The last few days posts have thrown up some interesting debating points about the current squad and how we feel about it. It has allowed us all to express our preferences for certain players and line ups, and where we may need to strengthen and with whom.
I have often indicated that I am not sure that we are quite as far forward as we could be, and also for where I think we should be looking to be. The many positives of being top of the league, being the best team (points wise) in 2015, and having some truly world class players at THOF e.t.c, have been slightly offset by some dis-jointed un-Arsenal like performances.
This is why in my opinion we are currently positioned somewhere near the top end of the second tier in world football. It is perhaps easier to say European football, because although there are some fine teams emanating from other areas of the globe, most notably South America, the powerhouses of world football are in Europe.
So what constitutes the first tier? For me that includes Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Real Madrid, and….err….that's it IMO. So only 3 teams truly stand ahead of us. We are probably joined at the top end of the second tier by 2-3 of the other big EPL sides (despite a dodgy period for some), and the likes of PSG, Athletico, and Juventus. Dortmund and the Milans could also be strongly considered.
Until recently, due mostly to financial restrictions, I feel we have remained in the second tier but have been more mid second tier. Staying there at all was quite a feat in the circumstances and was down to Wenger's excellent job at keeping us near the top during those austere years. Similarly I feel we have also been in the first tier in the past, when the likes of Vieira, Henry and Dennis roamed the pitches in red and white, but we are not there now. Only 3 teams are, but we are also not far away in my opinion.
I feel we are on a precipice currently, sitting at the top of that second tier with the mid second tier down the slope behind us and the first tier just over the top of the precipice. Do we sit down and stay where we are, or could an unforeseen mini land-slide cause us to slip back down if we do this, or should we push on over the precipice and march on into the first tier?
How then do we do this and what could stop us doing this?
It is not all about just buying "x" amount of players for "x" amount of money, although purchases will very likely be required to move on. Sometimes it is also about recognising what we already have and using it effectively and in the right way, but I am not always sure that we do this.
In my mind I have a litmus test that I always use. I am not saying it is foolproof but it centres on looking at the 3 teams in the first tier, because they are there for a reason and we likely need to match what they currently do to join them at the top table. I call it the BayernBarcaReal test.
Essentially it involves going through each position in our team and asking the question "would that player currently get into any of those 3 teams?". I would tend be assessing this as 1st choice players only or your personal favoured 1st 11. The answer may be no for some players but they then could be an excellent choice as a back up or squad player, which all top teams need anyway. Sometimes, with certain players, the question is not so much would they get into that team but would they get into the team in that particular position?
What do you all think, a good way of looking at it or not? Even if not, indulge me and do the litmus test and tell me your results.
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Thanks GB, this is the BIG question. How do we get to the next level?
Sadly it is out of our hands to an extent. We had the 7th biggest turnover in world football in 2015 behind Man City and the chavs – who are currently showing that it is not all down to money. But those with the most money will prevail in the long run.
Man City should be far and away the top team in the EPL. They have almost limitless money and successfully managed to thwart FFP. They have invested millions in the local community have built unrivaled facilities and developed the infrastructure to support this.
Which just goes to show how important the manager is to the success of the team (unfortunately Pochettino is currently proving this point at the moment). We can expect the usual fight between the big spenders over strikers in the summer but perhaps the most important battle will be won by the team that gets Guardiola.
Currently I see Arsenal as similar to Athletico Madrid in relation to our ability to compete with the super rich clubs.. Can we join your big 3 on a permanent basis or just compete when the biggest hitters have a hiccup?
First thing on my mind is that Barca and Real both cheat in terms of bank loans and stuff. I think!
I am in a huge minority insomuch as I do not want AFC to be in the top echelon of clubs. Why? Because those clubs always win and make their leagues uncompetitive.
I like that we falter – it reflects life.
I never know when my team take the field what is going to happen – sometimes we are breathtakingly brilliant and sometimes bewilderingly poor.
As to how we can become a European powerhouse: Better youth programme, better scouting, better buying policy (another TH would be good), and a much, much better fitness/health programme. Had we a fully fit squad we would already be 10 points ahead and on course to the title.
I like the litmus test. Cech, Ozil and Ramsey would get into Barca/Real. Ozil and Sanchez into BM and Real.
And Bellerin would get into all three.
Short break between mundane worky matters.
I don't look at if our players would replace players at those clubs but more if they needed a player in that position would our current first choice be of the required quality.
Personally the players I think that we have of the required quality in their position would be Cech, Bellerin, Kos, Monreal, Sanchez, Ozil.
Ramsey is of the required quality IMO, but only in the right position, so on my litmus test when I ask would he get into those teams playing from the right and the answer is no. As such I feel we ourselves shouldn't therefore be entertaining it, unless dire need (injuries) dictates it.
I love Le Coq and I think he also has a strong case and Jack and Santi wouldn't look out of place either in those sides, but in Jack's case again the big question would be "in what position?".
Man City I would imagine are only officially ahead of us in the rich list due to overly top loaded deals from the UAE, so there wealth will be largely artificial and only really reflects their sugar daddies wealth. That is sadly a significant factor though.
I have put a lot of names forward on the litmus test so in reality I am very positive about our current position. The key for me is in being ruthless enough to look at the positions that fail the litmus test and upgrade them. I also agree with Rasp that who gets Guardiola could have a major say. I still think we can be in the top tier even with all the financial doping going on around us.
Hmmm. I don't think we've ever been in the top tier of world football, except probably in the 30s.
Even when we had Bergkamp, Henry and Vieira, we were dwarfed commercially (and beaten in terms of trophies) by ManU, and in Europe we didn't prove ourselves enough to be considered the real elite. It's not just the CL title alone. Porto and Dortmund are not European elite even with their CL wins. I don't think Chelsea is considered that either. But, we need that CL title (and consistent league titles) to announce our arrival to the top tier because it would be the culmination of everything we have built. That is what will put is in the top tier.
So, how to achieve that.
I don't know. I don't think I agree with this litmus test. A player needs a certain environment to succeed. Henry, Bergkamp, Vieira, none would be the greats they are if they were somewhere else. Why should we worry about what those other clubs do? We do things our way, and it is inevitable now, after all of Wenger's and the club's work, that we will win the CL sometime soon.
We're now one of those clubs which is too big to not win it. Remember the mighty Barcelona took till 92 to win their first, and then didn't win for many years, now look at them. We're approaching the critical mass. We've got a great stadium, the money, the players, the youth system is being developed anew, and we've got the manager to do it. Basically we just need to keep doing what we've been doing, because the past decade has all been about getting us to the top tier, and despite all the noise around, it has been progressing on schedule.
Raddy makes a very good point about the highs and lows of being the club we are. Everyone seems to want to turn us into some football monolith an unstoppable force, but we have to remember that's not what we have been ever at least not for a length of time over 4/5 years. This is probably our longest spell where we have been 4th/3rd etc without dropping down to midtable for a few seasons. We are spoilt as fans and that is reflected in the fact that so many expect more, for some its not enough to win more games than you lose and draw, beat 88 other teams in England, we need to beat 91 other teams and it would appear we need to do it every season otherwise media and fans start questioning why the manager and board are doing it at all.
When Arsene took over we had a lot of similarities with Spuds, yes we'd won the league under GG and his magic hat, but we had also previously suffered 19 years without winning the League, and like the Spuds FA Cups were our only chance of glory, and what glory it was, that the cup has somehow been devalued when it used to be one of the biggest games in the World is still a little bit bewildering to me.
If we won the trophies every season we wouldn't have such amazing memories of the moments that won us the leagues and cups.
But whilst GoonerB you suggest that we should look at our first xi and compare it to Madrid or Barca individually I say shouldn't we compare as a team?
Take the great Barca side with Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Villa, Alves, Busquets, Puyol etc. Yes they were individually good players with a couple of outstanding ones, but their brilliance came from what they did as a sum of their parts, and that was greater than any individuals position in top ranked players, there were better midfielders in the world than Iniesta and Xavi, there were definitely better centre backs than Puyol and Pique some were in the Premier League, but the team didn't need to change the players because they had a playing style an understanding.
