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Propast je americký vědeckofantastický film z roku 1989, který napsal a režíroval James Cameron a ve kterém hrají Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio a Michael Biehn. Film byl uveden do kin 9. srpna 1989, získal vesměs pozitivní recenze a vydělal 89,8 milionu dolarů. Získal Oscara za nejlepší vizuální efekty a byl nominován na další tři Oscary.

Film pojednává o situaci, kdy se v Karibiku potopí americká ponorka. Americký pátrací a záchranný tým spolupracuje s posádkou ropné plošiny a závodí se sovětskými plavidly o záchranu lodi. Hluboko v oceánu pak narazí na něco nečekaného.

Zápletka

V lednu 1994 se americká ponorka USS Montana třídy Ohio setká s neidentifikovaným podmořským objektem a potopí se poblíž Kajmanského příkopu. V době, kdy se do oblasti přesouvají sovětské lodě, aby se pokusily ponorku zachránit, a nad oblastí se pohybuje hurikán, vyšle americká vláda tým SEAL na Deep Core (v překladu Hluboké jádro), soukromou experimentální podvodní vrtnou plošinu poblíž Kajmanského příkopu, kterou má použít jako základnu. Konstruktérka plošiny, doktorka Lindsey Brigmanová, trvá na tom, že pojede s týmem SEAL, přestože jejím současným předákem je její odcizený manžel Virgil "Bud" Brigman.

Během počátečního vyšetřování na Montaně dojde k výpadku proudu v ponorce týmu a Lindsey spatří podivné světlo kroužící kolem ponorky, které později nazve "mimozemskou inteligencí" neboli "NTI". Poručík Hiram Coffey, velitel týmu SEAL, dostane rozkaz urychlit jejich misi a bez svolení Deep Core vezme jednu z miniponorek, aby z Montany vyzvedl bojovou hlavici rakety Trident právě ve chvíli, kdy nad ní udeří bouře, takže se posádka nemůže včas odpojit od své podpůrné lodi na hladině. Kabelový jeřáb se odtrhne od lodi a spadne do příkopu, přičemž táhne Deep Core až k okraji, než se zastaví. Vrtná plošina je částečně zaplavena, což zabije několik členů posádky a poškodí její energetické systémy.

Posádka přečká bouři, aby mohla obnovit komunikaci a být zachráněna. Když bojují s chladem, zjistí, že NTI vytvořily oživlý sloupec vody, který zkoumá plošinu, což Lindsey přirovnává k jejich verzi dálkově ovládaného vozidla. Ačkoli se k němu chovají se zvědavostí, Coffey je rozruší a rozřízne ho napůl tím, že na něm zavře tlakovou přepážku, což ho přiměje k ústupu. Když si posádka uvědomí, že Coffey trpí paranoiou z vysokotlakého nervového syndromu, špehuje ho prostřednictvím ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle, podmořský dron) a zjistí, že spolu s dalším SEALem odjišťuje hlavici k útoku na NTI. Aby se ho pokusil zastavit, Bud s Coffeym bojuje, ale Coffey uniká v miniponorce se zapálenou hlavicí; Bud a Lindsey ho pronásledují v druhé ponorce a obě poškodí. Coffeymu se podaří odpálit hlavici do příkopu, ale jeho ponorka se snese přes okraj a při implozi ho rozdrtí. Budova miniponorka je nefunkční a nabírá vodu; s jediným funkčním potápěčským oblekem se Lindsey rozhodne pro hluboké podchlazení, když ji pohltí studená voda oceánu. Bud doplave s jejím tělem zpět na plošinu; tam jí spolu s posádkou poskytnou první pomoc a oživí ji.

Je rozhodnuto, že je třeba zneškodnit hlavici, která se nachází více než 2 míle pod nimi. Jeden z příslušníků SEAL, praporčík Monk, pomůže Budovi použít experimentální potápěčský oblek vybavený kapalinovým dýchacím přístrojem, který mu umožní přežít v této hloubce, ačkoli bude schopen komunikovat pouze prostřednictvím klávesnice na obleku. Bud se začne potápět za asistence Lindseyina hlasu, který ho udržuje v souhře s účinky rostoucího tlaku, a dosáhne bojové hlavice. Monk ho vede při jejím úspěšném zneškodnění. Když už je v systému jen málo kyslíku, Bud vysvětlí, že věděl, že je to jednosměrná cesta, a řekne Lindsey, že ji miluje. Zatímco čeká na smrt, k Budovi přistoupí NTI, vezme ho za ruku a zavede ho do mimozemského města hluboko v příkopu. Uvnitř města vytvoří NTI pro Buda atmosférickou kapsu, která mu umožní normálně dýchat. NTI pak přehrají Budovu zprávu jeho ženě a oba se na sebe s porozuměním podívají.

Na stanici Deep Core čeká posádka na záchranu, když se objeví zpráva od Buda, že potkal nějaké přátele, a varuje je, aby se drželi. Základna se otřese a světla z příkopu přinesou přílet mimozemské lodi. Vynoří se na hladinu oceánu, přičemž Deep Core a několik povrchových lodí narazí na její trup. Posádka Deep Core opouští plošinu a diví se, že netrpí dekompresní nemocí. Uvidí Buda, jak vychází z mimozemské lodi, a Lindsey ho běží obejmout.

Speciální vydání

V rozšířené verzi se události ve filmu odehrávají na pozadí konfliktu mezi Spojenými státy a Sovětským svazem, který může vést až k totální válce; potopení lodi Montana agresi navíc podněcuje. Mezi Budem a Lindsey dochází k většímu konfliktu, pokud jde o jejich dřívější vztah. Hlavním doplňkem je závěr: když Buda odvedou na mimozemskou loď, začnou mu ukazovat záběry války a agrese ze zpravodajských zdrojů z celého světa. Mimozemšťané pak vytvoří mohutné megatsunami, které ohrožuje světové pobřeží, ale zastaví je ještě předtím, než udeří. Bud se zeptá, proč ušetřili lidi, a oni mu ukážou jeho vzkaz Lindsey.

Produkce

Herbert George Wells jako první představil pojem mořského mimozemšťana ve své povídce "V propasti" z roku 1897. Nápad na film Propast se zrodil v hlavě Jamese Camerona, když se ve svých sedmnácti letech na střední škole zúčastnil vědecké přednášky o hlubinném potápění, kterou vedl Francis J. Falejczyk, jenž jako první člověk dýchal tekutinu plícemi při pokusech, které prováděl Johannes A. Kylstra na Dukeově univerzitě. Následně napsal povídku, která se zaměřila na skupinu vědců v laboratoři na dně oceánu. Základní myšlenka se nezměnila, ale mnoho detailů bylo v průběhu let upraveno. Jakmile Cameron dorazil do Hollywoodu, rychle si uvědomil, že skupina vědců není tak komerční, a změnil ji na skupinu dělníků. Při natáčení Vetřelců Cameron viděl film National Geographic o dálkově ovládaných vozidlech operujících hluboko v severním Atlantiku. Tyto záběry mu připomněly jeho povídku. Spolu s producentkou Gale Anne Hurdovou se rozhodli, že jejich dalším filmem bude Propast. Cameron napsal zpracování kombinované s prvky scénáře pro natáčení, které vyvolalo velký zájem Hollywoodu. Poté napsal scénář, přičemž postavu Lindsey založil na Hurdové, a do konce roku 1987 jej dokončil. Cameron a Hurdová byli před natáčením Propasti manželé, během preprodukce se rozešli a v únoru 1989, dva měsíce po hlavním natáčení, se rozvedli.

