Learning that little scholarship had been done concerning these works, Silver proposed a project. They would "introduce New Yorkers to something they didn't know and examine this aspect of Hofmann's art that nobody really talks about." The exhibition's trajectory would launch with Hofmann's designs for a Peru project for which there are major studies, but that never came to fruition. Then it would introduce the various studies and photographs of the two New York murals that are realized. These, in turn, would set the stage for what Silver — and the art market — consider Hofmann's artistic apotheosis: the slab paintings. Hofmann trustees endorsed the project.
Quite fortuitously, shortly before assuming her position as Frost director in January, not only did Jordana Pomeroy contract the Bruce Museum to host the first stop of Walls of Color's travels, she also learned that the Frost owns several works — locally donated — that illustrate Hofmann's formative period and supplement the core works in the exhibition. These paintings greet visitors entering the Frost's Orr Pavilion galleries.
Hofmann, who was born in Germany in 1880, assimilated the precepts of Impressionism and Pointillism during his early studies. He lived from 1904 to 1914 in the artistic hothouse of Paris, where he befriended the most prominent Cubist artists. He absorbed the influence of the Surrealists and Fauves as well as the spiritual orientation of Kandinsky. Gradually, he synthesized his own conceptual framework and directed a school in Munich for 10 years. American students invited him to teach in Los Angeles in 1930. At that time, the Social Realism of the Depression was engaging with the radical influences of the various European movements. In the 1930s Hofmann established key schools in New York City and Provincetown, which he led until 1958, inspiring a generation of artists with his dynamic classroom presence, extensive writing and his exhibitions — notably in Peggy Guggenheim's gallery, the Whitney Museum and the Venice Biennale.
▪ Retaining the integrity of the picture plane as a surface on which paint is applied (rather than seeing it as an illusionistic window).
▪ Spontaneously liberating paint handling, incorporating irregular textures, pouring, stains and splotches.
▪ Using the "push and pull" of contrasting tonality and color to create a spatial sense, rather than the traditional Renaissance-based perspective system.
▪ Choosing color juxtapositions that interact in their own terms, rather than based on the external world.
▪ Drawing to express emotional energy states as well as to define shapes, planes and spaces.
Hofmann was already an established figure when his first mural opportunity came about. Samuel Kootz was a gallery owner with a deep commitment to promoting innovative American and European artists. Kootz viewed his gallery as a cultural laboratory, providing cross-disciplinary encounters. In 1950 he organized an exhibition called The Muralist and the Modern Architect, which paired collaborative projects among artists and architects. He introduced Hofmann to the architectural team of José Luis Sert and Paul Lester Wiener, who were working on an urban re-design for Chimbote, Peru. They requested that Hofmann design a large mosaic mural for a bell tower-like structure and pavements for a plaza walkway. "Hofmann was 70 years old. All of a sudden he was faced with this slab, which presented a new challenge," said Silver.
The Chimbote design's linework is energetic, with striking counterpoints of direction, angularity, wiggles and soft arcs. The collaboration, which also included the team's architectural models for the city, was the most highly praised element in the Kootz exhibition. Unfortunately, the project was never realized. A political shakeup —one of many in post-war South America — led to its abandonment.
In the richly illustrated book that accompanies the exhibition, Silver quotes Fernand Leger, the French artist who designed numerous murals: "The mosaics of Byzantium, like the first works of Giotto which they directly inspired, do not use the third dimension. And thus, instead of destroying the wall, they respect it." This aligns perfectly with Hofmann's orientation. Large fields of color, enlivened by contrasted "Pointillist" color mixing, combine with textural effects to enhance architectural surfaces. The permanence of glass mosaics is the clincher.
Two years after hosting the Muralist exhibition, Kootz brokered a deal with architect William Lescaze and developers William Kaufman and Jack Weiler to incorporate a Hofmann mural in their new office building on Third Avenue. Their shared goal was to vitalize the lobby with the colorful, vibrant energy of Manhattan. Hofmann designed a four-sided mosaic for the elevator enclosure. In the Frost exhibition, oil sketch designs plus photographs of the brilliant pristine mosaics in situ demonstrate Hofmann's dynamic combination of yellow, red, green and blue rectilinear color blocks with serpentine meanders and squiggles of calligraphic linework. While Hofmann didn't actually set the tesserae into cement on the wall, the highly regarded Foscato mosaic company in Queens fabricated them under the artist's supervision.
According to Silver, many murals were being designed and executed during the 1950s — and did provide prestige and market value to the buildings they adorned, but, "The New York art world emphasized easel painting, because that's what you can sell." Hofmann's contributions remained hidden in plain sight. Two years later, his third mural was commissioned. World War II had generated a great need for new schools — the baby boom was under way. The New York School of Printing was part of an International Style public school campus intended to support the burgeoning printing industry. The architecture firm Kelly & Gruzen incorporated an 11-1/2- by 64-foot blank wall in the auditorium-gymanasium building for a Hofmann mosaic mural. Gruzen already owned works by Hofmann and contacted the artist through Kootz. Hofmann's initially geometric design evolved to incorporate increasingly dynamic biomorphic elements that alternate with the geometry. The mosaic interpretation is masterful; the catalog shows a photographic detail of a central element in which "brush strokes" are reproduced in a trompe-l'oeil style amid a broad range of intermixed blue tones. Better yet, the exhibition includes an actual mosaic maquette that physically embodies the rich materiality of the finished work.
The exhibition concludes with the work that initiated Silver's project: the slab paintings. He and other scholars speculate that rectangular color blocks — essential components of a mosaic — become an increasingly prominent feature of Hofmann's paintings. They anchor his compositions amid the dance of agitated brushstrokes, textures and stains. They also echo Hofmann's respect for the fundamental rectilinearity of the canvas or paper support. Moreover, his mural design process had entailed collage-like mock-ups of large painted sheets of solid color. Echoes of Matisse.
Five additional exhibitions at the Frost will amply reward a day-long visit. In particular, Ramón Espantaleón's mosaic-like "topographic map" of New York City, overlaid with a painted version of Michelangelo's Temptation and Expulsion, should resonate with Hofmann's bold experimentation.
At the Patricia and Philip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University through Jan. 3, 2016. Works by Hans Hofmann used with permission of the Renate, Hans and Maria Hofmann Trust.
A Nicaraguan activist in Florida selling paintings by some of the Nicaraguan refugees who fled their country to Costa Rica. The profits are being used to pay for rent in safe houses, as well as to buy food, medicine and other basic needs.


The tough day in the Bay area continues…Multiple reports including CBSSports and ESPN are reporting that Stanford has fired head coach Johnny Dawkins. This news comes on the heals of the announcement earlier that Cal assistant Yann Hufnagel will be terminated for violating the University's sexual harassment policy.
Dawkins, a former standout at Duke, had been the head coach of the Cardinal for the past seven years. His group finished 15-15 (8-10) this season and he wraps up his run at Stanford with a 156-115.
Stanford now becomes the third Bay Area job to open – San Francisco and Santa Clara opened last week.
More on this when it becomes official.


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Q: Custom TextView is not being shown This is my first question on here so don't go too hard on me :D
My plan is to make a seat plan for teachers, where the students are being shown. This seat plan is being created dynamically from a SQLiteDatabase. While approaches with GridView/GridLayout/TableLayout have all failed, now I'm just having a vertical LinearLayout, adding horizontal ones to it.
Now, in order to know the position of a student, I've been trying to extend from TextView, a class called SchuelerView (Schüler = student in German) that does the same as a normal TextView, simply with one more attribute: a Schueler.
If I do everything the same way, just by using TextViews, it works, but when it comes to my custom class, it doesn't work.
This is the SchuelerView code:
public class SchuelerView extends TextView {

    private Schueler schueler;
    private int posx, posy;

    public SchuelerView(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public SchuelerView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
        super.onDraw(canvas);
    }

    public int getPosx() {
        return posx;
    }

    public int getPosy() {
        return posy;
    }

    public void setPosx(int posx) {
        this.posx = posx;
    }

    public void setPosy(int posy) {
        this.posy = posy;
    }

    public void setSchueler(Schueler s) {
        schueler = s;
        posx = schueler.getPosx();
        posy = schueler.getPosy();
    }

    public Schueler getSchueler() {
        return schueler;
    }

}

And this is the method that is using these views:
public void schuelerZuGrid() {

    lv.removeAllViews(); // Vertikales LinearLayout
    lv.setWeightSum(reihen);

    for(int i = 0; i < reihen; i++) {

        LinearLayout lh = new LinearLayout(this);
        lh.setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);
        lh.setWeightSum(spalten); // DESIGN
        lv.addView(lh);

        for(int j = 0; j < spalten; j++) {

            Cursor c = db.rawQuery("SELECT vorname, nachname, posx, posy, sid FROM Schueler, Hat "
                    + "WHERE Hat.schuelerid = Schueler.sid AND Hat.kfid =" + kfid + " AND posx="+j+" AND posy="+i, null);

            if(c.getCount() > 0) {

                c.moveToFirst();
                String vorname = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("vorname"));
                String nachname = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("nachname"));
                int posx = c.getInt(c.getColumnIndex("posx"));
                int posy = c.getInt(c.getColumnIndex("posy"));
                int sid = c.getInt(c.getColumnIndex("sid"));
                c.close();

                Schueler schueler = new Schueler(vorname, nachname, posx, posy, sid);

                SchuelerView t = new SchuelerView(this);
                t.setSchueler(schueler);

                t.setText(vorname + " " + nachname);
                t.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER); // DESIGN
                LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, 1); // DESIGN
                t.setLayoutParams(lp); // DESIGN

                t.setOnClickListener(this);

                lh.addView(t);
            } else {
                SchuelerView t = new SchuelerView(this);

                t.setPosx(j);
                t.setPosy(i);

                t.setText("/");
                t.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER); // DESIGN
                t.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, 1)); // DESIGN
                t.setOnClickListener(this);

                lh.addView(t);
            }
        }
    }
}

As I've said, the only error I get is that I don't see anything on the Activity. However, the SQL statements all are being executed correctly, and as I've said, doing everything the same way, just with TextViews, works out fine.
Thank you in advance!

