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Tips and Snippets: Christie for President; Gas Prices; Tornado
By Bill Cleary
(CNBNEWS.NET)-I LIKE YOUR GOVERNOR! In March we made our annual "Snow Bird" trip to the warm Florida coast. The 1,100 mile ride takes about 18 to 19 hours. We take a couple of days to make the trip. Why hurry we have the time. Stopping along the way gives us the opportunity to talk with people from all over the country. One thing that amazed us this year was how many people, perfect strangers, who told us how much they like our governor, Chris Christie. People from up and down the east coast and from the mid-west all said the same thing, "He would make a good president. I would vote for him." I don't know about you but I found this interesting that our Governor has that much of a following from people in other states.
In case you were wondering, two United States presidents have ties to the Garden State. Grover Cleveland is the only New Jersey native to become president. Before becoming president, Woodrow Wilson served as governor of New Jersey and president of Princeton University.
By now you must have heard that Gov. Christie was named one of the most influential people in the world by Time Magazine on April 21. Christie was recognized for his "forcefulness and candor. For the full list of TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2011, click here.
DESPITE THE ECONOMY-When we left for Florida in February gas prices were about $3.25 to $3.35 for a gallon of regular, heading home in April the price for the same gallon of gas ranged between $3.75 and $3.81 a gallon. Today a gallon of gas in Washington DC area is averaging $4.99 a gallon while in Orlando Florida the cost of a gallon is $5.89 the highest in the country. You would think because of gas prices and the economy there would be less people on the road but that wasn't the case. The roads going down and coming home were heavily traveled both ways. You would also think the recession would keep people from going to Disney or Universal but again we were surprised at how many people were visiting both venues. By the way, forget the new Harry Potter exhibit/ride that opened recently at Universal. It is not worth the $87 it cost to see it or the 90 minute wait.
TORNADO! LOOK FOR A DITCH-On the day we were coming home the weather took a turn for the worst. Rain, thunder and lighting and 60 mph winds slowed traffic to craw along Interstate-4. As we approached Tampa a tornado warning was announced on the radio. "Emergency! Emergency! Comes the warning. A tornado has touched down in Tampa, said the radio announcer. "If you are inside a building seek shelter away from the windows. If you are driving in an automobile, stop and find the nearest ditch and lay face down in it." We are riding on the beltway that takes you around Tampa when the warning is sounded on our radio. The sky is so black you would think it was midnight. Hail starts pounding the windshield. Torrential rain is pounding our vehicle. The wind increases. If there any ditches on the side of the road they are under water. Anyone who lays in one will drown. We decide to take our chances with the tornado, and luckily we made it. But for what seem to be an eternity it was pretty frightening.
All and all though it was a great trip. We are glad to be home.
Many of our Gloucester City friends were also staying on Anna Maria Island or nearby. Such as Bob and Janet Bevan, Mart and Claudia Sherry, Ron and Donna Henefer and Bill and Babe Tourtual .
Sunset on March 3 from left, Claudia, Connie, Janet, Donna, Phyllis and Babe. Below, from left, unknown, Torch, Bob, Mart and Ron.
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Is Colorado's allergy season worse than it used to be?
The Sun chats with a leading allergist on what's making us sneeze right now, what will make us sneeze next month, and whether climate change has made it worse than it used to be.
Michael Booth
3:25 AM MDT on Mar 19, 2021
Pollen grains are the male germ cells of plants, released to fertilize the corresponding female plant parts. When they are instead inhaled into human nasal passages, they can trigger allergies. (ZEISS Microscopy, licensed with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
This Newsmaker has been deemed by this Newsroom as having a specialized knowledge of the subject covered in this article.
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Ah, spring, the crocuses popping up to see if the pandemic is over. Lambs and calves gamboling in the fields.
Pollen coating your car and your lungs like Denver was rolled in baby powder.
More than 24 million Americans report hay fever each year, according to the CDC, and the sneezing and scratching of allergic rhinitis leads to 15 million doctor visits.
Dr. Pete Cvietusa is an allergy and immunology specialist for Kaiser Permanente in Colorado. (Kaiser Permanente photo)
So we checked in with Dr. Pete Cvietusa, an allergist with Kaiser Permanente in Colorado, about the unofficial start of allergy season and what we've learned over the years. Cvietusa is board certified in allergy and immunology; he trained in pediatrics in Colorado, completed his allergy training at National Jewish and now cares for all ages of allergy patients.
What month do Coloradans start coming to you with allergy related questions or complaints?
I'd say typically it's April, and the rest of spring. Fall is a big season, too. Things do kind of quiet down in the summer. It just depends on the person's allergies, but you know the allergy season can start as early as late February with trees pollinating.
Many of us assume that global warming must be making allergies worse, is there proof of that?
There is some emerging evidence that the seasons are getting longer and starting earlier. It's a little hard for us to appreciate that. I polled my group, and nobody could quite say for certain that we were definitely seeing an earlier and earlier start to the allergy season. People complain every year that it's the worst allergy season for them personally, so we've historically gotten that kind of communication from patients.
There are studies showing, in general, an expansion of allergy season and geography. As the planet warms, are there specific areas where doctors know it is now worse?
You know, I'm sure there are but I think the studies are looking at things more globally and not necessarily in a particular region. But from our vantage point here, I don't know that there's clearly a trend for a lengthening of the season. Clearly at a global level that's happening and there's evidence for that.
Pine trees develop male cones and female cones, like these. The pollen produced by male cones is carried to female cones by the wind. In places like Rocky Mountain National Park the pollen can be visible in the air or floating on water in the spring, but the park says only 2 to 3% of people are allergic to it. (Adam Nieścioruk, Unsplash)
What are the most common environmental allergies in the Denver metro area that you deal with, and what starts happening in about March, April with your patients?
It's more tree pollens in the spring, so cottonwood and your other tree pollens come out in April. Cottonwood trees are a big one, but cedar is also a real big one — the peak for that is usually April, and then continuing into June.
And would there be anything else in terms of grasses emerging, or flowers, in the springtime?
Grass pollen can be a pretty big deal and typically in Colorado has kind of a bi-modal peak, so it pops up in May, June, kind of quiets down in July, and it gets going again in August, September. In the fall, you'll have more of the weeds. And then we have some molds that really thrive in our dry climate, and they can be found in the air pretty much year round, except when there's enough snow on the ground to keep them out of the air.
Which leads me to a question that I hadn't thought about: Masks. Should these mask habits that we've developed continue for people if they're worried about allergies?
We saw a pretty big decrease in asthma visits during COVID, probably in part because people were just trying to stay away. But we do think that the masks help not only with COVID, but with other related infections and allergies. You probably have heard that the flu season was fairly nonexistent. I think it's also helped a little bit with allergens, it's not a complete protection, but it offers some partial protection, for sure.
What are the most common myths about seasonal or environmental allergies?
Some of the things that patients commonly come to me about are perfumes or strong odors or fire smoke or cigarette smoke. Not that those things don't cause people to have symptoms that are very similar to allergies, or that make their allergy symptoms worse, because they do. They are pretty potent irritants, but they are that: irritants. The key thing there is that there's not a test to validate that, whereas there is for pollens or animal dander or molds.
My analogy with patients is it's kind of like wind on the flames. The wind doesn't cause the fire to start but it sure makes it worse. Cold air is another irritant. It causes symptoms that are very similar to allergies but are not allergies. This is why there's Kleenex at the front of the ski area lift line.
