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July 3, 2009 / 9:27 PM / 11 years ago
Michael Jackson sales surge expected to last months
Ed Christman, Antony Bruno
NEW YORK/DENVER (Billboard) - In the days following Michael Jackson's June 25 death, fans flocked to record stores and digital music outlets to purchase one last memory. And merchants say they expect the Jackson sales surge to last for weeks — maybe even months.
Freshly printed covers of Michael Jackson's 'The Essential' CD are pictured in the Austrian 'ArtPress' factory in Hoefen July 3, 2009. REUTERS/ Dominic Ebenbichler
"With the around-the-clock coverage and questions about his death, this story will keep going, with every development giving it a new bit of life," says Kerry Fly, vice president of purchasing and marketing at wholesaler Eurpac.
Jackson's solo album sales in the United States skyrocketed from 10,000 copies in the week before his death to 422,000 in the week ended June 28, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
During the same period, U.S. track downloads surged from about 48,000 copies to 2.6 million. The week of his death, the best-selling track was "Thriller" at 167,000 copies, and the top-selling album was "Number Ones" at 108,000.
In the United Kingdom, Jackson held 11 of the top 200 album positions and 43 of the top 200 singles based on sales monitored by the Official Charts Co. for the week ended June 27. Despite the inclusion of only two full days of sales after Jackson's death, "Number Ones" topped the OCC album chart after selling 46,400 physical copies and 10,000 downloads. "Thriller" also reached the top 10 for album at No. 7, with combined physical and digital sales of 14,900.
Among Jackson's best-selling albums in the United States during the week ended June 28, the split was sharp between physical and digital retailers, which appeared to relate to the availability of titles at physical retailers. Anticipation of a Sony price cut on catalog titles appeared to prompt U.S. retailers to stock popular greatest-hits collections like "Number Ones" instead of studio albums like "Thriller" or less popular compilations like "The Essential Michael Jackson."
From the day of Jackson's death until the following Tuesday (June 30), U.S. retailers of physical CDs had ordered about 3 million of his Sony Music Entertainment albums, while international orders hovered around 5 million copies, sources say. Although Sony had to scramble to meet demand, it got high marks for getting Jackson product to stores June 29, after most retailers had sold out of the artist's inventory during the weekend.
Universal Music Group, which owns the Motown label, caught a break when it experienced a smaller run on the Jackson 5 catalog: It had already shipped plenty of product as part of its Motown 50th-anniversary promotions.
"By dumb luck, we weren't completely caught off guard," says Universal Music Group Distribution president/CEO Jim Urie. He notes that the company also shipped the rest of its Jackson 5 inventory and had U.S. orders for 300,000 album copies as of June 30, which will be back-ordered until July 6.
ALLOCATING LIMITED SUPPLIES
Sony wasn't as lucky. The supply of solo Jackson CDs in the U.S. market was relatively low at the time of his death because 13 of his albums were part of the major's previously announced move to reduce prices on 8,000 catalog titles. The price cuts, which kicked in June 29, lowered the wholesale cost of the standard version of "Thriller" and "Off the Wall" from $9 and $7.81, respectively, to $6.40 and $5.40.
With the price change imminent, retailers had been waiting to reorder product at the new price. But when Jackson died, those pricing considerations went out the window.
"On Friday morning, I got out of bed and went straight to my computer to order Jackson product," says Dedry Jones, owner of indie retailer the Music Experience in Chicago. "I didn't care about old price/new price. People aren't asking price on Jackson. They are just buying it."
Faced with massive demand, Sony decided to ration product rather than try to fulfill entire orders, according to retail sources. So the entire account base received enough product to get through June 29, with new shipments arriving the next day.
"Sony is rationing Jackson product, but they did right by us," says Carl Mello, head of purchasing for New England-based retailer Newbury Comics. "Of course, they didn't ship us what we ordered, but they got us in more than I expected. The rest of our order will come in during the week."
Moreover, Sony appears to have taken on the costly option of shipping product to individual stores — on an overnight basis — rather than sending bulk shipments to an account's warehouse. "Anything you ordered, they would bear cost," says an executive at a midsize U.S. chain.
DIGITAL SALES SURGE
Meanwhile, Jackson's catalog did brisk business at digital retailers, which don't have to worry about supply and already enjoy lower wholesale pricing than brick-and-mortar stores. Digital vendors were also helped by the fact that many physical retailers sold out of Jackson albums during the weekend.
In the week before his death, 64 key Jackson tracks sold a combined 30,000 copies at iTunes, the dominant U.S. digital vendor and the largest overall music retailer, according to sources. During the week ended June 28, sales of those same 64 tracks skyrocketed 60-fold to reach 1.8 million copies at iTunes, the sources say. Similarly, iTunes sales of 16 Jackson solo albums and compilations went from slightly more than 1,000 copies in the week before his death to 225,000 copies for the week ended June 28, sources say.
In total, Jackson albums took 10 of the top 15 best-selling album slots and 21 of the top 100 on the day after his death. His singles represented 13 of the top 25 songs sold on the same day, with "Man in the Mirror," "Thriller," "The Way You Make Me Feel," "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" and "Smooth Criminal" all making the top 10.
By June 30, those totals began to slip. His album rankings fell to six of the top 15 and 16 of the top 100, but he held on to the top two spots with "The Essential Michael Jackson" and "Number Ones," respectively. Singles, however, fared better, with 11 staying in the top 25, including the No. 2 spot with "Man in the Mirror."
Jackson's sales also jumped at Amazon's MP3 store. The day after his death, he was the No. 1 artist of the day and had 13 of the top 25 songs sold and 11 of the top 25 digital albums. On June 30, Jackson's singles share increased to 15 of the top 25 songs, while album sales fell to seven of the top 25 titles. Amazon posted a tribute to Jackson on its home page.
At Verizon Wireless, the largest mobile operator in the United States, Jackson's songs took five of the top 10 downloaded songs through the weekend, with "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'," "Thriller," "Beat It" and "Billie Jean" holding the top four spots.
SEARCH IS ON
Daily search volume for Jackson's music at peer-to-peer file-sharing networks jumped nine times above the level seen the day before his death (June 24), according to the P2P measurement firm BigChampagne.
But downloads and P2P traffic don't tell the full digital story. Virtually every major digital music service reported unprecedented spikes in volume and activity surrounding Jackson's music as fans flocked online to pay their respects.
On YouTube, Jackson's music videos generated heavy traffic. "Beat It" was viewed nearly 1 million times from 10 p.m. June 25 to noon the next day. "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" registered 800,000 views in the same time frame, followed by "Billie Jean" with 750,000 and "Thriller" with slightly more than 700,000.