Preprodukce

Herci a štáb trénovali týden na Kajmanských ostrovech potápění pod vodou. Bylo to nutné, protože 40 % všech hlavních záběrů hraného filmu probíhalo pod vodou. Cameronova produkční společnost navíc musela navrhnout a postavit experimentální zařízení a vyvinout nejmodernější komunikační systém, který poprvé umožnil režisérovi mluvit s herci pod vodou a dialogy nahrávat přímo na pásku.

Cameron původně plánoval natáčet na Bahamách, kde se příběh odehrával, ale rychle si uvědomil, že kvůli kaskadérským kouskům a speciálním vizuálním efektům potřebuje zcela kontrolované prostředí. Uvažoval o natáčení filmu na Maltě, která měla největší nefiltrovanou vodní nádrž, ale ta Cameronovým potřebám nevyhovovala. Podvodní sekvence pro film se natáčely v jednotce Gaffney Studios, která se nacházela jižně od vodopádů Cherokee Falls u města Gaffney v Jižní Karolíně, které bylo opuštěno představiteli společnosti Duke Power poté, co předtím utratili 700 milionů dolarů za výstavbu jaderné elektrárny Cherokee, podél ulice Owensby Street v Gaffney v Jižní Karolíně.

Byly použity dvě speciálně zkonstruované nádrže. První z nich, založená na primární ochranné nádobě reaktoru opuštěné elektrárny, pojmula 7,5 milionu amerických galonů (28 000  m³) vody, byla 55 stop (18 m) hluboká a 209 stop (70 m) široká. V té době se jednalo o největší sladkovodní filtrovanou nádrž na světě. Další scény se natáčely ve druhé nádrži, nevyužívané turbíně, která pojmula 2,5 milionu amerických galonů (9 500  m³) vody. Když produkční štáb spěchal, aby dokončil natírání hlavní nádrže, přitekly do ní miliony galonů vody a trvalo pět dní, než se naplnila. Souprava Deep Core byla ukotvena k 90tunovému betonovému sloupu na dně velké nádrže. Skládala se ze šesti dílčích a kompletních modulů, jejichž plánování a stavba od nuly trvala více než půl roku.

Kanadská komerční potápěčská společnost Can-Dive Services Ltd., která se specializuje na saturační potápěčské systémy a podvodní technologie, speciálně pro film vyrobila dvě pracovní plavidla (Flatbed a Cab One). Na stavbu kulis byly vynaloženy dva miliony dolarů.

Natáčení probíhalo také v největším podzemním jezeře na světě, v dole Bonne Terre ve státě Missouri, které bylo pozadím pro několik podvodních záběrů.

Hlavní natáčení

Hlavní nádrž nebyla připravena včas pro první den hlavního natáčení. Cameron odložil natáčení o týden a posunul plán natáčení menší nádrže a požadoval, aby byla připravena několik týdnů před plánovaným termínem. Natáčení nakonec začalo 15. srpna 1988, ale stále se vyskytovaly problémy. První den natáčení v hlavní nádrži došlo k úniku vody a z nádrže vytékalo 150 000 amerických galonů (570  m³) vody za minutu. Studio přivolalo odborníky na opravu přehrad, aby ji utěsnili. Kromě toho byly nesprávně nainstalovány obrovské trubky s kolenovými tvarovkami. Byl v nich tak velký tlak vody, že kolena praskla.

Cameronův kameraman Mikael Salomon použil tři kamery ve speciálně navržených vodotěsných pouzdrech. Další speciální pouzdro bylo navrženo pro scény, které přecházely z dialogů nad vodou do dialogů pod vodou. Filmaři museli vymyslet, jak udržet vodu dostatečně čistou pro natáčení a dostatečně tmavou, aby vypadala realisticky ve výšce 2 000 stop (700 m), čehož bylo dosaženo tím, že ve vodě plavala silná vrstva plastových kuliček a horní část nádrže byla zakryta obrovskou plachtou. Cameron chtěl vidět hercům do tváří a slyšet jejich dialogy, a proto najal společnost Western Space and Marine, aby zkonstruovala přilby, které by pod vodou zůstaly opticky průhledné, a do každé přilby nainstalovala nejmodernější mikrofony letecké kvality. Důležitým faktorem byly také bezpečnostní podmínky, kdy byla na místě instalována dekompresní komora, potápěčský zvon a bezpečnostní potápěč pro každého herce.

Dýchací kapalina použitá ve filmu skutečně existuje, ale byla důkladně zkoumána pouze na zvířatech. V předchozích 20 letech byla testována na několika zvířatech, která přežila. Krysa zobrazená ve filmu skutečně dýchala tekutinu a přežila bez úhony. Produkce konzultovala správné použití dýchací kapaliny pro film s doktorem Kylstrou. Ed Harris ve skutečnosti tekutinu nedýchal. Zadržoval dech v helmě plné tekutiny, zatímco byl vlečen 30 stop (10 m) pod hladinou velké nádrže. Vzpomínal, že nejhorší chvíle prožíval, když byl vlečen s kapalinou, která mu proudila do nosu, a s oteklýma očima.

Herci hráli své scény v hloubce 33 stop (11 m), což je příliš malá hloubka na to, aby potřebovali dekompresi, a zřídkakdy zůstávali dole déle než hodinu v kuse. Cameron a 26členný potápěčský tým se potopili do hloubky 17 m a zůstali tam pět hodin. Aby se vyhnuli dekompresní nemoci, museli viset na hadicích v polovině nádrže až dvě hodiny a dýchat čistý kyslík.

Herci a štáb vydrželi více než šest měsíců vyčerpávajících šestidenních a sedmdesátihodinových týdnů na izolovaném natáčení. V jednu chvíli se Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio na place fyzicky a emocionálně zhroutila a při jiné příležitosti Ed Harris spontánně vzlykal, když jel domů. Sám Cameron přiznal: "Věděl jsem, že to bude náročné natáčení, ale ani já jsem netušil, jak moc. Už to nikdy nechci zažít".

Například při scéně, kdy jsou části plošiny zaplaveny vodou, si uvědomil, že zpočátku nevěděl, jak minimalizovat nebezpečnost této sekvence. Trvalo mu více než čtyři hodiny, než záběr bezpečně připravil. Herec Leo Burmester řekl: "Natáčení filmu Propast bylo to nejtěžší, co jsem kdy dělal. Jim Cameron je typ režiséra, který vás tlačí na hranu, ale nenutí vás dělat nic, co by sám neudělal." Bouřka způsobila, že se v černé plachtě, která zakrývala hlavní nádrž, protrhla 200 stop (65 m) dlouhá trhlina. Její oprava by zabrala příliš mnoho času, a tak produkce začala natáčet v noci. Kromě toho kvetoucí řasy často během několika hodin snížily viditelnost na 6 m (20 stop). Nadměrné chlorování vedlo k tomu, že se potápěčům pálila kůže a obnažené vlasy se svlékaly nebo zbělely.

Jak produkce pokračovala, pomalé tempo a každodenní psychická i fyzická zátěž natáčení začaly herce a štáb vyčerpávat. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio vzpomínala: "Nikdy jsme nezačali a nedokončili žádnou scénu v jeden den". V jednu chvíli Cameron hercům řekl, aby si ulevili v neoprénu, aby ušetřili čas mezi záběry. Při natáčení jednoho z mnoha záběrů scény resuscitace Mastrantoniové, kdy byla promočená, nahoře bez a opakovaně ji fackovali a bušili do hrudi, došel kameře film, což Mastrantoniovou přimělo k tomu, aby se s křikem "Nejsme zvířata!" vyřítila z placu.

