Does a jockey need a whip to encourage a horse to run faster? That's a frequent question; after all, we never saw John Wayne or Clint Eastwood use a whip to make their mounts move.
They just whistled in their ear, or something to that effect. The use of whips has tainted the image of horse racing for years and has been used by many animal anticruelty organisations against the so-called "Sport Of Kings".
There has been a massive call in the UK to either ban the whip or at least curb its use and it's overflowed to other countries, including South Africa. As a result, for the first time, Phumelela will stage a race at Saturday's Charity Mile meeting at Turffontein Racecourse in which jockeys will not be permitted to use whips.
"Being the Charity Mile, we want to show we are willing to take a positive step forward for those who support a welfare approach to the role of animals in our lives," said Clyde Basel, oncourse sales and marketing executive for Phumelela.
"As a responsible operator/regulator, there is a view that the current rules and penalties around the use of the whip are simply not good enough and can be both improved and made clearer.
Six-time champion jockey Piere Strydom has been a keen exponent of curbing the use of the whip and he welcomed it.
"The whips we use today have a major cushioning affect and do not inflict pain, but it still does a lot of damage to the image of the sport. This is a very positive move." Multiple champion trainer Mike de Kock is another staunch supporter.


Last Wednesday, a woman chatted me up on Facebook out of the blue. I smelled a rat. as her language and purported professional status did not seem to correlate.
Instead of blocking her, I sought to find out how far she will go. So I started asking some questions that led to a long and winding conversation. You can follow the chat below (my dialogue is in the blue bubbles). Ignore my banking lingo, as they were just some gibberish I made up on the fly.
She didn't answer my questions and evaded them by talking in broad general nothings. I persisted and managed to provoke enough guilt or fear in her, that she eventually crashed out of the conversation. Further inspections show that her profile and timeline seem to relate a lot with Nigeria.
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Barclay Press and its various imprints released thirteen titles in 2018. That's nearly three times as many titles as in 2017 and more than six times as many as in 2016. But in the larger scheme of things, Barclay Press remains a small press (which, for the record, includes any U.S. publishing house with less than $50 million in sales). Small presses fill the gaps that larger publishers neglect, and we focus on work that might not be considered profitable enough to make it at a better-known house. That's why you matter to me. You've entrusted your work to our care, and that's a big deal. Thank you!


As you may already know relying on the default store specific settings for Amazon will not be reliable. As such, each item needs to be set with the correct Amazon Pricing Option that you want individually per item. If you've not already set your items with the correct pricing option and find yourself getting unexpected pricing, we'll show you how to update all of your items with ease.
Once you are logged into Sku Grid, the first thing you should do is set your grid to view 1000 items per page which is the maximum. That will help you be able to perform these actions as few times as possible. Next, select Amazon as the supplier from the 2nd filter on the page. Depending on how many items you have, it may take a little while to process, but once it is done, Sku Grid will have filtered out and displayed only your Amazon items and up to 1000 items per page. Then click on Multi Item Actions. You can either select individual items if you do not want to do all of your items at once by putting a check mark next to them or you can click select all on current page to put a check mark next to all items on the page. Then click Update Store Options.For Select Store, choose Amazon. For Select Store Options, choose the Amazon Pricing Option that you want to use.
Most people prefer "Lowest Prime Seller" which would be all items that display a prime logo or "Lowest Fulfilled" which are items shipped and sold by Amazon.com or Amazon FBA. More details on all of the Amazon Pricing Options will follow in later videos.
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Parkland Students Send Love to Texas, and New Calls for Gun Control
Sante Fe students demonstrated to end school violence during school walkouts in the spring
By Noreen O'Donnell	• Published at 1:52 pm on May 18, 2018
AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Students from Parkland, Florida, sent love to the victims of the latest school shooting, in southern Texas, on Friday, attacked the NRA and renewed calls for the stricter gun control that they have been demanding since the massacre at their own school.
Cameron Kasky, a survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, immediately went after the National Rifle Association, tweeting, "Prepare to watch the NRA boast about getting higher donations. Prepare to see students rise up and be called 'civil terrorists' and crisis actors. Prepare for the right-wing media to attack the survivors."
The NRA, as it has done in the past, issued no statement immediately after the Texas shooting, either on Twitter or on its website.
On Friday, a gunman identified by law enforcement as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis killed 10 people at Santa Fe High School, and wounded another 10, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said. Most of the victims were students. Police also reported finding what were thought to be explosive devices at the school and off campus.
The latest shooting elicited thoughts and prayers for the victims and their families from prominent politicians, and that was not enough for the students from Parkland, where 17 students were killed in February when a former student allegedly opened fire at the school.
Many of those students have been demanding stricter gun control measures and have taken on the NRA and its donations to lawmakers who have blocked measures to enact stronger gun laws. They organized rallies across the country under the banner of "March for Our Lives" but also came under attack from opponents to gun control who questioned whether they were really students or just actors taking advantage of a tragedy to push their views.
On Friday, "March for Our Lives" tweeted, "Though this is the 22nd school shooting this year, we urge those reading this not to sweep it under the rug and forget. This is not the price of our freedom. This is the most fatal shooting since the one at our school and tragedies like this will continue to happen unless action is taken."
Another Parkland survivor, David Hogg, tweeted about politicians and the coming elections in November.
"Get ready for two weeks of media coverage of politicians acting like they give a shit when in reality they just want to boost their approval ratings before midterms," he wrote.
President Donald Trump said Friday morning that he was grieving for the loss of life and sending support and love to everyone affected by the horrific attack at Santa Fe High School. He said his administration was determined to protect students, secure schools and keep weapons out of the those who pose a threat to themselves and others but provided no details.
"To the students, families teachers and personnel at Santa Fe High, we're with you at this tragic hour and we will be with you forever," he said.
That message fell short for Jaclyn Corin, the junior class president at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. "Like a broken record," she tweeted.
"Our children are being MURDERED and you're treating this like a game," she wrote in response to an earlier tweet from Trump saying early reports from the Texas shooting did not look good.
My heart is so heavy for the students of Santa Fe High School. It's an all too familiar feeling no one should have to experience. I am so sorry this epidemic touched your town - Parkland will stand with you now and forever. pic.twitter.com/ckVPxYi6qz
— Jaclyn Corin (@JaclynCorin) May 18, 2018
One of the most outspoken of the Stoneman Douglas students, Emma Gonzalez, tweeted to the students at Santa Fe High School that they deserved peace during of their lives, not only in an epitaph on their tombstone.
"You deserve more than Thoughts and Prayers, and after supporting us by walking out we will be there to support you by raising up your voices," she wrote.
And Ryan Deitsch, a Parkland senior, asked: "Politics aside, how many more have to die before we can change?"
"I am broken up by this tragedy but refuse to allow myself to sit waiting for more heartbreak & bloodshed," he wrote. "All #SantaFeHighSchool students are open to DM me or any of my friends if they need help or want to amplify their voices. We are here for you as you were for us."
And he posted photos of Santa Fe students in April supporting the Parkland students by participating in a school walkout demanding an end to gun violence.
@schoolwalkoutUS Santa Fe High School. Santa Fe, Texas. #NeverAgain We read a poem by a parkland survivor, handed out gun violence fact sheets and orange ribbon, did 17 minutes of silence, and then talked about ways to raise awareness for gun violence, and make your voice heard. pic.twitter.com/UiIwVVw75q
— AZ (@mukethemusical) April 20, 2018

