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Elizabeth Taylor: The Edith Head Necklace
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Richard Taylor and Elizabeth Burton. Undated photo
On July 4, 1973, American film actress Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) issued the following press release:
"I am convinced it would be a good and constructive idea if Richard [Burton] and I separated for a while. Maybe we loved each other too much. I never believed such a thing was possible. But we have been in each other's pockets constantly, never being apart but for matters of life and death, and I believe it has caused a temporary breakdown of communication.
I believe with all my heart that the separation will ultimately bring us back to where we should be – and that's together. I think in a few days' time I shall return to California, because my mother is there, and I have old and true friends there, too." (1)
Leaving Richard at the Long Island estate of his lawyer Aaron Frosch, Elizabeth checked out of her room at the Regency Hotel, Park Avenue, New York and flew to Los Angeles. She had to put distance between herself and Richard's endless drinking, their endless quarreling. She hid from the paparazzi at the Hollywood home of her old and dear friend, Edith Head, the legendary fashion designer for Paramount Pictures. Upon Elizabeth's arrival, "Edie" got out the bottle of Jack Daniels for the two of them to share.
Elizabeth considered Edith to be like a second mother to her. Edith returned the affection. In her Spanish-style home in Coldwater Canyon that she shared with her husband Bill, she had placed a plaque at the bottom of the stairwell that read,
ELIZABETH TAYLOR SLEEPS HERE
Edith Head designed costumes at Paramount Pictures for 43 years. (1952)
Edith Head (1897-1981) had won one of her eight Oscars for best costume design for "A Place in the Sun" (1951) in which Elizabeth played socialite Angela Vickers. Taylor's costumes were so beautiful in that film that they set fashion trends for prom and ball gowns that year. (2)
One evening gown, in particular, was a huge sensation and remains an iconic dress today. It was strapless, to show off Elizabeth's gorgeous shoulders, which Edith considered one of her best assets, with a sweetheart neckline that showed just a trace of virginal décolletage.
An Edith Head sketch of Elizabeth Taylor's white tulle gown in "A Place in the Sun." (1952)
The bodice was highlighted by clusters of tiny fabric violets. Below the nipped in waist, a full skirt erupted in countless yards of white tulle studded with white velvet violets. It was a flattering silhouette for Elizabeth who Edith considered "one of the prettiest human beings I've ever seen."
Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift in "A Place in the Sun." (1952)
Eighteen years later, Elizabeth wore another of Edith's designs to the 1970 Academy Awards, at which she presented the Best Picture Award to "Midnight Cowboy." It was a chiffon dress – in violet, to match Elizabeth's famous violet eyes – with a plunging V-neckline. Nestled in Elizabeth's tanned cleavage was the famous 69-carat, pear-shaped Taylor-Burton diamond, a diamond as big as the Ritz that cost well over a million dollars. It was one of many outstanding pieces in the Elizabeth Taylor Jewelry Collection.
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor arrive at the 1970 Academy Awards. Burton was nominated for Best Actor in "Anne of a Thousand Days" but did not win.
Elizabeth had a love affair with jewelry. She had long admired one piece that Edith Head often wore, a gold and ivory necklace made up of Victorian opera tokens.
Film costume designer Edith Head wearing her Victorian opera token necklace.
The Edith Head Necklace
In 1981, Edith passed away, leaving her necklace to Elizabeth in her will.
Elizabeth Taylor wears a Victorian opera token necklace of ivory and gold, a gift from her friend Edith Head. Undated photo
I had the opportunity to see the Edith Head Necklace in 2011 at the Christie's auction of Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry collection in New York. It was my favorite piece of all of Elizabeth's jewelry. The necklace was estimated to sell at between $1,500 and $2,000, but it sold for $314,500!
(1) Kashner, Sam and Schoenberger, Nancy. Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2010.
(2) Jorgensen, Jay. Edith Head: The Fifty Year Career of Hollywood's Greatest Costume Designer. New York: Lifetime Media, 2010.
Readers: For more on Elizabeth Taylor, click here. For more on Edith Head, click here.
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This drug is used for hypertension treatment, to alleviate the consequences of a heart attack, and to prevent kidney problems associated with increased blood pressure and diabetes. The medication is an enzyme inhibitor and works by relaxing the blood vessels allowing the blood to flow easier.
Capoten contains captopril, a substance which belongs to a family of enzyme inhibitors. These substances block the ACE enzyme which is responsible for blood pressure regulation, which lets the blood vessels to relax. The vasodilatory action of the drug lowers the blood pressure, and it also helps to mitigate various harmful consequences of abnormally high blood pressure. The drug is used in hypertension therapy, as well as to help to fight various symptoms of heart attacks and diabetes.
The main indications for Capoten use are the following: hypertension (high blood pressure), congestive heart failure (insufficient heart pump action), myocardial infarction (heart attack), and kidney disease related to diabetes.
The medication is available as Capoten oral tablets with 12.5 mg, 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg captopril content. The drug is recommended to be taken before a meal, with at least an hour margin. When administered for hypertension and heart failure treatment, a 25 mg tablet is taken twice or thrice a day during one or two weeks. The doctor may increase the dose to 50 mg and higher (twice or thrice a day) if the desirable outcome has not been achieved. 450 mg Capoten is the maximal allowed daily dose. When treating consequences of myocardial infarction, 50 mg Capoten is taken thrice a day. For diabetic nephropathy treatment, the daily dose is 75 mg split in three takes.
Allergy and/or hypersensitivity to the drug are the contraindications for its use. Pregnant women should refrain from taking this medication, as well as women who plan to become pregnant soon. Tell the doctor about the drugs you take, as well as about your history of liver or kidney disease.
Some of the side effects of the drug are cough, taste sensation change, dizziness, nausea, and diarrhea. However, if you feel like fainting, are short of breath, experience rapid heartbeat, fever, chest pain or tissue swelling, call your doctor immediately if you believe it might be related to Capoten use.


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The effect of a partial replacement of cement with slag cement on free shrinkage is evaluated for curing periods between 3 and 28 days. Mixtures include concrete containing different replacement levels of slag cement (30, 60, and 80% by volume) cast with limestone, granite, or quartzite coarse aggregate. Comparisons are only made with mixtures having the same paste content (by volume) and water-cementitious material ratio. The study shows that a partial replacement of cement with slag cement decreases free shrinkage compared to mixtures containing 100% portland cement; the reduction is greatest at early ages and is improved as the replacement level is increased. Increasing the curing period decreases free shrinkage for mixtures with and without slag cement. When slag cement is used in conjunction with a porous limestone coarse aggregate, where internal curing is provided by the water stored in the pores of limestone, an even greater reduction in free shrinkage is observed compared to mixtures cast with low-absorption coarse aggregate.
Yuan, J., Lindquist, W., Darwin, D., Browning., "Effect of Slag Cement on Drying Shrinkage of Concrete," ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 112, No. 2, March-April 2015, pp. 267-276.