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Any other common myths?
We see an awful lot of people thinking that they have food allergies and relate this to a huge variety of different symptoms. But I would say in general, these nose and eye allergy symptoms that people are getting are not due to a food allergy. They're going to be due to an airborne allergen. And food allergies present very, very differently, with very acute and consistent reactions: immediate hives, lip swelling and anaphylactic reactions.
What are your most common recommendations for people who have, let's say, a mild allergy?
For a lot of people allergies are fairly episodic, they're not so chronic. For that they can take over-the-counter antihistamines. Almost everything pharmacologically for the treatment of allergies has gone over the counter. For more chronic allergy symptoms, where they feel like they have a cold for prolonged periods of time, we generally recommend nasal steroids, and that can be a very effective treatment and perhaps is the most effective treatment. Although it has to be taken regularly, it's not something that offers quick relief.
And what's the generic for that? I believe Flonase is one of the brand names.
Flonase is one brand name, fluticasone is the generic. But there are other trade names and other generic steroids, and all of those can be purchased over the counter.
Are there different answers for people who have more debilitating allergies, lifelong.
There are people that pharmacology fails, and for those patients, we recommend allergy shots, which is a form of therapy that has been around for over 100 years and has lots of research and experience to show that it's a safe and effective. But it's very involved in terms of patient time and effort. It's usually weekly shots for four to six months, and then it's monthly thereafter. And so not everyone wants to go that route.
And before that you have to go through the series of tests that could also be time consuming.
Yes, the prerequisite is a very complete set of skin tests because we have to make sure that we put everything that a patient's allergic to into their shot mix. It works the same whether you're allergic to cats, dogs, mold or pollens. Some people, in part because of the way things are advertised, feel like there's certain medications that work for certain allergies, but not for others, and that's not been proven to be true.
So if I feel I have an allergy to a cat, I could take a Claritin-style drug for that in the same way that I would take it for tree pollen?
Exactly. It's going to work the same regardless.
What else would you recommend for people to help themselves before it gets to the stage of seeing a doctor, to handle the upcoming spring season.
Sometimes we just stay indoors on a particularly bad pollen day. If it's related to animal dander, then we certainly recommend trying to keep the pets out of the bedroom, to do as much dusting and vacuuming as they can to get rid of the indoor allergens. And in general, the more hard surfaces you have in a house, the less of an allergy issue that you have. Carpet is kind of a sponge in terms of soaking up all kinds of allergens.
We always ask in medical stories, how has the science and therefore the medicine changed in this field in recent years? Are treatments different?
I think one thing that's making a little bit of an impact is sublingual therapy. It's something that's been done for quite a while in Europe, but it's been slow to take hold here. In general the studies do show that allergy shots do work a bit better. But sublingual can be done at home and doesn't require a visit to the doctor. Only a few products are FDA approved currently. So, grasses, and one weed and dust mites currently are the only products approved.
Tell us what "sublingual" treatment means?
So instead of desensitizing with shots, people are putting drops under the tongue that have the allergen, and as you might guess, they can experience some oral itching because of that as a side effect. Some may not like that and want to discontinue, but in general it is a therapy safe enough to do at home. There is a general requirement to give patients an epi pen in case they do have a bad reaction at home. But it's typically done daily, usually a good month before the allergy season starts, and then during the allergy season. So, it is an option. It has its benefits and its downside, like I said, in general, shots are more comprehensive and tend to work a little bit better. It is a prescription item.
The Colorado Sun -- booth@coloradosun.com
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Denis Kozhukhin
July 2, 1986 Gorki
Denis Kozhukhin was launched onto the international scene after winning First Prize in the 2010 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. Previous awards include 1st Prize at the Vendome Prize in Lisbon in 2009, and 3rd Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2006.
Born in Nizhni Novgorod, Russia, in 1986 into a family of musicians, Denis Kozhukhin began his piano studies at the age of four with his mother. As a boy, he attended the Balakirev School of Music where he studied under Natalia Fish. From 2000 to 2007, Kozhukhin was a pupil at the Reine Sofia School of Music in Madrid learning with Dimitri Bashkirov and Claudio Martinez-Mehner.
Upon graduating, he received his diploma personally from the Queen of Spain and was named best student in his year and twice best chamber group with his own Cervantes Trio. After his studies in Madrid, Kozhukhin was invited to study at the Piano Academy at Lake Como where he received tuition from amongst others Fou Ts'ong, Stanislav Yudenitch, Peter Frankl, Boris Berman, Charles Rosen and Andreas Staier. He completed his studies with Kirill Gerstein in Stuttgart.
Kozhukhin has appeared at many of the world's most prestigious festivals and concert halls including the Verbier Festival, where he won the Prix d'Honneur in 2003, Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Rheingau Music Festival, Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, Santander International Festival, Carnegie Hall, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Munich Herkulessaal, Rotterdam De Doelen, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Auditorio Nacional Madrid, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Milan, Palau de la Musica Valencia, Théâtre du Châtelet and Auditorium du Louvre Paris.
Highlights of the 11/12 included the complete cycle of Prokofiev Piano Concertos with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra working with Jun Maerkl, Xian Zhang, Lan Shui, Ludovic Morlot and Martyn Brabbins, visits to the St Petersburg Philharmonic with Krivine, Bournemouth Symphony with Alsop, Belgian National with Maerkl, Luxembourg Philharmonic with Sinaisky and Orchestre National de Lille with Casdesus. As a recitalist he appeared at the Verbier Festival, Auditorium du Louvre Paris, De Doelen Rotterdam and the International Keyboard Institute and Festival New York, as well as his debut at the City of London Festival in July 2012.
In the 12/13 season Kozhukhin will perform with the Vienna Symphony with Alsop, Baltimore Symphony with Alsop, Seattle Symphony with Morlot, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony with Sinaisky, Royal Flemish with de Waart, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic with Petrenko, BBC Scottish Symphony with Runnicles and Bournemouth Symphony with Karabits. He returns to Japan in Spring 13 when Kozhukhin will perform the complete cycle of Prokofiev sonatas at Musashino Hall. He will also play the Prokofiev War Sonatas in London at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in May 13 as part of the Rest is Noise Festival.
Kozhukhin is a committed chamber musician and has worked with amongst others, Leonidas Kavakos, Renaud and Gautier Capucon, Radovan Vlatkovic, Dora Schwarzberg, Alisa Weilerstein, Jacob Koranyi and Alissa Margulis.
He gratefully acknowledges the support of the Solti Foundation from whom he received an award in 2010.
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The following tips were designed to help parents promote their child's school success. Remember, that being consistent with your message is key to it becoming a family value.
If you or your spouse had a negative experience in school, try not to project this through excuses and remarks that de-value education. Make your expectations about school clear from as early on as possible.
Explore your district's web page, read the calendar and put important events on your schedule. Attend conferences and visit your child's classroom. Know your school's overall test scores, demographics and the name of the principal. At functions, introduce yourself. Let it be known you'd like to be called or notified of any concerns. Promote the message that school success is a family value.
If your child is in elementary school, introduce yourself to the teacher, exchange phone numbers and email addresses and have a brief conference so you can share your child's goals for the year. If your child is in middle or high school, read the syllabus from each class. Locate the teacher's contact information and share with them your email and phone number. Target the classes that your child may have difficulty in and let them know you'd like to hear from them regularly.
