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Nicholas David Mirzoeff (geboren 1962) ist ein britisch-amerikanischer Kunsthistoriker und Wissenschaftler für visual culture.

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Nicholas Mirzoeff studierte Kunstgeschichte 1980 bis 1983 am Balliol College und 1983 bis 1986 an der University of Warwick, an der er 1990 mit der Dissertation Pictorial Form and Social Order in France 1638-1752: L'Académie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture promoviert wurde. Er lehrte in  Warwick, 1991 an der University of California, Irvine, von 1992 bis 1997 als Assistant Professor an der University of Texas at Austin  und 1997/98 als Professor an der University of Wisconsin–Madison. Danach war er bis 2004 als Professor für Kunst und Komparatistik an der Stony Brook University beschäftigt. Seither ist er Professor im "Department of Media, Culture, and Communication" der Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development an der New York University.

Mirzoeff war 2020 ein Erstunterzeichner eines offenen Briefes, der sich mit der Initiative GG 5.3 Weltoffenheit solidarisiert und die Entscheidung des Deutschen Bundestages, die BDS-Kampagne als antisemitisch einzustufen, als Einschränkung der Meinungsfreiheit kritisiert.

Schriften (Auswahl)
 The Right to Look: A Counterhistory of Visuality. Duke University Press, 2011
 Seinfeld: A Critical Study of the Series. British Film Institute, 2007
 Watching Babylon: the War in Iraq and Global Visual Culture.  New York: Routledge, 2005
 (Hrsg.): Diaspora and Visual Culture: Representing Africans and Jews. New York: Routledge, 2001
 An Introduction to Visual Culture. New York: Routledge, 1999
 (Hrsg.): The Visual Culture Reader. New York: Routledge, 1998, 2002²
 Bodyscape: Art, Modernity and the Ideal Figure. New York: Routledge 1995
 Silent Poetry: deafness, sign and visual culture in modern France. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1995

Weblinks

 Nicholas Mirzoeff, blog Culture in a Time of War

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Q: Множество динамических параметров в get запросе Как реализовать получение через get запрос любого кол-ва разных параметров?
Пример строки запроса:
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A: Для доступа к query-параметрам запроса в express существует встроенный объект request.query который содержит пары ключ-значение этих параметров. Например, для запроса вида /api/users/search?firstName=iv&lastName=cat он будет иметь вид:
{
  firstName: 'iv',
  lastName: 'cat',
}

Если запрос отправлен без параметров, то в request.query будет храниться пустой объект.
Вот небольшой пример использования объекта request.query для динамического формирования запроса к базе данных:
export const oldSetFilters = (filters: {[key: string]: string }): string => {
    let filtersString = '';

    if ( filters && Object.keys(filters).length ) {
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            filtersString += `${ key }=${ filters[key] } AND `;
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    filtersString = `WHERE ${filtersString.substring(0, filtersString.length - 5)}`;
    return filtersString;
};

Хэндлер маршрута:
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                .get( async (req, res) => {
                    try {
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                        const rows = await db.sqlGetRequest(
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                        );

                        logger.info(`${req.params.table} were sent to admin`);
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Надеюсь, это поможет.

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Adam Gorlitsky suffered a paralyzing spinal cord injury in a car crash in 2005. But he doesn't plan to let that stop him from stepping across the finish line of the L.A. Marathon this weekend.
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A documentary film is in the works to tell Gorlitsky's story, as well as those of others. More information is available online at exorising.com.
Mary Beth McDade reports for the KTLA 5 News at 11 on March 20, 2019.