Radauti is the town from which my father's parents emigrated to the United States before World War I, but this, for me, was not supposed to be a roots trip. Nor was I consciously fulfilling the tradition of visiting the tombs of my ancestors around the time of the High Holidays.
I was here this time to work on a project called (Candle)sticks on Stone, an exploration of the varied and evocative ways that women are represented in Jewish tombstone art through depictions of Shabbat candles, which I hope eventually to turn into a book.
The project, which is supported in part by a Jewish women's studies grant from the Hadassah Brandeis Institute, includes making a photographic documentation of Jewish women's tombstones in Radauti and in several other nearby towns, including Siret, Botosani, and Gura Humorului. The older tombstones in these and other Jewish cemeteries in parts of today's Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, and Poland form an astonishing collection of ornate sculptural design. Many cemeteries have disappeared; in many others the stones are eroded and crumbling. But those that remain comprise wonderful examples of vivid local stone-carving that fuse local folk art and Jewish iconography.
The wide range of carved symbols represent names, professions, personal attributes, or family lineage. There are lions, birds, stags, bears, snakes, and imaginary beasts; there are flowers, grapevines, garlands, and geometric patterns; there are the pitchers of the Levites, the crown of the Torah, and the hands of the Cohanim raised in blessing; and there are powerful symbols of death: the hand of God plucking a flower or breaking off a branch from the Tree of Life.
Many are simple, schematic silhouettes, but here in the heart of Eastern Europe they also take on extravagant, elegant forms: carved candlesticks braided like loaves of challah; candlesticks that look like leafy plants, candlesticks flanked by grapevines and griffins, candlesticks that look like flowers, candles that are broken to symbolize death. Above them, on many of the tombstones, are the carved hands of women, held up in a pious gesture to bless the flames.
A primary aim of my (Candle)sticks on Stone project is simply to present these carvings as examples of art. The older stones, from the 18th and early 19th century in particular, are unique examples of sculptural skill and imaginative design: it is often possible to discern the hand of individual, if now anonymous, Jewish stone masons or their workshops. And while later stones, often carved according to stenciled templates, present a more uniform appearance, their style and format still varies greatly from town to town.
Another aim is more reflective. As a Jewish woman who has almost never lit the Shabbat candles in my home, I also cannot fail to consider what this representation means. Candlesticks on stone are a formalized shorthand for "Jewishness" and "gender." But they also spell tradition.
My great-great-great grandmother, Miriam Haber Halpern, is buried in the old cemetery in Hirlau, Romania. I have her brass Shabat candlesticks that have been passed down from oldest daughter to oldest daughter. The picture of her stone shows a 7-branched menorah, but no candlesticks. Given the Halpern name and Romanian connection, perhaps you and I are related.
I was at an old christian cemetery and came across some broken candle stones on cemetery. I was curious to know and the google search brought me to your website. I still don't understand the "candlestick" you have mentioned in your blog. I don't see any pictures resembling a broken candle. I have some pictures of broken candles and I would like to share with you and perhaps explain on them.
I am from Penang, Malaysia where there is also a Jewish cemetery but none of the Jewish tombs have any candlesticks.
I was touched by your RADAUTI events; my family and I are from Radauti and as you see the name is Halpern As "wandering Jews" we been trough Transnistria,Romania,Austria,Italy,Israel and finally the States.
I be interested to know some of your roots.
Great website. Plenty of helpful info here. I'm sending it to several buddies ans also sharing in delicious. And certainly, thank you to your sweat!


Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers Ltd. is pleased to announce that the 3rd edition of the annual WRR Literary Festival – 'FEAST OF WORDS' will hold on the 16th of December 2017 in the ancient city of Ibadan.
For the third year running, Ibadan will host writers, performers, thinkers, artists, book lovers and lovers of literature for the one-day festival taking place at the Arts Theatre, Department of Theatre Arts, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan.
The FEAST OF WORDS is one of Nigeria's most anticipated literary festivals, especially among the younger generation of writers.
Themed 'WRITE TO RIGHT; RIGHT TO WRITE', this year's edition will feature stimulating discussions, award presentations, book unveiling, readings, poetry and an African Night of words, musical and drama performances and an abundance of palm wine and local delicacies.
Awards will be presented to about 100 recipients for the WRR-GREEN AUTHOR PRIZE (GAP) 2017; the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) 2017; the ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE (EOPP) 2017 and the ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE (AJPP) 2017 and the Words Rhymes & Rhythm NIGERIA TEACHERS AWARD (WRR-NTA) 2017.
The Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC) 2017 anthology, entitled 'THE TRAIN STOPS AT SUNSET', will be unveiled at the Festival and distributed free to all attendees, as has been the tradition in the past editions.
The African Night will feature spoken word performances by the best performance poets in Nigeria, live, a play by the University of Ibadan Theatre Arts Students, and an after party.
We hope to have the pleasure of your attendance, even as we expect other amazing stakeholders in the Nigerian literary space. FEAST OF WORDS 2017 promises to be loads of fun.
Authors and Publishers who wish to display books at the event should reach out to us before Tuesday 5th of December, 2017. There will be no fee charged for displaying books. Also, guests arriving from outside Ibadan should call 07034847164 if they wish to reserve hotel accommodation in advance.
The FEAST OF WORDS is one of the many ways through which Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers Ltd. promote Nigerian writing and support the development of young Nigerian writers. Sponsored by WRR CEO and Publisher, Kukogho Iruesiri Samson, the Festival presents an opportunity for interaction and networking amongst young writers all over the country. It has been commended by many in the Nigerian Literary seen. The 2015 and 2016 editions had in attendance writers and literary enthusiast from all over the country.
For more information on participation or sponsorship, please call/SMS 08060109295; 07034847164 or 08160179151 before Tuesday 12th of December 2017. Inquiries can also be mailed to info@wrr.ng.


The National Collage Society is excited to bring to you this 12 month calendar for 2019. It features 12 collages created by NCS Members. The calendar is professionally printed on glossy paper with a hole punched for hanging.
If you are interested in purchasing more than 2 calendars, please email ncscollage@gmail.com for discounted shipping rates. Please include in the email: your name, address and quantity you wish to purchase.


