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Q: Running webpack build issue while trying to create a React application using babel, webpack I am working on a new project set up for react using webpack and babel. Following is the webpack.config.js file
Folder structure:
node_modules/
src/
 - api/
 - components/
 - index.jsx
 - stats.html
webpack.config.js
babel.config.js

const path = require('path');
const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require('mini-css-extract-plugin');
const { BundleAnalyzerPlugin } = require('webpack-bundle-analyzer');
const { ContextReplacementPlugin, HashedModuleIdsPlugin } = require('webpack');

const isProd = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';

// Callback function defined on window to manage chunk loading
const WEBPACK_JSONP_CALLBACK = 'wpjpLogMeIn';

// Upper size bound for inlining PNGs as data-uris
const INLINE_IMG_LIMIT = 16 * 1024;
const INLINE_FONT_LIMIT = 16 * 1024;

// Array of modules to be split into a vendor chunk
const VENDOR_MODULES = [
    '@babel/polyfill',
    'core-js',
    'react-router',
    'react-router-dom',
    'react-redux',
    'redux'
];

// Define the filename pattern for use in JS files created by the build
// Development filenames do not include the chunkhash suffix
const OUTPUT_FILENAME = isProd
    ? 'inovmac-services-[name]-[chunkhash:8].js'
    : 'inovmac-services-[name].js';

const devtool = isProd ? 'source-map' : 'eval-source-map';

const publicPath = './src/dist/';

const outputPath = 'dist';
const imagePath = 'images';
const stylePath = 'styles';
const fontPath = 'fonts';
const scriptPath = 'javascript';

// Exclude non-English moment locales
const limitMomentLocales = new ContextReplacementPlugin(/moment[\/\\]locale$/, /en/);

const miniCssExtractPlugin = new MiniCssExtractPlugin({
    filename: isProd ? `${stylePath}/[name]-[chunkhash:8].css` : `${stylePath}/[name].css`,
    chunkFilename: isProd ? `${stylePath}/[name]-[chunkhash:8].css` : `${stylePath}/[name].css`
});

const analyzer = new BundleAnalyzerPlugin({
    analyzerMode: 'static',
    generateStatsFile: false,
    reportFilename: '../stats.html',
    openAnalyzer: false
});

// Ensure module IDs are deterministic (numeric IDs aren't)
const hashedModules = new HashedModuleIdsPlugin({
    hashFunction: 'sha256',
    hashDigest: 'hex',
    hashDigestLength: 8
});

const externals = {
    'prop-types': 'window.PropTypes',
    'react': 'window.React',
    'react-dom': 'window.ReactDOM',
    'react-thunk': 'window.ReactThunk'
};

const jsxIncludes = [
    path.resolve(__dirname, 'src/')
];

module.exports = {
    entry: {
        vendor: VENDOR_MODULES,
        app: './src/index.jsx'
    },

    output: {
        path: path.resolve(__dirname, "dist"),
        filename: `${scriptPath}/${OUTPUT_FILENAME}`,
        chunkFilename: `${scriptPath}/${OUTPUT_FILENAME}`,
        publicPath,
        jsonpFunction: WEBPACK_JSONP_CALLBACK
    },

    optimization: {
        splitChunks: {
            cacheGroups: {
                vendor: {
                    name: 'vendor',
                    chunks: 'all',
                    test: (module) => {
                        const vendorRoot = `${__dirname}/node_modules`;

                        for (const vendorModule of VENDOR_MODULES) {
                            if (module.context && module.context.startsWith(`${vendorRoot}/${vendorModule}`)) {
                                return true;
                            }
                        }

                        return false;
                    }
                }
            }
        },

        runtimeChunk: {
            name: 'runtime'
        }
    },

    devtool,

    resolve: {
        extensions: ['.js', '.jsx'],
        symlinks: false
    },

    externals,

    module: {
        rules: [
            {
                test: /\.jsx?$/,
                include: jsxIncludes,
                use: {
                    loader: 'babel-loader'
                }
            },

            /* Global styles (standard CSS) */
            {
                include: [
                    path.resolve(__dirname, 'src/global')
                ],
                test: /\.less$/,
                use: [
                    MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader,
                    'css-loader',
                    'less-loader'
                ]
            },

            /* Component styles (React CSS modules) */
            {
                include: [
                    path.resolve(__dirname, 'src/components')
                ],
                test: /\.less$/,
                use: [
                    MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader,
                    {
                        loader: 'css-loader',
                        options: {
                            importLoaders: 1,
                            modules: true,
                            localIdentName: '[path]-[local]--[hash:base64:5]'
                        }
                    },
                    'less-loader'
                ]
            },

            {
                test: /\.(png|jpg|gif|svg)$/,
                use: {
                    loader: 'url-loader',
                    options: {
                        limit: INLINE_IMG_LIMIT,
                        name: imagePath + '/[name]-[md5:hash:base36:8].[ext]'
                    }
                }
            },

            {
                test: /\.(ttf|woff|woff2|eot)$/,
                use: {
                    loader: 'url-loader',
                    options: {
                        limit: INLINE_FONT_LIMIT,
                        name: fontPath + '/[name]-[md5:hash:base36:8].[ext]'
                    }
                }
            }
        ]
    },

    plugins: [
        miniCssExtractPlugin,
        hashedModules,
        analyzer,
        limitMomentLocales
    ]
};

This is my package.json scripts part,
"name": "inovmac",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "src/index.jsx",
"scripts": {
"clean": "rimraf ./dist/",

"build": "npm run clean && NODE_ENV=production webpack --mode production --progress",

"build:dev": "npm run clean && NODE_ENV=development webpack --mode development",

"build:watch": "npm run clean && NODE_ENV=development webpack --mode development --watch",

"test": "npm run lint && NODE_ENV=test jest && npm run build",

"test:dev": "npm run lint && NODE_ENV=test jest",

"start": "webpack-dev-server"

}
But all I am seeing while serving the app is directory structure,
localhost app view
Following is how dist folder looks like,
enter image description here
Please let me know what I am missing. Thanks

A: You should either start the development server or else take a build by running "npm run build" and then serve the generated folder, i.e. dist. Judging by the image, it looks like you are serving your project folder. Hope it helps!!!


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Le mutisme sélectif est un trouble anxieux dans lequel un individu capable de parler en temps normal devient incapable de parler lors de situations particulières. Le mutisme sélectif coexiste habituellement avec la timidité, l'anxiété sociale et l'autisme.

Bien que ce trouble soit observé en grande partie chez les enfants, il est également présent chez certains adultes, notamment ceux atteints de troubles du spectre autistique. La présence de ce symptôme chez les personnes autistes est aussi appelée "non-verbalisme".

Définition
La définition du mutisme sélectif n'est pas totalement déterminée de par le fait qu'il est un trouble trop peu connu aujourd'hui. C'est pourquoi de nombreux professionnels de la santé mentale ont mis en avant des définitions citées ci-après.
 « Troubles habituellement diagnostiqués pendant la première enfance, la deuxième enfance ou l'adolescence se traduisant par le refus persistant de parler dans un ou plusieurs contextes sociaux, l'école incluse, l'incapacité constante à parler dans des situations sociales dans lesquelles il y a une attente d'échanges verbaux oraux (comme à l'école), en dépit d'une parole "normale" dans d'autres situations. »

 « Échec persistant de parler dans des situations sociales spécifiques malgré la capacité de parler dans d'autres situations ».

 « Refus de parole situationnel lié à un problème psychologique, toute lésion organique étant absente. »

Contexte historique
La première description du mutisme sélectif a été réalisée en 1877 par Adolphe Kussmaul [physicien allemand]. Il décrit le trouble que vivent certains enfants qui ne parlent pas dans certaines situations volontairement alors qu'ils s'expriment dans d'autres. En 1927, Sophie Morgenstern [psychiatre et psychanaliste polonaise] adopte le terme « mutisme psychogène » car elle pense que le fait de ne parler que dans certaines situations montre de la provocation de la part de l'enfant.

En 1934, Moritz Tramer [psychiatre suisse] désigne les enfants qui ne parlent pas en dehors du cercle familial et ayant de probables troubles de la personnalité comme souffrant de « mutisme électif ». En 1980, ce terme est reconnu par le Diagnostic and Statical Manual of Mental Disorders et reprend comme définition « refus de parler dans la plupart des situations ».  Dans les années 1990, de nombreux spécialistes étudient le trouble et publient d'importants ouvrages sur le sujet. En 1994, le terme « électif » est remplacé par « sélectif » afin d'être plus précis.

Description
Les enfants et adultes souffrant de mutisme sélectif sont pleinement capables de parler mais ne sont pas capables de parler lors de situations particulières, lors de situations dans lesquelles la parole leur est demandée. Le comportement peut être perçu par les autres comme de la timidité ou de l'impolitesse.

Lorsqu'un enfant se retrouve dans son cocon familial, entouré des membres de sa famille (son papa, sa maman, ses frères et sœurs), il se sent à l'aise  pour s'exprimer librement. En revanche, lorsqu'il se retrouve dans un environnement social comme une salle de classe, il ne se sent pas en confiance et n'arrive donc plus à parler. En effet, un enfant souffrant du mutisme sélectif peut être totalement silencieux à l'école pendant des années tout en parlant librement ou même excessivement chez lui.