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TikTok grants 18,000 Scholarships for Students in Pakistan
TikTok and edtech startup Edkasa have announced a scholarship program that will reward online study grants to 18,000 deserving students from across Pakistan, as they look to expand access to quality education.
In September, TikTok partnered with Edkasa and LUMS for a first-of-its-kind year-long collaboration to launch a digital learning program to facilitate online education and distance learning for high school students.
The #ExamReady campaign, designed to help millions of Pakistani students, has over 500 educational videos online, covering Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and Mathematics, including study tips and exam hacks.
The educational videos became an instant favorite with Pakistani students on TikTok, garnering over 665 million views and close to 100 million video creations since its launch.
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Teaming up with one of Pakistan's premier institutions, LUMS, the duo will further cement the partnership by awarding students with two months of Edkasa's free studying material and access to an exam pack for whichever grade/board/exam they opt for.
Farah Tukan, Head of Government Relations & Public Policy at TikTok – Middle East, Turkey, Africa, Pakistan and South Asia (METAPSA) said, "TikTok is a platform that offers diverse content across multiple categories and education remains a key vertical for us. We are happy to play our part in the nationwide promotion of literacy to make a positive impact on the next generation in Pakistan."
Fahad Tanveer, co-founder, and CEO at Edkasa, said, "We are pleased to see the massive interest and student offtake in the learning material on TikTok. Pakistan needs this kind of innovative and quality content that helps our young demographics compete with the rest of the world."
The scholarships will be awarded in accordance with the criteria and guidelines set jointly by Edkasa and LUMS, in alignment and agreement with the online driver of the campaign, TikTok.
The scholarships are aimed at disadvantaged communities and are open to students across Pakistan. The aim is to reach Pakistan's students that are hindered by a lack of access to quality education.
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Kari L. Beck, age 43, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at her home in Fort Wayne. She was born in Fort Wayne to Steven and Kathie Doctor of Fort Wayne, who survive. Kari loved working with children as a Teacher's Aide with Concordia Lutheran Elementary School, and also worked as a hairdresser. She was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church. Kari is survived by her husband, Sam Beck of Fort Wayne; son, Jordan Beck of Indianapolis, IN; brothers, Andrew (Sarah) Doctor and Ryan (Jennifer) Doctor all of Fort Wayne; grandmother, Frances Beezley of Venice, FL; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her son, Oscar Beck. Service is 10:00 am, Friday, January 27, 2023 at Concordia Lutheran Church - Wolfe Arena, 4245 Lake Ave. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to the Concordia Athletic Booster Club. To sign the online guestbook, go to www.fairhavenfortwayne.com
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Bolton is Just One Face of U.S. Imperial Crisis
The U.S. imperial system is beset by "crises at every level," said Sara Flounders, of the United National Anti-War Coalition (UNAC). The ruling class is consumed with "enormous frustration that U.S. imperialism can't control the whole world, and the only solutions they can put forward are war, war and more war" -- leading them to turn to serial warmongers like John Bolton, President Trump's new national security advisor.
A Setback for Cop-Control in Newark
If a New Jersey court decision diluting the powers of the local Civilian Complaint Review Board is allowed to stand, the Newark-based People's Organization for Progress may be compelled to give up its seat on the body. "In our estimation, if the board doesn't have subpoena power and investigatory power, it's a toothless body," said POP chairman Larry Hamm.
Movement Most in Need of "Political Education"
"We still have too many Black people not being real about our current state of affairs," said Shannon Jones, of Bronxites for NYPD Accountability, following protests in Manhattan against the police killing of Stephon Clark, in Sacramento, California. Political education should be a top priority. "A lot of our bandwidth is spent among ourselves discussing basic, universal principles and facts about the way this country operates," said Jones.
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Good policy takes time to bear fruit
Good policy takes time to bear fruit.
by Don Cayo
Some government people in New Brunswick are trying to claim responsibility for the "good" news in a report published just over a week ago by AIMS, the think-tank I run. And some people in the Nova Scotia government are trying to duck responsibility for "bad" news in the same report.
Both groups miss the point.
The news – and where you stand on whether it's good or bad depends, like so many things, on where you sit – is this: StatsCan data shows that since 1993 New Brunswick has surpassed Nova Scotia in per capita GDP – the total value produced by every man, woman, child and company, divided by the total number of people.
What our report doesn't say – perhaps it should – that Prince Edward Island has also out-performed Nova Scotia. It's GDP per capita surpassed that of it's traditionally richer neighbour, but didn't quite match New Brunswick's, in both 1996 and 1997 – a fact that delights the Island government.
But the obvious point missed by euphoric and/or despondent government spin doctors is that this report isn't about them. It's about their predecessors and the policies of the recent past that led to this unexpected turn-around.
And a more subtle point risks being missed not only in the Maritimes, but also in Newfoundland and anywhere else the economy is performing below par. This second lesson is found less in the analysis of the guy who crunched the numbers, my colleague Fred McMahon.
He concludes, in a nutshell, that policy matters. Nova Scotia is not only traditionally richer than its neighbours, but it has also had more things go its way in recent years. It is less dependent than front-running New Brunswick on forestry, a hard-hit regional industry. Its plants have done a far better job of salvaging and rebuilding the fishery. It has the rich offshore that is starting to pay dividends. And it has even been hit less hard by federal cutbacks.
The entire region is making modest strides to diversify its resource-based economy. P.E.I.'s strong performance may or may not be fully explained by the economic activity generated by the new bridge to the mainland, the subsequent boost to tourism, and manufacturing growth in things as diverse as french fries and aerospace components. But the only place New Brunswick has led the way is with its often-belittled call centres. Logic would say they hardly balance Nova Scotia's advantages.
The only other difference between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, my colleague suggests, is policy. New Brunswick started to smarten up sooner. It reduced – though by no means eliminated – spending on political priorities, favouring instead sensible investments like a twinned TransCanada Highway. And it balanced its books.
Those weren't easy decisions. But the data suggest they were good ones, though it takes a few years for statistics to tell the tale.
Meanwhile Nova Scotia, with a brief change of direction under the unpopular hand of John Savage, continued with business as usual. Former Premier John Buchanan, who preceded Mr. Savage, never seemed to spend a nickel without calculating how many votes it might bring. And he spent millions and millions and millions of nickels that he didn't have, adding greatly to the provincial debt.
This comparison is not to suggest that the McKenna government was perfect. Far from it. It made some bad investments. It could be high-handed and out-of-touch. It had its own perverse habits – not the least of which was "buying" jobs with taxpayers' money, a practice that seems to have been warmly embraced by the Theriault government, and one that sparked and fueled a regional bidding war for companies looking for a place to locate.
But economic policies don't have to be perfect to succeed, at least to the extent of pulling a province ahead of its neighbours. All that's required is that they be a little better than the other guy's.
And that's a key lesson. If hard-pressed New Brunswick could move to the head of the pack in the past few years, why couldn't Newfoundland or P.E.I do the same in the next few? Or, for that matter, why couldn't Nova Scotia become the region's most disciplined spender and regain its "rightful" place?
Fact is, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland both have huge advantages in this little race as their offshore resources start paying real dividends. Indeed, Nova Scotia may well just coast back to the number one spot, especially if New Brunswick continues to backslide on its performance. The Theriault government has already signaled its willingness – or eagerness – to buy jobs and spend on populist, rather than practical, causes. It has cut its surplus to a fragile margin that is unlikely to survive the shock if something in its budget forecast goes awry. It has postponed a promised tax decrease.
But the real "good news" in our report is that economic performance is more than just luck – the brass ring can belong to whoever grasps it, regardless of province or party.
By Don Cayo| 2016-04-05T13:25:00+00:00	April 27th, 1999|Op-ed|Comments Off on Good policy takes time to bear fruit


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…and god bless us, every one?
We live in a time when even saying "Merry Christmas" to a stranger might get you a dirty look. How did this come to pass?
Yes, I'm all in favor of cultural sensitivity. There is a time and a place for "Happy Holidays". But when did "Merry Christmas" become the semantic equivalent of an insult?
Yes, it's true that Christmas in our time has been cheapened, commercialized, and degraded. Yes, it's true that there are those who do not believe Jesus Christ was divine. And yes, it's true that Christians can sometimes be insufferable in their zeal.
Ultimately, it matters not what one believes regarding the Divine. The fact is that all of us, Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Atheist, and all the rest of the human race are stuck together on this little rock we call Earth. Imagine what the world would be like if people really did live their lives the way Jesus of Nazareth extolled us to: love your neighbor, forgive your enemies, judge not lest you be judged.
For those of you who are interested in such things, I am currently debating the existence of God, as well at the merits of well known atheistic gasbag Richard Dawkins, in a series of comments on another blog. The gentleman I'm debating is intelligent and articulate, and this is getting rather interesting.
Yeah, I know, I've got a lot of free time on my hands. But if you're interested in this topic, or you just want to see two reasonably intelligent people debate, click here.


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Jim Beam set to open replica Stillhouse in London
4th September, 2013 by Amy Hopkins
Jim Beam will be opening a replica of its Kentucky Stillhouse in London where tourists can immerse themselves in the traditional Bourbon-making experience.
The replica of the Jim Beam Kentucky Stillhouse will be the first of its kind
On 21 and 22 November, Bourbon fans will have to chance to explore the pop-up Stillhouse – opened by Beam's distributors Maxxium UK – at the Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane.
Upon arrival, visitors will be guided to the Heritage Room, styled to emulate the Kentucky landscape, to listen to seventh generation Beam family distiller Fred Noe tell the story of the brand's rise to prominence.
They can then explore the Distillation and Ageing Room where the process used to make Jim Beam Devil's Cut will be brought to life in a theatrical performance and a series of tastings. This then leads to the Mixology Room will allow revelers to sample Jim Beam Honey and Red Stag cocktails.
The tour concludes with guests signing an authentic American oak barrel which will then be filled and aged at the original Kentucky stillhouse.
Eileen Livingston, Maxxium UK's marketing controller for imported whiskey, said: "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for Bourbon fans, new consumers and bartenders to journey to the very heart of Jim Beam right here in the UK.
"The replica of our Kentucky Stillhouse is a global first and will allow visitors to experience it like never before, explore the breadth of the Jim Beam portfolio and discover what it takes to make the world's favourite Bourbon."
Livingston added that the company hoped the opening would "build loyalty among new and existing drinkers and encourage trial across the portfolio, delivering incremental sales opportunities for customers".
To coincide with the creation of the replica, Maxxium has launched a nationwide bartender competition in the UK called Noe Your Bourbon.
The winner will be awarded an all-expenses-paid trip to Kentucky in 2014 and a spot at a Thanksgiving lunch with Fred Noe at the Stillhouse on 21 November.