Při některých záběrech ve scéně, která se zaměřuje na Eda Harrise, křičel do vzduchu, protože Mastrantonio odmítl scénu znovu natočit. Michael Biehn byl z čekání také frustrovaný. Tvrdil, že byl v Jižní Karolíně pět měsíců a hrál jen tři až čtyři týdny. Vzpomínal, jak byl jednou deset metrů pod vodou a "najednou zhasla světla. Byla taková tma, že jsem si neviděl na ruku. Nemohl jsem se vynořit. Uvědomil jsem si, že se odtamtud možná nedostanu." Harris vzpomíná: "Jednoho dne jsme byli všichni v šatnách a lidé začali vyhazovat gauče z oken a rozbíjet zdi. Prostě jsme si museli vybít frustraci."

Cameronová na tyto stížnosti reagovala slovy: "Za každou hodinu, kterou oni strávili vymýšlením, jaký časopis si přečíst, jsme my strávili hodinu na dně nádrže a dýchali stlačený vzduch." Po 140 dnech a překročení rozpočtu o 4 miliony dolarů bylo natáčení 8. prosince 1988 konečně ukončeno. Před uvedením filmu do kin se objevily zprávy z Jižní Karolíny, že Eda Harrise natolik rozrušila fyzická náročnost filmu a Cameronův diktátorský režijní styl, že prý odmítl pomáhat s propagací snímku. Harris později tuto fámu popřel a s propagací filmu pomáhal. Po uvedení filmu do kin a jeho počáteční propagaci se však Harris filmu veřejně zřekl a prohlásil: "Nikdy o něm nebudu mluvit a nikdy mluvit nebudu". Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio se filmu rovněž zřekla a prohlásila: "Propast byla spousta věcí. Zábavné natáčení není jednou z nich."

Postprodukce

Pro vytvoření mimozemského vodního chapadla Cameron původně zvažoval celovečerní animaci nebo chapadlo vymodelované z hlíny a poté animované technikou stop motion s promítáním vodních odrazů. Phil Tippett navrhl Cameronovi, aby kontaktoval společnost Industrial Light & Magic. Práce na speciálních vizuálních efektech byla rozdělena mezi sedm divizí FX, přičemž práce na řízení pohybu prováděla společnost Dream Quest Images a počítačovou grafiku a optiku ILM. ILM navrhla program, který pro pseudopod vytvářel povrchové vlny různých velikostí a kinetických vlastností. Pro okamžik, kdy napodobuje tváře Buda a Lindsey, nechal Ed Harris naskenovat osm svých výrazů obličeje, zatímco dvanáct výrazů Mastrantoniové bylo naskenováno prostřednictvím softwaru používaného k vytváření počítačem generovaných soch. Scéna byla vyfotografována ze všech úhlů a digitálně rekonstruována, aby pseudopod mohl být přesně zakomponován do hraných záběrů. Společnost strávila šest měsíců vytvářením 75 sekund počítačové grafiky potřebné pro tvora. Film měl mít premiéru 4. července 1989, ale jeho uvedení se kvůli problémům s produkcí a speciálními efekty o více než měsíc zpozdilo. Na animované sekvence dohlížel ředitel animace ILM Wes Takahashi.

Vedení studia bylo nervózní ohledně komerčních vyhlídek filmu, když se diváci na předpremiéře smáli scénám s vážným záměrem. Lidé z branže uvedli, že ke zpoždění premiéry došlo proto, že nervózní vedení nařídilo kompletně přetočit závěr filmu. Otázkou byla také výše rozpočtu filmu: 20th Century Fox uvedlo, že rozpočet činil 43 milionů dolarů, což zopakoval i sám Cameron. Odhady však uvádějí vyšší částku: The New York Times odhadují náklady na 45 milionů dolarů, jeden z vedoucích pracovníků tvrdí, že náklady činily 47 milionů dolarů, zatímco webová stránka The Numbers sledující tržby v pokladnách kin uvádí rozpočet na produkci ve výši 70 milionů dolarů.