We have a squad that is maturing has many good players and a couple of greats, would Santi get in many of the other top teams in the PL or Europe? Maybe not, but for us he is magic because we suit his style, the same may be true of Hector and Coquelin and even Giroud. The BFG is not going to get in many teams either, but for me he is such an important cog to our play and attitude on the pitch that I wouldn't sell him, not until we can find another leader who is as calm and measured.
We actually outstripped Chavs from an income perspective this year, mainly due to Revenues on match day with £100m a game compared to their £75m per home game (60,000 vs 35,000 is not the same ratio as £100m to £75m either they've got better merchandise or they do ask more of their fans than the media would have you believe). The only way to increase Revenue in reality is through sponsorship, and that takes being a world wide brand, and like it or not we are not as big as United in that regard and probably not as Liverpool, however consistently performing at the top of the game, with a decent public image is earning us the incomes that we have desired for so long, so maybe a couple of title wins and our incomes will be up there, but we will have to keep it up and keep it up and they will respond so we will have to spend again. Is that really the best thing for the fans?
A litmus test for me is, can GB write a comment or a Post without focusing exclusively on players — or not?
My own litmus test is this – looking at the moon, saturn, venus and the like, it is obvious to me that they are spherical and flat. OK?
So, is it really likely that the earth is the only one that is round? No, of course it is not – so I am joining the flat-earthers, on condition that they join me in pushing the three clubs you mention in your post, off the edge of the world – and we will reign supreme.
GB – excellent post!! Congratulations!!
GB – the answer I came up with is none. Yes, none of our players could get into the top tier, as defined in your terrific post.
That's what I like about blogging, Raddy and GiE make a very good points and have convinced me – where's the fun in being be the best all the time, especially when that success has been bought? It's about the journey.
There is no way the Board, ownership or manager are going to go down the 'buy success route' – we'd have let Usmanov invest if we wanted that.
Arsenal's austerity era over, but the mega rich era is upon us. It is a much greater and more rewarding challenge to achieve honours under a self sustaining model.
A fine post matched by some fine comments.
I also agree about not wanting to turn into BayernBarcaReal.
Maybe if we turn your litmus test around, it'll reveal more about the players in those top three teams.
I don't really know much about Thiago, Martinez or Benatia, so can't compare them.
They outclassed us at the Allianz earlier in the season, but we managed to gain a majestic victory at home.
In conclusion, aside from the financial doping of all three teams, we're not that far behind. I've never liked it when we were favourites to win things. There's so much more satisfaction in winning against the odds.
Damn right Chas….it's why the last two FA Cup Semis and finals have been so painful, although Theo and Alexismade the last one a tad less concerning, not that I saw it but listening on a dodgy radio reception in deepest darkest Cornwall was hard.
I also think Chas you highlight with your analysis of the others that it's not necessarily the best players, or the most great players, it's the balance. That's my point about BFG, he brings balance.
Micky here's the truth about the 71 kits.
Me : what do you want to wear George?
Mrs Exile : he will freeze in that, put a vest on or a long sleeve shirt underneath.
Thankfully there'll be no chance of a father son pairing as Chas proves that the retro 100% cotton is for the gym goers amongst us.
Didn't ever think I'd say this…..Come on Stoke!!!
Rubbish results so far and MC likely to roll over WHU. We have to win tomorrow.
Thanks everyone for the comments. Just to pick up on a few areas.
Firstly I tend to agree that it is a bit more fun not just being permanently top of the tree. It is hard to see it that way during difficult periods but it does then make the successful periods so much sweeter.
Having said that the reason we undertook the Emirates stadium project was to eventually allow us to regularly dine at the top table. Economic crashes and sugar daddy clubs have somewhat muddied the waters, and maybe still do, but I still feel we are in a position to be in that elite now.
Maybe we are a bit spoilt and should be happy with next tier down, but the one thing I always come back to is that I am not so sure that players like Sanchez and Ozil will be. I think they will have greater ambitions than this, and there are other top clubs that will try and get to that first tier and will want these 2 (and possibly others) if they can get them. If you buy more ready made top level players like those surely it is because you have an ambition to push into the elite, and also I would have thought this is how it was sold to them when they joined.
My concern is, that if we don't show that final ambition now, that we will lose these types of players and then it will be very hard to convince that level of player to join us in the future, if we become perceived as a club that is happy to only go so far.
I do disagree with not looking towards how those teams operate, and in what type of system, and with what types of players. We may do things our way (or the Arsenal way) but is it the best way? Are there things, that are achievable that we could do differently, more like those teams and push on a level as a result? Why shouldn't we use them as a blueprint?
I think the main point of my post was to say that we are only just short of pushing into that 1st tier arena in my opinion. I consider it a dotting of the i's and crossing of the t's, but obviously I could have easily under-estimated this.
I know we can't compete in every sense. For instance I would love Bale to come to us but we can't (and shouldn't) compete with those that are prepared to do £90m deals. I would far rather look at another high quality left footed right sided midfielder, like for instance Yarmolenko at say £25m. He would bring an extra dimension, quality and balance to the squad and be the type of player that I feel would push us more towards that 1st tier without trying to compete with the others for Bale. So really I am saying it is doable even with the money no object clubs lurking around.
As GIE says the sum of the parts is as important as (if not more so) than lots of individual Galacticos. That is a very relevant point but then it leads me to the question of are we actually making the most of what we have, so that the sum of our parts is balanced and finely tuned?.
I know many will disagree but personally I don't feel we always use what we have in-house in the correct way at the right times. Examples I would use would be using Ramsey on the right and playing a slower striker against a high pressing team when pacy alternatives were available. Too many times for me we have looked the superior team on paper but looked very dis-jointed and second best during the game.
I do think we have many players that are 1st tier players (sorry Eddie). For example I am not suggesting that Bayern would replace Neuer with Cech, but if for some reason they did not have, or had lost Neuer, then I think they would consider Cech of the required quality to be their number 1 keeper. I feel that type of assessment applies to a few of our players as well.
Shard I also think we have been a top tier team (1st 11 at least) but did not capitalise at the time. One factor may be that back then we maybe had a more finished 1st 11 but didn't have the squad depth we have today, and it really is the 1st 11 that I am looking at with this current squad. A team that we could send out against any of those top European 3 regularly and stand toe to toe, and I do think we can do it with 2-3 key purchases and better use of what we have.
GB. Some fine points made.
Great post and some excellent comments.
The litmus test is a good bit of fun but I don't agree that that is the way to actually determine whether we have ever been in the top tier, personally, I, like Shard, do not feel that we ever have and for the same reasons. Not that that really bothers me although unlike others I would like Arsenal to be and believe we should be but that will take some time as the top tier is governed by how much money the club generates.
Real Madrid earn over one hundred million more that we do every season, with that kind of extra spending power they will continue to be able to sign the Ronaldos and Bales of this world and until we can then we will just have to continue picking up their cast offs.
No, not at all, never, ever………………maybe, perhaps, no, no, perish the thought, say ten Hail Dennis' and five Our Arsenes LB for even considering it.
What is the main stream of revenue for Real now? Still the government? Or sponsors?
Barca until just few years ago didn't have sponsors, how did they do it??
I would pay €60m for Bale. He is a fantastic player.
I would stop Bale doing that ridiculous heart thing with his fingers but that is the only downside.
I thought Mark Noble was well over 30. He is only 28, but has been with the Hammers for 11 years!!! Blimey, does it still happen in football?
It does when you're average, meow.
The Barcelona sponsorship story is long but very interesting.
Scroll down to see the wealth table.
i commented on the wealthiest clubs' table the other day. i was surprised to see chavs behind us and Totts at 12th.
have the clocks go back or something?
It has to be Ranieri's magic.
Cannot speak for others but for BR it was a drunken night a very late/early finish. Serves me right for trying to keep up with 30 year olds. I should know better.
I haven't decided whether it should be a nostalgic PM, a vitriolic PM or a short but sweet PM with some sort of tactics nonsense thrown in.
My sincerest apologies for sleeping. Unforgiveable.
Something rotten in the state of Denmark, Micky?