Il existe divers degrés de ce trouble : certains enfants participent pleinement à des activités et semblent sociables mais ne parlent pas, d'autres ne vont parler qu'à des enfants du même âge mais pas aux adultes, d'autres vont parler à des adultes lorsqu'il leur est posé une question ne demandant qu'une réponse courte mais jamais à des enfants du même âge, et d'autres encore ne parleront à personne et prendront part, le cas échéant, au peu des activités qui leur sont proposées. Dans une forme grave, connue en tant que « mutisme progressif », le trouble progresse jusqu'à ce que la personne atteinte ne parle plus à personne quelle que soit la situation, même à des membres proches de la famille.

Par définition, le mutisme sélectif est caractérisé par :
une impossibilité constante (ou une très grande difficulté) de prendre la parole dans des situations sociales particulières (dans lesquelles il y a une attente de parole, comme à l'école) bien que la personne souffrante parle dans d'autres situations ;
le trouble interfère avec la réussite scolaire ou professionnelle, ou avec la communication sociale ;
la durée du trouble est de plus d'un mois (il n'est pas restreint au premier mois d'école);
l'impossibilité de parler n'est pas due à un manque de connaissance dans la langue ou de confort avec la langue parlée dans la situation sociale ;
le trouble n'est pas mieux expliqué par un trouble de la communication (bégaiement, etc.) et ne se déclare pas uniquement dans le cadre d'un trouble envahissant du développement (autisme, etc.), de la schizophrénie ou d'une autre psychose.

Le mutisme sélectif est un symptôme fréquent chez les personnes qui présentent un trouble du spectre de l'autisme, sans déficience intellectuelle. Le mutisme sélectif peut coexister avec, ou peut donner l'impression que l'enfant a un trouble du déficit de l'attention.

Autres symptômes nécessitant un approfondissement de diagnostic
Timidité, anxiété sociale, peur de l'embarras social, et/ou de l'isolement social et du rejet ;
difficulté à maintenir le contact visuel ;
expression vide et une réticence au sourire ;
mouvements raides et maladroits ;
difficulté à exprimer ses sentiments, même à des membres de la famille ;
tendance à se faire plus de soucis que la plupart des gens du même âge ;
désir de routine et aversion pour le changement ;
sensibilité au bruit et à la foule ;
humeur changeante ;
problèmes de sommeil.

D'un côté positif, beaucoup de souffrants ont :
une intelligence, une perception ou une curiosité au-dessus de la moyenne ;
de la créativité et un amour pour l'art ou la musique ;
de l'empathie et de la sensibilité pour les pensées et les sentiments des autres ;
un fort discernement moral.

Classifications

Le mutisme sélectif primaire et secondaire
Le mutisme sélectif primaire peut être défini comme un « Trouble précoce et souvent insidieux, où l'enfant, tout en sachant parler, n'a jamais parlé à tous les membres de son entourage. Il empêche la communication avec autrui ainsi que sa socialisation ». Il est souvent le fruit de l'anxiété provoquée par la séparation mère-enfant.

Le mutisme sélectif secondaire peut être défini comme un « trouble faisant son apparition plus tardivement chez des enfants qui ont pu parler normalement en toute situation pendant un certain temps. » Il est plutôt perçu comme un trouble réactionnel ou illustration d'une phobie sociale.

Le mutisme sélectif intrafamilial et extrafamilial
Le mutisme sélectif intrafamilial est très rare car cela signifie que l'enfant ne s'exprime pas au sein de son entourage proche, surtout avec les adultes.

Le mutisme sélectif extrafamilial est le plus commun et se manifeste en dehors de la sphère familiale, souvent à l'école ou en présence d'étrangers. L'enfant ne s'exprime plus aux personnes extérieures de son entourage proche.

Le mutisme transitoire et chronique
Le mutisme sélectif transitoire se résout en un an maximum alors que le mutisme sélectif chronique dure plus longtemps avec des symptômes sur le long terme. Il est plus difficile à diagnostiquer adéquatement.

Le mutisme symbiotique
Tout comme le mutisme sélectif primaire, il concerne les enfants qui ont relation très fusionnelle avec un membre de leur entourage. Il utilise le mutisme à des fins de manipulation.

Le mutisme avec phobie de la parole
Moins répandu, ce mutisme est déterminé lorsque l'enfant a peur d'entendre sa propre voix et s'exprime par des comportements ritualisés pour ne pas avoir à parler. Ces enfants veulent retrouver la parole rapidement et participent activement aux différentes thérapies.

Le mutisme traumatique
Ce mutisme arrive à la suite d'évènements traumatiques passés durant l'enfance. Les enfants se mettent alors en retrait et tombent souvent en dépression modérée à sévères. Il est plus compliqué de travailler avec ces enfants sur leur trouble.

Le mutisme passif-agressif
Ce mutisme s'exprime lorsque l'enfant montre son hostilité envers le monde qui l'entoure avec des comportements violents et antisociaux tout en refusant de parler. Ces enfants sont souvent élevés dans un environnement anxiogène et ce comportement est un moyen pour manipuler le monde autour d'eux.

Étiologie

La théorie psychodynamique
Cela arrive lorsque les enfants n'ont pas dépassé le stade oral et/ou anal des stades du développement qui se terminent vers deux ans et demi. Cela peut cacher un secret maintenu dans la famille que l'enfant aurait peur de divulguer [par exemple, la mort d'un frère ou d'une sœur]. Il peut donc arriver à cause d'un stress post traumatique quand l'enfant a souffert d'abus et de traumatismes durant les trois premières années de vie.

La théorie béhavioriste
Si l'enfant n'est pas stimulé ou ne reçoit pas de retours positifs lorsqu'il s'exprime, il peut inconsciemment développer un rejet de parler pour se défendre. Ce mutisme est plus pour faire part de son anxiété que pour tenter une manipulation de son entourage.

La théorie de la phobie et l'anxiété sociale
La phobie sociale « se caractérise par une peur de critiques négatives et une peur de faire ou de dire quelque chose qui va entraîner gêne ou humiliation ». Elle apparaît le plus souvent entre 11 et 13 ans donc, les enfants de 3 à 6 ans ne sont pas encore assez développés pour en souffrir. On considère plutôt cela comme de l'anxiété sociale. Lorsque les enfants sont dans des situations anxiogènes, ils transforment leur comportement pour être les plus transparents possible. Le refus de parler fait partie du contrôle de ces situations.

La théorie de la psychopathologie développementale
Le mutisme sélectif peut provenir de variables contextuelles en plus chez l'enfant qui est déjà anormalement anxieux à la base. C'est l'attitude des autres enfants ou une mauvaise communication familiale qui peuvent donner à l'enfant mutique l'impression qu'il est moins bien que les autres. Il entreprend alors une stratégie d'évitement et décide de se taire.

La théorie systémique familiale
Les spécialistes ont pu observer qu'un contrôle excessif d'un parent [souvent la mère] sur l'enfant pouvait provoquer une véritable dépendance. Ce contrôle se réalise souvent lorsque le parent n'est pas heureux dans sa vie conjugale et remet toute son attention sur l'enfant. L'enfant se retrouve à ne rien faire sans avoir l'aval de ses parents et cela développe une peur et une méfiance des autres personnes en dehors de sa famille. L'enfant peut alors déclarer un mutisme sélectif.

La théorie génétique
Dans la littérature scientifique sur le sujet, on trouve souvent qu'un membre de la famille de l'enfant est généralement atteint de phobie sociale ou d'anxiété sociale dès le plus jeune âge. Certains facteurs biologiques d'anxiété et de vulnérabilité ont pu être transmis à la conception.
Le gène CNTNAP2 (Contactin-associated protein-like 2) pourrait avoir un polymorphisme impliqué dans cette pathologie.

Épidémiologie

Âge d'apparition
Comme dit précédemment, le mutisme sélectif apparaît généralement durant la petite enfance avant l'âge de cinq ans. Certains auteurs préconisent la première apparition du trouble entre 2,5 ans et 6 ans durant la période d'acquisition du langage. Cependant, le trouble se remarque souvent qu'entre 5 et 8 par l'enseignant ou par des professionnels lorsque l'enfant entre à l'école. La prévalence du mutisme sélectif chez les enfants est de  à .

Sexe ratio
La majorité des enfants atteints de mutisme sélectif sont des filles : elles sont de 1,5 à 2 fois plus touchées que les garçons.

Méthodes d'intervention
Il existe quelques conseils généraux à suivre lorsque l'on rencontre un enfant atteint de mutisme comme éviter de le regarder dans les yeux, avoir une attitude bienveillante envers lui, respecter son silence ou encore privilégier le jeu. Ces conseils peuvent être appliqués par tout : enseignants, parents, camarades de l'enfant, etc. Il existe également différentes thérapies menées par un pédopsychiatre, un psychologue, un logopède ou un orthophoniste.

La thérapie par le jeu
Les enfants aiment répéter leur vécu par le jeu en l'assimilant et en lui donnant du sens. En effet, l'utilisation du jeu permet à l'enfant d'extérioriser ce qu'il ressent, mais également ses rêves et ses fantasmes.

