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Reciprocal inter-insurance exchange
1928; 93 years ago (1928)
Los Angeles,[1]California, U.S.
John C. Tyler
Thomas E. Leavey
6301 Owensmouth Avenue
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
Jeffrey J. Dailey (CEO & Director)
Insurance, other financial services
US$ 11.65 billion (2019)
US$ -70.5 million (2019)
US$ 4.1 billion (2019)
Zurich Insurance Group
Foremost Insurance
Bristol West Insurance
21st Century Insurance
Farmers Life
www.farmers.com
Farmers Insurance Group (informally Farmers) is an American insurer group of automobiles, homes and small businesses and also provides other insurance and financial services products. Farmers Insurance has more than 48,000 exclusive and independent agents and approximately 21,000 employees. Farmers is the trade name for three reciprocal insurers, Farmers, Fire and Truck owned by their policyholders. The non-claims activities of Farmers are managed by an attorney in fact, Farmers Group Inc, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zurich Insurance Group.
Farmers' future co-founders John C. Tyler and Thomas E. Leavey first met after Tyler moved to California.[2] Tyler and Leavey had both grown up with rural backgrounds and believed that farmers and ranchers, who had better driving records than urbanites, deserved lower insurance premiums.[2][3][4] During the 1920s, farmers across the United States were establishing their own mutual insurance firms and cooperatives in order to have less expensive policies. Tyler, the son of a South Dakotan insurance salesman, and Leavey, who had formerly worked for the Federal Farm Loan Bureau and the National Farm Loan Association, recognized that these farmers, ranchers, and other rural drivers were an overlooked market and wished to create their own auto insurance firm.[2][3]
Tyler and Leavey received a loan from the founder of Bank of America, enabling them to start their company.[2]
Tyler and Leavey opened the doors to their newly founded company, Farmers Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange, in downtown Los Angeles, California.[2] Tyler served as president with Leavey as vice president. A sales manager and secretary completed the four-employee team.
On March 28, 1928, the first meeting of the board of governors was convened.[3] Two days later, Charles Brisco insured his 1925 Cadillac Phaeton and became the first Farmers customer.[5]
Truck Insurance Exchange, a new reciprocal insurer, was launched to specialize in truck insurance.[3]
Farmers Insurance Exchange was named the leading reciprocal in earned premiums for auto insurance by National Underwriter.[3]
New headquarters building to house the Farmers Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange, designed by Walker & Eisen in the Moderne style, opens on Wilshire Boulevard. Architects Claud Beelman & Herman Spackler add 4 floors and a seventh-floor garden terrace for staff in 1949.[6]
Fire Insurance Exchange, the third reciprocal insurer, was launched, specializing in home insurance.[3]
Mid-Century Insurance Company became a subsidiary of the Farmers Insurance Exchange. Aside from the insurance coverage provided by the original three exchanges, Mid-Century offered insurance coverage for Inland marine, robbery, burglary, personal lines, plate glass, selected bonds, and floaters.[3]
Seattle-based New World Life Insurance Company was acquired by Farmers.[3]
Farmers began annual participation in the Pasadena Rose Parade, launching its involvement in parades and community events nationwide.[3]
John C. Tyler died at the age of 86.[3] Thomas E. Leavey, the remaining co-founder, took the CEO position.[3]
Thomas E. Leavey retired.[3]
After an eight-month takeover battle, BATUS Inc., the American subsidiary of British conglomerate B.A.T. Industries Plc, acquired Farmers Group, Inc. for $5.2 billion and became the sole stockholder of the company's 68 million shares of common stock.[2][7]
Multiple, large-scale disasters posed financial challenges to Farmers Insurance. The 1989 San Francisco earthquake, 1991 Oakland fire, and 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake were the three most significant disasters.[3] It was estimated that the losses from the Northridge earthquake alone were $1.3 billion.[3]
In September 1998, the Zurich Financial Services Group was created from the merger with the financial services business of B.A.T. Industries for $18.6 Billion through a dual holding structure.[8]
In March 2000, the Farmers Exchanges acquired Foremost Corporation of America (Foremost Insurance Group),[9] a leading writer of manufactured homes and a prominent insurer of recreational vehicles, boats and other specialty lines.
In August 2000, Farmers Financial Solutions registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker-dealer. Through it, Farmers began offering mutual fund and variable insurance products.[10]
In October 2000, the Zurich structure was simplified and unified under a single Swiss holding company. Allied Zurich and Zurich Allied shares were replaced by shares of the newly incorporated Zurich Financial Services with a primary listing on SWX Swiss Exchange (ticker symbol: ZURN) and a secondary listing in London. Zurich Financial Services American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) are traded on the American Stock Exchange.