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June 20, 2021 | by admin | No comments
A car rental company is trying to make money from the same old stuff: car rental cars.
Car rental company Slingshot has been around since 2005, and in that time it's grown to be a very profitable business that's grown exponentially.
The company is based in Hawaii and it makes a profit by leasing cars to people in the U.S. for less than $150 per day.
The company has three main businesses, all based in the same place.
Slingshot sells cars to travelers, as well as to customers in Hawaii, who then rent them for a flat fee.
The vehicles are also available to tourists, but that's a little different.
Slingshots is the most popular car rental in Hawaii.
Its popularity, coupled with its large user base, makes it an easy target for other car rental companies.
Slippsy has its own car rental operation in the Bay Area.
It rents out cars for about $150 to $200 per day, depending on where you are in the country.
This isn't exactly the same as renting a car in the United States.
But Slingshop is the largest car rental provider in Hawaii (and is the company's largest customer), and it's got a large user-base in Hawaii that's growing faster than other companies.
"When you're the first to get a car, it's really hard to say 'oh, that's the car that I want to rent,'" said Slingshare's co-founder, Rob Van Deuren.
"But when you get the first car, you can see, 'I can afford to pay $150.'"
While Slingshops is still a relatively new startup, it has seen tremendous growth.
For example, its car rental car program now accounts for nearly two-thirds of all car rentals in the state of Hawaii.
But it's not just about the revenue it makes off its rental cars; Slingshots' business model relies on people using the service to make the most money out of the business.
When people use the Slingship app, they can see how many days they can use the vehicle they've been assigned.
They can also view what cars they're renting and how much money they've saved by using the app.
It's a very easy way to get in touch with a potential customer.
But how much do car rentals cost?
Car rentals in Hawaii are not as cheap as you might think.
The average price of a rental car in Hawaii is around $125 per day per vehicle, according to SlingshoT, a car leasing website.
That means that, for example, a rental for a car costing $150 could easily cost you $1,200 if you're renting a $150 rental car.
That's because most car rental vehicles in Hawaii come with a two-year lease that lasts for $250 per month.
For comparison, that rental car rental on Slingshuys website can run for $200 for a two years, which is about $2,000 per year.
That's not a bad deal at all.
If you rent a car that is over 30 years old, it can be expensive to rent, even if you are renting for a long time.
This is especially true in the West Coast, where the average car rental price in Hawaii tops out at $300 per day for vehicles that are over 60 years old.
But that doesn't mean that the rental car you rent in Hawaii doesn't come with great customer service.
The Slingshiwys mobile app is a good example of how a car booking app can work.
There's a section on the app called "Rentals" that lets you set a price, find a car to rent and then call for a rental.
When you call the Slieshots customer service line, the service agent will help you find a vehicle to rent.
The service agent may even help you get a rental quote.
This could save you some money, but it's still not an ideal experience for everyone.
Another great service available on the Slippys app is "rentals," which lets you make a reservation for a vehicle.
For most people, this will cost you about $15, which can make renting a rental an even more attractive proposition.
The most common reason why you might not want to hire a rental company to rent your car is because it will charge you a fee.
"It will be like having to pay the bill, just like having a mortgage or credit card," said Rob Van deuren.
But the more important reason is that a rental is only as good as the car you're leasing.
"If you're looking for a $250 rental car, and you've been looking for one for a year, you may not want a rental because it might not be the best car," said Van deyn.
If a rental agency says it's going to make your car affordable, then you're getting
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Q: Upload File in MVC and create a link to Download the the file I have created this code for upload file. But it does not upload any file in the App_Data/Uploads folder i have created.
Here is the code>>
In view>>

<form action="~/Views/Home/_SaveUpdate" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

  Filename:
  <input type="file" name="files" id="file1" />

  Filename:
  <input type="file" name="files" id="file2" />

  <input type="submit"  />
</form>

And this my Handler>>

[HttpPost]
        public ActionResult Index(IEnumerable<HttpPostedFileBase> files)
        {
            foreach (var file in files)
            {
                if (file.ContentLength > 0)
                {
                    var fileName = Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);
                    var path = Path.Combine(HttpContext.Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/Uploads"), fileName);
                    file.SaveAs(path);
                }
            }
            return RedirectToAction("Index");
        }

Please tell me what more needs to be done. Also, how to generate the Link to download the file.

A: First, the action of the form now points to ~/Views/Home/_SaveUpdate while this should be /Home/Index based on your post-Action.
Second, make sure that you have created an Upload folder inside your App_Data folder.
This should take care of the upload problem.
View:
<form action="/Home/Index" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
    Filename:
    <input type="file" name="files" id="file1" />
    Filename:
    <input type="file" name="files" id="file2" />
    <input type="submit"  />
</form>

If you want to display download links to all uploaded files, you should store the images in a different folder than App_Data. The App_Data folder is not directly accessible due to security reasons.
A good example to show the files in a directory can be found here

A: I took your code and made just a few changes to test it.. and it worked.
For my tests i just changed the name of the action.
Are you sure your form Action is correct?
<form action="~/Views/Home/_SaveUpdate"

because it doesn't match with the name of your handler:
public ActionResult Index(IEnumerable ....

My test:
Make sure your Upload folder exist or you'll get an exception.
The Handler:
        [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult FileUploadPost(IEnumerable<HttpPostedFileBase> files)
    {
        foreach (var file in files)
        {
            if (file.ContentLength > 0)
            {
                var fileName = Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);
                var path = Path.Combine(HttpContext.Server.MapPath("~/Uploads"), fileName);
                file.SaveAs(path);
            }
        }
        return RedirectToAction("Index");
    }

The View:
 <form action="FileUploadPost" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

        Filename1:
        <input type="file" name="files" id="file1" />

        Filename2:
        <input type="file" name="files" id="file2" />

        <input type="submit" />
    </form>


Radio frequency skin tightening is just one of the many non-invasive anti-ageing treatments offered by skin care clinics and dermatologists today. This type of non-surgical facelift treatment introduces radio frequency (RF) energy to the skin of the face, creating measurable electrical currents that reshape and contract the skin's collagen and then tighten the surface of the skin. Radio frequency skin tightening requires no cutting or repositioning of the skin, as is necessary during a traditional eye or face lift – and has significantly fewer side effects than older laser skin therapies. Much like laser treatment, RF energy penetrates both the epidermis and the dermis to tighten and rejuvenate the skin, but it causes no damage to existing skin cells. If you have sensitive skin but want to treat your fine lines and wrinkles, radio frequency skin tightening may be a good option for you, as it is gentler on the skin than most other kinds of thermal procedures.
The effects of radio frequency treatments are mostly attributable to the heat that is generated by the RF waves. In the field of skin care and ant-ageing treatments, RF waves are most commonly used for facial rejuvenation and their believed ability to stimulate the protein fibers that keep the skin elastic. During treatment, the RF waves penetrate the skin to tighten it from the inside out, as they stimulate collagen fibroblast production, which will in trigger the production of fresh collagen fibres which result in tighter, more taught skin which is demonstrably younger.
Those who choose radio frequency skin tightening should keep in mind that depending on the strength of the treatment, it will require three or more to see any visible results and that treatments need to be repeated several times during the year. Radio frequency skin tightening is considered a cosmetic procedure and is not likely to be covered by any private medicare plans, so those who want to have the treatments will likely have to pay out of pocket for each individual procedure, which can cost hundreds, often thousands of dollars.
Your skin care specialist may ask that you wash your face with a mild soap and warm water before you arrive for your treatment, as it is important that no excess oils or cosmetics remain on the skin that might reduce the effectiveness of the procedure. When treatment begins, a numbing cream will be applied to the skin and then allowed to sit until it takes effect. It will then be removed, and the skin care specialist will target the treatment area with an ink grid transfer so that the treatment is focused and that no other skin is accidentally affected.
A gliding gel will then be applied to the skin before the RF waves are delivered to the skin. Depending on the sensitivity of your skin, you may feel a heated sensation during treatment, but the side effects of the treatment are believed to be minimal for most patients. When the treatment is over, the skin care specialist will apply a topical cooling gel to the treated area to minimize discomfort.
You may experience some redness and swelling in the treated area after a radio frequency skin tightening procedure, but these symptoms should resolve themselves within 24-48 hours. Misting the face with cool water may help to reduce the irritation, although you should ensure that only clean, purified water is used for these purposes. Some patients have reported sinking of the skin in the treated area, but this has mostly occurred with intense RF treatments. In most cases, these treatments have a low instance of side effects and are considered a viable anti-ageing treatment for a wide array of skin types. However, keep in mind that multiple radio frequency skin tightening procedures are needed to show effects, so even relatively mild discomfort or side effects can become a headache over time. Consult a specialist physician for expert results and avoid low powered at-home devices.
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I've had the radio frequency skin treatment, and it's fabulous. I recommend it to all with loose and old skin and wrinkly too! You can escape the lines and it's for real. It's not just a sale made by companies, it really does do wonders, and I can say it for myself because I look fabulous! I contribute to the radio frequency skin tightening reviews in a positive way, because I want people to experience what I have, and to realize that it's not really that big of a deal.
I've had this treatment done, and as someone who has had it, I don't really know about the radio frequency systems and how the whole thing actually works. I'm just not the science type, and I didn't do a lot of research. Why bother, when you can go in there and the doctor will tell you what to do. So I did and I am happy with it. Some people should complain and rethink less and go for it and be brave. It's not big of a deal, and it's fantastic!!! The radio frequency skin care devices that the doctors have can't compare to one's that they say you can buy at the store. That's just stupid to think anyways. I love it because of two things. One is that it is painless. The second one is that I could continue with my daily tasks right after I left the doctor's office. The article doesn't lie, it really is like that. Oh, yes, well of course I like the results so far. My skin seems fresher and a bit rejuvenated in the parts I've treated. It's not that loose anymore. That's what I needed and that's what I want to work on even more.
Everybody has been talking about the radio frequency skin treatment, and so of course, I was intrigued. I did some online research including calling a clinic who I read did the treatment, the radio frequency skin tightening reviews online do not convince me, the girl I spoke to at the clinic was trying to convince me to purchase a completely different treatment.. so I am not impressed. It looks like it doesn't do much, although I haven't tried it.
Are there any other radio frequency skin tightening dangers that this article doesn't mention? Although it was informative and honest, I wanted to ask around more, because my skin is a real disaster. It reacts to the sunlight, it reacts to creams with lots of chemicals, it reacts to natural creams… I don't know what to use and do to improve it. I have read reviews and it does seem to be a very mild treatment. So, if anybody can tell me if you know something about the radio frequency treatment I haven't read here, and it is true, please do share. It would help a lot, since I wouldn't waste a lot of money, or potentially risk my skin, making it look even worse than it is.
I read online that you can get radio frequency skin tightening at home, with a tool that you can buy basically at any beauty store, or a drugstore? I haven't seen this contraption myself, but I don't think it can compare to a specialist that is trained and qualified to do the rf skin tightening. It is after all a sensitive thing to treat the skin, especially on the face. I wouldn't do it myself, never, I would have a professional take a look at my skin, and do it, because I bet I would screw something up.
I went in for this treatment, and I think it's good. So far, my doctor looked at my medical records, took an examination of my skin, and after a long and honest talk we decided that this treatment was it. The radio frequency skin treatment was a good option because I had sensitive skin, but not to the point where I could not handle it. In addition, I was quite busy, so I don't really have time to lay down at home and rest while the redness or swelling goes away. Which I have to say, after the first treatment, I did not have any, although, as I said, my skin is sensitive.
Some of the radio frequency skin tightening reviews that I have read online may say that it is not the best option if you are looking for visible effects. I don't know what they are talking about, because I can see miracles on my skin. I am rejuvenated and my skin feels completely different when I touch. It is as I've rewinded into the past when my skin was not this age.
how many sessions we need to see best results for double chin??


