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You've been runnin' round, runnin' round, runnin' round throwin' that dirt all on my name…
A few months ago, I saw that Shawn Mendes and Charlie Puth were coming to Pittsburgh in August. I thought this would be a nice "Chooch & Erin are Loose" event because he loves Shawn Mendes and I like Charlie Puth a lot. They were playing PPG Paints arena (#foreverConsol) and the cheapest seats were going for $18.50. Reasonable! Especially since we didn't care about super close.
If you read my KCON posts, I mentioned in one that I was just a casual Charlie Puth listener until we were in some broad's Uber in Newark on our way to the convention, and whatever radio station she had on was talking about his current single "Attention," and how there is a part near the end where his voice sort of cracks/cuts off. They mentioned this because most pop singers would have re-recorded that part, but Charlie opted to keep it because it showcased the emotion he was feeling when he sang that song.
Then they isolated that part for the listeners and I was in tears in the backseat of this stranger's SUV, and just like that, "Attention" was forever changed for me. It was no longer just a pop song that I heard a lot on several radio stations.
Prior to this, I only knew him from that song he sings with Selena Gomez, "We Don't Talk Anymore," which is heartbreaking, too.
Flash forward a month or so. Things were calming down, the G-Dragon show was over, Warped Tour was done, so I figured that I better get those Illuminate tour tickets while I was thinking about it….
….and….
….no, it wasn't sold out per se….
But there were like NO SEATS LEFT HARDLY. I counted nine of the cheap seats available and none of them were together. And then there were a sprinkling of seats near the stage, but BACK, at an angle, so you would be basically looking at the sides/backs of the performers. Plus, those seats were $65 before all of the fees that Ticketmaster takes in order to pay off the Devil or whatever the fuck it is that they do with that extra shit. Fucking criminals.
I mean, I like both of these singers, but not $65 worth.
So I gently broke this to Chooch who was just like, "Oh that's fine. As long as you get to go to all YOUR concerts, Mother."
But I mean, he's not wrong, lol.
The next day, Henry was all, "Hey Star 100 is giving away Shawn Mendes tickets to caller 10" and I was like, "Cool story bitchboy, but I'm at work, so this is officially your mission."
And that motherfucker won!
Well, kind of…
He was caller 10 but his piece of shit phone was crackling or something so they hung up.
I was so angry and made sure that everyone at work knew what a deadbeat dad he was.
The next day, I was on late shift so Chooch and I sat in my room, next to the radio, with our fingers ready to dial as soon as they said "caller 10."
It was around this time that I actually listened to what they were saying on the radio and it wasn't actual tickets to the concert: it was two passes to a PRESHOW PRIVATE PERFORMANCE with CHARLIE PUTH!
And then out of those winners, one grand prize winner would win tickets to the concert too.
This seemed like a sweet enough deal to me, and even Chooch was like, "Fuck yes, I want this even more than concert tickets!" and for him it's probably because he weighed his options and a fifteen minute sit-down performance seemed more convenient to his lifestyle than a two hour concert in a big arena.
I have never won SHIT on the radio, so I wasn't holding my breath. And true to form, it was just busy-busy-busy.
"Oh well, I'm sure they got a winner by now since we've been getting a busy signal for the last 5 minutes," I sighed and by sighed I mean that I punched a hole in the wall and kicked a fucking puppy I'M JUST KIDDING.
It was just one of Chooch's stuffed animals, and my fist didn't go through the wall.
"How do you know it's busy?" Chooch asked after I called the lady who won a cunt for not even sounding excited when they put her on the radio.
"Because….of the noise it was making? The busy signal?" I said slowly, emphasizing the words in a condescending fashion because that's just how I do.
"Oh, I didn't know what that noise meant. I thought it was just a special ring tone," Chooch shrugged. And yeah, I guess he really wouldn't know what a busy signal sounds like! Ugh, every new generation gets weirder and weirder.
Meanwhile, Henry was still trying to get through every hour after this since I couldn't do it once I was at work*, and I even had my mom trying to win for us.
*(I mean, I could but I rarely make personal calls at work so why start now, sorry Chooch.)
An hour after I got to work, Henry texted me and said, "I won."
Yeah right, I thought. This motherfucker!
"That's not even funny. Don't joke about that, Henry," I texted back.
But he swore that he wasn't lying. And he wasn't!
Today was the day of the performance, and we had to be at the Cambria Suites by 1:15 to get checked in. Henry had arranged with the radio station to put it in my name instead of his, since ID was required. He accompanied Chooch and me on our voyage downtown today anyway, and I like to believe it was just as a precaution in case it was still in his name, and not because he was chaperoning us which is what he was clearly doing, ugh.
Just kidding, I was happy he was chaperoning. I didn't want to be responsible for things like, "How do we get to the Cambria Suites" and "Do I need to feed my kid at some point, or are we good for a few more days?"
We arrived shortly after noon and the Star 100.7 broads told us we could just hang out on the patio until check-in started. So that's what we did and it would have a lot better if I hadn't been so fucking anxious and sweaty like I was waiting to see a dentist and not some pop singer who is kind of famous but not all the way famous.
Henry was happy because the patio was right outside of the hotel bar and since we took the trolley downtown, he treated himself to some daydrinking.
I made Chooch take pictures with me because everyone else was taking selfies and being all happy together and I wanted that too, goddammit. He was such a little fucker about it though. I guess he was mad because I made him wear these blue pants that I like but "make him look like a clown." My days of dressing him are coming to an end.
As it got closer to 1:15, more and more people were rolling up. Mostly soccer mom types escorting their daughters and their friends. One super annoying guy had three little kids with him, so did he win twice?! I was mad because they were one of the last people to arrive and somehow of course made it second in line.
Chooch and I were about 20 people back from the start of the line, so I was satisfied with that. When we signed in (my ID worked thank god, because Henry was cozy at the bar by then), I also signed up for a chance to win a meet & greet with Charlie. My hands were shaking really bad because my nerves know no bounds anymore, so my name was like, "Erin Kell—-"
I shrugged and stuffed it into the box, never thinking about it again because I don't win things, remember?
So we're in line, and it's almost 2pm at this point which is when the performance is about to start, when one of the radio ladies was all, "Hello we're going to do the drawing now! Unfortunately, there can only be five winners because Charlie really doesn't have much time."
Understandable. There were other radio stations also giving away concert perks (I know because we were trying to win everything in hopes of actually scoring tickets in the process) so I didn't doubt for a second that the guy was busy as fuck.
She starts calling out names.
One of them is "Erin Kell—–" and she shows it to another radio lady who says, "Kelly. Erin Kelly."
I was only mildly paying attention, more interested in people-watching as usual, when hearing my name snapped me out of it.
"Oh wow that's me!" I said jovially like some Midwestern mom, and walked away to get my meet and greet passes!
Drunk Henry was sitting fifteen feet away at the bar and didn't know that I won!
"What was that for?" he texted me.
So I sent him a picture of the pass and he was all, "Oh wait, you won!?"
YEAH I WAS SHOCKED AT MY LUCK TOO HENRY.
I was fucking trembling at this point. I hadn't let my brain imagine this far ahead. Now I got to actually meet the guy too? Oh god.
"I'm going to ask him if he loves Bambi," Chooch said, grabbing one of the passes from me. Have I told you yet that Chooch has been calling Drew "Bambi" and then recently also became obsessed with the movie and tried to get us to buy it at Target but I was like, "I'm not paying $25 for a cartoon that gave made me feel suicidal without even knowing it as a child!" I yelled. And then on Friday, after G-Dragon's birthday festivities died down, Chooch "accidentally" bought it On Demand, and I don't just mean he rented it for like $6 or something; no that little bastard bought a digital copy of it for $22 so now we own the fucking movie and Henry was originally going to call the cable company and dispute it but then was like, "FUCK IT, IT'S YOURS NOW. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT."
Then he watched it twice on Saturday and sent me all these crying GIFs.
So anyway, his new thing is asking everyone if they love Bambi and it's so embarrassing. He yelled it into CVS when we walked by last night and the automatic doors opened.
Finally, the door to a small banquet hall-type room was opened and we were all ushered inside. Rows of chairs were lined up. Chooch got the last chair in the second row and I saw behind him. It ended up being perfect because all of the seats in my line of vision were occupied by small children so my view wasn't obstructed at all.