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Q: Facebook Graph API posts not appearing for users of page, only admin I created a page on facebook, and am using the graph api to make posts on the timeline.  These post show up just fine for me as the admin, but for users the page is empty.
I verified with the graph api explorer.  As an admin a GET of /NewsCrier/feed is filled with data.
As a non admin user the same request returns
{
  "data": [  ]
}

Here is an example post from the response of my admin user, notice the privacy is set to public:
{
  "id": "383422711781035_404880726301900",
  "from": {
    "category": "Community",
    "name": "News Crier",
    "id": "383422711781035"
  },
  "message": "This appears to be the DC shooter, Aaron Alexis",
  "picture": "https://fbexternal-a.akamaihd.net/safe_image.php?d=AQD4wR0Y9UVbb4Js&w=154&h=154&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.justmugshots.com%2Fimg%2F814064%2Flg%2Faaron-alexis.jpg",
  "link": "http://www.justmugshots.com/texas/fort-worth/814064",
  "name": "Aaron Alexis, Arrested on 2010-09-04",
  "caption": "www.justmugshots.com",
  "description": "Aaron Alexis was arrested in Fort Worth, Texas on 2010-09-04. See the mugshot now.",
  "icon": "https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yD/r/aS8ecmYRys0.gif",
  "actions": [
    {
      "name": "Comment",
      "link": "https://www.facebook.com/383422711781035/posts/404880726301900"
    },
    {
      "name": "Like",
      "link": "https://www.facebook.com/383422711781035/posts/404880726301900"
    }
  ],
  "privacy": {
    "description": "Public",
    "value": "EVERYONE",
    "friends": "",
    "networks": "",
    "allow": "",
    "deny": ""
  },
  "type": "link",
  "status_type": "shared_story",
  "application": {
    "name": "Reddit News Alerts",
    "id": "693375074022011"
  },
  "created_time": "2013-09-16T19:36:07+0000",
  "updated_time": "2013-09-16T19:36:07+0000"
}

A: The problem is that your Facebook app is in sandbox mode, as soon as you take the app from sandbox all the users will se the newly created posts ;)


Rocks Baseball Wraps Up a Great Season!
Congratulations to East Rockaway's boys baseball team on a historic season, matching the school record for 13 league wins and winning the program's first regional championship.
At the highest level of New York State high school sports, the team represented East Rockaway High School and the community with tremendous dignity and pride and were consistently commended on its kind and respectful manner.
The team's season unfortunately came to a close on June 8 in the New York State semi-finals with a 6-1 loss to Section VII's Ticonderoga. Athletic Director David Barth and the administration at East Rockaway Junior-Senior High school congratulate Coach Hickey, the coaching staff and the boys on a great season. Go Rocks!


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KOLKATA: In a bid to make children's commute to and from schools safe, a team at IIT-Kharagpur has designed an electronic tracking system through radio frequency identification (RFID) tags which would soon be flagged off at a school here.
"The student ID cards would be tagged with RFID. On the bus there would be a RFID reader and when the card is 'read', the student is identified in the database. The buses would be enabled with GPS devices which is an inexpensive addition. Once the child boards a bus and the system detects him or her, a text message is sent to the parents registered in the database," Bhargab Maitra, a professor at IIT-Kgp's civil engineering department, told IANS.
Similarly, a message would alert the parents when and where the child deboards.
The RFID system will begin on a pilot basis at the South Point School here in a couple of weeks, Maitra said.
The tracker is also linked to an app which would let parents track their children's movement on a real-time basis "without sacrificing on security and safety".


SPRING LAKE — It took the Spring Lake Village Planning Commission less than an hour to approve the site plan and special use permit required to send Kim Van Kampen's Epicurean Village development plan to the next level.
Nearly 100 residents filled Barber School to see site plans and elevations of the three buildings west of Village Hall in what could be one of the largest downtown redevelopments in Spring Lake history.
Professionals from Grand Rapids-based Progressive AE, who have been working with Van Kampen since March, made Tuesday's presentation on her behalf.
The developer's plans call for 28,000 square feet of restaurant, retail and residential space, with one restaurant, three retail spaces, a bakery, and five or six residences per floor, including a possible roof terrace.
Although the plans received unanimous support from the Planning Commission, the developer team will still have to clear up some issues with local and state officials.
Because the plans call for balconies and awnings that overhang the Michigan Department of Transportation right of way to the north and village property to the east, the developers will need permission to continue with those amenities.
Also, Village Council and Van Kampen will have to come to an agreement on a 3-foot gap between Village Hall and 106 E. Savidge St. Ideally, the developers would come to terms on the half the village owns (1.5 feet) and incorporate it into the project.
Parking appeared to be the biggest concern from a handful of residents who spoke at Tuesday's public hearing, and also from several planning commissioners.
The village-owned parking lot between the buildings and Dollar General/French Academy would be the main parking area for the Epicurean Village customers. However, if more space is needed, the empty lot where the Spring Lake Township Hall once stood could provide overflow parking.
Village leaders and the developers are charged with coming up with a parking plan.
Planning Commission Chairman Dave Kaucheck said he is concerned that if the village provides parking for the project, the next person who opens a business downtown may expect the same. He said he fears setting a precedent.
Commissioner Eric Johnson encouraged the developers to stay in close contact with community members and officials.
Commissioner Chip Bohnhoff said he's also excited to see the Epicurean Village become a reality.
Although no specific tenants have been named for the development, Van Kampen has said in the past that she envisions a high-end kitchen store, a bakery/coffee shop and a landmark restaurant.
She plans to maintain the facade of the building immediately west of the Village Hall. That building will become a two-story restaurant with rooftop dining.
The next two buildings to the west, including the former Phoenix Deli Cafe/Braak's Bakery building, will be replaced with more modern-looking structures that will likely house a cafe and retail store, with condominiums above.
Because of proposed residential uses on the upper floors, the project required the special use permit that planning commissioners approved Tuesday night.
Village Planner Jennifer Howland said the former uses of the buildings required 74 parking spaces, all provided in the public parking area. Van Kampen's plans require 98 spaces.
Village President Mark Powers, who spoke at Tuesday's public hearing in support of the project, said he is pleased with the commission's decision.
Van Kampen, a Florida resident whose family has owned summer homes on Spring Lake for more than six decades, has spent more than $3 million on property acquisition in the village. She has also purchased the former Citgo gas station, Bilz Pool and Spas building, and the Haight Building. Those buildings are expected to be redeveloped or repurposed after the Epicuean Village development is completed, which Van Kampen said she hopes is in 2020.
To view site project drawings and floor plans, visit www.epicureanvillage.com.