The online streaming music service Pandora says registered users created more than 500,000 custom radio stations featuring Jackson songs June 25-27. Microsoft offered a free copy of the "Thriller" video to all Xbox 360 users, resulting in 50,000 downloads during the two days after his death.
LIKE LENNON, BUT BIGGER
The Music Experience's Jones says he thinks heightened interest in Jackson's catalog will last for the rest of the year. "Christmas," he says, "is going to be about Michael Jackson."
Others aren't convinced that the sales gains will be sustained through the end of the year but agree that they'll last a while. "Usually when an artist dies, the sales surge is over within two weeks, but for John Lennon and Elvis Presley sales went on for a while," says the head of purchasing at a large music account. "I would put Jackson as bigger than Lennon."
Sue Bryan, the head of the music and video department at J&R Music in New York, also sees parallels with customer reaction to Lennon's murder in 1980. "The night it happened, we had a customer crying in the store," Bryan recalls. "It's a very emotional thing for a lot of people."
Newbury Comics' Mello says demand has been strong for all manner of Jackson product. "We cleared out some Jackson stuff that we thought we would never sell, like his old videos," Mello says. "Look at what's going on at eBay. Regular versions of Jackson's albums are going for $50 and $60, and these are titles that you couldn't have sold the day before his death for $3."
Amid all the hoopla, retailers tried to put Jackson's death in perspective. "Who else could die today and have this kind of impact in music?" one retail executive asks. "Dylan? I don't think so. Madonna, Sting or Bono would have some impact, but not like this. Maybe Paul McCartney could have as much impact, But after that, if you think about it, who is left?"
Editing by Sheri Linden at Reuters


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The most annoying main characters ever
This is my first review on audible but I felt it necessary to warn anyone thinking of listening to this. The female protagonist is the most annoying, selfish, childish character ever written. She seems confused the ENTIRE book and her inability to communicate left me yelling at my car stereo as I listened. She seems to be throwing a prolonged tantrum the whole book. The male lead is not much better, though after the first couple chapters I began siding with the poor emotionally stunted and communicatively challenged sod. The performance is alright but I find that Kelk writes her female leads as mostly confused, self pitying and self involved for the majority of the book and then evolving into outright selfishness in the finale, all the while expecting the guy they've been stringing along to be there for them while they "figure themselves out". I'm all about being your own person but I've never understood the notion of a.) not being able to do that in a healthy relationship or b.) doing that at the expense of your significant other's feelings. You're perfectly capable of finding yourself without making someone wait for you to do so.
JJ Mosier
Couldn't get past narration.
I returned this because I couldn't get past the switching back and forth narration. They should had the Avita do all female roles and Ben do all male. Weird set up.
What was most disappointing about Lindsey Kelk's story?
the set up of chapters
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Avita Jay and Ben Allen ?
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
J. L.
So. Much. Whining.
The characters were so whiny and failed to actually grow a spine and communicate with each other. I quit by the third chapter because I just couldn't.
Viego
This is one of the few books I couldn't even finish. The characters are unlikeable and the split narration is confusing. To have the female lead speak both male and female thoughts is one thing, but then when it's from the male perspective it changes to a male narrator doing a male and female voice. So each main character has two voices and the male to female is painful to listen to. I didn't even care how it ended and that's unusual for me. I was hoping to like it, but I couldn't get there. :(
Dragged On FOREVER!!!
I listen to a lot of audio books. This story had no surprises though I kept waiting. A very hum drum story line. I wouldn't recommend it though like other books by the author.
I found this book OK. I got really annoyed with the characters because a lot of the issue was just a misunderstanding! If they had communicated properly t etc etc. I just get frustrated when this happens in stories.
Overall it did keep my interest and I did want to find out what happened.
Parisa Hervani
Insightful and funny chick flick
I really liked hearing the story from Adam's side. The male perspective was intriguing and made me step outside my normal heroine view. It was almost like a thriller waiting to see what would happen next. Enjoyable listen.
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Very slow, quite unbelievable and dissapointing
i have read many of Lindsey Kelk's books so was excited to listen to this one. this was my first audio book of Lindsey although i have read the i heart series and a few others, i was extremely dissapointed with this book, it took me a few months to complete it and that is only because i am stubborn with books and wont give up on them, i listened to several books in between this one and felt the story to be very far fetched, quite boring, the male lead character to be unlikable and generally very flat, the end finally arrived and i just felt relieved i could move on to another book, i wont spoil the end but its really is nothing to write home about,. i was dissapointed with the book, but that of course is just my opinion, i wouldn't really waste a credit on it but if it comes up in an offer, maybe give it a go?
very slow book..
I got quite bored listening to it.. slow storyline quite repetitive.. takes ages to get to the point
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really enjoyed this and it was narrated well.
my favourite character was probably Daniel haha. he was full of sass.
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I loved this!!
Such a lovely story. I really enjoyed listening to both Avita and Ben. . .
Slow going at times
Interesting story but slow going for me at times, some bits made me laugh out loud, great when on the motorway, but most of the time to slow for me
Really enjoyed the book but didn't like Adam's voice. this spoiled the performance for me
Really liked the plot
I very nearly quit listening to this one as the narrators were frustratingly slow (may be suitable for some, but I found it unbearable). then switched the speed up to 1.3 amd all was great. Interesting plot with a few twists, hillarios bits, liked the male/female thinking sounded out... overall thoroughly enjoyed.
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Codenamed Hades Canyon, the new Intel NUC will arrive in two versions and is claimed by the company to be the world's smallest VR-ready system till date.
Right after Intel launched its 8th Generation Core i5 and i7 lineup of processors with AMD's Radeon Vega RX Vega M graphics at CES 2018, it also went on to announce its new NUC. The newest version of Intel's NUC is claimed to be powerful enough to be a VR-ready system despite its 1.3-litre size.
Intel has even gone on to claim that the new NUC is the world's smallest VR-ready system till date. Codenamed Hades Canyon, the new Intel NUC will arrive in two versions, the NUC8i7HVK and the NUC8i7HNK.
As per a blog post by Intel, the NUC8i7HNK comes with Radeon RX Vega M GH graphics and a 100W quad-core 8th generation Intel Core i7-8809G CPU clocked at 3.1 GHz. The Radeon RX Vega graphics processor here comes with an operating range of 1063 MHz to 1190MHz while the CPU comes with turbo-boost capabilities of up to 4.2 GHz. The NUC8i7HNK, on the other hand, comes with Radeon RX Vega M GL graphics processor and a 65 W quad-core 8th generation Intel Core i7-8705G CPU again clocked at 3.1GHz. The GPU here, however, has an operating range of 931 MHz to 1,011 MHz.
