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HomeInfrastructureScant hope for 'housing for all' within Mumbai city
Scant hope for 'housing for all' within Mumbai city
February 27, 2020 Hepzi Anthony
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN MUMBAI
Representational image: A Mumbai 'chawl' Pic: Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 2.0
Jyoti Aware, a municipal school teacher came to Mumbai in 2009 and since then has been staying in a rented house in Mumbai's northern suburb of Kandivali with her husband and two pre-teen children. Two years back, she purchased a house in Mira Road, a suburb outside Mumbai for Rs 30 lakh, since that was the only place where she could afford a house. However, she could not shift to the new house for that would increase her commute time four times, besides making it difficult for her children to continue in the same school.
"The new house is far, secluded, lacks good water supply, lacks proximity to services like banks and shops; besides, it fails to assure a safe and secure neighbourhood for our children back home when we step out for work, which is a critical determinant for us," says Jyoti. Hence she and her husband choose to spend Rs 10,000 per month to rent a house within Mumbai even as they continue to pay Rs 22,000 as EMI for their new flat, thus putting a strain on their meagre resources.
The Awares are not alone. Lack of public housing for households belonging to the economically weaker sections (EWS) and the lower income group (LIG) has left them with very limited options in the city. They are getting pushed out to the peripheries of the city, that lack physical and social infrastructure, have poor connectivity and impose longer commute on residents due to the distance from their job locations.
With private housing being too costly and beyond the reach of most, often the only housing segment they can afford in Mumbai is either through a lottery scheme brought out by the state housing agency, the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) or in the redeveloped houses of the slums. "There is no bank loan facility available to purchase houses in redeveloped slum buildings," rues Jyoti, "Besides, such buildings are poorly maintained and can be transferred in our name only after a particular time period. The MHADA lottery houses are very few and difficult to get; besides they are gradually inching towards the market rates."
The collapse of public housing
The primary reason for the woes faced by the Aware family and others like them is the lack of proper housing planning and almost complete handover of the housing sector by the state to private players. Liasas Foras, an independent real estate research firm, found that there was negligible supply of affordable homes costing less than Rs 30 lakh within the first 40-km radius of Mumbai city. Prasad Shetty, Dean of the School of Environment and Architecture, says that though the state had planned to build 15 lakh affordable houses, it ended up building only about 1.5 lakh houses, 1/10th of the target guided by needs, despite favourable market conditions prevailing over the two decades since 1995.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) had in its Draft Regional Plan for 2016-2036 blamed the shortfall in affordable housing in MMR on the state's withdrawal from public housing and the transformation of its role — from that of provider to a mere facilitator. Describing the state role in public housing provision as "insignificant and decreasing rapidly," the draft report felt that this had deprived a major share of the population of formal affordable housing options of acceptable standards, thereby pushing them towards informal housing or slums.
The market-driven private housing industry prefers to focus mainly on the luxury and premium housing segments that promise huge returns, but are often left with a huge inventory of unsold housing in Mumbai in spite of huge shortage and demand for affordable housing in the city. The supply of affordable houses through the very popular annual lottery of MHADA has also reduced to a trickle now.
In 2016, Mhada brought out 972 flats for sale in Mumbai (with 495 in the reserved category and 477 in the open category) while in 2019, it offered only 217 flats for sale (with only 113 in the open category). This, even as it made 6136 housing units available in the peripheral cities of Navi Mumbai and Thane, through Mhada's Konkan division.
"The annual number of flats allotted by MHADA have fallen because now we insist on selling only those flats that are completed and have got occupation certificate. Earlier we would also put up under-construction houses for sale, which led to instances of delayed handover to allottees. We are now expecting some allotments in the second half of 2020," said B. Radhakrishnan, chief officer of the Mumbai board of MHADA.
The cost factor continues to be a strong pull for MHADA housing. In the 2019 lottery, a one bedroom-hall-kitchen (1BHK — 33.30 sq m) low income group (LIG) house in Chembur was sold for Rs 32 lakhs, while a 2BHK middle income group (MIG) house of 64.61 sq metre in Powai cost Rs 56.73 lakhs. This is way cheaper than a comparable house from private builders, which would have easily crossed the crore mark in both locations.
How does one apply for MHADA houses?
MHADA, which is the state nodal housing agency, brings out houses on sale almost every year. Thanks to the huge demand for their houses, they prefer to allot houses through a lottery system.
Applications can be made online on mhada.gov.in their houses under various sections such as:
Economically Weaker Section (EWS) — those with monthly income below Rs 25,000
Low income group (LIG) — those with monthly income between Rs 25,000 -50,000
Middle income group (MIG) — those with monthly income between Rs 50-70,000
Higher income group (HIG) — those with monthly income above Rs 70,000.
The available flats are reserved for various categories like Scheduled Castes and Tribes, defence personnel, handicapped, journalists and recently added category of government and police personnel apart from the open category. Information on available flats like their location, carpet area, cost and dates for applying are advertised in newspapers.
Earlier, the manual lottery system using paper chits attracted such huge crowds that it used to be conducted at the open theatre grounds. These used to be huge public events with long queues to fill and submit forms; such were the crowds that there have been instances of police lathicharge. But, now the lottery allotment is decided through a computerised lottery system and information is relayed to winners via SMS.
Incidentally, MHADA is also the nodal agency for the flagship Central government scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), that aims to provide housing for all by 2022. But, very little progress has been made under that in Mumbai city. Of the 193 projects listed as affordable housing projects under the scheme (with 35% of the constructed houses for the EWS category, having carpet area of upto 30 sq metre), only four (including three slum redevelopment projects) are listed for Mumbai city.
In the Draft Regional Plan for 2016-2036, MMRDA recommended that the state needs to encourage or incentivise markets to deliver medium-sized houses in the city, so that middle income households can move from slums to formal housing. It also sought to link subsidized or free houses to the needy to arrest leakage of benefits meant for the economically weak.
"Housing is a fundamental human need and decent affordable housing should be a basic right for everybody in this country," agrees Hardik Agrawal, CEO of Radha Madhav Developers in Mumbai, "Without shelter, everything else falls apart. There was an inventory problem in the city, with not enough houses to meet people's needs. Supply was less than demand, which led to increasing home prices. But this budget has provided some relief to developers as it has ensured macroeconomic stability, and that can lead to housing for all."
Despite such verbal assurances, hope for low cost housing in Mumbai is scarce. Liasas Foras warns that India's inability to meet affordable housing needs could result in a scenario, where a large proportion of retired senior citizens end up finding themselves in rental homes or worse, in slums or homeless condition. That's a scary prospect not just for this generation, but even for future ones. Changing that will require strong political will and state enterprise, something we have not really seen much of, as we shall discuss in the concluding part of this article.
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Q: Use intersection coordinate to draw another graph in pgfplots I've been trying to create a quadratic graph that passes through an intersection of two linear graphs. So far I've been able to get the corner but it seems like I cannot use the intersection in \addplots. This is what I got so far.
\usepackage{tikz, pgfplots}
\usetikzlibrary{calc, intersections}

\pgfplotsset{compat=1.16}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis} [
    xmin=0,
    xmax=10,
    ymin=0,
    ymax=10,
    domain=-10:10,
]

\addplot[color=black, name path=A] {x};
\addplot[color=black, name path=B] {-x + 10};
\addplot[name intersections={of=A and B, by=C}] coordinates {(C)};

\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

It seems like there's an error in this line \addplot[name intersections={of=A and B, by=C}] coordinates {(C)}; in the last (C) as when I replace the (C) with (0,0) the plot renders fine without the intersection.
If this worked, I was planning to use the x y coordinate given by C to set the vertex of another quadratic graph with the formula a(x-v)^2+h. Is there a way to achieve this?