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LION'S DEN AIMS TO SERVE FARE FIT FOR KING
By ANDREA COMER; Courant Staff Writer
In the kingdom of Hartford's Jamaican restaurants, The Lion's Den stands apart.
The restaurant, at 403 1/2 Woodland St. in the North End, offers traditional Jamaican fare without the use of any preservatives, artificial products or chemicals. The food is also prepared without any meats, fats or oils.
Garfield Haylett, who co-owns The Lion's Den with Hugh Whittingham, said he opened the restaurant to fill a void in the city.
"We don't eat meat, and we couldn't find a restaurant where we could go out to eat. That was a big motivator," said Haylett, 27, who is Rastafarian. Rastafarians are members of a religious sect that believes that Haile Selassie, former emperor of Ethiopia, was divine and a savior. Their religious beliefs require them to be vegetarians.
Haylett and Whittingham had plans to open the restaurant for about four years, and after securing funding, they obtained the property on Woodland Street. They opened the restaurant in April.
"We were blessed with this location," Haylett said of the small restaurant across the street from the Caribbean American Society of Hartford. "We consider it a blessing from the Almighty."
Patrons can enjoy ackee and saltfish, calaloo, mince patties or curry chunks, a dish that tastes like curry goat but is made with vegetable granules. There are several other vegetable dishes available, seasoned with a wide array of spices and coconut. Non-vegetarian patrons say they don't miss the meat at all.
In addition, The Lion's Den offers a juice bar, where everything from carrots and apples to cucumber and kale are transformed into beverages. Health shakes, such as a "magnum," are also available. The magnum uses wheat germ, honey, oats, peanuts, ginseng, Irish moss and other natural ingredients to create a taste that lives up to its name.
The Lion's Den, so named because "our father, Haile Selassie, is the lion of the tribe of Judah," has gotten steady support since it opened, Haylett said. Many of the restaurant's initial supporters were Rastafarian, he said, but the attraction has spread.
"It's not just Rastafarian-oriented," Haylett said. "It's just a healthier way of eating. We're not big, but we're efficient; I think that's why we get a lot of support."
Last month's Reggae Splash brought people from New York and Massachusetts to the restaurant, and it has drawn a considerable local following.
Chris Gordon, 28, of Hartford, eats at The Lion's Den "almost every day." Gordon used to eat meat, but is now a vegetarian. He said the restaurant has helped him stick to his new dietary lifestyle.
"The food is good, and it's natural," Gordon said. "I'm glad they opened this place."
Haylett said he would like to expand and set up an area for selling books on healthy eating and organic vitamins. He wants to open a cultural arts center, as well, where young people would have a place to socialize while learning about their culture.
"We're going to let the restaurant grow some more," Haylett said. "But, basically, I think The Lion's Den is going places. Hartford is up for a change."


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Games of Thrones Season 8 Teaser Introduces Daenerys to Winterfell
During the Golden Globes on Sunday night, HBO dropped a teaser trailer for all the content it's preparing for 2019. We got some nice glimpses at shows like Watchmen and Big Little Lies, but the teaser that stole the show was for Game of Thrones.
As you know, the upcoming season of Game of Thrones is going to be the final season for the epic series and as such, we are expecting a grandiose finale. It will debut in April, four short months away, yet HBO has been super secretive about the upcoming season, only releasing a vague trailer, which is why the new footage is definitely hyping people up.
It's not much to go on, but it is something. We see some footage of a dragon roaming the sky. But the scene that was most interesting was the one that shows Jon Snow introducing Daenerys Targaryen to Winterfell. Once there, Sansa Stark greets her majesty with the reverential line, "Winterfell is yours, your Grace."
In the scene, we also get brief glimpses of Brienne of Tarth and Norah Mormont.
If you weren't already excited about the final season of Game of Thrones, this new teaser will certainly do the trick. HBO still has yet to reveal an exact debut date for the final season other than to say it'll premiere some time in April, which can't come soon enough.