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San Francisco Decorator Showcase Postponed, Museums Go Digital, and More News in San Francisco
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San Francisco, Did You Hear?
Here's what you need to know
By Kelsey Mulvey
The San Francisco Decorator Showcase home will be postponed to a future date.
Photo Courtesy of the San Francisco Decorator Showcase
The design world is constantly on the move in San Francisco. Between new collection launches and showroom openings, it can be hard to keep track. That's why AD PRO has got you covered with all the news you need to know for the week.
San Francisco Decorator Showcase Postponed
A month after announcing its lineup, the 2020 San Francisco Decorator Showcase has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "This decision was made with the health of our immediate community in mind and in acknowledgement of our responsibility to reduce the threat to members of our extended community by adhering to protocols known to limit the spread of this virus," said a spokesperson for the showcase in a statement. The showcase hopes to open to the public later this year.
Aidlin Darling Design Selected for New Center for Architecture + Design
After weeks of deliberation, AIA San Francisco and the Center for Architecture + Design have selected Aidlin Darling Design to design their new headquarters. Aidlin Darling Design was one of 13 firms vying to revamp the new center, which will be located in the Hallidie Building storefront at 140 Sutter Street.
"[We are] incredibly honored to be selected as the architecture firm to transform the SF AIA and the Center for Architecture into a world-class venue to explore the history and future of architecture and design," Joshua Aidlin, the firm's cofounder, tells AD PRO. "Our intent is to create a cross-disciplinary destination for industry professionals, and just as importantly the public, to be inspired by the possibilities brought forth by the field of architecture."
San Francisco Museums Go Digital During Temporary Closures
After temporarily closing their doors in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Asian Art Museum, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art jointly announced they are participating in the #MuseumFromHome movement on social media. As of Saturday, March 14, these institutions will provide prospective visitors a virtual experience. For example, the SFMOMA is sharing links to pieces in its digital collections. Each museum will individually evaluate how long the closures will last.
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San Francisco Orders Residents to Stay at Home
On Monday, Mayor Breed ordered San Francisco residents to shelter in place for the next three weeks in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19. The order prohibits residents from leaving their homes, unless for basic needs like groceries and prescriptions. Not only will many storefronts be temporarily closed, but a string of industry events will be postponed or cancelled. The order will be in place until at least April 7.
A Cinematic Estate in Lake Tahoe Hits the Market for $5.5 Million
The Bay Area has put some movie magic on the market, Curbed reports. Sotheby's International Realty recently listed a 4,222-square-foot home in Lake Tahoe. Nestled on 15 acres of property, the Henry Kaiser–designed home is known for its role in The Godfather Part II as the place where Fredo Corleone took his final fishing trip. It's listed for $5.5 million.
New Legislation Seeks to Prevent Evictions
NBC Bay Area reports that a San Francisco state senator has coauthored legislation that will protect small businesses from getting evicted because of the pandemic's safety precautions. The San Francisco Examiner also reports Mayor Breed has prohibited evictions of tenants who cannot pay rent because of the outbreak.
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Pennsylvania Cities & Nonprofits Continue to Struggle with PILOTs
June 22, 2014; Scranton Times-Tribune and the Standard Speaker
Local governments in Pennsylvania continue to confront the tax-exempt status of nonprofit colleges, hospitals, and other institutions as they struggle annually to balance their budgets.
Two new reports from the Scranton area tell of the challenges facing the region's three largest cities, which receive sharply differing amounts of help from local nonprofits. For example, Wilkes-Barre gets more than twice as much from its nonprofits in payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) than Scranton, even though a smaller percentage of real estate is tax-exempt. And Hazleton, with half the tax-exempt land of Wilkes-Barre, gets no PILOTs.
The Scranton Times-Tribune reports that these disparities highlight a long-standing problem cities face as they try to meet their annual costs. The state constitution allows for exemptions for nonprofits from real estate and other taxes in Pennsylvania, but it never accounted for what that would mean for cities.
"[The] real estate tax is [a] leading source of revenue in communities," the executive director of the Pennsylvania Municipal League, the lobbying group for cities, told the paper. "It's a problem everywhere…If the state is going to mandate that these properties be exempt, then the state has an obligation to compensate for the unfunded mandate."
But the Times-Tribune reports that such efforts "have gone nowhere."
Everyone acknowledges the value nonprofits bring to local communities. Their employees pay income taxes and spend money that supports businesses. Their buildings are generally well kept, and they can bring vitality and character to a neighborhood while also producing offshoot businesses that generate taxes. Most offer vital community, educational, and human services.
"The problem is, because of the reliance on the property tax, it becomes very much a focus. Everybody has to pay a fair share, period," says the Municipal League spokesman.
In Scranton, about a third of the city's assessed real estate value is tax-exempt. If the city could tax all that land at its present millage rates, it could raise $11.5 million. Wilkes-Barre is about a quarter tax-exempt, which could mean almost $3.5 million more. About an eighth of the assessed value of Hazleton real estate is tax-exempt, which costs the city about $594,000.
There is a reason that there is much more tax-exempt land in cities, as opposed to their surrounding boroughs and townships, officials said. Historically, cities have been the centers of commerce and activity and the principal population centers, so property used for nonprofits was located there.
After World War II, as more city residents moved to suburbs, nonprofits stayed in the cities, unable to move for economic reasons or believing it was unnecessary to do so. Even with the population shifts, new nonprofit hospitals and colleges were rarely built in surrounding towns, and existing hospitals and colleges—almost always the largest nonprofits—expanded dramatically. Over the last 80 years, as local cities shrank in population, their tax bases shrank proportionally even as the amount of tax-exempt land grew, the Times-Tribune points out.
PILOTs came about as government officials asked local nonprofits to contribute something to city coffers to make up for the taxes lost because they are tax-exempt, based on the premise that cities still provide the services—police, fire, roads—nonprofits need. The results of their requests vary.
Wilkes-Barre does best, says the article; PILOTs have been around for a long time, and the city gets increases when it requests them. Local nonprofit leaders view PILOTs as part of the culture there. Scranton, on the other hand, hasn't had nearly as much success convincing nonprofits to contribute. Some say it has a lot to do with a historically adversarial relationship between city hall and local nonprofits, including threatening legal action.
Scranton's mayor is now planning a subtler approach:
"Our plan…is to go to the nonprofits and ask them for help. Whether it be a donation or doing a project or buying a fire truck, something they could see a direct result from their money…We'll certainly look at how Wilkes-Barre is getting more money than we are…We want to partner with them. We don't want it to be adversarial."
Hazleton does the worst of the three Northeast Pennsylvania cities—the city gets no money from nonprofits. Two years ago, Hazleton's mayor turned to churches, the public library, the historical society, and other local nonprofits to bail out a cash-starved city. City officials at the time had just learned that Hazleton would face a $14 million budget deficit by 2016 if it did nothing to bolster its funding levels, according to the Hazleton Standard Speaker.
But his request for help fell on deaf ears. All but one of Hazleton's nonprofits ignored a letter that he wrote asking for PILOTs. The lone response came from a local priest, who offered to pay the city in pierogies [dumplings], the mayor recalled. "Nobody responded except a priest…who was very smart-alecky in his remarks."
So, in December 2013, the Hazleton City Council ratified a fee for maintaining the city's storm water collection system, using a complex formula that accounts for property size, zoning designation, and the amount of porous and nonporous surface area. But unlike property taxes, the storm water fee was assessed on all properties—including nonprofits, schools, and churches.
The fee helped reduce a projected 83 percent tax hike projected for 2013 to 45 percent.—Larry Kaplan
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Seattle's Homeless Camp Residents and Support Nonprofits at Impasse
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Cegid (acronyme de « Compagnie européenne de gestion par l'informatique décentralisée ») est une société spécialisée dans l'édition de logiciels de gestion pour les professionnels des métiers de l'expertise-comptable, de la finance et de la fiscalité, de la paie et des ressources humaines et du retail. Elle est créée en 1983 par Jean-Michel Aulas qui en assure la présidence jusqu'en 2017. Pascal Houillon est directeur général depuis mars 2017, succédant ainsi à Patrick Bertrand. Introduite en bourse au second marché en 1986, l'entreprise a été retirée de la cote en 2017 par les nouveaux actionnaires, les fonds d'investissement Silver Lake (américain) et Altaone (britannique).

