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UPDATED: Marvel overships titles to retailers by 10% in January
Marvel's weekly mailer to retailers went out today and buried in it was a little item that read as follows:
10% EXTRA FOR FREE ON MARVEL UNIVERSE JANUARY SHIPPING TITLES!
As a thank you to Retailers, Marvel will be sending an additional 10% of FREE copies for all of January shipping Marvel Universe titles! For all orders made by FOC, Marvel will be sending 10% extra at no cost to Retailers!
Which sounds…nice? But also could have ramifications on many, many things, from our sales charts to Diamond's publisher rankings.
It's no secret that Marvel and DC have been locked in a battle for the #1 publisher for a while – with Marvel usually winning but DC taking the crown for six months. Since Diamond's charts are based on what hey ship to retailers, this extra 10% might be included in unit and dollar market shares…giving Marvel a little boost. Even if a store ordered only one copy of something, they are getting an extra copy, doubling shipping in some cases.
UPDATE: I have been told by a Marvel spokesman that this 10% will NOT be counted in Diamond's number. That is consistent with how Marvel handles overships on other product launches.
Marvel NOW!'s performance with readers remains one of the biggest problems facing retailers, as enthusiasm has been patchy and nothing has really caught fire. Even if this overship is not counted in the monthly charts, having extra copies on sale to sell to readers is a proven sales booster in many cases.
Any retailers out there want to chime in?
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Jamie Coville 01/05/2017 5:25 pm At 5:25 pm
The extra books are great – if people buy them. If not, then retailers just paid for extra shipping (if Marvel didn't give retailers a credit for this) and now have extra "dead" stock to handle.
Carl 01/05/2017 5:59 pm At 5:59 pm
I have no idea if I'm representative of many potential Marvel consumers, but if Marvel used the money they're spending on over-shipping to either cut the cost of their pricy mags or improve the color reproduction (or preferably both), they'd stand a far better chance of enticing me to sample some of these new titles.
As it stands, Marvel sells just about the priciest-per-page front-of-catalog comics (occasionally eclipsed by IDW) with easily the lowest print standards. I guess they figure their brand is strong enough to support that strategy, and it may well be–for 60 to 80,000 loyal customers.
John Jackson Miller 01/05/2017 6:12 pm At 6:12 pm
Overshipped copies have been included in the Diamond charts without the reduction and asterisk you see in returnable cases, which is how you can get a book like MOSAIC #2 in November where the dollar rank was far lower than its unit sales rank, as seen here (http://www.diamondcomics.com/Home/1/1/3/597?articleID=187743) and below:
92 85 26.93 SEP161045 MOON KNIGHT #8 $3.99 MAR
93 148 26.28 SEP161030-M MOSAIC #2 $3.99 MAR
94 86 26.19 SEP161064 ALL NEW X-MEN #15 $3.99 MAR
Normally, you'd see the unit and dollar rankings for identically priced items from the same publisher clustered together, as is the case with Moon Knight and All New X-Men (barring a Loot Crate or other sale where Diamond received a small share of cover price). But Mosaic is far out of place, suggesting a large number of copies shipped for less than the going rate. MOSAIC #3's numbers last month were matched with #1, for example: (https://twitter.com/RyanHigginsRyan/status/803980448590237696)
For years, we've noted that deep-discounted graphic novels have the same kind of unit rank/dollar rank split; it apparently has happened before now with overshipped comics, too. If Diamond is changing its reporting practice for January, that's worth knowing; I have a query in.
Brian Hibbs 01/05/2017 6:44 pm At 6:44 pm
I'm always happy to get something for nothing, and it is worth thanking Marvel for this (So: THANKS MARVEL), but my general experience is that retailers aren't selling through the comics that they're currently ordering, so I truly wonder how this will work as a marketing exercise?
It *could* also work again them as, unbelievably, many retailers still don't have a POS system, or do cycle sheets, and instead rely on Mark-One Eyeballs to do all inventory management and ordering, and having *too many* copies on the rack can produce a cut back on the next cycle of orders.
BobH 01/05/2017 9:29 pm At 9:29 pm
"this 10% will NOT be counted in Diamond's number. That is consistent with how Marvel handles overships on other product launches."
Is it? Because other overships clearly seem to have been counted in Diamond's unit sales numbers, based on the sales patterns and inconsistencies in retail vs. unit ranking. So will they remain consistent and count in one and not the other, or now count in neither?
adampasz 01/05/2017 11:10 pm At 11:10 pm
How about knocking 10% off the cover price instead. :P
John Jackson Miller 01/06/2017 12:15 am At 12:15 am
Diamond does cull from its rankings books where the cover price is free (or below a dollar, in fact) — a practice started after Free Comic Book Day and the little bout of stunt pricing that put BATMAN: THE TEN-CENT ADVENTURE at the top of one month's chart — but such titles do still count toward market share. I'm guessing it would be harder logistically for Diamond to cull just the free issues of paid titles from the unit ranking table, which is intended to be a listing of what went onto the trucks; Marvel's talking 10% for January, but overship levels have historically varied from book to book.
It's possible the reference was to no impact on dollar market share, which would certainly be correct — but we'll soon see. There are a lot of demands on the charts today — communicating relative sales levels to retailers, painting a competitive picture, and informing collectors of how many copies exist — and sometimes those demands are at cross-purposes when it comes to particular statistical situations.
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ComicCruncher 01/06/2017 7:09 am At 7:09 am
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but if Marvel are offering 10% extra free copies, couldn't LCS's just order less than usual and make up the difference with free copies? Or is it too late to change the order?
comicsatemybrain 01/06/2017 9:24 am At 9:24 am
@ ComicCruncher: The 10% that is shipped is determined after the FOC. So retailers' orders have already been locked in.
Another site is suggesting that this could be an overship of Marvel Universe titles rather than Marvel universe titles. The latter includes Marvel NOW and is the majority of the company's periodical line. The former is a small set of branded all-ages comics and would represent a much smaller commitment by Marvel.
Diamond tells me today that my undstanding is correct. The overshipped books will count for unit market share, will not count toward dollar market share, and will be counted as usual in the Top 300 rankings with no reductions as in the returnable case, as these books are shipping and not coming back.
As a tactic for getting books in circulation, overships tend to be logistically easier for Diamond and retailers to process than returnability, and there's no attempt to manipulate dollar market share, which for Diamond is always the headliner among the categories. It will impact the Top 300 measure in that items are boosted in the rankings, but of the groups I mentioned above, that matters most to those using the charts to "keep score." And since the unit sales rankings have always been subject to price-related fluctuations as publishers have promotions, this would probably be filed under that.
Mark 01/06/2017 11:03 am At 11:03 am
My question: How about switching back to newsprint and cheap coloring and cutting the price down to two dollars?
Standard Big Two answer: "Switching to newsprint won't have much impact at all on the cost of producing comics."
My next question: "Why do comics companies keep raising cover prices?"
Standard Big Two answer: "Paper costs keep going up!"
My final, muttered question: "Dying, backward-looking business that's desperately attempting to leech as much money as they can out of a dwindling group of aging comic book readers with silly stunts and constant events and retcons and a deluge of alternate covers says what?"
Standard Big Two answer: "What?"
Historically the market has been resistant to steps backward in paper quality, particularly when the step back is to a state customers never experienced on new titles. Price, meanwhile, has stalled out this year thanks to DC's $2.99 books — which is the same price the average title was going for at the turn of the century.
Brian Hibbs 01/06/2017 12:23 pm At 12:23 pm
Also, as a FYI, looking at my actual invoice, it's not ACTUALLY 10% — it is "One free for every ten, rounded up".
So the title I ordered five copies of, I am getting one overshipped copy for six total — a 20% overship in that case. The title I ordered Eleven copies of is getting two overshipped copies for a total of thirteen, or an 18% overship.
NO overship at all on STAR WARS, and, one would imagine other licensed books like that.
So, anyway, for JJ and the chart-watcher, you probably can't calculate a STRAIGHT 10% for January, as your heads up!
DaveOMac 01/06/2017 12:48 pm At 12:48 pm
What this says to me, which I am just a reader who follows the business side of comics rather closely, is that retailers have cut orders in a way that Marvel didn't anticipate. Instead of sitting on extra copies or sending them to WalMart or Five Below in discounted bundles, they are sending them to the shops in hopes it'll up future orders.
Marvel 2017 reminds me of Marvel 2000. What Marvel really needs is another Quesada to come in and get the stories and characters back under control. They need to get back to the core concepts without losing their new diverse legacy characters. No more time traveling and no more redundant titles just using a name to sell a book. It's not prices or renumbering, even though I hate both, that are turning fans off. It's not giving the market what it's yearning for.