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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán speaking at the 'Summit on Migration' organized by the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC).
Budapest Chronicle
Francisco J. Contreras20 May 2019 Feature
I recently attended the 'MCC Summit on Migration' held in Budapest. Let me begin with some important takeaways from that event:
In 1900, Europe had four times more inhabitants than Africa. Today, the African population is almost double the European population (and, if current fertility rates continue — with Europe at 1.6 children per woman, and Africa with 4.7 per woman — by 2050 it will have quadrupled).
The per capita GDP of major European countries ranges from US$80,000 dollars (in Ireland) to $40,000 (in Spain). This compares to a range that is between Madagascar's $475 and Libya's $6,600, with a majority of African countries below $4,000.
The median GDP per capita of Western Europe is approximately $50,000, while that of Africa is likely around $3,000 — which results in a differential of 17 to 1.
According to a recent Gallup poll, one in every three Africans dreams of moving to and settling in Europe.
One of the most widespread clichés heard in the face of such statistics is: "What should be done is increase development aid to those countries to lift them out of poverty, so that their inhabitants will not need to migrate anymore." But after sharing a conference hall in Budapest with some of the most qualified specialists on the topic of immigration — as I had the privilege of doing on March 22 and 23 — one begins to understand that things are far more complex.
For example, economic growth — at least, in its early stages — does not diminish the influx of migrants but rather boosts it, since the percentage of the population that can spare enough money to afford flights to Europe (or, say, a passage in a barge run by human traffickers) increases.
Mass immigration — as well as the 'demographic winter', a reality to which it is closely connected given that the millions of immigrants that have come to Europe are coming to fill the generational void created by the failure of Europeans themselves to breed — is certainly going to be (if it isn't already) the foremost European challenge in the coming decades.
More worrying is the fact that this topic has become impossible to address rationally. A mix of emotivism (i.e. the photograph of the dead child, Aylan Kurdi, lying on a Greek shore, which swayed the media's position about the wave of 'refugees' in 2015), historical guilt (i.e. some vague sentiment that since "Europeans colonized their countries, it is only natural that they would want to return the 'visit'"), a sense of crippling fatalism (i.e. "It's all a consequence of globalization; get over it!"), and the sanctimony and cultural hegemony of the Left has prevented us from discussing the topic calmly and rationally. Anyone who tries is inevitably vilified as 'racist' and 'xenophobic'.
A warning from France
Consequently, the compulsory multicultural and pro-immigration thinking that has been imposed on us has led to some nonsensical and outright lies. As French writer and social critic, Éric Zemmour explained, it is false to say that "Europe was always a land of shelter." What Europe endured, he explained — from Alaric to Tariq, from Mehmed II to Suleiman the Magnificent — was a series of invasions it struggled to repel, more or less successfully.
Éric Zemmour. Image is a still from a video broadcast by France's TV Liberté.
As a matter of fact, Zemmour added, in the 19th and first half of the 20th century, Europe was not a continent of immigration but one of mass emigration. And, yes, many of those migrants succeeded in 'melting' into American, Australian, or Argentinian society, or into that of another European country.
Most of all, Zemmour noted, this metaphor of the 'melting pot' functioned properly back then because migrations were intra-Western (i.e. Italians moving to France, Spaniards to Germany, Irish to the U.S.). Thus, as the late Samuel P. Huntington argued, 'culture matters' and civilizations do exist. A Pole will integrate more smoothly in Chicago than an Algerian will in Paris.
Host countries, on the other hand, do not typically demand assimilation anymore (and by this is meant the adoption of the ways, language, and moral code of the host society). Instead, the ideology of multiculturalism recognizes a so-called 'right to difference' and practically forbids people from regarding Western culture as superior. This has resulted in ethnic ghettos and "dis-assimilation", according to Georges Bensoussan, a French historian. The concrete result is that second or third generation immigrants — particularly those of Islamic origin — are more poorly integrated than their grandparents.
The African perspective on migration was also heard at the 'Budapest Summit'. Two Nigerian bishops explained that the drain on local human capital that migration represents for their country is quite dire. In order to preserve local human resources, they requested European help to solve some of the challenges provoking the ongoing exodus out of Nigeria and other parts of Africa. Those challenges are manifold. They include: desertification, floods, gangs (of herdsmen) displacing established farmers, and the killing of Christians by the terrorist group Boko Haram.
The great Somali-born, Dutch-American Ayaan Hirsi Ali was also present at the 'Budapest Summit'. In her presentation, she explained how she was able to escape a forced marriage in the 1990s and, thanks to European asylum laws, was able to settle in the Netherlands.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali's 2006 book. It was published in English in 2007.
She was the model immigrant, she said: graduating from the University of Leiden and poised to enjoy a comfortable life — if only she had remained silent. But she felt it was her duty, she said, to warn others that mass Islamic migration to Europe would lead to 'honour killings', forced marriages, and Jihadi cells (sometimes even formed by individuals who had received welfare benefits in France or the Netherlands, she noted) coming to Europe.
As a teenager, she confessed, she had been sympathetic with the Muslim Brotherhood. But after 9/11, she was horrified to see that "the Koran verses quoted by Bin Laden were accurate" — that is to say, the religion of her childhood did indeed harbour the seed of violence in its sacred texts.