Société

Lors de la mise en place du plan comptable général imposant l'utilisation de numéros de comptes déterminés, l'entreprise s'est initialement développée en proposant aux experts comptables des progiciels de gestion standardisés.

Lors de sa création en 1983, la relation entre Cegid et la profession comptable influence le développement de Cegid par cette première communauté de clients, très fédérée, en facilitant la prise en main des prestations Cegid auprès de ses clients. La profession comptable contribue de ce fait au développement de Cegid. Cegid étend son offre à destination des entreprises (Très Petites Entreprises et Petites et Moyennes Entreprises) en proposant une gamme de produits comme la gestion commerciale, la comptabilité, la paye. La société propose une plateforme multiservice via le conseil et la prescription de l'expert-comptable.

Au travers de créations de filiales ou de prises de participation dans certaines entreprises, Cegid  propose des services de maintenance de matériel informatique (ITI) en 1986, de réalisation et maintenance de logiciels spécifiques (Cegid Ingénierie), . Cette dernière société fusionne par ailleurs avec ITI, en 1995, pour devenir Cegid Environnement Maintenance. Quatre années après sa création, Cegid est une société cotée en Bourse au second marché de Lyon. En 1989, après l'arrivée de Patrick Bertrand, Cegid SA devient une holding de contrôle et de gestion. Ses filiales opérationnelles se regroupent autour de deux pôles : informatique et services ; l'entreprise fait son entrée sur le premier marché de Paris.

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En 2006, apparaît l'appellation de Cegid Group sur le marché boursier, à la suite de son rapprochement avec CCMX, son principal concurrent. La même année, la société prend la troisième place parmi les éditeurs français de logiciels.

Croissance externe

Cegid fait l'acquisition d'Orli en 1997, Magestel en 2002, CGO en 2004, AS Infor en 2007 et VCS Timeless en 2008, Silicone en 1996, Amaris en 1997, GTI Industrie et PMI Soft en 2006, ou encore dans le domaine l'hôtellerie-restauration (Alphabla en 1998, GD Informatique en 2008), Servant Soft en 1999, Quadratus en 2004 et CCMX en 2006, Civitas en 2008 et Visa en 2010. Cylande, Loop et Qualiac en 2018 et Meta4 en 2019. En avril 2021, Cegid annonce le rachat de Talentsoft, éditeur de solutions SaaS de Talent Management.

Étapes principales

Après l'intégration de Servant Soft en 1999, Cegid rachète son principal concurrent français, la société CCMX (800 salariés). Le nouveau groupe est attaqué en 2005 par le groupe Fiducial, opérant sur le même marché, qui conteste la validité de cette acquisition vis-à-vis de la profession comptable générale. Le dossier est arbitré par le Conseil d'État, qui autorise l'opération financière. Huit mois plus tard, les assemblées générales de Cegid obtiennent les autorisations nécessaires à la création de la nouvelle entité dénommée Cegid Group. L'occasion pour la société de mettre en œuvre une nouvelle stratégie technologique autour du SaaS en s'appuyant notamment sur l'expérience de CCMX dans ce domaine. . Sur sa lancée, Cegid acquiert Comptanoo, éditeur de deux portails destinés au marché des TPE et aux professionnels de la comptabilité, et assoit sa position dans le domaine des services en ligne.

En octobre 2007, Groupama devient l'actionnaire majoritaire du groupe Cegid avec l'acquisition de 17,25 % du capital et 15,84 % des droits de vote de l'éditeur de progiciels. En avril 2016, Groupama et I.C.M.I., contrôlé par Jean-Michel Aulas, annoncent leur intention de vendre Cegid aux fonds d'investissements Silver Lake et AltaOne.

En juin 2014 CEGID cède son activité de logiciels de gestion pour le secteur de l'hôtellerie-restauration au groupe Sequoiasoft.

Le 22 novembre 2017, CEGID acquiert Cylande, éditeur de logiciels basé à Roubaix dans les Hauts de France, renforçant significativement sa position dans le retail, puis Qualiac la même année, renforçant ainsi l'offre ERP sur les grands comptes et Loop, qui permet à Cegid de proposer une offre collaborative sur le marché des experts-comptables.

Internationalisation

L'implantation internationale du groupe est un axe de la stratégie de développement. En septembre 2001, la première filiale internationale de la société voit le jour à Boston, aux États-Unis. La suivante s'implante quelques mois après, à Madrid.  : le groupe investit des bureaux, signe des partenariats stratégiques et s'entoure d'éditeurs complémentaires, en Europe, au Maghreb, en Amérique et en Asie-Pacifique. Cegid déploie ses solutions dans plus de 75 pays et est directement implanté à New York, San Diego, Barcelone, Madrid, Milan, Londres, Casablanca, Abidjan, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tunisie, Ile Maurice et Tokyo. Cegid acquiert Meta4 en 2019.

Positionnement sur le marché

En France, le marché de l'édition de logiciels représente 6,6 milliards d'euros en 2010, contre 6 milliards en 2009. Le Truffle 100, palmarès des éditeurs de logiciels français publié par Truffle Capital, classe Cegid en quatrième position derrière Sopra Group (1169,9 M€ de CA en 2010), Murex (310,0 M€ de CA en 2010) ou encore Dassault Systèmes (1580,0 M€ de CA en 2010), que l'on retrouve sur la première marche du podium. En Europe, la société se trouve en 2010 à la vingtième place, derrière les mêmes concurrents français et d'autres groupes mondiaux comme SAP, SAGE et Software AG.

Dirigeants

Le créateur de Cegid (et président jusqu'en 2017) est Jean-Michel Aulas, également président directeur général du groupe Olympique lyonnais, le club de football lyonnais qu'il a repris en 1987. Il a longtemps été accompagné par Patrick Bertrand recruté en 1988 en tant que directeur financier, puis nommé directeur général en 2002. Patrick Bertrand est par ailleurs directeur général d'ICMI, holding personnelle de Jean-Michel Aulas.