I know people hate him but to me Dan Slott is the only one who is doing it right. He moves Spider-Man forward while embracing the past and bringing things back in new ways while keeping Peter at his core a good guy trying to do the right thing who often fails. Yes I dislike "Tony Stark" Peter but from the start it was clear this is just a phase,
Character, character, character, it's what makes the movies work and it's what will work with the books. If the comics are must read and exciting fans will come no matter the price or number on the cover.
Martin 01/06/2017 3:09 pm At 3:09 pm
Marvel is lieying, it will be counted to unit share, according to Diamond – http://www.newsarama.com/32642-marvel-giving-retailers-10-extra-of-january-books-free-and-how-it-ll-affect-sales-charts.html
batman497 01/06/2017 8:19 pm At 8:19 pm
Why doesn't someone in comics journalism get someone from Marvel to explain Marvel publishing strategy (Now) and overship strategy. Ask them if lukewarm to poor fan and retailer reaction coupled with low sales and fears of lcs has or will contribute to changes in management or publishing strategy. Seriously, Marvel are leading the charge of the comics induatry down the drain!
Martin, I honestly think what they meant was that it wouldn't be counted in dollar share, and that is true. Dollar share is far more important than unit share in the big picture, because of the wide variability in what a unit might cost — a "unit" could be anywhere from a $2.99 comic book to a $125 hardcover.
And overships are a way to get the same benefits from returnability without the overhead of dealing with returns. Either way you're paying to print additional issues to provide an opportunity for growth; just in the overship case, they won't be coming back. The danger, of course, is if any retailers expecting overships adjust their orders downward.
JJ: I think there's a clear difference in overshipping comics that RETAILERS DON'T WANT OVERSHIPPED, and making some books returnable to encourage us to promote them further.
Rebirth wasn't success *because* it was returnable — it was successful because we had skin in the game to SELL those extra comics because of the returnabilty.
If I think (based on cycle sheet data) that I am going to sell five copies of MARVEL TITLE X, sending me seven copies doesn't really do a thing to help move the needle, because I have no way to plan for that, or do anything other than react with under a week. And, even then, getting a single extra copy is more or less meaningless — with Rebirth, we staked big bets on DC books, and were absolutely motivated to try and claim that bet. Sending me two more copies of a comic I have ALREADY WRITTEN OFF is unlikely to work in the way they want it to.
The one excption might be if they have data that suggests that retailers, as a whole, have been steadily underordering Marvel books by 10% — they MIGHT HAVE THAT DATA! — in which case having those copies in hand and not having to be reordered (and therefore coming 1+ weeks too late) could do a thing.
Brendan 01/07/2017 10:39 am At 10:39 am
Mate i work in printing. They are telling the truth. Changing the paper stock wont make a much difference. not the kind of difference you'd need. And cheap, good colourists are pretty easy to find these days. Just ask dynamite. So not much savings there. Not the kind you'd need to reduce cover prices to 3 bucks, let alone 2 bucks. To reduce prices what you really need is a massive spike in circulation. Comics were cheaper when we had fewer books with wider distro that sold a hell of a lot more units. Now we have tonnes more books, the vast majority selling, relatively, bugger all.
Translation: Sales keep dropping issue on issue, we relaunch every two years for a big spike in sales. Volume is a fraction of what it was 30 years ago. We are moving towards an economic model more like euro comics. Higher prices, Better production values.
You got that one right. Marvel and DC's single issue business strategy is all about milking every last dollar today, knowing tomorrow is unknown. TPB sales growth seems to have slowed, but will there be a catalyst for a future spike in growth? People bitch about events and often those same people buy them as soon as they come out. Solution: Stop buying it! Use the money you save by not buying 'civil crisis' on books from the back of previews, because, like always there are some books that deserve and damn well need it.
Mark 01/07/2017 8:39 pm At 8:39 pm
To Brendan: I understand there are plenty of deserving books out there that aren't from the Big Two, and I try to keep up with them–in trade format, ordered from online retailers at a 35% or more discount. That's the only way buying comics makes any kind of financial sense to me, because I'm not paying $4.00 for a ten-minute (at best) reading experience that is part one of six.
I definitely do not buy event comics or collect alternate covers. The only Big Two titles I've bought in ages are B-list characters that stay well clear of events.
You know, I swear to god that I have heard, more than once, "escalating paper prices" given by spokespeople for the Big Two as a reason for price increases.
Also, I don't think I'm some sort of outlier in my buying behavior–I bet there are plenty of people out there who avoid buying monthly comics specifically because of the prices. Maybe it's not as simple as "cutting the prices in half would double the amount of issues sold", but I'm certain that cutting prices would at least increase the number of people willing to take a chance on a book. When new comics used to cost a dollar–not that incredibly long ago–I bought anything that looked like it would be interesting. Now I not only do not ever purchase monthly comics, but I'm incredibly picky even about buying heavily discounted trades. And that's despite the fact that I believe we are living in a golden age of great comics content. It all comes down to value for money.
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Energy 2018 table service
Use of renewable energy continued growing in 2017
According to Statistics Finland, total consumption of energy in Finland amounted to 1.35 million terajoules (TJ) in 2017, which corresponded to a fall of one cent compared with the previous year. The consumption of electricity totalled 85 terawatt hours (TWh), which was on level with the year before. Renewable energy sources covered 37 per cent of total energy consumption and according to preliminary data, over 40 per cent of final use. Their use grew by six per cent, rising to a new record level. The consumption of fossil fuels and peat declined by six per cent.
Total energy consumption 1990–2017
The share of renewable energy in total energy consumption was 37 per cent in 2017. As late as 1990, its share was just 18 per cent, after which it has grown steadily, growing in the 2010s still clearly faster than before. Compared with 2016, the share of renewable energy in total consumption rose by three percentage points.
EU targets for renewable energy are calculated relative to gross final energy consumption. Calculated in this manner, the share of renewable energy rose to over 40 per cent in Finland in 2017 based on Statistics Finland's preliminary data. Finland reached the target for the share of renewable energy, 38 per cent of gross final energy consumption in 2020, for the first time in 2014. The share of renewable energy in final energy use was the second highest among EU countries.
The use of fossil fuels and peat in total energy consumption fell in 2017 by two percentage points, being 40 per cent. Greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector went down as a result of decreased use of fossil fuels and peat. Nuclear energy covered 17 per cent of total energy consumption and other energy sources six per cent.
The most significant energy source was wood fuels, whose use increased by three per cent and their share of total energy consumption was 27 per cent. The consumption of black liquor used by the forest industry grew particularly due to increased production of pulp. The second most used energy source was oil, 23 per cent of total consumption. The consumption of oil fell by a few per cent from the previous year. The consumption of coal fell by eight per cent, and that of natural gas by nine per cent. The consumption of energy peat fell by five per cent.
Total energy consumption 2016–2017, terajoule
2016 2017 Change %
Wood fuels 350 068 362 314 3
Oil 316 076 308 412 -2
Nuclear energy 243 056 235 352 -3
Coal 126 495 114 511 -8
Natural gas 72 189 65 986 -9
Peat 56 336 53 725 -5
Net imports of electricity 68 222 73 532 8
Hydro power 56 283 52 597 -7
Wind power 11 045 17 263 56
Others 60 287 64 174 6
Total 1 360 057 1 347 867 -1
In 2017, electricity production in Finland amounted to 65 TWh, or two per cent less than one year previously. Because the consumption of electricity did not fall, reduced production was covered by net imports of electricity, which increased by eight per cent. The share of renewable energy sources in electricity production rose by two percentage points to 47 per cent. The production of hydro power dependent on the water situation fell by seven per cent, but it was compensated by wind power, whose production rose by 56 per cent. The production of solar power rose even more – by as much as 128 per cent. The share of hydro power in production was 22 per cent, that of wind power seven per cent and that of solar power just 0.1 per cent. Combined heat and power production covered 32 per cent of production and condensing power only producing electricity five per cent. The share of electricity produced with fossil fuels and peat in total production was in total 19 per cent, down by 11 per cent. The share of nuclear power in electricity production was again about one third.
