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Dang it seems as if each weeks new comics are getting bigger and harder for me to review so many titles now. I will try to do as many as I can.
Ant-Man #2
Marvel Comics Writer Nick Spencer, Artist Ramon Rosanas, Colorist Jordan Boyd, Letterer Travis Lanham
I was not overwhelmed by the first issue of this title but there was an underlying charm to it and was willing to go a second round. The plot from Marvel is, Ant-Man's starting a new life– a bold new adventure– and you know what that means. He needs to borrow some money! Also, an old enemy returns… kinda. Sorta. Maybe? The second issue was a bit better paced than the first issue was. Spencer's script keeps the light and breezy tone that he had in the first issue and builds on it. The only issue that I have is that the book seems to be heading in the same direction that She-Hulk did. I'm not complaining but that book was recently canceled sadly. And yet a book with the same tone because it's got a big movie coming it will last for a lot longer. The big question that I have for the book is its long term goal. While the story is decent it was not overtly compelling either. Rosanas's artwork has a great look to go with the light story. It's a nice clean style that a few times lacks the background detail that could benefit the book but overall he does a nice job.
Is this book worth your time and money? This is one that is hard to call. It's not a bad book but it's not very memorable either. The story is light and is easy for new readers to jump into, but in the end it was just OK. While I liked the light tone that the story has there just wasn't much there when you are done reading it.
Wolf Moon #3
Vertigo Comics Writer Cullen Bunn, Artist Jeremy Haun, Colorist Lee Loughridge, Letterer Travis Lanham
This title really came out of nowhere for me and has become a real great read. The plot from Vertigo is, Dillon Chase continues his hunt for revenge – and the werewolf continues its slaughter across the American midwest. Hold onto your hearts and your entrails. Bunn has done something that is rarely seen in comics. He takes a tried and true mythology and has infused new blood into it while not throwing away all of the good stuff that made the mythology work so well. He has alluded to the way that the werewolf curse affects its victims but this issue we get to see first hand the toll that it takes from both sides. Dillon's quest is at a real crossroads because he is the hunter and the hunted at the same time. Bunn keeps the great pace of the overall story in check and he does a great job of keeping all of the characters and the plot threads in check. The cliffhanger that is at the end of the issue really has me on the edge of my seat. Haun's art continues to impress with the great mood that he infuses into the story. He handles effortlessly both the dramatic and the horror elements that really draws you into the story.
Is this book worth your time and money? This book is one of the best new Vertigo books lately and has both strong story and art. It's rare to do a really good horror comic and this is one of the best that I have seen in a while. VERY RECOMMENDED!
Cluster #1
Boom! Studios Writer and Letterer Ed Brisson, Artist Damian Couceiro, Colorist Michael Garland
This is one of those books that is way too familiar for its own good. The plot from Boom is, In the distant future, as mankind discovers life on other planets, it needs soldiers to defend its colonies and outposts across the stars. In order to increase the number of boots on the ground, criminals are offered the opportunity to serve in the place of incarceration. But as wars wage on and more soldiers are needed, small-time crimes are given long-term punishments. When a group of prisoners serving their time as soldiers become stranded and abandoned on a war-torn planet, they'll need to work together to survive and uncover the truth behind Earth's role in deep space. The story by Brisson is OK the bigger problem is all of the influences you see in the story that are beyond obvious. Take one part Starship Troopers then add in Aliens then sprinkle in any prison movie and voila you get the story of Cluster. So I get really tired of writers that are influenced by things but don't bother to put their own spin on it. There is nothing wrong with telling a tried and true story but give it a new spin and tell it well. Sadly this book does not do either very well. The story is competent but nothing original. The characters are the usual story tropes. The artwork by Couceiro is better than average for an original Boom title and he does his best to make the simple story visually appealing. There were a noticeable lack of backgrounds that was disappointing.
Is this book worth your time and money? Not really. The story is riddled with clichés and been there and done that. With so many comics on the shelves book like this are not going to cut it. After reading it felt more like a pitch for a Hollywood movie than a real effort at a good comic book. SKIP IT!