In 2005, after Hurricane Rita hit Beaumont, Texas, leaving it without power, Farmers Insurance brought in almost 300 insurance adjusters to assess exterior property damage in order to expedite the reconstruction effort, provided $100,000 for the emergency operations center, and two badly needed megawatt electric generators.[11]
In July 2007, the Farmers Exchanges acquired Bristol West Holdings, Inc., the parent of a group of insurers specializing in non-standard auto insurance, which provides insurance coverage for drivers whose driving records or other problems make obtaining insurance difficult.[12]
During the October 2007 California wildfires, Farmers was one of only a few companies[13] to set up facilities to aid their customers. In addition to writing checks for evacuation costs, damage claims, lodging and meals, the company ran commercials urging their customers to take advantage of these facilities.[14] The company now also has 2 buses serving as Mobile Command Centers.[13][15] This mobile claim center arrived at the Qualcomm Stadium only two days after the fires started.[16]
In April 2009, Farmers announced that it would acquire 21st Century Insurance from AIG for $1.9 billion. The acquisition made Farmers the joint third-largest personal lines insurer in the U.S.[17] The acquired assets included AIG Hawaii.[18]
In response to the increasing number of deadly storms between 2010 and 2013, Farmers Insurance began "researching a model that municipalities across the United States could use to significantly reduce the time required for residential recovery." Teaming with SBP, a disaster relief organization based out of New Orleans, the result was the Disaster Recovery Playbook, an evolving online resource.[19][20] Since the guide's initial creation, AmeriCorps has been brought onto the team.[21]
A Farmers Agency in Northville, Michigan
The Farmers Exchanges, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, are three reciprocal insurers or inter-insurance exchanges (Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange) owned by their policyholders. The Farmers Exchanges, directly or through their subsidiaries and affiliates, offer homeowners insurance, auto insurance, commercial insurance, and financial services throughout the United States. Farmers Group, Inc. (dba Farmers Underwriters Association) and its subsidiaries, Truck Underwriters Association and Fire Underwriters Association, provide certain non-claims administrative services for the Farmers Exchanges as their attorneys-in-fact. The Farmers Exchanges do not hold an ownership interest in Farmers Group, Inc., and neither Farmers Group, Inc. nor its ultimate parent, Zurich Financial Services Ltd., a Swiss company, holds an ownership interest in any of the Farmers Exchanges.[]
The Foremost Insurance Group, headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a group of companies that primarily insure specialty products such as mobile homes, motor homes, travel trailers and specialty dwellings, motorcycles, off-road vehicles, boats and personal watercraft. It was founded in 1952 and was acquired by the Farmers Exchanges in March 2000. The Foremost companies are subsidiaries of the Farmers Exchanges.
The Bristol West Insurance Group became a part of Farmers in July 2007. In 1973, it began providing private passenger auto insurance to residents in Florida and now provides liability and physical damage insurance - focusing exclusively on private passenger vehicles - across the United States. The Bristol West companies are subsidiaries of the Farmers Exchanges.
21st Century Insurance, headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, became a part of Farmers in July 2009. Using the internet and direct response marketing channels, 21st Century markets personal auto insurance to consumers throughout the United States. The 21st Century Insurance companies are subsidiaries of the Farmers Exchanges.
Farmers New World Life Insurance Company started as Catholic Life Insurance Company in Spokane, Washington in 1910. Later that year it was renamed New World Life Insurance Company. In 1953, it was acquired by Farmers Group, Inc. In 1954, its name was changed to the current Farmers New World Life Insurance Company. Farmers New World Life Insurance Company is now based in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue, Washington. It offers flexible universal life insurance, traditional term life insurance, whole life insurance and annuities. Farmers New World Life Insurance Company is a subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.
Farmers Financial Solutions, LLC. was created by the Farmers Exchanges in 2000 to provide financial products to customers.[22]
Farmers' products and services include:
auto insurance;
home insurance, including homeowners, condominium and renters insurance, mobile and manufactured home insurance, specialty home insurance, including landlord and rental properties, seasonal homes, and vacation homes, and flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program;
motorcycle insurance;
life insurance, including term, whole and universal life insurance;
recreational insurance, such as insurance for boats, ATVs, RVs, and travel trailers;
business insurance for small and medium-sized businesses, such as liability and property insurance, commercial auto and workers compensation insurance for apartment and commercial property owners, artisan contractors, condominium homeowner associations, retail stores, service providers, offices, religious organizations, educational and non-profit organizations, hotels, motels, bed & breakfasts, and other businesses in the light manufacturing, restaurant, wholesale, and auto service & repair industries; and
financial services and products, such as mutual funds and variable annuities.
Farmers Field
On February 2011, Farmers announced that it had agreed to sponsor a football stadium in the city of Los Angeles. This stadium would have been located downtown, close to the Staples Center. The contract was signed for 30 years, and its estimated cost was $700 million. The deal would have started with $20 million for the first year, then eventual increases. The stadium was planned to be named "Farmers Field". The stadium project was cancelled after the Kroenke Sports & Entertainment announced their own stadium to be built to be the home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers.
The Farmers Insurance Open
Farmers became the title sponsor of the Farmers Insurance Open PGA tournament in Torrey Pines, CA in 2010. The event raises millions for local San Diego charities each year. www.farmersinsuranceopen.com
Farmers was the sponsor of the No. 5 Chevrolet SS driven by Kasey Kahne for Hendrick Motorsports in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series from the 2012 season till the end of the 2017 season. The year prior, Farmers sponsored Mark Martin and a few years before that, Travis Kvapil. Farmers was the first to introduce a #hashtag on a race car. Kahne's first victory in the No. 5 was at the 2012 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Farmers promotes its motor-sport relationship through the Farmers Racing website.[23] At the conclusion of the 2017 season, Farmers Insurance left Hendrick Motorsports and NASCAR. The combination produced 6 wins in 6 years together including a Brickyard 400.