Net imports of electricity to Finland amounted to 20 TWh in 2017, which is more than ever before. Compared with 2016, net imports grew by eight per cent. The share of net imports in the electricity consumed in Finland was record high, 24 per cent. Electricity was imported most from Sweden (15 TWh) and from Russia (6 TWh). Exports of electricity to Estonia amounted to two TWh and imports from Estonia to one TWh.
Final energy consumption fell by one per cent year-on-year. The growth of industrial output continued further, which was also visible in an about one per cent growth in final consumption of manufacturing. Of energy intensive industries, the growth in the forest industry and the chemical industry was particularly visible in increased consumption of fuel and electricity. Manufacturing was the biggest of final consumption sectors of energy with its share of 47 per cent.
One per cent less heating energy of building was consumed in 2017 than one year earlier. The use of heat pumps for heating has grown significantly from the start of the millennium, which is visible in the statistics in the growing use of both heat pump energy and heat pump electricity. In addition to the area to be heated and the energy efficiency of the building stock, the need for heating energy is also affected by the outdoor temperature.
Energy consumption in transport rose by nearly half a per cent in 2017. The consumption of petrol still continued falling, whereas the consumption of diesel oil was still on the growth track. The most significant use of diesel oil is transports of business life. The share of transport was 16 per cent of final energy consumption. In Finland, transport fuels contain biocomponents that are included in total amounts of petrol and diesel. The total use of jet fuel grew by five per cent from the year before. Almost 90 per cent of jet fuel is used in international transport.
Source: Energy supply and consumption, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Ville Maljanen 029 551 2691, energia@stat.fi
Director in charge: Ville Vertanen
Database tables and their variables
Appendix figure 1. Total energy consumption 2017 (11.12.2018)
Appendix figure 2. Total energy consumption 1970 - 2017 (11.12.2018)
Appendix figure 3. Energy and electricity intensity 1970 - 2017 (11.12.2018)
Appendix figure 4. Renewable energy sources 1970 - 2017 (11.12.2018)
Appendix figure 5. Electricity supply 1970 - 2017 (11.12.2018)
Appendix figure 6. Electricity consumption by sector 1970 - 2017 (11.12.2018)
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Energy supply and consumption [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-7976. 2017. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 18.1.2020].
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By Jonas Anbazu, Former Assistant Registrar, UDS
Historically, guidance and counselling informally existed in almost every part of the world, even before the advent of civilisation. In Ancient Greece and Rome, guidance and counselling thrived during the eras of the great philosophical teachings of Plato and Aristotle.
As history unfolds many societies have paid dearly for the consequences of youthful misdemeanours for not embracing the opportunities of counselling. In our schools today, the importance of Counselling and guidance have not been fully exploited through formalized clinics to groom our developing youths in their prime. Counselling, generally, is about helping the counselor to navigate situations in school life, the workplace or the wider society or environment, in social relationships, job losses and in many other spheres of life.
In Counselling, the process is a living and active discerning of thoughts and intentions of the heart. Going to Guidance and Counselling clinics is not about discipline, wrongdoings or investigation, but absolutely to build in us positive assertiveness in life. Growing up as a child, folklore stories were told, that good medicine is found in small bottles. So Guidance and Counselling clinics may seem insignificant to those who don't understand the value of these emotional and psychological interventions in our lives.
Lions roar when satisfied, so it is gratifying in attending guidance and counselling clinics. Counselling is not an adhoc service. And so, It is not for nothing that there is a clarion cry and calls for counselling clinics at workplaces, schools, churches, our hospitals and every sphere of social interactions. It should therefore be a worry to us as a country why these necessary and important clinics are not available to all across the country.
It is a common phenomenon encountering counselling services on radio and television. Some are problematic and the least said about it, the better. Recently, the country was faced by the appalling conduct of eight SHS students at Chiana Senior High School in what can best be described as culturally reprehensible and abhorrent. The news generated heat and divided national opinions on the punishment meted out to them.
Everything was said and done. But the immediate question that we as a country should be answering is, do we have guidance and counselling teachers in all our secondary schools in the country? The disturbing conduct falls right on the lap of these professionals who should of necessity be found in every school. Cosmetic, comic and short applications of conventions will not resolve and groom the type of future leaders this country needs. We should therefore start a renewed national conversation about promoting and institutionalizing guidance and counselling clinics in the country. Our mindset is the single most important thing we have as a people.
As people of conscience we were all disturbed when these young students did what they did. We bear part of the blame as a society at large for allowing the moral fabric that bond us as a people to be destroyed in the name of modernity and a so-called freedom and human rights. God in his infinite wisdom created us differently for a reason, and it was about time we began to retrace our steps to remain as such.
As General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong once said, the problem of the nation will remain, unless we as a people change from our thirst for greed, avarice and other social evils that affect us. Professional counsellors prescribe or proffer remedies to counsellees and we must begin to groom the youth to embrace positive attitudes and morals that will build the society of the future. The goal of every guidance and counselling session is to help individuals thrive and recognise their strengths, and weaknesses as well as improve on their interpersonal relationships. The multi-million dollar question is where are the professionals?
Yes, Professional Counsellors are responsible for analysing situations effectively and adopting techniques to manage situations, especially what social media and cyberspace are today posing to our society. Was it any wonder that some of these students confessed having copied what they did from social media? The youth are using technology for communication and socialising, and obviously, by premonitions, also put themselves at risk.
"No matter how hard the past was, we can always begin again," and the time has come to start anew. We shouldn't also think it is insignificant, lest we be consumed by deviant behaviours in our various institutions.
Emphatically put, efforts must be made to train more counsellors as professionals to practice in every nook and cranny of the country. Most individuals fall victims due to lack of counselling clinics.
Ghanaians must go the extra mile to make guidance and counselling a reality. If all goes well, it will surely and definitely, end well.
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Tag Archives: A Passion Most Pure
August 7, 2014 by L.
Yep:
Here we are, another post in the getting over a Heartache series.
17) Move Along by All-American Rejects
Do you remember back in the day when they used to play AAR ALL the time. It was this song and Dirty Little Secret that seemed to be in every film, TV show, radio station, and grocery store. Some of the things it was placed in was She's the Man, The Hitcher, Firehouse Dog, Over Her Dead Body, Rock Band, and One Tree Hill. Whenever I hear a song from this album, it takes me back to age 14.
So the song was written by Tyson Ritter the lead vocals and bass guitarist, along with Nick Wheeler, the lead guiatarist and drummer. The song was actually written to be an anti-suicide message. Wheeler said the:
"song [was] about believing in oneself and persevering in the face of problems…"
So I think that this song really applies to the Heartbreak series, as not everyone will consider a suicide after they encounter a breakup, but most will have trouble trying to believe in themselves and others, and face their problems. Not to mention moving along.
I also love the music video as it shows Ritter in a lot of different outfits with all kinds of backgrounds. It helps make the music universal and relate to everyone.
Go ahead as you waste your days with thinking
When you fall everyone stands
Another day and you've had your fill of sinking
With the life held in your
Hands are shaking cold
These hands are meant to hold
Speak to me, when all you got to keep is strong
Move along, move along like I know you do
And even when your hope is gone
Move along, move along just to make it through
So a day when you've lost yourself completely
Could be a night when your life ends
Such a heart that will lead you to deceiving
All the pain held in your
Your hands are mine to hold
(Go on, go on, go on, go on)
When everything is wrong, we move along
Along, along, along
When all you got to keep is strong
Right back what is wrong
We move along
So this marks the end of the angry songs:
And into focusing in the self, completely moving on and getting over the ex.
Yep, moving forward