A: Here's an alternative approach in Metapost.
\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{luamplib}
\begin{document}
\mplibtextextlabel{enable}
\begin{mplibcode}
beginfig(1);
    numeric u; u = 20;
    path xx, yy, A, B, C;
    xx = (left -- 11 right) scaled u;
    yy = (down -- 11 up) scaled u;

    A = (left--right) scaled 16u rotated 45;  % y = x
    B = (left--right) scaled 16u rotated -45 shifted (0, 10u); % y = 10 - x
    C = (-1, 1){1, -2} .. (-1/2, 1/4){1, -1} ..  (0, 0){1, 0} .. (1/2, 1/4){1, 1} .. (1, 1){1, 2};  % y = x^2
    C := C scaled 10u shifted (A intersectionpoint B);

    drawarrow xx;
    drawarrow yy;
    % now save the size of the drawing so far
    interim bboxmargin := 0pt; path b; b = bbox currentpicture;

    draw A withcolor 2/3 blue;
    draw B withcolor 2/3 blue;
    draw C withcolor 2/3 red;

    clip currentpicture to b;

endfig;
\end{mplibcode}
\end{document}

I am guessing a bit what the OP actually wants, but if you compile this with lualatex you will get this:

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A: \documentclass[tikz, border=1cm]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.18}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[
declare function={
a1=1; b1=0;
a2=-1; b2=10;
f1=a1*x+b1;
f2=a2*x+b2;
v=(b2-b1)/(a1-a2);
h=a1*v+b1;
a=0.2;
f3=a*(x-v)^2+h;
}]
\begin{axis}[
xmin=0, xmax=10,
ymin=0, ymax=10,
domain=-10:10,
]
\addplot[samples=2] {f1};
\addplot[samples=2] {f2};
\addplot[red, thick, samples=50, smooth] {f3};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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In the second decade after the Brown decision, debate shifted from whether a black student could enter a schoolhouse to how best to bring black and white students together in school districts, particularly in light of the largely segregated housing patterns that existed in most communities. Inevitably, the focus turned to busing.
The first major test of busing as a tool for desegregating came in the North Carolina school district of Charlotte-Mecklenburg. In 1969, a federal district court's desegregation order called for extensive busing in the 80,000-student school district. At first, the community staunchly opposed the order and the school board appealed the decision. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed the busing section of the lower court's order, holding that it was excessive. District officials appealed the circuit-court decision to the Supreme Court, which in 1971 upheld the busing order in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education. If a court finds evidence of intentional segregation, the Justices ruled, then it may appropriately require busing as a remedy.
After the Swann ruling, Charlotte's political and business leaders moved to support the busing order. Anti-busing school-board members were voted out and replaced with supporters of the order. Parents of children scheduled to be bused joined together to seek ways to smooth the logistical problems. No serious protest has erupted since then, and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg district is often cited as a successful example of mandatory busing.
However, experts also point out that Charlotte-Mecklenburg differs in some significant ways from other urban districts that have been faced with busing orders. Because it is a countywide system, with inner-city and suburban schools all under the same jurisdiction, there were no neighboring suburban districts for white students to move to. And because most of the schools had long enjoyed an excellent reputation, white parents had little incentive to set up private schools.
The black/white mix of students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg has remained relatively stable, compared with that of many other urban areas. Two years ago, the student population was 62 percent white and 38 percent black; at the time of the Swann decision, it was 71 percent white and 29 percent black.
Two years after the Swann decision, the Court clarified further the responsibilities of school authorities and the courts in remedying segregation. It also, for the first time, examined the problem of school segregation in the North, where state laws requiring or permitting segregation had never existed or had been repealed decades earlier.
At issue was a federal-district-court order that called for the desegregation of some, but not all, of the public schools in Denver. The district court found that the city school board, by actions affecting school construction, attendance zones, and the use of mobile classroom units, had engaged in deliberate racial segregation in only one portion of the school district. Although it found evidence that inner-city schools were segregated in fact, it ruled that the board's segregative actions had no effect on these schools and refused to order their desegregation.
In 1973, in Keyes v. School District No. 1, the Supreme Court reversed the district court's finding and ordered desegregation in Denver on a districtwide scale. The Court ruled that racially discriminatory actions have an impact that reaches beyond the schools that are the targets of those actions, adversely affecting the whole district.
For nine years after Keyes, Denver school officials were unable to develop a desegregation plan that met with the approval of the district court. Only in 1982 was a new plan tentatively approved that called for the busing of about 10 percent of the district's students.
The city school board recently asked the court to declare the system "unitary," or fully desegregated, and to end its jurisdiction in the lawsuit.
Until the 1970's, the focus of national attention and legal contests in the federal courts seemed to suggest that school segregation was largely a Southern problem. But it was also a fact of life in the older urban centers of the North, Midwest, and West--a reality that had led many Southerners to bitterly resent the interventions of Northern activists in their desegregation disputes.
Despite Boston's reputation as the academic center of the nation, the city's public-school system had become extremely segregated. Ethnic neighborhoods--the Irish in South Boston, the Italians in East Boston, and the blacks in Roxbury--were fiercely self-conscious. In 1965, the naacp had filed a suit, Morgan v. O'Bryant, on behalf of black parents seeking to desegregate the school system. The passage that year of a state "racial-imbalance" law, however, persuaded lawyers for the parent's group to withdraw their suit.
Squabbling between local pro- and anti-busing forces prevented the implementation of a desegregation plan that met with the approval of the black parents' group. In 1972, several community groups, joined by naacp lawyers, decided to refile a suit in federal district court.
In his June 1974 ruling in the case, U.S. District Judge W. Arthur Garrity Jr. held that the school officials "knowingly carried out a systematic program of segregation affecting all of the city's students, teachers, and school facilities." He ordered the implementation of a desegregation plan that sparked displays of intense hatred and violence between the ethnic groups, and outspoken opposition on the part of many public officials.
The plan affected 80 percent of the city's 200 schools. It called for the busing of 20,000 of the district's 94,000 students; another 20,000 would change schools without busing. That fall, schools were due to open Sept. 12, but it became clear before then that an explosive situation was building. The Ku Klux Klan sent a Grand Dragon of Knights from Baton Rouge, La., to fan anti-busing sentiment. The U.S. Justice Department sent a group of "troubleshooters" to monitor the situation. And only days before the schools' opening, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts and an uncommonly popular politician, was driven from a speakers' platform by a barrage of eggs and tomatoes after voicing his support for the plan.
During the first months, schools managed to stay open despite minor incidents of violence in Irish and black neighborhoods. The plan might have been accepted, critics say, had school authorities and politicians demonstrated their full support, as they had in Charlotte-Mecklenburg. But most did not. City Councilwoman Louise Day Hicks and other busing opponents held weekly rallies to stir up resistance. A majority of the Boston School Committee denounced the Garrity plan and proclaimed that they would rather go to jail than accept it. Even President Gerald R. Ford joined the opposition, stating that he "had always opposed forced busing," and "respectfully disagreed" with Judge Garrity's plan.
On Dec. 11, 1974, the tension boiled over at South Boston High School. When a black student stabbed a white student, 1,000 whites retaliated by trapping 131 blacks inside the school for four hours while 1,500 demonstrators chanted outside. This led to the closing of eight high schools the next day.
In the 10 years since the Garrity decision, the district has lost about half its white enrollment to suburban or private schools. Although the city's schools are now less segregated, desegregation is viewed by many as a Pyrrhic victory, largely because of the white flight and the legacy of divisiveness in the community.
As minorities flocked to large Northern cities and whites moved to their suburbs, some school officials began to view inter-district busing plans that involved suburban schools as the logical way to desegregate.
Detroit was a case in point. In 1940, it had a black population of 9 percent. By 1970, blacks accounted for 45 percent of the population, and by 1980, about 80 percent. To counteract the resulting de facto segregation, the city's traditionally pro-integration school boards had repeatedly altered school boundaries and launched a voluntary student-transfer program. But the board's efforts could not keep pace with the demographics.
In 1971, in a suit brought by the naacp, a federal district court ruled that desegregation could not be achieved through any plan limited to the city's public schools and issued a desegregation order that was to involve 52 of the metropolitan area's largely-white suburban school districts. It was by far the most massive integration plan yet proposed; it involved approximately 780,000 students from kindergarten through high school.
But in its 1974 decision in the case, Milliken v. Bradley, the Supreme Court delivered what many civil-rights advocates considered to be the most serious blow to desegregation in two decades. A majority of five Justices, in a decision written by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, rejected the concept of achieving desegregation by combining urban and suburban school districts. The ruling restricted the conditions under which busing across district lines would be allowed; such busing is permissible, the Court said, only when all districts involved have been proven guilty of intentional segregation. In the Detroit case, it held, there was no evidence of such intent on the part of the suburban districts.
The Court went on to reject inter-district busing even when no other remedy for inner-city segregation appears to exist, thus adding a major new obstacle for officials in other major cities with increasing concentrations of minority students. Justice Marshall, in a dissenting opinion, denounced the ruling as "a major step backward," for school desegregation.
On remand, the district court fashioned a desegregation plan involving busing within the city school district and the implementation of a variety of "educational improvements" in the areas of reading, teacher training, testing, and counseling. The judge assessed a portion of the costs for these programs against the state of Michigan, a co-defendant in the case.
The case went back to the Supreme Court three years later. In Milliken II, the Justices rejected the state's argument that it should not have to pay for the educational remedies because they exceeded the established constitutional violation. For the first time, the Court held that matters other than pupil assignment must on occasion be addressed by federal courts to eliminate the effects of prior segregation.