Pascal Houillon, ancien directeur général de Sage France, succède à Patrick Bertrand au poste de directeur général en mars 2017.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Article connexe
 Liste de progiciels de gestion intégrés

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Entreprise ayant son siège à Lyon

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By Douglas Lyons, 22 January 2020
The miners had not been paid since December 27 and were owed between $2,000 and $3,000 each.
By Tom Carter, 17 January 2020
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Fired CEO Dennis Muilenburg gets $80.7 million on exit from Boeing
By Bryan Dyne, 13 January 2020
The aerospace giant allocated only $50 million to compensate the 346 families who lost loved ones in the two Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes, $144,500 for each life lost.
Chelsea Clinton's millions and the American aristocracy
By Sam Dalton, 10 January 2020
Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton, reaps millions through her family's connections with the super-rich.
Boeing, reversing its stance, recommends simulator training for 737 Max 8 pilots
By Bryan Dyne, 8 January 2020
The airplane manufacturer's reversal highlights its culpability in previously opposing simulator training, even after two deadly crashes of 737 Max commercial jets that took a combined total of 346 lives.
Hexavalent chromium contamination likely leaking onto Detroit-area freeway since 2016
By Kevin Reed, 31 December 2019
As more details emerge about the oozing of the known carcinogen from the basement of a small metal plating company over the Christmas holiday, it is becoming clear that government environmental agencies are also directly responsible.
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg forced to resign
By Bryan Dyne, 24 December 2019
Muilenburg's removal will not change the underlying drive by Boeing for ever-greater profits at the expense of human lives.
Boeing suspends production of deadly 737 Max 8 aircraft
No Boeing executives or Federal Aviation Administration officials have yet been charged, let alone prosecuted, for the two.
Fiat Chrysler merger with PSA signals new attacks on autoworkers' jobs and conditions
By Jerry White, 19 December 2019
The $47 billion deal will create the world's fourth largest automaker by sales, trailing only Volkswagen Group, Toyota Motor and the Renault-Nissan alliance.
Report finds US corporations paid "zero to negative" income tax rate in 2018
By Jessica Goldstein, 18 December 2019
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that 91 highly profitable Fortune 500 corporations paid zero or negative income taxes in 2018.
California governor rejects PG&E's bankruptcy settlement, demands token reforms
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If PG&E accedes to Newsom's demands, the company's board will simply be changed from Wall Street vultures to financial parasites from California.
Boeing executives must be tried for murder
Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration were well aware of deadly safety problems of the 737 Max 8 aircraft that cost 346 human lives.
Wisconsin Democrats double down on Foxconn con job
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Despite campaigning in 2018 against the largest state subsidy in US history, Governor Tony Evers has bent over backwards to accommodate the multibillion dollar company at the expense of the working class.
UAW sanctions "perma-temps" in Fiat-Chrysler tentative agreement
By Tom Hall, 5 December 2019
The deal reached with FCA does not even include the fig leaf "pathway" for temporary workers to regular employment found in the GM and Ford contracts.
PG&E failed to do inspections and maintenance on power lines for years, report finds
By Kevin Martinez, 5 December 2019
The 700-page report found that the company had systemic failures when it came to updating and fixing its infrastructure leading up to the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people.
Fiat Chrysler workers face off against the UAW, an "FCA-controlled enterprise"
By Jerry White, 4 December 2019
The concessions forced on GM and Ford workers were imposed by the United Auto Workers, which a lawsuit by GM describes as an organization that was "acquired" by Fiat Chrysler.
Australian bank chief resigns over money laundering charges
By Mike Head, 30 November 2019
This latest scandal does not directly involve cheating customers, but centres on allegations of evading official transaction-tracking measures.
GM lawsuit: UAW engaged in criminal conspiracy with FCA to cut labor costs
By Eric London, 22 November 2019
The extraordinary lawsuit filed by General Motors peels back the curtain on the "purchase" of the United Auto Workers by Fiat Chrysler and the other automakers.
California utility PG&E plans regular blackouts for another ten years as more residents have power cut this week
By Anthony del Omo and Dan Conway, 21 November 2019
Earlier this week, the Pacific Gas and Electricity utility (PG&E) announced that they would shut off electrical power to hundreds of thousands of customers beginning Wednesday morning in the fourth such mass power outage since October.
More fires ignite as wildfire season deepens in California
By Kevin Martinez, 1 November 2019
11 fires are presently raging across California, with reports indicating that the state's utility monopolies likely bear responsibility for the most damaging fires.
US: Murray Energy files for bankruptcy, miners' pensions in peril
By Samuel Davidson, 1 November 2019
The bankruptcy the coal giant threatens 7,000 jobs and the bankruptcy of health and pension funds for 82,000 current and former miners and their families.
The Boeing crashes and the criminalization of American capitalism
By Bryan Dyne, 31 October 2019
At House and Senate hearings this week, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg acknowledged that he knew of the dangers of the 737 Max 8, yet not a single congressman or senator suggested that he should be criminally prosecuted.
One year since the first Boeing 737 Max 8 crash
The year since the crash in Indonesia has exposed the collusion between Boeing, the federal government and the trade unions that led to the deaths of 346 men, women and children.
California utility PG&E imposes mass blackouts for second time this month
By Jonathan Burleigh, 25 October 2019
Despite California Governor Gavin Newsom's posturing as an opponent of the utility's profiteering, PG&E knows full well that it will not be held responsible for the social cost of its power shutoffs.
WeWork CEO walks away with $1.7 billion as mass layoffs planned at failing office rental company
By Harvey Simpkins, 24 October 2019
While Adam Neumann receives an outrageous "golden parachute," a jobs massacre is expected at the company which currently operates offices in 29 countries around the world.
Major distributors and manufacturers of opioids avert trial by reaching $260 million wrist-slap settlement in Ohio
By Brian Dixon and Benjamin Mateus, 23 October 2019
The settlement is seen as a "bellwether" case for future opioid lawsuits, with the companies making no admission of guilt for the drug overdose crisis which has ravaged the US.
International review denounces FAA certification of Boeing 737 Max 8
The Joint Authorities Technical Review makes clear that the FAA, ostensibly Boeing's regulator, made no attempt to determine the safety of new flight control software that led to the crash to two 737 Max 8 flights.
The irrationality of capitalism: Millions cut off from electricity, lives endangered by California utility PG&E
By Evan Blake, 11 October 2019
The forced blackouts affecting over two million people and businesses across 34 counties in Northern California serve as a stark example of the irrationality of the capitalist system.
New York Times magazine blames pilots for Boeing crashes
By Bryan Dyne, 24 September 2019
The article is an attempt to whitewash the profit-driven negligence of Boeing and complicity of the industry-dominated Federal Aviation Administration that led to two crashes of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft and the deaths of 346 people.
050 Purdue Pharma bankruptcy
How Detroit Democrats handed Fiat-Chrysler $400 million for a new assembly plant
By Kevin Reed, 11 September 2019
Six years after the bankruptcy of Detroit, the ruling class is once again pilfering the public treasury.
Ten days before contract expiration, top aide to UAW GM negotiators pleads guilty to taking $2 million in kickbacks
By Jerry White, 5 September 2019
The plea deal comes as GM CEO Mary Barra is set to meet with President Trump to discuss the upcoming contract battle by autoworkers.
FBI examining two cameras that malfunctioned outside Jeffery Epstein's prison cell
By Kevin Reed, 29 August 2019
The broken cameras were within view of the Manhattan cell where the multimillionaire sex trafficker was being held at the time of his death earlier this month.
Johnson & Johnson v. State of Oklahoma: How the courts are covering for Big Pharma
By Genevieve Leigh, 29 August 2019
The toothless ruling follows a well-worn pattern in which giant corporations, after committing horrific social crimes, get off with a relatively small fine.
Prison camera footage outside Epstein's cell is reported to be "unusable"
In further evidence of conspiracy in the death of Epstein, a security camera in the hallway outside his federal prison cell—where he supposedly committed suicide—reportedly "had footage that is unusable."
Oklahoma judge finds Johnson & Johnson guilty in opioid epidemic
By Benjamin Mateus, 27 August 2019
While the $572 million judgment fell short of the $17 billion sought by the state, the court's ruling was an unambiguous finding that the giant corporation deliberately downplayed the dangers of the opioids it manufactured.
Why is the New York Times still trying to sweep the Epstein case under the rug?
By Patrick Martin, 23 August 2019
Amid reports of "stunning" violations of protocol by prison officials in the death of America's most famous prisoner, the Times claims that questions regarding the well-connected sex trafficker are "conspiracy theories."
Record global dividend payouts fuel rising social inequality
By Will Morrow, 22 August 2019
The report demonstrates how the financial markets serve as a mechanism for the transfer of wealth up the income scale, from the working class to the corporate elite.
Autoworkers determined to fight as UAW contract deadline approaches
By Tom Hall, 21 August 2019
The September 14 contract deadline is fast approaching for more than 150,000 hourly workers at Ford, GM and Chrysler operations in the US.
Joe Ashton, UAW VP named in corruption scandal, had long history of selling out auto workers
By Jerry White, 21 August 2019
A lifelong UAW functionary on the payroll of the union's International staff for 28 years, Ashton epitomizes the social layer at the head of the so-called "American labor movement."
UAW corruption scandal: Former union VP Joe Ashton reportedly took $550,000 in illegal kickbacks
Ashton would be the highest-ranking UAW officer implicated in the corruption scandal that has already led to the conviction of UAW Vice President Norwood Jewell and three other top UAW officials on the 2015 UAW-Chrysler Bargaining Committee.
American media shuts down the Epstein story
Despite many unanswered questions, virtually all reporting on the death of multi-millionaire sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has halted following the verdict of suicide by the medical examiner.
One month before the expiration of auto contracts
US autoworkers on collision course with the companies
While the transnational corporations have made record profits since the 2008 financial crash, autoworkers have suffered a decade of falling real wages. They are determined to win substantial gains.
Autoworkers react to slap-on-the wrist sentencing of former UAW VP
By Shannon Jones, 14 August 2019
Workers contrasted the lenient treatment handed out to Norwood Jewell with the brutal conditions they face every day in the factories compounded by the ever-present threat of layoffs.
Who wanted Jeffrey Epstein dead?
The circumstances of Jeffrey Epstein's death fully justify the widespread suspicions that he was murdered.
Judge lets bribe-taking UAW bureaucrat Norwood Jewell off with a slap on the wrist
By Shannon Jones, 6 August 2019
The former head of the union's Fiat Chrysler department was sentenced to 15 months in a minimum-security prison for his role in the illegal bribery scheme.
FAA concealed flaws in Boeing aircraft after Lion Air crash in Indonesia
By Bryan Dyne, 5 August 2019
The Federal Aviation Administration kept Boeing's dangerous 737 Max 8 flying to protect the profits of the aerospace giant.
"Paid for by Fiat Chrysler:" Prosecutors outline UAW corruption for Norwood Jewell sentencing hearing
By Tom Hall, 1 August 2019
Jewell will be the highest ranking UAW official sentenced in the ongoing federal corruption probe of the UAW and FCA and one of eight union or company officials to have been convicted.
US regulators suppressed safety concerns surrounding Boeing 737 Max 8
By Bryan Dyne, 29 July 2019
The investigative report in the New York Times comes only days after the aerospace giant announced that it was considering halting production of the deadly aircraft.