To start the "Getting Over A Heartbreak" series from the beginning, go to If It Means a Lot to You
To go to the previous post, go to Since U Been Gone
For more of my fav songs, go to But It's Alright
For more on the universality of music, go to I'll Be Alright Without You by Journey
For more of my fav quotes, go to It's All Jane Austen's Fault
For more on Julie Lessman, go to Missing You
For more on May Vanderbilt, go to Chin Up Kid
For more on Margaret Mitchell, go to That's What You Get
For more on Sarah Dessen, go to Love Stinks
For more on She's the Man, go to Part VII: It was Said One Night
Posted in Musical Stylings of Me, Quotable Quotes
Tagged A Passion Most Pure, All-American Rejects, Angry at Ex, Anti-Suicide, Back in the Day, Bass Guitarist, Be Strong, Believe in Yourself, Bonding, Considering Lily, Dirty Little Secret, Drummer, Embrace It, Face Your Problems, Firehouse Dog, Focus on Self, Gone With the Wind, Half Hope, Hope Gone, Impossible Reality, Julie Lessman, Just Listen, Keep Strong, Lead Guitarist, Lead Singer, Longing Too Hard, Margaret Mitchell, May Vanderbilt, Move Along, Move Forward, Move On, Moving Forward, Music Video, Nick Wheeler, No Going Back, No More Anger, One Tree Hill, Over Ex, Over Her Dead Body, Persevere, Pining Away, Remember, Remember Too Much, Remembering, Rock Band, Sarah Dessen, She's the Man, Suicide, The Hitcher, Tyson Ritter, Universality of Music, When Everything is Wrong Move Along
July 26, 2014 by L.
So the next song in my getting over a heartbreak list is one of my favorite songs ever.
12) Missing You by John Waite
I just love this song so much:
Not only does it have great music and lyrics, but I feel like he just captures the emotions so well.
The song is about a breakup and how he is missing his ex but then gets over them and stops mising them. Other people may not believe him, but he's getting over that person. My favorite part is at the end when he loudly sings out, I ain't missing you, I ain't missing you at all!
This song works well next, because now we are reaching the point when you are starting to get over the other person, but can be brought back again into thinking of them, but are consciously making the decision to not have them on your mind.
The song is written by John Waite and when it was released in 1984 it was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been covered by numerous artists, but Waite is the best (at least in my opinion).
The music video is also really cool. As it is told in a series of flashbacks as Waite is thinking of his past relationship, along with the present as he is trying to figure out what and where to go next. This song is super popular and has been in a ton of things: Warm Bodies, 22 Jump Street, One Tree Hill, Life As We Know It, Everybody Hates Chris, Selena, Miami Vice, etc.
Every time I think of you
I always catch my breath
And I'm still standing here
And you're miles away
And I'm wondering why you left
There's a storm that's raging
Through my frozen heart tonight
I hear your name in certain circles
And it always makes me smile
I spend my time thinking about you
And it's almost driving me wild
And there's a heart that's breaking
Down this long distance line tonight
I ain't missing you at all
Since you've been gone away
I ain't missing you
No matter what I might say
There's a message in the wild
And I'm sending you this signal tonight
You don't know, how desperate I've become
And it looks like I'm losing this fight
In your world, I have no meaning
Though I'm trying hard to understand
And it's my heart that's breaking
Down this long distance line
But I ain't missing you at all
No matter what my friends say
And there's a message that I'm sending out
Like a telegraph to your soul
And if I can't bridge this distance
Stop this heartbreak overload
I can lie to myself
And there's a storm that's raging
Since you've been gone
Ain't missing you
I keep lying to myself
I've always felt that this song is super empowering
You are finally heading round that corner to complete and total acceptance and renewal!
To start at the beginning of the Heartbreak series, go to If It Means A Lot To You
To go to the previous post, go to For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic
For more on John Waite, go to Say Something Human
For more of my favorite songs, go to Pizza Power
For more of my favorite quotes, go to I'll Be Alright Without You by Journey
For more on '80s music, go to Love Stinks
For more on Julie Lessman, go to At the End of the Rainbow
For more on Warm Bodies, go to Say Something Human
Posted in Modern Times, Musical Stylings of Me, Quotable Quotes
Tagged '80s Music, '80s Music Video, 22 Jump Street, A Passion Most Pure, Accept Myself, Alex Finn, All About the '80s, Billboard Hot 100, Break Her Heart, Break Up, Breaking Up is Hard to Do, Broke His Heart, Broke My Heart, Broken Heart, Daydreams, Emotions, Empowering, Everybody Hates Chris, Ex, Flashbacks, Freed, Frozen Heart, Heart, Heartache, Heartbreak, Heartbreaking, Heartbroken, I Ain't Missing You, John Waite, Julie Lessman, Life As We Know It, Lyrics, Memories, Miami Vice, Miss You, Missing You, Move On, Music, One Tree Hill, Over YOu, Past Relationship, Pining Away, Prayers, Reality, Selena, Smile, Smiled, Steve Maraboli, Storm, Used To, Warm Bodies
March 17, 2014 by L.
At the End of the Rainbow: 17 More Irish Heroes
"Those Irish men and women…[who's] rich vitality and culture they brought with them. Britain, the U.S. and many commonwealth countries are richer for their presence." –Tony Blair
So I picked seventeen of my favorite Irish characters from film, TV, and books. I had to get a little more creative as I used up a lot of my all time favs last year. Next year I might have to do only seven. So they mostly turned out to be cops, but I swear I didn't plan that, it just kinda happened. Hope you enjoy! 🙂
17) Irish National Quidditch Team from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter is about to start his fourth year at Hogwarts, but before the term starts he will be joining the Weasleys and Hermione Granger at the Quidditch World Cup to see Ireland vs. Bulgaria. While there, Voldemort's followers come and fire the Dark Mark into the sky, signaling that Voldemort will return soon. At Hogwarts, they are hosting the Triwizard Tournament, however, only those over 17 will be allowed to enter. The Goblet of Fire ends up choosing Fleur Delacour, Viktor Krum, and Cedric Diggory to compete in the tournament. But to everyone's surprise, the cup chooses a fourth name, Harry Potter. The four compete in many tasks, surmounting in the final course, conquering a maze. There they discover that the Champion cup is a Portkey that takes them to Voldemort and allows him to begin his evil plan.
Why they are awesome:
First of all, let me just say that I LOVED this book. The movie was so-so, but the book was amazing. Anyways, so the Irish Quidditch team is super cool. They were up against Krum, who is pretty tough, the Bulgarian Veela and still managed to make it out on top. They didn't catch the snitch but were able to still win with a score of 170-160. Pretty sweet.
For more on Harry Potter check out Even After All This Time
16) Greta Conroy from The Dead
The Dead is by James Joyce and about an Irish family and friends celebrating Epiphany. Three spinsters, Aunt Julia, Aunt Kate, and Mary Jane are hosting a party. Gabriel, the nephew and one of the main characters, attends the party with his wife Greta but rejects his Irishness, wanting to be more British and his ideas clash with the others at the party.
Why Greta is Awesome:
Greta is awesome because she has to put up with a lot having a husband like Gabriel. He doesn't want to visit West Ireland were she is from, tries to force all these modern ideas upon her and the family; etc. But Greta, while she compromises at times, as that is crucial to every relationship, she doesn't always give in. She sticks to her guns if it is something she really cares about. Greta also lost the boy she loved when she was young, and has persevered through that pain all the years. She married and move on with her life, no one ever knowing about the travesty in her past. A real warrior, she is.
15) Freddy Malins from The Dead
The Dead is by James Joyce and about an Irish family and friends celebrating Epiphany. Three spinsters, Aunt Julia, Aunt Kate, and Mary Jane are hosting a party. Gabriel, the nephew and one of the main character, attends the party with his wife Greta but rejects his Irishness, wanting to be more British and his ideas clash with the others at the party.
Why Freddy is Awesome:
Now when we are first presented Freddy, he seems like the fullfillment of the Irish stereotype. He is slovenly and drunk, but as we see more of him, you find out that there is much more to him then meets the eye. (Plus his mom is always ragging on him and saying he is a horrible, stupid person. I think she would drive anyone to drink.) Joyce purposely had Freddy be the stereotype, so that when he revealed more of who he was it would make you refrain from making rash judgements and make his character of being kind and caring even more surprising. When Aunt Julia, retired singer, performs and doesn't do that well, he immediately jumps up and compliments her. When everyone is saying bad things about the Irish opera singers and such, he pips up and not only praises them but the African-American singer. Kudos to Freddy always speaking his mind and being adorable.
14) Gerald O'Hara from Gone With the Wind
Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell, is the story of a Southern family that goes through some radical changes from the Antebellum period, to the Civil War, and the Reconstruction era. At the heart of all this chaos is the story of the beautiful, ruthless Scarlett 'O' Hara and the dashing soldier of fortune, Rhett Butler.
Why Mr. O'Hara is awesome:
Now I know a lot of people hate this movie, but trust me the book is much better. You really get a better sense of the characters and really understand their motivations and what in the past made them who they are.