Before Charlie came out, one of the radio ladies was like, "Does anyone have a question for Charlie that we can ask him when he comes out?" and Chooch immediately sat up straight in his chair and tossed me a devilish look over his shoulder.
"Don't you even fucking dare!" I hissed and then he thought better of it. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
Anyway, Charlie came out before she even had a chance to finish introducing him because he said he didn't like introductions and right off the bat, he was so real and down to earth! I loved him even more and was really hoping that it would go this way and not like, "Ugh, let's get this over with. #obligations"
He talked about Primanti's, the fact that he didn't know that Wiz Khalifa is from Pittsburgh until he was on his way here today (he did a song with Wiz and it's currently the #1 most-viewed video on YouTube, apparently), and congratulated us for having a lot of bridges. Then he was like, "OK let's do this" and dove right into "We Don't Talk Anymore."
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Some lady behind me screamed afterward, and Charlie said, "That was an A," and demonstrated by pressing down on a key of his keyboard. "That means you're really high-pitched. You could probably even do a D," and then he played that key too. "Sorry, that was so nerdy. Now this just sounds like a lecture." And we all laughed.
I just read recently that he went to Berklee so that gave him some extra cred in my book.
Guys, he sang "Attention next and I was shook.
And he beat-boxed! I really like this song a lot. Anytime I'm upstairs and I say my jam is on, Henry knows it's this song because I keep Top 40 radio on in the bedroom and he mumbled once, "It's the only American song you like right now."
So he only did those two songs, and some people were bitching about it later; the lady who called Henry with the info for today's event mentioned that he would only be singing two or three songs, so this wasn't shocking and I wasn't disappointed. I was just really glad for this opportunity because he's pretty well-beyond the whole "intimate venue" stage of his career it seems.
And how are you going to bitch about something that you didn't even have to pay for? Some Americans are never happy.
Right after, they made everyone who didn't have the meet and greet passes leave the room. Charlie came back out and we all got to have our picture taken with him.
WHY am I still so awkward at 38?! Chooch and I got up there and even though I was rehearsing things like, "Thank you for doing this for us" and "You sounded wonderful!" all I could say was, "HI YOU'RE AWESOME."
That's my fucking socially backward go-to.
Because he doesn't already know he's awesome.
Or that this is what his fans think.
He was just like, "Oh, thank you!" and then the radio people took our picture before I was ready and we left.
Then I had the excruciating task of waiting for them to post it to INSTAGRAM. Ugh, fml.
Ugh, whatever. It's fine. I'll take it.
I just want to give a shoutout to the Star 100.7 girls who were running the show today. Everyone was so nice and things seemed to go off without a hitch, and they more or less were on time with everything. I don't involve myself with radio stations very often because none of the music I REALLY like is played on the radio, but I have had bad experiences in the past with DJs from the local alternative station, so I was kind of braced for rudeness. But nope — just a very pleasant experience!
Afterward, we hung around downtown. We had lunch at Noodles in Market Square and then went to Millie's, where Henry had a bitchbaby moment when Chooch and I each ordered the two flavors he was considering so he did that annoying, "Then I just won't get any" bullshit sob story. God, call your mom. It'll back up her theory that I'm an asshole girlfriend! But then he ended up getting a scoop of strawberry. How generic.
(Sike — it's Millie's strawberry, so it's probably amazing and gilded with the sweet kisses of the actual Strawberry Shortcake.)
Chooch had cherry pie and I had blueberry lime graham.
So good. Millie's is the best ice cream in town. I hope someone brings Charlie Puth a pint after the show tonight!
Henry, with the excuse that he was tired from having three beers and not just that he has a sleeping problem, fell asleep waiting for the trolley.
(I took this picture accidentally, with flash, even.)
Then he fell asleep ON the trolley.
Chooch and I were incredibly slaphappy after a day of meetin' & greetin' and ice cream and Henry tripping on a curb at one point downtown, that I straight up peed my pants (JUST A BIT) after we got off the trolley. Chooch knew he had me right where he wanted and kept antagonizing me over and over, making up dumb jokes about Henry that weren't funny at all but I was fucking delirious so a few more pee drops escaped and then I hit my head off a corner of a wall and couldn't even talk properly without all of my words coming out slurred and janky from the laughter. I looked like a real Brookliner, you guys. A real fucking druggie weirdo.
Came home and immediately changed my clothes on account of the pee, and then spent the rest of the day watching my Instavids over and over because YOU JUST WANT ATTENTION, YOU DON'T WANT MY HEART, BLAH BLAH BLAH TODAY FUCKING RULED.
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Female Labour Force Participation: Asking Better Questions
AS PART OF 'POLICY CHALLENGES - 2019-2024: THE BIG POLICY QUESTIONS FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT AND POSSIBLE PATHWAYS'
Identity Discrimination
By Neelanjan Sircar
According to the International Labour Organization, female labour force participation in India dropped from 35% in 1990 to 27% in 2014.1 The gender gap in labour force participation in 2014 was 53 percentage points,2 and urban female labour force participation in India has all but stagnated for the last two decades.3
This has occurred in a context of rising per capita income – which accelerated in India from the 1990s onward – and a significant reduction in fertility rates. Indeed, standard economic theory predicts that as countries move from lower income to middle income (as India is doing), women leave the workforce as there is less need to engage in the most arduous forms of labour – such as agriculture and brick kilns – for a bit of extra money. As incomes rise sufficiently, it is argued that women are offered white-collar jobs and re-enter the labour force – as in the West.
But India's numbers are far worse than what standard theories predict. A recent World Bank report found that the country is ranked 121st out of 131 countries in the female labour force participation rate, and much worse than many of its neighbours.4 In fact, Sri Lanka's female labour force participation stabilized at around 35% decades ago, and Bangladesh consistently demonstrates well over 50% female labour force participation.
Most worryingly, India is losing its most educated and productive women.5 National Sample Survey (NSS) data shows that women who have passed higher secondary have the lowest female labour force participation in India.6 This is to say nothing of the 'marriage penalty' or 'child penalty' for women who drop out of the labour force due to marriage and childbirth. It is increasingly obvious that standard economic theory has it exactly backwards. We can't wait for incomes to rise: incomes in India will stagnate unless we find ways to get women, especially the most economically productive, back into the labour force.
What can policymakers do to draw women back into the labour force?
Answering this question necessitates a closer look at the data. Recent research shows that the decline in female labour force participation in India is largely due to a drop in women entering the labour force in rural India.7 In plain language, this means that as rural incomes rise, women prefer not to do the backbreaking work of agricultural labour – which is understandable. But even then, there is still significantly greater female labour force participation in rural areas compared to urban areas. In other words, even with rising incomes, women in urban areas are not entering the labour market. The important question is this: why are women refusing or unable to enter the labour force in urban areas, where higher wage and higher skill jobs are available in greater numbers?
The challenges of integrating women into the labour force will only be accentuated as India continues to urbanize. From 2001-2011, the urban population growth rate was 2.4 times that of the rural population growth rate in India, significantly higher than any other decadal urban-rural population growth ratio in the country's history. We only expect this process to accelerate. India is likely to see its urban population rise from 338 million in 2010 to 875 million in 2050; the increase of 497 million between 2010 and 2050 is the largest projected growth in urban population in world history.
Of course, the country will continue to manifest pernicious patriarchal norms that prevent women from entering the labour force. However, as our data shows, women themselves are quite willing to work – and the men in the household are supportive of it, despite these patriarchal norms. But it is Indian cities that are not hospitable to women entering the labour force. The proximate policy challenge for increasing female labour participation, thus, centres around managing rural-urban transitions and making cities hospitable places for women to work.
Why Are Indian Cities So Inhospitable to Women Wanting to Work?