Marvel Comics Writer Jason Aaron, Artist John Cassaday, Colorist Laura Martin, Letterer Chris Eliopoulos
After a great start to the new series, I tried not to let myself get too excited for the second issue just in case. The plot from Marvel is, Princess Leia has led a covert team in an attack on Cymoon 1. Unfortunately it also contains a number of innocent slave workers. Now the Rebels race to escape with the freed slaves before the factory is destroyed. A task made far more difficult by the arrival of Darth Vader on the moon. I was impressed by Aaron story and writing on the first issue and he continues to hit the tone and feel of the original films in the second issue. This issue is more action oriented and moves along quite briskly. I really love how Aaron uses the future movie vehicles in the story as a nod to the readers. It's also nice to see a more innocent time in the saga that the story takes place in so he is able to experiment with the characters in these new situations. Cassaday continues to turn in some of the best work of his career. He really knows how to pull off the scale of the story that few artists would be able to do. But he also wonderfully handles the more intimate moments in the story with great ease.
Is this book worth your time and money? If you are a fan of the original unaltered films then this is the book that you need to pick up. The key to it working so well is that Aaron gets what made the original films and the characters so beloved. He doesn't try to reinvent the wheel here, he just tells a fun story with the original feel in-tacked. Mix in Cassaday's beautiful art and you have one of the best Star Wars comics to come along in a great while. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Imperium #1
Valiant Writer Joshua Dysart, Artist Doug Braithwaite, Colorist Brian Reber & Dave McCaig, Letterer Dave Sharpe
Just when I had hope for Valiant I read Imperium #1. The plot from Valiant is, Toyo Harada is the most dangerous human being on the planet. Imbued with incredible powers of the mind, he has spent his life guiding humanity from the shadows. But today he is a wanted man. His powers are public knowledge, his allies have turned to enemies, and he is hunted by every government on the planet. Instead of surrendering, Harada has one last unthinkable gambit to play: to achieve more, faster, and with less, he will build a coalition of the powerful, the unscrupulous and the insane. No longer content to demand a better future, he will recruit a violent legion from the darkest corners of the Earth to fight for it. The battle for utopia begins now. Valiant's biggest problem is accessibility to their books and this is one of the most unfriendly books for new readers that I have ever read. They are doing such a great job with The Valiant and all of that goodwill is flushed down the toilet with this book. The biggest problem with the book is that I really had no idea of what was going on with the story and the there was absolutely no attachment to the characters because you are not introduced to anyone well at all. The story is not bad but it just really droned on and at the end of the issue I could have cared less about anything or anyone. Dysart is a decent writer and the story is somewhat competent but unless you are a current Valiant reader this book is pretty pointless. Braithwaite does a very nice job on the art but I was so lost with the story that even he couldn't save the book for me. I did really like the artwork though.
Is this book worth your time and money? I get that Valiant is trying to create an all-inclusive universe but, with books like this they are never going to get new readers involved in the companies books. Reading their books is like being invited to a lecture about something you know nothing about and are expected to have a conversation afterwords and know everything that was not told to you in the lecture. Valiant needs to make these event books a hell of a lot better for new readers or they are never going to grow new readers into the fold. If you are a new Valiant reader SKIP IT!
Nameless #1
Image Comics Writer Grant Morrison, Artist Chris Burnham, Colorist Nathan Fairbairn, Letterer Simon Bowland
Warning if you are only familiar with Morrison's superhero work then this might not be the book for you. The plot from Image is,An astronomer kills his family, then himself, leaving a cryptic warning. A Veiled Lady hunts her victims through human nightmares. An occult hustler known only as 'Nameless' is recruited by a consortium of billionaire futurists for a desperate mission. And the malevolent asteroid Xibalba spins closer on a collision course with Earth. But nothing is what it seems-a terrifying inhuman experiment is about to begin. Abandon all hope and experience ultimate horror in NAMELESS. This is a lot closer to his work on The Invisibles in both tone and structure. This is one of those books that where you will be scratching your head but at the same time totaling enveloped with the concept. As with an original Morrison concept there is a lot going on in the story and while it can seem confusing at the time it should all come together in the end. Morrison tends to write with a bigger scope than an average writer so there is a lot to digest with this book. There is a lot of ground work going on here in this first issue so hang in there. Burnham's artwork is really good and put a lot of thought and detail into the art. He does a great job of visually helping the reader through the story to help make the path a bit clearer. That is the mark of a good artist.
