Erin Gieschen asks what it means for Christ to offer Himself as food.
When it comes to bread, not much has changed in the Middle East since Jesus' time. The everyday kind is still round, flat, delicious—and hard to eat any meal without. So if it's a part of your cultural diet, you won't feel you've really eaten if you go too long without it. Which is why I've heard that, had Jesus lived in East Asia where many countries' word for "meal" is synonymous with "rice," that would have been His food metaphor of choice. Every time Jesus referred to Himself as bread, His audience was hearing an Aramaic word practically interchangeable with "food." Bread was sustenance, fuel, survival.
By eating something, you don't merely accept it into your body: it literally becomes a part of you. Considering that Jeremiah, known as the weeping prophet, said he "ate" the words he received from God (15:16), it's easier to understand why he became so emotionally charged with each message. This was a metaphor ancient Hebrews were familiar with—the Old Testament speaks of eating the bread of tears (Ps. 80:5), the bread of adversity (Isa. 30:20 NIV), and the bread of wickedness (Prov. 4:17). If you'd eaten "the bread of sorrow," your life had become intimately acquainted with sadness.
When Jesus said, "This is My body" and tore the bread at the Last Supper (see Luke 22:14-23), it wasn't the first time He'd spoken of Himself as bread. The disciples may not have understood that He was, on the one hand, speaking of His impending sacrificial death for the sin of the world. But by this point, they would have recognized that Jesus was also telling them to become an embodiment of Him, and to make Him their only true life-source. They'd have been hard-pressed not to think of the first time He told them to eat His flesh and drink His blood. The occasion had been a dramatic turning point at which many of His followers had actually left Him—yet Simon Peter and the others had chosen to stay (John 6:25-69).
If they remembered their shock and disappointment at that moment when Jesus' popularity virtually evaporated, the disciples would have characterized the previous day by its sheer excitement. He had performed His largest-scale miracle yet: multiplying five loaves of bread and two fish to feed a crowd upward of 5,000. By the time they'd slept, the disciples probably figured that Israel's full embrace of Jesus as Messiah was just around the corner. The people had been so electrified by what they'd seen that they were ready to make Him king by force (vv. 1-15).
The same crowd chased Jesus down a day after the miraculous feeding, wanting to witness something even more exciting. They ran after Him—not necessarily desiring Christ Himself, but with the thought of what they could get from Him. So when they demanded another miracle to prove who He was, Jesus replied in a way that challenged them, down to the very core of their religious sensibilities.
At the Last Supper, Jesus tore the bread and again referred to it as His body. The disciples likely remembered how their faith had surged, watching as their Lord broke the five loaves until the people were satisfied. And the Twelve would have recalled their faith being thrown into tumult as He uttered the strange words that made enemies out of former fans: "I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever . . . truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves" (vv. 51, 53). Not only did Jesus, the son of a carpenter, claim that God had sent Him from heaven; He also spoke of Himself in scandalous terms—as a human sacrifice.
His words made little sense to anybody who didn't believe He was the One, the Creator, the Source. And the people wanted Him as a teacher, prophet, miracle-worker, or as their king—but not as Lord. They wanted to be given everything they thought they needed and wanted, and to be told how to be on good terms with God. But in calling Himself "the Bread of Life" (v. 35), Jesus proclaimed that He was all anyone needed, and that nothing else could fully satisfy. The metaphor aside, this is no benign claim. Jesus' words alienated His original audience, and even today, many of us balk at the idea that we draw life only from Him. Yet, when we take part in Communion, this is the reality He ultimately wants us to feed on, so that it becomes part of who we are.
Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! . . . Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare (NIV).
From the beginning, this has always been the invitation of God to humankind, calling us to return to Him that we might receive and truly know the fullness of life He offers.
That night in the upper room, Jesus revealed Himself to His disciples as the food that is willingly torn and shared with all. This is sacrificial love to the utmost. By offering Himself as food, telling them to "take and eat," He was essentially saying, "I will die in your place and conquer death for you, and this will bring you real life.
I will be your food, and My life will run through your veins. All who trust in Me will together become My body on earth." In telling us to eat or, in other words, consume Him, Jesus is asking everything of us—but only after giving us everything. Surrendering ourselves to Him is to receive receive nothing less than all of Him.
By eating something, you don't merely accept it into your body: it literally becomes a part of you.
This is what we're doing each time we celebrate the Lord's Supper: we're affirming and sharing in this mysterious exchange. When we take part in Communion— remembering Christ's body, broken for us, and His blood, poured out for us—we can no longer live as though we are our own source. If we truly believe in His gospel of eternal life only through Him, we will no longer seek our ultimate nourishment from anyone or anything else.
Even in the act of eating every day—a necessity to sustain our physical bodies—we can remember just Who is "our daily bread." And when we do, we can't help but give thanks for what He's given us. The life of Christ is our life. We've been given everything.


To commemorate the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up, ShanghaiEye honorably presents the series named "Magnolias Blossoming From 40 Years Of Reform And Opening-up", starting Dec. 15, 2018.
Cosimo Bambi works as a physicist at Fudan University, but his life is so much more than that. Sure, he dedicates massive amounts of time to his job. He will even respond to emails in the small hours of the morning, but he has also branched out.
Living in Shanghai has given him so many avenues to pursue other opportunities. Although he comes from a big city in Italy, it would barely rank as a village in Shanghai. Here, he can win half-marathons on the weekend, do his job, and still find time to write the first astrophysics textbook for Chinese high school students.
Bambi's excellence has earned him the prestigious Magnolia Award, one of the highest honors Shanghai gives out to foreigners. We can't wait to see what he has in store next!


A history of fire part 1.
When my son was 3, he slipped a penny into the space between a hallway nightlight and the outlet. The coin melted onto the metal prongs, blew a fuse, shot a cloud of black smoke up the wall, and set off the hardwired fire alarm system.
I, of course, was just getting out of the shower.
Even at 8 years old, he sometimes can't fall asleep because he worries about his Lego pieces melting together if the house catches on fire. He knows my dad's house burned to the ground when he was a boy, that there are strict rules in our house about running through the kitchen when the stove is on ("No helium balloons! No silky banners! No uncombed hair!"), he knows the story of a good friend who landed hands-first into a campfire as a toddler ... and I wonder if I've shared too much, if the fear he has is healthy or if I've imposed it.
After the penny-in-the-night-light incident, The Question came: "Mama, what in this house can catch on fire?" I answered, "The curtains, the carpets, paper, wood." Then he asked again a few days later, and I answered. Then he asked again, and I answered. And so it went, and went, and went.
I tried to be patient. I tried that sort of reassuring gentleness that Maria VonTrapp would offer through song and dance and bouncing on her knees on the bed, but frankly, I was nursing a new baby, I was exhausted and was getting really frustrated because this had gone on for weeks now. I told him I needed "a question break" (I still need these). And then he asked again.
Let me just say that it's very difficult to be attentive all day long. If you ever hear anyone say they love this aspect of caregiving, they are lying. Or more likely, just not really being attentive. Or you are speaking with Mother Teresa and that would be awesome ... on many levels. But, when you do pay attention, when you do get down on your knees, look a child in the eye and really listen and try to understand, then the Muse will sometimes alight on your shoulder. The Question was not, "What can catch on fire?" The Question was, "What in this house can just -- clap! -- catch on fire, all by itself, you know Mama, just suddenly have a big fire inside it and we can't put it out?"
What in this house can Spontaneously Combust?
When you have been a professional, a creative, a motivated, educated woman and then you are handed your first inconsolable infant whom you assumed you'd just stick in a backpack and keep right on painting/writing/insert well-thought-out career plan here and Whoa, that didn't work out AT ALL, then, something that-you-thought-was-sturdy-but-surprise-is-actually-fragile starts unraveling inside. And you can mourn the loss of who you were (which I did) and you can be bitter (which I was) and disappointed with the way things turned out (yup), and then after 20 minutes you need to get over all that because someone small inevitably needs help on the potty. And not only this, but it's self-indulgent. And at some point you need to start piecing all those bits together and figure out what it means to be who you are right now.
I spent a lot of time (more than 20 minutes) convinced I couldn't pursue my art because of my children, that they were keeping me from something important. And alternatively, I couldn't be the mother I wanted to be because I was distracted in a way that felt completely unfair to everyone involved. I was being attentive but not paying attention. When The Question was answered that day, something became clear: I can't create the art I need to right now, without my children.
