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Focus on Keeping Singaporeans at Home
MAKE SINGAPORE MORE ATTRACTIVE TO LURE BACK OVERSEAS CITIZENS
Singapore is making attempts to woo overseas Singaporeans back to contribute their talents and skills to our country ("Govt taps recruiters to lure overseas S'poreans home"; March 3).
For the attempts to be successful, Singapore must be seen and felt as a place that is better than the citizens' current country of residence.
First, we must treat those who return like any other Singaporean. These people are likely more well-educated and thus will be holding higher-paying jobs on their return.
We must not consider them elites and be envious of them. This envy will inevitably cause resentment towards them, discouraging other overseas Singaporeans from coming home.
Second, we must ensure that our nation is a destination with good job opportunities for Singaporeans in order to encourage them to make that move.
After settling down in a new country, it is a great sacrifice to be uprooted once again to adjust to life here.
With these two moves, not only can we attract Singaporeans working overseas to come back, but we can also encourage local students studying in foreign universities to return to Singapore to work upon their graduation.
Otherwise, these adventurous youngsters, keen to have new experiences, might find employment in a foreign land and remain there forever.
Yeo Boon Eng (Ms)
*Article first appeared on ST Forums (13 March 2014)
If there is any kelong fishermen left on the shores of Singapore today, he will tell you during an event of a net split, it is wiser to mend the net than chase after lost fishes. For a stitch in time saves nine. Singapore will attain much more by focusing on keeping their talents than to lure back departed ones.
For attempts to be successful, we must understand while ex-Singaporeans are attracted to better job opportunities overseas, there were many who sacrificed their fine careers in Singapore for a modest job but a more fulfilling lifestyle overseas, as an exchange. Thus, Singapore must treat its citizens well to keep them from leaving.
First, we need a paradigm shift and believe in the merits of a work/life balance environment. We must believe a happy, fulfilled worker, not an over-worked one, produces the best work with efficiency. We have to stop treating a worker as an economic unit.
Second, we must create a pro-family culture that offers Singaporeans a deep sense of rootedness, to assure them that Singapore is only place to they want to be to raise their children, to work, play, live and grow old with.
With these two moves, not only we can retain Singaporeans, we may even persuade overseas Singaporeans to reconsider a move back.
asingaporeanson (Mr)
*Article first appeared on asingaporeanson.blogspot.com (13 March 2014)
I totally agree with your viewpoint. People don't just uproot themselves from their home and go away. Ms Yeo's idea of luring departed Singaporeans back doesn't look into why they left in the first place.
FOCUS ON SENDING SINGAPOREANS TO SPACE
The government is wasting time and money trying to woo overseas Singaporeans back to Singapore, and trying to prevent mass emigration of the remaining few tru e-blue Singaporeans from their country of birth. This is the 21st century. The space race began in the 20th century with the USSR and USA leading the pack, and a decade into this new century the world's most populous country PRC is also making headway into space. The final frontier.
What of Singapore? In our quest to be the number 1 in everything, have we forgotten space? We, too, should go where no man has gone before. Nay, we should be the number 1 in colonising the Moon; just as our ancestors from China, India and the West colonised Temasek.
First, we need to consider that Singaporeans are expendable. They are fast disappearing anyway. It no longer matters if they become extinct, as the existence and longevity of the country is already assured by the mass import of foreigners to replace Singaporeans. In fact, it may be better for Singaporeans to totally vacate the land and free up space for the new arrivals.
Second, we must create spaceships. Perhaps, instead of throwing money into more bad investments, the billions being wasted by Temasek and GIC could be better spent building Star cruisers. Then using the same principles of brainwashing Singaporeans into believing 2 children or few were enough as was practiced in the 1970s, they can now be brainwashed into registering for one way trips to outer space.
With these two moves, not only can we get rid of Singaporeans altogether, we may even eradicate kiasuism and kiasism from Singapore.
sgtshirts 8-)
*Article first appeared on asingaporeanson.blogspot.com comments section (13 March 2014)
Winking Doll 14 March 2014 at 06:20
I agree with sgtshirts.
With the rising sea levels thanks to global warming, the survival of the "memory of a country called Singapore" is better served by the government spending money to send its citizens out of Singapore instead of keeping them at home. Change your negotiation objectives, make it easier for your citizens to emigrate/work abroad or even in space -- the final frontier.
See how it has worked for The Philippines.
http://csis.org/blog/remittances-philippines-snapshot-global-trend
"...in the Philippines, whose number one export is people; it is estimated that 11 million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are spread throughout the world. In 2006, over 15 billion dollars in remittances flowed into the Philippines, comprising 13% of the GDP. ... The OFWs are comprised of workers both educated and uneducated, skilled and unskilled, but all share the path of seeking jobs abroad in hopes of providing for loved ones back home." -- quote
CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies), Washington, USA
IMHO 13 March 2014 at 16:56
There are so many negative things about the current singapore that only third world desparadoes will want to go there.
Mr Ox 13 March 2014 at 23:43
Vi H. Not just 3rd world desperados. Rich expats (anton casey) and people who are only keen to make a bountiful harvest before packing their bags come here to drive the locals out of jobs. I don't understand, and I really don't get it. Why won't the government protect its own people? And why are our own people persisting in the mistake of electing such a government to power? Wake up, Singaporeans. If not for yourselves, wake up for your kids.
When people here in B.C. Canada asks me about working in Singapore, I usually tell them that it is a great place to "WORK HARD for a few years to make money if you can get a highly-paid job" (much like the Canadian North); "not a great place to live if you do not have option of moving another country thereafter".
Yes, so I do encourage foreign talents to work on Singapore shores for a short-term if they can get a good package. Don't say I never help the cheap-o Singapore government to increase its talent pool. :p
XYZ 14 March 2014 at 11:10
Ms Yeo's point of argument is strange in the very least:
"For the attempts to be successful, Singapore must be seen and felt as a place that is better than the citizens' current country of residence."
"First, we must treat those who return like any other Singaporean. These people are likely more well-educated and thus will be holding higher-paying jobs on their return."
So... they will be earning Singapore wages and not Expat. In other words, they will be earning less than overseas.
"We must not consider them elites and be envious of them. This envy will inevitably cause resentment towards them, discouraging other overseas Singaporeans from coming home."
So... you treat them like any Singaporeans, as good as you treat them BEFORE they left. Hmmmm.
"Second, we must ensure that our nation is a destination with good job opportunities for Singaporeans in order to encourage them to make that move."
Pointless sentence, considering that no one will leave a secure well-paid job in one country for another country without a confirmed job offer UNLESS there are personal reasons involved (family/ stress etc).
"After settling down in a new country, it is a great sacrifice to be uprooted once again to adjust to life here."
Especially when the civil servants ask a hundred and one pointless questions when you try to re-register yourself to various boards.
"With these two moves, not only can we attract Singaporeans working overseas to come back, but we can also encourage local students studying in foreign universities to return to Singapore to work upon their graduation.
Otherwise, these adventurous youngsters, keen to have new experiences, might find employment in a foreign land and remain there forever."
Incredible! The point of going overseas in addition to getting education not available to them at home, is to gain overseas experience in dealing with cross cultural and international networks.
I wonder if Ms Yeo ever experienced overseas life other than touring
A Blessed Singaporean 19 March 2014 at 00:34
Have you ever wondered why Singaporeans are going overseas to work? It is because they are unable to find a job let alone a good paying job here locally. So they bring along their talent to where it is very much needed and recognized.
I have lots of friends who worked overseas and envied them. Sure there are expatriate perks when working overseas like allowances. Their basic pay, with some exception, is not much more then they earn whilst working in Singapore. But financially wise, they are better off than those working here in Singapore. This because the cost of living overseas are lesser than here in Singapore. Hence theier savings are a lot more than they are able to do whilst working in Singapore. This is relative to the fact that we do see the likes of Indonesians and PRCs in particular for discussion sake, is able to pay properties that they purchase here in Singapore all with their cash savings. This is because due to the low cost of living in Indonesia, they are blessed with the higher amount of cash disposable income which is estimated to be around 60-70% of their total income. It is not that they are earning more than any Singaporeans. It is less if not equivalent to what a normal Singaporeans earns per annum. Whereas, with the local Singaporean who has no where except to remain here are with cash disposable income of approximately 16%. How much more savings can a Singaporean achieve?
I guess you get my point here.
Thanks for giving us an idea on finding a job overseas because I was finding an Australian employment and it was now easy for me since I found Jobstar. I hope that they can now process my papers so that I can now work immediately.
No want is indispensable if we not happy here we can move to other place
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Doe v. Mower County Sheriff Office
United States District Court, D. Minnesota
John-Henry Doe, Plaintiff,
Mower County Sheriff Office and Jason Bresser, Defendants.
ORDER REJECTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Wilhelmina M. Wright United States District Judge
This matter is before the Court on the December 28, 2018 Report and Recommendation (R&R) of United States Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright, which recommends dismissing Plaintiff John-Henry Doe's complaint and denying his application to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP). (Dkt. 4.) For the reasons addressed below, the Court rejects the recommendation to dismiss the complaint and remands this matter to the magistrate judge to rule on the merits of Doe's application to proceed IFP.
On November 9, 2018, Doe initiated this lawsuit against Defendants Mower County Sheriff Office and Jason Bresser arising out of an alleged interaction on May 18, 2015. In his complaint, Doe alleges several constitutional and federal law violations. Doe also filed an application to proceed IFP. The December 28, 2018 R&R addresses Doe's application for IFP status and sua sponte recommends dismissing Doe's complaint for failure to state a claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). Because the R&R recommends dismissing Doe's complaint, the magistrate judge declined to rule on the merits of Doe's application to proceed IFP and, instead, recommends denying the IFP application.
Doe timely filed objections to the R&R. In his objections, Doe includes an "Amendment to Complaint" section with additional information about the May 18, 2015 incident.[1] Because the R&R was issued before either Defendant had been served with a copy of the summons or complaint, neither Defendant has responded to Doe's objections.
The R&R recommends dismissing Doe's complaint for failure to state a claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) (Section 1915) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
When a magistrate judge submits a recommendation for disposition, the district judge "shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The Supreme Court of the United States has explained, however, that Section 636(b)(1) "does not preclude further review by the district judge, sua sponte or at the request of a party, under a de novo or any other standard." Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 154 (1985) (observing that "[t]he district judge has jurisdiction over the case at all times" and "retains full authority to decide whether to refer a case to the magistrate, to review the magistrate's report, and to enter judgment"). Accordingly, this Court may review the magistrate judge's R&R de novo, notwithstanding the limited scope of Doe's objections.
Subject to limited exceptions, a court may not dismiss a complaint sua sponte for failure to state a claim before service is effected. See Porter v. Fox, 99 F.3d 271, 273 (8th Cir. 1996). Section 1915 is one such exception. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) ("[T]he court shall dismiss the case at any time if the court determines that . . . the action . . . fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted . . . ."). However, Section 1915 does not apply to nonprisoner cases. See Johnson v. Bloomington Police, 193 F.Supp.3d 1020, 1024 (D. Minn. 2016) (declining to extend Section 1915 to nonprisoner cases). In Johnson, this Court explained that extending Section 1915 to nonprisoner cases "would place this Court in the role of an advocate for Defendants based solely on [a nonprisoner Plaintiff's] attempt to proceed in forma pauperis." Id. Without any governing precedent providing for the application of Section 1915 to nonprisoner cases, this Court declined to depart from its role as a neutral decisionmaker. See id.
The R&R relies on an unpublished opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit for the proposition that Section 1915 applies to nonprisoners. See Carter v. Schafer, 273 Fed.Appx. 581, 582 (8th Cir. 2008) (per curiam).[2] But similar non-precedential Eighth Circuit decisions were considered and rejected in Johnson. See 193 F.Supp.3d at 1023. The Court remains unpersuaded by these decisions and discerns no reason to depart from Johnson's analysis and rationale here.
Because Doe is not a prisoner, Section 1915 is not a proper ground for sua sponte dismissal of this case. Accordingly, the Court rejects the R&R's recommendation to dismiss Doe's complaint pursuant to Section 1915. In light of this conclusion, Doe's objections to the R&R are moot. The Court remands Doe's IFP application to the magistrate judge for further consideration on the merits.
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What We Do When We Do What We Do and Why We Do It
Leo Katz
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But what exactly am I talking about when I speak of symmetry and asymmetry in law and ethics? It may be clear enough what those notions mean in geometry, but how are they to be understood in law, or
for that matter in ethics, more generally? Let me start with symmetry- its meaning and the benefits of exploring it. Rather than try to define the
term, however, I will offer what I think is a pretty self-explanatory example of the phenomenon as it arises in law and ethics. It is an example that has fascinated me for quite some time: the symmetry between the principles by which we dispense praise and those by which we dispense blame.
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John Houston 1914-2004
John A. Houston, 89, passed away — peacefully on September 28th at the Rogue Valley Community Hospital. His — life will be remembered at a memorial on Sunday afternoon, November 21st — at the Unitarian Fellowship in Ashland.