So in the movie we don't get much of the dad. We see a bit of him in the beginning and then when he goes crazy from grief and loss of his wife. But in the book he was pretty cool. Back in Ireland he was a part of a Catholic Emancipation group, like the Ribbonmen or such. He has to flee Ireland because of his illegal activities. He comes over to America who works with his brother in his store, but decides that he wants to have more. He wants to be one of higher position and actually does it. Pretty sweet for any immigrant. He wins the plantation in a poker game and builds it up, creating a vast fortune. He tries to marry, but isn't completely ingrained in Southern society. They like him but don't "know his family", you know how people were. So he goes back to his brother so that he can find someone, and falls for the beautiful Ellen, from a very old, established family. Everyone tells him he's stupid for thinking that he could ever win her heart, but he does. (Her heart being broken from her cousin does help the situation). O'Hara is pretty cool; political activist sticking it to the man, self-made millionaire, and won the heart of the prom queen equivalent; daddy O'Hara is one amazing guy.
For more on Gone With the Wind, go to My Favorite Movie Lines
13) Michael Hagarty from "Widow, Weep for Me" Murder She Wrote
Jessica Fletcher goes undercover at a Caribbean resort to discover who murdered her friend. When she gets there she finds sand, sun, and plenty of suspects.
Why Michael is Awesome:
Michael is an ex-MI5 agent and has a colorful past. He is debonair, great in a crisis, handsome, and has an amazing accent. 🙂 He is a great character that helps Jessica catch the real killer. He's the type of guy you'd always want on your side (crack shot, safe cracker, etc) and to date. It's the accent and lethal skills. 😉
12) Lily the maid from The Dead
The Dead is by James Joyce and about an Irish family and friends celebrating Epiphany. Three spinsters, Aunt Julia, Aunt Kate, and Mary Jane are hosting the party. Gabriel, the nephew and one of the main character, rejects his Irishness and clashes with others at the party.
Why Lily is Awesome:
We only get a small glimpse of Lily in the book and film, but what we see of her is awesome. Lily is a modern woman, not one to be subservient in spirit. The aunts are starting to dislike her as she is no longer as malleable as she was, but more opinionated. Besides, I love her snarky remark when Gabriel suggests that she will be marrying soon; "the men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out of you." Gabriel is shocked at her for saying such things, but Lily just tells it like it is.
11) Connor McGuire from A Passion Most Pure
Connor McGuire is a total bad boy. After his father died, Connor turned away from the life he was living only focusing on himself and pleasure. He goes after Charity O' Connor, but finds himself falling for her older sister Faith, even though he doesn't agree with her faith. Connor finds his life being changed by the O'Connor clan, Faith and WWI.
Why Connor is awesome:
While originally Connor was a class A jerk, (on par with Glenn from The Wedding Singer) later on he changes his life and becomes an extremely endearing man. Faith and his war buddy Brady's faith really infect Connor and makes him reevaluate his life. He becomes a better person, adding to his attractiveness. When he reenters Faith's life, instead of trying to freak her out or hurt her, like before, he only cares about making her happy. He knows that she is getting married, and keeps his distance from her, only caring for her happiness. Of course, in the end, the two get together as they are perfect for each other.
10)Shawn Spencer from Psych
Shawn Spencer has been trained by his dad to cultivate his photographic memory to become super observant, analytical, etc; all in his efforts to create the perfect cop. However, Shawn resists his father and rebels against him. Eventually to escape being imprisoned for knowing too much about recent crimes and figuring out who the perpetrator's are, he lies to the Santa Barbara Police Department, saying he is a psychic. He then finds himself working alongside the cops; particularly head detective, Carlton Lassitar, and his partner Juliet O'Hara.
Why Shawn is awesome:
Shawn can be a jerk, childish, selfish, and a bit whiney at times; but all in all he is one pretty cool guy. He may be a goofball, but he is also highly intelligent, passing the detective test 100% at age 15, often feeling that things are too easy for him. He has great taste in films and music, making all these references that I absolutely adore. While he often uses Gus; his money, car, etc; he cares for his friend and would do anything for him. He cares for all his friends helping Lassiter when he was in a crime-solving slump and thought to have committed murder, Chief Vick from being fired, etc. As the series progresses, Shawn matures; refraining from his previous extreme narcissistic tendencies. He and Juliet start dating in the last few seasons, this relationship really changing his childish ways, but not too much, as Juliet's level-head and stable life works really well with Shawn.
9) Billy Costigan from The Departed
The Departed is a great film that gives a dual view of one main event. Colin Sullivan has been raised by mobster Frank Costello, and is a mole for him in the Massachusetts State Police's organized crime unit. Billy Costigan comes from a criminal background, but instead of graduating from the academy and going into law enforcement he gets placed undercover to figure out who is the rat is and bring him down. The two start living similar lives as they both start a relationship with the same psychiatrist and both become heavily stressed as they get closer to finding out who the rats are.
Why Billy is awesome:
Billy sacrifices himself as a mole for the department. That's a huge risk to take, working for the underlords, having to play a role 24/7, no one ever knowing who you are or the good you are doing, etc. Plus he really kicks butt when he takes out guys as his cover. I mean imagine the pressure he is under and how awful it would be. And he is so patriotic, how he gave his life over because he believed it was better to do it this way. Plus he tries to kill Matt Damon, and anyone who does that is AWESOME! I hate Matt Damon, go to number 3 to read why.
8) Scarlett O'Hara from Gone With the Wind
Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell, is the story of a Southern family that goes through some radical changes from the Antebelluem period, to the Civil War, and the Reconstruction era. At the heart of all this chaos is the story of the beautiful, ruthless Scarlett 'O' Hara and the dashing soldier of fortune, Rhett Butler.
Why Scarlett is awesome:
Okay so I know, I know people really hate her. She is horrible and does some horrifying things in the film, but the book is much, much, much, much, better. Trust me the book was awesome I recommend reading it. (Just FYI there will be posts on some of my favorite quotes from this book. I don't know when, but they will be a-coming.)
So Scarlett has a bunch of bad qualities, yes its true. She is selfish, a man stealer, a horrible mother, cruel, and stuck in the past. She does ruin her relationship with Rhett because she is so hung up on stupid Ashley. I thoroughly recommend this book for anyone who just ended a relationship, as it shows you why you must move on!
However, she is a pretty cool character with a lot of good qualities. Okay so Scarlett is a Southern women in the Antebellum period and has very little schooling. In fact she has very little worth or path in life other than to marry and have children. But Scarlett doesn't follow that path. She lives her own life and does her own thing, not because she wants to, but because there is no one else to; so takes it upon her self to get things done. She works the land, runs the plantation, pretty much becomes the head of the household. It's all on her to make sure everyone has food. Then a Union deserter comes around and she takes him out. She uses the gun that Rhett gave her and makes sure that her family and womanhood is safe. She does steal her sister's passive and simple beau, but whips him into shape, making him and her family sucessful. She also operates a lumber mill, while not being the most highly educated, still having a brain for numbers. Now everyone tells her she isn't being a lady, running businesses and doing better than her husband. Everyone tries to convince her to stop, but she keeps on doing it. Power to you!!! Here is a woman who is doing whatever she wants, what makes her feel strong; even it it means going against society. She continues to be this strong, forceful woman throughout the rest of the novel; even though she does make a lot of bad decisions. Still, for a woman in the 1800s to have her own business, earn her own money, choose who she will marry (several times), is pretty awesome!
7) Seamus McFly from Back to the Future: Part III
So 1985 Doc has been sent back to the Wild West, and its up to 1955 Doc to send Marty back so that he can save him. While there, Marty meets his newly immigrated family and discovers that Doc doesn't want to return to the '80s but enjoys living in the West. However, after discovering that Mad Dog Tannen (Biff's grandfather) is out to kill him Doc agrees to return with Marty, that is until a pretty young teacher catches his eye. Then Mad Dog decides that he will switch his vendetta to Marty. Now both are in a dilemma.
Why Seamus is awesome:
So this is the second year in which a Back to the Future character and a Michael J. Fox character has made it onto the Saint Patrick's Day countdown. Let's given them a big round of applause! Now back to business.