L'art-thérapie
Par l'utilisation de l'art, l'enfant peut exprimer ses sentiments, ses émotions et ses conflits. Grâce au décryptage de ses œuvres, il est possible de trouver les sources du problème sans que l'enfant ait à parler. Le thérapeute peut poser des questions sur ce que l'enfant fait et au fur et à mesure, ce dernier se sentira de plus en plus en confiance. De plus, le spécialiste peut aussi décoder les messages par l'analyse des dessins [les formes utilisées, les couleurs, l'utilisation des espaces…].

Les thérapies béhavioristes
Ces thérapies servent à décoder les effets que les symptômes du mutisme sélectif provoquent chez les enfants. Elles sont approuvées par de nombreux spécialistes et chercheurs.

La réalité virtuelle
Elle permet de travailler en immersion dans des situations anxiogènes pour l'enfant grâce à un casque de réalité virtuelle et à un programme informatique. Face à ces situations, l'enfant va apprendre à mieux les aborder et à réagir différemment.

La thérapie familiale
Elle permet de travailler la dynamique familiale bien souvent fragile qui entoure l'enfant atteint de mutisme sélectif. Travailler avec la famille permet bien souvent d'avancer plus rapidement dans le processus de travail avec l'enfant. Les relations dans la famille évoluent en rééquilibrant la dynamique familiale.

Références

Liens externes
 http://ouvrirlavoix.fr/ : Portail de l'association Ouvrir La Voix consacré au mutisme sélectif
 http://www.selectivemutism.org : Selective Mutism Group - Childhood Anxiety Network
 http://www.selectivemutismfoundation.org : une autre association anglophone

Psychologie scolaire
Trouble anxieux
Trouble émotionnel et du comportement

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Doctor Zuckerstein's Monster: Facebook Co-Founder and Former Exec Admits Social Media Exploits a "Vulnerability in Human Psychology" – and They Knew It
KJ McElrath
Just prior to the weekend, former Facebook president Sean Parker (of Napster infamy) – made a stunning admission: the whole purpose of the social media website he helped create has been to take over your waking life.
There are many who can relate to that statement. Today, anyone taking a casual stroll downtown or riding public transportation is confronted by the spectacle of 98 percent of the people around them walking, standing or sitting with their faces glued to their smartphones, virtually oblivious to everything around them.
Many (if not most) of them are checking in on Instagram or Facebook, to see if anyone commented on their recent post about what they had for lunch, how they are feeling that day, or the antics of their pet cat. This is by intentional design, Parker said in a November 8th interview with Axios reporter Mike Allen.
According to Parker, the main question Facebook designers had in mind as they built the platform was: "How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?" Toward achieving that goal, he acknowledged:
"That means that we need to sort of give you a little dopamine hit every once in a while, because someone liked or commented on a photo or a post or whatever. And that's going to get you to contribute more content, and that's going to get you…more likes and comments. It's a social-validation feedback loop."
Parker admits that Facebook is "exactly the kind of thing that a hacker like myself would come up with, because you're exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology," adding, "The inventors, creators – it's me, it's Mark [Zuckerberg], it's Kevin Systrom…understood this consciously. And we did it anyway."
Parker's admission confirms what a sizable body of scientific research has been discovering over the past few years. A study conducted in 2010 by University of Maryland professor Susan D. Moller found that subjects who were deprived of social media access for 24 hours exhibited all the symptoms of addiction withdrawal.
One U.S. student said, "I was itching like a crackhead because I could not use my phone." Another student from the U.K. admitted, "Media is my drug – without it, I am lost." One student from China said "I was almost freaking out," while another from Argentina noted, "Sometimes, I felt dead." Others expressed feelings of depression, alienation and isolation when they weren't "connected."
None of this would surprise Parker, who said: "[Facebook] literally changes your relationship with society…[it] probably interferes with productivity in weird ways…God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains."
There is a silver lining to this new addiction crisis; a backlash is looming as young people start to realize that social media can be the psychological equivalent of crystal meth or heroin. A study from Digital Awareness UK found that nearly two-thirds of those surveyed would be perfectly happy if social media went the way of the dinosaurs, citing disillusionment with "fake news," online bullying, privacy concerns, and the negative effect on their self-esteem.
It is also significant that Facebook Inc., Google and Twitter have all retained legal counsel as they face charges that they allowed Russian operatives to use their platforms in order to influence last year's elections. Five years ago, philosopher Ian Bogost wrote a piece for The Atlantic in which he described smartphones as "the cigarette of this century."
Could the social media industry's "Big Tobacco" moment be coming?
As for Parker, he has become "something of a conscientious objector" to social media. He's not the only one. Former Google design ethicist Tristan Harris posted his own concerns in May 2016:
"We need our smartphones, notifications screens and web browsers to be exoskeletons for our minds and interpersonal relationships that put our values, not our impulses, first. People's time is valuable. And we should protect it with the same rigor as privacy and other digital rights."
Another software designer, Loren Brichter – creator of slot machine-like "Pull-To-Refresh" interaction technique used on most smartphones today, expressed his own fears last month, admitting that "our minds can be hijacked." He said,
"Pull-to-refresh is addictive. Twitter is addictive. These are not good things. When I was working on them, it was not something I was mature enough to think about. I'm not saying I'm mature now, but I'm a little bit more mature, and I regret the downsides."
In a New York Times article published a year ago, computer scientist Cal Newport – who has never had a social media account – warned people to get off of social media, pointing out that it weakens the brain's ability to focus on difficult tasks for extended periods – "because it's engineered to be addictive."
This all may seem like social media is part of a sinister, Orwellian plot to enslave humanity, but businessman and Facebook investor Roger McNamee says it's simply a case of the Law of Unintended Consequences. In an editorial published in the U.K. Guardian over the weekend, McNamee acknowledges the threat that Facebook and Google pose to public health and even democracy itself, and that both companies have "behaved irresponsibly in the pursuit of massive profits." However, he also said,
"The people who run Facebook and Google are good people, whose well-intentioned strategies have led to horrific unintended consequences. The problem is that there is nothing the companies can do to address the harm unless they abandon their current advertising models."
Unfortunately, the very nature of the capitalist system demands that, like Big Pharma and the oil industry, institutions like Google and Facebook must maximize profits and investor's returns by any means possible. It is therefore unlikely that said companies will abandon those advertising models anytime soon.
In the meantime, disillusionment with Silicon Valley's grand, utopian vision of a connected world continues to grow. Increasing numbers of people who realize they have an addiction problem with social media and start abandoning – or at least pulling away – from their artificial digital "lives" may wind up being the only way to change the behavior of social media juggernauts like Facebook, Google, Twitter and Instagram.
K.J. McElrath is a former history and social studies teacher who has long maintained a keen interest in legal and social issues. In addition to writing for The Ring of Fire, he is the author of two published novels: Tamanous Cooley, a darkly comic environmental twist on Dante's Inferno, and The Missionary's Wife, a story of the conflict between human nature and fundamentalist religious dogma. When not engaged in journalistic or literary pursuits, K.J. works as an entertainer and film composer.
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Minimum wage raises translate to health coverage gaps, researchers say
Nick Moran - Monday, October 11th, 2021 Print	| Email
Each dollar that the minimum wage increases reflects an additional percentage point that low-wage workers will not have health insurance, according to researchers.
Authors of a new study in the American Journal of Health Economics told Newsweek that, in the national fight to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, increases may be tied to a dip in employer-provided insurance coverage.
Using Census Bureau data, the researchers found that amid 23 states and Washington, D.C., raising their minimum wages in 2015, 102,000 of 31.5 million low-wage workers lost job-based insurance. The increases in minimum wages ranged from $0.12 to $1.
The researchers tie the trend to the rising cost of healthcare — thereby resulting in larger savings in cutting employee health benefits — and the development of ACA coverage.
The research disputes older reports that claim there is no relationship between minimum wages and job-based insurance, the researchers told Newsweek.


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Image Atlas interrogates the possibility of a universal visual language and questions the supposed innocence and neutrality of the algorithms upon which search engines rely.