After the 2004 murder of Theo van Gogh (with whom she was shooting the documentary "Submission"), Ali had to live under constant police surveillance. At present, she argues, there is a divide between radical Muslims (who she referred to as the "Medina Muslims") and moderate Muslims ("Mecca Muslims") who want to abandon sharia and other aspects of Islam which they consider incompatible with modernity.
She noted with some alarm that the West is actually supporting radical Muslims — by appointing them, for example, official representatives in official bodies such as the French Council of Muslim Worship. In contrast, there are courageous and oftentimes heroic moderate Muslims who advocate a reform of Islam — and, in doing so, thus put their lives at stake. They should be as celebrated in the West, she said, as the Soviet dissidents were some decades ago.
A fractured Europe
One of the things that became quite apparent at the 'Budapest Summit on Migration' was the moral fracture between Western Europe and Central/Eastern Europe. When the various Hungarian or Czech politicians spoke at the Summit, one heard things that would be completely unthinkable to say in France, Spain, or the UK. A few quick examples may be illustrative:
Roman Joch, a conservative think-tank leader from Prague, said: "In the Czech Republic we do not want to receive the mass Islamic immigration that has settled in Western Europe; if you did not succeed in their integration, we will not do any better."
Katalin Novak, Hungary's Minister of State for Family, Youth, and International Affairs, expounded on the pro-natal policies of her government, which she explained were conceived as a conscious alternative to mass immigration.
The Minister's cabinet colleague, Zoltán Kovács, who serves as Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Relations, spoke of the media manipulation of the European press during the 'refugee crisis' of 2015, when Hungarians were portrayed as a 'gang of ruthless thugs'.
Václav Klaus, former Czech president, explained that when it comes to issues of migration, labelling people as 'xenophobic', 'racist', etc. has replaced reasoning. He added that the liberal elites of Europe have indulged in a kind of 'emotional-moral onanism', whereby people try to outdo each other in their desperate attempt to show how humane and non-racist they are. In addition, the pseudo-religious 'cult of diversity' and the ideology of multiculturalism are seen by the liberal elites as goods that are valuable for their own sake — with little critical thought given to their consequences or their impact on society.
Hungary leads the way
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán also took the floor at the Summit. Before his keynote speech [in Hungarian with German subtitles], he had been introduced and praised by former Spanish MEP, Jaime Mayor Oreja, with these words: "[Orbán's] struggle and courage in the defence of Christian values is the cause of his current difficulties within the European Union."
Orbán elaborated on this, saying that one could hardly have predicted that a small, relatively poor country like Hungary would become what it is today: an ideological lightning rod within a perplexed and increasingly divided EU. Hungary achieved this status due to its firmness in the face of the 'refugee crisis' of 2015, refusing to take any 'refugees' (in part because many of them were not refugees but 'economic migrants') — not even the 'share' assigned to it by the EU. (In the process, of course, this earned the Prime Minister the status of Brussels' bête noire.)
In Central Europe, history counts a great deal. Most of the countries of the region are small nations which, while powerful in the Middle Ages, faced dreadful threats in the modern era and in recent centuries. These countries were often threatened by Asian invasions (think only of the Ottomans' victory at Mohács in 1526) and by the dissolution of a plurinational continental empire at the beginning of the 20th century.
In the middle of the last century, they also faced Nazi and Soviet totalitarianism. But unlike Western European nations, those in the East do not feel guilty about anything (they certainly never had colonial empires), nor do they take their own survival for granted.
Emancipated from the yoke of Soviet oppression only 30 years ago, the countries of Central/Eastern Europe are not willing to submit to any supranational power or give up their defence of their national borders. They are certainly not willing to replicate the 'multicultural experiment' which, in their view, has failed tremendously in France and the UK.
Additionally, aware of the risk of a 'demographic winter', such countries are taking a courageous stand and betting their future on a revival of their own natality. It is clear that Hungary is part of this new way of thinking.
With a sincerity that is rare among most politicians in Europe today, Prime Minister Orbán, in his closing comments, admitted that the Visegrád Group (of which Hungary forms a part) is in dire straits. "For the moment," he said, "we are standing up to Brussels' pressure. But I don't know how much longer we will endure."
In a time of so many difficult challenges, Hungary (and the Visegrád Group) need the support of a powerful Western country. It could be Italy, Orbán said. It could be Spain. Whoever it is, it will require a courage and steadfastness that is hard to find among the established political parties of Western Europe. The presumed breakthrough of alternative right-wing parties in the forthcoming European elections could very well define an entirely new political environment — which could, in turn, bring glimmers of hope.
Francisco J. Contreras is professor of legal philosophy at the University of Seville. The winner of various academic and literary awards, he is the author of numerous books, including Derechos sociales: teoría e ideología (Tecnos, 1994), Defensa del estado social (University of Seville, 1996), La filosofía de la historia de Johann G. Herder (University of Seville, 2004), Kant y la guerra (Tirant lo Blanch, 2007), Liberalismo, catolicismo y ley natural (Ediciones Encuentro, 2013) y La filosofía del derecho en la historia (Tecnos, 2014). He has also edited the collection of essays, The Threads of Natural Law (Springer, 2013) and Debate sobre el concepto de familia (Editorial Dykinson, 2013).
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package de.hochschuleTrier.fmv.io.complexConstraints;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;