The only son of Ethel Robinson Houston — and John Alexander Houston, he was born and grew up in Spokane, WA. He — graduated from Stanford University in 1936, worked in marine insurance — and at the California State Relief Administration in San Jose and San — Francisco. On the day after Pearl Harbor,, he enlisted — in the Navy, serving in the South Pacific as a communications officer — on Halsey&
39;s staff. With the war over in 1945 he took advantage of — the G.I. Bill of Rights to earn an A.M. at Stanford University and his — Ph.D in political Science at the University of Michigan. His dissertation — "Latin America in the United Nations" was published by the Carnegie Endowment — for International Affairs.
He taught political science and international — affairs at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi from 1949 — to 1954. In 1954 he joined the faculty of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois — and chaired the political science department for many years, retiring — in 1980. One of his most vivid memories of life at Knox involved serving — for a week as host for Dean Atchison, former U.S. Secretary of State. —
In 1939 he married the former Marjorie — Anne Robinson, deceased. They had three children; Alexandra Benham of — St. Louis, MO, Ann Houston Martin of Arlington, MA, and John Alexander — Houston, deceased. In 1969 he married the former Polly Turner of Palo — Alto, CA, and became stepfather to Jane Teas Hebert of Columbia, SC, Howard — Teas of Anchorage, AK, Steve Turner, deceased, Susan Dorman of Chico, — CA, and George Turner of Davis, CA. He leaves one granddaughter, Catherine — McKenna of Fayston, VT, two great-grandchildren and six step-grandchildren. —
In addition to his love of teaching — and interacting with students, John was an avid reader and intensely interested — in politics. While in the hospital he asked for an Absentee Ballot because — he wanted to be sure that he voted. He loved golf, music, San Francisco, — and the Pacific Northwest. Throughout his life he remained a loyal Stanford — supporter.
John and Polly retired to Hilton — Head, SC in 1980, then moved to Ashland in 1987. Until recently, he enjoyed — attending symphony and chamber performances, plays, playing the piano — with the Extended Circle, participating in SOLIR where he also taught — an occasional course, the Foreign Affairs seminars, and the Unitarian — Church.
Memorial contributions can be made — to the Dean Atchison Scholarship Fund, Political Science Department, Knox — College, Galesburg, Illinois.
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October 6th was a day of great loss — for the family and friends of Susan Roderick-Reynolds. The Roderick family — are lifetime residents of Ashland and Susan will come Rest in the Columbarium — at Trinity Episcopal Church in Ashland. Susan was born in Ashland July — 13, 1955. She graduated from Ashland High School and continued her education — at the Museum Art School in Portland, OR. Susan has spent the last 20 — years with her husband Jamie in Sausalito, CA, where she developed and — built an extremely successful Graphic Arts business. She worked with many — notable people including those in the film and television industry where — she was recognized by many and presented an Emmy Award for her work.
Beyond her successful career, Susan — was loved and cherished by her family, a number of great friends, and — she was a wonderful wife and sole mate to her husband. Susan lost a long, — hard fought battle to cancer, her loss will touch the lives of all who — knew her, and her courage and determination will be an inspiration to — us all. Susan was truly loved and her memory will remain with us always. —
Susan is survived by: Her husband — James Roderick-Reynolds of Sausalito, CA, Mother; Shirley Long of Ashland, — OR, Sisters; Sharon Denzer and two sons of Phoenix, OR, Shelia Gleim and — daughter of Phoenix, OR, Sylvia Bieniek and daughter of Dahka, Bangladesh, — Aunt; Isobel Grover and four children of Ashland, OR. Many very important — extended family members.
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Kim Nalley: Masterly singer has focus on jazz's roots
by Andrew Gilbert Oct. 04, 2012, 3:30 p.m. October 4, 2022
Nalley has created a scholarship aimed at reversing the lack of young black musicians engaged in the historically African-American art form of jazz
Discussions about race and jazz can get heated pretty quickly, like the recent row over New Orleans trumpeter Nicholas Payton's campaign to rechristen jazz as Black American Music (BAM). A few years back, the Jazzschool and Yoshi's became embroiled in a controversy over a perceived dearth of black representation, a conversation that aired concerns much bigger than the two local institutions.
Rather than pointing fingers, vocalist Kim Nalley decided to take it upon herself to address jazz's shifting demographics with a scholarship aimed at reversing a disconcerting lack of young black musicians engaging with the historically African-American art form. A masterly jazz and blues singer equally authoritative belting salty Bessie Smith tunes, caressing Billie Holiday ballads, or interpreting Nina Simone's charged anthems, Nalley raises funds for the scholarship Saturday at Berkeley's Jazzschool with her longtime trio featuring bassist Michael Zisman, drummer Kent Bryson and pianist Tammy Hall.
"Viola Davis said it really well," Nalley says. "It's one thing to go into somebody else's house and criticize, but you need to build your own house. If there's a problem with black representation—and I didn't think that was necessarily so in the Jazzschool's case—we should do something about that."
In launching a fund for aspiring young black musicians interested in studying at the Jazzschool, Nalley realized the problem was as much getting the word out to potential beneficiaries as raising the money itself.
Jazzschool founder Susan Muscarella says that over the last five years, with the additional support of Oakland painter Arnold White, the scholarship has supported several promising players, including a student from Berkeley Youth Alternatives.
"I put flyers at hair salons and barbershops to let people know it's available," says Nalley, who notes that there's a conspicuously missing generation of black musicians coming up behind her. "It's a serious problem. I don't think it's somebody's fault. It's systemic.
Nalley plays Berkeley's Jazzschool on Saturday
"There are some black singers and saxophone players, but can you name one young black jazz piano player in the Bay Area? There aren't many bass players either. Basses are extremely expensive to buy and difficult to rent. It costs $100 or more to replace the strings. Learning music not only helps kids stay off the street, it can teach them a livelihood. It would be great if people could come down not just for the concert but to make a donation."
Few artists have seen as many sides of the business as Nalley. She's lived the expat life in Europe, performing around the continent from her homebase in Basel, Switzerland. When the beloved North Beach club Jazz at Pearl's was on the verge of closing in 2003, she and then-husband Steve Sheraton stepped in and kept the doors open for another five years, presenting top shelf Bay Area players as well as nationally touring artists.
A major force on the Bay Area scene since the mid-1990s, she's fruitfully investigated the lives and legacies of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone on her acclaimed albums "Ballads For Billie" and "She Put A Spell On Me." A skilled actress, she wrote and starred in a musical play "Ella: The American Dream," detailing Fitzgerald's hardscrabble early years. After a successful 2010 run at Sonoma County's Cinnabar Theater, she incorporated many of the tunes into her club performances.
In December Nalley heads off to New York for a weekend engagement at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall with her working band and special guest James Carter on saxophones, performing her tribute to Nina Simone. But these days she's mostly focusing on her most treasured production, her six-month-old daughter Lydia, all the while pursuing a PhD in history at UC Berkeley, exploring the globalization of jazz via African-American expats who settled in Germany after World War II.
"When I was living over I met a whole bunch of American black jazz musicians in Switzerland and Germany," Nalley says. "And my great uncle was a jazz drummer who was in Germany and Denmark after World War II. I started assembling some oral histories, and I got more information than I was expecting. Academics have focused on black musicians in Paris, so Germany is a new field, a good topic for a dissertation."
Born and raised in New Haven, Nalley's first musical aspiration was to be an opera singer. She attended a high school for the performing arts associated with Yale University and was deeply involved with musical theater. She caught the jazz bug around the age of 16 and started checking out greats like Duke Ellington and Miles Davis, but she cites Bugs Bunny as her first musical influence.
"I was always really clued into those cartoons," Nalley says. "Later when I was getting exposed to Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald I was remembering songs from Fred Astaire movies and cartoons. I think I learned 'I'm In the Mood For Love' from the Little Rascals. I just snatched things up from anywhere I could. I can hear a song once and go home and write out the changes and bring it to the gig."
She first came to the Bay Area in the late '80s while following the Grateful Dead and soon returned to study history at Cal. She started performing before she graduated, and word quickly spread there was an impessive young talent on the scene. A self-described Dinah Washington devotee, Nalley has also listened closely to Helen Humes, Billie Holiday and Ivie Anderson (the Ellington Orchestra's greatest female singer).
Nalley first gained a following with her own group The Late Late Show, then joined the jumping Johnny Nocturne Band. She was the first diva hired by Teatro Zinzanni, the gloriously manic European style circus long ensconced at Pier 29, and has also sung Gershwin with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony.
On or off the bandstand, Nalley is always looking for another interesting story, and it's a safe bet that whatever she finds will eventually surface in her music.
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Stories from the Secession - Radical music and art
The Viennese Secessionist artists didn't just limit their influence to painting, as Art In Vienna explains
Alfred Roller's set design sketch for Elektra by Richard Strauss, 1909
The lush, golden canvasses of the Viennese Secession are known and loved throughout the world. Yet it might surprise some of their admirers to learn that music was almost as important as visual arts in the minds of those radical Austrian artists; perhaps not so surprising, given that the city also gave the world Beethoven and Mozart. Although the Viennese Secessionists worked in art and applied architecture, they had a very strong kinship with the music of their day, and the great masters who still cast a cultural shadow.
Beethoven was a touchstone - Gustav Klimt exhibited his Beethoven Frieze in 1902, at the fourteenth Secessionist exhibition which also featured German artist Max Klinger's monumental statue of the composer. Ver Sacrum, the official magazine of the Secession, featured numerous contributions in the form of sheet music from composers such as d'Albert and Hugo Wolf. Arnold Schoenberg mixed with young Secessionists such as Oskar Kokoschka at Vienna's Café Central, and had his portrait painted by Richard Gerstl. He recognised kindred spirits, as did Richard Strauss, who found in Klimt's Judith II echoes of the soundworld he had created in his opera Salome.
Detail from Gustav Klimt's Beethoven Frieze (1901)
The Secessionists were inspired by Richard Wagner's idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk - the total work of art of which he dreamed in which all the disciplines were fused in an audiovisual whole. These inspired Alfred Roller to produce a series of intensely colourised stage and costume designs for Wagner's opera Tristran And Isolde, which so impressed Gustav Mahler that he appointed him Head of Design at the Imperial Opera. There, Roller produced sets for works by Strauss, Carl Maria Von Weber as well as further Wagner operas such as Parsifal and The Flying Dutchman.
Sadly, the Secessionist's enthusiasm for new music was not shared by either the establishment or the Viennese public who almost relished their hounding of the avant garde. Vergo relates how Mahler once intervened during a Schoenberg performance to tell an audience member to stop hissing, only for the heckler to reply, "I hiss during your symphonies too!"
Arnold Schoenberg by Richard Gerstl (1907)
Peter Vergo's Art In Vienna 1898-1918 is a brilliant, comprehensive account of one of the great art movements of the early 20th century, an era in which the radical idealism of young artists was pitted against the overbearing conservatism of their elders, who preferred to stew in old historical certainties rather than embrace modernity. You can read another of our stories from it, about how Vienna came to lead the artworld here. Look out for our next story from the Secession soon, and for a richer understanding of the time buy a copy of Art in Vienna 1898 – 1918 here.
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The Australian Government is contemplating actions to encourage more overseas migrants to live and work in regional cities. The aim of relocating overseas migrants in regional cities will be to ease pressure on home prices and infrastructures in place in Sydney and Melbourne.
"There are ways we are looking at that we might be able to provide support to people to choose a regional city, for example, if they can find work there," Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said on Sky News on Sunday.
Australia's migration intake had to be driven by the national interest, Dutton said. Getting migrants to move outside city limits and directing them toward regional centres could bring many benefits, he said.
The Central Coast NSW and Goulburn are reportedly being mentioned as two key areas that could host the influx of new migrants who might otherwise have settled in Sydney.
What is regional migration and what visa type can you apply for?
If you wish to migrate to a regional centre within Australia, you could apply for the Regional Migration Scheme visa (subclass 187). This visa is a permanent residence visa for skilled workers who want to work in regional Australia. It allows you to work in Australia under one of three streams:
The Temporary Residence Transition stream is for subclass 457 visa holders who have worked for two years, while holding a subclass 457 visa, in the same occupation with their nominating employer (who is not subject to a labour agreement and who has lodged a valid nomination with us under the Temporary Residence Transition stream), who wants to offer them a permanent position in that occupation.
The Direct Entry stream is for:
people who have been nominated by their employer under the Direct Entry stream
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The Agreement stream is for subclass 457 visa holders nominated by an employer through a labour agreement.
There are requirements for the Regional Migration Scheme visa which applicants need to comply with. The requirements for this visa include that you:
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Two men were allegedly assaulted outside a property in the street
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Residents in New Cross Road in Stoughton have expressed concerns after two men were allegedly assaulted in the street.
A group allegedly attacked the men in the road in Stoughton at around 4am of Monday (May 8).
One man sustained serious head injuries and both were taken to St George's Hospital in London, where they are still receiving treatment.
New Cross Road: Man taken to hospital with serious head injuries after assault in Guildford
Homeowners in the road say they were woken by the sound of a low flying helicopter during the early hours of the same morning, while others saw the property cordoned off by police.
A homeowner, who wished to remain anonymous, said: "It's a very sad situation. I woke up about 5am and police were here about 5.30am.
"I saw flashing lights and just hope everyone is okay."