Inmates at Chino State Prison in California walk past their bunk beds in a gymnasium that was modified to house prisoners.
The United States is the prison capital of the world. Despite a recent decline in its inmate population, the U.S. houses roughly a quarter of the world's prisoners. The majority live in cramped, shameful squalor that have raised the specter of human-rights violations.
In their efforts to curb prison overcrowding, some states are sending inmates to private out-of-state prisons hundreds or even thousands of miles away. However, this strategy has only made the prison crisis worse.
Take California. For more than a decade, its correctional facilities operated at 200 percent capacity, until the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2011 that doing so violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Nearly three years later, California's prisons remain overcrowded. On Monday a panel of three federal judges granted a two-year extension for the state to reduce its prison population by roughly 6,000 inmates.
To resolve this problem, California has shipped its prisoners across state lines since 2006. Today the state has inmates in private prisons in Arizona, Oklahoma and Mississippi.
California is not alone. Vermont, Idaho and Hawaii have also embraced such measures, and other states may soon follow suit. West Virginia, for example, is poised to approve an out-of-state transfer that could affect hundreds of inmates.
In total, more than 10,500 prisoners are being held in private out-of-state facilities, as far as 3,000 miles from home. Most of them did not have a say in the matter. They were simply uprooted without their consent, at the fiat of the state. The consequences for them are severe.
The most immediate impact of this draconian policy is that it severs prisoners' ties to families and local communities. Studies and courts have repeatedly found that visitation and community connections are pivotal to rehabilitation. Put simply, reclaiming one's life requires support and understanding, not distance and isolation.
Outsourcing incarceration jeopardizes this process and increases the likelihood of recidivism. It also hurts families — the forgotten victims of America's war on crime. Excessive criminalization has meant more single-parent households and more children whose parents languish in prison. Having to travel long distances to see loved ones only exacerbates this painful separation.
Allegations of major human-rights violations, including prisoner abuse and deprivation of food and health care, are rampant among private prisons.
Because of her advocacy and persistence, Solomon Rigney was transferred back to California last month. Other prisoners, however, haven't been so lucky.
Physical separation also impedes access to legal counsel. Indigent defense is already in a state of crisis nationwide: Public defenders often handle hundreds of cases at a time and thousands of cases every year. The beleaguered right to counsel, guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, needs to be renewed, not impaired.
Nor can phone calls fill the void. Although the Federal Communications Commission voted last August to cap the price of calls made from prison, talking to loved ones and counsel may still run 21 cents per minute (25 cents a minute for collect calls) — a ghastly rate for anyone, let alone inmates without income.
By all accounts, the only group profiting from these transfers are private prisons. In the last three decades, the onetime niche business has grown into a multibillion dollar industry. Its growth has dovetailed with the war on crime. From 1970 to 2005, the number of people incarcerated in the U.S. grew by 700 percent. The private prison business seized the spoils. In 1983, the United States' first private prison company, Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), was born, and ever since, the industry has boomed. In 1990, roughly 7,000 people were incarcerated in private prisons. By 2011, that number had ballooned to nearly 131,000. In 2012 alone, the two largest private prison contractors — CCA and the GEO Group — had combined revenue of $3.2 billion. Their business model rests on perverse incentives: the more people they incarcerate, the better their bottom line.
The private-prison experiment is failing. Allegations of major human-rights violations, including prisoner abuse and deprivation of food and health care, are rampant among private prisons. With out-of-state inmates, the potential for such transgressions is particularly acute, given the distance that separates the prisons from state regulators.
In fact, a report released in November by Grassroots Leadership, "Locked Up and Shipped Away: Interstate Prisoner Transfers and the Private Prison Industry," found that private prisons in numerous states have committed a spate of violations against out-of-state inmates, including denial of adequate health care, failure to prevent gang violence, religious and cultural abuse and sexual assault. In one egregious case, CCA moved 168 Hawaiian female prisoners to Oklahoma, then to Colorado and finally to Kentucky, where they were sexually assaulted. Four CCA officials were later convicted of sexual abuse.
More recently, since Jan. 15 a CCA-run prison in Kentucky that houses Vermont residents has been on lockdown after the prison, understaffed and poorly supervised, failed to stop a surge in violence and assaults. West Virginia is considering this facility for its prisoner transfers.
America is facing a prison crisis that requires comprehensive reform. Rethinking the war on drugs, reducing mandatory-minimum sentences and imposing nonprison penalties for parole and probation violations are critical components of the solution. Shipping prisoners out of sight and mind is not.
Holly Kirby is a researcher and organizer with Grassroots Leadership. She prepared the report "€œLocked Up and Shipped Away: Interstate Prisoner Transfers and the Private Prison Industry."


So, what is the criteria which the Muslims in our Congress use to form their "No Go" lists? One point is "Are you a Muslim?" The second point and equally enforced is "Are you a Jew?" I am surmising that these Muslims do not open their doors for Evangelicals either.
I believe that these Muslims, who will NOT defend nor support our Constitution, are discussing their agenda. By that I mean their plans to continue the Political Jihad across America; and with each political position attained by a Muslim, they are plotting to eventually overthrow our Constitution for Sharia law.


September 11. Denny Sanford Premier Center, Sioux Falls. 7:30 p.m. Don't miss this chance to welcome one of the most successful bands of all time to Sioux Falls. Taking their WorldWired Tour across the country, these rockstars are introducing their greatest hits remastered and better than ever. More info: dennysanfordpremiercenter.com.
September 13. Orpheum Theater Center, Sioux Falls. 5:30 p.m. Calling all businesspersons. This event will honor and award local business owners for their advancement of the entrepreneurial community. More info: heysiouxfalls.com.
September 14-15. Historic Downtown, Deadwood. Times vary. The Black Hills premier music festival is celebrating 28 years. The three days of music include Magic Giant, Lunar Funk Theory, Elani, Camp Comfort, Here Comes the Mummies, and more. More info: deadwood.com.
September 15. Ferguson Brewing Company, Sioux Falls. 1 p.m. If you like live music, local beer, and food trucks, we have the event for you. Going on their third year, FernsonFest is the ultimate party, including music from Tenenbaums and Pleasure Horse. More info: fernson.com.
September 16. Spearfish City Park, Spearfish. 11 a.m. Whether you are an avid runner or an avid beer taster, head to Spearfish Park for races, beer tasting, and a costume contest. Also, for the first time ever, there will be an After Run Poker Walk. More info: visitspearfish.com.