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Brewers and Cardinals split second doubleheader
Ryan Braun got a milestone home run, too.
By Kyle Lesniewski@Kyle_Lesniewski Sep 17, 2020, 8:52am CDT
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It was another doubleheader for the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday at Miller Park, and game one featured Brandon Woodruff against Adam Wainwright. The Brewers jumped out to a quick lead in the first inning when Christian Yelich singled with one out, then came home on Keston Hiura's two-run bomb. His 13th homer of the year made it 2-0 in favor of Milwaukee.
The St. Louis offense just kept chipping in this one, however. Tyler O'Neill hit a solo homer in the top of the second to cut the lead in half. In the fourth, Paul Goldschmidt led off with a single, then a double from Brad Miller moved the runners up to second and third. Once again O'Neill delivered, this time with a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 2-2.
The Cardinals pushed ahead in the fifth. Harrison Bader reached on an error by Jace Peterson, then scored on a one-out double by Tommy Edman. St. Louis added one more insurance run in the sixth on a solo blast by Miller, making it 4-2.
Milwaukee's offense could not muster any rallies against Wainwright, managing only two hits and a walk after the first inning. Both pitchers went the distance in this one — with Woodruff throwing Milwaukee's first complete game since 2017 — but the Cardinals came out on top by a score of 4-2.
The Cardinals sent rookie Johan Oviedo to the mound for game two, while the Brewers countered with a bullpen game led by Brent Suter. Once again, Milwaukee jumped out ahead in the first frame. Avisail Garcia was hit by a pitch leading off, then Christian Yelich walked. That brought Ryan Braun to the plate, and he socked a three-run dinger to left-center. It was a milestone homer for Braun — #350 of his storied MLB career.
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The Brewers weren't done in the first inning, as Hiura walked after Braun's blast, moved up to second on a passed ball, then to third on a grounder by Dan Vogelbach. That allowed Jedd Gyorko to loft a sacrifice fly to left, and when Hiura crossed the plate it made it a 4-0.
Milwaukee pitching dominated in this game. Suter went three scoreless frames while allowing only two hits and two walks, then was relieved by Freddy Peralta. He worked a pair of perfect innings, punching out three. Devin Williams threw a scoreless inning with two strikeouts, lowering his ERA to 0.43, and Eric Yardley tossed the final frame going 1-2-3.
Milwaukee added two final runs in the sixth inning, when Orlando Arcia singled to lead off then came around to score on Jacob Nottingham's third home run of the year. Nottingham, pressed into greater action when Manny Pina got hurt, now has a .756 OPS on the year.
Milwaukee's game two victory split the doubleheader and placed their record at 23-26 heading into the Thursday off-day. The Brewers are one game back of both the Cardinals and Reds for second place in the NL Central — remember, the top two teams from each division will make the expanded postseason this year. The Brewers will resume play on Friday, beginning a three-game series at Miller Park against the Kansas City Royals.
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Why Netflix series Leila's vision of a dystopic future is unconvincing
The timely themes of the adaptation of Prayaag Akbar's novel are backed up neither by visual effects nor the production design.
Nandini Ramnath
Ashwath Bhatt in the web series Leila (2019). | Netflix
Note: Spoilers ahead for the Netflix series 'Leila'.
Seeing isn't always believing in Leila. The new Netflix Indian original series is set in 2047 but feels a lot like 2019 – and not in the best possible way.
Leila is an adaptation of Prayaag Akbar's 2017 novel of the same name. The six-episode first season explores the worst-case scenario that is typical of dystopic fiction: the "what-if" that has become reality.
Vast parts of India have been taken over by a Hindutva group obsessed with purity and reinforcing social divisions. In this new land rechristened Aryavarta, children born of inter-caste and inter-religious unions are snatched away from their parents. Meat-eating is forbidden. Women who are deemed to have violated the purity principle are subjected to a process of brainwashing. The privileged have willingly ghettoised themselves. The poor are relegated to slums.
In the series, which has been directed by Deepa Mehta, Shanker Raman and Pawan Kumar and written by Urmi Juvekar, Suhani Kanwar and Patrick Graham, images of the head of this totalitarian state, a man known only as Joshi, are everywhere, reminding his subjects of his omniscience. The story focuses on a mother named Shalini as she hunts desperately for Leila, the daughter she had with her Muslim husband.
Leila (2019).
Post-apocalyptic fiction often presents extreme visions of tomorrow in the hope that they will serve as warnings about the lessons ignored today. Despite this, these prophecies are often self-fulfilling.
That wall coming up on the border? The acceptance of face-recognition technology? The belief that genetic solutions will be found for crippling ailments? The demonisation of minority and marginalised communities? The scenarios presented by Leila are not as fanciful as they might appear.
Siddharth in Leila (2019). Courtesy Netflix.
Presenting an imaginary map of the rocky road is one sure-shot method of shaking jaded moviegoers out of their junk food-induced stupor.
Films as varied in tone and treatment as Metropolis (1927), the various adaptations of George Orwell's classic novel 1984, A Clockwork Orange (1971), Blade Runner (1982), the Mad Max series, the Planet of the Apes franchise, the Matrix trilogy, Gattaca (1997) and Minority Report (2002) are set in nation-states that look very different from the ones we live in. In these alternative realities, the technology is vastly superior, social behaviour and moral codes have changed, and even the clothes and food consumption habits have been altered.
Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927).
In such films, the production design is not merely window dressing. The absence of the familiar creates disorientation and alienation. The technological advances amplify the rise of the surveillance state – the highly advanced crime detection techniques in Minority Report, for instance, or the simulated reality in The Matrix. The replacement of things that are considered normal and necessary – food, sex, books, music – with all-powerful gadgets increases the feeling of dehumanisation and suggests that the future will be as soul-destroying as it is slick.
Steven Spielberg's Minority Report (2002).
Leila, however, is firmly stuck in the present. Like the 2018 Netflix series Ghoul, Leila appears to lack the production budget necessary to make Aryavarta a convincing reality. The series relies heavily on suggestion and takes short-cuts to create a world that does not look very different from the average Indian metropolis. The purportedly future horrors depicted in Leila have been around for a while now. These include increased surveillance and the use of biometrics, and gated communities where service staff are kitted out in uniforms, frisked, and forced to use separate entrances and elevators.
Leila (2019). Courtesy Netflix.
The series is hard-pressed to imagine something worse than vegetarian-only housing societies (Mumbai and Chennai have them), slums that are indistinguishable from garbage dumps (nearly every Indian city has them), and the exploitation of poor female bodies to expand the families of the rich (surrogacy, anyone?). Leila seems to suggest that these inequities have deepened in this future, better-ordered world – but that is a lazy argument which claims that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Leila deploys only a few shooting sets and bare-bone visual effects to convey Aryavarta's totalitarian world. High walls on the horizon represent the barriers that separate the fortunate few from the unfortunate many. The locations are emptied of people (India's population problem appears to have been fixed), and armed guards are everywhere (though never when Shalini gets up to her tricks).
A shopping mall in one of the episodes has barely any consumers (Aryavarta seems to have destroyed the retail economy along with much else). At a shopping centre where Shalini meets her brother-in-law, the shopfront for a cousin of the shirting brand Peter England is visible (it's called Parker England), as is a mobile and laptop repair shop.
The gadgetry of 2047 doesn't seem to have advanced very much. Aryavarta won't impress those who hope that India will be a technological superpower 20 years from now. CCTVs should have been everywhere, but they are not, making Shalini's quest that much easier.
The housing zones, replete with high-rises and mansions, suggest that the architectural imagination hasn't kept pace with Aryavarta's ambitions either. The capital of Aryavarta has the low-rise brick houses and crammed shopfronts that dot Delhi's suburbs and exurbs. It's almost comforting to learn that in 2047, tea is still brewed in the classic way.
Perhaps the classification of Leila, despite its claims, as post-apocalyptic fiction is a mistake. The series works best not when it is pointing to the possible future, but when it is commenting on the new India that so many of us are trying to grapple with. Both Prayaag Akbar's book and its screen adaptation serve up a timely cautionary tale on the rise of creeping totalitarian thought, but the series needed to have worked harder to translate the writer's spare language into plausible visuals.
Dystopian fiction on the screen has fared poorly in India, partly because filmmakers are not often able to build whole new worlds from scratch. The bigger reason is that the Indian present has always been frightening enough. Filmmakers down the years have only needed to look over their shoulders or around them. The death of love and dreams in Gharonda (1977), the moral vacuum of rival business clans in Kalyug (1981), the corruption of an honest police officer in Ardh Satya (1983), the self-imposed isolation of a forest guard unable to deal with the outside world in Paltadacho Munis (2009), and the honour killing of inter-caste lovers in Sairat (2016) do not need the crutch of speculative fiction or fancy visual tricks to be effective.
In Leila, the most horrifying vision of the future isn't to be found in the production design. More chilling than the purification rituals and the chips embedded in people's wrists is the destruction of India's most famous monument by the beaming architects of Aryavarta. The scene refers to a traumatic event from the 1990s, and suggests that it can and will happen again, in another form. In this moment, the writing and the visual effects powerfully come together to prove that in a dystopia, seeing is believing.
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Yemi Bolatiwa On a High Note
We talk to the Manchester singer about a love of soul, melodies, and music as a means to attract people's attention to the big issues.
by Anna Tuck
Yemi Bolatiwa is a talented vocalist and songwriter who is a leading light of the Manchester music scene.
Working with orchestras, bands and DJs in a range of different genres, she is a versatile performer, as her recent single, 'Water', showed.
With a string of gigs across Manchester this summer, and recent airplay on national radio, the singer's future is looking bright. We found out more about what's in store.
How did you get into singing?
I've sang since I can remember, started writing full songs at the age of 6 or 7. Melody has always occupied my brain. I sang when I was a teen in school choirs and talent shows but I stopped that around 14. Then I got asked by a producer friend to do some vocals for him; just messing about like. I met a collective of DJs at Outlook Festival the following year, who asked me if I can sing. Long story short, I said yes, we met up in London and they gave me my first gig at Plan B in Brixton. I've been gigging ever since with a myriad of collectives, bands, DJs and artists. It's been nearly 10 years in the making now.
Melody has always occupied my brain.
Why do you love to sing?
To this day, I find it astounding that singers can control the sound of vocal chords by just thinking about it. It's like where are the buttons or the strings, you know? Most people with vocal chords have the ability to sing, but it's this strange innate ability to use it in music which is just astounding. It's so powerful and visceral and I can't explain it.
You're so versatile in the range of genres you sing on – drum and bass, house, soul, funk, reggae... Do you have a favourite singing style?
Yeah, it's a problem. I can't stick to one genre. But, ultimately, sweet soul music, 60s, 90s, and 00s style soul. It's hard to say soul without saying RnB – am I allowed to say RnB Soul?
What are you working on at the moment?
I'm doing a lot of icon shows with the wonderful Untold Orchestra on shows paying homage to Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone. It's such an honour to be part of these shows.
I'm also paying homage to the queen of 80s UK Soul Sade at Blues Kitchen on the 1 June which I cannot wait for.