Is this book worth your time and money? Morrison is a real love or hate relationship with most readers. I am in the lover camp and while he has had a few flawed stories they were not awful by any means. Morrison is setting up a really interesting idea with this book and if you are willing to put the time into the book it looks to be a grand payoff in the long run. The book will probably work best in one reading so that is the decision that you will have to make. To you want to read it as soon as it comes out or wait until the story is collected. Dealers choice on this one.
Rat God #1
Dark Horse Comics Writer/Artist Richard Corben, Colorist Richard Corbin with Beth Corben Reed
A new comic from Richard Corben is always a welcomed sight to see. The plot from Dark Horse is, Terrible things stalk the forests outside Arkham in this chilling original tale from comics master Richard Corben! An arrogant city slicker on a quest to uncover the background of a young woman from the backwoods finds horrors beyond imagining, combining Lovecraftian mutations with Native American legends. Corben is one of the rare master storytellers that is still working in comics. He is one of those rare talents that is able to craft great stories and visually bring them to life by doing the artwork himself. Corben loves to dive into the horror realm and this new story is off to a great start. One of the things that really impressed me with this first issue is that the story starts off in one direction then just as you are getting into it he turns the direction 180 degrees and throws you in a completely different direction. That is the thing that I love about Corben's work is that he can still surprise you after all of these years of doing this. The story does have a few basic plot ideas but while there are a few flaws in the story, I still enjoyed reading the issue. I have been a big fan of Corben's artwork and he still delivers great work every time. The thing that really impresses me is his use of color to tell the story through the art.
Is this book worth your time and money? I rather enjoyed the first issue of this book and looking forward to the entire story to unfold. While not the scariest book Corben has a great knack for delivering a good creepy story with absolutely stunning artwork. If you enjoy horror stories or are a fan of Corben then you are in for a treat with his new book. It's worth checking out.
Django/Zorro #3
Dynamite/Vertigo Writers Quentin Tarantino and Matt Wagner, Artist Esteve Polls, Colorist Brennan Wagner, Letterer Simon Bowland
This book has been a really fun ride so far and this third installment is really hitting the stride quite well. The plot from Dynamite/Vertigo is, Our heroes finally arrive in Phoenix and their first encounter with the self-proclaimed Archduke of Arizona, whose charming demeanor is tinged with a merciless arrogance. Diego is welcomed into the Archduke's inner circle of wealthy investors but Django soon finds himself exploring behind the scenes with the silent but intrepid Bernardo. The Archduke's massive railroad project is a being built be the local Yaqui tribes, who are all but enslaved by their master's tyrannical regime. This exciting series is the first-ever sequel to any of Quentin Tarantino's films and features one of the original western heroes, the masked crusader known as Zorro! With the first two issues setting up the story the pieces of the puzzle are starting to fall into place with this issue. As with most Tarantino stories there is a lot of set up to the story that is going to pay off when all is said and done. We finally get to see a glimpse of Zorro (sadly at the end of the issue) finally revealing himself. Tarantino and Wagner work well together because you can tell that the ideas are from both of them and Wagner is putting the story and dialog together in the final form. What I am loving about the story is its roots in classic western cinema tales and has all of the classic beats and then mixes in Zorro and Django into it. The most important aspect of the book is that it's the characters that are driving the story. Every thing is starting to pay off with the groundwork that has been laid down so far. Polls continues to bring some really great artwork that captures that tone of the story's period. The key to the artwork working so well is that it visually feel just right.
Is this book worth your time and money? I was not expecting this book to be as good as it is. While I was a fan of both Zorro and Django I wasn't quite sure if they were going to pull the whole thing off. But not only did they do it they continue to surpass my expectations of the book every issue. Add in the fantastic artwork and you get one hell of a good book. RECOMMENDED!