Farmers Insurance Group's television advertisements typically center around "Farmers University," a fictional institution in which professor Nathaniel Burke (J. K. Simmons) educates Farmers employees about various unlikely insurance claims (often involving devious animals) the company covers.[24]
Complaints to state insurance departments
In 2006, Farmers Insurance received the highest number of complaints to state insurance departments in Washington[25][26] and Oregon.[27]
In 2005, the company refused to pay a claim on a car accident because the accident was allegedly caused intentionally by another driver.[28] Despite Farmers' claims, the state of Washington ordered the company to pay the claim.[29]
In Betty Jo Walker v. Farmers Insurance (2007), Farmers was fined $3 million for not defending a pair of limited-income homeowners from a negligence claim.[30]
In Goddard v. Farmers Insurance (2008), Farmers was ordered to pay $2.5 million for handling a claim with bad faith and "stonewalling" during settlement negotiations. The original punitive damages award was $20 million.[31][32]
In Moeller v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Washington (2013), the company was alleged to have failed to comply with state law by not paying "diminished value," which is the loss in value suffered by certain insured vehicles even after they are repaired. The class-action lawsuit was resolved in exchange for payments from the company not exceeding $48.5 million. The company denied any liability.[33]
In 2015, Farmers was hit with a putative class action by current and former employees who say they have been shorted on overtime wages and breaks. The suit was filed under California's Private Attorney General Act by four senior commercial claims representatives who claim that Farmers improperly classified them as exempt from overtime pay when they were often required greater than the standard 8 hours a day and thus sometimes more than 40 hours per week.[34]
Also in 2015, a number of female attorneys employed as Farmers' in-house legal counsel filed a class action claiming that they had been discriminated against by being paid wages less than male attorneys in comparable positions and by being passed over for promotional opportunities. The class action was settled in June 2016 by an agreement which provides $4 million for the class members and also a commitment by Farmers to a number of employment policy changes going forward. These will include an increase in the number of women attorneys in its higher salary grades and a three-year period during which a company official will monitor compliance with the agreement, provide diversity training to its in-house attorneys and provide regular progress reports to the attorneys who represented the plaintiff in the class action.[35]
Financial ratings
A.M. Best Company: A (Excellent)[36]
Moody's Investor Service: A2 (Good)[37]
Standard and Poor's: AA- (Very Strong)[38][failed verification]
Customer service record
The 2006 American Customer Satisfaction Index conducted by the University of Michigan found that customer satisfaction with Farmers was at exactly the same level as the overall Property and Casualty Industry. In addition, Farmers' satisfaction level was the most improved from 2005 to 2006 among the companies surveyed.[39]
In March 2006, Consumer Reports considered Farmers Insurance one of the "poorest performers" among 27 insurance companies in terms of paying off (auto) claims in 30 days or less.[40]
In the JD Powers 2007 Collision Repair Satisfaction Study, which covered customers surveyed between 2001 and 2004, Farmers Insurance received the lowest possible ratings in all four of the studied categories: "Overall Experience," "Claim Settlement," "Claim Representative" and "Claim Process and Procedures." Of the 26 companies surveyed, Farmers was tied for 20th place.[41]
In 2005, 2006, and 2007 Farmers Insurance Group won the J.D. Power award for Call Center Customer Service Excellence.[42]
In 2008 Bristol West had a complaint ratio of 3.42 while the national median was 1.0 according to the NAIC.[43][failed verification]
In 2006, Farmers Insurance received the highest number of complaints to state insurance departments in Washington[25][26] and Oregon.[44][45]
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^ "Farmers Hit With Class Action Saying Wage Abuses Continue". Law360. Retrieved 2015.
^ Robin Abcarian (June 24, 2016). "Farmers Insurance will pay a high price for discriminating against its female attorneys". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016.
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How the armchair got its wings…
by Hornbogen Knuth | Nov 9, 2011
If the throne is reserved for the king alone, the armchair could be considered the people's throne. But humbly lounging on this cushioned seat somehow feels... inappropriate. Hard work is rewarded. Only those who have earned something can savor it, can indulge in this restful state of mind. Such that the image of the armchair is shaped by that of grandpa sitting there, reading and telling stories; explaining the world. And that's not all: he is owed respect. And if grandma takes her place in the armchair, the wool and knitting needles cannot be far away: This is the armchair we picture in our minds.
Cutting old ties
The armchair is without a doubt the item of furniture of the privileged. An essential fixture in the British Royal family household, where it adorns the venerable fireside. This richly upholstered item of furniture has decorated noble homes for centuries now. But it was not until the 17th century that it grew the wings that would lend it its name – the wing chair – the clearest image we have of a piece of furniture that has lived through endless adaptations. And this despite the wings' origins being above all practical and not at all symbolic, namely to protect from draft. However, in terms of iconography an image has taken root with these projecting wings that carries with it a certain grandpaness, which always overlaps with a sense of lazy coziness. It creates a sort of emotional security, which in design is something extremely suspect. Yet the discipline of refinement and advancement considers itself obliged to rational intellect: a conceptual mélange, from which modern counter-icons consistently grew. This can be seen most notably in tubular steel furniture, where the closest thing to the armchair is the "LC2", designed by Le Corbusier et al. Although for those who prefer that feeling of security and protection, this will hardly hit the spot.
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We are more likely to view works by Arne Jacobsen as places of retreat. With his "Egg" chair, designed for the lobby of the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, he successfully achieved a balancing act. The visible coziness is not sacrificed in favor of any kind of sober reason. Though this has admittedly come at a price, namely of having designed an item of furniture whose seating position is too up-right for the private sphere; that is more like a throne than an armchair; but even as a throne is completely unsuitable, for it embodies not a trace of authority. Yet it is ideal for the grand lobby, an opportunity for public retreat. In its numerous manifestations the whole furniture series, to which the chair belongs, is a fixed component of the great picture book of design we all have in our minds. On the one hand as a classically proportioned armchair with a high backrest, on the other as a club chair, the armchair's little brother, whose backs are almost if not just as high, but always remain considerably lower than shoulder height.