I'm also working on several music releases doing top line vocals for various producers. I do a lot of house, drum and bass, and electronic / garage sounds. I'm big on bass music culture.
Yemi Bolatiwa singing live
What have been the highlights of your career so far?
Being played and hearing my name on BBC Radio 1 in January this year - a big milestone moment - for 'Work', a track I did with DJ Piem. It was a lockdown project, so a big moment for me and made light at the end of a weird tunnel for musicians.
The first time I sang Nina Simone with The Untold Orchestra was special too. I will always remember that night at Niamos.
What inspires you as a songwriter?
I'm more a lyricist than a poet. I like to add depth and expression by using my voice to tell the emotions in the song. I am inspired by melody so I write melodies and then fit them to words.
How have you coped with the loss of the live scene in lockdown?
I just had to block that part out, to be honest. I replaced live music with recording vocals for producers and collaborating in different realms. I'm fairly good at suppressing things, but we all have our limits. I am soooo ready to gig!
You've sung 'Strange Fruit' with The Untold Orchestra and done live streams for BLM and Love Music Hate Racism. What role can music play in eradicating racism?
Music and singing tells the stories of racism that are hard to speak about. You can reach people through music. Can music eradicate racism? No way. The music industry harbours its own racist traits. People have to eradicate racism. But music is a useful tool to get people's attention.
You've recently released your new single, 'Water'. What was the inspiration behind this?
I wrote the song years ago to an electronic beat my friend Sam Abrahams created. I like to think it marks a time in my life where I was feeling self-confident, growing up stronger and more secure.
What advice would you give to people who want to develop their singing?
Practise, sing your favourite songs. Gig, take gigs. You have to sing wrong notes and push boundaries. Be willing to try new things until you know what you can do. I'd argue 70% of singing and using your voice is confidence and grounding. I still learn things about my vocal abilities and restraints all the time. Never stop learning.
Who are you listening to at the moment?
A lot of Ella Fitzgerald and Sade, but I mean looking at my recently saved on Spotify... Little Simz, Jazmine Sullivan, The KTNA and Brenda Fassie.
With the return of the live scene, where will people be able to catch you?
The Blues Kitchen on 1 June for A Night of Sade.
11 June at Manchester Jazz Festival performing my own new tunes, old tunes and favourite jazz and neo-soul music!
Loads of other shows ranging from covers to my music, but just follow me on Instagram.
What are you looking forward to the most about performing live again?
Having fun on stage with my musician pals!
What are your future music dreams?
Keep doing soul my way, in a UK style, and keep growing vocally. I will keep gracing stages until people are bored of seeing my face! The next stage is an album, released on vinyl in 2022. Fingers crossed...
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"Boom Bang a Bang": Mae West, Eurovision, and the Re-education of Charlie McCarthy
Well, it's one of those drab and dispiriting whatever-happened-to-summer kind of days on which even morale-boosting Carmen Miranda might have thrown in the technicolored towel. Yesterday, the house was shrouded in mist; and now, as if to mock the recently announced drought warning and water restrictions, the slow-moving clouds across the Welsh hills have assumed a washed-out shade of gray that looks about as cheerful as the fur of a middle-aged rat trying to waddle off with your last piece of cheese. Not that there was any more merriment to be had last night when I lowered the blind to screen the less-than-classic Mae West vehicle The Heat's On (1943).
Watching West's caricature of back-alley "come hither" cut the rug with dithering Victor Moore, whose hairpiece had just fallen off while hers remained as conspicuous as a comb-over, had all the gayety of a fancy dress party at a retirement home in a northern suburb of Minsk.
To be sure, West was already past her prime in the mid-1930s, an obsolescence determined not so much by biology than by the enforcement of the Hollywood Production Code, the same code that made similarly cartoonish Betty Boop lower her skirts. Such strictures notwithstanding, West continued to keep censors busy by causing the greatest sex scandal on US radio, when, in 1937, she impersonated the original lady Eve in a Garden of Eden sketch presented on the Chase and Sanborn Hour (as previously mentioned here). West's delivery was so suggestive that she was subsequently deemed too hot for radio.
Now, the star of the Chase and Sanborn Hour, ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy, got away with considerably more verbal tease and naughtiness than anyone else on the air. Saved by his image—the picture of a wooden chap on Bergen's knee, that is—Charlie didn't have to worry much about his reputation. Without such widely circulated likenesses, Charlie would undoubtedly have come across as a rather more adult toy—a stunted youth Peter-Pandering to the randy fantasies of the frustrated heterosexual middle-aged male.
While The Heat's On made a farce out of censorship in the theaters, Charlie was amusing himself with many a leading lady of the silver screen—and a few misleading ones. On this day, 16 May, in 1943, for instance, Charlie's heart went a-racing at the sight of Claudette Colbert, who invited the lucky log to spend his summer on her island farm. (At this point, I usually refer readers to my collection of Colbert memorabilia; but one of the finest sets of Claudette images are now on display at the glamour sanctuary known as Trouble in Paradise, a treat not to be missed.)
Charlie was soon disillusioned, however, when it became clear that Ms. Colbert had something other than romance in mind. He was to get busy on the farm, rather than enjoying the fruits without labor. There was a war on, and the Pinocchio among Romeos had to learn to be a little less selfish and irresponsible. As a piece of carved wood, he was certainly expendable—unless his antics could both delight and teach. After all, even old Victor Moore was seen promoting Victory Gardens in The Heat's On, while Hazel Scott—the only performer to get The Heat up to temperature—tickled the ivories in an attempt to appease disenfranchised African-Americans, racial harmony being essential to the war effort.
On the same evening Charlie learned that flirting with Colbert was futile, Jack Benny's valet Rochester took center stage singing a number from Cabin in the Sky on his boss's program; meanwhile, Benny's rival Fred Allen tried to sell a pan-American ditty to singing sensation Frank Sinatra. Like pleasure-seeking Charlie McCarthy, America's musical entertainers had all become recruits in the fight against the Axis.
A decidedly more frivolous war will be waged all over Europe this weekend, when the Eurovision Song Contest, responsible for tunes like "Volare," "Waterloo" and the abovementioned "Boom Bang a Bang" (also the title of a Eurovision documentary to air on UK television tonight) gets underway for the fifty-first time. Assault weapons include rap from the UK, Country from Germany, and Death Metal from Finland. It's the showdown of the year on European television; and the US, slow to catch on for once, is planning to copy the concept. And why not? As Shakespeare might have put it (had he not said otherwise): "If music be the [fuel of war], play on; / Give [us] excess of it, that, surfeiting, / The appetite may sicken, and so die."
CategoriesRadio, Television TagsActors and Performers, Claudette Colbert, Comedy, Music, Radio, Television
5 Replies to ""Boom Bang a Bang": Mae West, Eurovision, and the Re-education of Charlie McCarthy"
Zorka says:
17th May 2006 at 1:28 pm
\"looks about as cheerful as the fur of a middle-aged rat trying to waddle off with your last piece of cheese.\"Great image!By the way, as an American, I find that when I refer to \"African-Americans\" as they appeared in films of the period such as The Heat\'s On, I prefer to refer to them by the identification they preferred at the time – Negro. \"African-American\" is a term that came into vogue in the sixties and I feel I am applying latter 20th century tags to pre-WWII situations if I use them.
Yes, this is problematic, especially since not all readers have the maturity to accept the label, however troubling or offensive, as being of its time. Nor am I sure which term is best when referring to a construct of a people who had little influence on their depiction (or supposed representation) by the mass media; but then, I am frequently using language that would not have been spoken or understood by those discussed.
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Filmmaker Patrick Horne re-created the Chase & Sanborn \"Garden of Eden\" episode with Mae West as EVE – – Horne made a 20-minute film out of the 1937 radio program. Come up and see MAE: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com – – http://CourtingMaeWest.blogspot.com – – come on, big boy!
I\'ve watched the Eurovision a few times, mostly for laughs, just to see how bad the songs were. It\'s promising that this year, two songs which break with the silly pop-tradition did so well, namely Lordi winning, and Lithuania, with their hilarious \"We are the Winners\" at 6th place. I think Germany\'s entry was a good song, but it violates the spirit of the Eurovision, in that (at least for my feeling) each country should present at least a breath of its own culture. Next year will be the year to watch, with less old-garde songs, and maybe entries which are varied and interesting.
Regarding the German entry: The Danes won with just such a song a few years back. Don\'t discount the anti-German politics when it comes to voting. I thought the German contribution, while generic, was quite respectable, for once.Regarding \"Mae West NYC\": \"big boy\" did come over to visit your site and would have liked to leave a comment.
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After loss, Chargers turn their attention to the AFC West
SAN DIEGO (AP) Philip Rivers threw for 503 yards and the San Diego Chargers still couldn't pull off an upset of the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.
Now the Chargers (2-4) turn their attention to the AFC West starting with Sunday's home game against the Oakland Raiders, who are at once a longtime rival and a possible partner in a proposed stadium in an industrial suburb of Los Angeles.
''The quickest way to the playoffs is winning your division,'' safety Eric Weddle said Monday. ''It starts now. Hopefully we can get on the right step.''
One big problem, though, is that four-time defending division champion Denver has jumped to a 6-0 start, including 2-0 in the AFC West.
San Diego finished 2-4 in the division last year, winning only the two games against last-place Oakland.
Sunday's game could be the last time the Raiders visit San Diego.
While fans of the teams still hate each other, Chargers chairman Dean Spanos and Raiders owner Mark Davis have proposed to jointly build a stadium in Carson if they can't get new stadiums in their home markets. The Chargers and Raiders were spooked by St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke announcing intentions to build a stadium in Inglewood.
Chargers officials walked away from negotiations with San Diego officials in mid-June.
Oakland is 2-3.
The Chargers will have to shake off a gut-wrenching 27-20 loss to the Packers that was sealed when rookie cornerback Damarious Randall poked away Rivers' pass to Danny Woodhead near the front right pylon in the final seconds.
Rivers set franchise marks with career highs of 43 completions, 65 attempts and 503 yards passing. He threw for two touchdowns. His 43 completions were the most in NFL history in a loss.
''It's unfortunate he had such an amazing day and we didn't come up with the win,'' said Weddle, who injured his groin late in the game. ''We've all got to play a little better for him, to help him, make things easier on him. He, like everyone else, has to get better, myself, everyone, we all need to get a little bit better.
''We'll start winning these games and get on a run here.''
Chargers rookie running back Melvin Gordon had a miserable homecoming to his native state. He fumbled twice, losing one, and was benched.
Gordon has fumbled four times this season, losing three.
''We've got to eliminate it,'' coach Mike McCoy said. ''We told him today, we told him yesterday during the game, what he's got to do. He can't put the ball on the ground.''
Will Gordon start Sunday?
''We'll do what's best for the football team moving forward,'' McCoy said.
Gordon has yet to score his first NFL touchdown.
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Utah Jazz guard Ricky Rubio was critical of the NBA teams' front offices and the way they make decisions during the trade period and prior to the trade deadline.
"The teams upstairs sometimes don't feel like chemistry matters. And it matters more than anything," Rubio said, per Eric Walden of the Salt Lake Tribune.
"It wasn't fun and all. Do I like it? No. I hate it. It is what it is. You move on and keep playing," the Spanish guard added regarding the drama of the trade deadline.