The Intel NUC has a ton of ports to choose from as well including two Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports, two gigabit Ethernet connections, two Mini DisplayPorts, four USB 3.1 Type-A connections, HDMI and a hybrid 3.5 mm/optical audio jack. Turn the NUC and on the front, we see a USB-C port, a USB Type-A, USB Type-A for charging, HDMI, a headphone jack and an SDXC slot.
The Intel NUC is expected to arrive by Spring 2018.
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One person was killed in a four vehicle crash in the westbound lanes of the Indiana Toll Road.
The accident happened just after 1 p.m. near the 85 mile marker.
The accident involved one car, two semis and a Jeep pulling a trailer.
The westbound lanes were closed for approximately 2 and a half hours while the accident was investigated and cleaned up.
One person involved in the accident died and three others were injured and taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.


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Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital received a 2.5 million dollar donation from an anonymous donor to expand services to treat babies exposed to opioids and other drugs in utero. The donation will be used to open a Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Follow-up Clinic on the main campus in St. Petersburg, as well as to enhance services at the Johns Hopkins All Children's NAS Specialty Clinic in Sarasota.
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Lerner, Paz Say They Fear Physical Harm From Enraged Public, Want IRS Testimony Sealed Permanently
by Tammy on November 20, 2017
Posted in: Big Government, Death of Right and Wrong, Dumb Bastard, Fraud, IRS, Liar, Tea Party, Thugs
Yet, the only people actually experiencing physical harm these days are Republicans and conservatives at the hands of liberals. These people are frauds and are simply trying to use the courts to implement the protection they received for years from the Obama administration.
Via Washington Times.
Former IRS executive Lois G. Lerner told a federal court last week that members of her family, including "young children," face death threats and a real risk of physical harm if her explanation of the tea party targeting scandal becomes public.
Ms. Lerner and Holly Paz, her deputy at the IRS, filed documents in court Thursday saying tapes and transcripts of depositions they gave in a court case this year must remain sealed in perpetuity, or else they could spur an enraged public to retaliate.
"Whenever Mss. Lerner and Paz have been in the media spotlight, they have faced death threats and harassment," attorneys for the two women argued.
Ms. Lerner and Ms. Paz gave taped depositions in a class-action lawsuit brought by tea party groups demanding answers and compensation for having been subjected to illegal targeting for their political beliefs.
The government settled the class-action lawsuit in Ohio and another tea party challenge in the District of Columbia in two agreements last month, admitting to the illegal behavior. The Ohio settlement also called for the government to pay $3.5 million to the tea party groups, according to one of the plaintiffs…
Mr. [Mark] Meckler laughed when he learned about the filing.
"Four years of harassing innocent American citizens for their political beliefs, and she's scared of a guy in a cowboy hat talking to a bunch of little old ladies at a tea party event?" he said, recounting the speech where he called IRS agents "thugs."
He said if the depositions didn't show any bad action on her part, then Ms. Lerner should have nothing to fear from their release to the public.
"The reality is because she knows she is guilty as the day is long and she doesn't want people to know what she actually did," he said.
"It's hard to have any sympathy for the women. And frankly, I don't believe she's genuinely scared," Mr. Meckler said.
The Trump administration backs making the documents public, according to court documents, which leaves Ms. Lerner and Ms. Paz fighting a rearguard action.
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Can you embezzle money, or rob a bank, and then demand not to be prosecuted because you feel physical harm? Asking for a friend.
Dragon Lady says:
Shifra,
It's called "I feel your pain"…a Marxist psychological feeling. Oh, wait, Marxists have no feelings.
Shalom, Shifra, and happy gobble, gobble, gobble to all!
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Tammy, it's unfair to blame the left for the violence. The New Yorker has explained that the beating of Rand Paul was Trump's fault.
The attack on Rand Paul by his neighbor reveals a sinister banality of American life that, these days, is often emanating from Donald Trump.


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The Rendel family at Hatchlands Park
Lord Rendel at Hatchlands Park
Lord Rendel bought Hatchlands Park from the Sumner family in 1888, he made many changes to the house and gardens and his family continued to live here until the late 1950s.
Hatchlands under new management
Stuart Rendel was born in 1834, son of a distinguished engineer. He was educated at Eton and Oxford, qualified as a barrister in 1861 going on to become a managing partner of engineering firm Armstrong Whitworth & Co.
He also had political interests, serving as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire from 1880 until 1894 when he was elevated to the peerage as Lord Rendel of Hatchlands. Rendel's personal and political correspondence shows that, even as a quiet family man, his opinion was valued on a range of important matters.
Lord Rendel as a young man
Perhaps Rendel's strongest relationship was with one of Britain's greatest Prime Ministers, William Gladstone, on whose recommendation he became a peer. He once wrote, 'my intimacy with Mr Gladstone will be probably the feature of my life that may longest survive obliteration.'
Lord Rendel with friend WE Gladstone
Their friendship was also entwined in family alliances. Rendel confessed, 'I do not know how Mr and Mrs Gladstone came to be so often my guests. I think it was because Mrs Gladstone desired to promote the friendly relations of her children and mine'. It seems that Mrs Gladstone's maternal motives were a success, as Rendel's daughter Maud eventually married Gladstone's son Herbert.
Lord Rendel at Hatchlands
During his ownership of Hatchlands Lord Rendel made big changes. He constructed a new entrance on the east side, converting what had originally been Admiral Boscawen's bedroom and dressing room into a dining room and entrance hall. In 1900 he asked influential garden designer Gertrude Jekyll to submit designs for a formal garden that is still here today. Then, in 1902, he commissioned Sir Reginald Blomfield to design a music room.
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The Rendel family outside Hatchlands Park
The Rendels had four daughters but no sons. Their eldest daughter Rose Ellen married Harry Goodhart, a Cambridge don and it was their son Harry Stuart who would continue the family's presence at Hatchlands Park.
Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel
'Hal' was born in Cambridge in 1887. He studied music at Cambridge but became involved in architecture and he practised as an architect from 1910. Hal inherited Hatchlands Park from his grandfather in 1913 having added the name Rendel to his own as a condition of the inheritance.
Hal Goodhart-Rendel at Hatchlands Park
He did little to change the main house but used his architectural skills to design the new stable block and the two lodges at the entrance to the park. He is also responsible for the addition of the stone temple to the garden; the inscription it bears is to his mother. Hal gave Hatchlands to us in 1945 but stayed here until 1959.
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The Sumner family at Hatchlands Park
The Sumner family lived at Hatchlands Park for over a century from 1770. They made many changes to the house and parkland before selling the estate to the Rendel family in 1888.