It is not without reason that this item of furniture has gone down in design history – and holds onto its prominent position to the present day. For it seems to be the embodiment of a recipe for success. All the same, the Poltrona Frau "Regina II", designed by Paolo Rizzatto in 2009, is based on remarkably similar proportions – even 50 years later, more evidence of Arne Jacobsen's archetypical qualities. It is no wonder that Rizzatto once again took to searching through the treasure trove of shapes and forms that is design history. And found his inspiration. For Regina II's very slight recline calls for an ottoman, somewhere to put your feet. Something we are already familiar with from history books and associate with an item of furniture that created its own typology: the "Lounge Chair" by Charles and Ray Eames. A piece of furniture that without an ottoman is simply incomplete. And one that – in contrast to Jacobsen's Egg – is less suitable to adorn a grand lobby, being just too laid back, exposing the user too much. Wings, which symbolically offer protection, are completely absent here. And it is a piece of furniture that – put nicely – has provided plenty of inspiration for other designers. After all, the niche areas in which design is still able to set foot have become noticeably smaller. This can also be seen in the "S 860", designed for Thonet by Kassel-based design studio Lepper Schmidt Sommerlade in 2006. Or "Shrimp", designed by Jehs + Laub, with which Cor has been serving the market for ottoman-dependant armchairs as of this year. As similar as they are in terms of basic format, their individual interpretations are just as varied. Classifications may be gradually shifting, but the two designs still adhere to the genre of the Lounge Chair, which was most certainly the intention.
Vague classification and shifting boundaries
This seems doubtful in the case of another item of furniture. The "EC03 Eugene", which Stefan Diez recently presented in Milan, appears to belong to the same product category: high back, strongly reclined backrest, an ottoman in front. And yet it is a million miles away from a comfy retreat. Perhaps a new chair has been born? In any case, there is definitely progress to be seen in the shifting of these boundaries. How far can you go, how far do you have to go to set new examples? Despite all the reduction, the dusty wing chair still has its place in the future. For the continuous redefinition of genres constantly opens up new possibilities in terms of use. This is the idea behind the increasing number of open-plan office spaces in past years, where space is required for quick meetings or moments of retreat. The Bouroullec brothers together with Vitra have had great success in this market segment. With their "Alcove" series, they have succeeded in bringing grandpa's feeling of security and comfort into the office environment. But in the case of the workstation "Alcove Highback Work", it is unclear whether it is primarily a sofa, a desk or a room-divider. These are questions that grandpa had no need to worry about. Order ruled back then. Now is the time for refinement, redefinition and change.
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Already published in our series on product-typologies:
› "Everything that is furniture" by Thomas Wagner
› "Do not lean back!" on stools by Nina Reetzke
› "On tranquility and comfort" on lounge chairs by Mathias Remmele
› "Foam meadow, stays fresh for longer" by Markus Frenzl
› "In Chair World" by Sandra Hofmeister
› "All the things chair can be" by Claus Richter
› "The shelf – furniture for public order" by Thomas Edelmann
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Something Waukegan This Way Comes: Finding Ray Bradbury's Boyhood Muse
July 27, 2011 at 4:30 am by Brian Hieggelke
by Brian Hieggelke
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Ray Bradbury's boyhood home
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Chicago's sci fi pedigree is impeccable. Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator of Tarzan and John Carter: Warlord of Mars) was born in the city and lived in Oak Park, for example, while Weird Tales magazine—publishers of H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Robert Bloch and others—had offices downtown. The real coup, however, is Waukegan, the setting for the birth, boyhood, and books of Ray Bradbury. A short trip to the town revealed that the writer of "Fahrenheit 451" is a prophet with honor, but minimal commemoration, in his hometown.
A Midwestern Proust, Bradbury re-imagined Waukegan as Green Town, Illinois, in several works—most famously in "Something Wicked This Way Comes" and "Dandelion Wine." Per Bradbury, Waukegan was a charming rural burg of the twenties, rife with sun-dappled fields and pies cooling on windowsills, which happened to be visited by serial killers and evil carny demons. Waukegan may well have been sun-dappled, etc. when Mr. Bradbury was growing up, but today's reality is grim. The Autumn People may have succeeded, leaving semi-industrial, depressed Waukegan—location of three superfund clean-up sites—in their wake. It's not a happy place, though it's obvious some people are trying to revive the poor thing.
The former town library
For the devoted Bradburyian, the raybradburyboard.com site points out sites where Bradbury was sired and inspired. Bradbury's boyhood home (at 11 South St. James) is a little underwhelming; a charming though squat house that probably looms larger in his memory than in reality. His grandparents' house (due north at 619 Washington) is a more impressive and literary-looking place. Currently, both are private residences, so mind your manners.
To find "Fahrenheit 451″'s roots, head over to 1 North Sheridan Road, where the former town library sits. Completed March 20, 1903, after the locals received $25,000 from library-happy mogul Andrew Carnegie, the self-taught Bradbury spent much of his youth here. The library closed in the sixties and moved to more spacious quarters, but the building can still be appreciated for its sugary turn-of-the-century architecture.
The ravine in Ray Bradbury Park
Looking for some green amidst the grey? Make your way to Ray Bradbury Park at 99 North Park Avenue. It's a pleasant place, if you ignore the colorful, Cronenbergian playground equipment—especially the tongue-like slide. A tasteful and poetic commemorative brass plaque commemorates Bradbury, while another one explains his career with glaring children's-museum graphics. Behind the park is the ravine, which has a starring role in "Dandelion Wine." It's a beautiful, evocative, slightly disturbing place—a perfect site for a slaying by Bradbury's fictional killer the Lonely One. While I visited, heebie jeebies were added by the obviously troubled fellow who silently walked past me and down the ravine steps, moved several yards downstream, and laid face down on a fallen tree crossing the water. Do I feel a chill?
Bradbury remains alive, living in California and continuing to rail against book-banning and the like. When he passes, let's hope Waukegan pulls out the stops. Comedian Jack Benny is the town's other favorite son, and has a statue in the town square. Ray does not. Moreover, here's hoping the Chamber of Commerce snatches up his old house for a future museum. I'd pay to see original manuscripts, props from the "The Martian Chronicles" television series (not a great show, but the Martians looked awesome), and Ray's baby booties.
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Very nice post! I am from the UK and have visited Waukegan only once, but I get the impression Bradbury is more honored than you found. As well as the park, there is also a star for Bradbury on the Waukegan walk of fame, plus they have annual events in his name, such as the Ray Bradbury Storytelling Festival and a Dandelion Wine fraft fair (or somesuch). Not forgetting the Green Town Tavern!