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"FBL Financial Group fourth quarter net income of $0.26 per share and operating income of $0.75 per share reflect the impact of several items, including volatile equity markets and a charge related to ongoing expense savings. Even so, we reported a record $4.36 per share in full year non-GAAP operating income," said James P. Brannen, Chief Executive Officer of FBL Financial Group, Inc. "Sales in the fourth quarter were strong, resulting in a five percent increase in life insurance premiums collected and a three percent increase in annuity premiums collected compared to the prior year quarter. We have a positive outlook in 2019 based on financial strength, a robust Farm Bureau Financial Services agent force, and enhanced distribution through the addition of Farm Bureau wealth management advisors. These factors empower us to fulfill our purpose of protecting livelihoods and futures."
Product Revenues Increase from 2017. Premiums and product charges for the fourth quarter of 2018 totaled $80.2 million compared to $75.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2017. Interest sensitive product charges increased 17 percent while traditional life insurance premiums were flat during the quarter. Premiums collected(2) in the fourth quarter of 2018 totaled $157.4 million compared to $153.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Investment Income of $84 Million in Fourth Quarter. Net investment income in the fourth quarter of 2018 totaled $83.9 million, compared to $107.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2017. This decrease is due to a change in the fair value of derivatives as well as lower investment yields and a decline in other investment-related income. The annualized yield earned on average invested assets, with securities at amortized cost, including investments held as securities and indebtedness of related parties, was 5.13 percent for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to 5.28 percent for the year ended December 31, 2017. At December 31, 2018, 98 percent of the fixed maturity securities in FBL Financial Group's investment portfolio were investment grade debt securities.
Benefits and Expenses. Benefits and expenses totaled $156.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared to $153.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2017. Death benefits, net of reinsurance and reserves released, totaled $30.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared to $29.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2017. By its nature, mortality experience can fluctuate from quarter to quarter.
Net Realized Losses in the Fourth Quarter. In the fourth quarter of 2018, FBL Financial Group recognized net realized losses on investments of $9.6 million. This is attributable to realized gains on sales of $0.4 million, realized losses on sales of $1.3 million and unrealized losses on equity securities of $4.7 million. In addition, other-than-temporary impairments totaled $3.9 million.
Stock Repurchases. During the fourth quarter of 2018, FBL Financial Group repurchased 103,826 shares of its Class A common stock. FBL Financial Group has $40.9 million remaining under its current stock repurchase program.
Capital and Book Value. As of December 31, 2018, the book value per share of FBL Financial Group common stock totaled $47.78, compared to $55.12 at December 31, 2017. Book value per share, excluding accumulated other comprehensive income(3), totaled $44.09 at December 31, 2018, compared to $43.68 at December 31, 2017. The December 31, 2018 company action level risk based capital ratio of FBL Financial Group's wholly owned subsidiary, Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company, was approximately 552 percent.
Conference Call. FBL Financial Group will hold a conference call with investors tomorrow, February 8, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The call will be webcast and a replay will be available on FBL Financial Group's website.
(a) Amount represents the change in deferred tax assets and liabilities due to the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
Book value per share excluding accumulated other comprehensive income is a non-GAAP financial measure. Accumulated other comprehensive income totaled $91.3 million at December 31, 2018 and $285.0 million at December 31, 2017. Since accumulated other comprehensive income fluctuates from quarter to quarter due to unrealized changes in the fair value of investments caused principally by changes in market interest rates, FBL Financial Group believes this non-GAAP financial measure provides useful supplemental information.


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Communications & Community Engagement Lead
Mission Empowering Teen Parents to Succeed
Vision Teen Parent Families Thrive and Enrich our Community
Job ID 20-005TERRA
As a non-profit organization that has been serving pregnant and parenting teens in Edmonton for almost 50 years, Terra is recognized for its leadership, innovation and collaboration. Annually, more than 600 young parents and their children benefit from a comprehensive range of services. Through the compassionate work of the staff, we help parents and children to develop and reach their full potential by recognizing and responding to their unique and individual needs. Terra Centre staff are guided by the Code of Honour which supports, respects, and celebrates our families and staff (https://terracentre.ca/what-is-terra/careers/). If you share our values and support our mission and vision, please consider joining our team.
The Communications & Community Engagement Lead is a multi-faceted position responsible for all aspects of internal and external communications at Terra, with a strong emphasis on raising Terra's profile in the community.
By creating and sharing Terra stories with a range of external stakeholders, this role plays a key role in inspiring support from the community. As a member of the Resource Development team, this role also supports fund development initiatives including fundraising events, donor stewardship activities and community fundraising.
As the department is rapidly growing, the ideal candidate will thrive in dynamic environments and is excited by new opportunities and managing a diverse portfolio of projects.
Play a leadership role in Terra's external communications including developing and executing social media strategy, developing communications pieces (community report, cases for support, newsletters, donor updates etc.)
Develop, implement and evaluate the agency's communication strategy, which reflects internal and external communication priorities, as well as additional communication plans
Develop and execute strategies to identify new fundraising opportunities and initiatives with corporations, community groups, or through third party giving
Play a lead role in crafting Terra stories and actively seek opportunities to share those stories with partners, donors, stakeholders and the community at large.
Support the creation of donor-centred fundraising materials including but not limited to drafting cases for support, donor presentations, proposals, thank you letters and impact reports
Play a key role in the planning and execution of donor events and stewardship activities including Deep Roots, Terra Tours and other special thank you initiatives
Support the communication needs of the C5 partnership
Desired Behavioural Competencies
Terra's values are core to the organization. We strive to hire individuals who possess these behavioural competencies at all levels of the organization. Terra is committed to building leadership capacity internally and actively creates opportunities to foster and develop these competencies with all staff.
Personal Leadership: Practices inclusion, communicates openly and effectively, demonstrates self-awareness.
Productive Relationships: Develops networks, collaborates, develops self and others.
Results Focus: Applies outcomes-based problem solving and systems thinking, demonstrates evidence-informed decision making.
Service Excellence: Practices innovation, facilitates a culture of learning, demonstrates continuous improvement.
Qualifications and Key Skills
Minimum of five years of relevant experience in communications/marketing in a non-profit environment. Business development or event coordination is considered an asset.
College or university diploma/degree. Preference will be given to candidates with education in event management, business, communications, public relations, non-profit management.
Demonstrated understanding of fund development and donor stewardship best practices.
Excellent relationship-building skills; demonstrated ability to work productively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to identify, promote and achieve fundraising priorities.
Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office – Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Experience presenting to and communicating with diverse stakeholders; strong active listening skills and the ability to adapt messaging to different audiences.
Knowledge and experience with a variety of social media platforms (e.g., Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc.).
Ability to work evenings and weekends as needed.
Clear Criminal Record Check and Child Intervention Check dated within 30 days of commencement.
Personal vehicle and valid class 5 driver's license is required.
Job Conditions
The Communications & Community Engagement position is permanent full-time role (37.5 hours/week) working out of Terra's downtown office (9930 106 Street NW). The office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, however hours of work will vary based on the needs of the position and agency. This may include working occasional evenings and weekends.
Terra has intentional practices in place to achieve fairness in employment and create a diverse workforce. No person will be denied employment opportunities or benefits for reasons unrelated to their abilities.
Recruitment and advancement will not discriminate on the grounds of any protected characteristics under Alberta Human Rights or Canadian Human Rights legislation.
Individuals will be recruited to positions based on their demonstrated skills, qualifications and attributes required for employment and alignment to agency core values.
Salary: Based on education and experience. Upon completion of a probationary period, we offer a comprehensive, competitive, extended health benefits package including RRSP contribution.
Closing Date: June 1, 2020
To apply for this opportunity, please email your résumé and cover letter to: Human Resources, hr@careersforcommunity.ca. Please include '20-005TERRA, 'Communications & Community Engagement Lead' in the subject line of the email.


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Scott McLaughlin walked away from a spectacular high-speed crash that caused his Mustang to flip on the streets of the Gold Coast. Picture: Supercars Australia
Supercars champ: 'I was 'sh***ing myself'
Supercars' biggest star, Scott McLaughlin, has revealed the extent of his injuries following Sunday's horrifying qualifying crash at the Gold Coast 600.
The defending series champion suffered a brutal 43G crash which destroyed his Bathurst 1000-winning Ford Mustang and caused doctors to fear he had bleeding on the brain.
Initially the 26 year-old was able to walk from the wreckage and was cleared at the media centre, only to slur and misplace words in two TV interviews directly after.
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That prompted the Supercars doctor, Carl Le, to send McLaughlin to Gold Coast's University Hospital for further scans.
"I went downhill after that last Fox Sports interview," McLaughlin today told his podcast Balls and Bumpers he does with AFL star Jack Riewoldt.
"I went in and they said the impact I had, once they got the G ratings, was the equivalent of someone who'd been through trauma - so I was a trauma patient from that point on."
"I went to the hospital, I was lying on the bed for about 40 minutes, there were like 400 doctors around me, it was full-on."
While the remainder of the Supercar field was preparing for Sunday afternoon's race, McLaughlin was undergoing a CT scan which raised an anomaly - suggesting he could have bleeding on the brain.
"I was stuck in a neck brace which was so incredibly uncomfortable, and then they said 'we want to take you for a CT scan on your head to check it's alright, it should take five minutes," he said.
"But it took 15 or 20 minutes and I thought 'this is weird' - when we came out no one was really talking to me and stuff.
"They said 'we just saw a bit of an anomaly on the brain, it's meant to be 50-50, parallel, what the brain looks like, but it does look like yours has moved in some ways and there's a little bit of fluid or substance there.
Scott McLaughlin lost control after clipping a concrete wall at 135km/h during qualifying. Picture: Supercars Australia
"So we're going to have to do an MRI, we don't know, it could be bleeding - there were three hours there before the MRI where I was absolutely sh**ting myself, everything is going through my head, me and Karly (his fiancee) were sort of sitting there crying and stuff because it's like 'what's going to happen."
Thankfully by the end of the race which he watched on television, he was given the all clear by medical staff and allowed to go home.
McLaughlin admitted two days on he remains sore, mainly across his chest and shoulders, and especially his groin which bore the brunt of his six point safety belts: "My nuts copped a hammering".
He's hopeful to have a shakedown of his DJR Team Penske's brand new Ford Mustang early next week before the Sandown 500 on November 10.
"I think I've still got to go through a check-up before Sandown, but I should be pretty good," McLaughlin said.
The Ford star holds a comfortable 463 point championship lead over the man who helped him from his stricken car, Shane van Gisbergen - who went on to win Sunday's race in Surfers Paradise.
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ECE 209AS Special Topics in Circuits and Embedded Systems: Security and Privacy for Embedded Systems, Cyber-Physical Systems, and Internet of Things The deep and pervasive embedding of computational intelligence into society has led to the emergence of computing systems that tightly couple software with the physical and human world. Driving exciting applications such as autonomous vehicles, smarthomes, and mobile health, these computing systems are variously referred to as Embedded Systems, Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet-of-Things etc. With their tight and often real-time interaction with physical spaces and human agents, these computing systems which are resource constrained, networked and remote, suffer from a much more expanded set of security and privacy vulnerabilities and consequences than traditional computers. Examples include compromise of system state via adversarial manipulation of physical sensor signals and actuator actions, and unauthorized inferencing of private inference by authorized recipients of from high-dimensional sensor data. The course will examine attacks that such systems are vulnerable to, and emerging solution techniques spanning algorithms, software, and hardware. https://piazza.com/ucla/winter2018/ece209as/home Show
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é uma série de filmes de anime produzidos pela Toei Animation. É sequência direta das duas primeiras temporadas Digimon Adventure e Digimon Adventure 02, criada por Akiyoshi Hongo. Foi feita para celebrar o 15º aniversário da franquia.