I'm so very excited to unveil what I've been working on for the last couple of months – my revamped and redesigned home for Dessert First! This update has been a long time coming: I knew I'd outgrown my old setup a while back, but I didn't have the time, technical know-how, or temerity to make my dreams materialize. After much encouragement from friends and fellow food bloggers, though, I made it a New Year's resolution, and here we are!
Many of the changes are designed to better organize the content I've created in the last few years of blogging and make it easier for you to find your way around. I've finally gotten with the times and have a navigation bar at the top! The recipe index has been updated and my recipes properly categorized. I've also created separate sections for San Francisco Bay Area-related items (so those of you coming to SF can find recommendations for sweet spots) and for reviews of cookbooks and baking-related items. This is both a response to my obsessive desire to organize (I always thought I'd have made a great librarian) and reader requests.
There's still some work left to be done – the conversions page, another reader request, isn't finished yet. I'm also in the process of implementing a recipe print function so that you easily print any of my recipes. And there's still other things on my wish list. But since the site has basically gone live (and quite a few of you have made your way here already), I'd like to officially open my doors and welcome you in. Pardon any of the still-settling dust! A huge thank you to the talented folks at Foliovision for helping make this new site a reality. They've been fantastic in making the move from Typepad to WordPress a seamless one.
I'm really, really thrilled to have this new sandbox to play in and I hope you'll all continue to join me here as I bake and eat my way through everything sweet. I apologize that my posting has dropped off while I was making this transition – I know there's been a dearth of recipes. I started out this site as a way to document my experiments in the kitchen. Along the way, I stumbled into food as a career of sorts: I wrote two cookbooks, did freelance food photography and writing, went to professional food events, and met all manner of amazing and talented people in the food industry. My hope is that this new Dessert First will reflect this expanded universe that baking opened up for me.
That said, I'm always happy to hear from you about what you'd like to see. Please update your links to my site while you're at it, if you have the chance (although I'll leave my old site up and it will automatically redirect).
To celebrate the new Dessert First, I'd also like announce a giveaway for all of you: I have a $100 gift card to Williams-Sonoma lighting up my desk and I'd love to send it to one of you. This gift card was given to me courtesy of Williams-Sonoma, who is one of my site affiliates. I've always been a fan of Williams-Sonoma and I'm proud to have them on my site. I received a second gift card from them that I used to get a little something for myself; I'll reveal the purchase in a future post!
1. Follow my page on Facebook (Click the cute little "f" icon in the sidebar to the right of this post, and click "Like" to follow my page).
That's it! I'll let this contest run through next Wednesday, April 27 and announce the winner on April 28th. Thanks and good luck, and let me know what you think of the new site!
i liked you on facebook, and i love the new site!
Love your new site and Williams-Sonoma!
Congrats on the new website!! I'm excited to see what else is in store!
Loving the pink theme! Keep it up and can't wait to hear more from you soon!
I am you via Facebook ( Elodie Chardon).
But I do not know if this competition(help) is opened to the foreigners. I live in France. I try my luck all the same!
I like you on Facebook and your new site looks amazing! All the best!
Hi Anita, I love your website, it's one of the first pastry blogs I began to visit regularly. Congratualtions on the "new home" and I am looking forward to all the wonderful masterpieces it will host.
Did the FB thing and even subscribed by email. I really like the new look!
Lots of goodies to make . . . where to start!!?? Beautiful blog.
The new layout looks great. Can't wait to try out more recipes!
Love the look of the new site! Going to "like" you on FB!!!
Your new site design is just lovely!
Congratulations on the new site–it looks great. Looking forward to trying your delicious recipes!
Loving the pink–perfect for Spring!
I "like" you already and so does my page!
Liked you! Congrats on the new site! Looks awesome!
I like it 🙂 It was worth the effort!
I love the new website! We always choose dessert first 🙂 I love making your sweet treats for my son… he's becoming a big dessert lover at only 16 months old!
Beautiful site!! I love it – very you!!
Done! The new site is presh! love all the pale pink.
Wow, your blog's design is really cute, clean and just perfect!!!
My blog is only a few months old and your level of blog seems impossible to reach for me at the moment… My compliments to you.
Love the new layout and the Facebook page!! Your recipes are great and thank you for this awesome blog!!
And I love the soft pink color!
Love the new site – so clean and chic! I also love that you have a facebook page now! Thanks so much for sharing your talents with us!
Congrats! Very nice move. Love the feel and usability.
Congratulations on the new website and design. Very pretty in pink. I only found you a few weeks ago; you have some really nice content and some gorgeous shots of it.
I'm glad you are back ~ I've been missing your sweet posts! The new site is very cute!
Love the new layout! Long time follower.
New site looks great! I love the recipe section, so easy to find things.
Congratulations! A new site! A recent marriage! Another book in the works! All the best for continued success in all your sweet endeavours!
OMG! The new look is so cute I love it! Also loving all of the pink!
Congrats on the new site. Looks great!
Great site! Looking forward to reading your new blog.
looking forward to the new Bay Area sweet spots addition.
I'm excited for you – the site looks great! Thanks for offering the giveaway!
I've "liked" your FB page for a long time now. I'm glad to say that I have been a fan for a very long time.
I am so glad to see the new website and the exciting things that have been happening with you.
It is true, your great content really benefits from the new, cleaner design. Good luck with it!
You have always had a great site and now it's even better! Hopefully the fresh new look will bring on fresh new inspiration for recipes to share with us!
I also really appreciated the SF blog stories….my sister moved there recently and I have been able to give her some insight on some great places to visit.
The new layout and organizational system are beautiful!
Great job with the site, looks very elegant with the light pink. I follow you on FB.
Love the colors and thanks for the navigation bar and recipe index.
I love the pale pink. It's understated and soothing.
The sight looks great!! Congrats.
The new site looks great! My husband cringes when we are somewhere with a Williams-Sonoma. Its not so much the money I spend, but the time I spend ooing and awhing over everything.
Congrats on the new site it looks great so far! I love your website and your recipes you inspired me to start my own blog though i've gotten so busy with school i haven't been able to update it in forever!
I "liked" you on facebook. The redesign is great, especially that navigation bar!
Can always use more kitchen implements!
Congrats on your new site. Looks as delicious as your recipes!!
I was so happy when I found your site. I was in my second term in baking and pastry school, and I was feeling a little apprehensive about what my professional life was going to be like after I graduated. I found great inspiration (and some great recipes!) on your website. I return often and love the new look! Just know that you do make a difference! I loved your Field Guide books as well- They weren't in my budget to purchase, but I did get them from the library and was sad when I had to return them!
Beautiful site and beautiful photos!
Congratulations! May the new site bring you much recipe inspiration!
Congratulations on the updated site. Looking forward to looking at the recipes and cookbooks.
Your new site looks beautiful, definitly worth the wait.
I've been a reader for a long time and I've read about your baking (and baking related) adventures. It's an inspiration and I'm very happy to see your blog blossom!. Keep sharing delicious things with us.
Just found your site and I am a new fan!
Yum! I love your recipes.
LOVEE your site :] keep it up!
Love the re-design, and I'm looking forward to that print layout, too.
Awesome new site, Anita! It looks lovely! And easily navigable!
liked on Facebook! good job!
Trying my luck at the gift card. Love the site!
I just right this very minute, whew, discovered your site. So, I can't say what I like better, yet. But what I've seen so far has been lovely. Good luck with your new website!
Lots of hard work!! Looks great, looking forward to accessing your yummy recipes. Love the fresh look. Oh, and enter me in for a chance at your give away.
Just found your site- love it already! The design is beautiful!
Always enjoy visiting your site. Looking forward to being able to find the recipes easier and try lots of them!
I liked your page on Facebook. Love the new site!
wow i haven't read your blog since….. i think it was 2005? 😛 still amazing, still inspiring!
Lovely site, lovely subject. Can't wait to dive in!
Beautiful! I look forward to exploring the new site – perhaps I'll do the same to my own blog someday!
everything looks lovely! so glad to have found you while looking for new recipes!
Just found your site, and while I didn't see it before the revamp, I can say I love it now 🙂 Looking forward to more!
The design is so feminine and the whole page works together so nicely!
The new design looks great! I love the 'd' that pops up in your web address.
Following you on Facebook – love the blog!!
The pale pink curvy lines in the banner are especially adorable. Good work!
I "liked" you on fb! I would LOVE love love the w-s giftcard. almost as much as I love your new look. its' so girly and so cute. awesome job – happy easter too.
I love the new page!
Great layout on the website, Anita!
Loved the new site and will be following your new web page with interest.
I'm really enjoying your new layout – it looks fantastic!
Congratulations on your site site Anita-it looks great (and pretty-pretty & tastey)!!!!
Love your new site. And I love, love, love williams Sonoma!!
The site looks adorable- I love the look!
Just found your site! Love the photography and can't wait to learn a few new things.
love this new layout! Can't wait to see what new recipes you'll be posting.
Love the new design – so fresh and pretty!
Love the new site! So beautiful & clean!
I just found your blog! and now I want to try some of the yummy recipes!
Can't wait for the new recipe section – and print outs, too!!!
Hi…this is wonderful; just discovered the website and wish you the best. I'm very impressed!!!
I've been following your old website since meeting you at Tante Marie, and most definitely will continue to visit your new one often! You are truly amazing (to find the time) to post such interesting stories/adventures and to share your fabulous receipes with us — thank you very much!
Looks great, Anita! Count me in for the gift card raffle!
Thank you for this lovely offer. I love treats!! I love your site and love checking up on things.
I love your new sight. I'm already a fan on FB.
Thanks for the giveaway! I'm a new Facebook fan!
I'm a facebook fan! I'm glad I discovered the blog while you had two giveaways going. Double bonus from an awesome blog!
The website looks very exciting. Congratulations.
Yes! Love the new site, much more organized!!
I absolutely LOVE the new look! Perfect!!
LOVE the look of your new site!