Feathers #2
Archaia Writer and Artist Jorge Corona, Colorist Jen Hickman, Letterer Deron Bennett
While the first issue was somewhat disappointing I thought that there was hope for the book and was willing to give the second issue a try. The plot from Archaia is, Fresh from their near-miss escape from the Guards, Bianca and Poe strike a deal: If he guides her through the treacherous Maze, she will take him to see the White Guide, a feathered statue in the City that may hold the key to Poe's origins. It's an adventure that will take them from the lowest shadows to the highest rooftops, with untold dangers along the way…and not everyone in the Maze is happy about their new alliance. Well the second issue is a bit better but there are still some issues that linger. The second issues focus is a bit better than the first issue but the lingering problem with the book is that it's a pretty basic story that has been done before and Corona isn't really bringing a new spin on it. There are some good ideas that are introduced in this issue but the main thread is really thin. The characters are a bit hallow and one-dimensional and are pretty lackluster. The story is dragging and not going forward at a good pace. The art is still really good and that is the stronger of the two sides of the book.
Is this book worth your time and money? I really want to like this book and it is by no means terrible. It just isn't gelling together for me well enough to recommend. It might work out in the end when the entire story is finished but, I don't think that I'm going to be sticking around to find out.
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #2
Marvel Comics Writer Ryan North Artist Erica Henderson, Colorist Rico Renzi, Letterer Clayton Cowles
I admit no shame in saying that I am in love with The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. The plot from Marvel is, Starting college is hard enough, but now Squirrel Girl has to deal with Galactus too? The fate of the entire planet hangs in the balance, and only Squirrel Girl can save it! Also, her squirrel friend Tippy Toe. She can help too. Iron Man might show up too! Kinda, at least! Who knew that one of Marvel most forgotten characters into the funnest book that has become one of the best book to read. North script is simply perfect and while the book is a lot of fun and a bit silly it really is a solid story and that is what make the book so charming. The big key to the book working so well is that he never treats Doreen like she is stupid but she see things in the world from an innocent point of view. She sees the world as we all should to experience things that are all around us. She also is the embodiment of what a real superhero is, do what needs to be done for the greater good. And while she may not alway go about it the best way, her intention is always from the heart. While the story is great it's Henderson that brings the book to life. Her art captures her world so perfectly that I can imagine anyone else that could have done this book. The care that she put into every panel and while on the surface it may look simple it is far from it. She never over does the art and is a visual delight.
Is this book worth your time and money? This is simply a great book that is not only a great all ages book but, a book for everyone. Squirrel Girl is what every superhero book should be, Honest. North and Henderson have done a rare feat in comics today. A fantastic superhero book at a company that usually cranks out book as a number instead of concerning themselves with a quality product. This is simply hands down one of the best book that Marvel is currently publishing. I hope that we get to read The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl for as long as North and Henderson have stories to tell and here is to them having a hundred stories to tell. HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!
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I recently completed Trumpeter's 1/48 Supermarine Seafang kit, and wrote a build report about it on AgapeModels.com. It's a great kit, and I highly recommend it.
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A beautiful palm tree-lined square, sidelined by interesting buildings from the 19th century, including the seat of the State Government, and a curvaceous edifice from the 60s.
The landscape and architectural complex of Praça da Liberdade es a synthesis of the styles that marked Belo Horizonte's history. Work on the Square began when the new capital was founded (1895-1897). Built to house the headquarters of the estate government, the Gobernment Palace and State Secretarial construccions followed the architectural tendencies of that time - an eclectic style with neoclassical elements. As years went by, construccions with different architectural styles were added to the complex. During the 1940's, it was the Art Deco style, with a pó de pedra stone facing on the Cristo Rei Palace. During the 50's and 60's, modern buildings were incorporated into the complex, such as the Niemeyer Building, and the Public Library. In the 80's, the building known as the "Queen of Junk" was inaugurated; this structure was built in a post-modern style, and today it houses the Mining Memorial. The Square also offers a bandstand and a lighted fountain. The design and the gardens, inspired by the Palace of Versalles, are an open invitation to walking and strolling around all of which make Libertade Square an exceptional location for leisure activities and spending time together.
The spacious Praça da Liberdade is graced by a statue, on horseback, of King Pedro IV (d. 1834), who was also Emperor Pedro I of Brazil from 1822 to 1831. Off the north side of the square opens the Avenida dos Aliados, a broad avenue laid out in 1923-29 after the demolition of an old residential quarter and now lined by banks and imposing office blocks, leading up to the City Hall. With its high central tower this early 20th C. granite building is reminiscent of its Dutch and Belgian counterparts.