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Q: Why isn't this variable being recognized by the compiler? I am making a simple game in Unity2D and even after numerous tries, CS0120 error still occurs.
I have been already looking thru some tutorials/help but none of them really helped me and I dont wanna mess up my code even more.
//This is the one which I want to call the var from
public class Terraform : MonoBehaviour
{
    public int TerraformClick;

    void Start()
    {
    }

    void Update()
    {
        if(Input.GetMouseButtonDown(1))
        {
            TerraformClick = 1;
        }
    }
}

//And this is the main script
public class Grass_Follow : MonoBehaviour
{
    void Awake()
    {
        GameObject TerraformButt = GameObject.Find("Terraform");
        Terraform terraformScript = TerraformButt.GetComponent<Terraform>();  //finding the object
    }

    void Update()
    {
        //probably some mistake in calling the variable
        if (Terraform.TerraformClick == 1)
        {
            Vector3 pz =
                Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
            pz.z = 0;
            transform.position = pz;
        }
        else
        {
        }
    }
}

I expect just some small mistake with the variable placement/calling

A: You were on the right track. It's just that you have to declare 'terraformScript' outside of the Awake function. You can still initialize it inside the Awake function, but it should be declared outside of that function. This is because you don't just want that variable to only exist inside the Awake function, do you? No. You also want your Update function to have access to it as well. So just declare it at the top of your script, so that all of your functions can have access to it as well. We call these variables member variables.
using UnityEngine;

public class Grass_Follow : MonoBehaviour
{
    Terraform terraformScript;

    void Awake()
    {
        GameObject TerraformButt = GameObject.Find("Terraform");
        terraformScript = TerraformButt.GetComponent<Terraform>();
    }

    void Update()
    {
        if (terraformScript.TerraformClick == 1)
        {
            Vector3 pz = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
            transform.position = pz;
        }
    }
}


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The best cheeses for snacking and cooking, according to chefs and cheesemongers
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Insider spoke to chefs and cheesemongers about some of the best cheeses to snack on and cook with.
When prepared correctly, a raclette can make for a showstopping, warm appetizer.
Some chefs have said Parmigiano-Reggiano is as delicious on a cheese plate as it is in a cooked dish.
Whether you're an ardent lover of cheese or someone who's still trying to figure out which flavors you enjoy, buying cheese can be intimidating.
And when choosing between so many different textures, regions of origin, and flavor profiles, it can be tough to decide which cheeses are best for satisfying your snacking and cooking needs.
So Insider asked US-based chefs and cheesemongers what they think are the best cheeses to include on a charcuterie board and to use while cooking.
Here are the cheeses they recommended:
One chef said the sharp and funky Beemster Gouda is great for cheese boards.
Beemster Gouda is known for being sharp.
Hailing from Holland and the Netherlands, Beemster Gouda has a sharpness that contrasts with its rich undertones.
Chef Bradley Kilgore of Kilgore Culinary Group in Miami, Florida, said Beemster is a great choice for cheese boards.
He said he likes to pair this cheese with a tangy condiment, like a yuzu marmalade, because "the citrus pairs with the umami coming from the aged cheese and the sweetness is cut by the salinity."
A versatile blue goat cheese, Humboldt Fog is a favorite of some chefs thanks to its acidity and fudge-like texture.
Humboldt Fog is known for having a creamy texture.
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Another cheese-board staple that becomes more flavorful as it ages, Humboldt Fog can be found at cheese shops and many grocery stores around the US.
Chef Kevin Templeton of barleymash and The Smoking Gun in San Diego, California, told Insider that he thinks this blue goat cheese is "amazing on everything."
He said the cheese can be enjoyed either hot or cold and it's great for melting on burgers or mushrooms.
"[It has a wonderful texture on the outer skin and the inside is creamy," he added. "[The] little layer of vegetable ash to gives it even more complexity."
Some chefs said they like to combine Époisses, a famously-pungent French cheese, with bread.
Époisses is known for its very soft texture.
Époisses is a French cow's milk cheese with a loose, almost-liquid texture that makes it "super-dippable," according to Chef Jamie Simpson of the Culinary Vegetable Institute at the Chef's Garden in Huron, Ohio.
Simpson said he suggests pairing this cheese with fresh bread and charcuterie.
Another fan of the cheese, Fernando Cruz, executive chef of 1 Hotel South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida, said that Époisses has a unique sweet, salty, and spicy flavor.
"[It's] an excellent cheese for people who enjoy complex flavors," he added. "But the main reason I love this cheese is because I can spoon it out and spread it over a crisp piece of bread."
One chef said Prairie Breeze's cheddar is "super approachable" for anyone looking to try a new cheese.
Prairie Breeze's cheddar is made in Iowa.
Courtesy of Milton Creamery LLC
Cara Condon, a cheesemonger for Goose Island Beer Co., said her favorite cheese-board pick is a cheddar from Milton, Iowa known as Prairie Breeze.
According to Condon, this cheese is super versatile and will impress even the pickiest eaters.
"An awesome American block-style cheddar from Milton, Iowa, it has these bright, pineapple notes that always takes people by surprise," she told Insider. "To me, it tastes exactly like a piña colada. It's super approachable and is a great entry point for anyone who is looking to try a new cheese but is still overwhelmed."
According to some chefs, classic cheddar is great for cooking, snacking, and melting.
Cheddar is known for being a pretty versatile cheese.
There's a reason so many macaroni and cheese recipes rely so heavily on cheddar — this semi-hard cow's milk cheese grates and melts quite easily. Plus it's known for retaining its sharp flavors even when heat is applied to it.
Ashlee Aubin, executive chef of Fisk & Co. in Chicago, Illinois, said he loves to use aged sharp cheddar in his restaurant kitchen, especially when making dips.
"I could tell you about all the fancy cheeses that I enjoy, but the cheese I eat the most is cheddar. It's a workhorse. Melted on a burger or by itself as a snack, it's the best," added Daniel Sharp, executive chef of The Meatball Shop in New York City.
Chef Brooke Smith of The Esquire Tavern in San Antonio, Texas, also said she favors cheddar, noting that she typically seeks out the Cabot clothbound version of this cheese.
She added, "Cabot Cheddar is nice and sharp — this selection adds depth to dishes such as grits and pimento cheese."
One chef said halloumi has a great salty taste and it's great for grilling.
Some people put halloumi right on the grill.
Halloumi, a semi-soft cheese made of goat's milk and sheep's milk, is originally from the island of Cyprus. It's known for being a great cheese for grilling.
Brian Malarkey, "Top Chef" alum and executive chef of Herb & Wood in San Diego, California, said he enjoys cooking with halloumi because it has a high melting point, which makes is what makes it so great for grilling.
"It's got a great salty and briny taste, so it's ideal to toss with most things because it really absorbs the flavor," he told Insider. "Halloumi also makes an excellent side to any piece of grilled meat."
Some chefs said scamorza is a smoky alternative to mozzarella.
One chef described it as a "firm mozzarella."
Many people know of mozzarella, the Italian cheese dynamo famous for its starring roles in popular dishes like pizza and lasagna.
But if you're looking for a smokier Italian cheese that's similar to mozzarella in terms of texture and ability to melt, scamorza could be worth trying.
"A smoked cheese always adds another flavor dimension. Scamorza is a cheese that you can buy smoked and it's like a firm mozzarella," Tanner Agar, chef at Rye in McKinney, Texas, told Insider. "[You can] top flatbreads with it to add the smoked element to home pizzas that is normally only possible with wood-fired pizza ovens,"
One chefs said that, when prepared correctly, a raclette can make for a showstopping appetizer.
Raclette is typically melted onto sandwiches, pasta, and bread.
In recent years, raclette, a creamy cheese made of cow's milk, has found new popularity because of its unique serving presentation.
Diners or chefs typically scrape the warmed cheese onto pieces of bread or push it onto a plate of pasta.
Chef Bernhard Mairinger of Bier Biesl Restaurant in Los Angeles, California, said raclette is excellent as long as it's "the real stuff."
"The half-wheel is fixed into a stand that has a broiler on top — quick heat to make the cheese melt and caramelize a bit. [It's] served with good bread and some pickled vegetables, simple and amazing," he told Insider. "It's a great cheese to play with."
Some chefs said Parmigiano-Reggiano is as delicious on a cheese plate as it is in a cooked dish.
It's oftentimes sprinkled on top of pasta dishes.
Perhaps one of the most famous cheeses to come from Italy, the hard, cow's-milk variety
Parmigiano-Reggiano is known for being a flavorful addition to cheese boards and pasta dishes.
"The fact that it is just so versatile makes it special. Rich and flavorful but delicate enough not to overpower a salad, [it can still] finish a pasta and give it that rich finish that everyone enjoys," said Peter Vauthy, executive chef of Red, the Steakhouse in Miami Beach, Florida.
One chef said pecorino can be great for snacking.
Pecorino is an Italian cheese.
Massimo Giannattasio, the executive chef of Cibo Wine Bar in Miami Beach, Florida, and a native of Salerno, Italy, said he prefers the sheep's-milk Pecorino cheese over Parmigiano-Reggiano.
"For me, it's really the [quintessential] cheese of the Italians," he told Insider. "I always have a piece of Pecorino Toscano or [Pecorino] Sardo with some sliced pears as my afternoon snack."
He said the cheese is widespread in Italy and each area in the country offers its own uniquely flavored versions of Pecorino.
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using Kudu.Contracts.Settings;
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using Kudu.Core.Tracing;