The other morning, preparing my salad for lunch, I grabbed an avocado. The skin was nice and dark with just the right amount of give. Yum. There's nothing like a perfectly ripened avocado.
I sliced it in half and pulled it apart. Brown veins ran in twisted paths all through the darkened flesh. Rotten! But how? It looked great on the outside.
Only one more seemingly ripened avocado lay in the bunch. I cut into it. Inside I found beautiful green fruit.
How could two avocados appear so good on the outside yet be so strikingly different on the inside? Are we like that? Are there Christians running around, seeming to have it all together on the outside, only to be overrun with ugly rottenness inside? You bet.
So how do we know what we look like on the inside? We can't just cut ourselves open to see what our hearts look like. Not physically. And that wouldn't reveal what we're seeking anyway. But emotionally, perhaps that's exactly what needs to happen. Perhaps that's precisely why God allows certain things in our lives, to cut us open and reveal the nastiness within so we can deal with it.
Give yourself a check-up. Pray to God as the psalmist does in Psalm 139:23-24. Pray "Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." It's a big prayer. One that takes courage. One that will likely result in difficulty as we learn the truth about ourselves. But it's necessary for growth.


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""" This is the Bokeh charts testing interface.

"""
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# Copyright (c) 2012 - 2014, Continuum Analytics, Inc. All rights reserved.
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# Powered by the Bokeh Development Team.
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# The full license is in the file LICENSE.txt, distributed with this software.
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# Imports
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from collections import OrderedDict
import unittest

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

from bokeh.charts import Bar

from bokeh.charts.builder.tests._utils import create_chart

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# Classes and functions
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class TestBar(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_supported_input(self):
        xyvalues = OrderedDict()
        xyvalues['python']=[2, 5]
        xyvalues['pypy']=[12, 40]
        xyvalues['jython']=[22, 30]

        for i, _xy in enumerate([xyvalues, dict(xyvalues), pd.DataFrame(xyvalues)]):
            bar = create_chart(Bar, _xy)
            builder = bar._builders[0]
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['pypy'], np.array(xyvalues['pypy']))
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['python'], np.array(xyvalues['python']))
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['jython'], np.array(xyvalues['jython']))

            # test mid values, that should always be y/2 ..
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['midpython'], np.array([1, 2.5]))
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['midpypy'], np.array([6, 20]))
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['midjython'], np.array([11, 15]))

            # stacked values should be 0 as base and + y/2 of the column
            # skipping plain dict case as stacked values randomly fails due to
            # dictionary unordered nature
            if i != 1:
                np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['stackedpython'], np.array([1, 2.5]))
                np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['stackedpypy'], np.array([8, 25]))
                np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['stackedjython'], np.array([25, 60]))

            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['cat'], np.array(['0', '1']))
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['width'], np.array([0.8, 0.8]))
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['width_cat'], np.array([0.2, 0.2]))

        lvalues = [[2, 5], [12, 40], [22, 30]]
        for i, _xy in enumerate([lvalues, np.array(lvalues)]):
            bar = create_chart(Bar, _xy)
            builder = bar._builders[0]
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['0'], np.array(lvalues[0]))
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['1'], np.array(lvalues[1]))
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['2'], np.array(lvalues[2]))

            # test mid values, that should always be y/2 ..
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['mid0'], np.array([1, 2.5]))
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['mid1'], np.array([6, 20]))
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['mid2'], np.array([11, 15]))

            # stacked values should be 0 as base and + y/2 of the column
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['stacked0'], np.array([1, 2.5]))
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['stacked1'], np.array([8, 25]))
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['stacked2'], np.array([25, 60]))

            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['cat'], np.array(['0', '1']))
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['width'], np.array([0.8, 0.8]))
            np.testing.assert_array_equal(builder._data['width_cat'], np.array([0.2, 0.2]))

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Dan Foley is director of the Great Miami Riverway. He facilitates the Riverway initiative, which is administered by MCD, on behalf of a coalition of cities, counties, and park districts. Prior to joining MCD in 2019, Foley served as a Montgomery County Commissioner from 2007 to 2018, the Montgomery County Clerk of Courts from 2000 to 2006, and as Montgomery County's Assistant Ccounty Treasurer from 1994 to 2000. Dan holds a bachelor's degree in political science and history from Bowling Green State University, and a master of arts degree in humanities from Wright State University.
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This is the first Percy Faith album that I've stumbled across that seemed promising to me. The cover graphic is mysterious and the track list is interesting.
Thankfully, there is enough early 70s light pop sass on the vinyl to make the discount bin 50¢ I paid for money well spent.
I'm not sure what the deal is with this album. From the back cover: "...as a fitting companion to Perez Prado's exciting orchestra is the Latin Group of Eddie Maynard."
It is hard to tell if "Maynard" was playing under Prado's direction, or as a part of Prado's group or if Spinorama included tracks from two sources on the LP (seems more likely as I listen).
The back cover also seems to be repurposed from another jacket as the title treatment and art can also be found on the back of a "Celebrity Records" release. Also the album title seems to be referred to in the back cover copy as "Dance Party".
All that said, the overall vibe is mild space age and enjoyable.
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Q: How to pass the values while check box is unchecked I have 3 check boxes..I have added click listener for each check  boxes..based on the check box click i had set the values inside click listener...After adding the check box click,there will be possibility to uncheck it while updating the check box...
While clicking the check box i am setting isSelected =1...Like the way i need to set isSelected =0 while it is unchecked...How is it possible..Please help me to find out
This is my check box click listener1
checkBox_onEventDay.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

            public void onClick(View v) {

                if (((CheckBox) v).isChecked()) {
                    response = 1;
                    try {
                        //Here we are getting the date from btn_Date(date picker)
                        //date and time format changed here
                        String eventDate = btn_Date.getText().toString();
                        DateFormat date = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-M-yyyy");
                        Date date1 = date.parse(eventDate);
                        DateFormat convertDate = new SimpleDateFormat(" dd.MM.yyyy");
                        eventDate = convertDate.format(date1);
                        eventMO.setEventDate(eventDate);
                        //here we are setting event date as reminder date..
                        //Because it is on event day checkbox
                        reminderDate = eventDate;
                        eventReminderDaysDetails(response, reminderDate);
                        Toast.makeText(OccasionActivity.this,
                                "Checked", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

                    } catch (ParseException pExp) {
                        pExp.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }

            }
        });

A: I am guessing you have an unchecked check box in the beginning. If not, you can initialize the value of isSelected accordingly. You need to handle onClick like this:
final boolean isSelected = false;
        checkBox_onEventDay.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                if(isSelected) {
                    isSelected = false;
                    // now check box is unchecked
                } else {
                    isSelected = true;
                    // now the checkbox is checked
                }
            }
        });

A: You can use below code :
  if(cb.isChecked()) {
    isSelected  = 1 ;
    Log.e("Checkbox is checked" , ""+isSelected);
  } else {
    isSelected  = 0 ;
    Log.e("Checkbox is unchecked" , ""+isSelected);
  }

As simple as that.

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The national park contains some of the best remaining coral reefs of Sri Lanka. This national park is the 17th in Sri Lanka. The island was used as a shooting range during the colonial era. Pigeon Island is one of the several protected areas affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.
Pigeon Island consists of two islands; large pigeon island and small pigeon island. The large pigeon island is fringed by a coral reef, and is about 200 m long and 100 m wide. The national park is situated within the dry zone of Sri Lanka. You can see over 100 species of coral and 300 coral reef fish recorded in the area. Sea Turtles and Blacktip Reef Sharks are also commonly seen in the shallow coral areas.
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The new Balearic hotel group, Zafiro Hotels, has just announced a new partnership with Porsche, having been selected as the brand's European destination for showcasing its latest designs. The hotels will now be the brand's official hosts in this part of the world for the next three years.
The new partnership was forged after Zafiro Palace Alcúdia hosted Porsche last year. With the iconic car brand boasting a rich 70-year history, it's a collaboration that sits in line with the hotel collection's vision of establishing places with soul and purpose.
The beginning of the partnership is being marked at five-star Zafiro Palace Palmanova. This month, the hotel will be hosting a presentation of Porsche's new model, while treating guests to its world-class facilities in modern architectural surroundings.
Each tucked into a scenic pocket of the Balearic Islands, the hotels are ideal for soaking up the surroundings while gaining access to exclusive insights from the car brand. Look out for announcements of the partnership in the coming months as it becomes an integral part of Zafiro Hotels' journey in underpinning a modern vision with meaningful heritage.