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Home / Automobile / Analysis: is the UK Ready for an Electrified Vehicle Future?
By 2040, the government's proposed 'Road To Zero' emissions plan will require each new car sold in the UK to have an electric driving range of at least 50 miles. Cars on sale will be a mix of pure-electric vehicles, and fossil fuel (or other fuel) hybrids, augmented by a plug- in battery and electric drive motor, as Britain's motoring moves towards having no tailpipe emissions. The plan hasn't met wholesale approval. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said it could not support plans that "do not appreciate how industry, the consumer or the market operate and which are based neither on fact nor substance".
The motor industry's issue is that single-market legislation makes cars more complex and expensive. If, say, the rest of the EU has a similar idea but asks the electric range to be only 30 miles, or 62 miles (100km), or to happen at a slightly later date, and if US or Chinese rules differ again, it adds layers of complexity and bureaucracy to the task of engineering the world's most complicated consumer product. Car makers will cope, but it might affect the number and type of cars on sale in the UK.
If the UK government made plans alongside other countries and, yes, while consulting industry associations to establish a clear regional standard, even if a global one is unrealistic, it would mean cars can be both more efficient and cheaper. But the UK is a big car market, so if car makers want to sell cars here – and they will – they'll get there.
Britain has a growing and ageing population that is travelling more, not less, and using cars and trains to do it. Car journeys are by far the dominant way we travel. Currently, they stand at a record 253.7 billion vehicle miles per year, 12.3% more than 20 years ago.
As the population grows and ages, and if buses continue to become less available, particularly in rural areas, and autonomous technology helps keep the elderly driving longer, there are reasons to think that car journeys will only increase, not decrease. For the purposes of this analysis, though, we'll assume they'll stay the same.
If 'Road To Zero' is anything, it's clear in its implication: the intention is that most of these vehicle miles will be travelled using electric power. There'll be two ways of giving a car a 50-mile electric range: by on-board charging (using a drive engine, range- extending generator, or fuel cell); or by plugging in your vehicle to a power supply. No hybrid car today with an electric-only range of less than a few miles can be plugged in, but if you're fitting a battery big enough to do 50 miles, you might as well put a socket on it.
So the short of it is that every single car sold after 2040 will have a socket – or external charging of some kind – with the hope that you'll use it most of the time. If it's an EV, you'll have to use it all the time. Today, there are about 16,500 publicly available vehicle charge points, accounting for around only 20% of all vehicle charging, because 70% of electric vehicle charges happen at home and 10% on business premises.
Assuming there are around 130,000 chargers today, then, that's an increase of 23,846% for Britain to become fully electrically viable.
A charger built today, though, would likely not have a service life of 30 years, nor will commercial companies start building redundant chargers: it's estimated that 200,000 EVs and PHEVs will be on the road this year, but that's only a fraction of the vehicle parc. So there'll surely need to be an exponential build-up to an immense installation programme in the 2030's, with hundreds of thousands of chargers being installed every week before the electric switchover, and new substations and high-current supplies to parking areas. Can it be done? There are private companies whose fortunes will be made on it.
Either way, that's why establishing a big enough charge network is critical, because the alternative for half of the population is that they'd be faced with either waiting to charge, or making essential journeys on fossil fuel power. It's a set-up that penalises the least wealthy drivers. Not only could car choice be reduced and costs increased, but those who can't charge at home could also have to pay fuel duty plus a per-mile road charge if they can't find public charging. While the goal of zero tailpipe emissions remains admirable, then, the path towards it is arguably the rockiest in vehicle history.