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The Daisy Ridley Dramatic Hidden Gem That's Got A Grip On Netflix Subscribers
By Alex Darus/Sept. 15, 2021 12:00 pm EST
Sometimes, when looking for a good drama to get sucked into on Netflix, look no further than British romantic dramas and period pieces. Whether it's a beloved film like "Love Actually" or a modern-day series like the smash hit "Bridgerton," there's nothing more classic and romantic than a British rom-dram. Thanks to Netflix's ever-rotating list of films and series, old and new, there's always plenty to choose from if you're looking for a film that will make you swoon and cry at the same time.
Recently, a British-American rom-dram starring "Star Wars" actress Daisy Ridley is making waves on the streaming service. Ridley's biggest role is clearly Rey from the "Star Wars" saga, but she also does a good amount of voice acting as well. Looking back in her catalogue, there's one underrated film that seems to be getting the recognition it deserves thanks to its resurgence on Netflix. Here's why you should bump this genre-bender to the top of your list.
Ophelia tells the story of Hamlet from a female perspective
Ridley's 2018 romantic drama "Ophelia" is getting a second wind on Netflix for viewers looking for a little dose of William Shakespeare. The film, directed by Claire McCarthy, is based on the novel by Lisa Klein. It follows the story of "Hamlet" from Ophelia's perspective, with Ridley starring as the titular character. The film tackles subjects of unrequited love, political turmoil and breaking tradition. Ophelia as a person is rebellious and without a mother, pursuing her desires rather than sticking to the status quo. Alongside Ridley, "Ophelia" stars Naomi Watts, Clive Owen, George MacKay and Tom Felton.
While the film had mixed critical reviews, "Ophelia" sits at about a 61% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, qualifying as "fresh." Critics praised Ridley for her take on the multi-faceted character who gives an entirely new perspective to the classic "Hamlet" tale. It's a solid choice for a movie night that's sure to be a crowd pleaser and definitely a film worth revisiting if you're stumped about what to watch on Netflix this weekend.


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The Heirs of Andreas Wechel a.o.
Folio – leaf: 340 x 200 mm.
van der Linden's copy of the first edition of this "invaluable concordance to Hippocrates" (Garrison) with Linden's hand written marginalia. "The works of no ancient author owe more to the excertions of a single individual than those of Hippocrates do to the labours of Foës." (Francis Adam, Genuine Works of Hippocrates). Foës, or Foesius, studied philology at first and began his medical training later on. He was appointed town physician to Metz, his home-town, Thanks to Jean François Fernel (1497–1558), the famous French physician who introduced the term 'physiology', Foës was permitted to copy or collate three old Hippocratic manuscripts in the Royal Library of Fontainbleau and also obtained a manuscript from the Vatican library. He devoted forty years of his life to prepare his concordance of Hippocrates and it was unsurpassed until Emile Littre's great work in ten volumes appeared some two hundred and fifty years later. We owe to him a Greek Latin edition of the Hippocratic collection, decidedly superior to all the previous ones. It was published by the heirs of Wechel in Frankfurt in 1595. This great edition was preceded by his Œconomia Hippocratis, a kind of Hippocratic encyclopedia, or we might call it an encyclopedia of Greek medicine, of almost unbelievable wealth. When we handle such a book as this we cannot help wondering: How could he carry it through? Would any scholar of today be able to repeat such a performance? Would any institution be rich and generous enough to patronize its publication? The great folio bearing Foës' name represents the climax of the Renaissance Hippocratic tradition. No scholar ever had the courage to write an encyclopedia more elaborate than Œconomia Hippocratis. It is still a valuable book, one which every student of Greek medicine should keep near at hand. (Sarton)
Collation: Pp. (8), 694, (2). Double columns. Wechel's Pegasus device on title and last page. On verso of title is a portrait of Foës by the celebrated French engraver Pierre Woeiriot, dated 1580.
Binding: Contemporary vellum.
Provenance: According to a note on front fly-leaf by Arnold Syen (1640–1678), professor of medicine and botany in Leyden, this copy has belonged to the famous medical bibliographer Johan Anton van der Linden (1609–1664), who used Foës' concordance of Hippocrates (1588) as one of the chief sources for his own, highly esteemed edition of Hippocrates with parallel Greek and Latin texts. It also has Linden's marginal notes.
References: GM 6793; Sarton, The Appreciation of Ancient and Medieval Science during the Renaissance (1955), pp 11-12; Durling 1589; Wellcome I, 2334; Hagelin, Rare and Important Medical Books in the Library of the Swedish Society of Medicine, p. 15; Choulant, Bibliotheca Medico-Historica, p 42: "A work of lasting value, indispensable for the comprehension of Hippocrates' writings ..." Waller 3101.
ARTICELLA, HIPPOKRATES a.o.
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The lovely Jansina at Rivershore Books assures me 'Disowned' should be published in August or September at the latest.
Book's 2 & 3 need proofread, beta input, and book 4 (which I wasn't supposed to be writing) is half way through the first draft.
As you were people, as you were.