The question of how markets and states in the international system influence each other has taken on a new salience in the post-Cold War era. Milner reviews a range of theories that aspire to explain today's heterodox world economy, including theories that emphasize the role of multilateral institutions like the World Bank and IMF, the impact of domestic political imperatives and institutions on business and trade, and the influence of changing ideologies of development and economic growth. Globalization is another focus of the author. "Some claim that globalization is not only a creation of the United States but also a creature controlled by it," Milner observes. "Ironically, many Americans see globalization as beyond their country's control. Indeed, in their eyes, the United States is ever more constrained by global forces, just like everyone else."
"Few observers understand a key tendency in the emerging global economy: countries that have opened themselves to foreign trade have usually maintained high levels of government spending on social programs. The lack of understanding is symptomatic of a poor-quality debate over globalization. Opponents decry the elimination of jobs and national values. Supporters dismiss all the complaints as protectionist or resulting from economic illiteracy."
"How will national economies perform now that nearly all the world is joined by a single marketplace?" asks Sachs. This concise overview of the phenomenon of globalization is unusually cogent and thought-provoking, although predictably it casts a skeptical eye at the rapid liberalization of international capital flows during the past decade. Among the implications of globalization on which Sachs focuses are the heady prospects of developing countries which have succeeded in generating new export growth; the perils of financial panic in a global economy; the inconclusive evidence about income distribution under the conditions of a globalized economy; and the turmoil inspired by forces that are undermining the very nature of the nation-state. "At the end of the twentieth century," Sachs writes, "the national market is being increasingly displaced by the international marketplace."
"The crises of globalization will be solved by neither a super-IMF nor an unfettered market... The real choice for governments is not how best to fight globalization but how to manage it, which will require creative policies both at home and abroad."
Trade can affect wages more than many trade economists believe.
The Depth of Economic Integration between Mexico and the United States.
Weintraub, Sidney (CSIS) The Washington Quarterly, Autumn 1995, pp 173-184 "What follows looks first at the causes and the nature of the financial meltdown; then at its meaning in the context of U.S.-Mexican integration; and finally at the fallout. I will draw two competing conclusions. The first is that the existence of NAFTA made a marked difference in how Mexico and the United States reacted to the crisis; or put differently, that NAFTA added much depth to the integration of the two economies. The second is that even this extra depth is insufficient."
U.S. Competitiveness: "Resurgence" versus Reality.
"Each year the U.S. government publishes a revealing report about the rest of the world's policies, practices and `acts' that are said to impair American commerce and prosperity. No less interesting would be to list the numerous U.S. rules and acts that create similar difficulties. The burdensome regulations of foreign countries deserve attention. But so do the burdens we, too, impose on ourselves and sometimes on others."
"Regional trade blocs, which account for 60% of world trade, have opened markets, but they cannot substitute for worldwide reciprocity. To prevent free trade from remaining their privilege alone, rich Northern countries should strike a bargain with poorer ones: low tariffs for greater market access. The grander the initiative, the greater the chance of success, particularly now that the U.S. is in danger of baksliding. Since export industries offer higher pay and more stable jobs, a firm date for free trade can solve America's most pressing problem, stagnating wages and the attendant social ills."
"This year's presidential campaign has raised once again the issue of free trade versus protectionism, with protectionists arguing that reducing foreign import protects American jobs and benefits the overall U.S. economy. What are the facts?". The author refutes 11 `myths' advanced by opponents to free trade.
Export Our Way to Prosperity.
Business professor Morici argues that the Clinton administration should seek trade agreements to open foreign markets because the U.S. economy increasingly relies on exports to sustain growth. U.S. exports, fueled by aggressive application of technology, surged 112 percent since 1985, and U.S. GDP increased 25 percent between 1985 and 1994. He favors a deepened U.S.-European relationship.
Rethinking NAFTA: Does the Trade Pact Help or Hurt U.S. Workers?
"The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is no longer a decisive issue in the 1996 presidential campaign. But Pat Buchanan's protectionist rethoric struck a chord with voters worried about job security and stagnant wages." This backgrounder presents the views of supporters and opponents. The result of this debate is important as it may determine the outcome of ongoing negotiations to expand NAFTA to include the rest of the Western Hemisphere by 2005.
Broad goals of U.S. foreign economic policy :to increase international trade,support peace processes, and to solidify economic partnerships with other countries.
"The connection between American business and foreign policy is poorly thought out and mismanaged, on both sides. It is, however, vital to the national interest. For most of the country s history, foreign policy has reflected an obsession with open markets for American firms. At one time, protecting the interests of a company like United Fruit was synonymous with policy toward Latin America. While those days may be gone, commercial interests must still play a central role. Herewith, a framework for the second Clinton Administration to guide cooperation between the government and the business community for the benefit of both."
The 1934 Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act (RTAA) changed the structure of the making of U.S.. trade policy and made possible a dramatic reduction in tariffs. "In summary, the early history of liberalization in the U.S. provides a picture of how domestic politics, institutional choice, and the international economy are linked."
"No shortage of controversy surrounds U.S. use of export controls and trade sanctions, especially as the number of unilateral sanctions has surged in the 1990s. This issue of Economic Perspectives examines some of those issues."
This issue of "Economic Perspectives" focuses on those laws that give the U.S. government specific powers to act against foreign barriers to U.S. exports and protect U.S. industries from unfair trade practices and unfairly traded goods. It includes an overview of U.S. trade law, a USTR perspective, a view from the Congress, an article on U.S. antidumping laws, and information resources on these issues.
President Clinton has re-launched his drive to get fast track trade negotiating authority passed by Congress this year. This file contains Clinton s speeches, fact sheets and testimonies. To get these texts (and some more) you can also consult "The Fast track Debate" on our web site <http://www.amb-usa.fr/usis/usis.htm>.
"This report describes the principal existing subregional trade arrangements in the Western Hemisphere; outlines the current status of FTAA discussions; and identifies certain recent developments in regional trade liberalization outside the FTAA process, and possible implications of these developments for the United States."
The authors offer a statistics-laden, easy-to-digest snapshot of the U.S. import market: what do Americans buy, who exactly is buying it, and from which countries are they buying it?
"Forget Buchanan. Forget Perot. When it comes to the future of U.S. trade policy, the economic nationalist who makes things happen is Robert Lightizer, a lawyer-lobbyist who's close to Senate Majority leader Robert Dole."
"This year's report outlines the steps we are taking to meet this heightened foreign government competition, including in-depth focus on our advocacy efforts on behalf of American firms and our efforts to help small and medium-sized business increase their exports. Implementing this strategy over the coming years will ensure U.S. companies will be able to make the most of our policy achievements."
"The right question for U.S. policymakers is, "How do we adjust to a fundamentally changed domestic economy?" To illustrate the trends, this paper looks at three basic questions: First, how much do we trade? Second, what do we trade? And third, with whom do we trade?"A Case for Free Trade: The United States and Globalization in Asia Wasow, Bernard Challenge, July-August 2001, pp 59-66 Has Asia grown at the expense of America? No, argues this economist. It may be more protectionist than the United States is, but free trade has helped us all. He makes a case for free trade.
EPI Briefing Paper, October 2001, 10p http://www.epinet.org/briefingpapers/sept01inequality/sept01inequality.pdf "After 20 years of global economic deregulation, poverty and inequality are as pervasive as ever"
"This article seeks to explain why trade liberalization and environmental protection appear to be in such tension and to push economists to explore more aggressively what economic theory and practice might do to address the concerns being raised."
"Largely ignored in the fast track debate is the connection between U.S. trade policies and the unsustainable trade deficits that have followed in their wake. These trade deficits pose a serious threat to U.S. economic stability, and at this perilous point in U.S. history, even devout believers in free trade owe it to the nation to look closely at this piling on of foreign debt. [This Issue Brief is] … an analysis of why Congress should develop a credible program for reversing the country's rapidly growing foreign debt before granting fast track authority…"
"With so many players involved, the eagerly anticipated Free Trade Area of the Americas is likely to wind up a shallow project. A better way to jump-start hemispheric integration would be to expand NAFTA to the Southern Cone – enhancing prosperity, security and democracy throughout South America."
Safety Valve or Flash Point? The Worsening Conflict between U.S. Trade Laws and WTO Rules Leibowitz, Lewis E.
"In response to a succession of wide-ranging challenges to U.S. trade remedy law and practice, the WTO Dispute Settlement Body has handed down a number of key decisions finding the U.S. government in violation of its international obligations. A review of those disputes and the relevant WTO rulings makes clear that the U.S. trade remedy laws have become a flash point of tension in the international trading system. It is increasingly obvious that the U.S. laws in their current form and U.S. support for negotiated trade liberalization are not complementary but rather antagonistic and even incompatible."
"The WTO I soften portrayed as a dangerous threat to the environment. But this reputation is largely underserved, because the trade body has in fact developed principles that accommodate both trade and environmental concerns. There are several steps it can take, however, to make sure the green trend continues."
"In this article, [the authors] describe an alternative perspective according to which the central purpose of WTO rules is to create a negotiating forum where member governments can voluntarily exchange market access commitments, with the assurance that the property rights over negotiated market access commitments are secure against unilateral government infringement. … [T]his perspective identifies how supporters of sound trade policies and supporters of sound labor and environmental standards can in a bread range of circumstances both benefit from a well-functioning WTO."
After Mexico: Emerging Markets, Emerging Crises?