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(d) The effective date of the new coverage.
(e) The beneficiary of the new coverage.
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Ultra Throw team members, Gabriella Moro and Andrew Arthur attended a workshop in Kamloops in 2016 led by Dylan Armstrong.
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In this episode Dr. Coughlin discusses good profits and true growth, why do we do it and how should it be done.
Welcome. My name is Dr. Kevin Coughlin, creator and owner of Ascent Dental Solutions, with a focus on developing your team, product and service, education, knowledge, training and the creation of the appropriate processes and procedures to make your product, service or organization better.
The following podcast talks about good profits and true growth, why do we do it and how should it be done.
The first step is understanding the culture of your organization or business. That culture may be focused only on money, working faster, working harder, seeing more clients, more patients, more customers. Your company many deal with problems rather than avoiding them. Individuals or team members may do a job but don't understand their job.
You should next, understand the strength of your company and hopefully the single largest strength should be the great people that make up your organization. And if you don't have great people, it is your responsibility as leaders and management to improve your team members' strengths and decrease their weaknesses.
The next is focusing on your infrastructure, the location. Make sure you have committed leaders who really understand leadership and they understand the difference between leaders and managers. You need a team that is hardworking, dedicated and motivated. I suggest that a varied ethnic group and leaders in the field that you're promoting and in the services you're recommending be part of your team.
Next, understand weaknesses; the weaknesses in your products, your service or your organization. Almost all weaknesses can be overcome by extensive and correct training and complete and total understanding of the correct processes and procedures to deliver a final valuable product, service and getting the message out clearly and consistently. Over and over I have seen organizations that their single weakest link is poor or limited communication. I wished organizations could work on autopilot, but in the real world, excellent and consistent communication is necessary. Failure to provide it will be a guaranteed failure in your organization, products or service. You have to understand how to achieve these goals and you must be motivated to want to achieve these goals.
Start by looking at all your processes and procedures and in almost all cases it should start with the first point of contact with your customer or patient base. Review, assess the strengths, the weaknesses. Review, review again, train and improve until the process and procedures are perfect.
What's most important for your business to succeed are the relationships amongst team members, leaders and managers. This relationship also must extend to your customer base or patients. How do you cultivate this? It usually occurs with time, but in most cases it will occur with excellent processes, excellent procedures and outstanding communication.
What are bad profits? These are profits that are earned at the expense of a customer relationship. Whenever a customer or a patient feels misled, mistreated, ignored or coerced, then the profits from that customer or patient are considered bad profits. They arise when a company tries to save money by delivering a lousy customer experience. The company extracts value from customers instead of adding value to their customer or patient base.
Companies that focus on bad profits will have growth suffer, reputations will become hurt, customers and patients become alienated and employees become demoralized. You become vulnerable to your competition and over and over I have seen competition will win out. Your business, many times, when it focuses on short profits or bad profits will not succeed in the long term. They may get initial success in the short term but ultimately failure in the long run. In order to avoid bad profits, leaders, managers, team members, all have to focus on aspects of the organization that create an excellent customer or patient experience. This comes once again with outstanding communication and outstanding leadership.
In the end, what you really want to do is treat your customers the way you'd want to be treated and that's the same for products or services. What can we do? Start by changing the message and sometimes it's necessary to change the messenger. If the culture is bad, action steps must be taken. Know and understand not only your job but the jobs of the team members around you. Be not just good but attempt to be the best and a relentless effort to excel at whatever product, service or organization you're in. It's critical not only to know your strengths but understand your weaknesses and get help with those weaknesses.
What are good profits? Good profits are earned when customers or patients become enthusiastic and cooperate. They occur when their customers or patients want to continually come back for additional services and products. They can't help but want to tell friends and family and acquaintances about their excellent experience. They become what we refer to in business as promoters. Promoters are individuals that market your business, product and services. They are loyal individuals who you see over and over again. They believe, like and trust in you, in your organization and they provide the most cost-effective growth for your company. They are loyal.
Bad profits create what we refer to in business as detractors. Detractors hurt you, your company, your services and your products. They drive up cost by reporting numerous problems and wasting company time. They bad-mouth your company and your company's reputation. They strangle growth, they demoralize an organization and the people in it. How can you avoid detractors? Service, better service and even better service and communicating clearly. This comes with written processes and procedures that if proven over time to be successful and that all team members, managers and leaders understand what these processes and procedures are and what the ultimate goal is, is to provide a high final valued product. Once this is achieved, you will not only have a promoter but you will have an extremely successful business.
There's a third group of customers or patients and they are called passive groups. The three groups; promoters, detractors and passive individuals. The focus of the passive individual is someone who is not really a detractor but not really a promoter. They can be satisfied but they are unenthusiastic. They can be easily wooed to one or your other competitors and can easily be moved into a detractor or promoter category if not handled carefully. Most businesses should understand what their Net Promoter Score is or NPS. This is simply promoters minus detractors will equal Net Promoter Score. The goal of all organizations is to attempt to have 100 percent promoters which is unrealistic or worse 100 percent detractors, which is almost impossible because you will no longer be in business. Most companies fall somewhere between 40 and 80 percent. The closer you can get to 100 percent, the better your processes and procedures are, the better your organization is and the better your long term success will be.
The ultimate question is how do you create the appropriate processes and procedures? You must review not only your organizations, but your leaders, your managers and your team members' strength and weaknesses and understand your company's strengths and opportunities. The goal is to create a high Net Promoter Score. This will create for your business high retention rates, high margins, high annual spending, cost efficiencies, excellent marketing through word of mouth and an increase in market share.
Start by measuring what matters. Understand what makes your customer or patient satisfied and happy. This comes with quality assurance and quality assessment on every point of service. Start by reviewing and improving your existing processes and procedures and not only focus on your customers and patients, but focus on your team members and leaders and managers. All areas of an organization need constant improvement and that will come with constant communication, improved communication.
If you've enjoyed this podcast and you are interested in more information, please go to my website www.ascent-dental-solutions.com or email me at info@ascent-dental-solutions.com. Thanks, I hope you enjoyed the podcast and I look forward to speak with you in the future. My name is Dr. Kevin Coughlin.