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David McMillan
City Building Board Games, Economic Board Games, Territory Building Board Games
Key to the City: London Review – Sebastian Bleasdale, Richard Breese
In 2012, Richard Breese and Sebastian Bleasdale paired up to create one of the most innovative Eurogames ever created, Keyflower. A huge part of Keyflower's success was its intriguing tile auction system. Each player is trying to acquire village tiles that can be added to their village which can later be upgraded for victory points. The workers in the game have a dual purpose – they can be used to pay for the acquisition of tiles and they can be used to produce resources, which creates a unique problem. The fewer workers you have available to you, the harder it is to produce the things that you need to upgrade the tiles that you already possess. How many workers are you willing to lose to gain possession of a certain tile?
Key to the City: London uses the same auction system with only a few slight differences. Whereas Keyflower placed limitations on how many workers a player could throw at the problem, Key to the City: London has removed all of those restrictions. Keyflower gives each player 8 meeples (or 'keyples' as these games refer to them) to begin with. Key to the City: London gives each player 10. Aside from the acquisition and upgrading of village/city tiles, it is here where the similarity between the two games ends.
In Key to the City: London, players are trying to acquire city tiles to add to their borough and are then trying to upgrade these tiles to increase their overall value. This is accomplished via the usage of skill tiles and connectors. As players begin linking their tiles together with connectors and gaining skill tiles, they also begin meeting the criteria needed to flip these tiles to their opposite sides thereby making them more valuable – both in terms of victory point value and resource production.
Key to the City: London is jam packed with city tiles, skill tiles, keyples, and wooden connector pieces. The city tiles are large and hexagonal in shape and are divided into several types: home tiles, river tiles, era tiles, and building tiles. These are further divided into Era 1, Era 2, Era 4 Routemaster, and landmark building tiles. Each of these tiles has been lavishly illustrated with an actual London landmark by Katherine Baxter. Indeed, you can even arrange all of the tiles in such a way as to produce an actual map of London!
Image by Richard Breese
The skill tiles are small and square in shape and feature builders, financiers, and architects represented by bricks, coins, and compasses. There are 40 each of three different colors of keyples – blue, red, and yellow. There are also 6 wooden player barges in different colors for the players to choose from. Each of these player barges also comes with a cardboard screen of a matching color.
Key to the City: London also includes 144 connectors in six different colors: black, blue, brown, grey, red, and yellow. Each of these connectors represents a particular type of resource that you'd expect to find in a city – telecom cables, water pipes, gas pipes, etc. The colors and their real world associations, however, are not that important for gaining an understanding of the game and how it is played. The game box itself even comes with a handy means of organizing everything!
Aside from the components already mentioned, there are also several rulebooks in various languages, a really awesome atlas that provides some historical information about the various landmarks, and a cloth bag to hold all of the keyples. But the coolest component of the game is undoubtedly the 3D models of the landmark building tiles. Comprised of two interlocking pieces, these things just look cool and add a very nice touch to the game as a whole.
To begin, the era tiles are sorted into their appropriate stacks and then a few are drawn and placed into the middle of the table facing in the same direction. The number of each tile that should be selected is determined by the number of people that are playing. Next, the river tiles are laid out so that each of them connects in numerical order. Each player then chooses a color and takes the screen and home tile of their chosen color. A random player order is determined and the players will place their barges onto the first river tile in that order.
After this has been done, the keyples will be placed into and mixed up in the bag and each player will draw 10 keyples which they will keep hidden behind their screen. The skill tiles and connectors can be sorted and stored in their compartments in the box. Any unused city tiles are kept off to the side because they will be needed in future rounds. You're now ready to play.
Anatomy of an Era
The game is played in four eras. In each of these eras, players will take turns selecting from one of several different actions: bidding, generating resources, building, passing, or setting sail. I'll go over each of these one by one.
Bidding: each city tile is hexagonal in shape and each player is assigned a side of the hexagon. When a player wishes to bid on a tile, they will select a number of keyples of the same color and then place those keyples against the tile on their assigned side. The amount of meeples there must constitute a winning bid.
Generating Resources: the player selects a keyple and places it on top of any city tile in the game (even one belonging to an opponent) and then performs the action associated with the tile. Any skill tiles gained are kept behind the player's screen and any connectors gained must be placed immediately.
When generating resources, the color of the keyple used must match the color of any keyples that have been used to previously bid upon or generate resources from the tile in question. Also, if the tile has been used to generate resources previously, then the amount of keyples that must be placed will change. Each usage of the tile will make using the tile again more expensive keypleswise.
Building: if the player has met all of the qualifications needed to flip a city tile to its opposite side then they will place a keyple onto the tile in question and flip it to its opposite side. Flipping makes the tile worth more victory points at the end of the game and also produces resources more efficiently if it is a resource producing tile (landmark tiles can be upgraded twice). The first time a landmark tile is upgraded, the tile will be flipped over as normal. The second time, the matching 3d model will be placed upon the tile.
Passing: if the player cannot or does not want to use anymore of their keyples, they may declare that they are passing. However, this doesn't mean they are out. A player who has passed previously can always jump back into the fray if they choose to do so. If they choose to just end their turn, they can simply set sail.
Setting sail: when a person sets sail, they move their barge from the current river tile to the next river tile in line. Where they place their barge on that tile is up to them. Some spots award more keyples than others but leave the player in a position further back in the pack. One spot on each river tile will allow the player that selected it to add the previous river tile to their borough once all players have set sail. This river tile provides victory points in one way or another. One river tile, for instance, awards points for every blue connector that is attached to it.
Once all players have set sail, the current era comes to an end. The players collect the tiles that they have won and add them to their boroughs. The keyples that were part of a winning bid go back into the bag. Keyples that were part of a losing bid are returned to their owners. Any keyples that were used to generate resources belong to the owner of the tile that was used to generate the resources. After the keyple situation has been sorted out, any leftover city tiles are removed from the game and new ones are introduced. Then the next era begins.
When the fourth era ends, the players total up their victory points and the player with the most points is the winner.
Let me begin by admitting my bias: I love Richard Breese's games. I have yet to play one of them that I didn't fall in love with. When I saw this game pop up on Kickstarter, I was excited about jumping on board. However, it was not without some trepidation that I did so. My fear was that the game would arrive and I would play it only to discover that it is exactly like Keyflower. At first glance they bear a lot of resemblances to one another – hexagonal city/town tiles, bidding with your keyples, and city/town building.
It is with great joy that I can report that my fears were unfounded.
Keyflower is a game that is mostly about acquiring resources and transporting them around your town tiles in order to upgrade things. Key to the City: London, however, presents a very different puzzle. Since many of the city tiles benefit from very specific arrangements of connectors, you have to strategically place the connectors that you acquire now so that you can make the best use of the tiles that you will hopefully collect in the future. I know that statement might sound a bit odd, so let's consider an example.
Let's imagine that you've got an upgraded city tile in your borough that produces two brown and two blue connectors. Let's also imagine that there is a city tile that is up for bid that produces victory points based upon how many red connectors are attached to it. Furthermore, let's also imagine that there is another tile that is up for bid that produces victory points for every blue connector that is attached to it.
There's a lot of synergy going on here assuming you're able to acquire those tiles. This potential synergy may dictate the way that you marshal your resources to best benefit you. Do you bid heavily on those tiles in an effort to win them or do you focus your efforts on maybe just acquiring one of them? If you're hoping to snag both of them, then this might become your main focus for this particular era. You might even want to try to crank out some red and blue connectors so that you'll already have a few in place for when you acquire those tiles. If you choose to go after those tiles, then it might mean you'll have to pass a few times to try to get a feel for how the bidding against you is going to go. Is it worth it to spend a great deal of time and effort pursuing this strategy or should you go after something else?
Key to the City: London constantly presents challenges like these to overcome. There's a bit of a gamble involved in almost everything you do, and there's always the risk that you'll overextend yourself or overspend your resources. It's a game of risk versus reward versus efficiency. There are always interesting decisions to make and it isn't always clear just what the best decision is. I like that. It keeps me on my toes and it keeps me involved.
I'm glad that I backed this game and I look forward to getting it to the table whenever I can. Key to the City: London is a game that keeps me coming back for more and it'll do the same for you.
What do you think about Key to the City – London? Give us your opinions about what you like and/or dislike about the game in the comments below!
Designer: Richard Breese, Sebastian Bleasdale
Artists: Katherine Baxter, Konstantin Vohwinkel, Richard Breese
Publishers: Game Salute, Hutter Trade GmbH + Co KG, Quined Games, R&D Games
Age range : 14+
Time range : 90 - 120 minutes
Mechanism(s): Auction/Bidding, Modular Board, Set Collection, Tile Placement, Worker Placement
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Since The News & Observer's Joseph Neff wrote the first stories about Cope's spending earlier this year, SEANC has made changes, dismissed some employees and apologized to the two whistle-blowers who helped bring Cope's performance into question who essentially were run off of positions of importance with the organization.
But there are miles to go.
Deep problems in SEANC leadership beyond Cope were in evidence when members of the group's executive committee came to The News & Observer to ask the newspaper not to publish stories about Cope. When the stories came out, the head of the organization said they weren't true, and then SEANC's executive committee said it had found no misappropriation of funds or improprieties by Cope.
The organization replaced Cope with Leonard after the former resigned, and Leonard has been more candid. But clearly all members of the executive committee should be removed, and SEANC needs to continue to refine a new plan, an organizational plan, for leadership.
After all, given the relatively short period covered by the SEANC audit, who knows what's coming?
Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman, who was criticized by Cope when she was a candidate for that office, requested a criminal investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation, which is ongoing. Among the things of interest to the SBI: whether other potential evidence has been destroyed.
Freeman says she intends for her office to do "everything that we can to make sure Mr. Cope is held accountable and that justice is done in this case."
Cope was aggressive in his office, which he doubtless viewed as helping to represent the membership, and he didn't hesitate to use his position to criticize people such as State Treasurer Janet Cowell, whose office manages pension funds for public employees. On that, Cope was just plain wrong, as Cowell has done a good job handling those funds.
At this point, it's simply imperative that the SBI hold nothing back in its investigation and that it get to the rock bottom of what happened here, from a phony invoice to charges for eyebrow waxing to, according to the recent audit, the $14,000 in SEANC funds Cope spent taking his wife and son to China.
Cope could be outspoken and abrasive, and that's not something that necessarily made him an effective leader for the 55,000 members of SEANC, which includes current and retired state employees. His attorneys, Roger Smith Sr. and Roger Smith Jr., presumably will have a case to make for their client when the time comes. But much remains to be learned.
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Q: linux shell - can't compare strings with: adb shell getprop ro.product.brand This is really odd...
I can't get this test to result in true in my linux shell and I can't figure out why.
#!/bin/bash
a=$(adb shell getprop ro.product.brand)
adb shell getprop ro.product.brand
if [ "$a" == "Huawei" ]; then
echo "Success"
else
echo "Failed"
fi

The script just outputs:
Huawei
Failed

Whereas this script:
b=$(whoami)
whoami
if [ "$b" == "amo" ]; then
echo "Success"
else
echo "Failed"
fi

...outputs:
amo
Success

Can anyone help me understand that?
I already tried cutting away spaces or line breaks in $a  by piping to cut or sed but I get the same result...

A: I suggest this as a way to remove leading/trailing whitespace :
# Trims $1
# If $2 supplied, assigns result to variable named $2
# If $2 not present, echoes the value to stdout
trim()
{
  if
    [[ $1 =~ ^[[:blank:]]*(.*[^[:blank:]])[[:blank:]]*$ ]]
  then
    local result="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
  else
    local result="$1"
  fi
  if
    (( $# > 1 ))
  then
    printf -v "$2" %s "$result"
  else
    printf %s "$result"
  fi
}

This function uses no external program, so has low overhead.
Maybe a quick explanation of the regular expression...
^[[:blank:]]*(.*[^[:blank:]])[[:blank:]]*$

*

*It matches all leading and trailing whitespace (no surprise there)

*In the middle, it matches any string of characters that ends with a non-blank and saves that as a sub-expression for access with BASH_REMATCH

*If there were no "non-blank" character specified to end the middle portion, the greedy .* would eat everything up until the end of the string, including trailing blanks.

*The .* is, on the other hand, certain to begin with a non-blank, because the greedy initial [[:blank:]]* will only stop when encountering a non-blank.

Depending on your need, you may also use [[:space:]] instead of [[:blank:]] (difference explained here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression#Character_classes).  Basically, [[:blank:]] matches tabs and spaces, and [[:space:]] also matches newlines, carriage returns, and a few more.