And from The Question arose an answer. I drew a grid, did some math, cut out and glued letters by hand, repeating the design, making it fit. You are thinking: "Why didn't this pressed-for-time woman just do this on the computer?" Right. It is very hard to be attentive to small people when there is computer involved (right now, for example, my children are asleep). However, when everyone at the table has a pair of scissors, some paper and a "job," some projects are more manageable. Besides, wobbly, imperfect letters on paper gave me a sense of what a hand appliquéd end result would be. The cutting and pasting forced me to slow the pace of the day, consider the next steps, the materials. I think if I'd had a computer-generated pattern to work from, there would have always been that sense of disappointment that the handwork wasn't perfect.
Did I mention that other than hand stitching miles of lace onto wedding gowns in a former, former life, I hadn't done much hand appliqué at the beginning of this project? That's in part 2.
You've got the history, the first part anyway.
Ah Amy - I've just spent half of my day reading through your entire blog. Your work strikes at the core of my heart and speaks with such clarity and beauty. Order and disorder all wrapped up in an intriguing visual gift.
So many mothers experience this. I am so happy to see you doing work that deals with womanhood and motherhood and life issues that so much of the official "art world" ignores.
Lyric, I can't tell you how much I appreciate your words AND the fact that you spent half a day with mine. Wouldn't it be so great if we could have spent that time together with a pot of tea instead? Something tells me you don't live in Alaska, so this will just have to do and I'll be grateful for it.
ah yes - I'm in NC... but hope to visit Alaska some day (I travel and teach at quilt guilds and conferences.) It would be an absolute delight to share a pot of tea! Keep up the fantastic work and enjoy the children while you are at it. They grow soooo fast. My oldest is married now, my youngest still in elementary school.


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Museum-quality, limited edition Vancouver art prints.
To buy prints through my studio, see the Contact and Purchasing page and call me at (604) 985-4262. The stretched prints are ready to hang.The turnaround time is about one to five weeks (unless I have the print in stock, in which case the turnaround time could be less than one week). To determine the optimum dimensions of art for you wall, I recommend taping four sticky notes, or pieces of masking tape, to your wall, in the shape of a rectangle or square. The prices are for 2016 and are subject to change.


It's increasingly clear that chronic stress contributes to obesity, diabetes, and many other disorders. Stress reduction is one of a number of interventions that are likely to help reduce the risk of these diseases and their long-term consequences. Furthermore, these results suggest that epidemiologists should consider whether chronic stress might be influencing associations between dietary habits and various health outcomes when they design studies and analyze data.
The role of acute or chronic stress as a risk factor for various human diseases is generally well-recognized although often unaddressed. Headaches, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, asthma, depression, anxiety, and cognitive decline are among the disorders in which stress can play an important causal role. Stress reduction can be an important part of an integrated approach to disease prevention or medical care.
Current understanding of the biology of stress comes from decades of animal and human studies. Effects on various hormone levels, neurotransmitters and other signaling compounds, inflammation, gene expression, metabolism, aging, organ development and function, immune responses, and disease progression illustrate the diverse ways in which stress can profoundly influence human health from the sub-cellular to population level, across the life span. One area of current interest is the effect of stress on the risk of developing the metabolic syndrome—a collection of abnormalities including abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, high blood pressure, and abnormal blood lipids.
Recently, prospective studies find that chronic stress is predictive of the onset of metabolic syndrome, abdominal fat, and obesity.[iv][v][vi] A meta-analysis concluded that stress-reduction can improve blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes.[vii] Studies in laboratory animals help show how stress can influence insulin sensitivity, weight loss or gain, eating behaviors, and obesity. Cortisol, a well-known stress hormone, is only one of many players. Stress-related changes in other hormones and signaling molecules also influence appetite centers in the brain and the cellular response to various kinds of food.
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a substance derived from the brain and from sympathetic nerves supplying many different tissues, including fat. In addition to appetite stimulating effects and regulation of emotional responses, NPY also increases the growth of fat cells and their blood supply. In laboratory mice, some kinds of stress (e.g. exposure to cold water or aggression) cause an increase in NPY levels while others (e.g. restraint stress) do not.[viii] Studies in mice also show that chronic stress along with a high fat-high sugar diet increases abdominal obesity and a metabolic-like syndrome but only if the stress also causes an increase in NPY levels. More detailed studies showed that nerves in the fat were actually a source of NPY, resulting in accelerated fat accumulation.
There are some limits to the study. The number of participants was relatively small, and they were post-menopausal, predominantly white women. Whether or not these results apply to younger women and men of various racial or ethnic groups remains to be seen. Nevertheless, finding a stress pathway that works through diet has implications not only for medical care but also for further research.
Until quite recently, studies of the relationships between diet and various diseases have often failed to take into account confounding or effect-modification by exercise or physical activity levels.[x] Now, it appears that epidemiologists will also need to consider how chronic stress might influence these associations as they design studies and interpret data. For example, in addition to effects on obesity and insulin sensitivity, NPY can stimulate the growth and metastasis of breast cancer and other malignant tumors.[xi] It appears increasingly likely that combinations of a high-fat, high-sugar diet and chronic stress will accelerate this response and may also worsen prognosis after the diagnosis and initial treatment of breast cancer.
[iv] Pyykkonen A, Raikkonen K, Tuomi T, et al. Stressful life events and the metabolic syndrome: the prevalence, prediction, and prevention of diabetes (PPP)-Botnia Study. Diabetes Care. 2010; 33(2):378-384.
[v] Marniemi J, Kronholm E, Aunola S, et al. Visceral fat and psychosocial stress in identical twins discordant for obesity. J Intern Med. 2002; 251(1):35-43.
[vi] Brunner E, Chandola T, Marmot M. Prospective effect of job strain on general and central obesity in the Whitehall II Study. Am J Epidemol. 2007; 165(7):828-837.
[vii] Ismail K, Winkley K, Rabe-Hesketh S, et al. Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of psychological interventions to improve glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. Lancet. 2004; 363(9421):1589-1597.
[viii] Kuo L, Kitlinska J, Tilan J, et al. Neuropeptide Y acts directly in the periphery on fat tissue and mediates stress-induced obesity and metabolic syndrome. Nat Med. 2007; 13(7):803-811.
[xi] Medeiros P, Jackson D. Neuropeptide Y Y5-receptor activation on breast cancer cells acts as a paracrine system that stimulates VEGF expression and secretion to promote angiogenesis. Peptides. 2013; 48:106-113.


DUNDEE based developer 4J Studios released a promotional video for the game's City Texture Pack, which shows the future of the city's waterfront and new V and A museum.
COMPUTER game developer 4J Studios has revealed a video which shows the future of Dundee Waterfront using the popular 3D building game Minecraft.
The Scottish developers, who are based in Dundee, tweeted a promotional video for the game's The City Texture Pack which also shows city's new V&A museum.
4J Studios previously developed the block building game for both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, which became a global sensation.
Since its release, Minecraft's sales have soared, with the Xbox version of the game recently recorded sales of over 11 million.
The version for the PlayStation Network also sold over a million in its first five weeks.


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Srinivasan Swaminathan
Professor - Marketing
Email swaminas@drexel.edu
Srinivasan Swaminathan obtained his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests are in the areas of Marketing Strategy and Sales Promotions. His research has appeared in the Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Advertising, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Advertising Research and MIT Sloan Management Review. He has made more than forty presentations at national conferences (AMA, ACR, AIB, and AMS) and his papers have won best track paper awards in the AMA and AIB conferences. You can see his research publications at scholar.google.com
Swaminathan, Srinivasan, Anderson, Rolph E., and Lei, Song, Building Loyalty in the E-Commerce: Impact of Business and Customer Characteristics. Journal of Marketing Channels (Forthcoming)
Swaminathan, Srinivasan, Ad Ratings When a Marketer Runs Two Commercial Messages in One Television Program Episode. Journal of Marketing Communications (Forthcoming)
Yang, Yi, Baburaj, Yamuna, Narayanan, V.K., and Swaminathan, Srinivasan, Team Mental Model Characteristics and Performance in a Simulation Experiment. Management Research Review (Forthcoming)
Anderson, Rolph E., Swaminathan, Srinivasan, and Mehta, Rajiv, How to Drive Customer Satisfaction. MIT Sloan Management Review 54 (Jul 2013):
Swaminathan, Srinivasan, and Kent, Robert, Second by Second Analysis of Advertising Exposure in TV Pods: The Dynamics of Position, Length, and Timing. Journal of Advertising Research 53 (Feb 2013): 91-101.