First of all he is played by Michael J. Fox. Instant Win. Anyways, Seamus is Marty's great-great grandfather, newly Irish immigrants. He discovers Marty, after he was chased by Native Americans and fell. Even though he doesn't know him, and his wife says that he should've left him, Seamus helps him because he believes it is the right thing to do. Seamus is awesome, because even though he is bullied and harrassed by the Tannen's he ignores it. Now that takes a lot of self-control and patience and fortitude to just ignore it and keep going. To be able to walk away from a fight because you know the issue is not that big a deal, that'd you'd rather not die over a silly argument. He became this way after his brother Martin, Marty's namesake, was provoked and killed in a knife fight. His wisdom and positivity teaches Msarty to control himself as well, and helps make his future better.
For more on Back to the Future, go to The Clock is Ticking
6) Maggie McKendrick from The Parent Trap (1961)
Sharon is traveling to camp from California. She meets Susan from Boston. This wouldn't be unusual except for the fact that they look exactly alike. That's right, Sharon and Susan are twins, separated after their parents divorced, each getting one to take home with them. The two become friends and decide to switch places in order to get to know the other parent and reunite their parents. Unfortunately, a lot has changed while Sharon was away. Her father met someone and is engaged! Now the girls are trying to reformulate their plan to break up her dad and his fiancé, and get the mom to CA and back with the dad.
Why Maggie is awesome:
So if you haven't guessed this is the original, and while I like the remake, this one is just so amazing. First of all it has Maureen O'Hara. I just love her!
Anyways, Maggie is super cool. When Sharon (pretending to be Susan) comes home with pieced ears and short hair, she doesn't freak out, or get angry, but instead praises her daughter and supports her decisions. Not only does she approve, but tells her she looks wonderful. When she discovers that her ex-husband, and love, is going to throw his life away on a vapid, horrible, cruel gold-digger; she goes out there and fights for her daughters and her man. And instead of being mean or bitter; she just acts her beautiful nice self; winning everyone over. The fam is going to go on a camping trip and Vicky gets jealous about Mitch and Maggie spending time together, Maggie steps aside; not only because she knows Vicky will reveal her true colors, but because she is the bigger person. She's just a sweet, considerate, kind, and a bit edgy person; someone you can't help but love.
For more on Maureen O"Hara, check out the 25 Films of Christmas
5)Faith O'Connor from A Passion Most Pure (Different Synopsis from the one before)
Faith O'Connor has only ever loved one man, Connor McGuire, who after his father's death drastically changed and is no longer the man he once was. Faith finds comfort in her faith, and keeps praying and loving him silently. Faith and her sister Charity have always been rivals and now Connor is courting her sister while at the same time making a play for Faith. This story spans from Boston to Europe as the beginning of WWI changes everything.
Why Faith is awesome:
Faith is amazing. She recovered from polio and her twin sister's death. She has to contend with her younger sister being prettier and attracting all the beaus, with little Faithy always bullied and left in the dust. But even through all this she continues to pray and show her love for others. She is never mean, bitter, harsh, or cruel to anyone; even to her sister, who steals both of the men she loves; Conner and her fiancé, Mitch. Instead Faith just tries to be kind and care for everyone.
4) Juliet "Jules" O'Hara from Psych
Psych is about a super observant man, Shawn Spencer, who pretends to be a psychic for the Santa Barbara Police Department. His pharmacist friend, Burton Guster, assists him and the two work with head detective Carlton Lassiter and his partner Juliet O'Hara.
Why Jules is awesome:
You might recognize her from the DCOM Model Behavior (one of two people on this list who have been in DCOMs). Jules is the young police officer who moves from Miami to Santa Barbara when Carlton Lassitar's old partner is transferred. Jules may be a very pretty, bubbly, sweet, rainbow-sunshine kind of girl; but she is not just bubbles and fizz, but is a very deep and intelligent person. She has scored the highest on the detective test (second to photographic memory Shawn), beating Carlton Lassitar. She also is fluent in Spanish, due to her time in Miami. While she is gentle and sweet, she can be gruff and unmoving when she needs to be; holding her own and not allowing anyone to walk over her. She and Shawn Spencer end up getting together and her stability and his goofiness work well together.
3) Staff Sergeant Dignam from The Departed
Mark Wahlberg is the second person on this list to make a return from last year, read it to see my thoughts on The Fighter.
The Departed is a great film that gives a dual view of one main event. Colin Sullivan has been raised by mobster Frank Costello, and is a mole for him in the Massachusetts State Police's organized crime unit. Billy Costigan comes from a criminal background, but instead of graduating from the academy and going into law enforcement, he gets placed undercover to figure out who is the rat is and bring him down. The two start living similar lives as they both start a relationship with the same psychiatrist and both become heavily stressed as they get closer to finding out who the rats are.
Why Staff Sgt. Dignam is awesome:
Like I mentioned in A Horse's Tale, I can tolerate very few Matt Damon films. However, I absolutely love Mark Wahlberg, he's just so attractive! Anyways, Mark Dignam is the one in charge of the undercover unit, and one of two who knows that Billy is the department's rat. He is a great cop who really cares about ending the crime in the area, and about the people in his unit. When Colin starts messing with his investigation and wants names, instead of giving in Dignam just takes a leave of absence, disappearing rather than reveal who his person is. However, the best thing about Dignam, besides the fact that he is Mark Wahlberg, he takes out Matt Damon! 😀
2)Kevin "Corky" Corcoran from Copper
Copper is about the NYPD in the mid 19th century. New York is a crazy place with the Civil War going on bringing tension between Southerners and Northerners; the racial clashes between "Americans", "White" Europeans, Irish, and African-Americans. Corky is one of the "coppers" trying to keep the notorious Five Points in line with its murders, thievery, prostitution, opium trade, etc.
Why Corky is awesome:
Now Corky isn't perfect, but he is one pretty awesome (and Hot!) guy. Corky, while having faults and vices, is one pretty honorable person who tries to be just and fair, caring for all in his community. He tries to save a child prostitute from her slavery; love and be true to his wife, even when she cheated on him and killed their child; one of the few men who is not a racist, not only respecting Dr. Freeman, but becoming really good friends with him. He makes sure prostitutes are not mistreated, people are not unjustly thrown in prison, women are not accosted by their landlords, and those that break the law, hurt others, molest/rape children get what's coming to them. That's another thing that makes Corky so amazing (and sexy!) is that he not only a honorable man, but one of action who goes out and takes care of things.
1) Carlton "Lassie" Lassiter from Psych
Why Lassie is awesome:
Now I have a huge TV crush on Carlton Lassiter, its a little hard not to. He is pretty awesome (although tightly wound). Now some of you may recognize him as the evil leprechaun from the DCOM Luck of the Irish, for more on that check out last year's post. However, as Lassie, Carlton is far from evil. Carlton is a strictly by the book kind of guy; SB law, the Constitution, NRA, etc. He is a great cop, a bit old fashioned, but stubborn, persistent, etc. While he can be pigheaded, truth be told it would be hard dealing with Shawn all the time. He is a huge Clint Eastwood fan, wishing he could be Dirty Harry or Tom Highway. He also loves Westerns and wants to be a modern day cowboy. He is a huge Civil War history buff and takes part in reenactments. He knows how to shot like every type of gun and has built up a immunity to chloroform. However, the best thing about him is how strongly he throws himself into relationships. He does everything he can to try and work things out with his ex-wife (really not wanting to get a divorce). True he did cheat on her with his old partner, but they had been separated for quite some time and she was porking around with someone else. (Doesn't make it right but it is understandable). However, the best thing was when his gf was arrested and imprisoned (she stole blood from a blood bank for her sick brother), he went and visited her every time he was allowed to. Nothing kept him from being there or true to her. He also did everything he could to free her from the jail. So sweet! 🙂
So Happy Saint Patrick's Day! I know I'll be wearing green, just so no stupid kids try and pinch me. And watching this movie like I do every year.
But I hope you all have a wonderful day in however you celebrate it.
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Bai Yun (; born December 1960) is a Chinese regional politician from Shanxi province. She was the Communist Party Secretary of Yuncheng between 2012 and 2013. Bai was the first female official of provincial-ministerial rank to be investigated for corruption after the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. At the time the investigation against her was opened, she was serving as a member of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and the Head of the United Front Work Department of Shanxi Province. She was expelled from the Party in 2015 for abuse of power and accepting bribes.