The author examines the dramatic changes in developing countries' trade policies over the past 40 years and the similarly dramatic changes in conventional wisdom on trade and economic development. In the article, which is the text of Krueger's Presidential Address to the 1997 American Economic Association meeting, she traces the evolution of the import-substitution model from its theoretical origins to its widespread use and final demise. She analyzes why a theory so at odds with the widely accepted economic concept of comparative advantage gained such support among professional economists.
The lack of "democratic capitalism" may sidetrack some of the so-called big emerging markets, says the author, a former Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade who supported the Clinton Administration's focus on expanding U.S. trade with 10 big emerging markets (BEMs) in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. After taking the first major steps toward opening domestic markets, several BEM governments face domestic challenges that could lead to the election of new governments, possibly with different policies. Such setbacks to BEM liberalization could affect the export growth of the industrialized countries that increasingly rely on these markets for sales and even financing of pensions.
"Economists and policymakers have lauded the adoption of liberal trade policies in many of the emerging markets....Yet the authors have found that these countries are likely to see the emergence of smuggling and contraband distribution in response to trade liberalization... In a market environment in which organized crime competes alongside more legitimate channels of distribution. U.S. multinationals will face new challenges relating to strategic planning, maintaining alliance relationships and corporate control of global brands and pricing."
"Has the East Asian financial crash also brought down the conventional wisdom regarding economic development? Should over developing nations bet on export-oriented policies? Two leading experts review 50 years of development policies and ponder what, if anything, the world has learned."
A Commerce Department analyst reports that it is the difference in the economic performance of the United States compared to that of our trading partners that has been the major factor behind the growth of the U.S. trade deficit in the last five years. The deficit situation should begin to improve later in 1997."
Is American Abandoning Multilateral Trade?
"Japan, Europe, and others worry that the United States is backing away from its historical commitment to international rules and reverting to arm-twisting and private deals on trade. So long as governments intervene unfairly, Washington cannot demobilize. But as the world's most open market and a burgeoning exporter, America has the most to gain from multilateral decisions to lower trade barriers and increase exchange. During the past half-century it has shown the way, and it will continue to lead in shaping a multilateralism for the millennium."
Opening markets to trade and investment makes countries stronger as competition stimulates efficiency, which in turn contributes to economic expansion and rising incomes. The report rebuts arguments that liberal trade and investment rules lead to weaker labor and environmental standards and national sovereignty.
"Nontariff barriers to trade are most pervasive when deteriorating macroeconomic conditions give rise to demands for protection by pressure groups, when countries are sufficiently large to give policymakers incentives to impose protection, and when domestic institutions enhance the ability of public officials to act on these incentives. Statistical results based on a sample of advanced industrial countries during the 1980s support the argument that the incidence of nontariff barriers tends to be greatest when the preferences of pressure groups and policymakers converge."
"As U.S. regulatory reformers scrutinize the costs and benefits of federal regulations, they should also hee the regulation-related complaints of unfair trade practices from America's trading partners. For just as many U.S. health, safety, and environmental regulations impose substantial costs on American industry without yielding significant gain to society, some also disproportionately burden foreign producers seeking to do business here."
This year, the OECD hopes to conclude the first comprehensive multilateral rules for international investment: The Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI). This issue of "Economic Perspectives" examines proposed new global rules on investment, the link between trade and investment, and growing efforts to stop one of the major impediments to financial flows -- bribery and corruption.
Washington -- Alan Larson, assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs, says that "dramatic improvements" are needed in a text of the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) before the United States would consider signing it. "It is more important to do it right than to do it fast," Larson told a House of Representatives Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. Larson told the committee March 6 that it will not be possible to conclude the agreement in time for the April ministerial meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), under those auspices the agreement is being negotiated.
Madam Chairperson, I welcome this opportunity to report to the Committee on the Administration's objectives in negotiations on a Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI).
Foreign investment, both inward and outward, makes a crucial and growing contribution to the prosperity of the United States. In 1996, flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the United States reached $78.1 billion while FDI outflows reached $85.6 billion.
In a globalizing world economy, American firms need a global presence in order to sell effectively. Service industries, which accounted for $236.8 billion in exports in 1996, almost always need a physical presence on the ground. Increasingly, a foreign presence is also necessary to market effectively exports of goods. All things considered, approximately 26 percent of U.S. exports are channeled through foreign based affiliates of U.S. companies.
Inward foreign investment is an important stimulus to our economy. Some five million Americana are employed by foreign owned companies. These firms contribute to our economic success by bringing new technologies. They also pay higher wages than comparable U.S. companies and have greater labor productivity.
Americans have a stake in having a fair and effective framework for international investments. This hearing can contribute to a greater understanding of the challenging issues posed in seeking to develop such a framework. To ensure that interested groups and citizens are fully informed on the MAI, the negotiators have put a draft consolidated text on the internet at www.oecd.gov. Additional information on the MAI is available on the State Department web site at www.state.gov as well as the USTR web site at www.USTR.gov.
The fundamental principle underlying this and other investment agreements is the principle of non-discrimination. Such agreements do not generally call into question the sovereign right of governments to regulate as long as regulation does not single out or discriminate against investors based on their nationality.
Developing an international framework for treatment of foreign investment is not our only objective in the MAI. Another primary objective is to ensure that the MAI contributes to the achievement of our goal of fostering stronger global efforts to protect the environment, to respect internationally recognized core labor standards and to achieve sustainable development. Many important issues must be resolved, however, before we will have an agreement that will achieve these objectives.
-- access to international arbitration for disputes between Parties and also for individual investors when they suffer specific harm from alleged breaches of the agreement.
We are negotiating with other members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Our negotiating partners include twenty nine advanced Countries of Europe, Asia and North America, together with the European Union(1). Taken together, these countries are the largest sources of, and the largest destinations for, flows of foreign investment. The OECD has a long track record of dealing with investment issues, as well as the broader social and environmental issues that all modern economies must address. OECD countries tend to have high labor standards and good records on environmental protection.
While OECD countries provide an important critical mass for a multilateral investment agreement, we do not support a closed arrangement. Rather, the agreement will be open for accession by other countries willing and able to accept its obligations.
A number of developing and transition economies are following the negotiations closely and some have indicated an interest in being charter members. Argentine, Brazil, Chile, Hong Kong, and Slovakia are observers, while Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania have also indicated their interest in acceding to the MAI.
From the beginning, the United States has insisted that we will not support a MAI that does not result in a satisfactory balance of commitments and meaningful improvements in the access of American firms to foreign markets. At this time, we are unsatisfied with the commitments on the table. Some of our partners are seeking ambiguous and sweeping carve-outs, including proposals by the EU for a carve-out for "Regional Economic Integration Organizations" and proposals by several countries for a general carve-out for cultural industries. We also have significant objections to country specific exceptions requested by many of our negotiating partners. Dramatic improvements will be necessary, and this can come only through careful study and negotiation.
The U.S. is one of the most open economies in the world and generally places few restrictions on foreign investment. Thus, we have little to fear from new multilateral rules. Nevertheless, we are determined to protect existing measures where we may wish, for important policy reasons, to reserve our right to discriminate or otherwise deviate from our MAI commitments.
Like our BITs and the investment chapter of NAFTA, the MAI envisions provisions for state-to-state and investor-state dispute settlement. Though rarely used in these agreements, dispute settlement provisions provide an important tool of last resort for U.S. business, especially in countries where legal protections and court systems are not well developed. This may have growing importance as MAI membership expands beyond the OECD members.
It is important to keep the dispute settlement issue in perspective. The U.S. has strong constitutional provisions and an effective court system that provide important protections to foreign investors. The U.S. has a good record of honoring its international commitments. No arbitration cases have been brought against the United States under our BITs or under the NAFTA investment chapter.
We are sensitive, however, to the fact that this is a multilateral agreement which would include our major investment partners. In the months ahead, we will take particular care to ensure that the provisions of the agreement are fully consistent with U.S. practice and are sufficiently precise to minimize the likelihood that they would interpreted in unintended ways.
With respect to the interests of state and local governments, as they requested in the case of the NAFTA, we intend that our states and localities not be responsible for responding to complaints about treatment alleged to be contrary to the obligations of the MAI. If such cases were to arise, the federal government would stand in to defend the case.
The Administration believes a well-designed MAI has the potential to advance American values in such areas as environmental protection and internationally recognized core labor standards. The OECD Secretariat has assembled considerable evidence suggesting that, as a general rule, foreign investment has a favorable impact on environment and labor standards abroad. Certainly, American companies generally take their high standards with them when they operate abroad. In addition, OECD nations have developed one of the few multilateral codes for business and these Guidelines for Multinational Enterprise are going to be associated with the MAI agreement.