import de.hochschuleTrier.fmv.model.impl.complexConstraints.ComplexConstraintGroup;
import de.hochschuleTrier.fmv.model.impl.complexConstraints.ComplexConstraintLiteral;
import de.hochschuleTrier.fmv.model.impl.complexConstraints.ComplexConstraintType;
import de.hochschuleTrier.fmv.model.interfaces.complexConstraints.IComplexConstraint;
import de.hochschuleTrier.fmv.model.interfaces.complexConstraints.IComplexConstraintGroup;
import de.hochschuleTrier.fmv.model.interfaces.complexConstraints.IComplexConstraintLiteral;

public class ComplexConstraintContentHandler extends DefaultHandler {

	private String currentValue;
	private IComplexConstraintGroup currentComplexConstraint;
	private IComplexConstraintLiteral currentConstraintNode;
	private final List<IComplexConstraintGroup> allConstraints;

	private int constraintNodeIdCounter;

	public ComplexConstraintContentHandler() {
		this.allConstraints = new ArrayList<IComplexConstraintGroup>();
	}

	@Override
	public void characters(final char[] ch, final int start, final int length) throws SAXException {
		this.currentValue = new String(ch, start, length);
	}

	@Override
	public void startElement(final String uri, final String localName, final String qName, final Attributes attributes) throws SAXException {

		if (localName.equals("node") && this.currentComplexConstraint != null) {
			this.currentConstraintNode = new ComplexConstraintLiteral(this.constraintNodeIdCounter++);
			this.setNegateIfNecessary(this.currentConstraintNode, attributes);
		}
		else {
			final ComplexConstraintType type = ComplexConstraintType.getTypeByTag(localName);
			if (type == null) {
				return;
			}

			switch (type) {
				case EXCLUDES:
				case IMPLIES:
					if (this.currentComplexConstraint != null) {
						this.allConstraints.add(this.currentComplexConstraint);
					}
					this.currentComplexConstraint = new ComplexConstraintGroup(type);
					this.allConstraints.add(this.currentComplexConstraint);
					break;
				case OR:
				case AND:
					final ComplexConstraintGroup constraint = new ComplexConstraintGroup(type, this.currentComplexConstraint);
					this.currentComplexConstraint.addChild(constraint);
					this.currentComplexConstraint = constraint;
					break;
			}

			this.setNegateIfNecessary(this.currentComplexConstraint, attributes);
		}
	}

	private void setNegateIfNecessary(final IComplexConstraint constraint, final Attributes attributes) {
		final boolean negate = Boolean.parseBoolean(attributes.getValue("negate"));
		constraint.setNegated(negate);
	}

	@Override
	public void endElement(final String uri, final String localName, final String qName) throws SAXException {
		if (this.currentComplexConstraint == null) {
			return;
		}
		if (localName.equals("node")) {
			this.currentConstraintNode.setName(this.currentValue);
			this.currentComplexConstraint.addChild(this.currentConstraintNode);
		}
		else {
			this.currentComplexConstraint = this.currentComplexConstraint.getParent();
		}
	}

	public List<IComplexConstraintGroup> getAllConstraints() {
		return this.allConstraints;
	}
}

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The authors believe their process will help to enable the larger graphene dream many see as the future of microelectronics. The so-called graphene-on-silicon platforms would be a big, or at least interim, part of that future. Such devices are now under development on many fronts, and have been shown to support all manner of useful electrical components transistors, optical modulators, and even more exotic gate-controlled Schottky barrier triodes. For a batch process, where directed graphene growth can spontaneously attach to an underlying substrate in defect-free form, the technological implications may be huge.