namespace Kudu.Core.Deployment
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    {
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                return false;
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            FileInfoBase autoSwapLockFile = FileSystemHelpers.FileInfoFromFileName(_autoSwapLockFilePath);

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        public void HandleAutoSwap(bool verifyActiveDeploymentIdChanged)
        {
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                return;
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            string currentActiveDeploymentId = _deploymentStatusManager.ActiveDeploymentId;
            if (verifyActiveDeploymentIdChanged && currentActiveDeploymentId == _initialActiveDeplymentId)
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                tracer.Trace("Deployment haven't changed, no need for auto swap", currentActiveDeploymentId);
                return;
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            DeployResult latestDeploymentResult = _deploymentManager.GetResult(currentActiveDeploymentId);
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            try
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                FileSystemHelpers.WriteAllTextToFile(_autoSwapLockFilePath, String.Empty);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                tracer.TraceError(ex);
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            string operationId = "AUTOSWAP" + Guid.NewGuid();
            string deploymentId = latestDeploymentResult.Id;

            HttpResponse response = HttpContext.Current.Response;

            response.Headers.Add("X-MS-SWAP-OPERATIONID", operationId);
            response.Headers.Add("X-MS-SWAP-SLOTNAME", _autoSwapSlotName);
            response.Headers.Add("X-MS-SWAP-DEPLOYMENTID", deploymentId);

            tracer.Trace("Requesting auto swap to slot name - '{0}', operation id - '{1}', deployment id - '{2}'".FormatInvariant(_autoSwapSlotName, operationId, deploymentId));
        }

        private bool IsAutoSwapEnabled()
        {
            return !String.IsNullOrEmpty(_autoSwapSlotName);
        }
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Herald Design Forum 2018 kicked off Friday at Dongdaemun Design Plaza.
Distinguished speakers, design experts and government officials are among those participating in Asia's leading design festival, which runs through Saturday.
"The forum, which started in 2011 with our belief that design can change the world, is now holding its eighth edition. Over the last seven years, Herald Design Forum has invited numerous distinguished guests in different areas, industries, engineering, architecture, fashion, design, city planning and many others to share insights and ideas about design.
"And now, the design forum has grown into the world's leading design forum," said Herald Corp. Chairman Jungwook Hong during the opening of the forum.
"With ideas only, no changes can be made. A difference can be made with 1 percent idea and 99 percent action that follows. While we have been discussing design, the world has changed more dramatically at a faster rate. The issues we are to solve have become much more complicated. Thus, design should now go beyond imagination and make efforts to bring actual changes," added Hong.
Also attending the opening ceremony was Chung Jae-suk, newly appointed administrator of the Cultural Heritage Administration. Around 500 design enthusiasts are also attending the forum.


As Edgewater city officials settle into the new Civic Center building, the most recent city hall building could be under contract for sale in a few months.
The city is negotiating a contract for the sale of the recently vacated municipal building at West 24th Street and Sheridan Boulevard. The building was constructed as an office furniture store in the mid-1980s and was sold to the city in 1995 to serve as the "new" city hall. At the end of last year, the building was replaced by the new $12.5 million, 55,000 square-foot Civic Center, about six blocks away at 1800 Harlan St.
The Civic Center includes a 5,000-square-foot fitness center, 10,000-square-foot gymnasium, 10,000-square-foot Jefferson County Public Library, 6,000-square-foot police department, plus 6,000 square feet for administrative offices, 5,000 square feet of basement space, 3,000 square feet of public meeting, entry and atrium space, and 3,000 square feet of unfinished space for future use.
The city sold properties at West 25th and Gray — which included previous city hall, fire department and library buildings — in August. The owners of the 25th and Gray property, CSI-Edgewater, LLC, also own corner properties to the west and south. The four parcels are to be developed as Edgewater Town Square, a commercial project.
City Manager H.J. Stalf said shortly after the start of this year that a contract for the sale of the West 24th and Sheridan building might be finalized and plans presented to the city planning and zoning commission in February or March. The anticipated use of the building is a restaurant, but details remain to be worked out, according to a city email newsletter. The use and sale could be finalized this summer.
Meanwhile, city council held their last meeting at the West 24th and Sheridan building on Nov. 1 and their first meeting in the Civic Center council chambers on Dec. 6.
Starting Jan. 15, council meetings will be held on Tuesday nights rather than Thursday nights. Mayor Linda Keegan said the change was made "very simply" because Tuesday nights were felt to be more convenient for council members, "as well as allowing the council to have all weekend to review our upcoming packets, too," Keegan wrote in an email.
Council meetings will continue to begin at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesdays of each month and when needed.