The property in New Cross Road is cordoned off
Another eyewitness also told Get Surrey they saw someone handcuffed to a fence in the early hours of the morning.
New Cross Road police cordon: Officers close entrance to Guildford house and remain on scene
Following the incident, police have carried out a thorough search of the area and three people from Guildford have been arrested on suspicion of GBH.
All three are currently in custody and Surrey Police is also appealing for witnesses while the investigation remains ongoing.
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New Mac Pro Goes Eight-Core Before Macworld Expo
A week before Steve Jobs was set to take the stage at Macworld Expo, Apple cleared away any need to talk about professional-level Macs to concentrate on what we presume are more interesting announcements. When a new Mac Pro that Apple advertises as "the fastest Mac ever" (sure, the latest professional Mac is always the fastest Mac ever, but still…) doesn't make the cut for the Macworld Expo keynote, even the more jaded among us start salivating.
The new Mac Pro features eight-core processing, thanks to a pair of Intel's new 45-nanometer Quad-Core Xeon processors running at 2.8 GHz, 3.0 GHz, or 3.2 GHz. Actually, there is a build-to-order option with only a single 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Xeon processor, but that feels like a throwaway to keep the price of the lowest-end Mac Pro down, and I usually avoid such oddball configurations when the direction is clearly toward eight cores across the board.
Apple claims the new Mac Pros are up to twice as fast as the previous top-of-the-line 2.66 Quad-Core Mac Pro when using processor-intensive applications like Maya and Logic Pro. Additional performance comes from a whopping 12 MB of L2 cache per processor, a high-bandwidth hardware architecture, dual-independent 1600 MHz front size buses, and support for up to 32 GB (8 slots) of 800 MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM memory.
In terms of storage expandability, the new Mac Pro features four internal hard drive bays with direct-attach, cable-free installation of SATA drives, giving it support for up to 4 TB of internal storage. A SuperDrive with double-layer support is also standard, with a second open optical drive bay available for another SuperDrive… or perhaps a Blu-ray drive in the future.
Graphics processing is also important for the professional crowd, and although I'm not deep in that world, the specs sound impressive. The standard video card is an ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256 MB of video memory, but build-to-order options include the Nvidia 8800 GT with 512 MB of memory or Nvidia Quadro FX 5600 with 1.5 GB of memory. You're not limited to just one of these cards (each of which can drive a pair of DVI monitors) – the Mac Pro provides a total of four PCI Express slots, making it possible for a Mac Pro to drive a total of eight 30-inch monitors running at 2560 by 1600. Who needs Spaces when you can address over 32 million pixels? Clearly, Apple is looking to move into the stadium display market.
On the communications front, the Mac Pro comes standard with a pair of gigabit Ethernet ports (with support for jumbo frames), Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, an optional 802.11n AirPort Extreme card, and an optional Apple USB Modem. Anyone who buys a modem for this machine deserves a wedgie.
Other specs include a pair of FireWire 800 ports (one in front, one in back), a pair of FireWire 400 ports (one in front, one in back), five USB 2.0 ports (two in front, three in back), front-panel headphone minijack and speaker port, optical digital audio input and output Toslink ports, and analog stereo line-level input and output minijacks.
Apple says the new Mac Pro is available immediately, with pricing starting at $2,799 for a model that includes a pair of 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Xeon processors, 2 GB of RAM, the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics card, a 320 GB SATA drive, and SuperDrive, along with all the other standard stuff. The only slight disappointment? The industrial design remains the same, and while there's nothing wrong with the "cheese grater" case introduced nearly five years ago with the Power Mac G5, we'd sure like to see a hot new case design.
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I was so nervous that my photographer wouldn't understand my vision or wouldn't be able to direct me in the right direction. But let me tell you, the moment I met Jenny I knew we were going to hire her. I wish I could get married over and over and over again just to have her photograph us again. She captures our essence perfectly. She had perfect ideas and was so great at working with me and my coordinator. Jenny is kind, assertive and RIDICULOUSLY talented. Like it makes me angry that she's so fabulous. She welcomed my family and my new husbands family and made everyone feel comfortable. She captured all the moments we wanted and more. She didn't scoff at our Lord of the Rings theme. She encouraged our individuality and humor. Best of all, Jenny was just a FUN person to be around. The day we met to chat about the wedding, we talked about logistics for half an hour and the remaining hour and a half was spent chatting, laughing, and just having fun. Jenny was everything we wanted and MORE in a photographer. If you are on the fence, let me tell you, this lovely lady is the person to hire. She's an absolute killer photographer, kind person, and a boss babe. Jenny - you are a gem, an angel. I can't imagine getting married without you being there to capture every moment.
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The secret to creating wealth
Deciding between a unit trust or an ETF
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Passive investing gets socially responsible
If you're looking for a globally diversified, low-cost passive investment, why not be socially responsible at the same time and help save the planet?
Old Mutual recently launched two new unit trust funds which should find traction among younger investors who are becoming increasingly concerned about environmental and social issues. The so-called 'millennial' investor is not only more socially aware than previous generations but is also buying into passive investing, questioning the value offered by more expensive actively managed funds.
The Old Mutual funds offer investors the option to track either the MSCI World ESG (Environmental, social and governance) Index or the MSCI Emerging Market ESG Leaders Index, providing exposure to global, socially responsible companies at an annual service fee of 0.45%.
Historically, investing for social responsibility – in other words investing only in companies that are kind to the environment, care about social impact and ensure good corporate governance – was assumed to deliver below-market returns, the logic being that only companies that make profit at all costs will provide better returns to shareholders than those that consider all stakeholders. However, scandals such as Steinhoff and Volkswagen, which lied about its emissions, have proven that if investors are not considering the socially responsible aspects of the companies they invest in, they will lose money.
Outperformance over the last ten years
In fact, over the last ten years, the MSCI Emerging Market ESG Leaders Index has outperformed the normal MSCI EM Index by 5.03% per annum, putting paid to the idea that socially responsible investing comes at cost.
The MSCI has a research team of analysts that assesses thousands of data points across 37 key ESG issues, focusing on company core business issues and industry issues that can create significant risks and opportunities for the company. According to Frank Sibiya, index portfolio manager at Old Mutual Investment Group, the filter for the MSCI ESG World Index reduces the number of investable companies from 1636 down to 798 shares. From this smaller universe of shares, the index is constructed to ensure the investor has the same geographical and sector allocation as you would if you invested in the ordinary MSCI index. This is to ensure that there is no geographical or sector bias whether you are invested in the MSCI Index or the MSCI ESG Index
For example, Facebook is not included in the MSCI World ESG Index due to governance controversies including privacy and security breaches. Google is included in the index as it focuses on smart grid and renewable energy and has a high trust factor.
The top five holdings in the MSCI World ESG Leaders Index are Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), Johnson and Johnson, Visa and Cisco Systems.
The MSCI Emerging Markets ESG Leaders Index has 406 shares and the top five are Tencent, Taiwan Semiconductor, Naspers, China Construction and Housing and Dev Finance Corp.
There are two funds: the Old Mutual MSCI Emerging Markets ESG Index Feeder Fund gives you exposure to emerging markets, and the Old Mutual MSCI World ESG Index Feeder Fund invests in developed markets.
Although you are invested offshore into an Ireland-domiciled fund, it is available as a rand-denominated unit trust. The monthly minimum is R500 per month and if you invest directly through Old Mutual Unit Trusts there is no upfront fee. You can invest within your tax-free savings account. The total expense ratio, which includes the annual service fee, transaction costs and index fees comes to 1.07% per annum.
What is ESG?
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Criteria is a set of standards for a company's operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments.
Environmental – water scarcity, pollution, food security and climate change
Social – inequality, health and safety, community considerations
Governance – diversity, experience of the board, independence
What is the MSCI Index?
The name initially comes from the "Morgan Stanley Capital International" and provides a common benchmark for a universe of stocks.
The MSCI World Index includes a collection of stocks of all the developed markets in the world, as defined by MSCI. It represents large- and mid-cap equity performance across 23 developed-market countries. It covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country and MSCI World Index does not offer exposure to emerging markets. It currently includes over 1 600 shares.
The MSCI Emerging Market Index is used to measure the equity market performance in global emerging markets. It includes 24 countries including Brazil, Chile, China, India, Korea, Russia and South Africa and includes over 1 100 shares.
This article first appeared in City Press.
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Mayan Apocalypse Film Festival – 21 Films for Our Final 21 Days
The ancient Mayan calendar draws to an end on Dec. 21. Here 21 films to see—and what they taught us about our species—before doomsday
By Steven James Snyder @thesnydesNov. 30, 2012
The Mayan apocalypse — we all know about the calendar, the prophecy, and the debate. The ancient Mayan calendar draws to an end on December 21st, as the winter solstice syncs up with the end of a calendar cycle. Many scholars say there's nothing to indicate that the Mayans predicted doomsday for humanity (read an expert's take on all the Doomsday chatter), but the abrupt end to the Mayan vision for the future has fueled theories and speculation for decades, that perhaps they knew something we don't about a coming cataclysm.
Well, Dec. 21 is now only 21 days away; three weeks, it would seem, until our untimely extinction. As I was reminded this morning by colleagues of the nearing Mayan cliff, I started pondering how I would spend my last three weeks on this planet. Would I return to my hometown? Spend three weeks traveling the globe? Nah. As a lifelong movie addict, I'm far more intrigued by the possibility of maxing out my credit card, renting out the glorious Uptown Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota for a month, and overnighting prints of my 21 favorite films. Call it the Doomsday Film Festival, but I've learned more about this planet, its people, and our common experience through cinema than through any vacations.
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I'd spend my days in the balcony with a big tub of popcorn, remembering all that's made humanity wonderfully complex. Here are my 21 initial choices, and what those films taught me about our species…They aren't the best films ever made — just the comfort food that I return to over and over again. These aren't the favorites of my brain, but my heart.
What would your list be? Post your thoughts in the comments below. And without further delay, my Doomsday Film Festival:
Dec. 1-7: Youth
Discovering the world: Beasts of the Southern Wild, with perhaps the greatest opening sequence of all time and the most inspired depiction of a strong and independent child (for the record, young Quvenzhané Wallis deserves an Oscar nomination). Also: The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick's meditation on the majesty of Mother Earth.
The magic of youth: Spirited Away, one of the greatest works of fantasy and one of the most beautiful pieces of animation. This is imagination at its most vivid.
A parent's love: Late Spring, still perhaps my favorite film by Yasujiro Ozu, about a father's sacrifice to ensure his daughter's happiness.
First love: Before Sunrise, which captures the nervous energy of meeting your soul mate — the night that begins the rest of your life.
True love: L'Atalante, Jean Vigo's nostalgic drama about a newly married couple, and the heartache of an early separation.
The joy of music: The Blues Brothers. No, it's not the best musical ever made, but you can blame my dad, who ensured I watched the film a few times every year.
Dec. 8-14: Hard Truths
The war fields: Paths of Glory, Stanley Kubrick's scathing vision of bloody battlefields, indifferent commanders and the utter absurdity of war.
Greed: Heat, Michael Mann's crime epic about just how much two men will throw away for cold hard cash.
Betrayal: The Godfather: Part II, in which Michael's discovery of his brother's betrayal leads to one of the darkest decisions in the movies.
Obsession: Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Werner Herzog's masterpiece about the treasure hunters who lose everything in their obsessive hunt for the fabled City of Gold. Look deep into Klaus Kinski's eyes, and you will learn something about the darker side of the psyche.
Arrogance: The Fountain, Darren Aronofsky's criminally underrated sci-fi epic (I'm well aware I like the movie more than anyone else on the planet) about man's neverending struggle against mortality, convinced we can bend the universe to our will.
Broken hearts: Vertigo, Alfred Hitchock's vision of a man who's fallen in love with an imaginary woman, and the woman who, loving him, agrees to play the part. The lies we tell ourselves.
Empty wallets: Bicycle Thieves, one of the great visions of poverty, parental pride and how an empty piggy bank upends all other Earthly concerns.
Dec. 14-21: Sweet Memories
Pets!: My Dog Skip, which, admittedly, runs counter to my life. I'm a cat guy, but this movie about a boy and his dog has to be one of the sweetest things I've ever seen.
Friendship: The Big Lebowski, perhaps my favorite comedy, about the Dude and his crazy friends who somehow avoid getting killed while botching a ransom and pulling a piece out on the lanes.
Redemption: Before Sunset, Richard Linklater's real-time stroll through Paris, awash in regret, romance and second chances.
Power of prayer: Wings of Desire, the meditation on mankind's loneliness, despair, hope, joy and transcendence. An angel gives up immortality for the mere chance to taste the joys of being a human.
A city's electricity: Chungking Express, Wong Kar-Wai's sexy, thrilling, sumptuous love letter to the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong.
The majesty of the planet: Baraka, the non-narrative 1992 documentary that captures many of the world's most incredible sights in rapturous 70mm.
The great unknown: 2001: A Space Odyssey, the greatest of all films (and the most important movie in my life). About mankind's evolution, and the NEXT chapter beyond Earth, I'd keep the film on repeat through the apocalypse, hoping that the end would come during the psychedelic journey through the Star Gate.
Steven James Snyder @thesnydes
I'm an Assistant Managing Editor at TIME. I assign and edit, write features and reviews. I think about how tech is changing pop entertainment