Defective transmissions on Ford vehicles tied to numerous injuries and accidents
By Shannon Jones, 24 July 2019
For years Ford covered up a transmission defect in its Fiesta and Focus models that can cause sudden acceleration or stalling.
Australian cancer victim sues Bayer-Monsanto
By Frank Gaglioti, 23 July 2019
Michael Ogalirolo claims his potentially lethal cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, is due to 18 years of exposure to glyphosate, the active component of the herbicide Roundup.
Lee Iacocca, who spearheaded the attack on autoworkers, dead at 94
By Jerry White, 4 July 2019
The corporate media is lauding the former Chrysler CEO for gutting the wages and jobs of autoworkers in the UAW-backed federal bailout of 1979-1980.
Boeing outsourced software development for faulty 737 Max 8 to cut costs
By Bryan Dyne, 3 July 2019
These revelations come alongside reports that the production of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is also under investigation.
France: What should be done with Arnault's $100 billion?
By Will Morrow, 26 June 2019
The CEO and leading shareholder of French luxury fashion retail group LVMH became the third person in history to join the centi-billionaires club.
Creating the framework for government-directed online censorship
House Judiciary Committee begins antitrust inquiry into big tech
By Kevin Reed, 14 June 2019
A House subcommittee hearing on Tuesday began a major bipartisan drive for government-directed censorship of website and social media content.
Ford escalates jobs massacre
The global socialist strategy to fight auto layoffs
By Jerry White, 22 May 2019
The global integration of capitalist production has created the practical and technological means to unite workers in an internationally coordinated campaign to defend jobs and living standards.
Ethiopian Airlines tells Boeing, FAA to stop blaming dead pilots for 737 crashes
By Trévon Austin, 20 May 2019
While neither the carriers nor the pilots had been informed of the existence of a new anti-stall system, Federal Aviation Administration officials are trying to scapegoat those pilots who died trying to overcome the airplane's design flaws .
Boeing continues to whitewash 737 crashes
By Bryan Dyne, 8 May 2019
Aviation journalist Rytis Beresnevičius: "The press release is just Boeing shifting the blame somewhere else. They are defending their greed."
Behind Trump's clash with the Fed: Looming economic crisis and class conflict
By Nick Beams, 18 April 2019
The American president, in demanding that the Fed intervene to drive up the stock market, has stated openly what the US central bank has been doing for decades.
US Tax Day 2019: Sixty giant corporations pay zero income tax
By Patrick Martin, 16 April 2019
As a consequence of Trump's 2017 tax cut for the wealthy, the number of Fortune 500 companies paying no federal income taxes has doubled.
Norwood Jewell, the UAW and the Flint water crisis
By Jerry White, 10 April 2019
The conviction on bribery charges of Jewell sheds light on the close connections between the UAW and the Democratic politicians responsible for the lead poisoning of an entire city.
Purdue Pharma, maker of highly addictive painkiller OxyContin, settles with state of Oklahoma for $270 million
By Ben Mateus, 8 April 2019
The settlement is the first of roughly 2,000 lawsuits pending in federal and state courts against Purdue and other opioid manufacturers, including Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceutical.
Baltimore, Maryland Mayor Catherine Pugh caught in widespread corruption scandal
By E.P. Milligan, 8 April 2019
It is now abundantly clear that Pugh accepted thinly-veiled bribes from health insurance giants and other corporate interests in exchange for kickbacks from the city budget.
Congressional hearing highlights close ties between Boeing and FAA
By Bryan Dyne, 28 March 2019
After a pair of deadly crashes, the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation and Space convened Wednesday to question the heads of the federal agencies responsible for overseeing the verification of new aircraft.
Canada's Liberal government rocked by high-profile resignations
By Roger Jordan, 23 February 2019
The Liberals' attempt to shield engineering giant SNC-Lavalin from criminal prosecution has led to the resignation of the former Justice Minister and Trudeau's top adviser, throwing the government's re-election plans into disarray.
The reality of capitalism: GM makes $11.8 billion in profits while closing plants, eliminating 14,000 jobs
By Jerry White, 7 February 2019
The huge profits, side-by-side with the destruction of entire communities, expose the real character of the capitalist system and why the working class must abolish it.
Facebook: The global censor
By Andre Damon, 29 December 2018
This year has seen an intensification of internet censorship by Google, Facebook and Twitter, transforming these companies into censors that police what their users say, do and think.
Arrest of Nissan chairman Ghosn roils global auto industry
By Shannon Jones, 22 November 2018
Many questions remain unanswered in the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, who headed a giant automotive alliance that includes Japanese-based Nissan and Mitsubishi, along with French-based Renault, which produces more than 10 million vehicles annually.
Amazon dictates terms to New York over second headquarters
By Guillaume Garnier, 21 November 2018
The deal between Amazon and the city and state will provide billions to the world's richest company.
Ten years after the financial crash
Wall Street pay up 13 percent while workers' wages stagnate
By Barry Grey, 19 September 2018
The average pay of Wall Street traders and brokers rose to $422,500.
As National Football League season opens
Nike unveils ad featuring blacklisted quarterback Colin Kaepernick
By Alan Gilman, 10 September 2018
The National Football League season has opened against the backdrop of Colin Kaepernick becoming the face of Nike's new "Just Do It" campaign and a ruling allowing his collusion lawsuit against the NFL to go forward.
Amazon market capitalization surpasses $1 trillion
By E.P. Milligan, 7 September 2018
Amazon's soaring profits, like those of Apple, are the direct result of the brutal exploitation of its workforce.
Tax cuts boost US bank profits to record highs
By Trévon Austin, 30 August 2018
Banks and corporations are channeling the bulk of their savings from the tax cuts into stock buybacks, dividend increases and mergers and acquisitions.
As US workers' wages continue to fall
Oracle CEO pockets $250 million after Trump tax cut
By Niles Niemuth, 31 July 2018
By the end of the year, American corporations will have enriched their top executives and investors with $2.5 trillion obtained through stock buybacks, increased dividend payments, and mergers and acquisitions.
UAW corruption scandal reaches the top
The revelation that the just-retired UAW president authorized the illegal use of money from company-funded joint training centers demonstrates that the organization is engaged in a criminal conspiracy against auto workers.
Seven months after Trump's tax cut
Corporate tax collection rate at historic low
By Gabriel Black, 26 July 2018
The trillions in deficits created by the tax cuts for the rich will be used to justify further slashes to critical social programs that millions of Americans rely on.
Top aide to former UAW vice president makes plea deal
Nancy Johnson pleaded guilty to charges related to the illegal payout of more than $1.5 million by Fiat Chrysler aimed at securing favorable contract terms from the United Auto Workers.
Private prison companies thrive as thousands of immigrants detained
By Shelley Connor, 4 July 2018
The Trump administration's detention of hundreds of thousands of migrants has been a windfall for private prison companies.
Technology giants hold censorship meeting with US intelligence agencies
The Washington Post described the meeting as a "new overture by the technology industry to develop closer ties to law enforcement."
Court sanction of AT&T-Time Warner merger strengthens corporate grip on news and entertainment
By Barry Grey, 13 June 2018
Coming just one day after the termination of net neutrality, the federal court ruling sets the stage for the further consolidation of monopoly control and suppression of oppositional points of view.
Amazon, Microsoft and Google compete for Pentagon Cloud warfighter project
By Will Morrow, 30 May 2018
The technology giant that secures the contract will administer the US military's global operations.
Plea deal reveals Fiat Chrysler used "sham employment" scheme to pay off UAW negotiators
Another former Fiat Chrysler executive pleads guilty in the corruption scandal engulfing the United Auto Workers union.
US drug executives testify before Congress on opioid crisis
By Brian Dixon, 10 May 2018
The drug company heads shed crocodile tears over the opioid epidemic they helped create, including by shipping large numbers of opioids to pill mills in West Virginia.
Ford announces plans to slash US car production, cut billions in costs
By Marcus Day, 27 April 2018
Ford, GM, and Fiat Chrysler continue to restructure their operations at the expense of workers in response to Wall Street's relentless demands to cut costs and boost profits.
UK motorists sue Volkswagen over diesel emissions fraud
By Stephen Alexander, 12 March 2018
An estimated 40,000 premature deaths occur in the UK every year due to air pollution, amounting to a staggering £20 billion in public health costs.
Parasitism and "tax reform": Trump's corporate tax cuts fuel stock buybacks, not investment
By Gabriel Black, 6 March 2018
Catalyst Capital predicts that 2018 will be the biggest stock buyback year on record, with corporations spending $1.2 trillion to push up their share values.
US Senate report details funding of patient advocacy groups by opioid manufacturers
By Brian Dixon, 27 February 2018
The manufacturers of five major opioid products donated nearly $9 million to 14 supposedly independent patient advocacy organizations between 2000 and 2017.
Two key players in UAW corruption scandal to enter guilty pleas
By Shannon Jones, 18 January 2018
The wife of a deceased UAW official and a Fiat Chrysler executive are expected to plead guilty to charges they took part in a scheme to siphon off millions from the UAW-Chrysler Joint Training Center.
Former Massey CEO Don Blankenship announces run for US Senate
By Clement Daly, 21 December 2017
The former Massey Coal CEO, convicted and jailed in connection with the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster, has announced his bid for Democrat Joe Manchin's Senate seat.
Amid escalating corruption scandal, top UAW operatives step down
By Shannon Jones, 15 December 2017
The ongoing federal corruption investigation and growing worker anger and militancy are fueling an apparent crisis in the top echelons of the United Auto Workers union.
CVS to purchase Aetna for $69 billion, in move expected to disrupt health care industry
By Gabriel Black, 7 December 2017
The merger would create a level of vertical integration unprecedented in US health care, while netting Aetna's outgoing CEO half a billion dollars.
Right-wing billionaire Koch Brothers acquire major stake in Time Magazine
By Genevieve Leigh, 28 November 2017
As the Trump administration strips media regulation and antitrust laws, media conglomerates are planning even further consolidation.
US Steel and Indiana authorities covered up chemical dumping near Lake Michigan
By Jessica Goldstein, 21 November 2017
A lawsuit brought by students at the University of Chicago charges US Steel with dumping chromium into Lake Michigan, following a spill which dumped hundreds of pounds of a toxic compound.
Paradise Papers shed light on how giant companies and the super-rich avoid taxation
By Gabriel Black, 10 November 2017
The latest leaks confirm that the largest companies in the world, and the ultra-wealthy that run them, use their power and wealth to park trillions of dollars offshore to avoid taxation.
Airbnb and eBay paying virtually no tax in the UK
By Margot Miller, 24 October 2017
While profits soar to exponential heights, corporations engage in myriad complex scams to evade paying even the minimal and ever decreasing corporate taxes levied by governments.
"Every contract we wonder how we are going to get shafted"
US autoworkers speak on bribing of UAW official
A federal indictment Wednesday charged that a former vice president at Fiat Chrysler funneled more than $1 million in bribes to a UAW vice president between 2009 and 2014.
Federal indictment charges Fiat Chrysler paid top UAW negotiator $1.2 million in bribes
By Jerry White, 27 July 2017
A federal indictment filed in US District Court in Detroit Wednesday charges that a former vice president of Fiat Chrysler funneled more than a million dollars in bribes to United Auto Workers Vice President General Holiefield between 2009 and 2014.
Alberta NDP to work with Trudeau to ram through Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
By Janet Browning, 22 July 2017
Underscoring the Alberta NDP government's fealty to Big Oil and the financial elite, Premier Rachel Notley has vowed to dramatically increase the transport of untreated bitumen to tidewater.