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Welcome to the first special 2018 digital issue of Aluminium International Today!
Alongside six regular issues of the magazine, we try to publish at least two separate, digital issues a year; mainly because there is usually too much content to try and squeeze in!
It is a positive dilemma and 'Sustainability' seems to be one of those topics that never fails to bring in the articles.
This year has already seen the launch of greener aluminium products such as Rusal's 'ALLOW' and Hydro's '4.0', while advancing technology in electric automotive applications offers more opportunities for aluminium to show off its lightweight potential.
This particular issue features an update on the sustainability standards launched by the ASI, a look at the environmental progress of the aluminium industry in Europe and Jerome Lucaes from Rusal gives his opinion on driving better material choices for automobiles.
There is also a focus on emission control, energy saving and recycling, among other green topics! It's safe to say, this is a packed issue.


Beirut - Social media has brought various religious and ethnic groups across the world closer together. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Arab world, as demonstrated by the recent protests. Activists in this part of the world maintain that their motives are not sectarian. Indeed, the protests themselves show people of different backgrounds coming together for a common cause: change.
In Manama, a campaign for political change launched on blogs and on Facebook proclaimed: "No Sunni, No Shi'ite. Only Bahraini." In Syria, protesters are rejecting sectarian strife and focusing on oneness, shouting: "Not Kurdish, Not Arab. We Want National Unity." This is in addition to an online campaign started by activists with the slogan: "Are you Muslim or Christian? I am Syrian", which grew to nearly 9,000 members. And then there is the Facebook launch of a Syrian code of honour, condemning all forms of discrimination against fellow citizens, with around 5,000 members.
Many Arab regimes banned the creation of political parties, and limited the right to associate or create civil rights groups. This meant that there was little space where religious, ethnic and cultural groups could meet and interact. Some of the ruling regimes also marginalised and oppressed religious and ethnic minorities – from the oppression of the Amazigh in North African countries by prohibiting them from speaking their native language or giving traditional Amazigh names to their children, to banning Christians from rebuilding their churches, or depriving Kurds of their nationality, as well as other measures.
But social media has helped such groups discover one another, and break the psychological barrier of fear between them, which some regimes had constructed. Social media is a "first step" toward engagement with what the regimes qualified as "the other". After all, it is easier to begin a conversation with someone with a different background sitting behind a computer screen.
It is also a step toward taking this change to broader society.
In Lebanon too, online groups that oppose sectarianism and discrimination in society have appeared, creating a space that has brought people from various sects and regions closer together.
As the protests spread across the Arab world, activists in Lebanon began to unite with the goal of "ousting the sectarian system." These activists managed to reach around 15,000 people through a Facebook group entitled, "In favour of ousting the Lebanese sectarian system – towards a secular system." The group is comprised of youth from different sects, regions and cultural backgrounds. On the group's Facebook page, activists engage in extensive discussions about the existing system and about the system they long for. The leaders of this group have even organised many public demonstrations, including one that numbered 21,000 people, all demanding the end of the sectarian system in Lebanon.
Social media is fast proving to be a tool that creates awareness of a particular issue amongst large numbers of people. A few clicks, and you can spread the world with your message and galvanise like-minded individuals to interact and engage in a common cause.
In the past five years, many such causes have surfaced, brought on by multi-religious, cultural and political groups. For instance, proponents of gay rights, through their online presence, were able to create more awareness of their plight in Lebanon.
This movement attracted support from many youth across religions, sects and regions, with the aim of removing Article 534 from the Lebanese Penal Code, which identifies homosexuals as criminals, and granting a person the right to choose his or her sexual orientation. The online presence of this movement and the success of its outreach demonstrate how social media can provide youth of different backgrounds a platform to engage in fruitful interaction for a common cause.
Another example of social media's ability to bring people together is the Lebanese Women's Right to Nationality and Full Citizenship, a cause that brought together over 20,000 members on Facebook to support all Lebanese women's right to pass on their nationality to their children. People from all religions were able to meet online and discover that those of different faiths can and do think just like they do.
This kind of activity reinforces a sense of social cohesion and helps people focus on what they have in common, despite differences in their backgrounds. It has also proven to be an effective tool in the hands of people relegated to society's margins, who are now able to voice their concerns and gather support from all segments across the country.
Hani Naim is a journalist, blogger and civil society activist. This article is part of a series on globalisation and religious pluralism written for the Common Ground News Service (CGNews).


Just a heads up, the rear mud guards look a bit goofy on the car. Sort of like a kid with too big of shoes on. It's not enough for me to take them off and they do their job very well, they just look a little fat. I'll try to get a decent pick up here. The fronts look great.
the rear mud guards look a bit goofy on the car. .
I don't agree on that one. Irrespective, I think that they're well worth getting. I drove without them for the first two weeks and the paintwork behind both the front and rear wheels got covered in dirt, especially after rain.
A hint for Australian owners interested in getting splash guards - you can buy the set of four (genuine parts) on eBay from the USA and have them shipped here express post for a combined purchase amd shipping cost that is 40% of the Australian dealer cost!!
Can you take a photo with your mud guard?
the links above show only segment, I would love to see the whole car from the side, front and rear review. If you could take a couple photo for me that would help a brother out thanks.


The first solar panels were created over four decades ago, but their inefficiency made them unpopular with all but the most committed users of green energy at a time when green energy wasn't popular. That a single panel could cost hundreds of dollars at a time when this amount of money represented a significant equipment investment didn't help the sales of the panels, either. It would take a few decades for solar panels to achieve current rates of solar power conversion.
Since the 1960s, solar panels have steadily increased in efficiency and become more affordable relative to the payoff from harnessing solar energy for residential, commercial, and industrial use. The first commercially available solar panels converted about 8 percent of solar energy into usable electricity. Today, the best panels convert about 20 percent of solar power into electricity.
The sun is a free source of energy, but harnessing its energy requires more than just solar panels. It also requires a power inverter to be installed on the power line between solar panels and the electrical system. With power inverters in place, Direct Current (DC) solar energy is converted into sinusoidal Alternating Current (AC) like the kind that utility providers deliver.
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Lifeway Christian Resources' nearly 15-acre campus has been sold to make way for downtown Nashville redevelopment projects.
A San Diego-based real estate investment firm purchased the property for $125 million. Lifeway is the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention.
According to reports, the plans for the property could include a mix of hotel, entertainment, commercial and residential uses.
LifeWay's nine-building campus includes 1 million square feet of office, warehouse and parking space. The company will continue to occupy a portion of the sold campus for now until it settles on a new permanent corporate headquarters.
In pursuing the sale, LifeWay cited needing less corporate space because of changes in its operations over the years. Meanwhile, property near the core of downtown Nashville has soared in value.


The clean energy platform has a new way to buy into solar power projects, and it doesn't involve putting panels on your roof.
Arcadia Power wants everyone to benefit from solar panels.
Arcadia built the program with flexibility in mind. There's no minimum purchasing requirement to join the program and if you decide to purchase a new home, the savings will follow you there.
For now, Arcadia remains committed to impactful ways to change energy consumption in this country—without divorcing customers with their utility companies.
"Utilities want to provide customers a better experience, new programs, and savings opportunities and we're well positioned to work with them to achieve those goals," said Bhatraju.