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Press Release: Update - GCP Applied Technologies Issues Statement in Response to Starboard Nominations in a DEFA14A on 01/13/2020 Download
GCP Applied Technologies Issues Statement in Response to Starboard Nominations
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – January 13, 2020 – GCP Applied Technologies Inc. (NYSE:GCP) ("GCP"), a leading global provider of construction products technologies, today issued the following statement in response to the nominations announced by Starboard Value LP ("Starboard") earlier today:
GCP's Board of Directors and management team are committed to executing the Company's strategic plan and continuing to drive enhanced performance and operating efficiency to unlock value for all of our stockholders.
GCP has maintained a constructive dialogue with Starboard and its other stockholders, including a 2019 agreement to add two Starboard-nominated directors to the board. We look forward to continuing our open communication with our stockholders.
Under the leadership of our recently appointed CEO Randy Dearth, we have focused on driving enhanced performance and further reducing costs and are seeing positive momentum in the business. We also have executed substantial governance changes, including the election of Elizabeth Mora as Independent Chairman.
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Yes Bank share crash: Analysts cut target price on uncertainty over CEO Rana Kapoor's successor
By CNBC-TV18 Sept 21, 2018 10:23:38 AM IST (Published)
Shares of Yes Bank fell by nearly 30 percent in Friday's trade after the Reserve Bank of India cut short the lender's managing director and chief executive officer Rana Kapoor's tenure to January 31, 2019.
At 9.31 am, Yes Bank shares traded at Rs 251.70, recovering from the day's low, but still down by 21.1 percent. More than 78 million shares changed hands in early trade, over 3.5 times the 30-day average of 22.3 million shares a day.
Most brokerage houses cut the target price for the stock after the announcement on Wednesday. Here's what they have to say:
Macquarie's current call on the stock is 'outperform', with a target price of Rs 425 per share.
According to the brokerage, Yes Bank shares will be under selling pressure on account of the uncertainty on who his replacement will be, whether the RBI will allow Kapoor to be a part of the bank board, among others.
The broker said that Rajat Monga, currently the senior group president of financial markets at Yes Bank, is expected to be the frontrunner for Kapoor's replacement. Pralay Mondal, business head - retail and business banking at Yes Bank, may also be considered for the post, according to Macquarie.
Edelweiss Securities
Edelweiss Securities cut the stock's price target to Rs 375 per share from Rs 423 but maintained a 'buy' rating on the stock. The brokerage remains positive that the bank board has a solid management but finding a leader who will be able to maintain the reputation of the bank will be the bank's key challenges ahead.
Jefferies cut the stock's target from Rs 445 to Rs 365 per share and maintained a 'buy' on the stock.The broker said that questions on the RBI decision remain. Since the central bank did not mention whether Kapoor can be a part of the board or not, the broker said that this will be one of the crucial decisions for the stock.
Morgan Stanley maintained an 'equal weight' rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 372 per share. The brokerage pointed there will not be challenges for the stock on Kapoor's development, but the bank may face potential challenges in its profitability due to the rising policy rates.
Deutsche Bank maintained a 'buy' rating on the stock and cut the stock's target price to Rs 350 per share from Rs 440.
The brokerage said that the decision of the central bank is a disappointment in the near-term and reasoned that Kapoor may not have got the extension in his term due to bank's large divergences in the last few years. The broker expects the stock to move in a prolonged uncertain phase in the market on Friday.
Nomura maintained a 'neutral' stance on the stock and cut the target price to Rs 345 per share from Rs 500.
The unknown reason for not allowing Kapoor's term extension remains a worry for the investors, the broker said, adding that this development is likely to affect the earnings and growth trajectory of the bank.
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Any SAA athlete who exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion (such as loss of consciousness, headache, dizziness, confusion, or balance problems) shall be immediately removed from the contest and shall not return to play until cleared by an appropriate health care professional.
This protocol is intended to provide the mechanics to follow during the course of contests/matches/events when an athlete sustains an apparent concussion.
The SAA will make the CDC online concussion awareness and education program available to SAA members through the SAA website. All SAA members/coaches who work directly with children are required to successfully complete the CDC online concussion awareness and education program or an equivalent concussion training program. The program must include information on concussion awareness training, concussion recognition, best practices for avoiding concussions, return to play guidelines, and sub-concussive trauma. The training and other supplementary materials included in the program should be reviewed by ALL SAA coaches prior to each season.
In all cases when an athlete is removed from a contest following a possible head injury (i.e., concussion), the athlete shall not return to play or practice until the athlete is evaluated by and receives written clearance from a licensed health care provider to return to play.


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ICTS are looking for reliable and technology savvy Relief Security Officers to ensure the security and safety of premises and people at a prestigious new client site In Leeds. As an experienced Security Officer, you will carry out a range of duties in a modern and fast paced environment, including:
• Managing access control for buildings and car-parks - for employees, visitors, and contractors.
• Patrolling the buildings, car parks, and grounds to deter and detect problems.
• Checking and challenging ID passes with a professional and friendly approach.
• De-activating and activating alarms, and unlocking and locking buildings, rooms, external barriers and gates to ensure that no unauthorised personnel or hazards are on site.
• Fire, security and building systems monitoring, including CCTV.
• Identifying and reporting Health & Safety issues and carrying out first aid if necessary.
• Responding to customer requests and queries
• Maintaining records including incident reports using computer- and paper-based systems
Normal hours of work are Saturday and Sunday 07:00-19:00, every week providing guaranteed hours. In addition to this, there will be additional flexible hours supporting leave and absences. The package of renumeration includes a benefits package and a competitive local rate of £10.15 per hour.
An SIA Door Supervision (DS) or Security Guarding (SG) license is essential, and to succeed in this role you will also need:
• Excellent communication, organisation and interpersonal skills
• The ability to remain calm and professional under pressure
• Experience in a customer-facing role, ideally in security
• Five years' checkable history and references
• To pass a criminal records check (CRC) to the required standards
The following would also be useful, but are not essential:
• SIA Public Space Surveillance (PSS) (CCTV) licence
• First Aid qualification
• Experience in a similar role
Full training, uniform and health and safety equipment (PPE) are provided.
Established in 1987, ICTS specialises in the provision of integrated security and customer services within the most demanding environments. ICTS works with major public attractions, leisure, financial, retail, public sector, transport and government bodies. We take our commitment to principles of fairness and mutual respect for people of all faiths and cultures seriously and we expect our employees to do the same.
In order to apply for this vacancy, you must be able to supply the required answers to the following questions:
Can you provide original evidence of your right to work within the UK?
Do you have a valid Door Supervisor (DS) or Security Guarding (SG) SIA licence?
Applying for a role


Description Extreme Copper is a unique 3cm exotic granite that has a vibrant and fresh quality. This stone was a white granite that has been artfully dyed to create this saturated copper color. This rare process is known as staining granite, similar to wood, in order to enhance the natural movement and patterning in the stone. The stain is permanently applied and finished with epoxy during the polishing process. Recommended for interior applications.