Beginning around second grade, your child should have a regular agreed upon homework time ranging from a half hour to an hour and a half. It is usually best to have it start about an hour after school ends and after your child has had a snack. If your child says they are finished or claims to not have homework, the remaining time should be used to practice spelling or reading. The homework place should NOT be in front of the TV or in a loud part of your home. Homework time should not be disturbed.
To experience school success, children need guidance when learning organization skills. They usually toss all of their papers and assignments into their backpack and do not keep track of when things are due. In middle and high school, the number one reason student's fail a class is due to missing assignments. Help your child develop organizational skills by going through their backpack each night. Create a folder for homework assignments and a calendar to keep track of when assignments are due. Help them learn effective study skills early on will not only increase their school success now but greatly assist them not only in college, but in life.
Does this scenario sound familiar? How was school today? "FINE" What did you learn today? "NOTHING" Do you have any homework? "NO, I DID IT AT SCHOOL." Our children figure out pretty early on in life what we want to hear and are more than happy to tell us a few half-truths. Ask your child's teachers about the homework load and schedule. What does each teacher view as an important component to school success? Ask if you can have a progress report each Friday or an email letting you know if your child failed to turn in any assignments for the week.
Remember when your child was young? While learning their ABC's, colors and shapes, you probably made up games and songs about learning and had regular conversations about the world we live in. Your child was eager to learn and to show you how much they knew. Now that they are older, they still seek your interest and approval. Take the time to talk about the things they are learning, link family activities to academic subjects, have dinner conversations about current events and ask your child's opinion. You'll be surprised by the fact that your approval still matters.
Your child's friends may be correlated to their academic performance. If your child's friends value school success, the more likely it will be that your child will value education. Pay attention to new friendships. Skipping classes, experimentation with drugs or alcohol or a change in your child's appearance are all indicators of what "group" they are trying to identify with. Talk to your child about your expectations and values. Let them know early on what is acceptable and what is not.
It's amazing how many parents do not understand our public school's system of assessment. You should understand what grading system your district uses and know when to expect grades and report cards. If you see a pattern of declining performance, call your child's teacher and ask for a conference. Your child's cumulative file contains their test scores, grades and report cards from kindergarten though graduation. It is your right to view this file at any time. Once high school begins, meet with your child's counselor/advisor so you both understand how many credits are needed to graduate. Know the difference between required courses and electives. Understand what colleges expect from their incoming freshman. If your child gets behind in credits, find out your district's plan for credit recovery. By 11th grade, students deficient in credits are usually sent to continuation school or a county program and do not graduate from their home school.
If your child is struggling, ask what resources are available at your site. Most schools offer homework programs, tutoring, libraries and study groups. Reading and math labs are often available as electives to students struggling in these areas. There are numerous websites available on line that offer tutoring and allow you to know what the curriculum goals are for each of your child's classes. An example of a great math resource is sensible-math-education.com. There are also excellent tutoring programs available on line that can assist you with helping your child. You can also meet with a counselor or psychologist to discuss school success options. If your child is having problems with a particular teacher, ask a counselor or administrator to assist you with a teacher conference. Often, districts partnership with community resources like Boys and Girls Clubs or YMCA's and have programs and counseling services available as well.
Remember, you are not alone. We all struggle with parenting issues and with trying to make the best decisions for our children. If you need help, ask. Sometimes the best resource is finding someone who has already gone through the situation. Your district's CAC Chair may have a list of parent mentors. Remember, your school's student study team is an excellent way to begin problem solving if your child is not experiencing school success.
If your child is facing expulsion, or serious discipline consequences, read my special section on school discipline to better understand your rights and options.
If your child attends a private school or is enrolled in a home school program and you think they may have a learning disability, you can read about your rights under IDEA, services that may apply to your child and how to request an evaluation in my special sections focusing on these topics.
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Full name: William Conrad Francis Smeed
Born: 26th October 2001, Cambridge, England
Batting: Right-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm off-break
Education: King's College, Taunton
Relations: Brother: HST Smeed
Teams: England Under-19s (Under-19 ODI: 2018/19); England Under-19s (Under-19 Int Twenty20: 2018/19); England Under-19s (Under-19 limited overs: 2018/19); England Under-19s (Under-19 Twenty20: 2018/19); Somerset Second XI (Second Eleven Championship: 2017-2018); Somerset Second XI (Second Eleven Twenty20: 2018); Bridgwater (West of England Premier League: 2018); Somerset Under-14s (Under-14 County Cup: 2015-2017); Somerset Under-15s (Under-15 County Cup: 2015-2017); Somerset Under-17s (Under-17 County Cup: 2017-2018); Somerset Under-17s (Under-17 County Championship: 2016-2019); Glastonbury (Miscellaneous: 2015-2016); King's College, Taunton (Miscellaneous: 2016-2017); English Schools Cricket Association South and West Under-15s (Miscellaneous: 2016-2017); Somerset Second XI (Miscellaneous: 2017-2018); ECB Elite Player Development South and West Under-17s (Miscellaneous: 2017-2019)
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Under-19 ODI Career Batting and Fielding (2018/19)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 SRate Ct
England Under-19s 2 2 0 43 43 21.50 0 0 70.49 0
Under-19 Int Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2018/19)
England Under-19s 1 1 0 15 15 15.00 0 0 150.00 0


By the end of the year the CBC had chosen five sites for television stations and the CNR and CPR were working on a microwave relay system. The corporation had proposed two stations for Montreal and one each for Toronto, Ottawa and Hamilton. TV programs from the U.S. would be piped into Canada via the Hamilton station. The first station would likely be in Montreal and there would be two outlets in that city because of the two distinct languages - English and French. One difficulty for the establishment of a Toronto outlet would be the use of 25 cycle power service which presented several technical issues. Ontario Hydro had plans for conversion to 60 cycles current to be implemented within a "few years".
The CBC announced television production centres would be established in Montreal and Toronto, and if possible, would be designed for progressive expansion if and when required. Each of the stations would be equipped with 5,000 watt transmitters with provision for a second one in Montreal to provide French language service. The CBC's plans for a television network would go ahead as soon as communications companies established links between different centres. The first link would likely be between Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto, through either coaxial cables or short wave.
The transmission and development department of the CBC's engineering division announced the findings of its study on possible television transmitter sites for Montreal. The nine month survey established Mount Royal as the most practical point from which to beam TV signals to local and outlying districts.
Fergus Mutrie and Aurele Seguin, two experienced CBC executives, were appointed directors fo the corporation's television activities in Toronto and Montreal respectively.
The CBC announced that television in Canada would be started sometime in January of 1952 in Toronto. It had earlier been hoped that September would see the first TV transmissions in Toronto. In Montreal, final confirmation of the use of the Mount Royal antenna site came in May. The Montreal station would likely be on the air next spring, but would be subject to change due to building shortages, particularly in steel. Toronto would have two studios - one with 5,000 square feet and one with 2,000 square feet - plus a film library and transmission rooms. The estimated cost was $2,000,000 for studios and equipment in Toronto. Toronto would be the main production centre in English at the outset, producing some three hours of programming per day, of which about two hours would have to be supplied to Montreal. The Montreal station would be bilingual, but most of its originations would be French. In the future, it was hoped that some English productions would be made in Montreal.