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Post-Identity Agenda Queer Thoughts / New York
Jared Madere, "Untitled" (2015). Courtesy of the Artist and Queer Thoughts, NY.
Queer Thoughts was founded by artists Luis Miguel Bendaña and Sam Lipp in 2012 in a diminutive apartment on Chicago's Lower West Side. The gallery recently moved to a larger space in lower Manhattan. Flash Art talked with its founders about this new opportunity.
What inspired the move and what will you do with all that space?
After seven years in Chicago, we were ready to expand beyond the milieu of the university we attended (The School of the Art Institute of Chicago). We love Chicago but neither of us wanted to die in the Midwest. New York has been an adjustment, but we're really excited to be here and showcase our artists in our new "big space." Honestly, it is still so small. The greatest difference between the two locations isn't really the size but that the old space was in our apartment and our new space is on Broadway in Manhattan. It is exciting and far beyond what we had in mind when we first began the gallery.
One would imagine that in the comparatively small art scene in Chicago there would be a certain sense of community and intimacy, as opposed to the competitive individualism of New York. Is there any truth to this? Do you feel like you traded community for centrality?
Both art scenes are similar in that they are constantly repopulating and redefining themselves in relation to the institutions there — so our temporary tenure in Chicago is a common aspect of the art ecosystem there. The presence of the market is definitely stronger in New York, which informs a lot of what happens here and how people behave. But just because Chicago has a more insular community doesn't necessarily entail that it was more supportive. There are supportive and unsupportive micro-communities in both cities. We have experienced both. The advantage of living in New York is the incomparable access to art, to artists and to institutions, and as artists ourselves that is inspiring. Likewise, we are grateful for the time we spent in Chicago. There is a great community there and a unique sensibility, which definitely informed our project. Chicago has always supported grassroots initiatives, and there are still many exciting things happening there like New Capital and Night Club and more recently Born Nude, Beautiful Gallery and Boyfriends, among others.
You've frequently used the term "post-identity" to characterize the work that interests you. What does that mean exactly?
It means a lot of things and maybe it means nothing, but the term allowed us to define ourselves in relation to what we were not. When we began the gallery in 2012 we wrote on our website that we promote "a post-identity agenda," which seemed like a funny incongruity to designate ambiguity as our political or aesthetic objective. But perhaps the term invokes a certain indeterminacy of language, which is of interest to us and relevant to the work we show. Choosing the name "Queer Thoughts" was another instance of this indeterminacy, used as a political strategy to undermine a certain concretization of identity. We prefer slipperiness.
Before you opened the New York space, you spent almost a year globetrotting, having shut the Chicago space at the end of 2014: art fairs, organizing exhibitions at galleries here and there, and a show at three locations in Nicaragua. What was the story behind that exhibition?
Miguel's family is from Nicaragua and it has always been an aspiration of his to participate in the community there as an artist. It was important for us to organize an exhibition in Nicaragua at that time, with the construction of the new Canal de Nicaragua looming (which is now in the midst of construction). This new canal is displacing populations and destroying rainforests, and will connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through Lake Nicaragua, the largest lake and source of freshwater in Central America. Of course this is a complicated situation — the dreams of urbanization and industry to prosper in an impoverished nation versus the preservation of an almost untouched volcanic landscape. After we organized that exhibition we met Oliver Kandt, who is the new curator of the Nicaraguan Biennial upcoming in February 2016. We will be exhibiting works ourselves and organizing a small section of the Biennial at the Palacio Nacional in Managua.
Could you tell us about qt.pdf?
The qt.pdf was a way to create content to be specifically experienced in digital form — in contrast to the exhibitions themselves, which we always conceived of as inherently experiential in person. It is just an extra thing. Sometimes it's a pain in the ass for us and the artists, but it's quite nice to go back and look at them later. We are in the process of redesigning the format to coincide with our new location. Oliver Apte is doing the new design and we will be releasing the second volume soon. Stay tuned for that!
What's coming up for the gallery?
We are currently preparing for NADA Miami Beach, which will be our first participation in a Miami fair. In February we will be organizing a section in the Nicaraguan Biennial, and to coincide with that we will be opening an exhibition at our new second location, Queer Thoughts, Nicaragua. We're also excited for our upcoming solo exhibitions in New York with Siera Hyte, Chelsea Culp, Diamond Stingily and Chloe Seibert.
by Eli Diner
Rosie Hastings and Hannah Quinlan Queer Thoughts / New York
19 April 2018, 1:39 pm CET
Gay representation exists in a slippery space between liberation and domination, solidarity and violence, of both socioeconomic and interpersonal dimension.…
New York City Artists Unite to support the Rockaways and the flooded areas of New York City
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Q: Unable to add new dynamic fields in Solr 6.0 I added a few new dynamic fields in solr-6.0.0/server/solr/configsets/data_driven_schema_configs/conf/managed-schema as follows:
   <dynamicField name="*_sst" type="string"  indexed="false"  stored="true" />
   <dynamicField name="*_sin" type="string"  indexed="true"  stored="false" />