Career
Bai Yun was born and raised in Wutai County, Shanxi, she earned a master's degree in business administration from Renmin University of China in 1997.

Bai Yun became involved in politics in December 1986 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1979.

Beginning in 1984, she served in several posts in Shuozhou, Shanxi, including Communist Youth League Secretary of the municipal party committee, Communist Youth League Vice Secretary of provincial party committee, and Secretary of party committee.

She was appointed as the Deputy Party Secretary of Lüliang in February 2004, a position she held until February 2006, when she was transferred to Yangquan as the Deputy Party Secretary. After two months, she also served as the Mayor. In April 2009, she was promoted to become the Party Secretary, earning full departmental-level (zhengtingji) rank. In January 2012, Bai was named acting Party Secretary of Yuncheng, replacing Gao Weidong (). In January 2013, she became a member of the provincial Party Standing Committee. One month later, she was elevated to the head of the United Front Work Department of the provincial Party committee.

Downfall
On August 29, 2014, it was announced that Bai Yun was undergoing investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for "serious violations of laws and regulations". Several other provincial Standing Committee members were also investigated as part of a "political earthquake" that shook the province in 2014.

In February 2015, at the conclusion of the internal party investigation, Bai Yun was accused of taking "massive bribes" and abuse of power, and expelled from the Communist Party. Bai was tried at the People's Intermediate Court in Nantong, Jiangsu province. The prosecution accused Bai of taking some 17.81 million yuan (~$2.3 million) in bribes during her term as party chief of Yangquan, from the chief executive of an environmental engineering company and "16 other individuals," in exchange for favourable treatment in the approval of projects and the promotion of subordinates. Bai did not contest the charges. On October 19, 2016, Bai was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