The United States has made a series of proposals to strengthen the environmental provisions of the MAI. These proposals to affirm the legitimacy of regulation to protect health, safety, and environment as long as it is otherwise consistent with the agreement. Additional proposals recognize the right of each Party to establish its own levels of domestic environmental protection and encourage environmental impact assessments for proposed investments involving a governmental action which is likely to have a significant adverse impact on health or the environment.
In addition, we have proposed language to preserve our right to regulate in general. For example, we have proposed language that further explains why the questions of national and most-favored-nation treatment need to be judged by comparing investors or investments that are "in like circumstances." We also have proposed language on transparency to provide for the verification of information to ensure compliance with a Party's laws and regulations. We are studying other proposals to further strengthen protection of the environment.
The United States is also giving attention to provisions that will be important to U.S. workers. In addition to the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises, we are seeking an affirmation of support for internationally-recognized core labor standards.MAI negotiators agree that parties to the MAI should not engage in a "race to the bottom" by lowering their health, safety and environmental standards, or retreat from their support for internationally recognized core labor standards, in order to attract an investment. There will need to be meaningful commitments in these areas. This is an exceptionally challenging topic and developing the best approach will take time and will require consultation with interested constituencies. OECD countries, however, broadly share U.S. values in these areas and the OECD has a long tradition of dealing with environmental and labor concerns. For these reasons, this negotiation provides a good opportunity to tackle a set of issues that our country simply must confront as we move into an ever more globalized economy.
Over the past several years, developing countries have become more interested in and receptive to foreign investment. They recognize the benefits of foreign investment to their economies and people. They know that private foreign investment flows now substantially outpace foreign assistance funds. The interest of developing countries in attracting foreign investment can be seen in the explosion of bilateral investment treaties globally since the beginning of the 1990s, from 435 in 1990 to some 1300 today. Investment discussions in UNCTAD, the WTO, APEC and the FTAA are all looking to the MAI as a model for multilateral rules. Several of the transition and advanced developing economies have expressed interest in acceding to the MAI, including the five observers and the Baltics. The value of an MAI will be significantly advanced if a wider group of countries adhere to its provisions.
In order to ensure that any non-OECD signatories of the MAI meet basic environmental and labor standards, we have suggested the possibility of "readiness criteria." These criteria would indicate the ability of new members to the agreement to meeting their commitments on labor and environment. We are studying what type of criteria might be appropriate.
On the margins of the MAI negotiations, we have been working with the Europeans on disciplines to inhibit and deter investment in illegally expropriated property and on principles to address and resolve differences over conflicting jurisdiction. This discussion flows out of the April 11, 1997, Understanding concluded by Ambassador Eizenstat and EU commission Sir Leon Brittan.
We are seeking European agreement on a global set of disciplines. We would, of course, insist that these global disciplines be applied to expropriated American property in Cuba. We are also working on principles designed to foster better cooperation between the EU and the US in dealing with foreign policy challenges to our shared interests and values. We are making some headway on these issues. Any resolution we might reach would, in the first instance, be implemented bilaterally but could subsequently be incorporated in the MAI once it had entered into force.
As for timing, the MAI is an important and complex arrangement. It is more important to do it right than to do it fast. At a recent high level meeting, Ambassador Eizenstat and Ambassador Lang made clear the Administration's view that it will not be possible to conclude any agreement, let alone the high quality agreement we seek, in time for the OECD Ministerial in April.
We are convinced that reaching a high quality agreement will require hard work in narrowing proposed carve-outs, careful attention to regulatory and enforcement issues, and real dialogue with interested constituencies on how to address challenging labor and environmental issues. As we take the time needed to do it right, it is quite possible that we can interest additional non-OECD countries in joining the MAI. Additional members could enhance the agreement's attractiveness as the sound investment policies and the commitments to other policy objectives encompassed in the MAI are embraced by a wider group of countries. Achieving these objectives is a tall order. While success is by no means assured, we have made it clear that we are ready to roll up our sleeves and continue the work.
(1)OECD member countries include: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United States and the United Kingdom.
A backgrounder on MAI written before the OECD meeting in April 1998.
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Professor, Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME)
Migrant Entrepreneurship, Social Geography, Self-employment, Mixed-embeddedness
Trevor Jones is Professorial Research Fellow at CREME, the Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship, at Aston Business School. Jones has worked collaboratively and published widely with his co-author Monder Ram and other researchers at CREME for the past two decades.
Research Projects/Collaborations
'The Evolution of Business Support Policy for Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurs' - Undertaken in collaboration with Prof Richard Roberts and Prof Monder Ram.
This project seeks to use a mixture of archival and contemporary sources of research material to chart the development and content of UK business support for the SME community. While much has been written about the importance of the Bolton Inquiry into small firms (1969-71) most of this concentrates on the political circumstances at the time. Virtually nothing has been researched to identify the linkages between the Inquiry and subsequently the detailed emergence and development of specific support policies. Initial work is underway on charting the development of EMB policy between the late 1970s and today with a view to a greater understanding of policy issues. Similar work is already planned on small business finance policy with other areas to be investigated when time and resources allow.
'Rethinking Migrant Entrepreneurship' - Undertaken in collaboration with Prof Monder Ram, Dr Maria Villares (Southampton University), Dr Hongqin Li and ACH (Ashley COmmunity Housing).
A long-term programme of knowledge exchange that comprises a variety of different interventions, including academic research on the aspirations of refugee entrepreneurs; capacity-building support for ACH staff; and collaboration on ACH's national 'Rethinking Refugees' campaign, which aims to promote a positive discourse on refugees in the UK
'The Psychological Contract and Migrant Entrepreneurs' - Undertaken in collaboration with Dr Sudeshna Bhattacharya and Prof Monder Ram.
What is the career trajectory of migrant entrepreneurs? This is a rarely explored question, and it easy to see why: migrant businesses are often precarious with limited prospects for longevity; micro-businesses (which encompasses most migrant enterprises) remain small and are pre-occupied with day-to-day survival; and such firms lack internal labour markets, thus problematising the notion of 'career'. This project generated new academic knowledge by interrogating a unique qualitative data set comprising case studies of migrant firms studied since 2010. We revisit these firms and examine the extent to which the notion of career helps to explain their trajectories.
'Refugee Entrepreneurs: Now and Then' - Undertaken in collaboration with Prof Monder Ram, Dr Maria Villares (Southampton University) and Dr Sabina Doldor (University of Birmingham).
What happens to refugees during the entrepreneurial life-cycle? Do refugees simply view entrepreneurship as means of survival? Do they simply 'get' by' on a day-to-day basis? Or is their scope for significant growth? We examine these questions in our longitudinal qualitative study of how refugee-origin entrepreneurs in the UK develop their businesses over a period of time.
Professorial Research Fellow
Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME)
Sept 2018 - present
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Trevor Jones is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
migrant Social Sciences
national minority Social Sciences
entrepreneur Social Sciences
self-employment Social Sciences
worker Social Sciences
entrepreneurship Social Sciences
social agencies Social Sciences
firm Social Sciences
The Roots of Informal Responses to Regulatory Change: Non‐compliant Small Firms and the National Living Wage
Ram, M., Edwards, P., Meardi, G., Jones, T. & Doldor, S., 2 May 2019, In : British Journal of Management.
Bricolage as Survival, Growth and Transformation: the Role of Patchworking in the Social Agency of Migrant Entrepreneurs
Villares, M., Monder, R. & Jones, T., 1 Oct 2018, In : Work, Employment and Society. 32, 5, p. 942-962
social agencies
Diversity, economic development and new migrant entrepreneurs
Jones, T., Monder, R. & Villares-Varela, M., 30 Apr 2018, In : Urban Studies.
Female Immigrant Global Entrepreneurship: From Invisibility to Empowerment?
Villares, M., Monder, R. & Jones, T., 10 May 2017, Routledge Companion to Global Female Entrepreneurship. Henry, C., Nelson, T. & Lewis, K. (eds.). Routledge
Injecting Reality into the Migrant Entrepreneurship Agenda
Monder, R., Jones, T. & Villares, M., 9 Feb 2017, Critical Perspectives on Entrepreneurship: Challenging Dominant Discourses. Essers, C., Dey, P., Tedmanson, D. & Verduyn, K. (eds.). 1 ed. Routledge
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Andrew Dominik's third feature film Killing Them Softly is a masterclass in precise, auteurist cinema. Adapting a darkly comic crime novel from the 1970s called Coogan's Trade by George V. Higgins, Dominik reframes the action against the US Government's bailout of the banks in the wake of the Global Financial Collapse, drawing clear parallels between the workings of the Mob and the Government. It's a witty conceit, and the film is inherently a comedy, but a very, very black one. A couple of nincompoops (Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn, wearing his own accent) are hired to rob a Mob card game, which upsets the local criminal economy, so Coogan (Brad Pitt) is called in to restore order.
Pitt gives a solid performance, there's a clever turn by Richard Jenkins as a Mob lawyer, and McNairy is a fresh presence. But if this film turns up at Oscar time in the acting categories, it will be as Best Supporting Actor for Mendelsohn, who walks away with the movie as an Aussie junkie barely surviving in the lowest depths of criminal America. It's a perfect Mendelsohn performance, and it's going to lead him to a thousand more offers to play junkies – and a lot else, too. He's always been a dynamic actor, and Animal Kingdom was a massive platform for him to shine, but this is something else again, and it's terrific to see.
Look mate, MULLET was a good film!
Short, sharp, talky, lean, and almost completely inhabited by men, Killing The Softly is cerebral, nasty, and hugely entertaining. Its seemingly simple two-hander dialogue scenes – far longer than in most films outside of those made by Quentin Tarentino – are broken up with violent set-pieces that are astonishing in their visual bravado.
Dominik (Chopper, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) is a true filmmaker. He's made a great work of art with Killing Them Softly. I can't wait for his next one.
I agree about Mendleson, but I also loved Gandolfini. Watching him get drunk, by the moment, was engrossing.
This film is the best I have seen in a while.