Our understanding of female labour force participation must necessarily encompass a broad swathe of economic activities and opportunities. Labour force participation may be 'formal' or 'informal', given that most labour in India is in informal sectors. Labour force participation may also include entrepreneurship activities, from operating stores and food stalls to trading. It has been widely recognized that the role of many women in household duties – and its contribution to household economic productivity and expenditure saving8 – is rarely measured properly. Nonetheless, one must acknowledge the importance of female labour force participation outside the home. The opportunity to engage in economic activity outside the home increases the marginal value of employment, and it is also more likely to break discriminatory gender norms that coerce women to stay at home. Thus, no matter how incomplete the definition, standard measures of female labour force participation are important in and of themselves.
From an economic perspective, a woman's decision to participate in the workforce is broadly viewed as a consequence of evaluating two trade-offs. First, as aggregate household income increases, the marginal benefit of entering the labour force is thought to decrease; that is, if there is sufficient money in the household, there are weaker incentives to get a job. Second, the incentive to join the labour force decreases as the opportunity costs (psychic or financial) of leaving home increase; that is, if it is particularly difficult to carry out necessary tasks at home while working, an individual would be less likely to work a job outside the home.These economic trade-offs, in turn, interact with urbanization in particular ways to negatively impact opportunities for women to enter the labour force.
In rural India, agricultural work is typically near the home, so there is a natural source for female employment. Even in non-farm work, rural India has demonstrated the capacity to employ women. For instance, more women than men availed of the opportunities provided by the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) – often, small infrastructural work near the village.9
In urban India, on the other hand, such a natural source of women's employment rarely exists near the home. Industries like construction tend to be less preferred by women and also tend to discriminate against women in hiring. This obliges women in urban India to look far from home for suitable employment. Unfortunately, the lack of safe transport for women to travel significant distances creates obstacles to working outside the immediate locality. If women are unable to procure safe and stable transport to and from a place of work in urban spaces, they are unlikely to enter the labour market, which likely negatively impacts female labour force participation.
These challenges help explain why urban women, among the most skilled in the population, are often missing from the labour market. In principle, more well-off and educated women should be able to command higher wages and better jobs, which would facilitate their entry into the labour force. But availing of these jobs often implies that women have to travel far for a suitable job. Thus, while a section of economists continue to argue that urban Indian women simply choose to stay at home as income rises, the real reason for low urban female labour force participation may well be the increased 'costs' of entering the labour market.
A Data-Driven Perspective
While the aggregate data shows a worrying trend of declining female labour force participation, we still lack systematic large-scale data on the labour market behaviour of working-age women. I have been conducting a wide-ranging study of female labour force participation jointly with Apurva Bamezai, Devesh Kapur and Milan Vaishnav. The research is taking place in four cities – Dhanbad, Indore, Patna and Varanasi – and the surrounding peri-urban and rural areas of each city. In each of the four urban areas (and surrounding areas), 3500 households are to be surveyed. In each household, a working-age female and the (usually male) primary wage earner is to be interviewed. This allows us to understand not only women's own perceptions about the labour market but also possible constraints from men in the household.
Preliminary data from completed surveys in Dhanbad, Patna and Varanasi reveal important trends. In each of these three cities, only 20-30% of working-age women are (or have ever been) in the labour force. This is consistent with the overall national employment numbers described above. If a woman is in the labour force, she is 20 to 30 percentage points more likely to be engaged in agriculture compared to her working male counterpart. This suggests that even when they are able to enter labour force, a disproportionate number of women are engaged in labour near the home.
There is little evidence that women are willingly opting out of the labour force, as posited by the theory of income effects. Among working-age women who have never been employed, we find that 60-70% of women are willing to work if offered a suitable job.10 Somewhat surprisingly, a very similar percentage of male respondents believe that the woman should be allowed to work if offered a suitable job.
In each of these three cities, less than 30% of women feel 'very safe' travelling alone at night, compared to more than 40% of men. Our preliminary analyses also indicate that perceptions of easy, safe travel are major determinants of whether a woman is willing to enter the labour force. Taken together, this provides suggestive evidence that the city can be inhospitable to women who are willing to enter the labour force, even if there is support at home.
Declining female labour force participation is a deeply worrying trend that must be reversed if India is to accelerate its economic development. Strong patriarchal norms still exist in India, but, as discussed here, low female labour force participation is about much more than social conservatism: a prime cause is how Indian cities discourage women from entering the labour force.
Fundamentally, women are not joining the workforce in urban India because urban infrastructure is failing them. The data suggest that there exist both a desire for women to work and support at home for it, provided there is stable and safe transport to and from work. Indeed, recent work by Girija Borker has shown how the safety of the Delhi Metro provided many college-going women the opportunity to attend high-quality colleges far from home.11 A similar principle is likely to encourage greater female labour force participation as well.
But the challenges of each Indian city are unique and context-specific. There are a number of complicated social factors that impact female labour force participation, and it would be foolhardy to generalize too much from the data we have collected. Ultimately, more systematic large-scale data collection on women's labour choices is required, as this is the only way to identify actionable policies to address India's low female labour force participation.
Other pieces as part of CPR's policy document, 'Policy Challenges - 2019-2024' can be accessed below:
The Future is Federal: Why Indian Foreign Policy Needs to Leverage its Border States by Nimmi Kurian
Rethinking India's Approach to International and Domestic Climate Policy by Navroz K Dubash and Lavanya Rajamani
India's Foreign Policy in an Uncertain World by Shyam Saran
Need for a Comprehensive National Security Strategy by Shyam Saran
A Clarion Call for Just Jobs: Addressing the Nation's Employment Crisis by Sabina Dewan
Time for Disruptive Foreign and National Security Policies by Bharat Karnad
Multiply Urban 'Growth Engines', Encourage Migration to Reboot Economy by Mukta Naik
Schooling is not Learning by Yamini Aiyar
Clearing Our Air of Pollution: A Road Map for the Next Five Years by Santosh Harish, Shibani Ghosh and Navroz K Dubash
Protecting Water while Providing Water to All: Need for Enabling Legislations by Philippe Cullet
Interstate River Water Governance: Shift focus from conflict resolution to enabling cooperation by Srinivas Chokkakula
Managing India-China Relations in a Changing Neighbourhood by Zorawar Daulet Singh
Beyond Poles and Wires: How to Keep the Electrons Flowing? by Ashwini K Swain and Navroz K Dubash
Regulatory Reforms to Address Environmental Non-Compliance by Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli
The Numbers Game: Suggestions for Improving School Education Data by Kiran Bhatty
Safe and Dignified Sanitation Work: India's Foremost Sanitation Challenge by Arkaja Singh and Shubhagato Dasgupta
Safeguarding the Fragile Ecology of the Himalayas by Shyam Saran
Towards 'Cooperative' Social Policy Financing in India by Avani Kapur
1 International Labour Organization, 'Key Indicators of the Labour Market Database', 2016, http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS.
2 World Bank, 'World Development Indicators', Database, 2015.
3 Stephan Klasen and Janneke Pieters, 'What Explains the Stagnation of Female Labor Force
Participation in Urban India?', The World Bank Economic Review 29(3) (2015):449-478.
4 Louis A. Andres, Basab Dasgupta, George Joseph, Vinoj Abraham and Maria Correia, 'Precarious Drop Reassessing Patterns of Female Labor Force Participation in India', World Bank Policy Research Paper No. 8024 (World Bank, 2017).
5 It is worth noting that women who are college graduates do show somewhat higher levels of labour force participation. But this is likely explained by the fact that households with the most liberal attitudes towards female work allow their daughters to complete college and not get married as early, and display a host of other factors likely to encourage female labour force participation.