The CBC confirmed that it would use Mount Royal for a transmitter site and was submitting its plan to municipal officials. The transmitter building would have a basement and one story and would house the TV transmitter and two FM transmitters. The tower, less than 300 feet high, would have the antenna of the city's first TV station at the very top. The two FM antennae would be underneath and there would be room for TV expansion. Engineers felt Mount Royal was the only suitable location for TV transmission following almost a year of study of all possible sites. They said the mountain was the only location to guaranty complete coverage of the metropolitan area. Tower height would be limited by civil aviation authorities in order to avoid interference with air traffic.
The CBC and Bell Telephone Co. signed a five year contract for the establishment of a TV network service. The plan called for the extension of the existing co-axial cable in Buffalo to Montreal and Toronto. The project was announced jointly by the New York and Canadian Bell companies. The Canadian phone company would undertake to lay cable between the two cities and a border point, where it would be connected to the Buffalo cable.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announced it would open a second television station in Montreal. CBFT went on the air in 1952 and had been airing programs in English and French. With the launch of the second station (CBMT), CBFT would switch to full-time French language programming. The new station would air English-language programs. A new transmitter had been ordered and would be installed along with the CBFT transmitter in the CBC transmitter house on top of Mount Royal. CBMT would use the same tower and studio facilities as CBFT.
After several delays, the second station for Montreal - CBMT - officially went on the air on January 10. The English-language station broadcast on channel 6. It became Montreal's first all English-language TV station, taking part of the programming load from CBFT which had been bilingual for the past sixteen months. CBMT was the country's seventh television station and the CBC's fifth. Studios and offices were in the Radio-Canada building along with the CBC's other stations. The transmitter was on the same Mount Royal tower as CBFT's. CBMT's programming would be filled largely with U.S. productions, supplied on film or over the microwave relay system from Buffalo through Toronto, and some CBC produced shows from Toronto. A few regular shows would originate in Montreal and be fed to the Ottawa-Toronto network, mainly children's programs, personality shows and a variety revue.
CBMT channel 6 was operating with an effective radiated power of 43,800 watts video and 26,200 watts audio. The transmitter was on Mount Royal.
CBMT's effective radiated power was now 100,000 watts video and 60,000 watts audio.
CBC Montreal was producing 50 hours of live programming a week for the English and French networks.
Montreal was said to be the largest television production centre in the world.
The CBC had 22 different owned and rented buildings throughout the city of Montreal. All of these facilities would come under one roof when Place de Radio-Canada was completed and in use by 1972. The building would be a 23 floor office tower, covering an area of 900 by 510 feet on a 25 acre plot of land in east-central downtown. Television facilities would include: six 3-camera production studios, one 4-camera colour production studio with audience capacity of 670, four presentation studios, one film studio, two sound dubbing studios, 15 rehearsal halls, telecine room, VTR room and other operations.
Leo Rampen, who created the CBC-TV network programs "Take 30" and "Man Alive" became director of CBC Television for Quebec.
On March 5, CBMT-4 Thetford Mines was authorized to decrease effective radiated power from 1,300 watts to 1,140 watts.
On March 16, CBMRT Fermont was given an extension of the interim authority to broadcast programs originating from CBNLT Labrador City instead of from CBMT Montreal.
On December 3, CBMT was authorized to add a transmitter at Rouyn-Noranda, on channel 38 with an effective radiated power of 1,100 watts, received via satellite.
On April 29, CBMCT Chibougamau and CBMYT Iles-de-la-Madeleine were authorized to change program source from the CBC Northern Television Service to CBMT, received via satellite.
On May 3, CBMT received permission to operate a transitter at Wakeham, on channel 24 with a transmitter power of 100 watts.
On February 10, CBMGT Fort George, CBMHT Fort Rupert, CBMDT Mistassini Post, CBMNT Nouveau-Comptoir (Wemindji) and CBVW-TV Waswanipi were authorized to change program source from the CBC Northern Television Service to CBMT Montreal, received via satellite. The CBC proposed the change in response to a request for more suitable programming by the Cree residents of these areas.
Denis Trudeau became CBMT's early evening news anchor after being co-host of CBC Radio's "As It Happens".
On April 21, CBVU-TV Maniwaki was given approval to change program source from the CBC Northern Television Service, received via satellite, to that of CBMT Montreal, received via satellite.
On September 13, CBMRT Fermont was authorized to change its program source from CBMT Montreal to CBNLT Labrador City, Newfoundland.
Roch Magnan was appointed senior producer of the evening newscast Newswatch.
Rene Bertrand was named sales manager at CBMT.
On October 7, the CBC received approval to amend the radiocommunication distribution undertaking licence for CBLIT Armstrong (ON), by changing the program source from the CBC Northern Television Service to CBMT Montréal. CBC North operated in the Atlantic time zone, whereas CBMT operated in the Eastern time zone. This proposal would enable viewers at Armstrong to receive the CBC's network programming in the Eastern time zone, which encompasses that community.
Lynn Desjardins became anchor of "Late Newswatch" on CBMT.
On November 23, CBMT received approval to delete transmitters CBMT-5 Sainte-Adèle, CBMT-6 Bolton-Est, CBMT-7 Ayer's Cliff and CBMA-TV Rouyn-Noranda.
On November 6, CBMYT Îles-de-la-Madeleine received permission to increase effective radiated power from 2,900 watts to 3,200 watts.
On September 5, CBMT was authorized to add a transmitter at Québec, operating on channel 5 with an effective radiated power of 13,850 watts. The new station was required because of the approved disaffiliation of CKMI-TV.
On May 1, approval was given for the relocation of the transmitter of CBMCT Chibougamau to the existing transmitter site of CBFAT Chibougamau and to decrease effective radiated power from 276 watts to 238 watts. The CBC would replace the existing antennas of CBFAT and CBMCT by a single omnidirectional antenna for both television services. The new antenna would be built on the site of CBFAT's antenna and use the same channels.
As of 2000, CBMT operated the following transmitters in Quebec: CBJET-1 Alma, CBMIT Baie Comeau, CBMST Blanc Sablon, CBVB-TV Chandler, CBMCT Chibougamau, CBJET Chicoutimi, CBMGT Chisasibi (Fort George), CBVA-TV Escuminac, CBVG-TV Gaspé, CBMUT Harrington Harbour, CBMYT Iles-de-la-Madeleine, CBMLT La Tabatière, CBMET La Tuque, CBVD-TV Malartic, CBVU-TV Maniwaki, CBMDT Mistassini, CBMMT Murdochville, CBVN-TV New Carlisle, CBVR-TV New Richmond, CBMVT Old Fort Bay, CBVP-TV Percé, CBVF-TV Port Daniel, CBVE-TV Québec, CBMPT Rivière-Saint-Paul, CBMXT Saint-Augustin-Saguenay, CBSET-1 Schefferville, CBSET Sept-Iles, CBMT-3 Sherbrooke, CBMT-4 Thetford Mines, CBMT-1 Trois-Rivières, CBVH-TV Wakeham, CBMHT Waskaganish, CBVW-TV Waswanipi, CBMNT Wemindji; Ontario: CBLIT Armstrong; Manitoba: CBDE-TV Brochet, CBDI-TV Poplar River and CBDG-TV Shamattawa.
On February 12, CBMT-1 Trois Rivières was given approval to move its antenna to a site 1.9 km northeast of the authorized site and to increase effective radiated power from 13,000 watts to 14,000 watts.