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A Critical Edition of the Life and Death of Jack Straw (1594)
Longstaffe, Stephen
Essential to an understanding of the politics of the history play in the 1590s through its presentation of the original `peasants' revolt' of 1381. This first-ever annotated edition in English will help to broaden the debates around the politics of the drama at the end of Elizabeth's reign, combining a synthesis of previous scholarship and criticism with the fruits of new research. It offers a lightly modernized and corrected edition of the text and of the play's history, it features a long critical discussion placing the play in its intellectual and critical context. Extensive selections from the two major chronicle sources, Holinshed's and Grafton's Chronicles, and the relevant sections of two other texts often associated with the play, Nelson's Lord Mayor's Pageant of 1590 and Richard Johnson's 1592 Worthies of London.
A HISTORY OF THE PRESS IN NIGERIA FROM 1859-2015 AND THE ORIGINS OF THE NIGERIAN BROADCASTING AND FILM INDUSTRY
Daramola, Ifedayo
This study contends that democracy and political change is deeply rooted in the mass media's ability to become a major agent of political socialization that was capable of mobilizing local populations into changing longstanding African attitudes about politics and election outcome behaviors.
Análisis y Valoración de Sitios Web de Centros Escolares
Roig-Vila, Rosabel
This study analyzes and evaluates websites in Spanish scholastic centers.
ANTI-ARAB AND ANTI-MUSLIM BIAS IN AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS: How They Reported the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah and Israeli-Hamas Wars
Tischauser, Jeffrey
This research compares the New York Times news coverage of the Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006 (July War) and the Israeli-Gaza conflict of 2006 (Operation Summer Rain) with war coverage as reported by the Chicago Tribune and theWashington Times,. Using Herman and Chomsky's (1988) Propaganda Model and Edward Said's (1994) notion of Orientalism, this research investigates the range of permitted opinion and the representations of Arabs and Muslims in news articles.
Anti-Indecency Groups and the Federal Communications Commission
Zarkin, Kimberly
By examining the activities of Morality in Media and the American Family Association as related to the FCC, this research provides a clear picture of whether these groups have had any impact on the policy-making process. It fills an important gap in the understanding of how the FCC has regulated indecent speech on the broadcast spectrum as well as how it has responded to the pressure of interest groups. Despite the popular notion of the dominance of the religious right, this research demonstrates that the groups have not been as successful in pushing their agenda as some think. In addition, this research also gives scholars further insight on how the FCC makes policy in general.
Articulación de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación en la educación
This study examines the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education, especially in the field of Spanish linguistics. It discusses the need to carry out innovative training and didactic strategies in order to prepare teachers and students to use the internet and ICT resources.
BBC Broadcasts to Portugal in World War 2: How Radio Was Used as a Weapon of War
Ribeiro, Nelson
The study employs archival research to produce a narrative of the early history of radio in Portugal, from its emergence through to the end of World War II. It analyzes foreign broadcasters' impact in the country during the War.
British Techniques of Public Relations and Propaganda for Mobilizing East and Central Africa During World War II
Morris, Kate
This monograph presents a detailed account of how the British government developed new techniques of public relations and propaganda during the Second World War and in the early post-war period to mobilize the British empire in the war effort and in a new imperial relationship of partnership. Through the efforts of the Colonial Office and Ministry of Information, they used propaganda to explain the war to populations in the empire and exhort them to maximize their war effort, and to educate the British public about imperial contributions. Propaganda was employed in the United States to combat the threat posed by American anti-imperialism. It was also used to promote racial tolerance in Britain and the empire. After the war, the long-term educative process aimed to contain the political aspirations of the Africans and white settler communities in East and Central Africa.
Broadcast, Internet and TV Media in the Arab World and Small Nations: Studies in Recent Developments
Al-Obaidi, Jabbar Audah
In this collection, scholars from various backgrounds discuss how emerging changes in media content and delivery influence culture, education, international relations, and human expectations. It traces global media trends of convergence and competition for a fragmented and diverse audience. Nine essays are included in the collection.
Bureau of Motion Pictures and Its Influence on Film Content During World War II. The Reasons for Its Failure
Myers, James M.
This book examines the United States government's efforts to use the motion picture industry to aid the war effort and maintain high public morale during the Second World War.
Comparative Study of the Political Communication Styles of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair
Ayeni, Chris Olugbenga
This research expands the data base in comparative cross-national political communication. It thereby establishes the basis for generalizations about, and comparisons of, the campaign styles of Blair and Clinton. Throughout, the larger question is to what extent Great Britain has imported American communication methods.
Comparing and Contrasting Marketing Assumptions and Advertising Strategies in Japan and the United States
Helgert, Joseph P.
This study explores the practice and dynamics of advertising in the second largest democratic economy in the world – Japan. The work examines advertising practices through seven case studies, dramatically framed by individual vignettes written in the style of the Japanese business novel. The case problems and chosen solutions illustrate successful Japanese adaptations of advertising from around the world, in addition to advertising practices that are culturally unique to Japan. The analysis highlights similarities and differences in Japanese and American advertising practice. The study concludes that an understanding of the external and internal influences in developing creative objectives and strategies, combined with an identification of the structural components in advertising, is key to a greater understanding of how social, political and other cultural trends affected the evolution of advertising in modern Japan. In a conclusion, the author recommends new advertising strategies that are in response to changing national and international trends since the collapse of the bubble economy.
Cultural Reflections and the Role of Advertising in the Socio-Economic and National Development of Nigeria
Alozie, Emmanuel C.
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Democracy and the Philippine Media, 1983-93
Smith, Desmond
This study examines the relationships between the Philippine media, class power, and the state. It focuses particularly on the economic and political actors and agencies, including the press, which have promoted or hindered democratization in the Philippines during the decade 1983-1993. It argues that although the role of the Philippine press has been considerable, it has been inextricably bound to the interests of the ruling elites who have disproportionate control over mainstream media agendas.
Democracy and the Role of the Haitian Media
Rhodes, Leara
This study includes an explanation of the origins of the exiled Haitian press, the revolutionary character of the Haitian-American press, historical development of media in Haiti, and the relationship between media and the government from 1986 to 1999. It also contains a review of the literature and a theoretical base developed after reviewing the political systems of the press. It uses this most-difficult-case scenario to illustrate the changing pattern media may take in helping to create a democratic society.
Editing Rape: Editorial Cleansing in Richard Wright's Native Son
Whaley, Annemarie Koning
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Effects of United States' Political Communication and the Liberian Experience (1960-1990). An Afrocentric Analysis
Wonkeryor, Edward L.
This study examines the dynamics of U.S. communications and information systems, and the extent to which they are used to maximize American interests in Liberia in particular and in Africa in general. This conceptual approach delineates the foundation and hence the implementation of U.S. economic, cultural, political and military interests vis-a-vis other nation-states.
Fifty Year Role of the United States Air Force in Advancing Information Technology. A History of the Rome, New York Ground Electronics Laboratory
Thompson, Thomas W.
This work provides information previously unavailable to the wider scholarly community: the role of the US Air Force in advancing information and electronics technology. The Air Force established a far-reaching research effort upon becoming a separate service in 1947 and maintains it today. Rome Laboratory, established in 1951, became the Air Force's primary ground electronics laboratory. Relying on previously classified as well as documentation in the public sphere, this work details Air Force involvement in the development of radio, radar, communications satellites, computers, solid state devices, and photonics. The Cold War serves as backdrop until the last chapter, when attention shifts to more contemporary activities. Each chapter examines an Air Force mission, the technologies employed to accomplish it, and Rome Laboratory's role. Originality and unique documentation make this work a must-read for those interested in the history of science and technology, Air Force and Department of Defense roles in the information revolution, military history, Cold War history, and the social and economic impact of Air Force R&D on the communities of central New York.
Gulf War as Popular Entertainment. An Analysis of the Military-Industrial Media Complex
Leslie, Paul
Essays presented here provide analyses of war in the post-modern era, specifically the Persian Gulf War. Scholars interested in war, applications of post-modern theory, the media, communications, a history of modern warfare, and international affairs will find the analyses illuminating, applicable as they are to any post-modern combative event, such as Chechnea or Bosnia. The introduction details the focus of each paper, and the concluding chapter connects them conceptually, offering a new, post-modern perspective of war.
History and Advancement of African Americans in the Advertising Industry, 1895-1999
Moss, Janice Ward
How America Markets Its Wars. A Case Study
Lauck-Dunlop, Penny L.
Democratic governments who need public opinion on their side to make decisions use different strategies to win popular support for their wars. This book chronicles that process in specific how popular support for the Iraq Wars were won by the two Bush Presidents, and how the leaders can often twist the truth. There is a tacit assumption that the public wants to trust the President, and that there are things the leaders know that the general public is not privy to. In certain cases, like wars of retaliation, little marketing is necessary. The use of polling data can also aide the government in determining with certainty which marketing strategies will convince people to support the war policy.
How the American Media Packaged Lynching 1850-1940: Constructing the Meaning of Social Events
Wasserman, Ira
Examines the manner in which the national media in the United States treated lynching and vigilante activity between 1850 and 1940. The perspective emphasizes the importance of media framing, sponsor and opponent activity, and media balance. Since not all lynching incidents can be studied, critical discourse moments are selected.
How the Internet is Changing the Practice of Politics in the Middle East: Political Protest, New Social Movements, and Electronic Samizdat
Roberts, Joseph W.
This work examines the socio-economic and socio-political factors that make modern information technology a useful and viable tool for expatriate political and social movements in dealing with the rigid state control of the traditional media in the Middle East.
How the Media Shape Young Women's Perceptions of Self-Efficacy, Social Power and Class
Baldwin, Cecelia
This book addresses the interaction of the media, sexuality and self-efficacy in teenage women. In doing so, it is also inclusive of class and power issues and the perceptual reactions of young women to an increasingly sexualized media. It includes a combination of qualitative and quantitative research examining the interaction of self-efficacy, as individual empowerment, with sexualized media imagery. It demonstrates how sexualized images projected by advertising, and the media in general, are perceived as power by adolescent females. Power is defined as self-efficacy or a personal power. Sexualized imagery proved to be an indicator of perceptions of both empowerment and a stratified class structure, with the more sexualized the imagery, the higher the perception of both self-efficacy and high social status or class. The book provides an in-depth exploration of young women's perceptions of sexuality and power. Additionally, the book examines sexualized imagery from a historical standpoint and as a component in adolescent sexual development.