6 Farzana Afridi, Tara Dinkelman and Kanika Mahajan. 'Why Are Fewer Married Women Joining the Work Force in India? A Decomposition Analysis over Two Decades', IZA Working Paper No. 9722 (2016).
8 Ashwini Deshpande and Naila Kabeer, '(In)Visibility, Care and Cultural Barriers: The Size and Shape of Women's Work in India', Ashoka University Economics Discussion Paper 04/19. (2019).
9 Economic Survey 2018.
10 This is consistent with recent evidence from the NSS. Erin Fletcher, Rohini Pande and Charity Maria Troyer Moore, 'Women and Work in India: Descriptive Evidence and a Review of Potential Policies', HKS Working Paper No. RWP18-004 (2017).
11 Girija Borker, 'Safety First: Perceived Risk of Street Harassment and Education Choices of Women', Working Paper, 2018.
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ATEEZ's San Has Been Appointed As The Promotional Ambassador Of His Hometown Namhae
What a huge honor for this incredible idol!
Mikayla Berry
ATINYs have a reason to be extremely proud today: It was just announced that ATEEZ's San has been appointed as the promotional ambassador of Namhae, his hometown in South Gyeongsang Province in South Korea.
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Namhae is the fifth largest island in South Korea, and is accessible from the mainland by bridge. The area is absolutely stunning, with beautiful views of the ocean and other natural areas, including the Sea of Namhae which is part of Hallyeohaesang National Park, an attraction known for its incredible scenery.
Aerial view of Namhae | Seoul Magazine
The island is also home to the Namhae Geumsan Mountain, the Daraengi rice paddies of Gacheon Village, and the Jijok Strait of Namhae, a popular fishing area. All of these sites are considered to be myeongseung — places of scenic beauty — by Korea's government.
View from Namhae Geumsan Mountain | Thomas Shepard
The Daraengi rice paddies of Gacheon Village
Of course, what makes it even more wonderful is that it's where another "mountain", San, was born and raised, and where he became the incredible person that he is today!
He's actually the first K-Pop idol to ever hail from the island, which is a huge deal!
San: I'm Choi San, the first Idol that comes from the Treasure Island, Namhae Town, Namhae County Gyeongsangnam Province.
MC: You're the first entertainer from Namhae?
San: I'm the FIRST.
MC: This deserves to be hang on a banner!@ATEEZofficial pic.twitter.com/sh1ySumFlg
— 솔이 (@soleirlea) August 22, 2020
He has already brought attention to his beautiful hometown in the past by speaking of it often and proudly, making it obvious how much Namhae means to him. So it really shouldn't come as too big of a surprise for him to be appointed to this position, but it's still something he should be immensely proud of!
I'm extremely honored and proud to have been selected an ambassador for Namhae county, my hometown where I was born and raised. Now that I'm officially appointed, I will do my best. I feel a great deal of responsibility and so I will promote wholeheartedly.
— San (via his agency)
Along with this new position, ATEEZ's members already work to promote Korean culture overseas, and were given the title of honorary ambassadors for the Korean Culture and Information Service in May 2020. Currently, at the "K-Pop X Hanbok" exhibition held in Seoul at Dongdaemun Design Plaza, the hanboks the members wore for one of their "Inception" stages last year are on display until April 25th in order to help promote the beauty of the traditional clothing.
@ATEEZofficial/Twitter
Currently, ATEEZ is taking part in the Mnet competition show Kingdom, so make sure to show your support for San and the rest of the members for their incredible performances!
Source: Naver
ATEEZ's Hongjoong Has The Sweetest Plan For A Future Album That Has Never Been Done Before
13 Reasons Why ATEEZ's Members Are The Chaotic Besties We All Need In Our Lives
ATINYs Express Concern For Upcoming ATEEZ Concert Due To Lack Of COVID-19 Safety Guidelines
These Are The "Star Wars" Characters That Suit Each Member Of ATEEZ, According To Seonghwa
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Is your travel party, cycling club, running group or stargazing society gathering in Mersing? Then what better place to meet up than at Mersing Harbour Centre? Since Mersing Harbour Centre's Food and Beverage concourse is Mersing's official Meeting Point, it's the ideal place to hang out whilst waiting for the others in your party to arrive. Hot or cold beverage anyone? Breakfast is available too.
Currently flight operations to Tioman have been suspended until further notice. If you'd like to be notified when flights resume, please click here. We'll update you once flights resume.
As winds and swell subside, it's safe to say that the monsoon has released its grip on the region. More bus companies are coming back online and smoother ferry crossings should become the norm. That said, Please note that ferry operations may still be affected every now and again.
Mersing Harbour Centre wishes everyone a happy Chinese New Year, with health, happiness and propsperity too.
The 8th edition of the Tioman Surf Festival will take place at Juara, Tioman from January 31st to February 2nd 2019. For more details, contact Tioman Cabana.
Monsoon season is upon us. It may get windy and choppy, here in Mersing, but around the islands too, so expect a few ferry service interruptions every now and again. Winds and swell should ease by mid-February.
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Please note that some bus companies operating to Mersing have suspended their service, due to the start of the intermonsoon season. If there's no bus connection to be found online for your itinerary, then please contact one of the private transport providers.
As we're nearing the end of the year, the monsoon is likely to gradually make its annual appearance. The forecast is for the weather to become progressively less stable, possibly resulting in ferry operations being affected.
As Deepavali/Diwali will be upon us soon, a public holiday in both Malaysia and Singapore, booking your resort or hotel room and ferry tickets in advance is a good idea.
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Blending of History and Fantasy in the Novels of Amitav Ghosh with reference to the Ibis Trilogy
Author(s): Sanjay M. Nandagagawali
Email(s): sanjaynandagawali@rediffmail.com
Address: Mr. Sanjay M. Nandagagawali
Associate Professor and HOD, Dr. L.D. Balkhande College of Arts and Commerce, Pauni, Dist. Bhandara (M.S).
The Ibis trilogy, written by Amitav Ghosh consists of three books. The first is 'Sea of Poppies', second is 'The River of Smoke 'and third one is 'flood of Fire'. All his books are on opium war and impact of war. There is blending of high seriousness and low humour in the account of events before or during opium wars. The history of fanqui town in Canton has been fascinating, written as a mysterious civilization that has just began to locate corruption. In the novels of Ghosh, we find a sense of historical reality in terms of time and space, forming an integral part of work of art, achieving wider dimensions of universality. Most of his novels are on the theme of displacement, race–relations and reidentifications. Knowledge is produced by structures of dominance particularly. The military, economic strategies of colonialism, of border lines, between nations, genres. In his novels he examines at least one form of knowledge in colonial power structures. The study of Amitav Ghosh's novels is an opportunity not only to pursue the issue of post-colonialized subalterns but also to view history with novel perspectives.
Subalterns
Canton.
Sanjay M. Nandagagawali. Blending of History and Fantasy in the Novels of Amitav Ghosh with reference to the Ibis Trilogy. Res. J. Humanities and Social Sciences. 2020; 11(2):153-156. doi: 10.5958/2321-5828.2020.00027.3
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Prospects and Problems of Arabic Language in Assam with Special Reference to Goalpara District: An Analytical Study
Author(s): Abdul Motin Khandakar
D.P Mukherjee's view on the concept of personality, tradition, modernity and modernization
Author(s): Nisha Nagwanshi
Transnational Tribe of North East India: The Maras and their Quest for Identity
Author(s): K. Robin
Some economic aspects of diamond industry in Gujarat
Author(s): Rajiv Patel, Bhavesh N. Desai
Higher Education in India: Emerging Issues and Challenges
Author(s): Rattan Lal
Urbanization and Education in Imphal during the Colonial Period
Author(s): Miranda Bembem Mutuwa
Pre-History of DNA 'Fingerprinting' in India
Author(s): Manpreet Singh Dhillon
Author(s): Chitrangada Hapawat,
Digital Divide in India and China: A Comparison
Author(s): Mohammad Swalehin , Ms. Sadaf Nasir
A Brief History of India- China Relations
Author(s): Sanjay Kumar
Buddhism in Margiana: A Morphological Survey
Author(s): D. K. Shahi
Foreign Direct Investment in Retail Sector in India
Author(s): Muhammad Riyazul Ameen Memon
Reflection of Globalization on Clothing Choices of Indian Youth
Author(s): Preeti Sodhi
Restructuring the African Identity through Language – An Analysis of Achebe's Linguistic Tools in Things Fall Apart
Author(s): Kunal Pattnaik, Bhabani S. Baral
Law and Scheduled Tribes
Author(s): S. Shubhang
Panchayati Raj in Bihar: Need for Representation of Muslims
Author(s): Sohail Akhtar
India-Vietnam in the Changing Tide: Exploring the Significance of the Relations
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History of Green Journalism: Forest Policy and Native Press in Colonial South India (1880-1920)
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Q: How to escape characters in the RegexNER mapping file in CoreNLP? I have the following line in my text:

Mutation in the deafness (mitochondrial) modifier 2 gene

And I've tried the following lines in my RegexNER mapping file to tag deafness (mitochondrial) modifier 2 as GENE but they've both failed

deafness (mitochondrial) modifier 2     GENE
deafness \(mitochondrial\) modifier 2     GENE

Seems that the problem is escaping the parenthesis characters, because it matches when I remove the parentheses from the text and the mapping file. What is the correct way of escaping characters in the RegexNER mapping file?

A: The parentheses get transformed by the tokenizer into:
-LRB- and -RRB-
so you want: -LRB- mitochondrial -RRB- to match (mitochondrial)
Note also that the tokenizer creates a token for each of the parentheses.

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Q: React: how do I use onSubmit to change state? I'm quite new to React, and have only completed a few projects with it. I'm currently trying to create a form that, using onSubmit, changes the state of "isSubmitted" from false to true. When "isSubmitted" is true, I'd like to render another component to show the results of the selection.
What's currently happening is that onChange is working and I can see the value of "selectedI" set as state in the console.log when I change it. However, when I click submit, this state of "isSubmitted" doesn't change.
My code is below. Any help is greatly appreciated!
import React, { Component } from "react";
import Results from "../components/Results";

export class Create extends Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      selectedI: { value: "" },
      //   selectedC: { value: "" },
      //   selectedG: { value: "" },
      //   selectedA: { value: "" },
      isSubmitted: false,
    };
  }

  handleChange = (event) => {
    this.setState({
      selectedI: { value: event.target.value },
    });
  };

  handleSubmit = (event) => {
    event.preventdefault();
    this.setState({
      isSubmitted: true,
    });
  };

  render() {
    console.log(this.state);

    return (
      <>
        <form onSubmit={this.handleSubmit} onChange={this.handleChange}>
          <select value={this.state.value}>
            {this.props.ingredient.map((ingredient) => {
              return (
                <option value={ingredient.strIngredient1}>
                  {ingredient.strIngredient1}
                </option>
              );
            })}
          </select>
          <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
        </form>

        {this.state.isSubmitted && <Results />}
      </>
    );
  }
}

export default Create;

A: Inside your handleSubmit method correct the case on preventdefault. It should be preventDefault. Note the capital D. Once corrected it should stop your page from reloading and resetting your state along with it. See the code below.
handleSubmit = (event) => {
    event.preventDefault();
    this.setState({
      isSubmitted: true,
    });
  };


For Belle (20) and Vivian (22) Martino (of the eponymous Bella Viva Orchards), summertime can feel like one big stone-fruit-slinging hustle. But it's not like they aren't used to it.
Ever since they were little, whenever they were out of school, the girls would wash boxes and cut fruit for drying on their father's farm; they'd also help out at the market. "First we handed out bags to customers. Then, when we were 9 or 10 we could help out with change," says Vivian.
These days, the sisters are both in college during the year (Belle is studying accounting and Vivian starts law school this fall), but summer still finds them at the Ferry Plaza on Tuesdays and Saturdays selling fresh peaches, cherries, nectarines, and a wide array of dried fruit. And of course, the work extends beyond Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Fresh, ripe fruit traditionally has a high margin of loss, and despite the fact that Bella Viva dries a great deal of what they grow, they've also devised a smart way to move a large quantity of fresh fruit at the peak of the season. For the last two years the Martinos have advertised a special canning day in August – when flats of peaches are half off.
Vivian and Belle usually also tend to wait to do their own canning (with an aunt who's an expert) until that time of year because, Vivian says, the peach variety (Angelus) is perfect for jam-making.
The year, Bella Viva's canning sale will take place on August 13. You might want to get to the market early to get a flat.
The Last Great Peach Event?


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This program is part of "Dive Into Python", a free Python book for
experienced programmers.  Visit http://diveintopython.org/ for the
latest version.

All this stuff at the top of the script is just optional metadata;
the real code starts on the "def buildConnectionString" line
"""

__author__ = "Mark Pilgrim (mark@diveintopython.org)"
__version__ = "$Revision: 1.2 $"
__date__ = "$Date: 2004/05/05 21:57:19 $"
__copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2001 Mark Pilgrim"
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	Returns string.
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	return ";".join(["%s=%s" % (k, v) for k, v in params.items()])

if __name__ == "__main__":
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VOG. 2008 Womens Championship in New York
2008 September 7 by Andy Taylor
Voice Over Andy Taylor | Sport Production | US Open Tennis Championships
Voice of God Introduction for Anita Baker
At the 2008 US Open, Andy Taylor provided the above "Voice of God" introduction for Anita Baker. The Queen of R&B performed "Giving You The Best That I Got" before the Women's Singles Championship.
Live Stadium narration for Sport Production
As a live announcer and voice artist, VOG or "Voice of God" narration is a significant aspect of Andy Taylor's sport production work.
Let's start with the stadium experience. Every sporting venue typically hires an announcer to introduce athletes and inform fans in real time. For example, Andy Taylor is the Voice of the US Open and several other tennis and squash events in Doha, Qatar. As a live announcer, Andy uses his voice alone to introduce athletes and engage ticket holders on site. Because fans rarely see the announcer, this form of live voice over is referred to as VOG (Voice of God).
VOG narration at the tennis season's final Grand Slam
At the US Open, Andy Taylor's voice sets the stage for performers during thrilling Opening Night productions and Championship ceremonies. He's introduced a wide array of music icons in New York, including:
Leslie Odom, Jr.
The O'Jays
Jordin Sparks.
Additionally, voice over is used extensively in video production throughout the stadium. Video walls and professional media production are now cornerstones of fan engagement at sporting venues globally. Not only do these huge video screens capture the action on court and deliver sponsor messaging, they also keep fans entertained during television time-outs. From athlete tributes to event specific features and teases. Sport production voice over is a significant tool to inform, educate and entertain ticket-holders.
Andy Taylor | A Professional Voice for Live Events
Year round, Andy Taylor records voice over for media productions that air exclusively inside sports venues. Prior to matches at tennis and squash events, fans hear Andy's voice narrating stadium teases, tributes and highlight videos. He voices sponsor productions, instructional content for fans, and public address announcements that air throughout stadium complexes.
Moreover, he works with event organizers internationally to become the defining sound of their sport productions. For example, Andy is the pre-recorded announcer for the World Lethwei Championship in Myanmar. Before fight night, Andy voices the event's television commercials and online content. Then, during the event, he introduces fighters and engages fans as if he were live and in-person. He performs a similar role for marquee equestrian events, like the National Horse Show and the United States Hunter Jumper Association.
Andy Taylor is a born story teller. Regardless of the copy – live announce or video narration – he takes audiences on a journey. Always delivering desired IMPACT through an innate understanding of each read's unique tone. With his original style, he consistently conveys the STORY behind each script, rather than simply punctuating WORDS on a page — a rare gift among 'announcers' in sport. His talent is his voice, his authenticity. Include his versatility, professionalism and ability to effortlessly adapt under the pressure of voicing the largest attended annual sporting event in the world…and you know why Andy has been a valuable member of our team as the "Voice of the US Open" for over 15-years.
Michael Fiur | President and Executive Producer / Fiur Productions
Sport Production Voice Over and Broadcasting
An additional and robust aspect of sport production voice over involves the networks who cover the events. Andy Taylor narrates sponsor bumpers and network imaging for the broadcast partners of events he hosts. For instance, his voice guides viewers through ABC's telecast of Arthur Ashe Kids Day. He is also heard on ESPN's sponsor bumpers for World Team Tennis. Plus, fans in the UK often hear his voice in the imaging for BBC Radio's coverage of the US Open.
Voice Over is essential in nearly every aspect of sport production. For a unique, confident and defined Stadium Announcer sound, contact Andy Taylor and elevate your next premiere sporting event.
Announcer/Emcee, Sport Production Voice Over, Tennis, U.S. Open, Voiceover
Sport ProductionUS OpenUS Open 2007US Open CeremonyUS Open VOGVoice of GodVoice Over
Voice Over. Insight Associates 25th Anniversary
2011 Arthur Ashe Kids Day Cancelled
Voice Over. Semifinal Stadium Tease. Djokovic
Round 2. Kvitova def Kozlova
Day 4. Round 2. Karolina Pliskova
Voice Over. Championship Stadium Tease. Serena and Azarenka


Victims of police abuse, community leaders, and local organizations are demanding that Baltimore City end its gag order policy. A serious violation of free speech, Baltimore City requires a mandatory "non-disparagement" clause -- on all individuals who settle police misconduct claims. The "non-disparagement" clause otherwise known as a gag order -- silences victims of police abuse from talking about what happened to them with the public, including members of the press. Baltimore City is one of the few jurisdictions in the country that has the practice of requiring gag orders to settle police misconduct cases. This policy is a choice: Baltimore city does not have to silence police abuse victims.
· Baltimore City officials require victims of police brutality to sign "gag orders" banning them from telling their own stories in order to resolve their cases.
· Millions of taxpayer dollars are used to stop Baltimore residents from talking about the abuse police officers have committed against them and their families.
· This is a systemic problem in Baltimore City that deeply harms women and communities of color.
1. The Mayor's office and Baltimore City Government must immediately cease including gag orders on all police abuse settlements.
2. The City Law Department must release information about how many gag orders have been attached to past settlements, broken down by year.
3. Baltimore City Council must hold a special hearing on City's gag orders.
4. Baltimore City Council must pass a resolution calling for the all past gag orders in police misconduct settlements to be null & void.
"If your voice held no power, they would not try to silence you. Use your power. Speak up!"


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Yeah we need the link... is it the one from Boko games?
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But it seems to need "full network access" permission. It means that we can't play it in case that internet isn't available.