Finding and recruiting top talent should be a priority for all retailers. Having outstanding people in your team can help you sell more products, be more efficient, and most important, serve customers better.
The question is, how do you find these top performers? To answer that, we've looked into the hiring practices of other companies and got in touch with retail experts who've shared solid advice on finding, attracting, and hiring great people for your store.
We've given this advice before, but it's worth repeating because it truly is one of the most important pieces of hiring advice that you can get. Nearly all of the experts who weighed in for this article emphasized the importance of looking for people with the right attitudes.
"Take a tip from James Timpson: don't look at CVs or resumes; hire on the basis of attitude, enthusiasm, and energy. Skills can be taught, attitude can't," says Andrew Busby, Founder & CEO at Retail Reflections.
Cyrenna Dewhurst, a store manager candidate at Dollar General, echoes this advice and says that she once hired a candidate who, despite not having retail experience, had a great attitude.
"I hired a woman once that had zero retail experience. She had been in the cleaning business. I just loved her attitude, she was just amazing and even had the best reasons why she would be better at this job than anyone else. She tailored her resume towards why her cleaning business would make her who I would hire," she shared.
It's a tall order, but many of these traits go hand-in-hand, so finding people who exhibit a handful of these attitudes may not be as difficult as you think.
Now that we've identified the traits that you should look for when hiring, let's discuss how you can surface these qualities in your candidates. People tend to put their best foot forward during formal interviews, so it can be tricky to determine whether or not someone truly possess the right attitudes.
"One lesson for stores is don't confine your interviews to the office," says retail executive Don Uselmann. He recommends that merchants bring the candidates to the sales floor and watch how they interact with department managers and employees.
Bill O'Malley, Managing Partner of Connector Team Recruiting, echoes this advice.
"You can tell a lot about people as they walk a retail building with you. How do they relate as they walk the floor? How do they engage with people? Do they smile? Are they polite?
There's a reason why companies like Jet Blue and Disney are able to consistently hire top-notch employees: these companies know how to find individuals who are naturally great with people.
One of the ways to do this is by conducting group interviews. Job applicants at the Disney Store have shared experiences with group interviews in which they were quizzed on their Disney knowledge and were asked to sell something to the rest of the team.
Conducting group interviews makes sense, particularly in customer-facing retail roles. You can gain insights into someone's people skills by observing how they act around other people, and that can give you a better understanding of how they'll fit with your team.
Brian Drescher, a former retail operations and category manager in the retail grocery and specialty industries, says that he has his team engage with interviewees as if they were customers.
Don't let your interviews be too scripted. Guide questions are okay, but don't be afraid to have a real conversation and let the other party do most of the talking.
"Look for candidates who display a passion for your brand," advises Jacqueline Young-Sterling, the Director of Customer Experience at Compliant IA.
One example of a retailer is doing this the vape shop (and Vend customer) Good Guy Vapes.
Top performers always do their research, so you want to make sure that they like what they see when they Google your company. See to it that your website and social accounts look presentable and contain adequate information about your business.
If you haven't done so yet, head to Glassdoor.com and complete your company profile. Add photos and provide as many details as you can. Also, read the reviews that your employees (both past and current) have about your business. If you see some unfavorable reviews, talk to your staff about them and see what you can do.
It's best to resolve any internal issues first before taking on new hires. The last thing you want is to bring in someone new when there are unresolved issues and politicking involved. The more at peace your company is on the inside, the more attractive it'll look to applicants and the greater the chances that they'll stay.
Retailers of today are operating in a competitive space that requires forward-thinking as well as online and social savviness. If you want to attract applicants who have those traits, you should take your recruitment efforts beyond traditional channels such as job boards.
Social media is known to be an effective recruitment tool. LinkedIn for instance, has a number of talent solutions that enable you to find, vet, and contact candidates.
Sites such as Facebook and Twitter, while not specifically made for recruiting, can also help you find new hires. Use Twitter to spread the word about your openings and put a special careers tab on your Facebook page where your fans can browse and apply for jobs.
Even Instagram has proven to be a good platform, particularly for companies looking for young and fresh talent. As Software Advice cited in this piece on Instagram recruiting, a study by the Pew Research Center found that the largest group using Instagram is adults between 18-29 years of age with some college education. This makes it an ideal platform to attract youthful applicants.
So, make it a point to spruce up your employer profile on social media. A good way to do this is to share fun team photos on platforms like Facebook and Instagram.
And if you're actively recruiting, spread the word by posting "We're hiring" images on your accounts.
Lastly, don't forget about mobile. An increasing number of users are now using their mobile devices to access job boards and look for career information, so make sure your posts and listings are optimized for the small screen.
"One of the most effective ways retailers can attract and retain the best people is to develop a rubric for employee performance," says Christine Guillot, Founder at Merchant Method.
If you haven't done so yet, develop rules of conduct or procedures or employees, document them, for easy reference when hiring and evaluating your team.
Need some inspiration? The University of Colorado Denver offers a good example of an evaluation rubric for customer service.
Painting an accurate picture of your company and the position will enable both you and the applicant to determine if they're a good fit for the job. So while it may be tempting to only gush about the good things about your store, but don't oversell the job or misrepresent your company. Be forthcoming about the demands of the position and what your expectations are.
Incentivize your staff to help you recruit more employees. "Your current employees know what it takes to do the job. They have a vested interest in bringing in people who will make the workload lighter, not heavier," says sales consultant, author, and speaker Barry Maher.
Still having trouble finding the best fit? Retail expert Georganne Bender recommends turning to your previous employees to see if they're looking to come back.
"One of the best sources for new employees is past good employees. Studies show that 20 – 25 percent of employees return because the grass isn't always greener on the other side, so if you've had good performers leave, give them a call and ask if they have ever considered coming back. Even if they say no, they'll feel good because you thought to call." she says.
Finally, recognize that when it comes to hiring employees, getting it done right is better than getting it done fast. Don't settle for a candidate who isn't perfect for the job, just because you want to get the process over with.
A best organization can be formed only with all best employees. So in this process HR managers always plays an important role of hiring best talent. Most of the time it is critical to find the best candidate for required job opening.
recruiter should read this best piece of content. I think using best recruitment software can also be a best option.
Hello this is super helpful. Any other professional channels besides the obvious ones that are catered towards fashion industry that u recommend?
As for fashion-centric channels, I would say look into trade publications (like Apparel Magazine) and trade groups such as the American Apparel & Footwear Association.
When it comes to improving your staff, there are companies that specialize in empowering fashion retail associates.
RetailChoice works really well for all things Fashion and Retail.