Reference

Filmy z roku 1989
Americké dobrodružné filmy


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Is East Asia exempt from the malaise of the West?
I keep reading blog posts and comments which hold up East Asian societies as a model of adaptation - usually in relation to their nationalism and embrace of immigration restrictions - and on this basis recommend East Asian ideology as an antidote (a non-Christian antidote) to Western malaise.
I refute it thus:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_median_age
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_fertility_rate
If a Martian anthropologist saw this degree of chosen fertility suppression, amidst abundance; and most extreme among the wealthiest, most intelligent and skilled - he would diagnose extreme stress.
Since there is no obvious and powerful adverse physical stress, he would diagnose extreme existential alienation, demoralization, and demotivation.
Very extreme.
Note: I refute it thus - is a quotation from Samuel Johnson, as reported by his biographer James Boswell.
http://www.samueljohnson.com/refutati.html
Posted by Bruce Charlton at Tuesday, July 16, 2013
JP said...
East Asian countries do not have an ideology. What they have are variations of European ideologies such as nationalism, communism, and national socialism. These European ideologies didn't work in Europe, so there is little reason to expect them to work in Asia.
@JP - More to the point they do NOT have any of the religions which (if practices devoutly) promote fertility.
Of course China now has more active Christians than Europe
http://charltonteaching.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/70-million-christians-in-china-and.html
as yet it is a drop in the ocean - but maybe...
baduin said...
eJapan and China are bad examples, since in both limiting the population is the state policy.
In Singapore, however, the government tried to encourage fertility in some populations, eg. Chinese, without any effect.
But low fertility is a typical feature of the urban society, which, according to Spengler, is typical for the late stage of civilisation, and Singapore is an extremely urban society.
Not only it is an immense city-state, but, more importantly, its mental organization shows extremely urban type of mind, in Spengler's typology.
In McGilchrist's terms this Spenglerian urban mentality is equivalent to Left Hemisphere domination.
Good example from literature is eg Tolkien's Gondor,or "Lud-in-the-Mist" of Hope Mirrless.
For that reason East Asia is fairly typical example of late civilisation in Spengler's terms. Similar low fertility was prevalent in some periods of late antiquity.
East Asia survived, without any serious problems, several civilisational cycles, so its present situation does not seem atypically destructive.
It should be noted that Singapore used only Western methods of birth promotion, and those methods are certain to be ineffective.
East Asian governments, should they wish to truly encourage births, can always restore elements of traditional patriarchal Confucian system of social organization.
This is, of course, impossible as long as they are under so deep Western domination. However, as the West weakens, East Asia will regain more freedom to act.
However, I do not see either Japanese or Chinese governments trying to restore population growths. Low number of young people increases social stability, and in modern economy (despite official propaganda) there is no need for large numbers of workers.
Singapore, in which the Chinese are always threatened with being overwhelmed by neighbouring populations, is very different, but exactly it has least freedom to deviate from Western directives.
@baduin - Although there are cycles in history - I regard history as essentially linear and the present situation of near universal voluntary infertility has no equivalent - it is pathological, not least because it is not even perceived to be a problem, is indeed a taboo, as is demography in general.
We are going through one of the most profound and rapid demographic changes in the history of humanity and we are not allowed to notice it (and indeed are deliberately not measuring it). And we think of ourselves as a rational and scientific civilization!
Assuming the world is not destroyed, population decline will of course eventually self correct (deliberately growing from from the religious and accidentally growing from the feckless) but never to such high levels of population as now: there will be unavoidably be vast numbers of deaths, billions, since the expanding population will not be able to sustain economic growth (which is almost certainly down-going already)
Samson J. said...
as yet it is a drop in the ocean
I wouldn't call 70 million in a nation of a billion a "drop in the ocean". That's almost ten percent! I'm hopeful for China.
@SJ - I'd rather not be accused of hype...
My church (conservative evangelical protestant) has many Chinese, mostly students studying in the city, numbers growing every year.
packed on a subway said...
I give Asians a break because there are too many of them on not enough land. As long as they prevent immigration fertility will eventually rebound as more room becomes available and those that don't have kids exit the gene pool.
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Moralia/De_defectu_oraculorum*.html
Plutarch, Moralia
De Defectu Oraculorum
The Obsolescence of Oracles
"When Ammonius had ceased speaking, I said, "Won't you rather tell us all about the oracle, Cleombrotus? For great was the ancient repute of the divine influence there, but at the present time it seems to be somewhat evanescent."
As Cleombrotus made no reply and did not look up, Demetrius said, "There is no need to make any inquiries nor to raise any questions about the state of affairs there, when we see the evanescence of the oracles here, or rather the total disappearance of all but one or two; but we should deliberate the reason why they have become so utterly weak. What need to speak of others, when in Boeotia, fwhich in former times spoke with many tongues because of its oracles, the oracles have now failed completely, even as if they were streams of flowing water, and a great drought in prophecy has overspread the land? For nowhere now except in the neighbourhood of Lebadeia has Boeotia aught to offer to those who would draw from the well-spring of prophecy. As for the rest, 412silence has come upon some and utter desolation upon others."
"Now moderation, adequacy, excess in nothing, and complete self-sufficiency are above all else the essential characteristics of everything done by the gods; and if anyone should take this fact as a starting-point, and assert that 414Greece has far more than its share in the general depopulation which the earlier discords and wars have wrought throughout practically the whole inhabited earth, and that to‑day the whole of Greece would hardly muster three thousand men-at‑arms, which is the number that the one city of the Megarians sent forth to Plataeae28 (for the god's abandoning of many oracles is nothing other than his way of substantiating the desolation of Greece), in this way such a man would give some accurate evidence of his keenness in reasoning. For who would profit if there were an oracle in Tegyrae, as there used to be, or at Ptoüm, where during some part of the day one might possibly meet a human being pasturing his flocks? And regarding the oracle here at Delphi, the most ancient in time and the most famous in repute, bmen record that for a long time it was made desolate and unapproachable by a fierce creature, a serpent; they do not, however, put the correct interpretation upon its lying idle, but quite the reverse; for it was the desolation that attracted the creature rather than that the creature caused the desolation. But when Greece, since God so willed, had grown strong in cities and the place was thronged with people, they p375used to employ two prophetic priestesses who were sent down in turn; and a third was appointed to be held in reserve. But to‑day there is one priestess and we do not complain, for she meets every need. There is no reason, therefore, to blame the god; the exercise of the prophetic art which continues at the present day is sufficient for all, cand sends away all with their desires fulfilled. Agamemnon,29 for example, used nine heralds and, even so, had difficulty in keeping the assembly in order because of the vast numbers; but here in Delphi, a few days hence, in the theatre you will see that one voice reaches all. In the same way, in those days, prophecy employed more voices to speak to more people, but to‑day, quite the reverse, we should needs be surprised at the god if he allowed his prophecies to run to waste, like water, or to echo like the rocks with the voices of shepherds and flocks in waste places."
Anti-Democracy Activist said...
The collapse of modern civilization is everywhere; it just manifests itself in different symptoms in different places. There is a temptation to look at another country and, seeing that their society do not display the same symptoms that yours does, assume that they're not ill. I've lived in Japan, traveled there many times since, have friends there, and keep up with the goings-on in that country. Trust me, it's as ill as everybody else - the symptoms are just quieter, less visible, and less obvious to outsiders. Google "hikikomori" for just one example (there are many others).
Baduin was right to bring up Spengler (I am myself a Spenglerian in historical outlook). One of the symptoms Spengler cited for a civilization in irreversible decline was an "appalling depopulation", the beginning of which coincides with the peak of urbanization and the extent of megacities. These megacities act as a meatgrinder for populations - people move into them and stop having children. It is highly likely that in a few centuries, Chicago, Tokyo, and Berlin will look about as Rome did in the year 800 - a crumbling ruin, where farmers occasionally bring carts to scavenge building materials from abandoned structures to use in constructing chicken coops.
When Napoleon decided to live out his Caesar fetish by conquering Alexandria, he was enraged to find the city desolate and long-abandoned. In a fit of anger and hubris, he ordered architects to be brought from Paris to rebuild the city from scratch so that he could have something to conquer. Perhaps some distant Generallisimo will have Washington DC rebuilt from dusty ruins so that he can say he conquered it. Time will tell.
Arakawa said...
Regarding the decline of Japan, I found this blogger to be an interesting chronicler of what's going on around the edges of the country, as conveyed via abandoned infrastructure:
http://spikejapan.wordpress.com/about/
"It may come as a shock to almost all of you living outside of Japan, and to some of you living in the center of its big cities, that as we approach the summer of 2009, swathes of the country are in ruins." (emphasis mine)
To be honest, a similar chronicle could probably be assembled for most modern-day nations.
I would describe endless population growth as pathological nihilism, just as any sign of not being able to moderate oneself or any push towards excess and extreme is a kind of nihilism. First, because endless population growth, like all excess, ends in self-destruction. So much is obvious. Secondly, because an inability to achieve moderation and balance imply an extreme unhappiness with who/what one is - i.e nihilism.
The urge to procreate and create descendents, like all our appetites and urges, must surely be appropriate to the context in order to avoid being pathological.
To not eat at all is pathological - but too eat endlessly and too much is not evidence of some kind of deep love of life, but it's opposite. Just as in some circumstances deciding to eat less - restricting life-sustaining nourishment! Surely that's nihilistic! - is actually life-affirming and health-affirming, so to with the urge to procreate.
Right, now, the world in general and Asia in particular is overcrowded. We have just come off an explosion in populuation the likes of which we have never seen before.
In such a context, clearly what is called for, what is the truly life-affirming impulse that sustains life long term - is to curtail population growth.
Any civilization that is life-affirming at its deepest level and takes the long term survival view, will instinctively reduce population.
Interestingly, the oldest, deepest, and most life-affirming European countries are also responding to this instinct - it won't save them, because they are so sick in other ways.
But it might save Asians, because they are basically sound in mind.
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Matthew Glowicki
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Over the next few months, as we take inventory, clean house, and delve into our storage, we will be uploading thousands of additional items, gradually, on a near-daily basis. This will include the majority of the LPs, as well as many titles, in all formats, once thought long-gone. Many currently "sold out" items are likely to resurface.
Finally, once our general backstock is up (probably in the next two or three months) we'll begin making our extensive stockpile of rarities available online for the first time: tons of random out-of-print titles, "deadstock," warehouse finds, secondhand collectibles, etc., accumulated over the past few decades.
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So—we suggest you take some time to dig through the site—even we've been surprised by what's been turning up, and there's much more to come.
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Founded in 1933, the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association (NMLRA) is the largest association of muzzleloaders in the United States.  It is known for its promotion of the sport of muzzleloading which involves the firing of muzzleloader or black-powder firearms.