Anderson, Rolph E., and Swaminathan, Srinivasan, Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty in e-Markets: A PLS Path Modeling Approach. Journal of Marketing Theroy and Practice 19 (May 2011): 219-233.
Swaminathan, Srinivasan, and Bawa, Kapil, Category-Specific Coupon Proneness: The Impact of Individual Characteristics and Category-Specific Variables. Journal of Retailing 81 (Sep 2005): 205-214.
Swaminathan, Srinivasan, and Kumar, V., The Different Faces of Coupon Elasticity. Journal of Retailing 81 (Jun 2005): 1-13.
Yim, Hong-kit "., Anderson, Rolph E., and Swaminathan, Srinivasan, Customer Relationship Management: Its Dimensions and Impact on Customer Outcomes. Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management (Sep 2004):
Swaminathan, Srinivasan, "SWOT analysis." Encyclopedia of Marketing: Marketing Strategy, London: Wiley International, (Forthcoming)
Swaminathan, Srinivasan, Anderson, Rolph E., and Ponnavolu, Kishore, "Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty Marketing Scales." Marketing Scales Handbook, Ed. Gordon Bruner. Mason, OH: South-Western Educational Publications, (2011):
Suri, Rajneesh, Swaminathan, Srinivasan, and Monroe, Kent B., "Price Communications in Online and Print Coupons: An Empirical Analysis." Legends in Marketing: Kent B. Monroe, Ed. Jagdish N Sheth. USA: Sage, (2011):
Presented Research
Swaminathan, Srinivasan, Patnaik, Sandeep, and Nag, Rajiv, Marketing Doctrine in Public Sector Undertakings in an Emerging Market, AMA Summer Academic Conference: Chicago, IL,
Swaminathan, Srinivasan, and Aggarwal, Anubhav, Customer Relationship Management: Should Absence of Attitudinal Data Prevent Designing Effective Consumer Promotions, American Marketing Association: Winter Educators' Conference 2015: San Antonio, TX, (Feb 2015):
Lei, Song, Anderson, Rolph E., and Swaminathan, Srinivasan, Decoding B2C E-Commerce: The Invisible Hand of Natiional Culture, The Association of Consumer Research: Vancouver, Canada, (Aug 2012):
Ramani, Girish, Saparito, Patrick, and Swaminathan, Srinivasan, Relational Trust and Firm Performance, Academy of Marketing Science: Portland, OR, (May 2010):
Swaminathan, Srinivasan, Till, Brian, and Long-Tolbert, Sylvia, Product Attribute Evaluations: Role of Consumer Experience and Halo Effects, ACR: San Antonio, TX, (Sep 2005):
Song, Lei, Swaminathan, Srinivasan, and Anderson, Rolph E., Occurrence of Mixed Emotions in E-Commerce: A Cross National Examination, American Marketing Associaion Educators' Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada (2013) Nov 2012.
Srivastava, Prashant, Swaminathan, Srinivasan, and Frankwick, Gary L., Radical Innovation, Technological Orientation, and New Product Development Performance, Academy of Marketing Science Mar 2014. (May 2014):
Song, Lei, Swaminathan, Srinivasan, Anderson, Rolph E., and Suri, Rajneesh, Satisfaction Toward Online Services in China and the US: The Impact of Confusian Versus Aristotelian Views, American Marketing Association Winter Marketing Educators' Conference, Orlando, FL Feb 2014. (Feb 2014):
Song, Lei, Anderson, Rolph E., and Swaminathan, Srinivasan, Performance Discrepancy and Customer Outcomes in E-Markets: Impact of National Culture, American Marketing Association, Las Vegas Feb 2013. (Feb 2013):
Yim, Frederick Hong-kit, Swaminathan, Srinivasan, and Anderson, Rolph E., Psychological Empowerment: Impact on Salespeople and Customers,, Academy of Marketing Science, New Orleans Mar 2012. (Mar 2012):
Haak, Thijs Van Den, and Swaminathan, Srinivasan, Satisfaction and Loyalty in E-Commerce: The Moderating Role of Nationality, Academy of Marketing Science, New Orleans Mar 2012. (Mar 2012):
BE Chemical Engineering - Annamalai University, India 1979
MBA Masters in Business Administration - Xavier Labor Relations Institute 1981
PhD Business Administration - The University of Texas at Austin 1994
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Books to look forward to …
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead (Literary Fiction)
Writing: 5/5 Plot: 4/5 Characters: 5/5
The sweeping story of a daring aviatrix (Marian Graves) who is determined to be the first to fly around the globe longitudinally and the self-destructive actress (Hadley Baxter) who will play her in a movie 60 years later. Their somewhat parallel stories (orphaned young, raised by benignly neglectful uncles) and innate curiosity help Hadley delve into the character more than the screen-writer had.
This book was interesting on so many levels. Stunning descriptions of gorgeous locales — Montana, Alaska, and Antarctica between 1920 and 1950 — spread throughout. In-depth discussions of aviation and art, as well as philosophical dives into isolation, the lure of solitude, the impact of war, and the evolution of personal identity are also ubiquitous. Shipstead really gets inside a subject, presenting it not as a separate entity but through the character's perception of it. We see Antarctica not as a dry description of mountains and snow, but through Marian's perspective, and it feels as though her soul is exposed through the beautiful language of what she sees and feels. Similarly, while aviation has no appeal for me, Shipstead describes Marian's intellectual and emotional engagement with it, and I can feel the (unnatural for me) attraction. It's a rare author who can transmute a dry topic into fascination through the mind of an obsessed character. Even the Hollywood bits feel real through character insight, rather than splashy opulence and name dropping.
Plenty of historical context is introduced via short tidbits from the news (flights from other aviatrices, difficulties for women in trying to achieve in male-dominated worlds, etc.). As always, I like the fact that the author just wrote the story, with realistic reactions and approaches of her characters and didn't spend time pontificating on the obvious. Yes, life was much harder for women who wanted to pursue the unorthodox, but this story is about what they did anyhow, not what they were prevented from doing. Her writing style is also not overly dramatic — no heart wrenching prose — though the tale abounds with angsty opportunities.
I'd forgotten that I'd read one of Shipstead's earlier works — Astonish Me —about ballet dancing and defection. She reminds me of Jennifer Egan a bit (I'm a big Egan fan) in the way she can bring clarity to complex topics in a variety of subjects.
A quick warning — I found the first two chapters a little dry — it gets much, much, better. Highly recommended.
Some good quotes:
"…how best to squeeze Marian's completely unknowable existence into a neat pellet of entertainment…"
"…and out over the loose northern jigsaw of spring ice that the planet wears like a skullcap, …"
"There should be an Antiques Roadshow for memories, and I would sit behind a desk and explain that while your memory might be lovely and have tremendous sentimental value, it was worth nothing to anyone but you."
"The landscape is secretive and harsh and impossibly immense, and she borrows some of its inscrutability for herself, its disinterest in human goings-on. Unfriendliness is another form of camouflage."
"Mountain everywhere: monstrous, ice-choked cousins of the forested peaks that had encircled her as she looped and spun over Missoula."
"Was this what her father had done after he left Missoula? Slung his skills over his shoulder and set out?"
"Does that mean I wish to die? I don't think I do. But the pure and absolute solitude in which we leave the world exerts a pull."
"She thinks he means that no matter what earnest promises of peace are made, what fragments are hauled up and glued back together, the dead will not return. A return to the world as it was is impossible; the only choice is to make a new world. But making a new world seems dreary and exhausting."
Thank you to Knopf and NetGalley for providing an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. The book will be published on May 4th, 2021.
Author bibliobloggitybooPosted on December 15, 2020 December 15, 2020 Categories historical fiction, literary fictionTags adventure, Alaska, Anatarctica, Aviation, book review, Great Circle, hollywood, knopf, maggie Shipstead, Montana, netgalley, women flyers
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Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld (Literary Fiction)
The Best Reading of 2021 (for me)
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
It all Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler (Literary Fiction)
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Reading Quotes…
We read to know we are not alone – CS Lewis
A book is a dream that you hold in your hand. –Neil Gaiman
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. –Haruki Murakami
A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it. –Edward P. Morgan
You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend. –Paul Sweeney
"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." ― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." ― Groucho Marx
"Books are a uniquely portable magic." ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
"When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes." ― Erasmus
"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book." ― Groucho Marx
"I cannot live without books." ― Thomas Jefferson
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive." ― James Baldwin
"There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books." ― Irving Stone, Clarence Darrow for the Defense
"The world was hers for the reading." ― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
"My library is an archive of longings." ― Susan Sontag
"What a blessing it is to love books as I love them;- to be able to converse with the dead, and to live amidst the unreal!" ― Thomas Babington Macaulay
"Books: a beautifully browsable invention that needs no electricity and exists in a readable form no matter what happens." ― Nicholson Baker
"Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity." ― G.K. Chesterton
"Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind."― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man
"We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become." ― Ursula K. Le Guin
"Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?" ― Cornelia Funke
"The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us." ― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
"Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries." ― Anne Herbert
"Elend: I kind of lost track of time…
Breeze: For two hours?