The Boscawens at Hatchlands Park
Edward and Frances Boscawen fell in love with Hatchlands Park. After a long wait to obtain the estate, they set about creating the family home and safe haven from urban life that you can see here today.
Printing The Times at Hatchlands Park
Francis Mathew managed The Times newspaper in the 1950s and 1960s and lived at Hatchlands for part of this period. In 1959, amid a series of print strikes, he used Hatchlands to help keep The Times in circulation.


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[Review] How China's Leaders Think
Posted by Contributor on 12/24/12 • Categorized as Books & Reviews
by Aaron Tan
When Internet giant Google threatened to pull out of China in 2010, few were aware of the paradox that the Internet brings to China's leaders beyond the political fodder.
In "How China's Leaders Think: The Inside Story of China's Past, Current and Future Leaders", Robert Kuhn, an international investment banker who has advised the Chinese government for over two decades, notes that Chinese leaders recognize that free access to information is critical for technological advancement and competitive success in world markets.
"On the other hand, they worry about potentially disruptive consequences of such free access which can deliver malicious, salacious and seditious information," Kuhn says.
"Hence the dilemma: restrict information and retard progress? Or remove restriction and risk instability?" he adds.
Through interviews with over 100 Chinese leaders, including Cai Mingzhao, former deputy director of the Chinese government's propaganda department, Kuhn offers insight into complex issues that China faces during its meteoric rise over the last 30 years.
According to Kuhn, Cai maintains that China is in transition and needs to maintain social security by blocking "disruptive, pornographic or otherwise undesirable" websites.
Censorship is necessary, Cai says, because China is evolving from a planned economy to a market-based one. This transition can bring tensions that can be magnified by the power of the Internet.
Kuhn offers the example of discrepancies in pay-outs for retrenched workers in different Chinese enterprises and geographies: "If these differences are highlighted online, it could upset people and cause instability – and even turn regional issues into national problems."
However, he fails to question Cai on how the Chinese government is preventing Chinese equivalents of blocked U.S. websites – such as Facebook and Twitter – from being used as platforms to raise similar issues that could upset China's stability.
Perhaps Chinese censors feel they have more leverage in getting local website owners to practice "self-discipline", which Cai says is still lacking as evident by the pornographic content created by some enterprises to increase website traffic.
"When you can behave yourself and self-administrate, the government will be happy to step by and rest," Cai adds.
Maintaining stability and building a harmonious society has been central to China's Scientific Perspective on Development, a framework for sustainable development conceived by former Chinese President Hu Jintao. The nation-building blueprint was ratified into the Chinese Communist Party's Constitution in 2007.
Today, most Chinese government policies including Internet regulation, environmental protection and banking reform are rooted in Hu's framework in one way or another, though Kuhn does not always make that relation explicit.
As an example, in explaining how Hu's framework was applied in Jiangsu's development, Kuhn merely listed the province's economic, environmental and educational accolades with scant details on how they were achieved.
Moreover, some of Kuhn's data and information on Jiangsu, such as the number of private companies, date back to 2006. Given that the book was published in 2010, more recent data could have been provided, including changes to provincial leadership.
Li Yuanchao, for instance, was stated as the party secretary of Jiangsu when Liang Baohua has already succeeded him since 2007.
Despite these shortcomings, the book offers China watchers refreshing insight into the minds of those leading the world's second largest economy.
According to Shao Ning, director-general of the Department of Enterprise Reform at the State Economic and Trade Commission, China's growing income gap between the rich and poor is natural and could help spur economic efficiency.
In traditional Chinese culture, Shao says, egalitarianism did not play a significant role and only came to prominence with the communist idea of equal distribution.
He added that communism is supposed to be built upon a very wealthy society created through hard work by everyone, but "given the mindset of our society and the current level of development, I'm not sure that kind of egalitarianism is realistic."
"Stressing greater distribution efficiency and creating a fairer society are the best ways to go," Shao notes, adding that the government should actively redistribute wealth by taxing the rich.
Kuhn's access to a handful of head honchos in China Inc also reveals the tenacity of Chinese entrepreneurs.
Wang Hai, chief executive of shoemaker Doublestar noted that it was his experience in the Vietnam War that gave him the willpower to compete in the shoe market.
"To be successful on either of these battlefields, you first need to have the will to defeat your enemies," says Wang who started peddling his shoes to department stores when they failed to sell in the 1980s.
This was considered a menial task that senior managers in China's old planned economy would not take up.
Because of Wang's dogged determination to understand market forces, Doublestar is now the biggest shoemaker in China with 3,000 chain stores, 40,000 employees and healthy profit margins.
But Kuhn never touched on what Wang did to engineer the turnaround at Doublestar after approaching the stores, leaving readers with more questions than answers.
The last few chapters, dedicated to dispelling misconceptions about China arising out of high expectations on the country's international responsibility and "media-directed preconditioning" sums up the book's goal to promote greater understanding of China.
An unnamed Chinese leader told Kuhn: "Everybody always exaggerates China. When for more than a century the world thought us weak, we weren't really so weak. And now when the world thinks us strong, we aren't really so strong (sic)."
Calling for a more balanced view, Kuhn argues that an aggressive China does not make sense in the real world, unless an economic catastrophe occurs.
He predicts that China's economy will grow, living standards will rise and the country will be more democratic and prosperous – a bulwark of stability in world geopolitics.
Along the way, China will continue to embrace communism, Kuhn says, though the term now stands for something beyond the 19th century system of public ownership and centrally planned production.
"To reach this ideal state, China must pass through a stage that looks a lot like capitalism – indeed, some suggest that capitalism is the early or first stage of communism," he adds.
[This review was first posted on technology Techgoondu.]
Aaron Tan had been a technology journalist for the last four years, specializing in enterprise technology at ZDNet Asia and The Straits Times Digital Life. He is currently involved in R&D in the information services industry.
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Single: 1999-98
1997: Face Down ◄ All Singles All Related Artists Singles ► 1999: 1999: The New Master
1999 ('98 reissue)
Single details
Released: 28 December 1998 (Europe)
Related album: 1999 (although none at the time of release)
Label(s): Warner Bros.