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Home » In 'Denial' Over Violence? IAHSS Keynoter Suggests 'Yes'
In 'Denial' Over Violence? IAHSS Keynoter Suggests 'Yes'
Bill Zalud
KEYWORDS healthcare / hospital security / IAHSS / solutions by sector
Facility design is one aspect of hospital security and safety. Waiting room design and access control is one example as pointed out by Debra Eilering at the School of Architecture at Southern Illinois University.
Most hospitals and their employees have seen the impact of violence in society, especially when victims enter emergency departments or trauma centers. But it continues to be a challenge for healthcare security and safety executives and their facility administrators to balance the need to be a caring, welcoming environment and the need to increase protective measures that, in some cases, have led to a discussion about arming security officers in some locations.
There is no doubt violence in healthcare settings exists and is rising. The Joint Commission, for instance, has noted significant increases in assault, rape and homicide in hospital settings from 2006 to 2009. More recently, a report from Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, "Hospital-Based Shootings in the United States: 2000 to 2011," also revealed "an increase in hospital-related shootings in the last few years, but all of the increase can be attributed to shootings outside the hospital itself."
Then there is Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman of the Killology Research Group, who gave a three-part talk, including the keynote, on "Workplace Violence: The Healthy and Safe Healthcare Environment" during May's International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety annual meeting in Las Vegas.
Grossman contends that hospital security must prepare for violence like a firefighter prepares for fire. "Get rid of denial and prepare for the worst thing that could happen." He also sees value in arming security officers. Some hospitals do have armed officers at certain locations and during certain hours. But others are wary as are their hospital administrator bosses.
Scott Wallask, writing for HealthLeaders.com, views escalating officers with guns is a two-edged sword. "On one hand, seeing officers with guns, tasers or batons may provide patients with a sense of relief that security can handle violent incidents and deter dangerous behavior. On the flip side, [this] may contribute to an institutional feel at the hospital," which doesn't match the welcoming atmosphere facilities want to project.
Wallask and some others believe liability concerns will ultimately influence the choice of arming or not arming security officers, especially by hospital CEO decision-makers.
When considering arming officers, Wallask reports security leaders take into account:
Strong new construction of healthcare facilities, as compared to other types of industries, provides a perfect way to upgrade security technologies as well as better design protection into the environment. Pictured is the newly-built Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, which officially opened in 2012. Photo courtesy of PRNewsFoto/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Police cooperation -- A solid, ongoing relationship with local police could diminish the need to arm hospital security officers if the police respond to an incident quickly.
Study data about violence situations -- Weapon use should in part be based on whether a hospital has historically dealt with violent people.
The cost of a weapons program -- Purchasing weapons, training and retraining staff members, certifying carriers, providing gun safes or other physical protection schemes and licensing all cost money.
More healthcare facilities, however, are designing or remodeling their facilities and especially emergency department waiting rooms to better secure these sites and protect patients, staff and visitors. Positioning doorways, locking down access points after normal hours, more visible officers and more effective location of reception all are tools to better security.
And, no doubt, most hospital security leaders continue to emphasize staff training when it comes to mitigating of incidents before they get out of hand.
Recent Articles by Bill Zalud
In Tough Environments, Security Gets More Resilient
Video Surveillance Analytics is a Deal for Retailers
Day/Night Surveillance Cameras Pull Double Duty
Blue Collar Security and Access Systems for Industrial Manufacturing
Retrofit Fits the Bill for Outdated Security Technology
Bill is the editor emeritus of Security Magazine, and he can be reached at (773) 929-6859.
IAHSS Publishes Guideline for Patient Violence Response
IAHSS Foundation Recognizes Exceptional Achievements in Healthcare Security
IAHSS Announces New Guideline - Firearms in the Healthcare Security Program
Workplace Violence: Preparedness and Response in a Healthcare Setting
Addressing Workplace Violence in Healthcare: A Collaborative Model
Workplace Violence Prevention in Ambulatory Care Centers & Physician Offices


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Things have been pretty quiet on the conflict of laws front in Canada over the past several months. But lower courts and academics have been working to understand the new framework for taking jurisdiction set out in April 2012 by the Supreme Court of Canada in Van Breda v Club Resorts (available here).
In addition, two reference works contain discussion and analysis of the case: Walker, Castel & Walker: Canadian Conflict of Laws, 6th ed looseleaf (Markham, ON: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2005–) and Black, Pitel & Sobkin, Statutory Jurisdiction: An Analysis of the Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act. The former is a looseleaf and the most recent releases discuss the case in detail. The latter is a text which was published after the case was decided.


1) Go to an Indian or Ethiopian restaurant and try something with lentils in it.
In a large saucepan, put a few spoonsful of olive oil. Chop an onion and two stalks of celery and two carrots and fry them in the oil over medium heat until they get soft, about five or ten minutes. Crush two cloves of garlic and add them; then add a handful each of chopped oregano and thyme. After two minutes, add a cup of dry lentils and four cups of water and half a can of tomato paste. Bring the soup to a boil and then put the lid on and simmer for one hour. Then add two cups of spinach, and cook a couple of minutes more until the spinach wilts. Add two spoonsful of vinegar and salt and pepper to taste. Serve with plain yogurt if you like yogurt, and with pita bread or naan.
3) Try growing your own lentils – in the springtime, place two or three lentils from the store in a flowerpot full of dirt, or in your garden. Keep it damp but don't water it too much, and give it lots and lots of sun. After about three months you'll see lentil pods on the plant. Stop watering when the plant dies and let it go all brown and dry; then you can open the pods and get the lentil crop out. You'll see how much work it was for ancient farmers to grow lentils!
Cite this page: Carr, K.E. Easy lentil soup recipe – Cooking up History. Quatr.us Study Guides, June 22, 2017. Web. April 22, 2019.


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Home In Parliament Energy
MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – Energy
Mr PASIN (Barker) (15:56): The member for Paterson is calling for certainty. The certainty that she is calling for is the closure of the Tomago smelter. That is the reality. When she talks to her grandchildren in the future, her grandchildren will be saying to her: 'Grandma, why did you impose a 50 per cent policy renewable target that ultimately led to the closure of the Tomago aluminium smelter? Grandma, why did you do that?' And she will say, 'Well, Granddaughter, I was pursuing an ideological campaign and I was prepared to sacrifice the jobs of the Tomago smelter on the altar of that ideological campaign.' That is what you will have to say, and that is fine. I for one do not want to pursue a certainty that means that, for example, those that work at Millicent at the Kimberly-Clark mill end with a certain future that sees them on the unemployment line. I do not want to see people in my electorate faced with the kind of certainty that the member for Paterson is quite comfortable with, which sees a massive deindustrialisation of our effort across this nation. What I want to see is a policy that backs Aussie jobs, and a 50 per cent renewable target does not do that.
How do I know that? I know that because I live in South Australia, and we have achieved a renewable penetration of some 42 per cent. I did not get the privilege of hearing the member for Port Adelaide earlier, but others have told me that he did not mention South Australia once—not one mention of South Australia in this debate. So to those opposite I say: why are you so embarrassed about the South Australian experiment? It is your experiment. It is effectively the real-time modelling of what you want to see. In fact you want to see it on steroids, because you would like to see it at 50 per cent rather than 42 per cent. But why are you so embarrassed? It is your policy. It is a 50 per cent renewable policy. We are well on the way in South Australia.
I will tell you why you are embarrassed: you are embarrassed because, like me as a South Australian in this place, you know that every time the station starts with, 'Are the lights on?' Those opposite have to deal with that as much as I do. I am sure the member for Port Adelaide gets asked at the odd barbecue or fundraiser in the state, 'So are the lights on at home?' We have to say, 'Yes, they are, but unfortunately they are very expensive to keep on,' because in South Australia we have the kind of electricity prices that you cannot fly a rocket ship over. I have employers who come to me on a daily basis and say: 'Tony, this can't be right. We've just got our offer for a new contract for electricity. It's over a 100 per cent increase. There must be some sort of error.' I say: 'There is no error. That is the consequence of a Labor government in South Australia that idealistically pursues an agenda with no focus on storage.' It was a government that thought, 'The Northern Power Station—let's blow it up.'
Relying so heavily on renewables means that when I go into homes to speak to pensioners on unrelated matters I see over in the corner a gas bottle and a burner. I think, 'Surely not?' So I work it into the conversation. I ask politely, 'What is happening over there?' They say, 'That's how we keep ourselves warm.' I ask, 'Why is that?' They say: 'That is because we cannot afford the electricity prices. We can't afford to remain connected to the grid.' Those opposite want to see pensioners huddled in a corner, as we see in South Australia, turning the Bunsen burner on to keep warm. This is the reality for South Australia. If you do not believe it, come with me. I will introduce you to these people. I will show you what happens when you pursue an ideological agenda and do not worry about the cost.
What do those opposite say? They say: 'Don't worry about jobs. It's fine. Let's pursue this.' The member for Paterson really does surprise me because she comes in here to represent smelter workers. She has a reasonably sized coal industry in her electorate. But she says, 'I want to pursue a 50 per cent renewables target.' You have to be kidding me! It beggars belief. The only certainty they are talking about is the certainty that unemployment will abound— (Time expired)