On October 19, CBMT-1 Trois-Rivières was authorized to increase average effective radiated power from 14,000 watts to 15,200 watts. The change would reflect the actual technical parameters following construction of the transmission facilities.
On November 12, CBMT received a transitional digital television licence for operation from Mont-Royal on channel 20VU with an effective radiated power of 107,000 watts.
CBMT began digital operations on February 21. The inaugural weekend schedule on March 5 and 6 included a premiere of the Nature of Things: Nature Bites Back - The Case of the Sea Otter. CBC HD then broadcast highlights from past and upcoming HD projects, including Hockey: A People's History (still in production). HD programming is based on the regular network schedule, with HD and wide-screen programming simulcast when available.
On May 12 the CRTC renewed CBMT's licence, including the following rebroadcast transmitters: CBMT-DT Montreal, CBJET Chicoutimi, CBJET-1 Alma, CBMCT Chibougamau, CBMDT Poste-de-Mistassini, CBMET La Tuque, CBMGT Chisasibi (Fort-George), CBMHT Waskaganish, CBMIT Baie-Comeau, CBMLT La Tabatiere, CBMMT Murdochville, CBMNT Wemindji, CBMPT Riviere-Saint-Paul, CBMST Blanc Sablon, CBMT-1 Trois-Rivieres, CBMT-3 Sherbrooke, CBMT-4 Thetford Mines, CBMUT Harrington Harbour, CBMVT Old Fort Bay, CBMXT Saint-Augustin (Saguenay), CBMYT Iles-de-la-Madeleine, CBSET Sept-Iles, CBSET-1 Schefferville, CBVA-TV Escuminac, CBVB-TV Chandler, CBVD-TV Malartic, CBVE-TV Quebec, CBVF-TV Port-Daniel (Eastern part), CBVG-TV Gaspe, CBVH-TV Wakeham, CBVN-TV New Carlisle, CBVP-TV Perce, CBVR-TV New Richmond and CBVV-TV Maniwaki and CBVW-TV Waswanipi...Manitoba: CBDE-TV Brochet, CBDG-TV Shamattawa and CBDI-TV Poplar River...Ontario: CBLIT Armstrong.
On July 28, the CRTC approved the applications by the CBC to amend the licenses for CBLT Toronto by adding the transmitter CBLIT Armstrong and for CBMT Montréal by removing the transmitter CBLIT. CBLIT will rebroadcast the programming of CBLT instead of that of CBMT in order to adequately serve the population of Armstrong.
On July 30, the CRTC approved the applications by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to amend the broadcasting licences for CBWT Winnipeg and CBMT Montréal in order for CBWT to replace CBMT as the source of programming broadcast by the rebroadcasting transmitters CBDE-TV Brochet, CBDI-TV Poplar River and CBDG-TV Shamattawa. The licensee stated that the proposed licence amendments would allow it to better serve the populations of Brochet, Poplar River and Shamattawa. As a result of the approval granted in this decision, the Commission revoked the authority granted to CBMT to broadcast programming on the rebroadcasting transmitters CBDE-TV, CBDI-TV and CBDG-TV.
On August 9, the CRTC administratively renewed the licence of CBMT-DT and CBMT (and its transmitters) to March 31, 2011.
On March 29, the CRTC administratively renewed the licence for CBMT-TV until August 31, 2012. The Commission noted that it did not intend to renew authorizations for full-power analog transmitters operating in the mandatory markets or on channels 52 to 69 outside the mandatory markets beyond August 31, 2011. By that time, the Commission expected licensees to have the necessary authority to broadcast in digital. In addition, the Commission imposed the following condition of licence on stations that operated in mandatory markets or on channels 52 to 69 outside the mandatory markets: Unless otherwise authorized by the Commission, the licensee shall not transmit analog television signals after 31 August 2011 in mandatory markets designated as such by the Commission in Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2011-184 or transmit television signals on channels 52 to 69. The CRTC also noted that pursuant to Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2010-69, it did not intend to renew authorizations to operate transitional digital transmitters included in these licences, beyond August 31, 2011.
The CRTC approved the amendment to the licence of CBMT-TV to add a post-transition digital television transmitter, operating on channel 21 with an effective radiated power of 436,340 watts (non-directional). Effective antenna height from Mount Royal would be 297.8 metres. Programming would be received by STL microwave.
(maximum of 84,000 watts). A directional antenna would be used with EHAAT of 500.1 metres. The CBC further applied to reduce the power of CBJET Chicoutimi so that it would change in status from protected to low-power unprotected while continuing to operate on the same channel: channel 58 with average ERP of 496 watts (maximum of 595 watts). A directional antenna would be used with EHAAT of 183.7 metres. Approval of the CBC's proposal, and related technical amendments, would provide additional time for affected households that rely on over-the-air service in mandatory markets to find other means to access the CBC's television services. Approval of the proposal would also provide an opportunity for the Commission to discuss the CBC's plans for its over-the-air transmitter system at the time of the CBC's licence renewal hearing, now scheduled for June 2012.
The deadline for the conversion of analog television to digital in mandatory markets was August 31. At 12:01 a.m. on September 1, CBMT-TV channel 6 left the air. It was replaced by the already operational CBMT-DT which was expected to operate at reduced power until December 31. CBMT-DT moved from transitional channel 20 to post-transitional channel 21. The virtual channel was 6.1. CBMT transmitters CBVE-TV Quebec City, CBJET Saguenay, CBMT-1 Trois-Rivieres and CBMT-3 Sherbrooke had authority to continue broadcasting in analog until August 31, 2012.
After 13 years with CTV Montreal, Debra Arbec moved to CBC Montreal to co-anchor CBC News 5, 5:30 and 6 with Andrew Chang. She was expected to debut at CBC in July. Arbec succeeded Jennifer Hall who left the CBC.
On July 17, the CRTC announced that effective 1 August 2012, it would revoke the broadcasting licences for CBIT Sydney and CBKST Saskatoon and their transmitters. The Commission also approved the request to amend the licences for 23 English- and French-language television stations operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in order that reference to all analog transmitters be deleted. The CBC planned to cease operation of all these transmitters on 31 July 2012. The licences for the following transmitters were removed from the CBMT-DT licence: CBJET-1 Alma, CBMIT Baie-Comeau, CBMST Blanc Sablon, CBVB-TV Chandler, CBMCT Chibougamau, CBJET Chicoutimi, CBMGT Chisasibi (Fort-George), CBVA-TV Escuminac, CBVG-TV Gaspé, CBMUT Harrington Harbour, CBMYT Iles-de-la-Madeleine, CBMLT La Tabatière, CBMET La Tuque, CBVD-TV Malartic, CBVU-TV Maniwaki, CBMMT Murdochville, CBVN-TV New Carlisle, CBVR-TV New Richmond, CBMVT Old Fort Bay, CBVP-TV Percé, CBVF-TV Port-Daniel (partie est), CBMDT Poste-de-Mistassini, CBVE-TV Québec, CBMPT Rivière-Saint-Paul, CBMXT Saint-Augustin (Saguenay), CBSET-1 Schefferville, CBSET Sept-Îles, CBMT-3 Sherbrooke, CBMT-4 Thetford Mines, CBMT-1 Trois-Rivières, CBVH-TV Wakeham, CBMHT Waskaganish, CBVW-TV Waswanipi, and CBMNT Wemindji.
On August 9, the CRTC administratively renewed the licence of CBMT-DT until August 31, 2013.