My own report from 'Green Town' in 2009 is on my blog here:
http://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2009/09/couple-of-weeks-ago-i-returned-from-my.html
– Phil
Very interesting article..thank you. I am among the legions of fans of RB who grew up with his stories. No better way to fire your imagination and he is still widely read today.
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On Saturday, all of Black Hollywood's elite descended upon Atlanta to celebrate the grand opening of Tyler Perry Studios, the first ever fully black-owned film studio lot. As The Hollywood Reporter points out, the studio has no proprietary partners or corporate backing. This is all Perry, baby.
Notable guests at the grand opening gala included Samuel L. Jackson, Cicely Tyson, Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay, Stacey Abrams, Halle Berry, Tiffany Haddish and a surprise appearance by Beyoncé and Jay-Z.
"Why did it take so long?" Whoopi Goldberg said in an interview with THR. "Why was he the first to get it? Now he's the man who makes the decisions, chooses the movies, and he doesn't have to ask anybody for shit. There's nothing better than that. He's never on his knees. He gets what he needs because he provided it."
Tyler Perry also gave tribute to the late Diahann Carroll at the event. "Her level of grace, class and inspiration was just beyond anything I could ever imagine," he said. "The very fact that we were able to have her on the planet at the same time as we are, we should all be very, very blessed."
For those of us whose invite got lost in the mail, DuVernay came to the rescue and offered a sneak peek at the stunning studio lot.
As you can see in the video, Perry dedicated the sound stages to legends such as Oprah, Harry Belafonte, Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Whoopi Goldberg and even his own mother Willie Maxine Perry. And how can your mouth not drop at that White House replica?! Damn.
Plus, DuVernay added an unforgettable fun fact.
"The studio lots of Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, Fox and Sony could fit inside Tyler Perry's studio lot at the same time – and there would still be 60 acres to spare," DuVernay tweeted, also noting that the lot stands on a former Confederate Army base.
People took to Twitter to express their awe and excitement over the newly opened lot. As many people who have been following Perry's career know, his literal rags-to-riches story is quite the impressive feat.
The conversation around the studio's grand opening has been a bit layered. In addition to the black community discussing the problematic stereotypes in his films and television shows throughout the years, Perry has been wrapped in controversy regarding his adverse relationship with unions. In 2015, the Actors' Equity Association added Perry to its "do not work" list, citing Perry's refusal to sign its contract.
Additionally, according to Deadline, Tyler Perry decided not to join the Hollywood boycott of Georgia in reaction to its "heartbeat" abortion law.
"Atlanta has been the dream. It has been the promised land," Perry noted, while confirming he is against the new law. "So when I got here, this whole state and city has been amazing to me and I wouldn't trade that for anything. Also, I put $250 million in the ground here and in the studio. So when you have a quarter of a billion dollars sat down in the ground, you can't just up and leave."
Perry has been having quite the prosperous week. He recently received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Perry also appeared on the cover of People and discussed his future, including moving forward from his most popular character of Madea.
"I stayed that course bringing joy and laughter and lifting people," he told the magazine before teasing a possible fictional government office run for the bodacious maternal character. "It had its purpose and its power. For right now I'm done."
Perry may be done with Madea, but he's just getting started on the next level of his empire. He recently partnered with BET for its new digital channel, BET+, which just announced its upcoming lineup including two series he produced, The Oval and Sistas.
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The ternary ytterbium transition-metal antimonides YbM2Sb2 (M = Zn, Cd) were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies to adopt the CaAl2Si2-type structure (P 3 ml; a = 4.4424(6) A, c = 7.4184(9) A for YbZn2Sb2; a = 4.6512(7) A, c = 7.5661(11) A for YbCd2Sb2). Electrical resistivity measurements on single crystals revealed weakly metallic behaviour, with a resistivity minimum near 80 K in the case of YbCd2Sb2. The Yb atoms are predominantly divalent, as indicated by band structure calculations and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy on YbZn2Sb2, but nonzero magnetic moments derived from magnetic susceptibility measurements and additional features in the experimental valence band spectrum provide evidence for the presence of some trivalent Yb species.
type) found for the divalent rare earths R = Eu and Yb . Some of the ytterbium-containing compounds, such as Yb14ZnSb11, have been of particular interest because of the anomalous physical properties that might arise from the occurrence of intermediate or mixed valence of Yb [2,3]. Substitution of Ca for Yb has led to solid solutions CaxYb1-xZn2Sb2 that may be promising thermoelectric materials . Other new phases recently discovered in the Yb systems include Yb9Zn4+xSb9 [5,6] and Yb2CdSb2 .
Investigation of the YbM2Sb2 (M = Zn, Cd) phases remains incomplete, and some inconsistent results are noted in the literature. For YbZn2Sb2, only cell parameters are known [8,9], the electrical resistivity curve at low temperature (2 to 300 K)  is several orders of magnitude greater than that at high temperature (300 to 800 K) , and the magnetic properties have been described as either diamagnetic  or following Curie-Weiss behaviour . For YbCd2Sb2, a single-crystal structure determination (R(F) = 0.038) has been reported , but no electrical or magnetic properties have been measured so far. To resolve some of these ambiguities, we report here a systematic study of these two compounds, including crystal structure determination, electrical and magnetic property measurements, electronic band structure calculations, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
were evaluated by powder X-ray diffraction patterns collected on an Inel powder diffractometer equipped with a CPS 120 detector, and by energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis on a Hitachi S-2700 scanning electron microscope.
Table 1 Crystallographic data for YbM2Sb2 (M = Zn, Cd).