Para fora do Japão, os filmes estão sendo transmitidos no formato de episódios através do Crunchyroll.

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Saikai (Reunião)
Três anos após os acontecimentos de Digimon Adventure 02, Tai Kamiya está no ensino médio, desanimado que nenhum de seus amigos poderão comparecer em seu jogo de futebol. No dia da partida de Tai, um Kuwagamon aparece, afetando dispositivos eletrônicos em toda a cidade. Tai alcança o Kuwagamon, que toma a forma física e começa a atacá-lo, causando danos à cidade no processo. Quando Tai é encurralado, seu Digivice brilha e dele aparece seu antigo parceiro, Agumon, que se evolui para Greymon e luta com o Kuwagamon. À medida que mais dois Kuwagamons aparecem, Tai é ajudado pelas outras antigas Crianças Escolhidas e seus parceiros Digimons (com exceção de Joe) que derrotam dois deles, enquanto uma mão misteriosa aparece e captura o último.

Após a batalha, os jovens tentam descobrir quais motivos levaram à aparição de Kuwagamon, que acreditam-se ser causadas pelas distorções no espaço. Tai e Matt visitam o professor Nishijima, que revela ser parte de uma organização que monitora as atividades dos Digimons, especialmente aqueles que são chamados de Digimons Infectados, como os Kuwagamons. Izzy desenvolve uma maneira de fornecer um acesso mais rápido aos seus parceiros Digimons enquanto procura por distúrbios digitais e Tai começa a temer que as pessoas podem se machucar por causa das lutas contra os Digimons Infectados. No dia seguinte, um Digimon misterioso conhecido como Alphamon aparece, aparentemente a procura de um Digimon que estava sob os cuidados de Meiko Mochizuki, uma garota que foi recentemente transferida para a escola de Tai. Com Alphamon derrotando os Digimons dos jovens, Matt instiga Tai a parar de fugir de seus medos, e, juntos, conseguem lutar contra o Alphamon através de Omegamon, mas este consegue escapar antes que Omegamon desfira o golpe. No final, Meiko revela que também é uma Criança Escolhida e que Meikoomon é sua parceira Digimon, sendo este o Digimon que Alphamon estava a procura.

Ketsui (Determinação)
Enquanto Joe fica em casa para estudar para o vestibular, os Escolhidos e seus Digimons vão em uma viagem para uma terma, onde eles se deparam com Nishijima e Himekawa. Durante a viagem, as meninas passam por uma inconveniência quando Biyomon e Meicoomon são separadas delas e acabam em banhos dos homens. Após a viagem, Himekawa e Nishijima testam armas especializadas contra um Orgemon infectado que havia aparecido, que é levado de volta para o mundo digital por Leomon. Mais tarde, enquanto Mimi estava se preparando para criar um café temático de líderes de torcida para sua classe no próximo festival da escola, ela tenta lutar contra o Orgemon infectado quando este aparece na esperança de melhorar a reputação dos Digimons, apenas para os ataques de Togemon provocar inadvertidamente um helicóptero de notícias nas proximidades a falhar, resultando no efeito oposto. Enquanto Leomon se aproxima dos Escolhidos, explicando o que aconteceu com Orgemon quando ele ficou infectado, Mimi é ainda repreendida por seus colegas por suas idéias aparentemente egoístas. Como Mimi lamenta quão egoísta ela tem sido, ela ouve de Joe sobre como ele está evitando batalhas com os Digimons para tentar e se encaixar na idade adulta, lamentando sua própria covardia.

Como Gomamon decide fugir de casa, Izzy recebe uma mensagem ameaçadora em código digital. No dia do festival da escola, Meiko mostra Mimi seu apoio vestindo sua roupa de líder de torcida para o café, enquanto os Digimon infiltram-se no festival para tentar ganhar um concurso de fantasias para comerem de graça no festival. Depois, Gomamon diz a Joe que ele fugiu porque ele sentiu que Joe não queria mais lutar junto dele, levando Joe a ficar com raiva por ter de lutar e deixa Gomamon sozinho. Só então, Meicoomon é capturado por Ken Ichijouji, um antigo Escolhido que parece ter mais uma vez se tornado no vilão Imperador Digimon. Palmon e Gomamon, juntamente com um Leomon parcialmente infectado, perseguem-no até um portal das distorções digitais, com Ken aproximando-se de um Imperialdramon infectado, sendo que Imperialdramon é o nível extremo da fusão dos digimons Wormmon e Veemon, parceiros digimon dos antigos Escolhidos Ken Ichijouji e Davis Motomiya. Hikari convence Joe a lutar ao lado de seu parceiro. Superando suas próprias preocupações por causa de seu parceiro, Joe consegue digivolver Gomamon pela primeira vez até seu nível extremo (mega-digievolução), Vikemon, enquanto Mimi também consegue digivolver Palmon até sua forma no nível extremo, Rosemon. Até então apenas Agumon e Gabumon conseguiram atingir esse nível, no caso destes WarGreymon e MetalGarurumon (que não aparecem durante o segundo filme). Embora os Digimons conseguem derrotar Imperialdramon e voltar com segurança, Meicoomon de repente se torna hostil, matando Leomon e escapando para o mundo digital.

Kokuhaku (Confissão)
Enquanto Meiko permanece traumatizada pela traição de Meicoomon, Izzy fica irritado quando ele obsessivamente tenta determinar o que causou para Meicoomon se tornar infectada. Enquanto isso, quando perturbações que se acredita ser causada por Meicoomon começam a afetar as companhias aéreas, Himekawa e Nishijima dizem a Matt sobre sua investigação, mas mantiveram o silêncio sobre ambos Meicoomon causando as interrupções e o fato de outros DigiEscolhidos desapareceram. Mais tarde, TK descobre algo errado com Patamon quando ele brevemente tem atos violentos e o morde. Quando TK decide tomar Patamon casa com ele, o que levou os outros a fazer o mesmo com o seu Digimon, ele diz Meiko sobre o que realmente está acontecendo com Patamon, que finalmente percebe que ele está infectado por si mesmo e pede TK para impedi-lo caso o pior venha a acontecer. Uma noite, uma mensagem misteriosa aparece em todo dispositivos elétricos durante uma queda de energia, afirmando que "os  Digimon serão lançados novamente" criando turbulência na população. No dia seguinte, quando Patamon informa aos outros Digimon sobre sua infecção, Kari torna-se possuída pelo mensageiro misterioso, homeostase, que os avisa que os Digimon infectados poderiam destruir ambos os mundos humano e digital, a menos que um grande sacrifício seja feito. Tendo ouvido deles, Himekawa conclui que a próxima vez Meicoomon aparece, homeostase pode desencadear uma "reinicialização", que iria repor o mundo digital para antes da infecção, a fim de salvar todos os outros mundos. Após Tailmon diz aos outros que esta reinicialização também levá-os a perder todas as memórias de seus parceiros, os Digimon preparam-se para o pior e passam algum tempo precioso com seus parceiros, durante o qual Agumon diz Tai sobre a reinicialização.

Koushiro descobre que as distorções são o resultado de um código binário que é substituído com um idioma diferente, quando Tentomon informa sobre a reinicialização Koushiro cria um plano para evitar que isso aconteça. Meicoomon logo aparece novamente no Centro de Exibições Internacional de Tóquio, o que levou os Digimon para combatê-la para tentar mantê-la fora do mundo dos seres humanos. Apesar das tentativas de TK de para-lo, Patamon se digivolve em Angemon e entra na briga, mas é dominado por uma infecção, que logo começa a atacar seus colegas. Quando começa a contagem regressiva para a reinicialização, Koushiro traz seu contra-plano, criando um campo que pode usar o backup de dados para restaurar os Digimon infectado. Numa altura em que Tentomon parecia com problemas com a não ter a chance de parar Meicoomon, Koushiro ordena que ele entre no campo de apoio para se salvar, mas Tentomon se recusa ao ver MetalGreymon tentando deter Meicoomon e, simultaneamente, sofrendo ataques por outros digimons dizendo que ele não pode entrar no campo e ver as coisas continuarem assim, Tentomon em suas últimas palavras diz que, embora a primeira vez que ele conheceu Koushiro não sabia nada sobre ele, agora o conhece e agora quer que ele continue a buscar aprender sobre as coisas pois Koushiro apreciá isso. Finalmente, diz  "Koushiro, adeus" e se esforça para ajudar os outros, enquanto luta contra sua própria infecção, e digivolve pela primeira vez em sua forma extrema, HerculesKabuterimon, captura Meicoomon e liberta o Digimon da sua infecção antes de usar toda a sua força para empurrar de volta para a distorção antes da reinícialização ocorrer.