CBC News Montreal's Late Night expanded to 30 minutes from 10 minutes. The 11:00 p.m. local package was anchored by Nancy Wood.
On May 28, the CRTC renewed CBMT-DT's licence for a five year term, to August 31, 2018.


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Divorced dad-of-one Mr Cunning said: "It angers me to see bankers getting huge bonuses for failing when I am being punished for having a serious illness.
Usually this line elicited a sarcastic response from his master, the eponymous Edmund Blackadder: "As cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University?
He has shown himself to be a devious and cunning career criminal with no regard for his victims or others whose lives he has adversely affected.
Indeed, in the 'Introduction', Cunning lists twenty-two such issues on which he says he will defend original views.
You are plainly a cunning and manipulative person in the way you draw these girls into your control and use them for your own purposes.
Cunning of Grafton; a nephew, William Cunning and a niece, Mary Costa.
Cunning Clarets is an interesting candidate for top honours in the opener at Hexham.
The foundation is basically broke, said trustee Dennis Cunning, a retired CPA and a partner in Desler's Sweet Home-based Development by Design real estate firm.
Please could you let Mr Jones know that I have discovered a loophole in the cunning plan to get money from drivers.
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Episode 2 of the 6-part canadian documentary series, "Rebels", by writer/director Kevin Alexander. "A New Kind Of Bohemian" focuses on The Beat Generation: "Following World War II, a new period of post-war social complexity overtook America. It was during this turbulent, often repressive Cold War time that Jack Kerouac coined the phrase, "beat" and gave birth to a new literary movement. This film follows the activities of this new breed of writer: Kerouac, Cassady, Ginsburg and a handful of outsiders who became known as the "Beat Generation."
Rebels: A Journey Underground is an excellent Canadian documentary history of "the counterculture" produced for television in the late 1990s and narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. It's the work of writer/director Kevin Alexander, who did a great job with it. More people should see it. I'm happy to see that the series has been posted in full on YouTube.
The six-part series covers a wide swath of historical countercultures moving from William Blake and 1830s Parisian bohemians to mostly 20th century movements like hippie, Jazz, Beatniks, punk, and what was at the time the series was produced, the brave new world of cyberspace.
In the final episode, "Welcome to Cyberia," I tell the story on camera of the now notorious corporate fuck-up that resulted in Disinformation receiving well over a million dollars in funding from John Malone's TCI. This sum included $300,000 worth of marketing money—spent by yours truly in late 1996—that saw it featured on the Netscape homepage for five MONTHS. (If you're too young to know what Netscape refers to, it was a 90s predecessor of the browser that you are using right now, so that was a very big deal. It was kind of like being on the homepage of virtually everyone who wasn't logging on using AOL or Compuserve).
When Malone (an extreme conservative dubbed "Darth Vader" by Al Gore) saw Disinformation for the first time, his reaction, I was told by two people actually in the room, was "We paid for this anarchist bullshit? Get rid of it!"
Talking heads include Robert Anton Wilson, William Gibson, Douglas Rushkoff, Genesis P-Orridge, John Lydon, Jello Biafra, Captain Sensible, Richard Hell, Malcolm McLaren, Don Letts, Glen Matlock, Jon Savage, Caroline Coon, Paul Simonon, John Doe, Poly Styrene, Rosemary Leary, Ken Kesey, Paul Krassner, Ray Manzarek, Michael McClure, Anne Waldman, RU Sirius, Mark Pesce, John Perry Barlow, Rudy Rucker and many others.
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From Bohemia and 19th century European romanticism, this film looks back through history to uncover the beginning of "new vision" thinking in Western civilization and its links to what is now called counterculture. From 1830's Paris to New York City's Greenwich Village at the turn of the 20th century, it follows the paths which brought Europe's most rebellious voices to America. Includes profiles of William Blake, Victor Hugo, Theophile Gauthier, Charles Baudelaire, John Reed and Woody Guthrie.
by Richard Metzler, republished from Dangerousminds.net
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Futures & Pasts is a weekly radio show from Portland, Oregon which provides an enlightening mix of late'70's DIY punk, femme punk, postponk & current music exploring the same kinda noisemaking. It's hosted by Erika Elizabeth who has an impressively deep knowledge of her subject matter. She also contributes articles to the music zine Maximum RockandRoll.
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NOTES FOR THE EXHIBITION OF HELGA PARIS' PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS, STREET LEVEL PHOTOWORKS, GLASGOW, 2014
Fotografie is a retrospective look at the work of German photographer, Helga Paris. Exhibiting a collection of photos taken in East Germany in the postwar period, Paris's work is considered to be one of the most revealing and compassionate bodies of work reflecting life in Germany at that time. Going beyond a simple 'social study', Paris's technique was simply to engage with her subjects, rather than take on the role of the distant street photographer. In making this connection, the result has been a collection of photos that give the viewer an insight into a moment of the everyday lives of an East German resident.
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LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union (EU) has been threatening threats in the first place, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lamented on Thursday, citing Paris' blockade on the implementation of a memorandum of understanding on UK trade access to financial markets.
Several Reuters sources said on Wednesday that Paris had threatened to delay the implementation of financial service arrangements negotiated to put pressure on Britain to respect its fisheries commitment.
The European Commission and the government of Boris Johnson reached a Memorandum of Understanding on Financial Services at the end of March, which stipulates that regulators in the EU and Great Britain share their information. But the protocol must be ratified by 27 member states, which have not yet been launched.
France, which has made a connection between the two cases, at the same time condemns the new conditions for French fishermen to have access to areas beyond the Channel Islands, independent of the British Crown.
"Our approach to licensing European access (…) is consistent and based on evidence," said spokeswoman Boris Johnson.
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The Jandoli Institute will explore the role of corporate ticket companies in its next music and social justice online forum.
Stephen Wilt, an archivist at Media Transfer Service in Rochester, will lead the discussion, which is scheduled for Monday at 7 p.m.
"I plan to tackle a series of questions about ticket companies," Wilt said. "Who holds them accountable? Is it ethical for these companies to include donations as part of ticket prices?"
Wilt's presentation, part of the institute's "Sharp Notes, Sharp Thoughts" series, will be followed by an online discussion with:
David Freeman, a musician, producer and cultural arts educator. Freeman is a faculty member at Pace University's Department of Media, Communications, and Visual Arts and Director of Education for Brooklyn Raga Massive. He also serves on the board of The Association of Teaching Artists.
Alex R Gillham, an assistant professor of philosophy at St. Bonaventure University. Gillham's research focuses on topics in ethics, ancient philosophy and philosophy of religion. He is particularly interested in the connection between music, identity and morality.
Richard Lee, an associate professor in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University and executive director of the Jandoli Institute. He writes and comments regularly on the intersection of music and public policy. During his career as a journalist, he covered rock'n'roll for several years before establishing himself a political reporter.
Paul Ziek, chair of the Department of Media, Communications, and Visual Arts at Pace University, where he teaches strategic and organizational communication in both the undergraduate and graduate programs.
To register for Monday's forum, complete the institute's online Registration Form.
The Jandoli Institute launched "Sharp Notes, Sharp Thoughts" in October to explore the connection between music and social justice. The institute developed the project in collaboration with the Department of Media, Communications, and Visual Arts at Pace University. Through the project, scholars, musicians, journalists and others show how music has been – and can continue to be — a positive tool for social change.