Elend: There were books involved." ― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension
"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! — When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library." ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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Nearly all public Indiana schools opt in for hand-held metal detectors
Updated: 10:05 AM EDT Jul 24, 2018
WEBVTT SAFE. 2000 STUDENTS AND FOUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS MAKE UP THE CAMPUS OF LAWRENCEBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT. SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS LIKE UPGRADED CAMERAS AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCE OFFICERS AT SCHOOLS WERE ALREADY IN THE WORKS. >> WHEN WE WERE IN SCHOOL IT WASN'T THE SAME KIND OF HEIGHTENED ALERTNESS WE ARE RIGHT NO SCHOOL SAFETY IS ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR ANY SCHOOL. WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. COURTIS: BUT WHEN INDIANA'S GOVERNOR OFFERED HANDHELD METAL DETECTORS IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND CAME AS A SURPRISE HERE IN LAWRENCEBURG. >> IT WAS A SURPRISE TO AS SCHOOL LEADERS. COURTIS: LAWRENCEBURG ORDERED EIGHT DETECTORS. JANICE RISING IS A MOTHER WHO SUPPORTS THE IDEA. ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO TO PROTECT OUR KIDS IM FIND WIT THAT. COURTIS: THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TELLS ME 81% OF TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS STATEWIDE HAV SIGNED UP. 2,566 DEVICES ARE ON ORDER. ONE DEVICE FOR EVERY 250 STUDENTS. THIS FOLLOWS THE SHOOTING AT NOBLESVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE A STUDENT AND TEACHER WERE SHO ANDY BLOCK TAUGHT IN NOBLESVILLE FOR SEVEN YEARS. >> THE STATE OF INDIANA ROLLING OUT THESE METAL DETECTORS THES WANDS. I 100% SUPPORT THIS IDEA. COURTIS: DONNIE KLAYER IS A PARENT AND FORMER TEACHER. IT WORRIES YOU IN THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN IT CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME ANYWHERE YOU CAN NEV LET DOWN YOUR GUARD TOO MUCH. COUR
Nearly all public schools in Indiana are signing up for free hand-held metal detectors. It's part of the governor's school safety initiative. The Lawrenceburg Community School Corporation is a school district with 2,000 students. Security enhancements, including upgraded cameras and additional school resource officers, were already planned for the upcoming school year. "When we were in school, it wasn't the same kind of heightened alertness that we're at right now and school safety is one of the top priorities for any school," Superintendent Karl Galey said. The program will give one free device for every 250 students. Lawrenceburg ordered eight metal detectors. So far, 3,228 total handheld units have been requested and ordered for 369 schools across the state. A representative for the governor said 81 percent of all schools have signed up, including 94 percent of all traditional public school corporations. Janice Rising is a mother who supports the idea. "Anything we need to do to protect our kids, I'm fine with that," Rising said. The initiative followed the shooting earlier this year at Noblesville Middle School in which a student and teacher were shot. "The state of Indiana rolling out these metal detectors, these wands, 100 percent I support this idea," teacher Andy Block said Thursday was the last day for summer orders. The should arrive by the middle of next month. Any orders made after Thursday will be delivered in the fall.
LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. —
Nearly all public schools in Indiana are signing up for free hand-held metal detectors. It's part of the governor's school safety initiative.
Indiana governor offers up free metal detectors to any school that wants them
The Lawrenceburg Community School Corporation is a school district with 2,000 students. Security enhancements, including upgraded cameras and additional school resource officers, were already planned for the upcoming school year.
"When we were in school, it wasn't the same kind of heightened alertness that we're at right now and school safety is one of the top priorities for any school," Superintendent Karl Galey said.
The program will give one free device for every 250 students.
Lawrenceburg ordered eight metal detectors.
So far, 3,228 total handheld units have been requested and ordered for 369 schools across the state.
A representative for the governor said 81 percent of all schools have signed up, including 94 percent of all traditional public school corporations.
Janice Rising is a mother who supports the idea.
"Anything we need to do to protect our kids, I'm fine with that," Rising said.
The initiative followed the shooting earlier this year at Noblesville Middle School in which a student and teacher were shot.
"The state of Indiana rolling out these metal detectors, these wands, 100 percent I support this idea," teacher Andy Block said
Thursday was the last day for summer orders.
The should arrive by the middle of next month. Any orders made after Thursday will be delivered in the fall.


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Shuck can be seen during our summer months of dancing. He is a mild representation of "The Black Shuck", a ghostly black dog who roamed the marshes, coastline and countryside of East Anglia.
For centuries, tales have been told of a large and terrifying black dog with malevolent flaming red eyes, prowling silently along lanes and field paths. By contrast, in other tales the animal is regarded as a benign protector of women finding their way home in the dark.
Our Schuck perfoms with us to bring you luck and prosperity - the more you feed him the better the luck!
"Wilbur", our previous beast, who gaves us over 50 years faithful service, finally retiring in 2014.
Pictured here with Sir Bob Russell.
Many Morris sides have a beast or animal who performs with them, and ours is called Shuck. He replaced our former beast called "Wilbur", who retired in 2014 having given faithful service for over 50 years.


Video showing the effect of exposure to hypochlorous acid on bacterial proteins—they unfold and stick to one another, leading to cell death. Credit: American Chemistry Council.
Spring cleaning often involves chlorine bleach, which has been used as a disinfectant for hundreds of years. But our bodies have been using bleach's active component, hypochlorous acid, to help clean house for millennia. As part of our natural response to infection, certain types of immune cells produce hypochlorous acid to help kill invading microbes, including bacteria.
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have made strides in understanding exactly how bleach kills bacteria—and how bacteria's own defenses can protect against the cellular stress caused by bleach. The insights gained may lead to the development of new drugs to breach these microbial defenses, helping our bodies fight disease.
"When we started looking into how bleach actually kills bacteria, there was very little known about it," says Ursula Jakob of the University of Michigan. In a series of experiments, her team showed that hypochlorous acid causes bacterial proteins to unfold and stick to one another, making them nonfunctional and leading to cell death.
By investigating how bacteria respond to stressful conditions, the Jakob lab has uncovered several ways that bacteria in our bodies—and on our kitchen counters—can survive attack by hypochlorous acid. One such survival mechanism uses a protein called Hsp33, which is a molecular chaperone that helps other proteins fold into and maintain their normal forms. Protection by Hsp33 lets bacteria refold their proteins once a stressful situation has passed, thereby allowing the cells to survive. The Jakob lab also has discovered several bacterial proteins that sense hypochlorous acid and, in response, activate genes that help the bacteria eliminate toxins produced by exposure to the noxious chemical.
Recently, the team discovered that a simple inorganic molecule called polyphosphate also serves as a molecular chaperone within bacterial cells. Polyphosphate, which likely existed before life arose on Earth and is produced by almost all organisms, from bacteria to humans, may be one of the oldest molecular chaperones in existence. Bacteria lacking polyphosphate are very sensitive to the cellular stress caused by bleach and are less likely to cause infection.
Together, these results provide insights into how modern-day bacteria defend against immune attack and how early organisms survived environmental challenges. The studies also point to potential targets for antimicrobial drug development. "Many of these protective mechanisms that bacteria use in response to bleach are specific to bacteria," said Jakob, potentially making it possible to target these defenses without harming human cells. She and her team hope to find drugs to exploit this specificity and disarm bacterial defenses against bleach, allowing our immune systems to finish cleaning house.
The research reported in this article was funded in part under NIH grant R01 GM065318.


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Arrivals to Calgary International Airport (YYC) transfer time is approximately 2 hours to the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise so attendees are encouraged to book early flights.