Rw (Fo2) = Z ^(Fo2 - Fc2 )2 jzwFo4 , w- = [a2 (Fo2)+ (Ap)2 + Bp] where p = [max(Fo2,0)+ 2Fc2 ^3 Table 2 Positional and equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (A2) a for YbM2Sb2 (M = Zn, Cd).
Ueq is defined as one-third of the trace of the orthogonalized tensor.
W scans. Calculations were carried out with use of the SHELXTL (version 6.12) package . Face-indexed numerical absorption corrections were applied. The centrosymmetric space group P 3 m1 was chosen and initial atomic positions were located by direct methods, confirming the expected CaAl2Si2-type structure . The crystal structures were refined by full-matrix least-squares methods on F2 with anisotropic displacement parameters. Table 1 summarizes crystallographic data, Table 2 lists the final values of the atomic positions and displacement parameters, and Table 3 lists selected interatomic distances. Further data, in CIF format, have been sent to Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe, Abt. PROKA, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany, as supplementary material No. CSD-419689 and 419690 and can be obtained by contacting FIZ (quoting the article details and the corresponding CSD numbers).
Silver plate-shaped crystals of YbZn2Sb2 and YbCd2Sb2 were selected for electrical resistivity measurements after their identities were confirmed by EDX analysis. The electrical resistivity within the ab plane was measured by standard four-probe techniques on a Quantum Design Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS) equipped with an ac transport controller (Model 7100). The current was 100 |jA and the frequency was 16 Hz. Measurements of dc magnetic susceptibility were made on ground samples (20-30 mg) between 2 and 300 K on a Quantum Design 9T-PPMS dc magnetometer / ac susceptometer. Susceptibility values were corrected for contributions from the holder and the underlying sample diamagnetism.
Table 3 Selected interatomic distances (A) and angles (°) in YbM2Sb2 (M = Zn, Cd).
spheres approximations using the Stuttgart TB-LMTO program . The basis sets consisted of Yb 6s/6p/5d/4f, Zn 4s/4p/3d, and Sb 5s/5p/5d/4f orbitals, with the Yb 6p and Sb 5d/4f orbitals being downfolded. Integrations in reciprocal space were carried out with an improved tetrahedron method over 131 independent k points.
The valence band spectrum of YbZn2Sb2 was collected on a Kratos AXIS Ultra spectrometer equipped with a monochromatic Al Ka X-ray source. The pressures throughout the analysis chamber were 10-6-10-7 Pa. The resolution function for this instrument has been determined to be 0.4 eV by analysis of the cobalt Fermi edge. Powders of YbZn2Sb2 were pressed onto C tape in air and transferred into the vacuum chamber of the instrument where they were sputter-cleaned with an Ar+ ion beam (4 kV, 10 mA) to remove any surface oxide or contaminates formed. The valence band spectrum was collected using a pass energy of 20 eV and a step size of 0.05 eV. Sample charging was corrected for by calibrating the adventitious C 1s peak to the accepted value of 284.8 eV. The spectrum was analysed with use of the CasaXPS software package .
YbM2Sb2 (M = Zn, Cd) adopts the trigonal CaAl2Si2-type structure , with cell parameters (Table 1) in good agreement with those previously reported (a = 4.444(1) A, c = 7.424(1) A for YbZn2Sb2 ; a = 4.650(1) A, c = 7.565(2) A for YbCd2Sb2 ). The structure is built up by stacking [M2Sb2] double layers of edge-sharing MSb4 tetrahedra along the c axis, separated by hexagonal nets of Yb atoms that are octahedrally coordinated by Sb atoms (Fig. 1). Consistent with the larger size of Cd relative to Zn, there is an expansion of the structure on going from YbZn2Sb2 to YbCd2Sb2, as manifested by the ~0.2 A increase in the M-Sb distances within the MSb4 tetrahedra. The ~3.2 A Yb-Sb distances in YbM2Sb2 are within the range found in YbSb2 (3.19(1)-3.57(1) A)  which contains divalent Yb, but longer than that found in YbSb (3.041 A)  which contains trivalent Yb. If divalent Yb is assumed, the electron-precise formulation Yb2+(M2+)2(Sb3-)2 indicates that the Zintl concept is satisfied.
Fig. 1 Structure of YbM2Sb2 (M = Zn, Cd). The large lightly shaded circles are Yb atoms, the small solid circles are M atoms, and the medium open circles are Sb atoms.
The electrical resistivity profile from 2 to 300 K for YbZn2Sb2 suggests a small band gap semiconductor or a semimetal (Fig. 2a). The absolute resistivity at room temperature is high (p300 = 0.53 mQ-cm), similar to that found in a previous measurement from 300 to 800 K (p300 = 0.32 mQ-cm)  but in considerable disagreement with another measurement from 5 to 300 K (p300 = 0.25 Q-cm)  (note the difference in units). Moreover, the temperature coefficient found here is essentially identical to that in the previous high-temperature measurement (dp/dT = 0.0012 mQ-cm/K) . In contrast, the resistivity for YbCd2Sb2 is substantially higher, with p300 = 50 mQ-cm, and exhibits a characteristic minimum near 80 K suggestive of Kondo lattice behaviour in which dilute magnetic impurities cause scattering of conducting electrons at low temperatures (Fig. 2b). Because the resistivity measurements were performed on discrete single crystals, this observation suggests the presence of some trivalent Yb that is intrinsic to YbCd2Sb2.