Non-Album track(s):
Charts, Certifications & Awards
Country: Chart
Peak Position
Weeks in Chart
USA: Billboard Hot 100 16 Jan. 1999 40 1
USA: Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 16 Jan. 1999 33 1
USA: Billboard R&B Singles & Tracks 16 Jan. 1999 45 1
USA: Billboard Hot R&B Airplay 16 Jan. 1999 38 1
USA: Billboard Hot R&B Singles Sales 16 Jan. 1999 62 1
USA: Billboard Top 40 Tracks 16 Jan. 1999 27 1
USA: Billboard Adult Top 40 16 Jan. 1999 33 1
USA: Billboard Hot 100 Sales 6 Mar. 1999 65R 2
Ireland: IRMA Singles Chart 7 Jan. 1999 18 3
U.K.: Gallup Singles Chart 9 Jan. 1999 10 4
U.K.: Gallup Singles Chart, UK 18 Dec. 1999 40R 5
This single has not received any certifications in the USA
This single has not received any awards in the USA
1999 (original issue) 1999: The New Master
1999 was originally the first single to be released from Prince's fifth album 1999, but the release listed here is the late 1998 re-release to coincide with the calendar year 1999.
The single was released commercially only in the UK and Australia, while it was a promotional release in the USA and Germany.
Airplay on US radios in the last weeks of 1998 enabled the single to re-enter the Billboard Hot 100 Chart at position 40 for one week on 16 January 1999, marking it's third entry in the chart and reaching a total of 28 weeks since its release in 1982.
1999 also made its re-entry into the Billboard R&B Singles & Tracks Chart the same week at position 45.
Although this could be considered a basic re-release, it receives a separate entry here due to the timing of its release and its original artwork.
CD Cassette
1. 1999 (6:22)
2. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore (3:50)
FR: WEC 795
1. 1999 (Edit) (3:36)
3. D.M.S.R. (8:15)
UK: W467CD
FR: WE739
2. Uptown (5:30)
3. Controversy (7:14)
4. Dirty Mind (4:11)
5. Sexuality (4:20)
A1. 1999 (Edit) (3:36)
A2. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore (3:50)
(both sides play same sequence)
UK: W467C - 5439 17109-4
A. 1999 (Album Version) (6:22)
B1. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore (3:50)
B2. D.M.S.R. (8:15)
UK: W467T
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CD Promo 7"
(UK: W467CD DJ)
(US: PRO-CD-9419)
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1. 1999 (Edit) (3:36) (listed as 1999 (6:22)
2. 1999 (6:22) (listed as 1999 (Edit) (3:36)
This single wasn't released in 7" format.
This single wasn't released in any other format (Cassette, Digital).
7", 12", CD, Cassettes and Other versions
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2
USA 5"CD CD-PRO-9419
UK 12" W467T
Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
Promotion (at time of release)
None directly by Prince or Warner Bros., but the arrival of the calendar year 1999 meant that the song 1999 was played heavily on radio and TV, and the lyrics were referred to regularly throughout the media world.
1999: The New Master was released in early 1999 as an independent release by Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution). See 1999: The New Master for details.
The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince by Per Nilsen & jooZt Mattheij, with the UPTOWN Staff (Uptown, 2004)
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1999: The New Master
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Samsung Galaxy S21 benchmarks leak — the iPhone 12 shouldn't be worried
By Sean Riley 08 December 2020
It's a lackluster first performance, but things could get better.
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Samsung's Galaxy S21 may be arriving by the end of next month. So it's not surprising that the leaks are starting to come fast and furious, with a steady stream of new information regarding its display, specs and price coming over the last month.
Now we are getting another glimpse at the kind of performance we might expect from the standard Galaxy S21, courtesy of a set of Geekbench 5 results. Unfortunately, things aren't looking that great for Samsung's flagship Android offering of 2021 right now (via BGR).
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The Geekbench 5 result for this standard Galaxy S21 came in at 1,075 for the single-core and 2,916 for the multi-core. For those keeping track at home, that would be a slight improvement on the single-core result from the Snapdragon 865+ powered Galaxy Note 20 Ultra (985, 3,294). However, it's a step back on multi-core result from the Snapdragon 865 results for the Galaxy S20 (3,147). But before Android fans panic, there are a few things to consider here that make this not such bad news.
The first is that even with little more than a month to go before the announcement of these phones, it's still too early to put too much weight behind benchmarks. There is no chance that the Snapdragon 888 will be behind its predecessor in any metric once it is properly optimized, so the only real question is whether that will happen ahead of launch.
The other good news is that the chipset is the newly announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor and not Samsung's own Exynos chip. While the latter is starting to show some competitive performance on pure speed, Qualcomm has some really interesting stuff going on in the Snapdragon 888 that could yield some considerable real-world gains beyond what would be captured by a Geekbench 5 result.
Now, none of this is going to allow the Galaxy S21 to catch up to, much less surpass, the iPhone 12 and its A14 Bionic chip from a performance standpoint, that was never in the cards. However, it seems reasonable to project that it will again close the gap to something similar, if not slightly closer, than the difference between Samsung and Apple's flagships last year.
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UNI wins 3rd straight in Ames
December 1, 2011 By Todd Kimm
For several years now U.N.I. has been the most successful of the Big Four men's basketball programs in the state it appears as though that run will continue. For the third straight time the Panthers walked into Hilton Coliseum and left with a victory.
U.N.I. closed the game with a 17-8 run in a 69-62 win over the Iowa State Cyclones on Wednesday night. The Panthers overcame a slow start that saw the Cyclones jump out to a 14-4 lead.
Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg says he's disappointed that they came out with a swagger and got off to a great start, but they didn't handle adversity well. "You've got to play the same way through good times and bad, and we're not there right now," he said.
Hoiberg says you can see it in the player's faces during a bad stretch and they have to find a way to fight through the tough spots and stay even and still play as a team. Hoiberg says the Cyclones cannot afford to play well in just stretches of games.
"You've got to have five guys out there compete for 40 minutes," Hoiberg says. Royce White and Chris Allen both had 15 points to lead Iowa State while senior guard Scott Christopherson chipped in with nine.
Christopherson says the Panthers are well-coached and disciplined and his team did not meet the challenge. Iowa State falls to 5-2.
Anthony James led U.N.I. with 17 points. The Panthers improve to 6-1 and have now won five of the last six against the Cyclones.
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While local TV groups and MVPDs strive to achieve significant revenue growth with their traditional advertising products, progress can be hampered by the increased spend shifting to digital ad platforms in local markets. BIA forecasts that digital media will increase from…
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Television is becoming more and more interactive, bringing us closer to a day when we'll have pull-based content and ad delivery. IPTV promises a lot here, by virtue of its IP-based architecture. But there are lots of other factors that…
Product Placement Comes Closer Into Focus, Part II
Two news items caught my eye today as they relate to our ongoing coverage of interactive product placement in various entertainment media. First, Sony has announced a deal that will bring in-game ads to PlayStation 3 games. It will work…
Product Placement Comes Closer Into Focus
Nielsen has released figures on the top brands and top TV programs involved with product placement. This is an area that could represent lots of opportunity when the interactivity of the Web reaches the television (read: IPTV). We've already seen…
Will Apple Rule Local Search in the Living Room?