Membership

There are varying degrees of membership within the NMLRA, all of which entail paying dues to the Association.  Members of the Association are granted all of the rights of a member of the Association.  They also receive a copy of the NMLRA's monthly publication Muzzle Blasts.

Chartered clubs

The NMLRA has granted charters to local and regional muzzleloading gun clubs, groups, or associations in all fifty states in the United States as well as Canada.  Generally, each of the charter clubs holds their own championship shoot and reports the results of the shoot to the NMLRA.  For a complete listing of all clubs, groups, and associations chartered by the NMLRA follow this link: NMLRA Chartered Clubs.

Friendship, Indiana

The NMLRA is based in Friendship, Indiana, approximately forty miles from Cincinnati, Ohio.  The area is a combination of both modern and primitive facilities reflecting the diverse nature of the Association and the sport of muzzleloading.

On site at Friendship, the NMLRA has The Museum of the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association as well as Gunmakers Hall, where the works of contemporary gunmakers are displayed.  The Museum is located within the historic structure known as The John Linsey Rand House.  The Rand House also houses the offices for "Muzzle Blasts", the NMLRA's monthly publication.

There are two shooting ranges at Friendship: the Curly Gostomski Primitive Range and the Walter Cline Modern Range.  During national shoots, and other events, the site also hosts Commercial Row where some of today's most skilled muzzleloading craftsmen set up to sell their wares covering all aspects of muzzleloading.

The site also includes two camping area: a modern area for campers and modern tents and a primitive area for canvas tents, tipis, etc.  No pets or animals are allowed on site for the national shoots or any other NMLRA-sponsored event.

National shoots

The NMLRA holds two national shooting competitions at the Walter Cline Range at Friendship: the annual Spring National Shoot held in mid-June and the National Championship Shoot held in mid-September.  Registration for these events is $30.00 ($20.00 for pre-registration) for members of the NMLRA.

According to the NMLRA website, "During the two major events shooters from around the world compete for national record scores. There are competitions for muzzleloading rifle, pistol, shotgun, musket, bench and slug guns, as well as tomahawk and knife throwing."

Several weekend shoots are also held at Friendship throughout the year including a 4-H Invitational Championship Shoot, the NRA National Muzzleloading Championship Shoot, a Youth Shoot, a Family Shoot, the Lore of the Laughery Shoot, a Turkey Shoot, and a National Women's Weekend Shoot.

National rendezvous

The NMLRA was responsible for creating a number of National Regional Primitive Rendezvous, or historical reenactments of the North American fur trade, during the late 1970s and early-to-mid-1980s.  These rendezvous spanned the entire breadth of the continental United States.  These rendezvous were managed directly by the Association through the year 1998.

However, in late 1998 the NMLRA decided to discontinue their direct control of these national rendezvous as they no longer believed them to be profitable.  They created the National Rendezvous and Living History Foundation to manage the rendezvous.  While the NMLRA technically still continues to sponsor the national rendezvous, the NRLHF currently runs and manages those events that remained affiliated with the Association after its 1998 decision.  Those rendezvous are the Eastern Regional Rendezvous, the Northeastern Regional Rendezvous, the Southeastern Regional Rendezvous, the Old Northwest Territory Regional Rendezvous, and the Midwest Regional Rendezvous.

Other activities and programs

The NMLRA also sponsors an activity known as The Longhunter.  The Longhunter program is designed to encourage the sport of muzzleloading while hunting large game due to the challenges and thrills such activity entails.  It is associated with the Big Game Records Program which is the only trophy recognition program strictly for the muzzleloading hunter.

The NMLRA also sponsors Muzzle Blasts Postal Match.  A target is included in an issue of the NMLRA monthly publication "Muzzle Blasts" and the participant must shoot the target and mail it into the NMLRA along with a $2.00 entry fee.  The winners are posted on the NMLRA website and the proceeds go towards the Association's Youth Program.

The NMLRA is currently seeking to restore the Rand House, a historic structure located on the ground at Friendship and home to both the NMLRA Museum and "Muzzle Blasts".  In order to raise money for this restoration the Association is selling bricks to individuals so that they can inscribe any message of their choice on them for between $50.00 to $250.00.  These bricks will then be used in the restoration of Rand House.

The NMLRA also has a college scholarship program.  They offer two, $500.00 scholarships per-semester to members or dependents of members in good-standing with the NMLRA.  The awarding of the scholarships is based on a number of factors including academic performance in high school as well as the financial need of the applicant.

The NMLRA is also seeking to create a permanent, $1,000,000 endowment for itself by seeking out one thousand individuals who are willing to donate $1,000 each to the Association.  According to the NMLRA website, "The donation will be placed in the permanently restricted endowment fund of the NMLRA. The principal will remain in the endowment, and can be used only to generate interest or to purchase a permanent asset such as land. The principal can never be used for the general operation of the Association. The interest earned produces income for new and innovative programs that help ensure the long-term viability of the organization and help it to prosper."

Education and training

The NMLRA also seeks to educate and train individuals in the sport of muzzleloading so as to further their goals as an organization and to have trained individuals available to manage their activities.  The three main courses the Association offers are as follows:

 The Basic Course is an eight- to ten-hour hands-on, live-fire, course involving muzzleloading rifle, handgun, and shotgun, firearms history, familiarization and maintenance of equipment, proper procedures, and the sportsman's role in society. A score of 80% is required to successfully complete the course
 The Muzzleloading Instructor Course is a hands-on, live-fire muzzleloading rifle, handgun (including revolver), and shotgun course to train instructors for the Basic Course. NMLRA membership is not required. Course participants must be of age to be in 9th grade in high school or older.
 The Trainer Course is a six-hour, in-depth course teaching techniques. Dedicated Instructors in the rifle, handgun, and shotgun disciplines are invited to apply for the trainer course.

See also

 National Rendezvous and Living History Foundation
 Statue of Hope - Wilson Memorial (original NMLRA headquarters landowner), Friendship, Indiana

References
 National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association website

External links
 Muzzle Blasts website

1933 establishments in the United States
Sports organizations of the United States
Muzzleloading
Museums in Ripley County, Indiana
Military and war museums in Indiana
Organizations established in 1933
Shooting sports organizations
Sports museums in Indiana

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It's a major criticism of youngsters today that they would rather sit around recording stuff on their phone and taking photographs of it rather than living their own lives, and it turns like this criticism can be extended even to when someone is getting savagely beaten up in front of them.
That's mainly thanks to the video below which shows a 12 year old girl getting the crap kicked out of her in Livingston, West Lothian on Friday. Her injuries were so bad that she was left needing hospital treatment and when you watch the video it really is distressing how so many people – both male and female – kick her in the head whilst she's down on the floor with others pinning her down.
Please name and shame. My 12-year-old neice was brutally assaulted last night.
She was kicked in the head multiple times whilst on the ground by at least four of them.
Lads also joined in kicking and punching this small girl. It was a vicious mob mentality and she could have died. Absolute animals.
She is currently in A&E. It was unacceptable and disgusting behaviour.
I mean it is a pretty horrific video but I'm not sure if I was 12 years old I would have the guts or be tough enough to step up and interfere against a gang like that. In that respect, it's probably better that whoever filmed it took a video so that police can identify those involved and punish them accordingly.
I know that doesn't help the girl who was beaten up, but I guess it's better than nothing and might stop it from happening again. In case you're worried about her, she has been discharged from hospital and posted that she was 'fine' on social media so should OK. Let's hope these assholes get put down though.
For more of the same, check out this guy get initiated into a gang by getting beat up by his best friends. Makes sense.