Fig. 3 Magnetic susceptibility of YbZn2Sb2 (open squares) and YbCd2Sb2 (solid circles). The inset shows fits of the inverse susceptibility to the Curie-Weiss law at low temperature.
by Zwiener et al. from 80 to 290 K , but differ from the large diamagnetic response seen at all temperatures by Pfleiderer et al. , who also reported the inconsistently high resistivity described above. Fitting of the low-temperature portion of the inverse susceptibility to the Curie-Weiss law gives Heff = 2.1 Цв for YbZn2Sb2 and 0.9 |їв for YbCd2Sb2. Given that the theoretical magnetic moments are 0 | B for Yb2+ (4f14) and 4.5 |їв for Yb3+ (4f13), the observed nonzero moments suggest the presence of some trivalent Yb. For comparison, YbZn2As2 also exhibits a nonzero magnetic moment of 2.3 | B/Yb . It is customary to dismiss a small nonzero moment in divalent Yb compounds to minor amounts of impurities such as Yb2O3. However, the resistivity minimum seen earlier provides evidence that a small amount of trivalent Yb may be intrinsic, on the order of ~20% in YbZn2Sb2 and ~4% in YbCd2Sb2, if the nonzero moment is attributed entirely to these compounds and not to another unidentified impurity. Overall, our observations tend to support the earlier proposal that YbZn2Sb2 exhibits an intermediate Yb valence .


"Care - For Healthy Generation" under YAP Youth Union of Nizami district regional branch held rally today under slogan 'We're like everybody' in Baku on the occasion of World Down Syndrome Day.
Chairman of the Youth Union of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party's (YAP) Nizami district branch and the "Care-For Healthy Generation" Social Organization Sevinj Abdullayeva, MP Ganira Pashayeva, Head of Nizami district executive power Arif Qasimov, persons with Down syndrome, their parents, teachers and educators, Union staff, media representatives and others took part in rally.
The purpose of the rally held in Nizami district, "Heydar Aliyev Park - Park Boulevard", on the eve of the International Down Syndrome Day on March 21 was to draw public attention to this issue, in society, the role of people with Down syndrome and to emphasize the importance of such rallies MP Ganira Pashayeva and Head of Nizami district executive power Arif Qasimov spoke and expressed gratitude to the organizers of the march, welcomed such rallies.


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…to be a wife and a mother. Being a wife is something I know I was meant to do and I know my time will come some day. There's no time limit on this but I would be lying if I said I would be content with singlehood for the next 10 years. Along with becoming a wife, I also desire motherhood. Pregnancy, babies, new life. As I watch how much work my brother and his fiancee put into their son, it exhausts me. Being a mother is more than a full-time job but I imagine they could never imagine their life without him. Fewer hours of sleep is worth it. Likewise, I could not imagine my life as a single woman, without a husband and children in my home.
…to be healthy. I want to maintain a healthy lifestyle and consistent exercise routine over the next 10 years. Since this running thing is going pretty good so far, I'll even venture to say I want to run more races and perhaps even a triathlon some day. (A sprint one…I'm not looking to do anything crazy just yet!) Mainly, though, I want to have conquered my bad eating habits and not be on an endless cycle of weight loss. I want to be at my happy weight and confident in my body. I want the healthy choices to be the easy ones and for exercise to be as much a part of me as my flip-flops.
…to be a published author. And to do this, I should get started on my novel, huh? In all honesty, I never knew the dedication and time it took into writing a novel. Writing my short story took everything out of me, made me doubt all my abilities, but also realize that this is what I want to do and I do have what it takes. I had some tough criticism to listen to but it didn't crush me as I thought it would. It's a tough world out there, but I'm going to give it my best shot. Who knows what could happen?
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…to have traveled the world. Well, maybe not the world, but I do want to travel a lot more over the next 10 years than I did during these past 10 years. I want to visit Europe and Asia and Australia. I want to see more of the United States and Canada. I will probably want to go on more cruises. I want to visit blog friends and have girls weekends away. There is so much of this great world I have yet to see.
What is one big thing you want to have done in 10 years?
Most of those are on my "in ten years" list as well!
Had a vow-renewal ceremony. Since we didn't get to have an original wedding ceremony, we really want to have a vow renewal ceremony before anniversary number 3.
I also want to see every major city/spot in Europe. Since I'm living here now, it should be easy, right?
I'd like to be a published author by then, too. Can we try to hold one another accountable for this???
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In 10 years I will be 40. Eeks. And hope by then, I have a husband and a baby. But if I don't, I hope I have been on many, many fabulous adventures!
Thinking about how old I'll be in 10 years makes me shudder, but I definitely want to be married in that time, with definite plans to have children if I don't already. I'm going to be 34 by then! Yikes.
This is really cool- I'm around the same age as you and the things you listed are exactly what I would like as well… It's crazy to think how fast 10 years passes- it sometimes seems like just yesterday I was in high school and then last week I graduated from college. Go figure!!
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I want pretty much all of these things, as well. Is there anyone in particular who is hosting the 30DC, or can you just do it? If someone's hosting it, I'd feel better about linking them up to my posts. When I saw this post the other day, I became really interested in participating.
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The rise and fall of English football magazines
June 2, 2011 Steve Ferguson Uncategorized 2
As a child getting into watching football in the mid-1980's, along with collecting Panini football stickers, one of the things that I really enjoyed doing was reading the 2 popular weekly football magazines at the time Shoot! and Match. Back then, there was no internet for football news or forums, chatrooms or Twitter. There was also no Sky Sports at the time and any football news in the newspapers was mostly limited to just the back few pages of the papers. Football fanzines were only just starting to appear at the time as well, being sold outside the grounds, as an alternative to the club produced matchday programmes. So, reading Shoot! and Match magazines most definitely enhanced my interest in football.
The first real football magazine in England that appeared was Charles Buchan's Football Monthly, in 1954 and this ran until 1974. there was also another publication that ran from 1969 to 1974 called Goal which was sold in this country. However it was Shoot!, which was launched in 1969 and Match, launched in 1979 which really dominated the English football magazine market by the 1980s. As well as offering things like team and player posters, at the start of every season, both publications offered 'League Ladders'. These ladders were made up of a large cardboard poster with blank league tables for each division of teams and a slit in the card alongside each position on the tables. To go with this were T-shaped tabs for each team in the league which would be in that club's appropriate colours. As the season went on, the teams would be moved up and down these tables according to their progress in the league.