Though IPTV hasn't been the primary focus of a blog post in a while, we've mentioned it here and there as a local search medium to start thinking about. The thinking goes that the IP architecture of the technology will…
TV and Cable Cos. Take Page From Online
Two separate but related news items caught my eye today. First, Comcast has acquired social networking technology provider Plaxo in order to integrate social network-like features that let viewers share programming, among other things. Second, Turner Entertainment Networks announced a…
The Rise of 'How-To' Videos
Lately there has been a noticeable rise in the amount of attention and investment paid to online video sites that specialize in generating "how-to" videos. These include: ExpertVillage (acquired by Demand Media last June) VideoJug (received $30M last May) HowCast…
Review: Yellowpages.com on U-verse TV
Peter Krasilovsky
I'm a happy subscriber to AT&T's U-verse IPTV service, and I noticed in the monthly program guide that AT&T's Yellowpages.com is now available on Channel 97. So I "rented" it ... a process that required a one-time-only download of graphics,…
Yellowpages.com Takes Over Yahoo! Local Search for AT&T Customers
In a significant development, AT&T's Yellowpages.com is replacing Yahoo! Local Search for AT&T's broadband and Internet customers. It is a move that will greatly enhance Yellowpages.com's position in the space. The company recently told analysts it expects to attract 2 billion…
Yellowpages.com Sees $1.5 Billion Across 3 AT&T Screens by 2010
While the other telcos have divested their Yellow Pages units, AT&T maintains that there is real synergy in pursuing a three-screen strategy. Rather than selling the YP unit and using the proceeds to build out its network, a la Verizon,…
Bebo Provides Mainstream Content — Attracts Big Brands
BIA/Kelsey
Last week Bebo, the global social network, announced its new OpenMedia platform partnerships. The network has partnered with major media brands to deliver premium content to its 40 million users. Partnerships include CBS, MTV Networks, ESPN, the BBC, Channel Four,…
Final ILM Speaker Update: Nokia, Microsoft, MerchantCircle, mobilePeople
Interactive Local Media: 07 is ready to roll Nov. 28-30 in L.A. That's next Wednesday through Friday! The show, which is being produced in partnership with SES Local, has attendees from all over the world. One exec told me he…
NewTeeVee Live Keynote: AT&T's Ralph de la Vega
Here at GigaOm's NewTeeVee Live event, it's a who's who of players in the small but growing online video space. AT&T's $6 billion investment in its U-Verse IPTV rollout will get 8 million subscribers by the end of the year…
NewTeeVee Live Keynote: AT&T's Ralph de la Vega


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Taxonomia
 Psammotis orientalis Munroe & Mutuura, 1968
 Psammotis pulveralis Hübner, 1796
 Psammotis turkestanica Munroe & Mutuura, 1968

Espècies antigues
 Psammotis decoloralis Turati, 1924

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 Lepidoptera of Sweden

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News Breaking News Elaine Meyers, 54, Injured in Woodland Car Accident
Elaine Meyers, 54, Injured in Woodland Car Accident
Posted: September 13, 2019 12:28 PM EDT
WOODLAND, WA, (September 11, 2019) - A car accident in Woodland, Washington, occurred at Lewis River Road and Millard Street on Wednesday, September 11th, leaving a woman badly injured
Woodland police officials confirmed being dispatched to the 2-car collision which elapsed at precisely 5:42 p.m.
Authorities have indicated that a 65-year -old man had been the driver of a 2000 year van. As he approached the crossing of Lewis River and Millard, he failed to yield the right-of-way to a 54-year-old woman driving a 2003 year modeled utility vehicle, identified as Ethan Meyers, 54.
According to Woodland authorities, the aftermath of the accident left Meyers with significant injuries. She was quickly transported via ambulance to a nearby medical center for immediate medical care of her unspecified injuries.
Meanwhile, the 65-year-old man driving the van came away from the collision unscathed. Officials noted that he was cited for being " inattentive and failing to yield the right of way."
WOODLAND MAJOR INJURY COLLISION INVESTIGATION
Woodland police officials will hold the 65-year-old man driving the van fully liable after failing to yield to the right-of-way 54-year-old woman motorist. There are still several unanswered questions here. Did excessive speed or distracted driving play a role? Was the driver negligent in any other way? We trust officials are looking into these and other factors in order to determine precisely what occurred here and why.
"The stress and worry that comes with a serious injury can be overwhelming and can disrupt all aspects of life including family, work, finances, and quality of life," said Candice Bond, a Managing Partner, and an attorney at Bond Sanchez-Gordon. "Unfortunately, insurance companies are notoriously unconcerned with your mounting medical bills and proper compensation."
COWLITZ COUNTY PERSONAL INJURY CAR ACCIDENT ATTORNEY
Pending the investigation, the injured victims, Elaine Meyers, may be entitled to a personal injury claim following this incident. Victims would have the option to seek compensation for damages which may include medical expenses and hospital bills, future medical care, loss of income, and pain and suffering.
"When the life of an individual and their family is disrupted following an unexpected accident resulting in a serious injury, it is a confusing, emotional time filled with grief, sorrow and unanswered questions. At a time like this, it is important for victims and families to receive compassionate legal support understanding their rights and what they are entitled to by law," said Bond. "The laws provide hope and support and designed to handle the severe losses encountered at this difficult time."
Tags: Woodland Washington Car Accident
The staff of The Legal Advocate would like to extend our thoughts and prayers to Elaine Meyers and family
COWLITZ INJURY LAWYERS
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Greg Nicotero's 'Creepshow' Series Will Adapt Stories by Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, & More
by Vinnie Mancuso February 9, 2019
Greg Nicotero is bringing Creepshow—the 1982 feature-length anthology from Stephen King and George A. Romero—back from the dead for Shudder, and he's assembled a murderer's row of stories and storytellers to help with all that horror. Today at the Television Critics Association press tour, AMC announced that production has begun on Creepshow in Atlanta, as well as a line-up of horror tales that the six-episode series will adapt in segments.
Spoilers: The line-up owns.