An unofficial expansion pack of Cards Against Humanity was created using Donald Trump quotes.
Here's a look at what Cards Against Humanity would be like if you played it using only words US President-elect Donald Trump said during his political campaign. What you're seeing here is an unauthorised expansion pack of Cards Against Humanity, a diabolical kind of fill-in-the-blanks game. This unofficial gold is called Trump Against Humanity and is described as a "party game about a horrible person".
Finding material was easy, with Trump dropping some absolute clangers during the election. In fact, the unauthorised expansion pack was comprised entirely of his quotes. "The black cards have the actual phrases with blanks in them," Da Silva said. "The white cards are thing[s] you could fill in those blanks with. For example… [you could] fill that in with any number of things that he's said, like 'Mexicans,' or 'micropenis,' or 'Muslims.'" The team ended up with 60 cards, but Da Silva reckons there would be hundreds of great quotes for the game.
It sounds like the best way to kick start your house party this weekend, but the best game of 2016 was shut down before it could even hit our Christmas wish list. The statement from Trump Against Humanity website (which bears a striking resemblance to the original game's website) tells us the "party's over".
"For legal reasons we're not going to be able to send you our game," it says. "Which kinda works out perfectly since we didn't make enough packs for everyone anyways." Apparently there were only 100 packs created, which makes you wonder how high bids could reach if there were auctioned off.
In case you're interested, Cards Against Humanity did release a Trump expansion pack with 15 cards about the president-elect and his voters, as well as a Trump "Bug-Out Bag", which sold out.


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Q: How can I prevent sed from inserting blanks? I wrote this code to extract the software version from one file and overwrite it in another:
newVersion=$(sed -r -n 's/<version>(.*-SNAPSHOT)<\/version>/\1/p' sa-pom.xml)
find ./pom.xml -type f -exec sed -r -i -e "s/<version>(.*-SNAPSHOT)<\/version>/<version>${newVersion}<\/version>/g" {} \;
echo '<version>'$newVersion'</version>'

It works, but it puts one space in the support variable and three spaces in the target file generating the following outputs, respectively:
<version> 0.19.6-SNAPSHOT</version>

<version>   0.19.6-SNAPSHOT</version>

This is a cut version of the sa-pom.xml file:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>my-group-id</groupId>
    <artifactId>my-artifact-id</artifactId>
      <version>0.19.9-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <name>my-project-name</name>

</project>

This is a cut version of the pom.xml file:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <parent>
        <groupId>my-group-id</groupId>
        <artifactId>my-parent-artifact-id</artifactId>
        <version>${revision}</version>
    </parent>

    <artifactId>my-artifact-id</artifactId>
      <version>0.19.8-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <name>my-project-name</name>

</project>

How can this be solved?

A: sed is not really adding any spaces here, but it captures any which were already present, and keeps them in the replacement.  But so, just extend your regex to avoid capturing any spaces.
newVersion=$(sed -n -r 's%.*<version>[[:space:]]*(.*-SNAPSHOT)</version>.*%\1%p' sa-pom.xml)
sed -r -i "s%<version>[[:space:]]*(.*-SNAPSHOT)</version>%<version>${newVersion}</version>%" pom.xml
echo "<version>$newVersion</version>"

Adding .* before the <version> removes the leading spaces from the line (and any other text before the <version> tag). I also added .* after </version> to trim off any text after the closing tag, just to keep this robust.
Adding [[:space:]]* before the capture ensures that no spaces will be included in the captured expression, because the regex engine will have skipped as many as possible, and will never need to backtrack from there to get a match (if it backtracks, it's because it can't find a match at all).
If that sounds too complicated, let's just state more broadly that the regex engine prefers the longest-leftmost match, and so matching the spaces outside the capturing group keeps them out of it.
The find also seemed entirely superfluous here.
You'll notice that I also switched the s%..%..% delimiter so as to avoid having to backslash-escape the slashes.  The /g flag would appear unnecessary, too (unless you really expect multiple matches per line, but then you could not use .* in the search because it will eat all the text between the first match and the last). And the -e isn't really necessary if your script only consists of a single string (and doesn't start with a dash). Finally, I fixed the quoting in the echo.
This is still quite brittle; ideally, use an XML-aware tool to parse values out of XML files.


The International Exposition of 1867 (French: Exposition universelle [d'art et d'industrie] de 1867), was the second world's fair to be held in Paris, from 1 April to 3 November 1867. Forty two nations were represented at the fair. Following a decree of Emperor Napoleon III, the exposition was prepared as early as 1864, in the midst of the renovation of Paris, marking the culmination of the Second French Empire.
Official bird's-eye view of Exposition Universelle of 1867.
Napoleon III receives the rulers and illustrious men who visited the 'Exposition universelle of 1867".
In 1864, Napoleon III decreed that an international exposition should be held in Paris in 1867. A commission was appointed with Prince Jerome Napoleon as president, under whose direction the preliminary work began. The site chosen for the Exposition Universelle of 1867 was the Champ de Mars, the great military parade ground of Paris, which covered an area of 119 acres (48 ha) and to which was added the island of Billancourt, of 52 acres (21 ha). The principal building was rectangular in shape with rounded ends, having a length of 1608 feet (490 m) and a width of 1247 feet (380 m), and in the center was a pavilion surmounted by a dome and surrounded by a garden, 545 feet (166 m) long and 184 feet (56 m) wide, with a gallery built completely around it. In addition to the main building, there were nearly 100 smaller buildings on the grounds.
Swedish folk costumes on display at the International Exposition in 1867.
There were 50,226 exhibitors, of whom 15,055 were from France and her colonies, 6176 from Great Britain and Ireland, 703 from the United States and a small contingent from Canada. The funds for the construction and maintenance of the exposition consisted of grants of $1,165,020 from the French government, a like amount from the city of Paris, and about $2,000,000 from public subscription, making a total of $5,883,400; while the receipts were estimated to have been but $2,822,900, thus leaving a deficit, which, however, was offset by the subscriptions from the government and the city of Paris, so that the final report was made to show a gain.
In the "gallery of Labour History" Jacques Boucher de Perthes, exposes one of the first prehistoric tools whose authenticity has been recognized with the accuracy of these theories.
The exhibition also included two prototypes of the much acclaimed and prize-winning hydrochronometer invented in 1867 by Gian Battista Embriaco, O.P. (Ceriana 1829 - Rome 1903), professor at the College of St. Thomas in Rome.
A monumental conical pendulum clock by Eugène Farcot (1867), Drexel University, USA.
Among the horological exhibits, stood out a monumental model, an elaborate conical pendulum clock crafted by two of France's most important artisans of the second half of the 19th century—renowned clockmaker E. Farcot and sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-Be Belleuse. Farcot exhibited several units, one of them it is currently in the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. Its base, which features the clock's face and inner mechanical movements, is carved from solid onyx marble. Atop the base, a bronze sculpture depicting a robed female figure holds a scepter. Rotating soundlessly from the female subject's hand, the scepter provides consistent motion that adds to the clock's sense of grandeur and mystery. From its base to the top of the bronze figure stands at nearly 10 feet tall. Farcot, the most well-known of the French conical clock-makers, established himself in 1860 and mastered his craft over a period of 30 years, helping to popularize the unique pendulum escapement, the mechanism which controls the motion of the inner wheels. Carrier de Belleuse was one of the most important and renowned sculptors of the 19th century, as well as the teacher of Auguste Rodin. In 1857, his bronze sculptures grabbed the attention of Napoleon III, and he was commissioned for several important national works, including his most famous piece, Torchere, which still flanks the staircase of the Paris Opera House.
The exposition was formally opened on 1 April and closed on 31 October 1867, and was visited by 9,238,967 persons, including exhibitors and employees. This exposition was the greatest up to its time of all international expositions, both with respect to its extent and to the scope of its plan.
For the first time Japan presented art pieces to the world in a national pavilion, especially pieces from the Satsuma and Saga clans in Kyushu. Vincent van Gogh and other artists of the post-impressionism movement of the late 19th century were part of the European art craze inspired by the displays seen here, and wrote often of the Japanese woodcut prints "that one sees everywhere, landscapes and figures." Not only was Van Gogh a collector of the new art brought to Europe from a newly opened Japan, but many other French artists from the late 19th century were also influenced by the Japanese artistic world-view, to develop into Japonism.
The Paris street near Champs de Mars, Rue de L'Exposition was named in hommage to this 1867 universal exhibition.
Jules Verne visited the exhibition in 1867, his take on the newly publicized discovery of electricity inspiring him heavily in his writing of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
A famous revival of the ballet Le Corsaire was staged by the Ballet Master Joseph Mazilier in honor of the exhibition at the Théâtre Impérial de l´Opéra on 21 October 1867.
The World Rowing Championships were held on the Seine River in July and was won by the underdog Canadian team from Saint John, New Brunswick which was quickly dubbed by the media as The Paris Crew.
Engraving of the Exposition Universelle (1867).
The Japanese delegation to the Exposition Universelle.
Chinese and Japanese exhibits at the 1867 Exposition Universelle.
Siamese elephant pavillon at the Exposition.
Model of Plongeur, made for the Exposition Universelle (1867). Musée National de la Marine (Rochefort).
Commission awarded to one of the members of the (Australian state of) Victoria stand in 1867.
M. le Colonel de Salis' CARTE DE SEMAINE, A PARIS valable jusqu'au AVRIL 23. No doubt he was there to visit his brother, William's stand for the Australian State of Victoria.
↑ Memorie dei pi insigni pittori, scultori e architetti domenicani.
↑ "Welcome". Japanese art gallery in Paris - Yakimono.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Exposition Universelle (1867).