Uma semana mais tarde, como digiescolhidos decidindo-se se queriam ver os seu amogos Digimon novamente, Meiko diz a TK que a infecção originou de Meicoomon, que já estava infectada quando se encontrou com ela, sentindo que ela não tem direito de ir vê-la. Usando o poder de seus brsões, os digiescolhidos viajam para o Digimundo reiniciado, onde eles encontram brevemente Alphamon lutando contra outro Digimon chamado Jesmon. Mas eles fogem da batalha e ouvem o som de um apito, assim que olham para a trilha do apito veem que é o parceiro Digimon de Hikari com o apito (que tinha dado a Tailmon no final da série Digimon Adventure), no entanto os digimon não reconhecem seus amigos humanos dizendo apenas "quem é você?", para que os humanos tomem a decisão de integrá-los a partir do zero. Enquanto isso, Himekawa enfrenta o Imperador Digimon e este se revela como Gennai, e Meicoomon está próxima, mesmo tendo suas memórias de Meiko.

Sōshitsu (Perda)
Meicoomon foge e acontece uma reinicialização. Tai e seus amigos, desesperados, resolvem ir para o Mundo Digital com o objetivo de se reunir com seus parceiros Digimon, mas eles acabam perdendo todas as lembranças que tinham deles. Koromon e os outros começam a reconstruir novas ligações com eles, e apesar de acontecer a digievolução, Piyomon começa a ficar desconfiada. Enquanto os outros parecem se dar bem com seus parceiros, que evoluem de volta em seus níveis de novato (também conhecido como nível criança), Sora tem problemas para se reconectar com Biyomon, que parece hostil para com ela.

Mais tarde naquela noite, quando Tai e Matt tentam ajudar Sora com suas preocupações, eles são de repente atacados pelo Mestre das Trevas revivido Machinedramon, cujo ataque espalha o Digi-Escolhidos e seus parceiros Digimon através do Mundo Digital. Enquanto isso, Nishijima olha para o paradeiro dos arquivos secretos de Himekawa e lembra como ela queria reiniciar o Mundo Digital para reviver seu próprio parceiro Digimon falecido, que foi incapaz de se recompor em um Digitama depois da morte. Ele é então abordado por um Digimon chamado Hackmon que retransmite uma mensagem de Homeostasis alertando-o sobre Yggdrasil que tem suas mãos Gennai e procura por Meicoomon para algo conhecido como "Libra".

Sora e Biyomon acabam no deserto, onde se deparam com Meiko, que veio ao Mundo Digital para procurar Meicoomon. Quando Meicoomon os ataca por medo do abandono, Meiko consegue levantar-se e acalmá-la. Apenas então, são atacados pelo Gennai Sombrio que se tinha disfarçado como Ken, que tenta capturar Meicoomon e o Digivice de Sora. Como os outros Escolhidos vêm todos em socorro de Sora e Meiko, o Gennai Sombrio mostra sua verdadeira forma e revela que a reinicialização foi tudo parte do plano de Yggdrasil para criar uma nova ordem mundial onde os seres humanos e Digimon já não interagem uns com os outros. Ele envia os Mestres das Trevas Machinedramon e MetalSeadramon atrás deles.

Em outro lugar, Himekawa encontra seu parceiro Digimon, Tapirmon, mas fica chocada quando ele não se lembra dela. Enquanto Tai, Matt e Kari conseguem fortalecer seus laços o suficiente para digivolver seus parceiros e derrotar MetalSeadramon, Sora arrisca sua vida para proteger Biyomon de Machinedramon, isso faz ela digivolver pela primeira vez em sua forma extrema, Phoenixmon, que derrota Machinedramon ao lado de HerculesKabuterimon e de Seraphimon, a forma extrema de Patamon. Enquanto isso, Gennai Sombrio ataca Meiko, enviando Meicoomon em uma fúria e fazendo com que ela digivolva para Meicrackmon mais uma vez.

Kyōsei (Coexistência)
Depois de se deparar com Meiko Mochizuki ferida por um homem misterioso que usa as mesmas roupas de Gennai, Meicoomon decide fugir novamente. "Seria ótimo se você nunca tivesse nascido", pensa. Desaparecida no mundo real, Meicoomon é na verdade a distorção personificada, que possui um poder gigantesco e ainda é a peça chave que pode destruir o mundo.

Daigo e o professor Mochizuki (pai da Meiko) ficam sabendo da verdade por meio de Hackmon, que explica que assim como ele, Homeostasis vem tentando manter o equilíbrio entre os dois mundos, já que Meicoomon ficou muito mais forte, a ponto de se transformar numa grande ameaça, por isso tomou a decisão de destruí-la. Após Meicoomon surgir no mundo real, começa a contagem regressiva para a destruição do mundo, diversos incidentes estranhos acontecem em várias partes, e os Digimons que surgiram por meio de distorções aguardam o momento para que isso aconteça.

Por conta das diversas anomalias que começaram a afetar o mundo digital, os digiescolhidos voltam para o mundo real, mas tanto eles quanto seus Digimons estão sendo procurados por um grupo de pessoas. Eles estão sozinhos, sem poder contar com a ajuda de ninguém e em busca de respostas. Meiko prefere sentir toda essa dor de forma solitária, ela está cansada e carrega um enorme peso nas costas. Os apelos de seus amigos e parceiros não conseguem alcançá-la. Um destino cruel aguarda Kari, cuja alma é a mais simples e delicada.

Bokura no Mirai (Nosso Futuro)

O mundo começou a entrar em colapso. Meicoomon desenfreada absorve Tailmon, que sofreu uma evolução sombria, e muda de forma para a imensamente poderosa Ordinemon. De acordo com a expectativa de Yggdrasil, o mundo real está prestes a ser engolfado pelo mundo digital. Em meio ao inesperado desespero, a luta dos DigiEscolhidos segue em diante. Agora que Taichi não está por perto, ninguém além de Yamato pode ocupar seu lugar. "Há algo que você deve fazer para salvar o mundo!" Gabumon incentiva Yamato, e Agumon acredita que Taichi certamente retornará. Enquanto isso, a Homeostase considera Ordinemon como fora de controle, e para acabar com ela, move-se para colocar em movimento seu plano final que envolverá o mundo real. Os DigiEscolhidos e seus parceiros Digimon continuam sua batalha desesperada para impedir de alguma forma a destruição. "Toda a luz está dentro de Meicoomon ..." A voz de Tailmon chega a Hikari enquanto ela afunda no desespero. Então, o momento para os DigiEscolhidos decidirem seu futuro finalmente chega. Que futuro eles escolhem para si?

Episódios

Personagens

Principais

Líder dos escolhidos. Seu parceiro é Agumon, digievoluído de Koromon. Agora possui 17 anos de idade. Tai é famoso por ter sempre usado óculos de aviação sobre a cabeça na primeira temporada, e por ter uma personalidade decidida. Seu brasão é Coragem. Junto com sua irmã Kari, foram as primeiras das oito crianças principais a ter contato direto com um digimon - fato que pode ser explicado assistindo o primeiro filme da franquia.

Dentre os escolhidos, este é conhecido como o mais explosivo e solitário. Seu parceiro é Gabumon, digievoluído de Tsunomon. Possui agora 17 anos de idade. Sua principal marca é a gaita que sempre carregava consigo, e que de vez em quando tocava na primeira temporada. Apesar de quase sempre preferir trabalhar sozinho, seu brasão é Amizade. Ele e Tai foram os únicos escolhidos da primeira temporada capazes de elevar seus digimons à forma extrema no anime, diferentemente de "Digimon Adventure O Filme" onde demonstram claramente Angemon (digimon parceiro de T.K.) e Angewomon (digimon parceira de Kari) alcançando a forma extrema para Seraphimon e Magnadramon.

Sua parceira é Piyomon, digievoluída de Pyokomon. Possui agora 17 anos de idade. Tendo sempre um chapéu de alguma espécie na cabeça, ela é a escolhida menina com a personalidade mais forte no grupo. Seu brasão é Amor. Curiosamente, e tendo em vista a segunda fase do anime Digimon Adventure, parece haver um triangulo amoroso não declarado entre ela, Matt e Tai.

O mais esperto e curioso escolhido. Seu parceiro é Tentomon, digievoluído de Motimon. Possui agora 16 anos de idade. Seu digimon foi o terceiro a conseguir evoluir para as formas mais avançadas. Tendo sempre seu laptop em mãos, ele o utiliza durante toda a série para tentar buscar mais informações sobre o DigiMundo. Seu brasão é Sabedoria. Graças a sua busca incessante por mais informações, este escolhido acabou desvendando muitos dos mistérios da série sozinho.