Then I start solr and add a collection as:
bin/solr start -cloud
bin/solr create -c my_coll -shards 2 -replicationFactor 1

I see the dynamic-fields being picked up when I navigate to http://localhost:8983/solr/#/my_coll/files?file=managed-schema
<dynamicField name="*_sst" type="string" indexed="false" stored="true"/>
<dynamicField name="*_sin" type="string" indexed="true" stored="false"/>

However, when I send documents to this collection and query it, I am able to query by *_sst fields (which were meant to be stored-only) and I see *_sin fields in the result (which were meant to be indexed-only).
On seeing the http://localhost:8983/solr/#/my_coll/schema?field=FooPrefix.name2_sst, it does show that my _sst field is mapped correctly, but I am still able to search on it?

Does anyone know what is not correct here?

A: I think this is because of the file managed-schema.xml has lot many dynamicFields defined already.
And you field must be using one of it.
I think your field is using the
 <dynamicField name="*_t"   type="text_general" indexed="true" stored="true"/>

or could be used
<dynamicField name="*_ss" type="strings"  indexed="true"  stored="true"/>

or there might be other dynamic field.
I would suggest you to either delete the rest all dynamicField which are not required and keep the ones which are added by you.
Once you are done with this, restart the server and re-index the data and check.

A: The answer is in your screenshot. It is all about docValues. Your attributes are accumulated between the field and type definition. And the definition for the type string now includes docValues="true".
Which means the exact value search would still work against docValues even with indexed=false. And, as of schema version 1.6 (in Solr 5.5 and 6.0), docValues can be returned even when stored=false.
If you don't like that, remove docValues=true from the string type or create another similar type without that flag. Or explicitly override it in your field definitions.

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Q: Can I debug into the source code of stdio within Eclipse CPP? I'm new to Eclipse CPP helios. Does it include the source code of C library like stdio? I want to know how the various functions in stdio are implemented. How can I do it? Thanks.

A: The source (or lack thereof) of stdio from libc is a matter for the compiler / Operating System, not Eclipse. You don't mention which platform (Linux, OS X, Windows) you're running, however in general the full source to libc is not installed by default.
The header files, however will be and do have the implementation of some (inline) methods in them. Exact instructions for obtaining source will vary based on your OS, but for example here are some links to GNU libc (Linux), and Apple's libc (based on BSD).


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Q: sample size of a linear regression in R? how can i see the sample size of a linear regression? i would like to know a demand, which gives me the samplesize. I did some linear regression and the variables contains different samplesizes. Thank you.