Discovering what engineering companies and engineering education have been saying for decades!
"Cognitive skills in topics like maths and English have long been used as to measure the calibre of a job candidate. But a report by The Hamilton Project, an economic think-tank, says that non-cognitive skills are also integral to educational performance and success at work – and are becoming increasingly so".


And its usually about this point that you want to jab little Jimmy in his eye for not listening to your wonderful lesson. In truth it could just have been that the task was too great for little Jimmy's frail maths brain and he hasn't the resilience or confidence to just have a go.
As we move towards the new spec syllabus we're invariably going to encounter more of those dastardly star type questions which assume our children have some sense of problem solving ability and well… they don't!
And so it's up to us to get them thinking logically and efficiently so to give them their best chance at success.
State The Bloody (Blimmin'!) Obvious!
Use The Bloody (Blimmin'!) Obvious!
Sounds simple, is simple. Can be used to great effect.
nasty little geometry question from an OCR practice paper.
How can you train a child to attack a question like this?
– There are extra white bits where the eyes are that are not part of the circle.
– It's an area question involving circles… so find the area of a circle.
– What would the area of the square be?
From here it would be down to the child's own skill to solve but at least a pupil will begin to feel as if they are moving towards an answer.
It might take a while for a child to grasp the concept of how to STBO and UTBO efficiently but when they do you'll be surprised at how well they begin to answer the harder questions.
My current year 7 may not always get these questions correct but by George they don't have give them a go.
Try it, see for yourself how much confidence it can give.


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Valuing your workforce
By Alliance Manchester Business School on October 28, 2016 Employment
Academics from Alliance MBS will present a ground-breaking BSI (British Standards Institute) Code of Practice for Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) at a major conference in Manchester next month.
Helge Hoel, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, and Anne McBride, Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies, will be showcasing the new Code during the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) annual conference, on 9 November.
Last year the BSI launched the BS 76000 standard that says people are inherently valuable and are an organisation's biggest asset. The standard provides a framework for any organisation to put processes in place that will help support that relationship. To facilitate the practical application of the standard, a set of Codes of Practice is being developed, with diversity and inclusion being the first.
Explains Professor Hoel: "The way in which an organisation values its people is at the heart of its success, and it is becoming increasingly recognised that a competent and principled approach to people management and development is essential for organisations of all sizes, types and sector.
"Valuing and embedding diversity and inclusion within organisations, and their relationships with customers, supply chain partners and the communities in which organisations are located, is an essential part of valuing people.
"Alliance MBS has been honoured to lead the development of this Code, which has been drafted by a panel of experts drawn from practitioners, policymakers and academics. The CIPD conference, which brings together influential thinkers and practitioners in HR and business, is a perfect platform for Anne and I to talk more widely about our work."
The CIPD annual conference will look at the challenges of creating the standard and its implications for organisations and HR, as well as exploring why standards are important and the benefits they can bring.
The event, taking place in Manchester, will be chaired by CIPD President Cary Cooper, 50th anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology at Alliance MBS.
On the 9 November Cary will also be taking part in a conference debate on 'making well-being work', exploring why organisations have a responsibility for the well-being of their staff, and demonstrating the return on investment in well-being initiatives.
Visit the Alliance MBS team at stand D51 at the CIPD conference to find out how you and your organisation can benefit from our latest research and leadership programmes.
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There are so many options available when it comes to marketing. It is easy to get caught up in the process and want to employ all the bells and whistles that are possible. You can find yourself caught up in the moment of creative brainstorming revelation, or the excitement of some new technological toy.
These can often be distractions. The art of marketing is not in deciding what you could do, or even what you should do… but what you can and will do. The art of marketing is about creating a communication plan that you can use to get the right message in front of the right people. That is it.
Why do we want to make it more complicated than that?
Think simple. You could spend a fortune on various marketing opportunities, but what if your prospective customer didn't need all of that pomp and circumstance to pull the trigger?
Some of my most successful marketing campaigns have followed a very simple formula.