As well as this, the articles written in both magazines were of a decent quality and made good reading at that time. The magazines used to have some good interviews with players and also had footballers as guest writers too. I particularly liked it when two of my favourite players, Brian McClair and Bryan Robson had guest columns for them. In Shoot! former Spurs and England player Jimmy Greaves had a letters page and once I wrote a letter to him, which won letter of the week. I wrote in about players giving referees too much back chat, so as a punishment they should be moved back 10 yards for a free kick, like they did in rugby. This was later introduced as a rule in football too.
The 1990s marked a big change in the popularity of football in England. This was as a result of England's strong campaign at the Italia 90 World Cup and also the role that Paul Gascoigne played in this. This popularity further increased with the introduction of The FA Premier League in 1992 and Sky's large scale and unrivalled TV coverage of this. Prior to that – only one top flight football match was shown per week on ITV, for example, plus some FA Cup and League Cup games and England Internationals. In addition from 1990, after a 5 year ban, English football teams were once again allowed to compete in Europe again which created increased interest, especially as Manchester United won the European Cup Winner's Cup in that first season back in Europe. In 1990, on the back of this growing interest, a 3rd weekly football magazine was launched – 90 Minutes Magazine, which worked along the same lines of Shoot! and Match, but with slightly more football writing and less posters in it. As football continued to grow in popularity and attendances at matches grew, another magazine was launched in 1994. This was a high quality monthly football magazine called Four Four Two, which still remains popular to this day. During the 1992-93 Season, along with other Premier League clubs, Manchester United launched their own official monthly magazine. This magazine, which later became known as 'Inside United' became very popular and is still sold around the world today. Alongside the club magazine, there was also another, more basic official poster magazine, called Glory Glory Man United. There were also various unofficial Manchester United publications – some of a decent quality and others of a very basic quality, which appeared in the shops, but then disappeared almost as quickly.
The peak of English football magazines though, would centre around England hosting the Euro 96 football tournament. Capitalising on the further increase in popularity – more magazines were launched. Monthly football magazines – Goal, Total Football and Match of the Day all appeared around this time, whilst Shoot! and Match magazines enjoyed record sales figures at the same time. The majority of these magazines only enjoyed a brief popularity and by the time the France 98 World Cup had finished, Total Football and Goal magazines had gone, whilst 90 Minutes magazine finished in 1997. By then, the growth of football magazines had turned into a decline, as demand for so many different magazines fell.
By 2000 demand for magazines continued to fall, with Match of the Day magazine, as a monthly publication finishing in 2001. By now Match was strongly outselling Shoot!, whilst Four Four Two remained as the main monthly football magazine. Although football became more popular in England – seen especially at Manchester United with the huge expansion of Old Trafford, the way people read about and discussed football was changing. This was largely down to the huge growth of the internet, along with Sky TV and also the newspapers too. Football players, led by David Beckham were also now being seen so much more as celebrities, not just sports stars. This was seen in gossip magazines and publications like Hello! and OK too. Football also occupied more of the front and centre pages of the newspapers, especially the tabloid newspapers, where lots of stories about footballers' private lives were written. As a child, this was something I saw far less. The only real stories I really remember reading as a child would be for things like footballers caught for drink driving – Paul McGrath, Bryan Robson, Tony Adams and Jan Molby for example. Very different to how things are today.
In 2007 Shoot! reverted to a monthly publication and then the following year it ceased to be as a magazine. It has since been revived as an online magazine though. Although I had long since stopped buying it, when I heard about it's demise I did feel a bit sad about that, as it had been a part of my childhood as a football supporter. Match of the Day magazine did re-appear again as a weekly magazine, seeing itself as the rival weekly publication to Match. This is still the situation 3 years later, as both are seen on newstands across the country. Occasionally I'll have a look at these in the shops, especially if there is something to do with Manchester United on the cover of them. What stands out now is the lack of actual reading material – it would probably take me less than 10 minutes to read either publication. Both magazines are strongly focused on a much younger market now, which accounts for the reduction in reading material. For football news now, the majority of football fans refer to Sky Sports News and the internet with news breaking as soon as it happens now, rather than printed material.
Reading football magazines when I was a child gave me great enjoyment and helped provide me with a greater knowledge and understanding of the game of football. For that, I'll always be grateful to those publications.
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Steve Ferguson had taken over & re-branded The Faithful MUFC website back in the summer of 2014 and is now the owner and editor of the site. Steve, from Ashton-Under-Lyne in Greater Manchester, is a 35-year-old life long Manchester United fan, travelling over the globe to see the Reds play. Steve has been lucky enough to be at both the 1999 and 2008 Champions League finals, seeing Manchester United lift the biggest trophy in the World, none more exciting than that faithful night in Barcelona in 99. The website is a blog, but also hopes to deliver the latest Manchester United news from around the internet too, linked up with our growing twitter account which is @TheFaithfulMUFC, give it a follow as we will follow you back as soon as we can.
Bjorn says:
I could have written this myself, pretty much, with the addition of being in Iceland, I had even less news of English football from local news. Starte buying Shoot! in '82 and have copies of more or less every title mentioned.
Oh, and I'd give World Soccer a mention too.
George Dearnaley says:
Good memories for me too. Living in South Africa, Match & Shoot magazines were our direct link to English football and I still collect the hard cover Annuals of most of the old titles (Charles Buchan, Goal, Kenneth Wolstenholme!)
I publish the supporters magazine for Kaizer Chiefs in South Africa – we have 1.5 million readers a month! But internet penetration is still small in South Africa, so print can still survive!


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