At Chateau Lake Louise: PowderFest Snowshoe is great for all abilities. Winter is king amid the peaks of Banff National Park. With an average annual snowfall of 3m/12ft this area is superb for trying this ancient and efficient mode of travel. If you can walk, you can snowshoe! After gearing up and having a brief introduction on the basics, we will venture into the forest and look for signs of creatures that have adapted to the harsh winter conditions. Learn how to read the tracks of different animals. Snowshoes and poles included.
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Why America Needs A New Social Contract To Ensure The Economy Works For All
Written by Thomas Kochan, MIT Sloan School of Management
The recent U.S. election exposed two major intersecting fault lines in America that, if left unchecked, could soon produce an era of social and economic upheaval unlike any in our history.
How Trump Is About To Deliver A Knockout Punch To His Union Supporters
Written by Raymond Hogler, Colorado State University
I've written before on how the decline of organized labor beginning in the late 1970s gave birth to the backlash that fueled Donald Trump's election.
Is The Cuban Healthcare System Really As Great As People Claim?
Written by Rich Warner, Anglia Ruskin University
Pundits have been discussing the merits (or not) of Fidel Castro's legacy as his body lies in state.
Unlike Adults, Teens Pitch In Despite Income Inequality
Written by Rachel Harrison, New York University
New research links income inequality with greater civic engagement among young people—particularly among young people of color and those of lower socioeconomic status.
Mexicans Are Migrating, Just Not Across The US Border
Written by Jeffrey H. Cohen, The Ohio State University and Bernardo Ramirez Rios, Skidmore College
Mexican migration to the U.S. is in decline. The Pew Hispanic Research Center has found that since 2009, more than one million native-born Mexicans living in the U.S. returned to Mexico.
How Fidel Castro Changed His Small Island At The Center Of The World
Written by Mervyn Bain, University of Aberdeen
Late on November 25 2016, it was announced that one of the last remaining iconic political figures of the 20th century, Fidel Castro Ruz, had died.
Is The Amount Of Teacher Outreach Affected By Student Racial Stereotypes?
Teachers communicate with parents based on their racial and immigrant backgrounds—not just their child's academic performance—research finds.
Why Would Falling Disability Benefits Cause People to Stop Working?
Written by Nick Buffie, CEPR
A common argument for the decline in employment in recent years is that more workers are dropping out of the labor force to live off public benefits, particularly Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).
Fixing Obamacare: Four Ways To Address Rising Costs And Less Choice
Written by Mark Humphery-Jenner, UNSW Australia
Repealing Obamacare was central to both Donald Trump's, and the Republican party's, policy platforms. The President-elect has since softened his stance and there are several Republican proposals to replace Obamacare with a more viable alternative.
In Search Of A "Bob Marley": It's Time To Create New Reggae Dialogues
Written by Deanne Bell, Antioch College
Dear Bob, It's been 35 years since your death, yet no other singer or songwriter has articulated both the condition of the marginalized and the humanistic potentials of psychic decolonisation more than you.
A Philosophical Critique Of Libertarian Economics
Written by Peter Lindsay, Georgia State University
The focus of my research as a political philosopher is on matters of economic justice. I ask questions such as: Are markets consistent with justice? Is freedom enhanced through economic exchange? If so, why, and if not, why not?
Why Repealing Obamacare May Not Be As Easy As Trump Thinks
Written by Bill Custer, Georgia State University
Candidate Trump repeatedly called for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act during the campaign, but it is unclear what President Trump will actually do about the ACA.
Why Donald Trump Should Read The Wizard Of Oz
Written by Janet Greenlees, Glasgow Caledonian University
Donald Trump may have won the American presidency by promoting himself as the candidate for the common people to overthrow the Washington establishment, but this recent populist surge is certainly not the country's first.
Why The Deportation Of Illegal Immigrates Is One Giant Economic Screwup
Written by Peter Dixon, Victoria University and Maureen Rimmer, Victoria University
US President-elect Donald Trump has proposed deporting millions of undocumented immigrants, which proved appealing to large blocs of US voters in key states. Many voters appear to believe that deportingc would boost job opportunities and wages for US workers.
Will A President Trump Return To The Wild West Days Of Banking
Written by Ioannis Glinavos, University of Westminster
A stream of commentary has set out to explain the electoral success of Donald Trump as a reaction to globalisation and neoliberalism. It points to a thread of populist anti-capitalism running from the President-elect to Bernie Sanders.
Is Paul Ryan's Dream of Gutting Medicare About to Come True?
Written by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams
Trump's transition site says administration will 'modernize Medicare'—code for Ryan-style death by privatization
Trump's $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan: Lincoln Had a Bolder Solution
Written by Ellen Brown
Donald Trump was an outsider who boldly stormed the citadel of Washington DC and won. He has promised real change, but his infrastructure plan appears to be just more of the same – privatizing public assets and delivering unearned profits to investors at the expense of the people.
China Grapples With The Mixed Blessing Of A Trump Victory
Written by Niv Horesh, Durham University
Donald Trump's rise to the presidency was followed with amazement and apprehension across East Asia. China in particular was on tenterhooks – and now it needs to figure out what to do.
What Donald Trump's Means For The Economy And Business
Written by Christos Makridis, Stanford University; et al.
Donald Trump stunned the polls and the pundits to win the 2016 U.S. presidential election. So what will his victory mean for the economy, businesses and financial markets? We asked four economic writers to weigh in.
How To Teach Literacy So No Child Is Left Behind
Written by Kevin Wheldall, Macquarie University
Children who do not learn to read in the first few years of schooling are typically destined to a school career of educational failure, because reading underpins almost all subsequent learning.
Here's Why Daylight Saving Time Isn't Worth The Trouble It Causes
Written by Laura Grant, Claremont McKenna College
Today the sun is shining during my commute home from work. But this weekend, public service announcements will remind us to "fall back," ending daylight saving time (DST) by setting our clocks an hour earlier on Sunday, Nov. 6. On Nov. 7, many of us will commute home in the dark.
Three Ways Chinese Business Has Evolved From Imitation To Innovation
Written by Bruce McKern, University of Sydney
Most of us use products made in China every day and are aware of its growing economic power as a factory to the world. But China intends to become a developed nation by mid-century and integral to this ambition is its intense focus on innovation.
3 Reasons The US Doesn't Have Universal Health Coverage
Written by Timothy Callaghan, Texas A&M University
Amidst the partisan rancor and the unusual tilt toward questions on civility during the second and third presidential debates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump drew the attention of health experts when they articulated their path forward for health policy in America.
Economics Has A Serious Gender Problem
Written by Victoria Bateman, University of Cambridge
The two-headed beast that had blighted the economy throughout the 1970s and 1980s – inflation combined with unemployment – had been tamed, and the business cycle seemed to be a thing of the past.
Is Corporate America's Old Boys' Club Dead
Written by Johan Chu, University of Chicago and Jerry Davis, University of Michigan
If corporate money controls our politics, as Bernie Sanders and others have claimed, then how did the Republican Party, the reputed party of business, manage to nominate a candidate whom almost no one in Big Business supports?
Mixed Race Neighborhoods Are On The Rise Across The US
Written by Gillian Kiley, Brown University
In all parts of the United States, the number of neighborhoods that are home to a mix of black, white, Asian, and Hispanic residents is growing.
The Key To Free Trade Is To Really Help The Losers Adjust?
Written by Marina v. N. Whitman, University of Michigan
If there's one thing that nearly all economists agree on, it's that getting rid of trade restrictions is generally good for a country's economy.
Why Results From Some Clinical Trials May Be Unreliable
Written by Heidi Gardner, Katie Gillies, and Shaun Treweek, University of Aberdeen
Clinical trials have been the gold standard of scientific testing ever since the Scottish naval surgeon Dr James Lind conducted the first while trying to conquer scurvy in 1747.
Can The Clean Energy Economy Create Millions Of Jobs?
Written by Heidi Garrett-Peltier, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Job growth is a prime topic in the U.S. presidential race, but Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have very different takes on the role clean energy could play in creating employment.
How Health Groups Unwittingly Help Coca-Cola And PepsiCo
Written by Lisa Chedekel, Boston University
The two largest soda makers in the US use their sponsorships of health organizations to bolster their image, which helps them lobby against public health bills, a new study suggests.
Why Inequality Is An Important Economic Challenge Facing The Next President
Written by Steven Pressman, Colorado State University
In a recent issue of The Economist, President Barack Obama set out four major economic issues that his successor must tackle
Exposing Big Tobacco's Predatory Dirty Tricks
Written by Jenny Hatchard, University of Bath
Tobacco companies want to sell you cigarettes – today, tomorrow and for the foreseeable future. Whether you're at the tobacco counter or out with friends, glitzy cigarette packaging is a really important part of their sales pitch.