Previous forums have explored how today's society should view the Band's 1969 song "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"; the Jazz and People's Movement which brought attention to African American jazz musicians in the 1970s; the role musicians' fans can play in promoting social justice and punk music's ability to question corporate behavior.
The institute serves as a forum for academic research, creative ideas and discussion on the intersection between media and democracy. The institute, accessible at jandoli.net, is part of the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University.
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Struggling Simmons ejected as Nets lose again
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PHOENIX — Brooklyn Nets forward Ben Simmons' struggles continued during a 117-112 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night in which he was ejected for arguing with referee Eric Lewis after playing just 18 minutes.
The loss was the fourth straight for the Nets, who continue to flounder without star forward Kevin Durant, who is out for several more weeks because of an MCL sprain in his right knee.
Nets coach Jacque Vaughn, when asked how the team could get Simmons back on track, pointed out that his struggles are coming on "both sides of the basketball."
"We need him to be productive, and that is without the fouls," Vaughn said. "That is helping us rebound the basketball. That is playing with poise and composure. That is pushing the pace for us.
"So unfortunately when you're a really good basketball player, your list is long and so are the responsibilities. And hopefully, we'll continue to ask of those things and challenge him and challenge this group to be able to answer those long lists."
After racking up his first triple-double as a Net in Tuesday's loss to the San Antonio Spurs, Simmons spent Thursday's game mired in foul trouble and finished with seven points, four rebounds, six assists and four turnovers. It has been a repeated pattern of inconsistency for the former All-Star, who has missed 11 games this season because of various injuries.
After being called for his fifth foul with 8:47 left in the third quarter, Simmons continued chirping at Lewis and was quickly whistled for two technicals in the span of a few seconds. After the game, he declined to go into details about the sequence.
"I don't want to say nothing because I ain't trying to get another fine," Simmons said.
Simmons said he believed he wasn't getting a consistent whistle throughout the game on how screens were being set.
"I think if you're going to call the game like that, then you got to be consistent," he said. "I think it's been like that all year. If you're going to call a moving back, then you got to be consistent [on] both ends. Same with the holding."
Aside from Simmons' performance in Thursday's game, the larger issue for the Nets is that he hasn't been the All-Star-caliber player the organization thought it was getting when it traded for him just before last February's deadline in a deal that sent James Harden to the Philadelphia 76ers. Simmons has shown flashes of his old play, but his inability to stay on the floor and contribute at a high level has become problematic as the season has worn on.
While Vaughn remains hopeful that Simmons will find his way with more film work and an ongoing dialogue with the coaching staff, Simmons' flaws are becoming more apparent as the Nets try to turn things around without Durant. The Nets go into Friday's game against the Utah Jazz having lost four straight and have road games with the Golden State Warriors and Simmons' old team, the 76ers, after that.
Simmons is averaging just 7.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 6.3 assists so far this year. So what else can the Nets do to get him going again?
"Same thing we've been doing is just give him a ton of confidence," Nets guard Kyrie Irving said. "But also knowing that he's mature enough to handle himself. He's a very talented basketball player, and we could name all the superlatives, but we need him in the game and I think he understands that, especially during this stretch we're going to need him in every game.
"I've gotten ejected before only once in my career. Tempers flare, you disagree with the refs, but the big picture is the most important thing, and on this team, I think Ben realizes that. But tonight, just his emotions got the best of him."
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These are questions that people should ask, but often don't. We're laying them out here for you, from the big-picture to the nitty-gritty. Let us know if a question you have belongs to the list.
Why does China matter ?
China in the 21st century is an emergent superpower still catching up to its own strength, an authoritative bureaucracy in the midst of organizing chaos—though it's already a strong player on the world stage, it still has ample room to grow. China has been the world's second largest economy by GDP since 2010, when it surpassed Japan. When GDP is adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity, though, China is officially the world's largest economy, according to the International Monetary Fund—meaning the country's consumers have more individual purchasing power than anywhere else in the world. And there are a LOT of consumers: one out of every five people in the world is Chinese. You may have been hearing that China's current GDP growth is the lowest it's been in decades (2016's was 6.7%). But that's only in comparison to its average growth rate of 10% per year since economic reforms in 1978; it's still doing extremely well in real terms (the U.S. GDP growth for 2016 was less than half of China's). Slowing down is part of a natural process after so much rapid growth. Much of the slowdown also has to do with China's shift from being a cheap manufacturer of goods (now that goes to countries like Vietnam or Mexico) to more of a major consumer with a huge and rapidly growing middle class. According to the 2015 Credit Suisse wealth report, China has a larger middle-class adult population than the United States. Read more: Global Wealth in 2015: Underlying Trends Remain Positive With such a large sector of new potential consumers, China is really one of the most important countries in the world right now in business as well as politics.
What makes Chinese clients different from others worldwide?
What do Chinese really want?
Related to the above answer, a huge emergent middle class—the largest in the world now—means also middle class values. Western companies used to only target China's uber-rich (China DOES have a lot of millionaires); but Chinese clients are now much more diverse, and no longer only in coastal cities. So what do Chinese people want? First, there's no one China or Chinese person: it's a huge country with distinct regions and regional preferences. China—with its 35 distinct administrative regions, 56 officially-recognized ethnicities, and over 200 mutually unintelligible dialects—is as complex a country as you can get. The differences in consumer appetite between one region of China and another are comparable to differences between countries elsewhere, not to mention the differences between Tier-1 cities (Beijing, Shanghai) and Tier-3 (Ziyang, Leshan). You really have to know who you're targeting. But there are certain trends we can count on. According to McKinsey's 2016 China Consumer Report, which surveyed 10,000 consumers across 44 cities in China, one huge trend that is already underway but will keep growing is the shift from mass market products to premium. Read more: Here comes the modern Chinese consumer Local brands will always best foreign ones for the mass market share, but Chinese brands aren't always as trusted for premium products, especially for cosmetics and health. 38% of surveyed consumers listed "organic/green food" as among their top three criteria—even though China itself doesn't have a credible organic certification, meaning foreign certifications are more important than ever. China's consumers are also growing younger, and as such, more Westernized than ever before. They check on-line reviewsand are more likely to try new things—including specialized items like laundry softeners, unused by their predecessors. Read more: Mapping China's middle class Consumer strategies that used to work—appealing to a wide range of people with a standardized product—don't anymore. Chinese people are becoming much more particular with what they like or not, and strategies need to be tailor-made—but the good thing is that compared to previous generations, they spend a higher percentage of their earnings—so if they really like something, they won't necessarily save for later.
Can I still come to China if I don't know Chinese or much about the country?
Do people here speak English?
Unlike Europe, where almost everyone with a higher education speaks fluent English, most businesspeople in China don't—not even the big bosses, and certainly not most suppliers and manufacturers. That's where we come in. If you have a great product or service, we help you understand how to place it in China and can be with you the whole way from strategizing to network-building to that final contract-signing—and beyond.
But why can't my Chinese-speaking friend just be my interpreter?
Not unless your friend also happens to be a part-time diplomat, businessperson, and master negotiator. So much of interpretation is beyond language itself but about tone, cultural context, and prior experiential knowledge. If you simply allow anyone to translate your company's documents, be prepared for miscommunication, missing information, or even too much(!) information, all at detriment to your cause.
Can I just sell directly to China? Why do I need someone in the middle?