Era a mais sensível entre as crianças. Sua parceira é Palmon digievoluída de Tanemon. Possui agora 16 anos de idade. Costumava usar um grande chapéu cor-de-rosa na primeira temporada, porém sua marca são seus cabelos claros e compridos. Seu brasão é Sinceridade. Ela é a menos beligerante entre os escolhidos, porém tem uma linda voz e é uma excelente cantora, embora nunca se mostrou interessada nessa possível carreira. Sempre preocupada com as aparências, Mimi uma vez chegou a chamar sua parceira Palmon de feia, mas retirou o que disse ao vê-la em sua forma super-evoluída, Lilimon.

O mais velho dos escolhidos, porém um dos menos autoconfiantes, ironicamente seu brasão é da Confiança. Seu parceiro é Gomamon digievoluído de Pukamon. Possui agora 18 anos de idade e já se formou no ensino médio e agora estar estudando em um cursinho pré-vestibular. Usou um grande óculos no rosto, e também é o mais preocupado com a saúde e o bem estar dos outros no grupo. Apesar de ter sido um pouco frouxo no início, seu comportamento muda e ele se torna aquilo que há de mais próximo de um apoio médico para os demais no grupo. Joe é, consideravelmente, o personagem que mais evolui e reconhece com mais facilidade.

Seu parceiro é Patamon digievoluído de Tokomon. Ele é o irmão mais novo de Matt, com quem tem forte laço de fraternidade. Possui agora 14 anos de idade e estar no último ano do ensino fundamental/básico. Seu brasão é a Esperança. Seu digimon foi o último a conseguir evoluir para formas mais avançadas, porém, é provável que este seja também o escolhido mais poderoso. Mesmo sem ter atingido a fase final, Patamon, em sua forma HolyAngemon, foi capaz de dar combate sozinho ao mais poderoso Mestre das Trevas, Piedmon. Digimon este que derrotou até mesmo WarGreymon e MetalGarurumon.

A mais jovem dos escolhidos, irmã de Tai. Sua parceira é Tailmon, digievoluída de Plotmon. Possui agora 14 anos de idade e estar no último ano do ensino fundamental/básico. Uma saga inteira se desenrolou para que Kari finalmente se juntasse ao grupo. Seu brasão é a Luz. Ela e T.K. foram, na verdade, os grandes responsáveis por Tai e Matt serem capazes de fazer seus digimons chegarem à mega evolução. Foram apenas graças as flechas de luz e esperança de Angemon e Angewomon, que WarGreymon e MetalGarurumon surgiram. A digimon de Kari, Tailmon, é a mais experimente dentre todos os demais, sendo capaz de se manter em forma avançada por muito mais tempo e raramente regredindo para formas mais limitadas, mesmo depois de batalhas intensas. Ela e T.K foram os únicos que também fizeram parte do 6 escolhidos principais da segunda temporada.

Tímida e quieta, acaba de ser transferida para a classe de Tai. Enquanto procura Meikoomon pelas ruas de Odaiba, acaba se envolvendo em uma batalha Digimon. Meiko é a nona Criança Escolhida (14ª se contar com os de Digimon Adventure 02). E muito importante na temporada, pois seu parceiro estâ relacionado aos recentes acontecimentos.

É colega de trabalho de Daigo e superior no governo, com uma abordagem mais séria do que ele. Eles se conheceram desde que eram estudantes e Daigo insinua que eles eram uma vez um casal. Ela parece estar mais envolvida com os incidentes Digimon do que ela deixa, ao ponto de seguir o DigiEscolhidos quando eles retornam ao mundo digital à procura de seus parceiros. Ela também esconde informações cruciais de Tai e os outros por alguma razão ainda inexplicável até que eles próprios descobrem, como o fato de que Meicoomon foi a causa da infecção Digimon ou o desaparecimento de seus companheiros DigiEscolhidos. É revelado no quarto filme que Maki foi um dos DigiEscolhidos que precedeu o grupo de Tai, bem como meio de Homeostasis antes de Kari. Isso motivou Maki a ajudar o Gennai Sombrio a reiniciar o mundo digital para se reunir com seu Digimon Tapirmon, que se sacrificou enquanto Megadramon para permitir que seu companheiro Digimon digivolve para os Sovereign Digimon. Mas Himekawa quebrar ao saber que Tapirmon não se lembra dela. Enquanto ela tinha uma vez muitos traços de personalidade que Tai e Kari possuíam quando criança, Maki cresceu se tornando uma aólico ativo e fria cujo trabalho e obsessão de se reunir com Tapirmon nas fronteiras na loucura.

Desenvolvimento
A nova série foi anunciada pela primeira vez em um evento do 15º aniversário de Digimon Adventure em 1 de agosto de 2014. Detalhes básicos da história foram anunciados no dia 7 de setembro de 2014, depois que uma quantidade suficiente de fãs participaram de um jogo no site oficial. Em 13 de dezembro de 2014, a Toei Animation anunciou o título completo da série e do elenco. A série está sendo dirigida por Keitaro Motonaga, com roteiros de Yuuko Kakihara e design de personagens por Atsuya Uki.

Ligações externas

Filmes de Digimon
Filmes de anime de 2015
Filmes de anime de 2016
Animes e mangás de ação
Animes e mangás de aventura
Universos paralelos na ficção
Filmes do Japão de 2015
Filmes do Japão de 2016


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By Mike Francis | The Oregonian/OregonLive
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La Concha Acustica in 2005.
(Courtesy of Glen Small)
In Portland's St. Johns neighborhood, an architect is in pain.
"It's excruciating to me," said Glen Howard Small, Oregon-educated architect and former professor at the Southern California Institute of Architecture. "It's like a death in the family."
The demolition of La Concha Acustica earlier this month.
Small is grieving the destruction of La Concha Acustica, a vibrant and massive bandshell that, he says, was becoming the architectural symbol of Managua, Nicaragua. Its rising curves, likened to a crashing wave, appear in travel guides and magazines with notes like this one on Afar.com: "If Managua had a center, this would be it."
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Politics, not seismic concerns, are behind the destruction, say Small and commenters on the Nicaragua Dispatch story.
Small's patron in Nicaragua was Herty Lewites, the country's former minister of tourism and mayor of Managua. As his 2006 New York Times obituary explains, he was an active rebel in the Sandinista movement that toppled the Somoza regime in 1979. But over time, he became disenchanted with the movement, formed his own "Movement for Sandinista Revival" and ran against Daniel Ortega for president. His death from a heart attack may have enabled Ortega's victory later that year.
La Concha Acustica, designed by Small and Lewites's nephew Roger Lewites, became identified with Lewites and a symbol of opposition to the Ortega regime. As such, said Small, "it had to be destroyed."
Architecture and the built environment have a history of potent symbolism in Nicaragua, said Rick Rockwell, Latin American scholar and director of international media at American University.
Rockwell said he was struck, during his early visits to Managua during the first Sandinista government, that the regime left unrepaired a city center ruined by the 1972 earthquake. When international aid flowed into Nicaragua after the massive quake, it was diverted by the Somoza government for other purposes. The unrestored and unoccupied central city was a strong visual reminder of the previous government's corruption, said Rockwell, who called it "more or less a deserted wasteland."
Rebuilding has since occurred in the central city, but it still lacks the sense of an important commercial and administrative center, Rockwell said.
Architect Glen Small.
For architect Small, now 76, it hurts to be a victim of a political power play.
La Concha Acustica "wasn't perfect, but it was great," he said. He dreams and draws flowing cityscapes, influenced by nature and embracing their residents. The shell in Managua was the largest and most visible representation of that vision. "It was," he said, "the largest built thing in my life."
Small practiced and taught in Los Angeles for 22 years, moving to the Oregon Coast in 1990. He is the subject of a 2001 documentary "My Father, the Genius" by his once-estranged daughter, who noted his obsessive vision and his "rocky private life." (He says he is now on good terms with his daughters.) Now he blogs in north Portland at Smallatlarge.com and considers potential commissions. But the events of this month in Managua have rocked him.
"I feel violated," he said, adding "the real losers" are the people of Nicaragua.
"How sad."
-- Mike Francis


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Q: Which is the correct idiom: "First thing's first" or "First things first"? I've gotten into a debate over which usage of an apostrophe in the phrase "first thing(')s first" is correct.
My thinking is that one would take the first thing and give it priority, hence the first thing is first, and that thing's is a contraction of thing and is.
Her thinking is that there may be multiple things that need doing first, so the phrase should be "first things first".
What is the correct idiom?

A: The correct form of the idiom is:

first things first

Things is plural here. You could imagine having a put before the idiom:

*

*put first things first

*let's put first things first

*you should put first things first

This clarifies the plurality of things. So, her thinking is actually fact!

A: The latter is generally considered correct.  From Oxford Dictionaries Online:

first things first
  Used to assert that important matters should be dealt with before other things.

Comparing Google hits as a very rough measure of usage gives

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*"first things first": 1,660,000

*"first thing's first": 199,000

So, the apostrophised version is an order of magnitude less common, but not negligible.  Interestingly (perhaps surprisingly), it appears not just in amateur but also in professional sources, e.g. Forbes.com.