, from 10 am–3 pm Saturday, April 3. Inspired by the exhibition 1964, the day's highlights include a dance party where families can rock and roll to classic hits and learn some popular dance moves from that time. Other activities include a film screening, story time, and an art-making activity with guest artist Sarah Nassif.
Make your own '60s inspired trading cards that capture the spirit of the times, then and now.
Experience the transition from black-and-white to color TV in this short film about two chefs working to create the world's greatest cake.
Families get their groove on! Join guest DJ Scott Stulen as he spins '60s sounds like Motown, Surf, and British Invasion. Local dancer Alanna Morris will teach kids and help grown-ups remember how to Twist, Mash, and Hitchhike throughout the day!


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The most important distinguishing factor on the reverse of Maria Theresia Talers is the form of the shield in the center of the coin. It is used to determine the major reverse types.
There are three major reverse types. Each type has a number of minor variants, which are described in more detail in Dr. Leypold's book.
Single strong small feather between the eagle's wing feathers; U in AUST round; lower end of center shield rounded; Three center tail feathers.
Three small feathers between the eagle's wing feathers; V in AVST pointed; low end of center shield beveled; two center tail feathers; ribbon below upper crown start next to each other, creating an almost perfect rhombus between ribbons and eagle's neck. No signature.
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Top 5 altcoins: Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, EOS technical analysis
Even though bitcoin seems to be poised to pullback on a weekly scale, some of the altcoins could enjoy a spike in their volume taking them to new yearly highs.
Since ethereum hit a low of $80 in Dec. 14, 2018, it has gone through a bull rally that has taken its market valuation up more than 250 percent, to reach a high of $289 on May 30.
During the last few weeks, ETH has been trading inside an ascending parallel channel on the 3-day chart. Now that ethereum is sitting on the bottom of the channel, there could be a chance that it will break it down. A break below the channel could initiate a correction that could see this cryptocurrency's price drop 25 percent.
A move below the $250 support level could be used as the first sign of confirmation for a potential pullback and the probabilities will increase if the $234 support level is broken.
Nonetheless, the bullish trend could continue if ethereum is able to trade above $271. A move above resistance could take ETH to test the high of $288 or the top of the parallel channel.
On the 1-day chart, ethereum continues to trade inside a $37 no-trade zone between $271 and $234. Now that it has reached $271 and moved below the 7-day moving average, a drop to $234 could be expected, which is also where the 30-day moving average is sitting. If the 30-day MA is not able to hold ETH's market valuation it could continue falling and find support around the 50-day MA.
The ascending parallel channel previously mentioned can be better seen on the 12-hour chart. Recently, ethereum dropped from the top of the channel all the way to the bottom where it could bounce off to the middle of the channel.
Now, it seems like a new fall to the bottom of the channel could possibly take ETH to test the 50-twelve-hour moving average. A drop below the 50-twelve-hour MA could drop ethereum down to test the 100-twelve-hour MA and if sell pressure is significant enough it could even test the 200-twelve-hour MA.
The bullish momentum XRP experienced has been rejected by the $0.45 resistance level multiple times as it can be seen on the 3-day chart. The higher the times a resistance point is tested, the weaker it becomes. A move above $0.45 could take XRP up to the next level of resistance sitting at $0.56.
Conversely, if XRP fails to break above resistance a move down to the $0.4-$0.37 trading range or even lower could be expected.
The Bollinger Bands have begun contracting on the 1-day chart indicating that a period of low volatility could come soon. XRP could still test the upper band, drop to the middle band (20-day MA) or even the lower band.
Even though a bullish impulse above $0.48 could take XRP to the new yearly highs, a pullback to $0.36 is possible.
Since Dec. 2018, XRP can be seen trading in a parallel range in the 12-hour chart. Now that it has been trading around the top of the channel a retrace to the middle line, which sits around $0.37, could happen at any minute.
A break out of the parallel channel could take this cryptocurrency to new yearly highs in an extremely bullish movement due to the length of the channel. The $0.48 level is a very important price point to watch.
Bitcoin cash has gone up more than 550 percent since it reached a low of $73 in Dec. 15, 2018.
At the moment, BCH is trading around $430 and testing a significant resistance level that it has not been able to break for the last couple of weeks. A break above this price zone could take this cryptocurrency up to the next resistance level around $570. Failing to break above this resistance point could take bitcoin cash down to $355 based on the 3-day chart.
On the 1-day chart, the Bollinger Bands appear to be contracting. At the moment, BCH sits right on the middle band or 20-day moving average. From now on, it could either fall down to the lower band or rise up to the upper band. A break above $483 could take bitcoin cash could indicate that a strong bullish movement will come.
An ascending parallel channel can be spotted on BCH's 12-hour chart. Bitcoin cash is currently trading on the bottom of the channel, which if it is able to hold could bounce off its market valuation to the middle or the top of the channel.
However, if BCH is able to break the channel to the downside, the likelihood of a drop to the 50-twelve-hour MA or the 100-twelve-hour MA increases.
As litecoin's halving approaches, it continues a steady increase in its market valuation that started on Dec. 2018 and has seen it go up more than 440 percent.
On the 3-day chart, LTC has been trading inside a massive ascending parallel channel. At the moment, this cryptocurrency is at the middle line of the channel and it could continue to rise to the top around $150.
However, if litecoin moves below the middle line, it could go down to the bottom of the ascending parallel channel around $95.
Since the beginning of the year, litecoin can be seen trading above the 50-twelve-hour moving average. The bullish trend will remain as long as LTC continues trading above this moving average, but a correction could be seen if it moves below it. The next levels of support are given by the 100-twelve-hour MA sitting at $75 and the 200-twelve-hour MA at $55.
For the bullish trend to continue litecoin must also trade above $122 to make new yearly highs.
EOS has recently moved down to the number six spot in market capitalization once again after investors appeared to be taking profits following the Block.one announcement of an EOS-powered social network.
This cryptocurrency can be seen trading inside an ascending parallel channel on the 3-day chart since Dec. 18, 2018, after reaching a low of $1.55. Currently, EOS is sitting right on the middle line of the channel, where a move further down to the bottom or a spike up to the top could be presumed.
On the 1-day chart, a series of support and resistance points based on historical data can be drawn to predict the price points that will act as barriers in a bearish or bullish move.
EOS is trading between the $6.95 support and $7.70 resistance levels. A break below this zone could take this cryptocurrency down to $6.45 while a bullish impulse could take it up to $8.70.
Overall Sentiment
Based on this technical analysis of the top altcoins by market capitalization, a correction could come at any minute. Although bitcoin cash and XRP have been trading around significant points of resistance for an extended period of time and a break out could take them to significant new yearly highs, the rest of the cryptocurrencies seem like they could be about to pullback.
The post Top 5 altcoins: Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, EOS technical analysis appeared first on CryptoSlate .
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First of all we'd like to offer our apologies for being quiet for too long. This is because with a heavy heart we have to inform that due to big organisational changes and other unforeseen challenges the Animatricks 2019 festival will not be organised.
However our most sincere intention is that Animatricks will not disappear but rather takes this sidestep now as a chance to rejuvenate and seek a new form of execution and co-operations as a festival and other screenings.
Our heartfelt gratitude goes to all of you whom have been with us in past years as the organising team, audience, fans and authors. It has been our utmost pleasure to share the great talent and art of animation to all fans of this unique art form.