Influence of Communication Technologies on Political Participation and Social Interaction
Ankney, Raymond
This study, using a new theoretical approach called cultural catalysis theory, argues that it was the diffusion of many communication technologies – not solely television – that contributed to a decline in Localism (participating in local political issues) and Cosmopolitanism (interest in presidential campaign). Cultural catalysis theory posits that there are four groups in society: Localists, Cosmopolitans, Community Leaders, and Displaced. The theory also posits that technologies changed the composition of these groups over time because they permitted people to look outside their local community for socializing and entertainment, and allowed people to entertain themselves alone in their homes. Two longitudinal datasets, the National Election Study (1960-2000) and the General Social Survey (1974-2000) were used to test the hypotheses.
Information, Its Forms and Functions the Elements of Semiology
McArthur, Douglas
A synthesis which takes account of the many forms and purposes of human expression and communication. It includes topics like the recording of information, the use of signs for the elaboration of ideas, for the design and execution of projects, signs and the representation of experience, esthetics, and rituals. The author argues that language and signs are best understood as a sort of technology rather than as the manifestation of a faculty.
Interpersonal Culture on the Internet. Television, the Internet and the Making of a Community
Gatson, Sarah N.
"Community" is a highly contested concept, and in the milieu of mass media, it is even more highly fraught. The book bolsters our understandings of the substantive processes involved, particularly those of boundary formation, spatial dimensions of communities, and how communities are always both embedded and emerging entities. Finally, it deals with the question of how seamless and/or disruptive the new technology of the Internet is vis-à-vis our traditional practices of community formation and maintenance. Ethnographic in method, and deals with community concepts such as networks, geography, boundaries, and politics.
Media and Communications Industries in Nigeria: Impacts of Neoliberal Reforms Between 1999 and 2007
Olorunnisola, Anthony A.
This book is a comprehensive analysis of the impacts of neoliberal reforms on the media and communications industries in Nigeria between 1999 and 2007, with the return of democratic governance to the country. It is the first book-length assessment of impacts of economic policy on media and communications industries in Nigeria.
Media Censorship in the Middle East
This book examines, for the first time ever, Middle-Eastern media censorship. By using an analytical and comparative approach this book, explicitly, shows how the censorial culture grew as the media developed in this region. It also illustrates the illusionary and deceptive arguments presented by the authorities citing articles and stipulations from the constitution that speaks for the freedom of the press and free speech. This book also shows the possibility for emerging models of media in the Middle East that highlight a direction toward democracy and the application of laws and regulations.
Media in South Africa after Apartheid
This collection of essays provides a systemic evaluation of the transition experience of media and correlate institutions in the decade following the introduction of a multiracial democracy in South Africa. The contributors, from inside and outside South Africa, assess the transition experience from multiple perspectives.
Modeling Behavior From Images of Reality in Television. Narratives, Myths, Information and Socialization
DeMars, Tony R.
Examples of what may be considered inappropriate aggressive behavior modeled in television programs as a focus for the textual analysis. It provides ideological, cultural, narrative, semiotic, and political economy analyses of representative content and programs and discusses implications. Readers will gain a broad understanding of the concerns for television effects, and be able to judge the potential of television narratives to influence socialization and acculturation. The study shows that television narratives have the ability to create meanings which reinforce or refute dominant ideas and myths of the society. Examines such shows as Beavis and Butt-Head; Family Matters; Home Improvement; Jenny Jones; Married With Children; Mighty Morphin Power Rangers; Oprah; Roseanne; Sally Jesse Raphael; South Park, and The Simpsons.
Politics of Television Policy
This book, drawing on primary sources, provides an in-depth analysis of the politics of the introduction of digital television in the United Kingdom. The author highlights the emergence of a more complex system of United Kingdom television policy-making, encompassing an ever increasing range of policy actors and political institutions.
Press and Politics in Africa
M'Bayo, Ritchard Tamba
This book deals with the relations between public communications and politics in the context of the nation-state system in Africa. It adopts an approach that interweaves theory and practice and, in this sense, stands apart from previous, mostly descriptive studies. It begins with an overview that presents a general theoretical model of communication and influence processes in politics. Other chapters focus on the practical issues. The final chapter, noting that many of the state –press interaction problems are partly matters of politics and partly matters of interpretation, integrates the descriptions, suggestions, and prescriptions of the earlier chapters in an interpretive analysis that also serves as a guide for future research and policymaking.
Reform, Organizational Players and Technological Developments in African Telecommunications - An Update
Onwumechili, Chuka
This study provides up to date information in the field of African telecommunications policy and access. It includes information on a broad range of topics, including the growth of wireless telephones, documentation of bilateral and multilateral participation in African telecommunications development, organizations that run the gamut from broadcasting to new media, policy structures, country case studies, and more. Continent-wide information is provided along with specific, in-depth analyses of Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa
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Parker, Juli L.
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Short Fiction and the Press in France 1829-1841 Followed by a Selection of Short Fiction From the Periodical and Daily Press
Bryant, David S.
After 1829 the appearance in France of a number of magazines and newspapers which promoted original short fiction brought about a revolution in the dissemination, form and development of new literature. At first restricted to literary reviews, after 1836 newspapers also adopted short fiction. This led to the influence of editors and the public in dictating literary taste, and the commercialization soon provoked a critical debate on the role of literature and the press. This work examines this phenomenon and analyses the enormous output of short fiction by concentrating on two major reviews, La Revue de Paris and La Revue des Deux Mondes, and two leading newspapers, La Presse and Le Siècle, supplemented by a wide selection of other titles. This is followed by a cross section of stories which constitutes a unique collection of hitherto unpublished short fiction, thus allowing the reader to gain firsthand experience of a process that was to shape the future of French literature.
Social Learning and the History of U.S. Telecommunications Policy, 1900-1996
Zarkin, Michael
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Study in Eighteenth-Century Advertising Methods the Anodyne Necklace
Doherty, Francis
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Study of Audience Responses to the Media Discourse About the "Other": The Fear of Terrorism Between Australian Muslims and the Broader Community
Aly, Anne
This book examines the fear of terrorism and its impact on community well being and public perception of government counter terrorism strategies. The author's discussion of the audience and their role in encoding/ decoding raises questions about the relationship between the audience and the media in an era of new technologies.
The Influence of Mass Media on Divorce Referenda in Ireland
Breen, Michael J.
This work utilizes quantitative research methods to analyze twenty seven opinion polls dealing with the issue of constitutional change in Ireland. It provides a framework for anyone interested in understanding the intricate relationships between media, public opinion and constitutional ballot issues in an Irish/European context.
THE INTERNET DISCOURSE OF ARAB- AMERICAN GROUPS:
A Study of Web Linguistics
Hussein, Lutfi
This work examines the discursive construction of social identity of Arab-American groups on the World Wide Web (WWW).
THE ROLE OF RADIO IN THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1924:
How a New Communications Technology Shapes the Political Process
Ranson, Edward
This study investigates how. for the first time the new medium of radio impacted upon a presidential campaign. Prior to 1924 candidates were known to the public by their photographs and by the printed versions of their major speeches published in the press. Beginning in 1924, however, party standard-bearers were recognized by their voices.
Truth in Advertising
Gibson, Arthur
1984 0-88946-912-1 45 pages
A report from a symposium at the Toronto School of Theology, the first of a continuing series on the ethical implications of advertising.
U. S. Aid to Israel and Its Reflection in the New York Times and the Washington Post 1948-1973. The Pen, the Sword, and the Middle East
Zucker, Bat-Ami
With the assistance of the Faculty for Jewish Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Israel The study describes and analyzes the press's reaction to the events in the Middle East at critical stages of the evolving relationship within the context of the broader regional and international systems. These findings are crucial to understanding the attitudes toward Israel that prevailed in America during the period examined. The New York Times and The Washington Post were singled out because they are considered the most prestigious and influential papers both in the United States and abroad. In order to achieve a comprehensive evaluation of these papers' attitudes toward U.S. aid policy vis-a-vis Israel, every editorial and commentary that appeared in each paper during the entire period was examined.
Visual Images of Women in the Arts and Mass Media
Bentz, Valerie Malhotra
ARTS AND MASS MEDIA This collection of research by ten sociologists makes it clear that women's images in the media and arts exert a tremendous influence on perceptions of women. Includes examinations of Vogue photographs from the 1940s to the 1990s; a semiological examination of a rock video; advertisements and stories in women's romance magazines; Latin American photonovellas; the catwoman image; changing portrayals of the Madonna; portrayals of women by sculptor Harriet Hosmer and artist deKooning; and three dance works by two women choreographer/dancers, Hanstein and Ziaks. Illustrated with photographs.
WHAT NEWSPAPERS, FILMS, AND TELEVISION DO AFRICANS LIVING IN BRITAIN SEE AND READ?
The Media of the African Diaspora
Ogunyemi, Ola
Sociologists can learn a lot from studying a group's media consumption patterns. In this study, Ogunyemi researches what stories are most resonant with Black Africans living in England. The book tries to discover whether or not this minority group adopts normative approaches to media coverage, by not only consuming but participating in media. It also discusses the omission of African stories by the mainstream media in England. This book will contribute to understanding ethnic media trends.
Women's Use of Public Relations for Progressive Era Reform
Straughan, Dulcie Murdock
This study examines the confluence of social, economic and political conditions that characterized the Progressive era in the United States, women's influence and actions to bring about social reforms at a time when they could not vote, and their use of public relations tactics designed to bring about reforms that they hoped would improve the lives of all Americans. This book explores women's use of public relations strategies and tactics in charitable and social service organizations, women's clubs and government agencies during the same time period that the nascent public relations profession was being used by businesses as a means to defend their status and to see support of the public by providing information about their operations more openly. This study also addresses the notion that women reformers tended to focus heavily on building relationship with individuals, groups and organizations to promote their causes.