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Tory wars, Clarkson, Corbyn, Sadiq & Dave, the TUC and immigration: my latest referendum focus groups
Friday, 3 June, 2016 in Europe, Referendums
This week's focus groups with undecided referendum voters took place in Leamington and in Muswell Hill, North London, with only three weeks to go until the big day. "That will be the actual decision, will it?" It really will. "I don't think it's been highlighted that much, considering it's such a big thing." "In the paper I always see this 'Bee-arr-exit'. What does it mean?"
Given the dearth of coverage, what arguments have people noticed from the Leave side? "The amount of money we pay into the EU. It's a huge figure. If we leave we'll be £30 billion or £300 billion better off." "The big thing is probably immigration. We'd have more control of immigration into the country." "Did George Osborne say it was £3,000 the average family would lose a year if we Brexit?" "There was something about people we have to keep in this country for human rights reasons because of the EU. We would have got rid of them because they were murdering or raping, or something, but we can't because of, I don't know, laws."
And what have the Remain side been saying? "That if we leave, our house prices will drop." "Gas and electricity prices will go up if we come out." "Food will become more expensive". "If we come out, it will have a big effect on employment because of exports and that sort of thing. The EU generates a lot of employment." "I read the farmers would go bust." Anything else? "I heard there was more likelihood of being at war if we left."
Though the claims were accumulating, clarity was failing to emerge. "How do they know all this? They don't." "I don't think the debate has developed at all, given the amount of time there's been. There's been nothing more of substance." Though there were "a lot of facts and figures going round", it was hard to tell what was right. "You see one argument and you think 'that sounds good', and then you see another argument and you think, 'hold on'. It's really difficult to make a choice." Even those leaning one way or the other grumbled that they did not feel they had a proper grasp of the issues: "My frustration, as someone who is instinctively to leave, is the lack of clarity of the argument. There's been so much time to put the two arguments to the public, and it's such a critical and important vote in our lifetime, so I don't understand why we failed to do that."
Some felt wearied by the surfeit of democracy. "We get too many votes. The other day we had so many – police commissioners, local councillors. When you have to deal with daily life, it's overwhelming." "We should never have had a vote. It's too complex. I just can't understand the issue. With a referendum I think it needs to be something really quite simple, like in Ireland when they had gay marriage. You kind of believe in that one or you don't."
Given the complexity of the issues and the seeming impossibility of untangling the competing claims, "isn't it down to who you trust at the end of the day?" Have any trustworthy characters yet come forth? "The Bank of England said something. They haven't done too bad with getting us out of the recession, and they speak a lot of sense." Mark Carney "seems like a nice man" and has the additional virtue of being "not a politician."
Anybody else? "Lord Sugar, he's a man who started with nothing, built up a business and he's a millionaire now. He said to stay in. I think he's man who would say it as it is. I would rather trust him than a politician." "I looked at what Clarkson wanted to do, and he said stay in. I was gobsmacked. It's the only thing that put me back on the fence."
Who would you like to hear from who has yet to weigh in? "The Queen, but I don't think she's allowed to." "Tony Benn. But he's dead." "Russell Brand. He wrote a book, didn't he, about revolution." "Yeah, but he told everyone to vote Labour. I thought he was credible until he did that."
As it is, we are stuck mostly with the politicians and the politics, which is even more vexing than usual: "You've got traditional enemies joining forces against the others. That's what makes it more complicated." Some felt this was forcing them to think about the issues themselves ("I'm trying to get to the essence of it all"), which they regarded as healthy if tiresome. Still, the parties were inevitably part of the story.
On the Conservative side, the referendum debate was simply the latest chapter in the party's ongoing Euro-feud: "It's in the Tory DNA. It goes on all the time. In the Tory party it's been forty years of two camps." This time, it was also indivisible from "another element to this whole thing – whether Cameron is going to remain leader of the Conservatives."
The suggestion that Cameron may have to resign if Britain votes to leave brought cheers in London, N10, but these were short-lived: "Then it will be George Osborne, and that's even more worrying." Though most thought it inevitable that the PM would step down if the referendum went against him, not everyone thought this was fair: "He shouldn't be removed because of that. He has given people the democratic right to choose. I think it would be anti-democratic to remove him if the country voted for him last year." Moreover, "I don't like it when they swap leaders, like they did with Blair and Brown. The country should be able to vote."
Even so, Cameron must be wondering whether had taken the wise course. "I think at first it was a good idea to give people a bit of a choice. But I think he's sort of regretting it now."
Some thought there might be truth in the suggestion from former adviser Steve Hilton that Cameron would probably be campaigning for Brexit were he not Prime Minister – not that this necessarily reflected badly on him or made any difference to their own position: "Relationships get formed, deals get done, handshakes are made and your position can change once you're in the hotseat."
More to the point, if he had arrived at his position through expediency rather than principle, he would not be the only one: "Boris has got his eye on the top job, so he simply decided to go against it. He could easily be on the other side himself. It's a pantomime;" "For me the whole thing with Boris is a bit iffy, isn't it. The fact that he's on the leave campaign, if Cameron loses this vote there is going to be pressure on him to stand down and Boris will take over and become the next PM. One has to be a little bit sceptical about Boris's motivations."
On the Labour side, the position remained opaque, though for different reasons. Jeremy Corbyn "finally came out and said something today. Although it was a very veiled message, because he said some very pro-Brexit things as well." "This was today? Why is it so late? I thought he would have said it a bit sooner."
Corbyn's argument sounded equivocal to a few ("I think he said on balance we should stay in. 'On balance,' that's not a very strong argument"), but for others it reflected a more realistic approach to the hysterical certainties emanating from either side: "It's just close to the way I think. I just don't really know, and on balance I can probably pick some things that make the most sense to me."
Participants had noticed the Prime Minister campaigning alongside the new Mayor of London earlier in the week (though showing the groups a picture of the event proved the latter's fame still had further to spread: "Who is that with David Cameron? Is it some businessman?" It's Sadiq Khan. "Oh yeah, that's right. What business does he run again?") Though some had been encouraged by the cross-party moment, the spectacle had not appealed to everybody: "When I saw this I completely tuned out because I couldn't get over how set up and staged the whole thing was. I don't know if it's just David Cameron but I just can't take the whole thing seriously. I don't feel any honesty coming through."
However authentic or otherwise they found this display of unity, people were puzzled by Jeremy Corbyn's apparent objection in principle to campaigning with Tories, given the other company he had kept: "It's interesting that the Labour leadership are annoyed about it – you can share a platform with Hamas but not Cameron!"
The TUC's calculation that Brexit would leave the average worker £38 a week worse off was treated much the same as similar interventions from other bodies: "Where have they got that from? Have they just made it up?" "Figures can be squiffed, can't they?" "Everyone's got an agenda." Even if there were some truth to the claim, a few thought the figure sounded trifling compared to the bigger questions at stake: "We want our country back, don't we?"
The more worrying part of the unions' message was the potential erosion of employment rights. "One thing I really like about Europe is protection of the worker… I'm just worried that they'll squeeze the workers if we fell into a recession. Workers do need protection. There are a lot of low-paid jobs out there." Without the EU to enforce these rights they could start to disappear "slowly but surely, maybe one right at a time, so to speak… We could be following in American footsteps." But nobody thought employment law would be repealed straight away: "Surely if all these rights have been instigated you can't just turn around and take them away. The unions would have something to say about that."
Participants had noticed the Leave campaign's proposal for a new points-based immigration system, and the open letter to Cameron from Boris Johnson and Michael Gove (though this was seen mostly in terms of Tory leadership manoeuvres). Immigration was a very big issue for many in the groups, and the renegotiation earlier in the year had not solved the problem ("Cameron says they can't come here and claim our benefits, but they do!").
Even so, there was a very mixed reception for Priti Patel's argument that Cameron and Osborne fail to understand people's concerns about immigration numbers because of their wealth. Some agreed ("He doesn't work in the hospitals, hasn't been in Warwick Hospital like I have today, absolutely run ragged. He doesn't see the effects it's having on real people"), but at least as many thought this was unfair, or at least that it applied no more to them than to other politicians ("I think they're just picking on Cameron. You can say that about any politician, can't you. Had a private education, had a lot of money…"; "She's probably quite rich too.")
The idea of a proposed immigration policy was popular (indeed, "an Australian-style-points-system" is eventually demanded in nearly all focus groups, whatever the subject initially under discussion). The principle seemed unarguable to many: "It would be our choice. We could calibrate it according to the country's needs."
More doubtful, though, was the idea that the number of people entering Britain would fall if we left the EU, let alone the number of people already here. One reason was that people often made no distinction between the refugee crisis and free movement of workers, and some worried that we would lose French cooperation at Calais in the event of Brexit: "Even if we left the EU we would still be getting immigrants, but in a more dangerous way… At the moment we have France protecting our borders. As soon as we leave Europe, there's a concern that that will stop and we could get a flood of migrants coming through." Moreover, "the refugees and illegal immigrants are the ones that are putting the strain on, not actually the ones from the EU." And surely free movement of people was a central part of the single market: "If we want a trade deal with the EU after we leave, that's one of the conditions they'll make us do."
If the EU were to leave and new arrivals did fall dramatically, the pressures from previous immigration would still exist: "Even if we were out, the housing is already gone. A Tory won't do anything about that."


Singapore Stock Exchange and the government-owned Temasek have invested in a blockchain platform that will connect investors with firms offering security tokens.
The announcement was made earlier on Thursday by ICHX on its website. ICHX is being incubated by leading Singapore investment firm ICH Group.
The funds have been raised for iSTOX, a capital markets platform that aims to become the first regulated platform in Asia to offer issuance and trading of security tokens.
iSTOX presents a more flexible, inclusive and efficient platform that we believe will greatly benefit both companies looking to raise capital and investors seeking bespoke investment opportunities. […] In this way, we aim to offer a future-ready platform for capital fundraising which offers substantial benefits to complement existing capital market mechanisms.
As capital markets evolve, companies will seek new funding avenues that suit their different stages of growth and business needs. To advance Singapore's position as a world-class financial hub, we need innovative solutions that push boundaries and set new benchmarks. We believe this new platform by iSTOX will add to the vibrancy of Singapore's capital market ecosystem, providing more options for issuers and investors alike.
ICHX is working towards obtaining a license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to become a recognized operator. According to the firm, iSTOX will go live once the required approvals come through.
The platform will connect investors with investment opportunities in the form of security tokens that comply with the local laws.
STOs are financial securities backed by underlying assets like shares in a company, debt, commodities or future profits of a company and enable fractional ownership of assets. Security tokens also allow issuing firms to reach more and diversified investors.
iSTOX also plans to give holders of STOs access to liquidity via a secondary trading platform. The firm clarified that iSTOX is not a cryptocurrency exchange as all STOs will be bought and sold using fiat currency.
I see great potential for a blockchain-based platform that is well regulated and supervised. It not only enhances efficiency and creates new investment and fundraising opportunities, but also provides users with greater assurance and confidence in using the platform.
Singapore has emerged as a popular destination for ICOs and blockchain firms due to its crypto-friendly government and clarity in laws. Live Bitcoin News had reported earlier about Temasek also investing in the fiat-to-crypto exchange being established by Binance.
What are your thoughts on regulated STO platforms like iSTOX? Let us know in the comments below.