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Every holiday is a reason to celebrate and Cayuga County has a long tradition of making each one special. From Memorial Day to Fourth of July to Christmas we find a way to make the most of every holiday season.
Everyone loves a parade and Cayuga County celebrates Memorial Day in Auburn and Weedsport with parades that create all the fanfare that this holiday deserves. Memorial Day services, barbecues, pancake breakfasts and more happen throughout the County to celebrate this special day.
Fourth of July weekend means fireworks galore in Auburn and Fair Haven plus plenty of places in between. One of the biggest displays happens at Emerson Park just south of Auburn on Owasco Lake on July 3rd. Enjoy music and a picnic before the breathtaking display over the water starts at dusk. The Village of Fair Haven on Lake Ontario celebrates Fourth of July with a Mile Long Parade, chicken BBQ, live entertainment and of course fireworks!
The fall brings a cornucopia of harvest events and Halloween celebrations. The Seward House Museum in Auburn presents their Haunted History Tours with costumed guides that share spooky accounts and terrifying-yet-true stories, an eerie experience you won't want to miss!
And no one celebrates the Christmas season like Cayuga County. Special events and celebrations happen throughout the month of December. Be sure to stop by the Ward O'Hara Agricultural & Country Living Museum for their annual Festival of Trees, featuring more than 100 decorated trees – a real sight to behold.
Visit our calendar of events for festivals, concerts, fairs, exhibits and special activities happening throughout the year.