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Tiffany Cabán, a Socialist in the District Attorney's Office
Oren Schweitzer
Socialists keep winning elections. The latest: Tiffany Cabán, who won the Queens, New York, district attorney race last night. She will soon have the opportunity to radically overhaul the criminal justice system by ending cash bail, halting prosecution of crimes of poverty, decriminalizing sex work, and more.
Public defender Tiffany Cabán declares victory in the Queens District Attorney Democratic Primary election at her campaign watch party on June 25, 2019 in Queens. Scott Heins / Getty Images
Pending outstanding absentee ballots, Tiffany Cabán just won the Democratic primary for Queens County district attorney. With nearly 40 percent of the vote, incredibly, Cabán won in a close, competitive race on an explicitly socialist platform in the largest city in America. Her main competitor, Melinda Katz, is holding out until the remaining 3,400 absentee ballots are counted. But it seems unlikely that she'll close Cabán's thousand-plus-vote lead.
This is the third major electoral win for socialist candidates in New York in just under a year, coming soon after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and State Sen. Julia Salazar's insurgent wins last summer. This also comes directly after the landmark housing bill that just passed the New York state government, a campaign that has been the focus of socialist organizers in New York for the past few years.
In her victory speech last night, Cabán stated, "We built a campaign to decriminalize poverty, to end mass incarnation, to protect our immigrant communities. I want to be clear: Nothing is more important to me than the safety of all people. We are going to invest in healing and stabilizing lives."
To Cabán, the "safety of all people" does not mean the tough-on-crime status quo. It means addressing systemic problems without resorting to punitive, carceral measures. "You cannot separate our criminal justice from housing, health care, and education. You just can't," Cabán recently told Jacobin associate editor Ella Mahony.
With plans to use participatory budgeting to reinvest the "$100 million worth of federal asset forfeiture money" held by the DA's office back into Queens's working-class communities, Cabán will use the power of the district attorney's office to curtail crime through the "popular control of resources" rather than incarceration.
Cabán's socialist analysis of crime reduction comes from her own experience as a career public defender, a background that led her to run a racial justice–focused campaign with a clear class-struggle message. Cabán ran on ending the use of cash bail, declining to prosecute crimes of poverty such as turnstile jumping on New York's subway, ending the war on drugs and sex workers, and demilitarizing the police.
Moreover, throughout the campaign, Cabán committed to use the Queens County district attorney's office to prosecute abusive landlords and despotic ICE agents, set up participatory budgeting for the district attorney's office, and set up a wage theft unit to take on hyper-exploitative bosses.
Throughout the campaign, Cabán raised New Yorkers' expectations by demonstrating how much better their life could be with changes to the criminal justice system: that the despotism of their landlords and bosses doesn't have to be tolerated, and that people shouldn't have to go to jail because they can't afford court fines. And by ending prosecution of crimes of poverty and prioritizing prosecution of abusive and exploitative landlords and bosses, she sent a simple message: Free the poor and jail the rich.
That message was front and center at every campaign canvass. At the canvasses I attended, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) members leading the trainings instructed volunteers, as part of the persuasion script, to point out the ludicrousness of charging people for jumping turnstiles while landlords throughout Queens get away with illegally denying their tenants heat during the winter.
As district attorney, Cabán will have the power to implement this radical vision. Under capitalism, jails and prisons are tools the ruling class uses to enforce their rule. Most obviously, incarceration is used to enrich private contractors and prison companies and to provide quasi–slave labor to the government and large corporations. Beyond free labor, jails and prisons serve as holding sites for those the capitalist order has decided do not matter and do not deserve societal support. In the United States especially, incarceration has been used to shore up support for reactionary politicians through racist fearmongering and "tough-on-crime" rhetoric — not to mention that incarcerated people in this country are subjected to some of the most inhumane conditions imaginable.
Criminal justice reform, and ultimately destroying the existing prison system, is central to any socialist program. Black and Latino people make up 56 percent of those in prisons and jails despite their comprising only 28 percent of the total US population. People of color are also disproportionately victims of police violence and murder, and ICE routinely terrorizes immigrant communities of color.