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Marianah Hidayat, who's been running her mobile kitchen trailer in Durango since 2012, has relocated to the parking lot at Kangaroo Express on College Drive. The official address is 610 E. 8th Avenue.
With fresh ingredients, and hefty portions with no MSG, it makes Marianah's authentic Asian food worth taking the trip where a covered seating area is available.
This blogger tried the Ayam Goreng (Indonesian pan-fried chicken), which was some of the best chicken that I've ever tasted. It had lettuce and cucumber with a house sauce served on rice. It was very simple, but I'd recommend it.
Marianah said that the City of Durango will not allow her business to exist in any one spot for more than 6 months, and charges her $30 for each new location where she move to, in addition to a $50 dollar planning department fee and a $50 dollar business license. Dealing with the City's hefty regulations is difficult and expensive, she said.
Ayam Goreng is Indonesian pan-fried chicken.
If and when she moves her kitchen trailer again, I'll keep you updated.
A menu of Marianah's Authentic Cuisine can be seen by clicking here: Marianah's Authentic Cuisine menu.
My ex-girlfriend (we were together at the time) had Rendang (beef curry), which looked really good.
Rendang is the beef curry that Emily ate.


This paper provides a brief introduction to cryptocurrency and blockchain.
Home purchasing and renting, particularly in our capital cities, is now beyond the reach of many people. Are governments around Australia effectively tackling the pressing issue of housing affordability?


The African Guarantee Fund (AGF), reportedly has agreed to guarantee an unspecified portion of KES 100 million (USD 1.2 million) to be loaned by Gulf African Bank (GAB) to SMEs in Kenya. After the signing of the agreement, GAB Managing Director Asad Ahmed reportedly expressed his belief that the deal will help to increase the bank's financing and risk management capabilities. AGF was established in Kenya in June 2012 with initial capital sufficient to issue partial guarantees of loans totaling USD 50 million. AGF has branches in nine African countries as of March 2013. As of March 2011, GAB had total assets of KES 9.6 billion (USD 112.3 million) and customer deposits of KES 8.2 billion (USD 96 million).
Islamic finance is based on two intrinsic features: risk-sharing and the link between financial transactions and the real economy. This critical link brings prudence to the system, promotes equity relative to debt, broadens financial participation, and minimizes overall vulnerability. Another dimension of Islamic finance is the promotion of economic welfare and social justice guided by the objectives of Shariah. Whether Islamic finance is a catalyst for inclusive growth and sustainable development is not as straightforward as one may hope. There are several other areas of Islamic finance which need significant improvements, including regulatory oversight, tax treatment, risk-management practices, and the level of awareness. Despite these limitations, Islamic finance has potential to serve as a tool for financial inclusion through leveraging the entrepreneurial potential of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across sectors and bringing the financially underserved into the economic mainstream.
The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) moves in the Islamic banking sector of Kazakhstan with a mandate of converting a regional Bank into an Islamic bank with expected investment of up to 35 percent of the subscribed and paid up capital of the bank. Accordingly, it will become second Islamic bank in the country. Earlier, ICD , together with a diverse group of International and local investors including owners of Zaman Group established the first Islamic Leasing (Ijara) Company in Kazakhstan with authorized capital of $ 36 million. In addition, ICD extended $ 20 million for the real estate development project and committed $ 40 million lines of financing facility for the SME sector in the country.
Borsa Istanbul (BIST) aims to become one of the most prominent centers that work in accordance with the principles of participation banking in the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Capital Markets Board (SPK) has prepared a regulation on non-interest financing tools, such as five new types of Islamic bond. The new rules, which were sent to Prime Minister's office for approval this week, will allow Turkish corporate and banks, as well as the Treasury, to issue the world's most widely used types of sukuk, giving them access to a wider pool of investors via a global market estimated at more than $100 billion. Turkey has also started an initiative to allow companies from 60 countries, chosen according to BIST's vision of "Istanbul International Finance Center," to sell their capital market tools in Istanbul and also to buy and sale of tools which are already sold.
Bank Indonesia holds The 3rd Bank Indonesia International Seminar on Islamic Finance on 30-31 May 2013, in Bali. The seminar's theme is, "A New Phase of Islamic Finance: Capturing the Untapped Area to Improve the Quality of Economic Development".The seminar is expected to revisit the essense and purpose of the Islamic finance, and explore new sources of growth to maintain the current high level of growth in the Islamic finance industry. The area of discussion includes shariah norms in the economy, the application of Islamic finance in the government sector, the promotion of inclusive growth, and the implementation of macroprudential policies in Islamic finance. The seminar is attended bymore than 200 participants representing regulators, practitioners, and scholars in Islamic banking and finance, both domesticand international.
During the past year, there have been a number of cross-regional sukuk, mostly by Gulf issuers tapping Malaysia's highly liquid market. However, sukuk structures are not standardised, and some Gulf-based sharia scholars have objected to certain structures used in Asia, a region which has proven to be more flexible in its transactions. Sukuk issuance in the Middle East outside of the Gulf is also becoming more attractive, notably Turkey, which was recently elevated to investment grade credit status and is bidding to develop an Islamic finance industry. Growth in cross-border Islamic bond issues points to greater convergence in the industry, opening the door to a much wider pool of investors.
Kuwait's Boubyan Bank (BOUBYAN.KW) has sold a debt that was owed by an investment bank for 2.4 million Kuwaiti dinars ($8.38 million). Boubyan, which is an Islamic lender 58.33% owned by National Bank of Kuwait, said that it sold the debt to an international bank, without naming it. It added that it had previously set up provisions to fully cover this debt in keeping with the instructions of the country's central bank.
The Dushanbe Business Forum 2013, which took place in Tajikistan, showcased the country as a promising investment destination and focused on the best practices of Islamic banking and leasing. The event aimed to strengthen the economic ties between the Tajikistan and OIC countries by attracting investment into Tajikistan. According to Shayne Heffernan, Tajikistan is one of the most promising emerging markets. As for its outcome, the Dushanbe Business Forum 2013 created linkages and business relations between Tajikistan and the private sector community in OIC and CIS countries, gave opportunity for local participants to discuss business collaboration with potential shareholders and addressed the prospects of developing and introducing Islamic banking and financial tools.
KFH-Research issued a report stating that participation banks (Islamic banks) in Turkey form 5.2% of banking assets and will reach 10% by 2018, since those banks surpass the rest of the banking sector and have steady financing growth over 20% per year. The report noted that KFH-Turkey is first in deposits, and that participation banks are highly demanded and offer a wide array of products. There are currently four participation banks in Turkey, which are Albaraka Turk, Kuveyt Turk, Turkiye Finans, and Bank Asya. The low penetration rate of participation banking should ensure that its significant growth will continue over the coming years. Continuous measures and initiatives taken by the Turkish government as well as the large Muslim population will drive the participation banking sector to grow in the longer term.
Crowell & Moring's Cairo office has advised the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank-Egypt in connection with an Islamic finance facility extended to Maridive and Oil Services SAE. Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank- Egypt was the Initial Mandated Lead Arranger and the global coordinator in the deal, coordinating the financing with several Banks. The deal is the first Islamic Ijara structure syndication to take place in the Egyptian market, valued at $150 million. As legal counsel to the initial mandated lead arranger, Crowell & Moring advised the facility providers (the banks) on the structuring and documentation of the transaction.
Guidance Investments (GI) has launched a RM150 million Shariah-compliant investment fund for equipment leasing for the Saudi Arabian market in partnership with Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH). This Tabung Haji acted as the capital provider, while the US-based ATEL Capital Group, the equipment leasing company is to provide the machineries for the Saudi market. TH CIO Abd Kadir Sahlan said that his company has committed a total of RM150 million in the private equity fund in support of ATEL in this venture. The funds will be disbursed in phases over the next two to three years, depending on the deployment of the portfolio in the Saudi market. At the same time, Guidance Investments has formally launched its operations in Malaysia with the opening of its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has called for the creation of a global sharia advisory board that can offer greater uniformity for the Islamic finance industry. A centralised format to the supervision of sharia-compliant banking products is gaining favour across the globe, as regulators seek to standardise industry practices and improve consumer perceptions. IDB president Ahmad Mohamed Ali said that IDB and IFSB (Islamic Financial Services Board) should study ways for creating globally acceptable references for the industry. This could include striving for the concept of a globally accepted sharia committee or body, which would be able to assist all Islamic financial institutions and bring them in line with a uniform standard. A global sharia board would also allow the industry to address low penetration rates in majority Muslim countries.
Thomson Reuters has launched an Islamic Finance Development Indicator in collaboration with the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), the private sector development arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). The indicator is a numerical measure representing the overall health and growth of the Islamic finance industry worldwide. It measures five key components quantitative development, governance, social responsibility, knowledge and awareness. Therefore, the Islamic Finance Development Indicator is a unbiased and reliable multi-dimensional barometer of the development of the Islamic finance industry.
AlHuda Center of Islamic banking and economics (CIBE) Initiated a Islamic Microfinance research study for Yemen Microfinance Network (YMN) in Yemen. This study will be conducted in Yemen's capital Sana'a including Taiz, Adan and Almoukla, so that the Islamic Microfinance products can be examined broadly and further Islamic Microfinance products can be developed with the compatibility of the existing structure. The share of Islamic Microfinance in Yemen's Microfinance sector is approximately 90% and the remaining 10% are also converting their portfolio into Islamic Microfinance. The increased outreach of the Microfinance sector is expected to help eradicate poverty.
'My Savings' is a new initiative announced by the Government of Dubai in collaboration with National Bonds Corporation. During the introductory session on the goals and mechanism of the initiative, National Bonds elaborated on the benefits and advantages of the employee savings programme. The presentation was attended by senior officials,human resource directors and employees from Dubai Public Prosecution who confirmed their support for the initiative. Dubai Public Prosecution employees who opt to participate in the Shari'a compliant 'My Savings' programme will specify a fixed amount to be set aside from their salaries every month as part of their savings and Takaful plan with National Bonds Corporation. Moreover, the initiative also offers employees a 10% discount on Takaful family coverage programmes, as well access to free consultations pertaining to income management and financial planning.
Ensuring the provision of financial services to the poor can address the challenge of poverty alleviation. A large portion of the poor population, however, is excluded from formal financial services. Although access to Islamic microfinance is critical to growth and prosperity in many countries it is provided only by a small number of providers covering less than 1% of the total microfinance outreach. Sustainability of Islamic microfinance institutions (MFIs) is also an emerging challenge. Moreover, Islamic MFIs tend to predominantly use murabaha (cost-plus credit sale) and qard hassan (interest free loans). These products have implications related to sustainability and outreach of MFIs as the cost can be higher in the former and the latter does not generate any return. Innovative solutions are needed to develop more comprehensive and efficient instruments which build on sustainable business models and product diversity.
Tamkeen and Family Bank announced the launch of 'Mantoojati', a joint initiative aimed at enhancing the growth and sustainability of productive families in Bahrain. Through "Mantoojati", the beneficiaries will receive support to set up kiosks in selected shopping malls around the kingdom to market their products and services to a wider customer base. The support will be around BD6000 per applicant and will cover the cost of renting and setting up a booth. This will be complemented by the advisory services already provided to the beneficiaries by Tamkeen and Family Bank. According to Dr. Atef Elshabrawy, CEO of Family Bank, the programme seeks to encourage and motivate local and home-made goods and crafts, which the bank supports through funding and guidance.
Dubai recently announced that its latest aspiration was to become the leading Islamic business hub in the world. Under the umbrella of Islamic finance, the emirate is hoping to provide the best facilities for Islamic finance instruments, Islamic insurance, the halal food industry and Islamic trade and quality-management standards. Dubai has numerous advantages as an Islamic finance hub, like its existing strong business and financial infrastructure as well as an established regulatory framework and political and socio-economic stability. Moreover, the emirate plans to set up a central Shariah board to supervise all Islamic financial products used in Dubai. However, the emirate needs to integrate a Shariah- compliant business framework with the already established conventional framework. Furthermore, Dubai also faces rivalry from the other GCC nations.