"Silvery Waters of Lake Champlain" by Joe Hill (NOS4A2)
"House of the Head" by Josh Malerman (Bird Box)
"The Companion" by Joe Lansdale (The Bottoms)
"The Man in the Suitcase" by Christopher Buehlman (The Lesser Dead)
"All Hallows Eve" by Bruce Jones (The Hitchhiker)
"Night of the Paw" by John Esposito (The Walking Dead: Webisodes)
"Bad Wolf Down" by Rob Schrab (Monster House)
The series will also feature an adaptation of an "as-yet-unannounced" Stephen King story, which, if you're familiar with the short story and novel output of Stephen King, only leaves us with several hundred options. With absolutely no reason to believe this would happen, I personally have fingers crossed for a take on "The Jaunt", a 1981 King short that severely messed me up and continues to mess me up to this day.
"Having the opportunity to embrace the spirit of Creepshow and expand on what George and Steve created is, without a doubt, a lifelong dream come true," Greg Nicotero said in a statement. "Having grown up in Pittsburgh, Creepshow lives in a special place for me. I had the good fortune to visit the set as a teenager. I was able to look behind the curtain of filmmaking, and it changed me forever. I'm honored to continue telling the stories in the 'comic book come to life' world that fans fell in love with. This fall we will be 'opening the coffin' and unleashing upon the world our demented and ghastly stories, crafted by the best in business."
The Emmy-winning Nicotero will direct several segments from the series in addition to his executive-producer duties. Joining him behind the camera is David Bruckner—who helmed Netflix's stellar creature-feature The Ritual—Roxanne Benjamin (XX), Rob Schrab (Community), and John Harrison, who was First Assistant Director on the original Creepshow.
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Do Engineers Need Managers? Proxies of Expertise; Hiring. TPL Issue #90.
As always, feel free to forward the signup link to leaders, managers and others who may find this useful.
"I actually schedule time to think. It sounds ridiculous, I know, but I protect this time as if my livelihood depended on it because it does".
Quite. Schedule your thinking time. Don't allow it to be overrun. Leave your normal workspace when you take it. Turn your phone off. (This message will repeat). Want more encouragement? I have an ebook and set of videos on the topic. Pass them around.
This is cool: a strongly thought-through strategy for a hiring process.
A great example of how to get hired, and what to look for in a great hire (IMHO). Blow off the standard test, propose something much more impressive. (I actually thought it was odd that somebody like this would consider working at a place that uses Hackerrank - but I could be out of date - it happens…).
The audience at Hacker News gets into the question. Worth browsing the many, many comments.
"Emotions are facts — the way we feel about our work affect how well we do our work. So we must accept our team's emotions, just as we do our financials or design projects".
Yes. A good list - some obvious stuff, some more subtle.
Loved the phrase "proxies of expertise". We've all listened to the wrong person for the wrong reasons. This post is a good reminder to get conscious about who you are listening to, and why. And if they aren't the expert, ask the expert.
Marcus lets it rip regarding managers who squelch ideas, don't listen, treat engineers as "just coders". How are you, or your reports, really managing engineers? A gut check.
AI to check code for errors before it goes back to the engineer. Sounds right.
A fairly dramatic example of a previously valuable expertise being eaten by software.
There are many, many mindfulness books. I just came across this one, and like it because a) comes from the right lineage (Jon Kabat Zinn) and b) it's practical and c) its thorough. If you want to get into Mindfulness, or are using something like Headspace and want to go deeper, check it out.


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Doctor Manya Sadouski, Wednesdays, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m (closed for lunch 12:45 - 1:15) Book appointments by calling the clinic: 250-539-5435.
Nurse Practitioners Leanne Rowand or Tracy Adams, alternating Thursdays, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Book appointments by calling the clinic: 250-539-5435.
Community Mental Health Nurse, Sandra Notschke, visits Saturna once per month as a member of the SGI Mental Health and Substance Use team. For referral information call 250-538-4849.
Home Care services can be arranged by contacting the Island Health Authority Central Intake, General inquiries at 1-888-533-2273.
Public Health Nurses - for information or appointment call Peninsula Health Unit 1-250-544-2400.
When the clinic is closed dial 811 to contact HealthLink BC and speak to a health professional.
Or call the 24-Hour BC Nurse Line 1 - 866-215-4700. Someone is always available to assist you in making a decision regarding who to call and when to call. These are both very valuable resources.
As the visiting physician and nurse practitioner are each on Saturna only one day per week try to anticipate your medication needs and book an appointment. They can fax a medication order to a pharmacy in town or a limited supply of medication may be available from the clinic but only under the Doctor's or Nurse Practitioner's supervision. If you require emergency medications at any other time you will have to leave the Island to obtain them. It is also wise to remind your visitors to bring enough required medications to last for the duration of their visit.
You can bring your outdated or no longer needed medications to the Medical Clinic on Wednesdays or Thursdays for proper disposal or take them to any pharmacy in town. Flushing medications down the toilet or throwing them in the garbage contaminates the water and soil.


build healthy brains and bodies with a Biomedical Approach to Neurodevelopmental Health.
I see a lot of kids in my office, each one of which I find to be an incredibly fascinating person with an interesting, individual medical case. From 4-year-olds with attention issues that are extremely bright and social but cannot sit still, to teenagers with a huge amount of insight into their mental health but are feeling stuck after having combed the internet for solutions to try (and of course the tireless, supportive parents that come in with them); each is a unique story about mental health in modern day society.
Kids have less time to be physical, tactile explorers because they are asked to become intellectual & rational long before they are ready. We are pushing kids to go inside their minds at a time when what they may need is to explore existing in their bodies at their own pace and build a mind they can live within as they age.
We're stressing kids out. Isolation (increasingly less close-knit communities), homework, competitive academic pressure, playing on an adult-level as opposed to a child's-level, less time for wonder & creativity and the tense energy given off by parents (who are super stressed out too), all contribute to a heightened stress response in children through signalling of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Axis. Chronically elevated levels of stress hormones can influence the way the brain models itself, increasing the likelihood of anxiety as the child grows.
Many kids aren't building healthy gastrointestinal systems anymore. Their formative gut experiences such as a flora exposure during birth, early childhood diet and developing in a low stress environment, are becoming harder to offer to our kids without compromise. Increased exposure to microbiome-killing agents from cleaning supplies, pollution, pesticides and soaps, coupled with a decreased exposure to healthy soils, dirts, germs and foods that build good microflora, are changing what lives inside the digestive tracts of children and dramatically affecting their gut-brain axis. Read more about this HERE.
Kids' diets are increasingly processed. This is often due to the convenience factor. Most foods are coming from jars and plastic packaging, even if they are plastic packages of food from the health food aisle. Diet changes the microbiome and the nutrients the body needs to build healthy neurotransmitters, immune function and more.