You are the best judge – We are given so many ideas and suggestions as parents and personally, if something does not feel right, as the parent, you are best avoiding it. Each of us has a common sense radar and I recommend you rely on this at all times.
Be alert, children can become adept at hiding things – Parents need to be one-step ahead at all times. There is no opportunity to say, "I don't want to know about the new social media site, drug, hangout, or latest trend." If we are unaware, we are not able to protect our children and keep them safe when they need it most.
Talk to your children – Spend time with the beautiful people in your family. When they are younger, it can be easier as their needs are more basic, but as they get older, they need to know that you think they are amazing and that you want spend time with them. (Even if they say they do not want to be with you).
Say I love you - Children need to hear this most when they deserve it least. They know when they are giving you a hard time, sometimes their emotions take over and they just can't help themselves. This is the time to say, "I love you".
Stand firm – If you have a strong belief, value and moral, teach it to them and show them why you believe things should be done in a certain way. Guide them to be the best they can be.
Say yes – Our standard response is usually to say "No", sometimes without even thinking first just because we can. Really consider saying Yes first and then say no if you still feel you should.
Really listen to what your child is saying, watch all the cues – Sometimes it is not what your child says but how they are behaving, if something feels off, it probably is. Spend the time to find out more.
Don't problem solve – Listen to what your child has to say and ask what they think, often they just want to be heard, saying "I hear what you are telling me. I understand how you are feeling," is all that they need. Once they have shared what is happening for them, then support them in finding a solution.
Get your kids active – A healthy lifestyle is the best way of keeping stress at a minimum, health at its peak and is the cheapest form of therapy ever created.
Be who you want your children to be – Children learn what they see, not what they are told so live your life the way you want your children to grow up.
Encourage your children to achieve their own dreams and goals – Your children have their own lives to live and you have yours. Live and pursue your own dreams and find it within yourself, (even if you disagree), to encourage them and guide them towards achieving the goals that they have set for themselves.
Ask for help if you need it – There is no shame in admitting you need assistance. Sometimes things get too hard and if we show our children that it is okay to ask for help, when they need it, they will do the same.
There is no such thing as perfection – We all make mistakes and the best we can do is learn from those mistakes and do it differently the next time around. Teaching our children this is a great life lesson.
Be kind to yourself as a parent – Parenting is a hard job with many challenges along the way, surround yourself with others who are kind to you and believe in you and your abilities.
Listen to others and form your own opinion – As a parent the advice begins from the very first moment you know that you are becoming a parent (in whichever way your child comes to you). Some advice will be suitable and other advice will not, go with your gut.
Take time out for yourself – If you are not looking after you as the parent, you might find yourself overtired, overworked or just genuinely frustrated with things, because life happens. Find the time to care for, nourish and love yourself as much as you care for, nourish and love your children.
Give yourself a pat on the back – Parenting can be the most rewarding and fabulous role we ever play and it comes with challenges we could never have anticipate, enjoy the ride, have fun with your kids and say "Well done" you deserve to be acknowledged.


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"So far we have hardly seen any effort from the clothing industry to tackle the problem at the source," she said.
The Mermaids report is the latest research effort to quantify the environmental and health impact of microfiber pollution and offer potential solutions. Researchers studying plastic pollution started discovering microfibers in the early 2000s but it was not until a 2011 study, by ecologist Anthony Browne, that microfibers were linked to the apparel industry. He sought research funding from the apparel industry but received little support.
In recent years, additional studies revealed the enormity of the problem. It is estimated that a single fleece jacket can release a million fibers in a single washing. Numbers like that stunned the public, but only a few brands have launched or completed studies to determine how many fibers their products shed, or whether fibers found in the environment can be traced back to their products. None have announced design-based solutions that would result in products that shed fewer synthetic fibers, something that The Story of Stuff, an environmental group, called for in a short film earlier this year.
Canadian retailer MEC and outdoor apparel brand Arc'teryx recently commissioned researchers at the Vancouver Aquarium to develop a protocol for tracking synthetic fibers from the source – their apparel – to the ocean. The firms hope the protocol will become an industry standard that other brands will use as well.
Last year, Patagonia released findings from a lab-based study to quantify fibers shed from its products in the wash. However, the tests did not use detergent, which multiple studies have shown significantly increases fiber loss, so the results do not reflect real-world conditions.
Meanwhile, stopgap measures are emerging. A German company recently created Guppy Friend, a fiber-catching mesh bag for holding synthetic clothes while washing them. The inventors of another device, Cora Ball, recently raised just over $353,000 through Kickstarter when they sought only $10,000 to bring the product to the market. Cora Ball, tossed into the washer with the clothes, attracts and entangles fibers. But it's impossible to know at the moment how successful these new devices will be.
Mermaids' report also suggested new formulas for laundry detergents to help minimize fiber shedding. It also advised consumers to stay away from powder detergent, especially those with added oxidizing agents to remove tough stain because they produce the highest fiber loss during washing. Short, gentle wash cycles in cool water are best, and fabric softener helps reduce shedding, too. Last year, Mermaids launched a public awareness campaign to get the word out.
The contamination is getting worse. Just this week, an advocacy group, Center for Biological Diversity, called on the California State Water Board to rule that plastic pollution is a significant problem in its coastal water, a determination that could prompt new policies to regulate companies selling plastic, says Blake Kopcho, the group's ocean campaigner. The group points to the findings of a 2016 study by the San Francisco Estuary Institute that estimates that wastewater treatment facilities discharge 56 million microplastic particles, nearly all microfibers, into the San Francisco Bay each day.
Researchers launched Mermaids in 2015 and set an ambitious goal to cut the amount of microfiber shedding during washing by 70%. The Italian National Research Council led the research, with help from Polysistec, a maker of textile coatings, and Leitat, a Spanish research council.
The Mermaids researchers pinpointed factors in the manufacturing of polyester and acrylic textiles that influences the amount of fibers that could be shed from a finished product while it is being laundered, or even during normal wear. They then recommended changes, such as lowering the melting temperature during yarn production to improve it tensile strength and reduce the likelihood of breakage. There are tradeoffs to changing manufacturing processes, however, and some could lead to slower production rates.
The researchers also evaluated a range of coatings, or chemical treatments, for their ability to inhibit fiber loss. The coatings that are already used by textile makers, such as silicone and acrylic finishes, produced mixed results, ranging from zero reduction to cutting fiber loss by as much as 40%. One of two bio-based finishes, chitosan, which is derived from crustacean shells, reduced fiber loss by up to 50% compared to no coating.
While the Mermaids report offers recommendations, it doesn't spell out the financial and technical difficulties of implementing manufacturing changes. Textile and apparel makers so far seem unconvinced that they should invest in those changes.
MEC and Patagonia declined to comment on the Mermaids findings, and representatives from both companies said they would not be bringing the Mermaids recommendations to their textile partners in the short term. Instead, they called for more study.
Further research remains necessary to have a deeper understanding of the environmental and health impact of microfiber pollution, scientists say. For example, while research has shown that small organisms such as plankton can get sick from ingesting fibers, there isn't enough data to determine large-scale, ecosystem-wide impacts from microfiber contamination or whether they threaten human health.
Knowing the extent of microplastic contamination is crucial for coming up with effective ideas and regulations to tackle it, says Natalia Ivleva, a professor at the Institute of Hydrochemistry at the Technical University of Munich. Ivleva and her colleagues dug into highly publicized research that purported to find microfibers in 24 different brands of German beer, and found that the means by which researchers identified contaminants was unreliable.
"Chemists, analysts, polymer scientists all need to come together" to advance thorough, highly vetted research, she says. Meanwhile, she says, ecologists face "a huge job" in determining the extent to which all types of microplastics are impacting aquatic organisms and, ultimately, us.