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Netflix F1 Docu-Series'Formula 1: Drive to Survive' Announced, Gets March Release Date
Netflix and Formula 1 have announced a 10-part docu-series Named Formula 1: Drive to Survive, from the Oscar-winning Manufacturer of Senna and Amy — British producer James Gay-Rees — That will provide"Intimate and Exclusive access to the greatest racing Contest on Earth.
The show will reveal the real story of the game — not focusing on the struggle to be number one but give fans a real insight into the personal lives of their personalities on and off the track." It chronicles the 2018 period of the Formula One World Championship, starting in Australia and moving through Bahrain, Canada, Austria, Singapore, the US and Brazil, before ending at the UAE.
Box to Box Films is the production company on Formula 1: Drive to Survive, with Paul Martin — who has also produced several soccer documentaries centred on Cristiano Ronaldo, Diego Maradona, and Steven Gerrard, in Ronaldo (2015), Maradona (2018), and also Make Us Fantasy (2018), respectively — serving as executive producer alongside Gay-Rees. Sophie Todd, who's worked on several docu-series for British networks BBC and Channel 4, is the showrunner.
In the announcement, Netflix adds that Formula 1: Drive to Survive will take a look at the"enormous revolution" the game is undergoing because the Liberty Media takeover at January 2017, with an emphasis on'sustainability' and'passion'. The show claims to possess"unprecedented access into the top motorists, principals and owners".
"Netflix was an ideal platform on which to tell the inside story of this unbelievable game," Martin said in a prepared statement. "F1 has long been a world of colourful characters and super-sized egos, excitement and play, victory and tragedy but until today that universe has been mostly hidden and secretive from fans. Formula 1: Drive to Survive takes the audiences into the heart of this world and shows what it's like to live, work and race over the world's fastest sport."
"As we move to a new generation of Formula 1, we're thrilled to announce our new docuseries Formula 1: Drive to Survive," Ian Holmes, Formula One's director of media rights stated. "This unique series embodies the game and assists to showcase and unearth the untold stories off and on the trail. Partnering with Netflix to make an original series puts us in the forefront of becoming a media and entertainment brand and bringing new fans into the game."
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Infrawarrior
Desert Permaculture
Me & Permaculture
My Goal with Desert Permaculture
Observing the Land
Building a Garden from Nothing
Building a Pond
Building a Larger Pond for Wildlife
Rebuilding after The Bobcat Fire
The Joshua Tree, Before and after the Fire
Large wildlife pond, Summer 2022
We had a large empty flat space, which originally held an old chicken coop and a flat yard area next to it. I wanted to build a larger wildlife pond, further away from the house. (This pond actually helped us a great deal after the Bobcat Fire, giving me water to take care of a number of baby trees.) The area chosen was at the base of a hillside, perfect for a large pond as well as becoming a future downhill catchall for water… The entire space, save for a lovely young Mimosa Tree, was wide open with nothing growing around it.
A large tree trunk had fallen on its side during a storm, and this gave me the basis of using it to lay along the side of the future pond. Along the hillside, concrete blocks had been placed to build a wall, which gave me a great basis for the pond as well.
The hole dug is about 15 feet long by 10 feet wide. One end is about 30″ deep and the other comes up as a shallow. Once the hole had been dug out, I decided to build an island in the center. This would allow me to fill it with much less water, but also provide additional growing edges for the pond. It took quite a while to tame the liner and fill the pond, which I allowed Nature to do slowly over the Winter…
Once the pond was full enough, I needed to build soil up around it while I worked on stabilizing the outline. This took a great deal of time and reworking.
As the pond was wide open to the Sun, I also needed to begin building shade systems around it. This is ongoing, as once a shade system is created, I can build further upon that.
On the left is the tree-trunk from earlier in this post, which I used to build up one side with trellis and branches for shade.
Below is a photo taken after a couple seasons, with a nice assortment of plants added. The pond is a life source for all kinds of beneficial insects, birds, and wildlife that travels through… Coyotes, cats, birds, squirrels and more visit the pond.
Current view of the pond, with some shade systems added… This is becoming its own system, a micro-climate within a barren landscape. More to come as I expand on this area…
Large wildlife pond as of August, 2022., with additional plants around it, and more shade systems being built.
Transforming this property is a years' long goal, through adding systems and building upon micro-climates as they begin to flourish. I hope to be able to inspire those who might need to find solutions to their own home areas while slowly reducing waste and bringing life to this area. I spend a great deal of time searching for and creating solutions to the constant setbacks of living out in the desert.
Side Back Hill 2018, planning the walls.
Side Back Hill with Terrace Gardens 2022
Check under PROJECTS up in the main menu for pages on building ponds, gardens and rebuilding after our wildfire.