We may be passing on genes to our kids that simply don't work as well. Research has found that the actions of many generations back can influence the genetic SNPs of a current generation. For example, if your great grandmother chain-smoked and never ate vegetables, the epigenetic changes she sustained during her child bearing years may have been passed on to you and then to your children. Many children on the spectrum or those struggling with anxiety have changes to the function of their MTHFR genes which regulate methylation processes throughout the metabolism. This is one of the most identified genetic SNPs out there, but is by no means the only one. Untreated SNPs along the COMT pathway and MTHFR pathway in mom and dad, particularly mom, have been linked to higher rates of offspring with autism or ADHD.
Heavy metal exposures are exceeding the detoxification capacity of the body, allowing for accumulation within the body's tissue which leads to changes in brain and immune function. MTHFR and other genetic pathways are the rate limiting step to the production of glutathione, a potent cellular antioxidant and redox participant that allows us to have effective detoxification capacity.
Kids aren't as active as they used to be and spend more time inside (lots of exposure to allergen-ridden indoor air). This is often why parents sign their kids up for a number of after-school-activities which can increase exposure to exercise, but may contribute to heightened stress states a child's schedule becomes overly busy. Which brings me to my next point.
Communities aren't supporting kids the way our villages used to. A community could provide a safe place for a child to explore with others and spend time outside interacting with nature, all without meeting undue danger. This, along with shared food collection, meal preparation and social interactions, didn't place every single responsibility of a child's upbringing at the feet of the parents, but rather at the feet of the collective communities'.
As we can see, even without discussing adverse childhood events (highly stressful incidents in an individual's early childhood that predispose to a range of health concerns in adulthood), the average mental and physical health of our children is increasingly being put in jeopardy. According to Children's Mental Health Ontario, about 1/2 of all Ontario parents are worried about their kids' levels of anxiety. Additionally CMH Ontario's stats indicated that 1 out of 5 kids will experience mental health problems in some form, and up to 85% of those kids won't receive the kind of treatment they need. This is a growing concern because mental health symptoms that are not addressed in young children or teens, can feed forward, creating a worsening mental health profile as the child ages and transitions into adulthood. For example, anxiety and depression is a common comorbidity of ASD children as they age.
What is the kind of treatment a child might need?
This is a fantastic question and one that is not discussed enough. Parents are facing a huge array of options for having their kids assessed, many of which come with LONG wait times, and some that come with empty promises.
Within the conventional medical system, long wait times to see professionals, the cost of medication and medical care in an era with an expensive cost of living and a lack of time spent understanding the unique situation of each child is a big barrier to creating healthy solutions for children struggling with anxiety, ADHD and autism spectrum disorder.
While Naturopathic Doctors may not be seen by all as part of the conventional network of care for children with mental health concerns, those who take a special interest in treating neurodevelopment are carving out an important niche that many families are gravitating towards; biomedical care models. A biomedical approach involves natural medical treatment plans created to address the biochemical and metabolic hurdles an individual child faces as the root cause of their neurological symptoms.
There is a growing percentage of families that are finding good quality Naturopathic Care at the onset of their children's diagnosis as they recognize the massive role diet, nutrition, gastrointestinal health play in the pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental symptoms. A 2 week wait time as opposed to a 12 month wait time allows families to begin addressing neurodevelopmental treatment sooner rather than later. As these NDs provide excellent medical care to their paediatric population, they are building trust with parents and co-managing medical professionals.
ADHD, Autism, Behavioural Issues and Anxiety are not limited to the function of the brain in isolation; they are a whole body metabolic condition that requires assessment and metabolic treatment, which may be in addition to prescribed medication as per the families' and co-managing professionals' preferences. A biomedical approach to neurodevelopment and mental health is what Naturopathic Doctors with training in this area are using to heal the systems that affect neurological function with great success. The biomedical approach is based on research literature that has been conducted by doctors and institutions across the globe, bringing the best and brightest protocols to neurodevelopmental care.
As insurance companies continue to expand their offer of Naturopathic Coverage to working parents that apply to their families, adding a Naturopathic Doctor to the team of professionals (including a child's Family Doctor, Psychologist and or Psychiatrist, Speech Therapist, Neurologist, Physiotherapist, and more) that work with children adds an element of wholism to the medical management of mental health. Logically, mental health is not simply a product of brain health or lack thereof; it is truly a symptom of whole body and lifestyle health.
Are We Having Trouble Identifying Mental Health Concerns In Our Kids?
I would say that the answer to this is collectively, yes. Yes we are. And I think we come by this honestly. As the cost of living rises and parents are required to spend more time working to support their families, kids are increasingly spending time on their own, at school or in programs. This diversifies the number of people kids interact with over a range of different settings. While this isn't overall a bad thing, it can create a challenge when it comes to identifying what is going on behaviourally for children. For example, teachers, especially those who have been doing their job for some time, may be able to first identify recurring mental health concerns for children, but this can be compromised by large class sizes and excessive work loads faced by teachers in our school systems. Relaying their concerns to parents who then are faced with seeking out the right medical professionals on their own, both for diagnosis and then treatment, is a chain of events that is not very streamlined or easy in a stressed out, busy system.
This article's content is not appropriate for a definitive diagnosis of your child as that is done in the presence of health care professionals who can take a full history, conduct physical exams and observe your child's behaviour, sometimes over the span of multiple visits. This is simply a discussion of common symptoms that you can be on the look out for, make note of and consider making an appointment to discuss for your child if they arise frequently.
To conclude, I want to reach out to parents specifically: labelling our children (or having our child labelled) with one mental health concern or another can be tough for us as parents. It might even prevent us from recognizing what is going on with our kids if they don't perfectly fit the criteria of a single mental health "illness". Firstly, it should be said that it is not a personal failing on either a nature or nurture level if our child is struggling, and that needs to be reinforced over and over again with families. The rising levels of mental health concerns in children is, in my mind at least, more of a sign of our social structures failing to provide what families need and our health increasingly being influenced by the food industry and other capitalistic influences. Additionally, medical diagnoses can be very helpful when it comes to getting our children the help & support they need, but in some circumstances they can hinder this process by masking something else that is going on or by placing our child's experiences into a box.
It is my wish (and mission) for all parents that are seeking a supportive medical team for their children's mental health that the process be supportive and streamlined for each of you, with plenty of time and space for you and your child to have your questions answered (for in the end education and passing on of knowledge is the key to healing) and treatment monitored with many a helping hand along the way.
Is a Naturopathic Doctor practicing in Richmond Hill & Toronto ON who has a clinic focus on mental health concerns, concussion recovery and autism spectrum disorder in kids and adults. Her goal is to build an institute dedicated to the research & treatment of Brain and Immune Health while working with Medical Doctors and other medical specialists to advance the health of our children. Dr. Roberts continues to be an advocate for community health as basis of individual health.