A: The British National Corpus has 31 instances for "First things first" and none for
"First thing's first".  I guess the full formula is/was "Let's do first things first" and not: First thing is first, which is as illogical as "Second thing is second"- or you could call it a tautology expressing the same idea twice.
http://bnc.bl.uk/saraWeb.php?qy=First+things+first&mysubmit=Go
http://bnc.bl.uk/saraWeb.php?qy=First+thing%27s+first&mysubmit=Go

A: I would write first thing's first because the full expression could be first thing is first, i.e. you will do the first thing first. Then again, one might say first things are first.

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At Sunday's eucharistic Liturgy, we will hear the story of the towering figure of Zacchaeus the publican (LK. 19:1-10).
This is one of the many wonderful paradoxes of the spiritual life that characterize the Holy Scriptures. The paradox is found in the fact that the "towering" figure of Zacchaeus was actually "small of stature." (v. 3) And if indeed he had defrauded his neighbors as he alluded to (v. 8), then he was "small" in even more essential matters.
Through repentance, conversion, and right action Zacchaeus grew in stature right before the eyes of those who with faith could "see" this transformation. Zacchaeus personifies the type of change that is possible through hearing the Good News and embracing it in thought, word and deed.
This passage, unique to the Gospel According to St. Luke, is thus perfectly placed as the first announcement of the approach of Great Lent. For in the Orthodox Church, this is always the prescribed Gospel reading for the fifth Sunday before the start of Great Lent. The four pre-lenten Gospel readings to follow will then guide us to Monday, March 11, the first day of the lenten journey that will lead us to Holy Week and then Pascha on April 28. (The Western Easter this year will fall on March 21).
Returning to the Gospel passage, we find the story of Zacchaeus evenly divided into two parts - an outdoor scene (v. 1-5) and an indoor scene (v. 6-10). Outdoors, and in full view of the gathered inhabitants of ancient Jericho, the despised "chief tax collector," the rich Zacchaeus, risks the humiliation of being laughed at because he makes the socially unconventional choice of climbing up into a "sycamore tree" in order "see who Jesus was."
What may have been acceptable behavior among children, would only have drawn the surprised and scornful stares of Zacchaeus' over-taxed neighbors. I always remember that in a meditation on Zacchaeus, the late Metropolitan Anthony Bloom wrote that the equivalent act today would be that of a renowned corporate executive scrambling up a light pole in a downtown area in order to see someone passing by. (For those with a "boss" that you may not be too fond of, perhaps there may be minor consolation in fantasizing such a scenario and its reaction in your own mind).
The transition to the indoor setting is now made when Zacchaeus "made haste and came down, and received him joyfully." (v. 6) Yet one can sense the oriental custom of a crowd hovering at the entrance or even coming and going with a certain freedom. The raised eyebrows and clucking tongues of an undescribed "they" who look on and articulate their stern disapproval - "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner" (v. 7) - is a reaction encountered elsewhere in the Gospels when Jesus freely chose to sit at table with sinners and tax collectors (cf. MK. 3:15-17).
The Messiah is not bound by religiously sanctioned social convention that divides people into the convenient categories of the "righteous" and "sinners," "saved" and "lost," the "pure" and "impure." Or rather, by making clear that He has come to bring salvation to everyone, beginning with the marginalized and distressed members of His own society, Jesus reveals the inclusive love of God that tears down all such former barriers. Zacchaeus is a striking and personalized example of this inclusive love of God for "the lost."
It is interesting to note that the blessing of Jesus is given to the entire household. The household of Zacchaeus, in turn, becomes a microcosm of the entire design of salvation: The Son of Man came to seek and save the entire cosmos groaning inwardly and subject to futility as it awaits redemption (cf. ROM. 8:19-23) In this, we and our households resemble that of Zacchaeus, regardless of how "righteous" we may consider ourselves (to be dealt with next Sunday in the Parable of the Publican and the Pharisee!).
We can never afford to allow our supposed familiarity with a Gospel passage to blunt its sharp edge. It is that sharp edge that cuts through our many defensive layers of evasions and self-deception. Otherwise, the passage "softens" into a didactic story about a bad man changing his life and becoming "nice."
However, I believe that no matter how well we know the story about Zacchaeus, the only familiarity that we could claim with him is the familiarity of having an equally profound "Zacchaeus moment" in our own lives.
Such a "moment" would initially be characterized by an equal desire to "see Jesus" - above all else. Than we would need to be willing to overcome our own "smallness of stature" by perhaps first overcoming the tyranny of social convention and respectability before we get to our actual sinfulness. This may mean going beyond our own conventional patterns of church going and the "safety" of keeping the demanding call of Christ at a safe distance so that it cannot overly impinge upon our lives.
There may yet be a sycamore tree that we need to climb.


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Folks are angry at GM, Mary Barra, but GM can't afford to be bothered
In evaluating GM's cuts, we have to remember that the auto industry and the economy are cyclical. Gravity remains in effect.
Folks are angry at GM, Mary Barra, but GM can't afford to be bothered In evaluating GM's cuts, we have to remember that the auto industry and the economy are cyclical. Gravity remains in effect. Check out this story on chillicothegazette.com: https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2018/11/30/gm-mary-barra-donald-trump/2150045002/
Randy Essex, Detroit Free Press Published 7:30 a.m. ET Nov. 30, 2018 | Updated 8:16 a.m. ET Nov. 30, 2018
Dnitra Landon, a GM Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly worker, talks before the start of her shift about her feeling on the closing of this plant. Eric Seals/Detroit Free Press
On March 15, 2017, President Donald Trump speaks at the American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti with General Motors CEO Mary Barra and other auto industry executives. Trump has now threatened to cut subsidies to GM, after GM's bruising layoff announcement that hurts politically crucial states in Midwest.(Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM, AFP/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump is angry at General Motors and CEO Mary Barra.
Democrats and union members are angry about last week's plant closings — which blindsided many workers who learned from news reports and social media that their factories are being idled.
Taxpayers wonder where $11 billion went after GM was bailed out a decade ago.
Here's the thing: General Motors doesn't care.
This is not Rick Wagoner's GM of 2008, clinging to its status as the world's largest automaker and unable to make the kind of bold moves that saved Ford from bankruptcy.
Under Barra, GM finally got rid of its money-losing European operation. It strong-armed the South Korean government into a restructuring — announcing while the country was hosting the Olympic Games last winter that it would close a factory there if it couldn't cut costs.
Some Ohio officials hoping to save the Lordstown plant — one of the five to be idled next year — say they couldn't get GM officials on the phone.
GM's resolve is so hyperfocused on Barra's vision that it's easy to imagine Trump's Twitter bird and all the other criticism merely bouncing off the Renaissance Center towers. Even as criticism remained at a peak, the company kept marching forward last week, elevating President Dan Ammann to CEO of its self-driving car operation, Cruise.
The company doesn't care what Trump, the UAW and others say — because it can't care too much if it's going to survive. For all the griping about having saved the company a decade ago, the worst possible case for everyone from Trump to the line workers to every resident of Detroit is for GM to head to bankruptcy again.
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Trump, while he knows bankruptcy, consistently demonstrates that he doesn't understand the auto industry. Barra does, and is relentlessly reshaping her company in relatively good times to ensure its future. Survival, as past failures have shown, demands being decisive and unsentimental.
A couple of concerns, though:
I worry that U.S. carmakers collectively have failed yet again to learn from oil shocks and are cavalier about their contribution to climate change, tilting their lineups almost entirely to trucks and SUVs. While companies certainly shouldn't be expected to build products that lose money, it seems somewhere between unwise and irresponsible to throw full faith behind fracking and the stability of Saudi Arabia, which retains great influence over world oil prices.
There's a danger, too, in being focused to the point of putting on blinders.
The pain workers feel is real, and GM is being pretty ruthless in its handling of both production and white-collar cuts. Free Press reporters are told that salaried workers will be fired and walked out on Jan. 15 — while the international automotive press is in Detroit for the North American International Auto Show — as the company moves ahead with cuts after its buyout offer fell about 5,500 short of needed departures.
Combining this with blindsiding factory workers, GM risks hurting itself in the eyes of the tech-savvy, mostly younger workers it's trying to recruit.
These folks like moral companies. While Barra's mantra of zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion creates an admirable vision and mission, callous management dulls the shine.
Last week's plant closing announcement also sets up the company's position for UAW talks, which might prove to be a bare-knuckled battle next summer as the Detroit 3 try to pare costs.
Here's an abiding fact that we mustn't forget, and a lens through which to evaluate GM's moves: The auto industry and the economy are cyclical. Gravity remains in effect.
GM appears to have learned from its bankruptcy, but the extreme costs of R&D for autonomous ride sharing put new pressure on the car companies. It's why GM, Honda and SoftBank have partnered, why Ford and Volkswagen will partner.
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This isn't a want-to. Ford estimates that autonomous vehicle delivery of people and products eventually will be a $300 billion annual business.
If you make cars now and don't figure out how to seize a chunk of that future business, you're going to be Kodak. GM can't afford that. Detroit can't afford that. America can't afford that.
Randy Essex is senior content director for business and auto news. Reach him at ressex@freepress.com; follow on Twitter @randyessex
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