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Vanda Spengler est une photographe franco-suisse née le 12 août 1982 à Genève (Suisse). Sa grand-mère est la romancière féministe Régine Deforges (autrice notamment de La Bicyclette bleue). Son père est l'éditeur et écrivain Franck Spengler.

Le travail photographique de Vanda Spengler s'articule autour du corps et le rapport à soi et aux autres. Elle puise son inspiration dans les œuvres d' Antoine d'Agata ou encore les peintures de Jean Rustin.

En 2013, Antoine Desrosières réalise un documentaire sur la photographe intitulé "Vanda Spengler… aura ta peau!"

Vanda Spengler fait partie du collectif d'artistes international Action Hybride.

En  elle publie sa première monographie « Frontières Invisibles » aux éditions Corridor Eléphant.

Parcours
 : Interview du collectif Action Hybride dans "les culturelles" radio Paris-Saclay par Fatou Dougnon
 : Publication de ma première monographie « Frontières Invisibles » aux éditions Corridor Éléphant.
  : "L'Impromptue " – Exposition collective à Arles à la galerie l'Odyssette avec le collectif Action Hybride.
  : Publication de ma série " Blocs de Chair " et interview dans " NIEPCEBOOK  " Genres, cultures, sociétés " chez Corridor Elephant.
 :   " Fleischeslust Festival, The kinky Festival ", exposition collective avec Laurent Benaïm à Berlin.
 : " Des sexes et des femmes ", exposition collective au 59 Rivoli à Paris (commissariat d'exposition par Juliet Drouar).
  :  "g\'il.les\ ", commissariat avec Louise Dumont et Louise A. Depaume, exposition collective au 59 Rivoli à Paris.
  : " Sillons " aux Voies Off des Rencontres Photographiques d'Arles à La Boucherie.
  : Publication de la série " Blocs de Chair  dans THE OPERA MAGAZINE (collection dirigée par Matthias Straub).
  : " Blocs de Chair " , exposition solo à la galerie l'Aberrante à Montpellier.
  : Création d'une affiche pour l'association Act-Up.
  : " Les Immontrables ", Exposition collective, Le Lab à Marseille. Participation à l' Alwomanach, calendrier féministe par le collectif 52.
  : " Ce que les corps racontent ", exposition collective avec Françoise Simpère et Madeleine Froment au 59, Rivoli à Paris.
 : " Pietàs Profanes " aux Voies Off les Rencontres de la photographie d'Arles,  La Boucherie.
 : Exposition au Cabinet des Curieux à Paris.
 : Parution du recueil photographique « Blocs de Chairs », Editions Crocs Électriques.
 : " NAKED! Prologue à l'éveil " exposition photographique et littéraire immersive, autour des violences faites aux femmes. Commissaire d'exposition: Julia Parisel. Gare XP. -Conférence sur la représentation des femmes dans l'art, Paris 3
 : Exposition collective " Nos Chairs " , Rencontres Parisiennes de la Photographie Contemporaine au Marché Dauphine, Saint Ouen.
 : Exposition collective avec Le Bateau magazine à l'atelier Gustave
  : Juré au Festival de cinéma de Vernon
  : Interview dans « Les Carnets de la Création » d'Aude Lavigne sur France Culture – Exposition aux Rencontres Parisiennes de la Photographie Contemporaine du  à Paris
  : Publication de 12 photos dans " L'entrepôt magazine "
  : Article de Pierre-Jérôme Adjedj dans la revue d'arts " Cassandre – Hors Champs "
 Depuis  : Collaboration trimestrielle au magazine érotique " Le Bateau "
  : Exposition à la Nuit de la Photographie Contemporaine à Paris
  : " Vanda Spengler … aura ta peau " sélectionné au Festival de cinéma de Vernon
  : " Vanda Spengler…aura ta peau ", documentaire d'Antoine Desrosières, autour de sa démarche photographique (production Les Films en hiver)
 2013 : Création de l'Expomobile, système de portants à roulettes pour exposer de façon nomade et autonome
 : Exposition solo de la série « Epidermes » à la Galerie David Guiraud, 75003, Paris
 : 8 photos dans « The Mammoth Book of New Erotic Photography » par Maxim Jakubowski
 : Parution de 2 photos dans " 1979-2009, 30 ans d'érotisme " chez Hugo
  : Reportage consacré à son travail dans l'émission " En attendant minuit " sur TPS Septembre

Notes et références

Liens externes

Femme photographe suisse
Photographe français
Naissance en août 1982

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