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Honda Civic Type R pickup truck is the absurd and fast brainchild of U.K. Honda engineers
It might go to the Nurburgring to set a time
Joel Stocksdale
May 25th 2018 at 10:15AM
Image Credit: Honda UK
Following in the footsteps of BMW's custom M3 pickup trucks, engineers at Honda's Civic hatchback factory in the U.K. built their own high-performance pickup out of a 2018 Honda Civic Type R. The car is just as absurd as you would hope. The roof from behind the B-pillars has been chopped out to create a truck bed, one filled with diamond-pattern steel. The engineers managed to retain the curves of the original sheet metal, and shaped the tops of the bed sides to mirror them.
The rear wing also sticks around on the tailgate. What's funny is that the tailgate doesn't drop down like on a conventional truck. Instead, it lifts open like a trunk. In addition to the wing, the Type R pickup also gets a sport bar, and in true truck fashion, it has auxiliary lights mounted to it. And in the bed, there are a couple of Honda generators for running everything from power tools to tailgate party equipment.
Honda says the truck retains all the performance of the Type R hatchback. Under the hood is the same 306-horsepower four-cylinder, and it's claimed to be capable of a top speed of over 165 mph. All of the Type R's driving modes are available, too. Because of its performance credentials, the project lead for the pickup said that they're considering taking the truck to the Nürburgring in hopes of setting a front-drive pickup truck record. To that we say, "Do it! Do it now! Why aren't you there already?!"
As fascinating as the Civic Type R truck is, you won't be seeing it next to a Ridgeline anytime soon. Honda made it clear that the truck is a one-off not meant for production. One of our aesthetes here at the office was relieved to know there won't be any more, but at least one other of our editors is now pining for a small, sporty pickup truck of some sort.
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You must have a good credit history to be qualified for a loan . In order for a debt consolidation reduction agency to risk a large amount of money on paying off your debt by way of a debt consolidation loan, they must be fairly confident that they will be paid back. You'll need a good credit score to impress this trust in a lender. If you have proven in the past that you live up to your financial commitments, you will then be considered a reduced risk, and far more likely to acquire a consolidation loan offer.
So, what exactly is an outstanding credit score? You will need a credit rating of seven hundred or more to obtain a consolidation loan in Sparta. Other concerns than credit are present. You've got to be currently employed, or maintain another way to get steady cash flow. There won't be any loan approved without stable income source and excellent credit rating.
Getting a Sparta, Georgia credit card consolidation loan: Step # 1 is to consider exactly which financial obligations will be concerned in the debt consolidation approach. Within your preliminary interview with a debt consolidation professional, this is among the initial questions you are asked. Tally up the total of each one of the loans so that you can have this information on hand, too.
It is going to do you little good to make use of debt consolidation loans if you don't make sure that you are getting a decent interest rate. This is one way you're able to ensure that you will save money with the consolidation loan. You want to pay the most affordable sum you're able to over the loan, so evaluate the rates of the financial institutions in the area.
In addition, you don't want to neglect a number of other issues to consider. If you fail to explore the stipulations of the loan, there's a chance you're agreeing to things you will not be at ease with. The deadline and sum of your repayment can be found in the conditions. And so will your rate of interest, your repayment timetable, and any sort of charges added for overdue payments.
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) may have ratings for the financial institution under consideration, so it is advantageous to give it a look. The BBB provides rankings to companies country wide determined by their customer support, product or service, and customer remarks. If ever the lender features a ranking lower than an A-, check someplace else. A company with an A score is most likely to guarantee the greatest results on the best loan products and consumer support.
After a client has determined the right consolidation organization for their individual requirements, it is time to switch focus to the financial loan application process. When you fill in the application form for the consolidation loan face-to-face or on the net, you're going to need to offer your license (or another form of id) as well as your pay stubs or W2s (or another form of source of income proof). The majority of lenders are going to do this as an easy way of making certain you're who you say you are as well as verifying your reported earnings. Having said that, bring debt documentations for loan consolidation attention.
It really is up to you if you want to apply online to get a debt consolidation loan. Alternate options to world wide web-based applications include things like submitting an application using telephone or snail mail. It's completely your decision!
When you are done filling out the application, you wait. The debt consolidation reduction loan company needs to authenticate your information and look into your credit history. If everything is honest and accurate and also your credit rating is exceptional, you should be accepted. You'll find out beforehand how your lending institution wants to get in touch with you, postal mail, email, or telephone call. You should be got into contact with in the same way in which you filled out the application.
If you aren't approved, then this is the place the path ends for you, and you have to look for your other debt help possibilities. If you're accepted, then this is where the path opens for you, and you will be expected to sign the dotted line. Read everything. If you can't grasp something, ask for clarification. Do not sign if you are not positive. Small print is where many unpopular terms and conditions are disguised, so you want to read that too. Strongly recommended organizations aren't above including information in fine print, and that means you positively want to read it. There's no need to worry any further, when you have finalized the consolidation loan agreement. The lender repays the businesses you've stipulated and arranges a new consolidation loan account. The charge card companies and loan companies who will be repaid by the debt consolidation loan will send you notice letters, alerting you to the adjustments in your balances. Keep the correspondence in a protected spot.
If you do not receive debt consolidation opportunities, you're not alone. Lots of people have to handle debt along with less than exceptional credit standing, and they are equally discouraged to find a dead end in debt consolidation options. These loans won't be accessible to people that have credit ratings lower than six-seventy-five. You've got a lot of other choices . Even when you have a lot of debt and you are searching for a method to repay them faster while you are saving cash, there are options for you.
At times, people end up with a lot of personal debt that they will not pay it back in just one life time. If this sounds like predicament, then you may take advantage of the debt settlement approach, as a lot of people in Sparta have before you. This is one way to manage substantial personal debt without getting a loan consolidation, if your credit history won't enable one. Throughout the settlement approach, much of your personal debt might actually be wiped out, instead of consolidated. The objective is for the lenders to agree to a bargain that is advantageous to them as much as it is beneficial to you. The debt settlement agency can do this by interacting directly with those institutions that you must pay back money to, together with specializing in the advantages for all parties. Additionally you can set it up to make sure that you're paying less on a monthly basis than you were in the past. This means it is possible to save cash, come up with timely monthly payments, and work on developing your personal credit standing.
Obviously, there's going to be some expense for the assistance of the debt settlement agent. You'll most likely be charged a fixed percentage of the quantity of consumer debt that you request they settle . This does not make debt settlement programs less successful or beneficial, however, as it's the optimal method for folks that cannot use consolidation loans due to their credit scoring.
Consumer bankruptcy is generally the most disastrous of strategies in terms of your credit scores. The word, 'bankruptcy,' is generally associated with deterrence. Your own consumer credit rating will suffer for years into the future, should you wind up deciding upon this option. By filing for bankruptcy, you reveal to loan companies that you'll be not able to settle the debts which you bring upon yourself.
Probably the most frequently noticed and famous effect of bankruptcy will be the rapid, serious fall in your credit ranking. Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and Chapter Thirteen bankruptcy processes could make the difference between a pre-consumer bankruptcy credit score of 800 and a after-personal bankruptcy credit rating of Three hundred and fifty. The options and opportunities on earth will end up much less and more challenging to get as you become ineligible for financial loans, particular acquisitions, as well as specific work opportunities which entail a credit check.
You will also need to commit your money in the determination to declare bankruptcy. It will cost you hard earned cash to submit and to work with a lawyer when you need one, as perhaps you might. Because it can be complicated, you'll want an attorney to make the adventure simpler and a lot less nerve-racking. Lawyers are not cheap, however. You should investigate just how much your fees shall be. It may be just one single set cost, or it can be based on a percent of the debts.
Nevertheless, whenever your financial debt circumstances are serious, the main advantages of consumer bankruptcy may easily exceed the drawbacks. The most beneficial point is that bankruptcy involves paying back debt with valuable assets and getting other outstanding debts forgiven. That is obviously preferable to attempting to pay back debt throughout your life, never paying off the interest charges. You should understand, even so, that not all kinds of debts can be handled using an individual bankruptcy. Student education loans are an example of a personal debt not included in a bankruptcy proceeding. This financial obligation will stay with you , right up until it is settled.
Make contact with a credit debt counseling professional before you attempt to manage your debt in Sparta through personal bankruptcy. After all, there can be other alternatives to filing for bankruptcy to help you to escape your financial debt circumstances.
Don't restrict yourself to the options you might have heard about. Investigate the ones you're not as knowledgeable about. Still not certain? Then, don't take action just yet. Continue looking into your options until you are totally comfortable and confident with the conclusion. Ultimately, you will be expected to maintain your end of any deals made, and you may expect to have debt repaid quicker.