Weigh-Less is a weight management system, I think that's what they call it, but it really is more than that - it's a lifestyle.
The tiny weight gain shows me that I've learnt to eat correctly, that I choose well when we do eat out and that in most cases, I prefer the healthier choice.
Today I had a cup of tomato soup, rye toast and chunky, fat-free cottage cheese for lunch. Yum!!! That might seem boring to you but is one of my favourite lunches.
So how do I set myself up (and I choose these words quite intentionally) for a healthy week?
2. I do the same with my breads in plastic containers, and freeze those until the night before.
3. I also make sure we have enough fruit and vegetables for the week.
4. every evening while I cook or defrost supper, I pack my lunch bag with breakfast, lunch and snacks. I then put it in the fridge and in the mornings, I just walk through the kitchen, grab the bag and I'm out the door to work.
You can see it all comes down to planning well.
What can you do to set yourself up for a healthier week?


This Vintage Pendant by Cartier features a beautifully crafted hand made in 18k Yellow Gold holding a circular disk made up of round brilliant cut Diamonds, made in 18k White Gold. Please note that the hallmarks are worn due to the age of the piece however a partial Cartier hallmark can be seen. Also note that the chain in the model shot is not accompanied with the Pendant. Complete with Xupes Presentation Box. Our Xupes reference is COM2114 should you need to quote this.


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TAW: THE BRIEFCASE OPENS
by The Anfield Wrap | Jan 29, 2013 | Footie | 16 comments
YOU'VE listened to the podcast, read the website and heard the radio show. This is the next thing – The Anfield Wrap magazine.
And our first ever issue features a real scoop – previously unheard audio of legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly.
How can it feature audio? Well we say magazine, but it's more than that.
It's a made to measure mag for the digital age – the first fan-produced publication to focus solely on Liverpool and made specifically with the iPad in mind.
So this isn't just another PDF floating around in cyberspace. It's a magazine featuring video, audio and eye-catching design. This is a magazine you can play with as well as read and it's available now in Newsstand and across the world.
It brings Reds all over the world agenda-free views and analysis from supporters on football, fashion, music, culture and more related to Liverpool – the club and the city.
Best of all, it's FREE.
There's no catch, no gimmick, no download fee – and there never will be. Every couple of months, there'll be a new TAW magazine, free to download, direct to your iPad.
This is an idea that's been in the making for some time. We're still ironing out a few glitches here and there and this is very much a pilot issue. So if you think this is good we promise future issues will be even better – and we do intend to make it available on other platforms.
More than two million LFC fans have now listened to our award-winning podcast. We hope you give our magazine the same support. We hope you like it.
Get on it.
The Anfield Wrap.
Available now in Newsstand and iTunes >>
Pradeep on 29 January 2013 at 7:23 pm
Please make one for Windows Phone 8 platform .. will be really appreciated ..
thanks and great work .. hope for all kinds of success in the future ..
and maybe replace the biased scum media for all kinds of Liverpool reporting ..
stephen martin on 29 January 2013 at 10:11 pm
I love this website !!!
Sean on 30 January 2013 at 3:34 am
Looks great guys. You are producing some lovely material.
Well done and thanks!
Jagan on 30 January 2013 at 5:50 am
It would be nice if you can make one for Android too if possible…
Andy on 30 January 2013 at 10:13 am
Got on it. Boss.
Wayne IDdon on 30 January 2013 at 11:04 am
Another welcome addition to the Anfield Wrap family. Not read it all yet but really impressed with the, as Rafa would say, "Quality" of this first edition and will be spreading the word to all who will listen.
Ta to all who helped make it and keep up the good work!
JCuzzy on 2 February 2013 at 12:34 pm
I've been reading the iPad magazine. Great so far! Just a couple of things. Rob Guttman's piece on JW Henry is in white font on Black background, this makes it incredibly difficult to read and I now have a headache. No more white font on black scree please. Its a bad idea.
Also agreed with what Rob was saying in is particular piece until he suggested increasing the wage bill. Well the last acounts showed our wage bill at 73% of turnover which is considered dangerous by any financial expert. Aston Villa had a wage to turnover of 90% trying to chase a dream of competing at the top end and they have got into a situation where they have HAD to get rid of most of their senior profressionals on high wages. They now face relegation. Portsmouth already went down this route. They got an FA Cup out of it but look at them now.
Our wages in the last accounts were only £18m less than Man United which is shocking when you consider what United's turnover is compared to ours not to mention the performance they get out of their players with a wage bill not that far superior to ours. Our wage bill is higher than Arsenal's and dwarf's Spurs – so does our net spend on transfers – so there is no excuse as to why we shouldnt be ale to get into the top four with our current financial strategy. Once consolidated in the Campions League then the spending can go up another level.
More attention needs to be focused on who is evaluating talent at the club. Scouting, recruitment and coaching needs to be looked at more critically than the cliched we need to spend more. We already spend the 4th most in the league amd we're 4th in the wage table but struggle to get close to the top 4. FSG have spent £79.3m net since they bought the club. That's the 4th most in the PL in that period of time just £8m less than United. It's also the 10th highest in the world. Only 9 clubs in world football have outspent LFC since FSG bought the club. Chelsea, City, United (just), Real, Bayern, Zenit, Anzhi, Juventus, Milan (just). We've outspent Barca, Dortmund, Inter, Napoli, Atletico, Arsenal, Spurs and rest.
Great magazine though!
JCuzzy on 2 February 2013 at 1:19 pm
Sorry I forgot about PSG. They have surely outspent us so make that 10 clubs in world football spending more than us.
Stephen Jolley on 2 February 2013 at 7:57 pm
Downloaded to iPad mini but can't open articles. Am I missing anything or just thick? (Age 53 so not tech savvy)
walriley on 8 February 2013 at 12:59 am
Not seeing it on Newsstand either.
vader1000 on 10 February 2013 at 11:57 pm
I've downloaded the app in my newsstand on my ipad2, but when select to download the magazine, it says 'connecting' & the timer keep spinning around. Not working. Is there a bug or something?
GARY on 24 February 2013 at 10:37 am
Fantastic website, magazine and podcasts. Helps keep supporters over here in Oz in touch with real supporters and their views
bob Pierce on 28 February 2013 at 12:22 pm
Android app please!!!!!!!!!!!
Joel on 23 April 2013 at 7:45 pm
Would LOVE to see an android compatible version
Gareth Roberts on 23 April 2013 at 11:19 pm
Done: http://app.theanfieldwrap.com/
peter tuckwell on 4 May 2013 at 6:21 pm
got to bring out in all formats not fair if only on ipad etc etc