Morphine doesn't do much for dementia.
my sister cleverly said: "It's okay grandma.
I caught the chicken for you.
so unexpected, we almost died.
before we cross the road and reach that other side.
Daniel Klawitter is an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church and lives in Denver, CO, with his wife and three cats. He has a BA in Religion Studies from the College of Santa Fe, NM, and a Master of Divinity degree from Iliff School of Theology, in Denver. His poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Sacramental Life, Blue Collar Review, Cyclamens and Swords, The Penwood Review and Umbrella: A Journal of Poetry and Kindred Prose, and in the book Trails of Hope and Terror: Testimonies on Immigration (Orbis Books).
" 'Catching Chickens' was inspired by my grandmother's actual experience before she passed. It's interesting how the elderly often 'go back' and latch onto some childhood memory in their last days and weeks. For my grandmother, it was the memory of trying to catch a chicken for her father. I was intrigued by the possibility of playing with this image/metaphor, linking my grandmother's end-of-life concern to the old joke: 'Why did the chicken cross the road?' Which really, when you think about it, is a philosophical question."


Yoli is a nurse with the our Women's Health and Nutrition programs. She travels everyday to small rural communities bringing expert care and guidance to her patients. Her six year old son and family motivate Yoli to follow her passion and set new goals for herself everyday. When she does have time to relax, Yoli enjoys listening to music and watching action movies.


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In this lesson, students begin making a different type of car. There are two options: the belt-drive car and the propeller-drive. Teachers may decide to do one or the other, provide both options to the students, or extend the unit by two lessons and do both.
Chart paper for design suggestions.
Demonstration materials for propeller-drives and belt-drives, see below.
Photocopy worksheets: "Designing a Propeller-drive Car" and "Designing a Belt-drive Car". Download below.
Worksheets for Designing a Propeller-drive Car and / or Designing a Belt-drive Car.
Propeller-drive: A propeller is attached directly to the motor. The air blown by the propeller makes the car go, like a propeller-driven plane or boat.
Belt-drive: The motor turns a pulley, which is connected to another pulley by a rubber belt. The second pulley is what makes the car go. Although the parts are different, the idea is similar to the sprockets and chain of a bicycle.
How could this be mounted on a motor?
How could the motor be mounted on a car?
How could you use the simple car from Lesson 4?
How could you predict the direction the car would go?
What kinds of things would you have to look out for?
Students will probably suggest attaching the propeller to the motor shaft, and letting the air flow push the car (See this video). Since the motor and propeller will be doing all the work, the car could be the simple one from Lesson 4 with the propeller raised by a block (see this video) or a triangular structure (see this video). Provide worksheets for students to record their ideas.
Suppose the motor was on and turning the spool, like I just showed you. How could you use this spool to drive a car?
A simple way is to make the spool do double duty as a wheel. That way it can drive the car without having a tight connection to an axle and wheels (See a video). Another way is to make the axle fit snugly in the spool, and attach the axle to wheels snugly at either end . In this design, the spool turns the axle, which will make the wheels turn too. Here is a video of a 4 - wheel belt drive car.
4. Issues list: As students are working, ask them to record issues as they come up. The Worksheet provides space for recording them. If time permits, conduct a class meeting to discuss some of the issues for either or both types of car. See the download of Issues, Causes and Fixes below.
There are a variety of ways to make a motor drive a car.
A propeller makes a car go by pushing air in one direction. The car goes in the opposite direction.
A belt-pulley system transfers motion from one place to another.
Students did troubleshooting when they put a switch in a circuit.("Make a Switch"), when they made a simple car ("Let's Roll"), and when they made a direct-drive car. Many of the issues presented by propeller-drive and direct-drive cars are the same issues. The Troubleshooting sections of these earlier lessons apply to this lesson as well. What follow are issues specific to propeller-drive cars and direct-drive cars.
One other problem encountered with propeller-drive cars is that the Car Tips Over.