi-automated parking assistance.
At the top of the range, the LTZ-V brings 20-inch alloys and adaptive suspension, adds ventilation and memory functions to the front seats, a dual-pane sunroof, 360-degree camera, 8.0-inch colour information display in the instrument cluster, an eight-speaker Bose audio system and adaptive cruise control with stop-and-go in heavy traffic and all-speed AEB.
How much does it cost to maintain?
Like all Holden models, the Acadia is covered by a five-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty with capped-price servicing and roadside assistance over the same period.
Keeping it maintained requires visiting the dealership every 12 months or 12,000km (whichever occurs first) and it will cost just $1535 for the first five years - which is cheaper than all rivals except the Kluger.
Is it well built?
Built in Tennessee as the GMC Acadia, and introduced in the US in second-generation form in 2016, it is based on GM's latest 21XX platform that also underpins SUVs from related brands Cadillac, Chevrolet and Buick.
While vehicles built in the US haven't always stood up against the quality of European, Japanese and even South Korean rival, the Acadia looks and feels more modern than anything before it. While it lacks the kind of premium design flair - both inside and out - of the CX-9, for example, the cabin has soft touch plastics on the dash and top of the doors, there's consistent panel gaps between all the pieces and, generally, decent overall fit and finish, although some parts look cheaper than others.
What are the Standout features?
It's not the classiest car in its class, with fake woodgrain highlights that look a bit naff, but it does have one of the most spacious and thoughtful cabins going around with plenty of small item storage options - including a large binnacle at the base of the dash, a deep centre console and a drawer in the middle row big enough for gadgets like game consoles or headphones, keeping them out of sight when parked.
On that topic, the Acadia has a pair of USB connections in the front, alongside a 12V power outlet, AUX port and a SD card slot, there's two more USB outlets in the middle row and another in the third row, ensuring every occupant has access to keeping mobile devices topped up on long journeys.
The infotainment system has crisp resolution, colourful graphics and a comprehensive array of functions and the hi-res instrument cluster in the LTZ-V we drove has some neat features, including a digital oil level which is handy for those that often overlook regular maintenance.
What does it have that others don't?
Uniquely, the Acadia is equipped for towing straight out of the showroom, with customers only required to add a specific tow ball and mount, and the reverse camera has a handy 'Hitch View' function to make attaching a caravan or trailer easier.
Despite its size though, it is only rated to haul a maximum of 2000kg with a braked trailer.
How practical is it?
Measuring 4917mm long, 1915mm wide and 1745mm high, while riding on a wheelbase that measures 2587mm between the front and rear axles, the Acadia is fractionally larger than the Kluger and Santa Fe but not quite as big as the CX-9.
Like those, it is intended to be a genuine bush basher but it does have 182mm of ground clearance for light duty off-road work.
Instead, its primary role is to accommodate a full-sized family, which it does a good job at.
There's plenty of headroom across all three rows, a huge amount of space in the middle row with a flat floor that makes the middle seat more useable for three than most and it's roomy enough in the third row for a couple of adults at a pinch, but easily big enough for kids.
Those in the front are treated to wide, flat chairs with plenty of adjustment for the driver and a commanding view over the broad shouldered bonnet onto the road ahead.
Easy in, easy out?
Climbing aboard isn't a problem, even though the Acadia is a big car. The large, square back doors swing out wide, making it especially easy for kids to clamber into the third row with a one-touch handle that slides and tilts the middle row forward to create a decent aperture.
Space and versatility?
When used as a full seven-seater, the boot space is adequate enough for a couple of school bags or a small load of groceries - which isn't any worse than most others in this class. But it is huge when in the five-seat configuration, with a total capacity of 1042L, including two separate under floor areas where you can stash valuables or wet gear.
The powered tailgate can be opened by the driver via a rotary knob on the front door pocket, which has two height settings - the lower one to prevent it hitting the roof in underground carparks, for example.
What's the engine like?
At the other end of the car, under the bonnet, the Acadia is powered by a 3.6-litre petrol V6 that is an evolution of the High Feature engines previously built in Port Melbourne and used in the Holden Commodore. It is the only choice, with no turbo diesel option available.
It produces a healthy 231kW at 6600rpm, making it most powerful mainstream seven-seat SUV in its segment, but its naturally-aspirated configuration means can't match its turbo diesel rivals for pulling power with 367Nm on tap from 5000rpm.
As a result, the motor needs a few revs on board to extract its best performance and, as such, can be fairly vocal under acceleration.
However, the broad spread of ratios in the nine-speed automatic manages to keep it in the sweet spot, whether it's effortlessly cruising or charging through the suburbs on the school run. It does hunt through the higher gears at highway speeds, constantly dropping a cog or two to counteract changes in elevation on the road, but it does so rather invisibly.
At the other end of the driving spectrum - darting around town - we did experience the occasional lumpy shift and a few indecisive moments when it hung on to a gear for longer than anticipated, but for the most part it is goes about its business without too much fuss.
How much fuel does it consume?
A big V6 in a big, heavy car is never going to be a poster child for fuel economy, but the Acadia does a reasonable job with an official fuel consumption figure of 8.9L/100km in front-drive configuration and 9.3L/100km with all-wheel drive.
While that is higher than most, the figure is counteracted by the fact it is calibrated to run on the cheaper 91RON unleaded petrol.
Is it enjoyable to drive?
The Acadia is the most promising new model among Holden's disparate, now fully-imported line-up. It ticks all the boxes that Australian families have demanded from Holden for the past 70 years, in that it is a spacious, affordable and dependable family car.
But it can't compare to the dynamic benchmark set by the last homegrown Commodore, even though its suspension and steering have been tuned by the same engineering team. They might be geniuses, but they can't change the laws of physics as the Acadia doesn't hide the fact it is a large, heavy and tall soft roader.
For the most part, the adaptive suspension in the LTZ-V is comfortable and compliant in its default Touring mode, but it can be noisy and the heavy 20-inch wheels oscillate over sharp-edged bumps. It's much better controlled in the Sport mode, but then the ride comfort is compromised by the stiffer settings and it isn't as plush. We haven't yet had the opportunity to test the lower-grade variants on the smaller 18-inch wheels and single-rate suspension, but - considering Holden's best work has been with conventional set-ups in the past - it may prove to be the sweet spot.
Does it perform as you expect?
In any case, the Acadia has a lot going for it and is the right car at the right time for Holden.
Its bold dose of Americana might not appeal to everyone, but with a miraculous price advantage, the latest in safety and loaded with equipment, the Acadia might just be convincing enough to be the saviour the lion brand desperately needs.
2018 Holden Acadia Price and Specifications
Price: from $42,990 driveway
Engine: 3.6-litre V6 petrol
Power: 231kW at 6600rpm
Torque: 367Nm at 5000rpm
Transmission: Nine-speed automatic, FWD or AWD
Fuel use: 8.9L/100km (FWD) / 9.3L/100km (AWD)
Seven seat SUV
As Editor in Chief of the Drive Network, Amac is one of Australia's most experienced automotive journalists with more than 25 years experience in newspapers, magazines, broadcasting and digital media.
Deep Thought — 19 Oct 2018 09:38
The 'current' headline photo shows a drive-away price of $3,057 - that's pretty dam good value.
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