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Q: How to set Margin or Offset tag? I am attempting to add a small automatic margin inside my text widget however I am having a hard time with writing the tags.
I have a text box and I am trying to insert text into that box while keeping a margin.
I can get the text that is inserted to have a margin but when I type past the last line the margin is gone. So far all I can dig up is how to write the tag and use it with insert() but I want to keep the margin always.
Question: Is there a way to keep the margin on all lines and not just the ones that were inserted from a file or string?
Note the same question extends to Offset tag because I experience the same problem with typing after the inserted text.
Here is what I have tried in a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example example.
import tkinter as tk

root = tk.Tk()

text = tk.Text(root, width = 10, height = 10)
text.pack()

text.tag_configure("marg", lmargin1 = 10, lmargin2 = 10)
text.insert("end", "Some random text!", ("marg"))

root.mainloop()

A: Unfortunately, the edge cases of adding and deleting text at the very start and end of the widget makes working with tags difficult.
If your goal is to maintain a margin, one solution is to create a proxy for the text widget so that you can intercept all inserts and deletes, and always add the margin each time the contents of the widget changes.
For example, start with a custom widget that generates a <<TextModified>> event whenever the widget is modified:
class CustomText(tk.Text):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        tk.Text.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)

        # create a proxy for the underlying widget
        self._orig = self._w + "_orig"
        self.tk.call("rename", self._w, self._orig)
        self.tk.createcommand(self._w, self._proxy)

    def _proxy(self, command, *args):
        cmd = (self._orig, command) + args
        result = self.tk.call(cmd)

        if command in ("insert", "delete", "replace"):
            self.event_generate("<<TextModified>>")

        return result

(see https://stackoverflow.com/a/40618152/7432)
Next, modify your program to use this proxy to force the margin tag to always apply to the entire contents:
def add_margin(event):
    event.widget.tag_add("marg", "1.0", "end")

text = CustomText(root, width = 10, height = 6)
text.bind("<<TextModified>>", add_margin)

A: If you add the tag to the entire range of text (including the final trailing newline), then new characters you type will inherit that tag.
Add the following, and perhaps it will work like you expect:
text.tag_add("marg", "1.0", "end")

Unfortunately, you'll lose this if you delete all of the text in the widget, but that can be worked around.

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McCulloch v Maryland (1819)
Directions: Use the information on this page (along with the links) to fill out the one page document about the facts of this important supreme court case. You can use other websites to get the facts, opinions, reasons; however, the websites on this page will be what we use throughout the year.
Compelling Question
Does the federal government have too much power?
After the War of 1812, (when was that?) the U.S. government needed additional funds to pay off the debts of the war. At the time, there was no central US national bank, so instead of being able to borrow money from one institution, the government had to work with multiple state banks. How inefficient! As a result, in 1816, Congress set up the Second Bank of the United States with branch offices in multiple locations and convenient horse and buggy drive through service. Many states opposed the National Bank because the state banks then had to compete for business. In response, Maryland passed a law requiring the national bank to pay a heavy tax to the state of Maryland. James McCulloch, the bank's bad-to-the-bone cashier, refused to pay the tax!
McCulloch was convicted of failing to pay the tax and was fined $2,500. He appealed the case to the Maryland Court of Appeals, which upheld the decision of the lower court and affirmed McCulloch's conviction. The dispute reached the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Court Considered These Constitutional Questions:
Did Congress have the power to establish a national bank?
Did the Maryland law to tax the nationally chartered bank unconstitutionally interfere with federal powers?
"Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist with the letter and spirit of the constitution, are constitutional."
– John Marshall
When the Maryland courts upheld this law, the Bank, in the name of its Baltimore branch cashier James W. McCulloch, appealed to the Supreme Court.
Daniel Webster, with William Pinkney, argued the case on behalf of the Bank. Luther Martin argued the case on behalf of Maryland.
The First Bank of the United States was chartered by Congress for 20 years on February 25, 1791. The concept of the bank was the brainchild of Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury and a visionary for the great future of America.
John Marshall was the chief justice presiding over this landmark case.
There were seven Supreme Court Justices when the case was decided. The ruling was unanimous, but Justice Thomas Todd did not take part in the ruling. On March 29, 1812, Todd had married Lucy Payne Washington, the youngest sister of Dolley Madison and the widow of Major George Steptoe Washington, who was a nephew of President George Washington. It is believed to be the first wedding held in the White House.
Sources (Visit these websites for information on the case)
Oyez – McCulloch v Maryland
Crash Course Video – Federalism
National Archives Primary Source – McCulloch v Maryland ruling
Relevant Excerpts of the Constitution:
The Necessary and Proper Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18)"The Congress shall have the Power … To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested in this Constitution."The Necessary and Proper Clause is also known as the "Elastic Clause" because its meaning may be stretched to allow Congress to pass a variety of laws.
The Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Clause 2)
"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof … shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any state to the Contrary notwithstanding."
This part of the Constitution specifically states that federal laws take priority over state laws.
The Tenth Amendment
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States, respectively, or to the people."
Complete your case brief sheet based upon what you are able to find. Once you are complete, think about/consider/record informal responses on a separate sheet of paper:
Imagine life without The Necessary and Proper Clause, where the federal government is limited to only enumerated powers listed in Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution. Think about how different the government and American life would be.
Imagine life without The Supremacy Clause, where much like America under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government is no longer superior to the states. Think about how different the government and American life would be.
When there is a conflict between state and federal government, who wins and why?
Is the growth of the federal government which McCulloch v Maryland made possible a good thing?
If you were John Marshall how would you have ruled in McCulloch v Maryland?
How would the U.S. political system be different without McCulloch v Maryland?
Once you have completed all of the above, on the back of your McCulloch v. Maryland sheet, research the following (Gibbons v. Ogden), and write about the facts of the case and a connection to McCulloch v. Maryland. How does the precedent of SCOTUS' ruling in 1819 affect the ruling of Gibbons v. Ogden?
If you have any time remaining, try to find another case that uses McCulloch v. Maryland as precedent by searching the internet for connections to SCOTUS cases arguing the power of the Federal government.
Please keep your responses to the case.
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