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Emotional Alec Baldwin tells TV interviewer he is not to blame for Halyna Hutchins death
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In his first TV interview following the death of Halyna Hutchins an emotional Alec Baldwin insisted he was not to blame for the Rust cinematographer's death and said he did not expect to face criminal charges.
Talking to George Stephanopoulos on the hour-long 'Alec Baldwin Unscripted' broadcast on ABC on Thursday night (December 2) the star recounted how Hutchins herself had guided him on where to point the Colt .45 during a rehearsal on October 21.
The pair were working out the best position to hold the gun. Baldwin said he had received the weapon from assistant director Dave Halls who told him it was "cold" – meaning it did not contain live ammunition – when it unexpectedly went off. "I let go of the hammer. Bang! The gun goes off," he said.
"I didn't pull the trigger. I would never point a gun at anyone and then pull the trigger. Never."
The actor, who is also one of the producers on the western, broke down several times during the interview. "There's only one question that needs to be resolved, just one: where did the live round come from?
"Someone put a live bullet in a gun, a live bullet that wasn't even supposed to be on the property," he said. "Someone is responsible for what happened, and I can't say who that is, but I know it's not me."
The Hollywood veteran said after Hutchins fell to the ground he thought she might have fainted and was then ushered out of the church on the Bonanza Creek Ranch set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, while medics rushed to attend to the fallen crew member.
He said it was not until around 45 minutes later when the thought occurred that the Colt .45 might have contained a live round. Hutchins was transported to hospital and died later. Director Joel Souza received a shoulder injury and was later discharged from hospital.
Baldwin poured cold water on an assertion by armourer Hannah Gutierrez Reed's lawyer Jason Bowles that someone sabotaged the production and put a live round in a can of dummy rounds. Bowles has also claimed his client is being framed for the death.
Crew members have filed two lawsuits against Baldwin, the producers and others but Baldwin said as a creative producer who was not responsible for hiring crew or overseeing gun safety he felt it was unlikely he would face criminal charges.
He told Stephanopoulos he had decided to give the interview to clear up "a lot of misconceptions" and did not want to wait for the investigation and subsequent processes to run their course.
Baldwin said following the death he took Hutchins' husband and nine-year-old son to dinner and attended the memorial service. He said Hutchins was a friend. With regard to his own immediate future he said he was prioritising his own family and "could give a shit about my career anymore". He added, "I can't imagine that we would do a movie that had a gun in it ever again. I can't."
On Thursday morning prop supplier Seth Kenney appeared on Good Morning America and denied his company PDQ Arm & Prop, LLC supplied live rounds to the set. It emerged on Monday that in an interview related to a request for a search warrant for PDQ Arm & Prop LLC Thell Reed, an armourer and father to Hannah Gutierrez Reed, said he had supplied Kenney with live rounds for another production over the summer and said the ammunition may match the live rounds found on the Rust set.
Santa Fe Sheriff's Office is investigating the case and there have been no charges at time of writing.
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