How Pain Treatment Differs By Race In Emergency Rooms
Written by Boston University
New research finds racial disparities in emergency treatment for certain types of pain, specifically backaches and stomachaches.
What Is Contract Theory And Why It Deserved A Nobel Prize
Written by Hongyi Li and Anton Kolotilin, UNSW Australia
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science has just been awarded to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström for building the foundations of contract theory.
Evidence Shows Preschool Teachers Keep Closer Eye On Black Boys
Written by Bill Hathaway, Yale University
Sophisticated eye-tracking technology shows that preschool teachers "show a tendency to more closely observe black students, and especially boys, when challenging behaviors are expected."
There's No One-size-fits-all Solution For Great Teachers
Written by Gerald K. LeTendre, Pennsylvania State University
Most of us know the difference a good teacher makes in the life of a child. Many global institutions working to improve access to education, such as the United Nations, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and Education International agree that "teacher quality" is the critical element in whether or not an educational system succeeds.
How Kids Divvy Up Candy Reflects Their Culture's Values
Written by Kate Becker, Boston University
New research may explain why American children resist their parents' instructions to share.
Biased Expectations Can Sink A Female Manager's Chances
Written by Milenko Martinovich, University of Florida
Gender bias can influence how supervisors view a manager's long-term potential, a new study shows.
Why Giving Most People Responsibility For Their Pensions Is A Disaster In The Making
Written by Patrick Ring, Glasgow Caledonian University
Even the Bank of England's chief economist, Andy Haldane, admits to "not being able to make the remotest sense of pensions". So what chance has everybody else? Many people find pensions and saving for retirement confusing and worrying.
Why Insurance Companies Control Your Medical Care
Written by Christy Ford Chapin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
It's that time of year again. Insurance companies that participate in the Affordable Care Act's state health exchanges are signaling that prices will risedramatically this fall.
How Wells Fargo Encouraged Employees To Commit Fraud
Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
Over the course of four years, at least 5,000 Wells Fargo employees opened more than a million fake bank and credit card accounts on behalf of unwitting customers.
Are Central Bank Digital Currencies A Revolution in Banking?
Several central banks, including the Bank of England, the People's Bank of China, the Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve, are exploring the concept of issuing their own digital currencies, using the blockchain technology developed for Bitcoin.
The US Economy Is In Desperate Need Of A Strong Dose Of Fiscal Stimulus
Written by Christian Weller, University of Massachusetts Boston
Despite six years of "recovery" from the Great Recession, America's middle class still struggles financially amid sluggish economic growth and middling job creation.
Why We'll Need a Universal Basic Income
Written by Robert Reich
Imagine a little gadget called an i-Everything. You can't get it yet, but if technology keeps moving as fast as it is now, the i-Everything will be with us before you know it.
Cuba's Schooling Success Rests On Culture, Inclusion And Social Participation
Written by Clive Kronenberg, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Tania Morales de la Cruz, a professor of education at Cuba's University of Matanzas, recently visited South Africa for the first time.
Can Trump Create Millions Of Jobs? Don't Bet On It
Written by Jonathan Lipson, Temple University
Donald Trump claims he should be president in part because he has succeeded at creating jobs and businesses.
Why Dementia May Not Be As Great A Burden As Once Feared
Written by Roger L. Albin and Kenneth Langa, University of Michigan
It is a truism that aging of populations will result in large and potentially unmanageable increases in the number of older adults with dementia.
How The Jim Crow Internet Is Pushing Back Against Black Lives Matter
Written by Nicholas D. Mirzoeff, New York University
Police killings of African-Americans on social media have become the visual hallmark of our time. This decade will be recalled through blurry cellphone and dash-cam videos of shootings. But how will it be remembered?
When It Comes To CEO Pay Congress Is All Hat And No Cattle
Written by InnerSelf Staff
Last week, Congress engaged in a bipartisan barrage of CEO bashing.
50 Million Sessions Show Why Uber Is So Popular
Written by Mark Peters, University of Chicago
Economists used data from almost 50 million Uber sessions to figure out just how much customers are benefiting from the ride-sharing service.
How The American Online Sex Trade Continues To Thrive
Written by Loretta Stalans, Loyola University Chicago and Mary Finn, Michigan State University
America has always had an underground sex trade, and for decades most pimps followed the same general script: they'd recruit sex workers on the street, in bars and in strip clubs.
How Corporate America Can Help Curb Income Inequality
Written by Wallace Hopp, University of Michigan
Scorpion met Frog on a river bank and asked him for a ride to the other side. "How do I know you won't sting me?" asked Frog. "Because," replied Scorpion, "if I do, I will drown." Satisfied, Frog set out across the water with Scorpion on his back. Halfway across, Scorpion stung Frog. "Why did you do that?" gasped Frog as he started to sink. "Now we'll both die." "I can't help it," replied Scorpion. "It's my nature."
Trump's Huge Trickle-Down Economic Plan
Donald Trump poses as a working-class populist, but about his new economic plan would be a gusher for the wealthy. And almost nothing will trickle down to anyone else.
Affording Child Care In America
Written by Emily Costello, The Conversation
This week on the presidential campaign trail, Donald Trump took a big step out of traditional Republican territory to propose a federal solution to the high cost of child care. His plan suggests utilizing the tax code to give a break to working parents with young kids.
Stumped About Obama's TPP Trade Deal? You're Not Alone
Written by Nina Pavcnik, Dartmouth College
The proposed trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership – TPP for short – is drawing fire from both the right and the left as a middle-class jobs killer. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama continues to defend it as a boon for American businesses and consumers, as well as the larger economy.
Students Have Difficulty Learning In Unproven Ways
Written by Stephen Dinham, University of Melbourne
In health there are well-established protocols that govern the introduction of any new drug or treatment. Of major consideration is the notion of doing no harm.
Can The Clean Water Act Actually Help Businesses Make More Money?
Written by George Diepenbrock, University of Kansas
Environmental regulations don't alway have a negative effect on profits. A new study finds that the US Clean Water Act, when implemented in the right balance, can improve firms' profitability.
Shadow Banking Increases The Risk Of Another Global Financial Crisis
Written by Necmi K Avkiran, The University of Queensland
Banks may still be evading increased regulation by shifting activities to shadow banking. This system is well established as part of the financial sector, but it provides products that separate an investor from an investment, making it more difficult to evaluate risk and value.
Driverless Uber Cars Are Coming To Disrupt The Sharing Economy
Written by Ursula Huws, University of Hertfordshire
Uber's announcement that it will introduce driverless cars in Pittsburgh, US, throws into question the fate of not just the "sharing economy", which Uber helped to make mainstream, but the future of employment in a wider sense too.
This Federal Regulation Saves Millions of Lives
Written by Ralph Nader
Fifty years ago this month (on September 9, 1966), President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety laws that launched a great life-saving program for the American People.
The Twilight Of The Mom And Pop Motel
Written by Andrew Wood, San José State University
In 1939, when John Steinbeck imagined Highway 66 as "the road of flight," he evoked the crushing realities of Depression-era migrants who'd been pushed off their land by failing crops, relentless dust and heartless banks.
Why Corporate Tax Deserters Shouldn't Get The Benefits Of Being American
Apple is only the latest big global American corporation to use foreign tax shelters to avoiding paying its fair share of U.S. taxes. It's just another form of corporate desertion.
Why Youth Worldwide Fear A Lack Of Economic Opportunities
Written by Usman W. Chohan, UNSW Australia
What is the one thing that makes young people everywhere the most anxious? According to the Global Youth Wellbeing Index, it's a lack of future economic opportunities.
Weaker Unions Have Also Cut Nonunion Paychecks?
Written by Gerry Everding, Washington University in St. Louis
A dramatic decline in the density of US labor unions since the 1970s has resulted in lower wages for both union and nonunion workers, a new study suggests.
How Homeschooling Is Changing In America
Written by Kyle Greenwit, Michigan State University
As children head back to school, an increasing number of their homeschooled peers will be starting their academic year as well. Homeschooling in the United States is growing at a strong pace.
Why A World With Inequality Everywhere Is An Economic Threat
Written by Thomas Clarke, University of Technology Sydney
There is growing evidence that inequality is increasing not only in Australia but internationally within the advanced industrial economies. The age of endless growth in prosperity for everyone is a distant memory of a more hopeful age.