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pinocchio (disney live action) – marketing recap
How Disney is selling another retelling of a classic fairy tale
Pinocchio movie poster from Disney Studios
Disney continues to hold on to its important intellectual property by remaking animated classics as "live action" films with this week's Pinocchio. Robert Zemeckis directs the film, which has Benjamin Evan Ainsworth providing the voice of the wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy. Frequent Zemeckis collaborator Tom Hanks stars (and actually acts on screen) as Geppetto, the kindly toymaker that brings Pinocchio into this world. Cynthia Erivo provides the voice of The Blue Fairy that grants Pinocchio's wish while Joseph Gordon-Levitt does likewise for everyone's favorite voice of reason, Jiminy Cricket.
Everyone knows the story, which is likely unchanged since 1940. But what makes this week's release – which happens on Wednesday as the cornerstone of this year's Disney+ Day – more interesting is that it's one of two Pinocchio adaptations coming out this year, with Netflix releasing one from writer/director Guillermo del Toro in December.
So with all that in mind, let's take a look at how it's been sold.
announcements and casting
The project was announced with Zemeckis in the director's chair in January of 2020, though the film had been in development with other directors for several years prior to that. Hanks, who had long been rumored for the movie when it was in various stages of development, finally made the deal official in August of that year. More, including Swinton, Blanchett and others, were announced later that month.
Disney announced in December 2020 during its investors presentation that the film would skip theaters and go straight to Disney+.
The cast was announced in November of last year.
the marketing campaign
A first look at Hanks as Geppetto as well as of the "live action" version of Pinocchio was released in early March, 2022.
Things really got underway in late May with the release of the first teaser trailer (5.2m YouTube views). It starts with Geppetto's wish for a boy of his own and shows some of the action and adventure the story contains. But while we see Jiminy Cricket and some of the other characters, Pinocchio himself is kept mostly hidden.
He's also only shown as a silhouette on the poster that came out at the same time.
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— DisneyPinocchio (@DisneyPinocchio) May 31, 2022
A better look is provided on the next one-sheet, which came out at the end of August. It shows Pinocchio, still just in profile, sitting in front of Geppetto while some of the other well-known supporting characters hang out in the background.
That coincided with the second trailer (9.6m YouTube views). There's not much to say about it since it shows the look of the film pretty effectively while assuring the audience it has all the expected story beats and will contain absolutely no surprises when they watch it.
A TV spot released at the same time cuts down the trailer into a much more lighthearted message without all the scares and thrills that are shown in the longer version.
Hanks, Erivo and others from the cast talk about why they got involved in this project and what the story means to them in a featurette.
A few more TV commercials and other promos were released that highlight different aspects of the story before the first clip showing Pinocchio being rescued by Jiminy was released at the beginning of September.
Tom Hanks lists Disney movies in another short video that is supposed to be him listing his favorites.
And…that's it.
With a few exceptions (cough…Dumbo…cough), Disney's brand-retention content has been successful with audiences, even if some of the reviews haven't been stellar. But they've done well enough that the studio already has quite a few more in the planning stages.
This one stars one of the biggest actors of the last 40 years and comes from a director responsible for some of pop culture's most memorable films. And…that's it. There's been almost no press for the film, and the entire thing seems lackluster, like the studio is just counting on brand recognition alone to get people to tune in tomorrow.
More than anything, I hope the lackluster effort here is noticed by critics and commentators who are always criticizing Netflix for its lack of substantial marketing campaigns. That isn't unique to Netflix but is a symptom of the different economics behind selling a streaming-only film compared to a theatrical release.
That being said, there's nothing offensive or bad about the campaign. It's just…there.
Author Chris ThilkPosted on 2022-09-07 2022-09-07 Categories Marketing Recap, Movie MarketingTags Cynthia Erivo, disney, pinocchio, robert zemeckis, tom hanksLeave a comment on pinocchio (disney live action) – marketing recap
Welcome to Marwen – Marketing Recap
The marketing of WELCOME TO MARWEN.
Steve Carell stars in this week's Welcome to Marwen, the new movie from director Robert Zemeckis. Based on a true story, Carell plays Mark Hogancamp, an artist who one day experiences a violent attack by a bunch of ignorant rednecks in a bar and suffers injuries requiring surgery and later physical therapy.
The attack also leaves Mark with few memories of his pre-attack life. To try and regain those memories Mark channels his artistic tendencies into creating a miniature town named Marwen. Populating the town are figures representing himself as well as the various women in his life, including his new neighbor Nicol (Leslie Mann). The fantastic stories he concocts for these characters channel his feelings, which come to a climax when he's asked to testify against those who beat him.
The Posters
Hoagie, Mark's figurine alter-ego, is shown on the first poster but nothing else about the story is shared. Instead the main value proposition offered here is that the movie comes from the director of Forrest Gump and that he's inviting you "to a most unexpected place."
A series of posters uses the action figure incarnations of each character to introduce them to the audience, offering their name and their status in the story as as "The new recruit," The leader" and so on.
The final theatrical poster puts Mark and Hoagie next to each other on adjoining seats, the audience being told that "You can't put this hero in a box."
The Trailers
The trailer gives us a good look at the fantastical world created by Mark. It follows him as we hear about who he is – a well-respected artist – and see him meet the lovely new neighbor from across the street. When he's jumped by a gang of Nazis, his injuries limit how much he can do so he finds inspiration to go on from the characters in the art he makes, including the determination to testify against his attackers.
It shows a movie where reality and fantasy are going to bleed into one another but features what looks to be a strong performance from Carell and yet another tragic underuse of Mann.
The second trailer focuses more firmly on how Mark was attacked and how his injuries left him with no memories of his life before, meaning he lives out the stories in his head through the figures he's created. He explains how every one of them represents someone from his life and are part of his healing process.
It's a much stronger trailer because it's more clearly about the story of Mark dealing with the repercussions of what's happened to him, without getting too bogged down in the relationship with Nicol.
After introducing us to the main characters that live in Mark's stories, the third and final trailer offers the same explanation of the story we've seen before, but with a slightly stronger emphasis on how he's created this fantasy world to deal with being the victim of a hate crime.
Online and Social
It's only the basic information about the movie offered on its official website, including prompts to buy tickets and links to profiles on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Advertising and Cross-Promotions
Short videos like this were used as Promoted Posts on Twitter starting in mid-November.
An augmented reality experience was promoted, offering users the chance to not only view 360-degree versions of a scene from the movie but put themselves in that scene and share pictures elsewhere online.
The movie was part of the CineEurope presentation from the studio. Carell was named as a host for a mid-November episode of "Saturday Night Live" to help promote the movie closer to release.
Things were pretty dark on the promotional front until the movie's red carpet premiere a couple weeks prior to release, where the cast and crew talked about the true story and the process of creating the world of the film.
Mann stopped by "The Late Show" to talk about the movie and everything else, with Kruger appearing there a couple days later. Other members of the cast, including Janelle Monae, did their own media rounds, as did Zemeckis himself. Carell also did "The Late Show" to chat with his old buddy Colbert.
A short featurette released just before the movie came out included Zemeckis talking about the inspiring true story and more. A bunch of clips offered expanded looks at scenes glimpsed in the trailers.
The release of the movie also brought new attention to the documentary that tells Hogancamp's story and which is available to stream or download on a few platforms.
For a movie that seems to be so focused on emotions there's an odd coldness to the campaign. It's so concerned with the idea of watching Mark's figures act out his stories that it doesn't offer audiences much in the way of empathy toward what he as a person is actually going through.
It makes sense as those sequences are interesting and, most importantly, part of Zemeckis' brand that's focused on innovative visual effects. But the campaign fails to connect those visuals to anything meaningful no matter how many times we see Carell struggling.
Picking Up the Spare
Kruger was interviewed about the movie and the roles she's tired of taking.
Author Chris ThilkPosted on 2018-12-20 2019-01-25 Categories Marketing RecapTags leslie mann, robert zemeckis, steve carell, universal, welcome to marwenLeave a comment on Welcome to Marwen – Marketing Recap