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Gonadal malignancy in 13 consecutive collected patients with disorders of sex development (DSD) from Semarang (Indonesia)
Achmad Zulfa Juniarto1,
Bestari A Setyawati1,
Ika P Miranti2,
Ardy Santosa3,
Remko Hersmus4,
Hans Stoop4,
Martine Cools5,
J Wolter Oosterhuis4,
Stenvert L S Drop6,
Sultana M H Faradz7,
Leendert H J Looijenga4
1Division of Human Genetics Center for Biomedical Research, Faculty of Medicine Diponegoro University (FMDU), Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
2Department of Pathology Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine Diponegoro University (FMDU), Semarang, Indonesia
3Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine Diponegoro University (FMDU), Semarang, Indonesia
4Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Josephine Nefkens Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
5Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
6Department of Paediatrics, Division of Endocrinology Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
7Division of Human Genetics Center for Biomedical Research, Faculty of Medicine Diponegoro University (FMDU), Semarang, Indonesia
Correspondence to Professor Leendert H J Looijenga, Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center Rotterdam (Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center) Josephine Nefkens Institute, Building Be, Room 435, PO Box 2040, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands; l.looijenga{at}erasmusmc.nl
Aims Caucasian patients with disorders of sex development (DSD) are at a high risk of developing germ cell cancer (GCC). GCC is prominent in young adults in Western countries, while the incidence is significantly lower in Asia. So far, the risk of GCC in Asian DSD patients is unknown.
Methods and results A detailed study of gonad histology , morphology and immunohistochemistry (OCT3/4, testis-specific protein Y-encoded, VASA, SCF/KITLG, SOX9, FOXL2) of 16 Indonesian DSD patients was undertaken. 13 cases could be analysed, including ovarian tissue (n=3), streak gonad (n=1), undifferentiated gonad (n=1) and testicular tissue (n=8), diagnosed as 46, XX (n=1), 46, XY (n=7) and sex chromosome DSD (n=5). The precursor lesion gonadoblastoma or carcinoma in situ, or GCC was diagnosed in four cases (30.8%; three 46, XY and one sex chromosome DSD ). A hormone producing ovarian Leydig cell tumour was identified in a 46, XX patient, supposed to be a late onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
Conclusions In spite of the significantly lower risk of GCC in the general Asian population, DSD is a dominant risk factor. The study demonstrates the power of immunohistochemical markers for (early) diagnosis. This knowledge will deepen understanding of the pathobiology of GCC and clinical handling of patients with DSD, globally.