Unless your product truly has incredible margins (that locals would take advantage of at which would be a loss to you), the Chinese really prefer working with people who understand China and Chinese. You need someone Chinese-savvy by your side to navigate the market. Even simple things like money transfer and payment expectations differ in China. If you can't establish yourself permanently in China, you'll need someone suppliers and distributors can reach easily. You'll also need to operate with on on a whole different social media marketing scheme, with China-specific mobile platforms (see What is WeChat?); traditional web-sites are not nearly as important in China as mobile. On the administrative side, with China's complicated and ever-evolving import/export regulations and labor laws, foreign companies are often left out of the loop when the rules change. For employees, the Chinese government obligates employers to file staff information with relevant bureaus, maintain files, and pay social benefits and taxes for their employees. So even if you decide to sell on your own, if you want any legal Chinese employees, you'll need a labor agency. Chinese regulations aren't always by the book, either. Sometimes the official web-site says one thing, but word-of-mouth says another. Which one do you think works? If your product is not approved despite thinking you met all the requirements, it takes Chinese connections and digging to even understand why.
As local experts, consultants are your modern-day guides and gurus: part-lawyer, part-interpreter, part-coach. We are problem-solvers but also problem-preventers, with culturally-sensitive solutions to market research, relationship-building, and strategy. We make things clear for you to take the next step. Consultants give common sense business advice, backed up by first-hand research, experience, and connections. Here at LITAO, though, we do more than give advice: we actually help you implement our suggestions. A China consultant is a hands-on guide for everything that doesn't make sense in this country—culturally, linguistically, logistically, and legally. We're different from company agents or representatives because we don't just follow the status quo for business; we help you strategize for long-term growth. And while interpretation is one of our services, helping you understand the language and negotiate with business partners is only one small part of the services we provide. All cultures have had their advice-givers: from shamans and medicine men to viziers and general counsels. Shamans take information from other worlds to use in this one. Premiers and viziers counsel their heads of state. General counsels give legal advice from decades of litigation experience. All of them act as intermediaries between experience and decision. All of them help a tribe, country, or company become better versions of themselves.
What should a company do before coming to China?
I'm communicating with my Chinese supplier/manufacturer/distributor/business partner and don't understand their response.
"Language is not only how we express our thoughts, it is also how we create our thoughts." —Chin-Ming Chu We often hear clients say something like, "I don't understand what this person's answer is. I asked an open-ended question and he answered 'yes.'" A lot of that comes down to knowing how to ask the right question. Not only is there a language barrier, sometimes the Chinese don't understand your specific standards—"good enough" may well be satisfactory, and they may only want to assure you everything is alright even when it's not—especially if they can fool a newcomer. Business negotiation means asking specific, tailored questions so the answerer cannot escape into vagueness. (Sometimes to avoid saying a direct "no" to a request, the Chinese will simply say "we'll see" or delay.) You have to know the key words before you ask—this is where we can help. The Chinese also don't necessarily think in a linear fashion, so don't always expect proposals to go from A to B to C or a business plan with a distributor to adhere strictly to dead-line. Doing business in China often means going in circles, many meetings just to get to know you; until the distributor trusts you (a.k.a. you are friendly, if not friends), business is not likely to happen. That's why guanxi (below) are so important in China. Chinese businesspeople who have worked with us in the past know they can trust us, so they will also trust you.
What is guanxi and why is it so important in China?
Everyone here knows: To do business in China, you need to have two things: guanxi and money. Just money is not enough. "Guanxi" means personal connections: that network of links between people who know each other and would do favors for each other, in business and in life. In China, a land where almost everything can be faked, so much depends on personal trust. Flesh-and-blood people are more reliable than words on-line and less likely to disappear—especially if you've known them for a while. Guanxi is so important in China that some Chinese corporations will actually hire and keep staff to perform solely the role of knowing someone or being in contact with someone who needs to be known. This kind of position definitely doesn't exist in Western companies! We have spent years cultivating trust with all kinds of people through face-to-face meetings and a history of great work. Learn about our guanxi.
What does due diligence really mean in China, and why is it important to do a background-check before buying a load?
Due diligence is really about making sure any company is what it says it is. This ranges from whether or not the company actually exists to whether they have positive feedback, regular employees, and good finances; in the course of our work, we've found fake copy-cat companies before with offshore accounts, or companies with web-sites and no manufacturing facilities, or even companies borrowing others' offices. If you don't check first, there is no way any court can get the money back for you. Assume the worst to guarantee the best. LITAO once saved a company 30,000 EUR through noticing the company name on the invoice did not match the one they gave elsewhere. The above is financial or operational due diligence, and suppliers certified with the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) may be qualified on paper, but real-time experience and word-of-mouth reputation is even better. You need experienced people to verify if documents, including a business license, are real, as well as to be aware of common scams. The second kind of due diligence actually happens AFTER you've found a supplier you want to work with. This is factory-level product QC, and again requires regular local visits to ensure quality; even if the first sample batches are okay, the factory may cut costs in the future so batches must be checked regularly pre-shipment to ensure product quality.
I've heard everyone talk about it, but I'm still not sure if I should have it.
Owned by Chinese tech giant TenCent, WeChat is China's answer to Facebook, Skype, WhatsApp, Apple Pay, and traditional web-sites—combined. It can do everything from simple and group chats to transferring money, shopping, playing games, ordering food, paying bills, hailing cabs, and following your favorite companies. As of 2016, the app has grown 35% in the last year to 850 million active monthly users and 1.1 billion registered ones, almost all of them in China. The numbers alone don't show how dedicated users are though: the app has ~750 million DAILY users, half of whom use the app at least 90 minutes a day. Also, 85% of users are between the ages of 22 - 55, a core consumer demographic. Communicating by WeChat, not e-mail or phone, is the preferred method even for business as well as personal matters. So much of China, especially the young and new middle-class consumers, do their looking, shopping, and talking on mobile, which is becoming increasingly more important than traditional web-sites. East Asia in particular loves mobile social network accounts: WeChat also has an enterprise option for companies to open Official Accounts, which people can then follow for news, promotions, and group chats. Many companies actually test apps by launching an official WeChat account first to see if they're popular. Here is a brief data report from WeChat itself.
Why can't I use a black & white picture of my team on my Chinese website?
In China, black and white pictures are only used for deceased people, so of course you wouldn't want that on your web-site. This is an example of everyday cultural context you won't find in any guidebook on China, but only case by case.
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All of the below are great information portals for doing business in China. They still can't beat first-hand, targeted research, but they're a good start to understanding China.
Written by a team of lawyers immersed in China's legal system, this blog has lots of nitty-gritty details on bureaucratic procedures, intellectual property matters, and other China-specific business solutions.
This project funded by the European Union offers free consulting for small and medium-sized enterprises working in China.
A blog on Chinese negotiation solutions for Westerners doing business in China. Includes business deal warning signs, conflict management tips and other cultural broker advice.
Don't just rely on the Western media's portrayal of China. Caixin is China's version of "The Economist" and China's most widely read source of business and finance news—independent and significantly less biased than other local media, but more in-depth than international news sources.
A page in English provided by China's highest executive body on guidelines and forms for doing foreign business in China.
Downloadable PDF link for "The Modernization of the Chinese Consumer" at bottom. McKinsey surveyed 10,000 consumers across 44 cities in China to establish current consumer trends.
Data in English provided from the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Provides statistical data at various regional and national levels, including consumer and producer goods and prices, industrial production, census, and market and industry surveys.