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Q: JavaFx actions between controllers How i can do button action for editing TableView. I need to put text from TextArea to table when i touch button. And if put System.out.println in inputToTable() it is work.
public class InputController {

    public TextArea inputArea;
    public Button inputButton;
    private TableController tableController;

    public void initialize() {
        tableControllerInit();
    }

    public void inputToTable() {
        if(inputArea.getText() != "") {
            tableController.tableInfo.setItems(FXCollections.observableArrayList(new InputObject(inputArea.getText())));
        }
    }

    private void tableControllerInit() {
        try {
            FXMLLoader fxmlLoader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource("table.fxml"));
            fxmlLoader.load();
            tableController = fxmlLoader.getController();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

public class TableController {

    @FXML TableView<InputObject> tableInfo;
    @FXML TableColumn<InputObject, String> col1;

    public void initialize() {
        col1.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<>("text"));
    }
}

public class Controller implements Initializable {

    @Override
    public void initialize(URL location, ResourceBundle resources) {

    }
}

public class InputObject {
    String text;

    public InputObject(String text) {
        this.text = text;
    }

    public String getText() {
        return text;
    }

    public void setText(String text) {
        this.text = text;
    }
}

<BorderPane fx:controller="sample.Controller" maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.111" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
   <left>
       <fx:include source="table.fxml"/>
   </left>

      <fx:include source="input.fxml"/>

</BorderPane>

<TableView fx:controller="sample.TableController" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.111" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:id="tableInfo" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="330.0">
    <columns>
        <TableColumn fx:id="col1" prefWidth="75.0" text="Output" />
    </columns>
    <columnResizePolicy>
        <TableView fx:constant="CONSTRAINED_RESIZE_POLICY" />
    </columnResizePolicy>
</TableView>

<VBox fx:controller="sample.InputController" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.111" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" alignment="TOP_CENTER" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="100.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
    <children>
        <TextArea fx:id="inputArea" prefHeight="188.0" prefWidth="270.0" />
        <Button fx:id="inputButton" onAction="#inputToTable" mnemonicParsing="false" text="Input">
            <VBox.margin>
                <Insets bottom="30.0" left="30.0" right="30.0" top="30.0" />
            </VBox.margin>
        </Button>
    </children>
</VBox>

A: You load table.fxml twice: once via the fx:include in the main FXML file, and once in InputController, via the FXMLLoader you create in the tableControllerInit() method. Consequently, two instances of TableController are created, one associated with the first UI you load from table.fxml, and one associated with the second UI you load from table.fxml.
The UI you load via the fx:include is displayed in the VBox defined in the main FXML file. The UI you load with the FXMLLoader is never displayed (in fact, you never even keep a reference to it, you just call loader.load() and discard the result). When you try to update the table's items (do you really intend to replace all the existing items, by the way?), you refer to the second controller instance, which is associated with the UI which is never displayed. Consequently, you are updating a table that is not displayed, and you never see any results.
What you really need to do is share the same data between the two controllers associated with the two fx:includes. You can do this simply by injecting those two controllers into the main controller, as described in the "Nested Controllers" section in the documentation.
First, give the fx:include elements fx:id attributes:
<BorderPane fx:controller="sample.Controller" maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.111" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
   <left>
       <fx:include fx:id="table" source="table.fxml"/>
   </left>

      <fx:include fx:id="input" source="input.fxml"/>

</BorderPane>

Then you can inject the controllers into the main controller by creating fields with the word "Controller" appended to the fx:id. Create a single observable list, which will represent the list of items displayed in the table, and pass it to each controller:
public class Controller implements Initializable {

    @FXML
    private TableController tableController ;

    @FXML
    private InputController inputController ;

    @Override
    public void initialize(URL location, ResourceBundle resources) {
        ObservableList<InputObject> items = FXCollections.observableArrayList();
        tableController.setTableItems(items);
        inputController.setTableItems(items);
    }
}

Finally, just define the obvious methods in each of the other two controllers:
public class TableController {

    @FXML
    private TableView<InputObject> tableInfo;
    @FXML
    private TableColumn<InputObject, String> col1;

    public void initialize() {
        col1.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<>("text"));
    }

    public void setTableItems(ObservableList<InputObject> tableItems) {
        tableInfo.setItems(tableItems);
    }
}

Now the table is displaying the contents of the items list created in the main controller's initalize() method, and the InputController has a reference to the same list. So all you need to do is update that list in the InputController. I assume you just want to add items to the table (not replace them all):
public class InputController {

    @FXML
    private TextArea inputArea;
    @FXML
    private Button inputButton;

    private ObservableList<InputObject> tableItems ;

    public void setTableItems(ObservableList<InputObject> tableItems) {
        this.tableItems = tableItems ;
    }

    public void inputToTable() {
        if(! inputArea.getText().isEmpty()) {
            tableItems.add(new InputObject(inputArea.getText()));
        }
    }

}

More generally, if you have more data to share among the different controllers, you would create one or more "model" classes and share a model instance with the controllers. Then you can observe the properties of the model and update them. See Applying MVC With JavaFx for a more comprehensive example.


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Hydro One sale problematic: FAO, Smith
Administrator | Oct 29, 2015 | Comments 8
Hydro One workers replacing poles on East Lake Road.
The Ontario Liberals are moving to sell off 60 per cent of Hydro One despite a damning report that said the sale could cost the province $300 to $500 million a year.
"This is the worst deal in the province's history," said Todd Smith, PC Hydro One critic and Prince Edward Hastings MPP following the release of the Financial Accountability Officer's (FAO) report.
Financial Accountability Officer Stephen LeClair's inaugural 41-page report outlines several problems with the sale including how much money would be raised, the sale's long-term impact and the lack of transparency around the report itself.
Smith said there are six key questions in the FAO report that he couldn't answer because the government refused to hand over the information.
"This morning, the Financial Accountability Officer told us that the Hydro One Sale could net as little as $1.4 billion in new money for infrastructure for the province. That's less than half of what the government is claiming," said Smith. "The closer you get to this deal, the more you find that ratepayers and taxpayers in the province only stand to lose if it goes through."
Wynne's Liberal government plans to sell 60 per cent of the utility. The report notes that in the short term, the sell-off will make it easier for Ontario to balance its budget by its planned deadline of 2017/18, but the report states lost revenues will hurt the bottom line over the longer term.
"In years following the sale of 60 per cent of Hydro One, the province's budget balance would be worse than it would have been without the sale. The province's net debt would initially be reduced, but will eventually be higher than it would have been without the sale," the report states.
"This is a deal that's going to make it harder for the province to actually balance its books. It's that simple," said Smith. "This government clearly didn't think things through when it decided to sell Hydro One and now it's becoming clear that they won't get the money they expect out of it and they're content to stick taxpayers with the bill."
LeClair also said costs of the sale are greater than what the government would have spent on interest payments if it borrowed the money.
The FAO estimates the market value of Hydro One to be $11–$14.3 billion.
The Liberals have promised to balance their budget by the end of March 2018 — the same year as the next provincial election.
Since the announcement, municipalities, – including Prince Edward County – and other public and stakeholder groups have called for the cancellation of the sale.
Click here for the full FAO report
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Sunday, November 1st, 2015 at 7:40 pm
Intersting that the Conservatives are only against selling Hydro One if they're not the ones doing it. Our previous Conservative government planned to do it but never quite go around to it.
judy kennedy says:
the sale is a giant mistake that we will all pay for in the future
but I think these ideas come more from the unelected drones than the elected
Well of course. That's why I only mentioned those points.
Michael Reagan says:
@Fred
How about we only hold against people the things that they actually could have controlled, regardless of partisan affiliation?
That strikes me as a reasonable standard.
So Conservative privatization,deregulation and amalgamations are to be forgotten. Before we do that, how did all that work out?
@ Anon,
Hey, remember that thing that happened 15 years ago and is, in no way, relevant to what's currently going on at Queen's Park?
It might help us all to deal with things that have at least taken place in the last decade.
Given that only like 5 of the 27 PC MPPs currently at Queen's Park were even MPPs when Mike Harris was Premier, it might be construed as a stretch to blame the vast majority of that Party for policies it had no say over.
Saturday, October 31st, 2015 at 11:02 pm
Agreed that the sale of Hydro One has to be stopped, but who remembers a previous Conservative government that wanted to sell off all of what then called Ontario Hydro?
Rosemary Smith says:
Friday, October 30th, 2015 at 8:47 am
How can the government unilaterally sell off a publically owned asset of this magnitude and receive so little in return? The mind boggles at the fiscal ineptitude of the Ontario Liberals. This sale has to be stopped.


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