A: If there's no missing data, then I presume that you could simply get the sample size from your data frame.
If there is missing data, then the sample size will depend on how you are handling it (e.g., whether you delete entire cases with missing data, whether you impute the values).


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ROCK Sex: "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" - X-Ray Spex > Free Kitten > Chicks On Speed
"Some people say little girls should be seen and not heard
OH BONDAGE UP YOURS!"
ROCK Sex says the up the ante till they cry uncle.
Today the cultureal relay of "Oh Bondage Up Yours!".
Punk meant to break down all barriers and restrictions- in sound, fashion, and outlook. Because of its physical energy and aggro stance, it could've trapped itself into becoming the macho crap it was trying to defeat. Luckily, Poly Styrene changed that.
© Jerome Gaynor
Poly and the X-Ray Spex were the molotov cocktail that drove away the mob to save the party. She injected Feminist parody and lacerating wit, creating a political stance with a bracing sense of humor. She made Punk fun and smarter. She opened the doors for The Slits, The Au Pairs, Poison Girls, Bikini Kill, Hole, L7, Babes In Toyland, Tribe 8, Lesbians On Ecstasy, and Peaches.
Here she turns masochism into a metaphor for our slavery to consumerism, and tells where to put it.
X-RAY SPEX -"Oh Bondage Up Yours!" (studio, 1977)
X-RAY SPEX -"Oh Bondage Up Yours!" (live, 1978)
An Indie supergroup comprised of Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), Julie Cafritz (Pussy Galore), and Yoshimi P-We (The Boredoms) later blasted upped the ante.
FREE KITTEN -"Oh Bondage Up Yours!" (1993)
In the fine tradition of sedition, here's Chicks On Speed to alter the face of things.
CHICKS ON SPEED -"Plastic Surgery" (2006)
-The Real History of Rock and Soul!: A Music Player Checklist
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Labels: Bikini Kill, Chicks On Speed, Electroclash, Essential Logic, Free Kitten, Girls Talk, Grunge, Lara Logic, Lora Logic, Oh Bondage, Poly Styrene, Punk, RockSex, Sonic Youth, The Slits, Tribe 8, Tym Stevens, X-Ray Spex
LADIES FIRST: "What A Man" - Linda Lyndell > Laura Lee> Salt-N-Pepa
Linda Lyndell
LADIES FIRST spotlights another classic song that 'she did first'.
The original "What A Man" is by Southern Soul singer Linda Lyndell. It was released by the ever-wonderful Stax Records on their Volt label, and produced by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, hot off of creating all the hits of Sam And Dave.
LINDA LYNDELL -"What A Man" (1968)
It was first remade by Atlantic Records' Soul great Laura Lee, most known for "Dirty Man", "Women's Love Rights", and "Crumbs Off The Table".
LAURA LEE -"What A Man" (1972)
The song reached its biggest fame when adapted by Rap dynamos Salt-N-Pepa, backed up perfectly by En Vogue at their peak.
SALT-n-PEPA (with En Vogue) -"Whatta Man" (1994)
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LADIES FIRST: "You're No Good" - Dee Dee Warwick > Betty Everett > Linda Ronstadt > The Pasticines
She's so good!
LADIES FIRST sptolights another classic song that 'she did first'.
We all love "You're No Good" in versions by Betty Everett and later Linda Rondstadt.
But actually, it was done first by Dee Dee Warwick as a B-Side in 1963. Check out the surprisingly tough guitar fuzz in the break (1:17), well ahead of Garage Rock. And Dee Dee sounds both pissed and swinging at the same time!
Beyond being the sister of Dionne Warwick, Dee Dee has gained much love in Soul circles for her own fine body of work.
DEE DEE WARWICK -"You're No Good" (1963)
Sometimes the cover becomes the definitive version, and here's BETTY EVERETT with her great hit take on the song.
BETTY EVERETT -"You're No Good" (1963)
The song went international as a hit for the U.K. band THE SWINGING BLUE JEANS during the British Invasion.
THE SWINGING BLUE JEANS -"You're No Good" (1964)
Which led to the first Finnish version by these amiable moptops.
EDDY AND THE LIGHTNINGS -"Olet Paha" (1964)
And this terrific French version by PUSSY CAT. Great Garage-style attitude in this one!
PUSSY CAT -"Mais Pourquoi" (1966)
In America, this Michigan band gives it the full-on Psychedelic Soul treatment!
PHLEGETHON -"You're No Good" (1970)
Sometimes the cover of the cover becomes the new definitive version.
The reason is twofold: Linda Rondstadt's voice and Andrew Gold's playing. Linda brought a no-nonsense swagger that made the song an anthem during the rise of Feminism. Gold played all of the instruments, bringing the edgy mood, the sultry keyboards, and one of the most letter-perfect George Harrison slide guitar homages ever recorded (1:31).
LINDA RONSTADT -"You're No Good" (1974)
Here's a slamming French HipHop song sampling the piano of the original.
SALIHA -"16 Ans, 9 Mois Et Un Bébé Sur Les Bras" (1994)
Jill Johnson, a Country Soul artist from Sweden, responds to the Linda Ronstadt template here.
JILL JOHNSON -"You're No Good" (2007)
And here's Punk Pop from the French band The Plasticines that owes a debt to The Ramones. Love that "ah, ah-ahhh/ hey-ho-hey" chorus they throw in!
The band took their name from a lyric in The Bestles' "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds".
THE PLASTICINES -"You're No Good" (2010)
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Share this Story: City spending $146,000 on new Bicycle Master Plan
City spending $146,000 on new Bicycle Master Plan
Chris Montanini
Jan 22, 2015 • January 22, 2015 • 2 minute read
City council has approved the hire of a consulting firm to help update its nearly decade old Bicycle Master Plan.
According to a civic works committee report, MMM Group Limited will complete a study to update the Bicycle Master Plan at a cost of roughly $146,000. The update, which council approved Jan. 13, is expected to include:
• Infrastructure - Identification of network improvements including short and long term cycling projects for both road and parks environments and recommended facility types;
• Policies - A review of existing cycling policies, by-laws, maintenance practices and associated liabilities;
• Programs - A review and recommendations for promotional programs; and,
• Engagement – Increased opportunities for community engagement with a focus on the Master Plan and enhancing the cycling culture in London.
"I think we have some gaps," said Coun. Harold Usher, chair of the civic works committee, about London's cycling network. "But I also think we're going to have to come up with a specific standard for any kind of improvement we want to make with respect to the current (infrastructure) as well as the new structures … and we'll have to decided on some kind of practice with respect to how we maintain these."
The city's relatively new Cycling Advisory Committee is also being consulted along with other partners including the Middlesex London Health Unit, the Transportation Advisory Committee and local cycling clubs.
A more bicycle-friendly city, particularly downtown, is often a wish list item for Londoners and that's reflected in the Transportation Master Plan, which identifies cycling as a key transportation option as the city continues discussions to push London towards alternative transportation and improved public transit.
The Transportation Master Plan even includes a goal to increase the active transportation modal share from nine per cent to 15 per cent by 2030.
The city's attempts to improve active transportation options earned London a Bike Friendly Community Bronze Award from the Share The Road Cycling Coalition, although many cyclists will argue more needs to be done.
Usher agrees.
"Even though we are not completely there yet, we're still known as a bike-friendly community," he said. "But we still have a way to go and without a plan, you don't go anywhere these days."
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