How Bill Clinton's Failed Campaign Promise Is Playing Havoc With Your Life
What can be done to deter pharmaceutical companies from jacking up prices of critical drugs? To prevent Wall Street banks from excessive gambling? To nudge CEOs into taking a longer-term view? To restrain runaway CEO pay?
Lessons From Argentina For Europe's Newly Impoverished Middle Class
Written by Daniel Ozarow, Middlesex University
Leading economic think-tank the institute of Fiscal Studies has warned that "middle-income families are the new poor" – a damning indictment of the way poverty in Britain has spread far beyond groups that are traditionally considered poor.
Trudeau Is Canada's Diplomatic Super-weapon To Stay Relevant
Written by Tristen Naylor, University of Oxford
For years, Canada has been headed towards mediocrity at best and irrelevance at worst. Its GDP now ranks 10th in the world, having recently been overtaken by India and Brazil.
How Class And Wealth Affect Your Health
Written by Sharon Friel, Australian National University
Inequities in wealth and income are one of the biggest social, economic and political challenges of our time. It's important to address these inequities for three key reasons.
Maternal Mortality Rates Rise As US Falls Further Behind
Despite the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of a 75 percent reduction in maternal deaths by 2015, the estimated maternal mortality rate for 48 US states and the District of Columbia actually increased by 26.6 percent from 2000 to 2014.
In Another Newly Discovered Song, Woody Guthrie Continues His Assault On 'Old Man Trump'
Written by Will Kaufman, University of Central Lancashire
Earlier this year, I wrote about a cache of bitter writings by Woody Guthrie that I had discovered while conducting research for a book on the balladeer.
Economic Inequality Is On The Rise Worldwide
Written by Sam Pizzigati, peoplesworld.org
Here are some conclusions from a recent economics research paper. Do you think the authors are from some left-leaning think tank full of malcontents?
How Happiness Improves Business Results
Written by Petrina Coventry, University of Adelaide
In business the concept of happiness is likely to make some groan, roll their eyes or be dismissive. But increasingly we can't ignore the evidence that it helps business.
Robert Reich's Message to Working People on Labor Day
Your typical wage is below what it was in the late 1970s, in terms of what it can buy. Two-thirds of you are living paycheck to paycheck. Almost 30 percent of you don't have steady employment:
Why It Matters What The G20 Is Doing
Written by Neil Renwick, Coventry University
As the leaders of the world's 19 biggest economies and the European Union meet in the beautiful southern Chinese city of Hangzhou for the culmination of China's year at the helm of the G20, it pays to ask exactly what they're doing – and why it matters.
McDonald's And The Global Revolution Of Fast Food Workers
Written by Annelise Orleck, Dartmouth College
When it comes to their wages, McDonald's workers around the world are not "Loving It" – and they haven't been shy about expressing their discontent over the past four years.
Have We Forgotten The True Meaning Of Labor Day?
Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
Labor Day is a U.S. national holiday held the first Monday every September. Unlike most U.S. holidays, it is a strange celebration without rituals, except for shopping and barbecuing. For most people it simply marks the last weekend of summer and the start of the school year.
Understanding The Reality Of Our Free Trade Deals
Free trade is figuring prominently in the upcoming presidential election. Donald Trump is against it. Hillary Clinton has expressed qualms.
America Seeks the Answer to The Labor Question
Written by Damon Silvers, BillMoyers.com
The labor question is back. After World War II, it seemed to many that widespread unionization and collective bargaining had made sure that the people who did the work in this country were getting a fair share
Curing Health Care With A Dose Of Big Data And Common Sense
Written by Marschall Runge, University of Michigan
While commanding four vessels sailing between England and India in 1601, Captain James Lancaster performed one of the great experiments in medical history.
It's Time We Reinvented Labor For The 21st Century
On Labor Day, politicians have traditionally paid lip service to the plight of the worker, whom the national holiday is meant to honor. With working-class struggles taking center stage in this year's election
Why Global Corporations Should Pay Taxes
For years, Washington lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have attacked big corporations for avoiding taxes by parking their profits overseas. Last week the European Union did something about it.
European Commission Warns Multinationals With €13 Billion Apple Tax
Written by Kerrie Sadiq, Queensland University of Technology
The European Commission is putting multinationals on notice with its order to tech giant Apple to pay €13 billion in tax to Ireland. It's signalling that it won't bow to pressure from the US. Now other countries may follow with similar action.
How To Fix America's Child Care Problem
Written by Corey Shdaimah, University of Maryland and Elizabeth Palley, Adelphi University
In what might be the most contentious election campaign season yet, the main presidential candidates seem to agree on at least one issue – that the policy around child care for American families needs improvement.
Why We Need To Rethink The Jobs-Based Economy
Written by Sean Welsh, University of Canterbury
Automation has disrupted work for centuries. Two hundred years ago in Britain, the Luddites rose in rebellion, smashing the machines that made their weaving skills obsolete.
Is Viewing People As Economically Rational Rational?
Written by Nicholas Hanley, University of St Andrews
For years, economists and psychologists have argued about whether the standard model that economists use to explain how people make decisions is correct.
What's the Matter With Ohio?
Written by Sean Posey, Bill Moyers.com
Every presidential election cycle, journalists descend on the ever-reliable swing state of Ohio in an attempt to play prophet.
It's Not Just The Economy, It's Whether It Is Fair
Written by Wesley Widmaier, Griffith University
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, America's Obama administration faced a dilemma. The public wanted banking reform. But administration pragmatists like US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner feared that yielding to populist voices might threaten recovery.
Why Republicans And Democrats Live In Different Economic Realities
Written by Ian Anson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Back in 1992, Democratic strategist James Carville uttered his famous recommendation to Bill Clinton ahead of the 1992 election: "It's the economy, stupid!"
How Racism Has Shaped Welfare Policy In America
Written by Alma Carten, New York University
A recent UNICEF report found that the U.S. ranked 34th on the list of 35 developed countries surveyed on the well-being of children.
The Real Reason Off-patent Drugs Are So Expensive
Written by Timothy Holbrook, Emory University
The rising price for EpiPens, a drug delivery system that is crucial for persons experiencing potentially life-threatening allergic reactions, has resulted in outrage.
Has The Future of Work Already Arrived
Written by Paul Hampton, YES! Magazine
Here's what today's nontraditional workers are doing to build democratic, worker-led communities within the growing gig economy.
Is It The Insurers Or Congress That's Ailing Healthcare?
Written by J.B. Silvers, Case Western Reserve University
Since the Affordable Care Act – or what many call Obamacare – has been labeled a failure since the day it started, according to some political types, it's difficult to know if the recent defections by large insurance companies are really a death knell or just growing pains.
Why It's Wrong To Blame Immigrants For Sputtering Economies
Written by Kevin Shih, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Immigrants have become a major scapegoat in recent years for sputtering Western economies.
How Three-day Weekends Can Help Save The World
Written by Alex Williams, City University London
Almost everyone enjoys a bank holiday. A three-day weekend means more time to spend with family and friends, to go out and explore the world, and to relax from the pressures of working life.
Why Doctors Need Time To Think About Your Health
Written by Vineet Chopra and Sanjay Saint, University of Michigan
When a person goes to the doctor, there's usually one thing they want: a diagnosis. Once a diagnosis is made, a path toward wellness can begin.
Why Violence Is Deeply Rooted In Inequality
Written by Neil Pyper, Coventry University
Latin America has traditionally been the world's most unequal region, but it has recently shown signs of change. Through the 2000s, high international prices for exports have brought inequality levels down.
How Consumer Culture Is Killing Citizenship
Written by Harry Boyte, Bill Moyers.com
Donald Trump's candidacy gives rise to many descriptors — authoritarian, bigoted, divisive. It is also the culmination of long-developing dysfunctions of a culture where market values have spread beyond appropriate limits and radically eroded citizenship.
The Case Against Privatizing Our National Parks
Written by John Freemuth, Boise State University and William Lowry, Washington University in St Louis
The centennial of the National Park Service is inspiring an impressive amount of soul-searching about the agency and the lands for which it is responsible.
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In the telecom Industry, only 20-25% of students are offered on-job orientation courses by employers. Rest of the industry looks forward to hiring skilled manpower instead on spending on the training. This is one of the reasons why many telecom companies don't opt for campus placement.
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This biggest club in Jakarta spans over 1,000 sqm with 16 meters ceiling which can accommodate about 2,000 people. Colosseum brings you joy with its best audio system and lighting. International DJ's like Afrojack, Jacob Van Hage and Markus Schultz have performed here.
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New Stingray Club can accommodate up to 700 people. Green dominates every single corner, like lighting and its ornaments. Classic Disco, R&B and also Electronic Dance Music (EDM) are usually played.


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The key to quickly bouncing back from a breach or attack is a cyber resilience strategy. But only 30% of businesses have one in place. In this blog, we'll discuss five tips for building a bulletproof cyber resilience strategy.
Cybersecurity & Cyber Resilience. What's the Difference?
Cybersecurity refers to the methods, processes, and tactics you use to protect your data and systems. It includes implementing technology and best practices to secure your infrastructure and prevent hackers from gaining access.
Cyber resilience is your organization's ability to withstand, respond to, and recover from a cyber-attack or data breach. The goal of cyber resilience is to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and business operations.
Cybersecurity and cyber resilience are intricately connected – and equally important. You can no longer wonder if a cyberattack will happen to your business, but rather when. In fact, 50% of small businesses have experienced a data breach or attack. And less than 20% feel confident in their ability to identify and guard against cyberattacks. You need to focus on making your IT systems resilient to attacks instead of purely trying to prevent them.
Follow these five tips to build a thorough cyber resilience plan.
Despite published evidence that cyber risks are increasing, cyber resilience is not taken seriously enough. IT managers often have trouble communicating with business leaders about security problems facing the business. So, how do describe the need for further security measures to business Leaders in your organization? Clearly define the risk and scope of the problem to the board. Demonstrate how costly cyber threats can be to your reputation, intellectual property, and revenue.
Getting sign-off from business leaders isn't always easy. Learn how to become a more effective presenter and negotiator with New Horizons Leadership & Professional Development training courses.
Cyber resilience education should be part of your core business process. Not everyone has to be a security expert, but everyone should be educated, engaged, and involved in incident planning and response. Employees in every department, from accounting and HR to other technical roles, should understand security and how it impacts their job roles. If they don't do their part to protect data on company servers and personal devices, a cyber-attack can demobilize your entire business.
In this course, students will identify many of the common risks involved in using conventional end-user technology, as well as ways to use it safely, and how to protect their organization from those risks. View the CyberSAFE course outline here.
Having a separate and safe copy of your data is essential. Store regular, detailed data backups on a separate network so you can restore compromised data quickly if an attack occurs. Automatic daily backups are ideal, but you should back up your data at least once a week.
If downtime occurs, you need to be prepared to quickly and seamlessly switch to a backup service. Having a through backup available mitigates the effects of a breach by enabling your employees to continue working and accessing the tools they need to do their job.
Maintaining the ability to search for and access data is equally important. New regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) require businesses to have anytime access to email archives, even during an outage, so they can quickly respond to GDPR subject requests.
Simulate a company-wide security incident at least once per year. Run through the steps your business will take in the event of a breach or attack—from how you'll contain a potential breach to notifying law enforcement, customers, and investors.
Iron out any kinks in your process during the practice run so you aren't caught off guard in a real-world situation. When a breach hits, having a foolproof cyber resilience plan will help your employees stay calm and confident while you mitigate the threat.
Being properly trained and informed is no longer exclusively for IT and Cybersecurity Professionals. Instead, it is now the responsibility of everyone in an organization to have at minimum a foundational understanding of security issues and vulnerabilities. At New Horizons, we are on the cutting-edge of cybersecurity with training programs designed to ensure that your organization can best prevent itself against attacks and, should one occur, significantly reduce your risk and increase your response time. View our entire lineup of Cybersecurity learning solutions.
Investing in cyber resilience today will prepare your organization to withstand future attacks and preserve your business reputation and bottom line when a breach occurs. The best investment you can make in cyber resilience is training. Dedicating staff time to proper cyber security training underscores the importance of security across your organization and arms employees to detect and communicate suspicious activity.


Dods Group Plc (Huveaux) wanted to relocate their headquarters closer to central London. They initially asked Wagstaff to survey and space plan potential buildings in the area. Once Dods had finally found the right location in Westminster, Wagstaff was again invited to create and present interior design solutions for their new office space. This incorporated breakouts, toilets and a new reception area.
We demolish the old partitions to open up the existing office area. Wagstaff then installed glass partitioning for the new meeting suites to provide an elegant and seamless look and feel, which still fell in line with the open plan layout. New daylight lighting, carpets, feature wall finishes was introduced to create a fresh and contemporary look. New furniture was installed 'Vepa' workstations and 'IS' task chairs to complement the new working environment using various fabrics to bring the design together. The main challenge was the time and budget. We overcame this by having a close working relationship with the client, working to a strict timescale and project programme.


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Pub franchises are enjoying a golden age as they expand into towns and cities throughout Britain. The Franchise Magazine looks at why businesses like Marston's, Everards and Punch are thriving in an age when bar takings are plagued by the unnerving ominousness of the evolution of 'stay-at-home drinkers'.
For 17th century writer, Samuel Pepys, the pub was the "the heart of England" – and it seems this age-old ideal has struck a chord with modern Britain.
The public's enduring affinity for pub franchises becomes ever more apparent when visiting the UK's towns and city centres, where the local JD Wetherspoons and All Bar One are packed to the rafters with merry drinkers and hungry families enjoying each other's company.
The statistics substantiate the obvious too. In 2012, Mitchells and Butler, the franchisor behind Harvester, All Bar One and many more brands, recorded operating profits of £304million. Earlier this year, the Marston's pub franchise posted an eight per cent growth on like-for-like sales.
For Nick Goodway of The Independent, a designated target audience is the key to their success: "Brewer Marston's five-F plan, focusing on food, families, females and forty/fifty-something's, is paying off with a strong rise in annual profits." Although it is unlikely that Pepys, the great literary lothario, would fit into any of these demographics, even he would be unable to argue against this plan's track record for maintaining a busy pub.
Everards Brewers of Leicestershire are another business set for expansion. In September 2012, the franchisor reported an 11 per cent increase in operating profits from the previous year, and they are committed to building on these impressive figures.
Managing Director, Stephen Gould, told The Morning Advertiser earlier this year: "We are on track to purchase a further five or six (pubs) this year, but we will see the trend continue where there's one or two likely to transfer to our unlicensed estate."
Buying into a successful pub franchise is easier than many people think. Mitchells and Butlers (MAB) requires only 'a passion for pubs' and 'self-motivation', along with the initial start-up capital, which is estimated to be around £50,000, according to the MAB code of practice.
For their part, the Mitchells and Butlers terms of franchising give investors a 10-year lease on their premises, along with training in the operating style necessary to implement one of their proven business models, like Harvester or O'Neill's pubs. The popularity of pub franchises is partly a result of the undeniably good-value culinary experience they offer. The cost of social drinking may have inflated exponentially from the days when Harold Wilson was the Prime Minister, and beer cost just 15p per pint at the pumps, but pub franchises have developed a reputation for selling meals and drinks for a cheaper price than other alternatives in the high street.
As pubs throughout the UK are forced to close as consumers look to save money by staying at home, franchise pubs are bucking the trend. Iain Jackson, Operations Director for Marston's, believes it is their commitment to making sure they have the right people in place. He said: "Quite simply, I think we've recognised the crucial role our franchisees play in the success of the business and, accordingly, have created an environment in which they can flourish. "We also place a great deal of importance on ensuring we have the right people in place to operate our pubs and have a robust selection process in place, supported by a comprehensive training programme, which ensures we have a network of high calibre, competent franchisees."
The combination of a proven business model and individual intuition about a regional customer base, is clearly a major driving force behind the popularity of pub franchises. Iain adds: "Franchisees benefit from higher levels of support and guidance, lower entry costs, increased purchasing power, brand recognition and centralised marketing activity, while leaving room for entrepreneurialism at a more local level.
"Franchising isn't for everyone and requires a good match between the culture, values and goals of both us and our franchisees, but our experience to date certainly indicates that the model is highly successful and growing in popularity." This dedication to listening to the knowledge of franchisees, and supporting them through difficult periods, has cemented pub franchises' position as rock-solid establishments in the make-up of towns and cities.
It was from a small pub in Southwark that Pepys wrote his famous diary while watching London burn in 1666. Now, as pub franchisors offer up more and more franchise opportunities, the future of Pepys' "Heart of England" looks safe for years to come.
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