The goal of socialists, therefore, is the abolition of police and prisons in their current form. As district attorney, Cabán will be able to wield the power of the state against mass incarceration and police militarization, hopefully in ways similar to Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner. These policies can drastically diminish the burden of day-to-day indignities and brutalities inflicted by the carceral system on working-class communities, as well as mitigate its financial impediments and emotional traumas.
In turn, this could create new openings for working-class people to organize and fight for more.
Not only can Cabán deliver radical change locally, for the more than 2.3 million Queens residents — the most ethnically diverse population in the world — but she has the potential to change national criminal justice policy. Through obtaining the endorsements of presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, her campaign has successfully tied the Left to a program to decriminalize sex work.
Both candidates voted for SESTA/FOSTA, a bill that socialists and sex-worker advocates have strongly opposed because of its dangerous implications for sex workers. But the endorsement of Cabán by Warren and Sanders suggest a new openness on the Left to decriminalization on a national level.
Cabán's vision for criminal justice brought together a wide coalition of working-class community groups like Make the Road Action, VOCAL-NY, and the Working Families Party (WFP), identity-based electoral organizations like Amplify Her, as well as the Democratic Socialists of America, Cabán's first endorser and ultimately the backbone of her campaign. She was also supported by the Real Justice PAC, a criminal-justice reform project founded by Sanders 2016 alumni to elect "progressive prosecutors" across the country.
Socialists were far from the only ones involved in the campaign, but we played a crucial role. DSA-sponsored events accounted for thousands of the signatures needed to get Cabán on the ballot, and DSA members also contributed significantly to non-DSA petitioning events. And DSA members helped lead key parts of her campaign, especially her field operation.
Dozens of DSA members devoted their lives to GOTV (get out the vote) operations throughout Queens from the Thursday before election day until polls closed on Tuesday night. I saw some DSA members pull all-nighters assembling turfs and literature multiple nights in a row, while others spent their entire days doing the same. This effort, largely run by DSA members, hit nearly 70,000 doors in just four days. DSA members offered their homes for GOTV launch sites; others spent more than twelve hours a day training new canvassers and entering data.
Cabán recognized this in her victory speech, saying "the WFP and the DSA were the engine behind this campaign." Only months after Governor Cuomo waged a vindictive campaign to defund the Working Families Party for backing his progressive opponent Cynthia Nixon, it's notable the party continues to buck the establishment to support left-wing candidates like Cabán.
Bianca Cunningham, cochair of NYC-DSA, stood beside Cabán (also flashing a Labor Notes tote bag toward the camera) as Cabán further issued her thanks: "The folks who have organized for our campaign are some of the kindest, most generous, most hardworking people you could ever come across." In response, the room erupted in chants of "DSA!" — the first of two times during Cabán's speech. DSA's massive presence in the room was reflective of its role in the campaign.
The Queens DSA electoral working group in particular was vital to this campaign. Without them and the tireless organizing of DSA electoral working-group members throughout New York City, both in official staff and volunteer capacities, Cabán's victory would not have come to pass.
A coalition of working-class and socialist activists built the Cabán campaign. It's a coalition that wouldn't be pegged as a winning one just a few years ago — but one that keeps winning around the country. "They said we could not win, but we did it, y'all," Cabán said last night after declaring victory. Queens residents will soon see what kind of transformations a socialist DA can bring.
Oren Schweitzer is a recent high school graduate in New York City and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and YDSA, its youth wing.
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Pending outstanding absentee ballots, Tiffany Cabán just won the Democratic primary for Queens County district attorney. With nearly 40 percent of the vote, incredibly, Cabán won in a close, competitive race on an explicitly socialist platform in the largest city in America. Her main competitor, Melinda Katz, is holding out until the remaining 3,400 absentee […]
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While the business of sports struggles to find a proper footing, an invaluable natural resource hangs in the balance: the country's future athletes.
IF ONE DOUBTS the sporting world can mean big business, a glance at Pavel Paska's car should be edifying. In fact, Paska, a top football agent, is more than happy to show visitors a photo himself. Recently gazing at a glossy shot of the gleaming silver machine flanked by two of his top superstar clients, he says almost by-the-by, "this is Tomáš Rosický and Jan Koller," before beaming with pride and pointing at the key presence: "and this, this is my Mercedes. A nice one." But while Paska's aggressively expensive attire and German luxury automobiles mark him as a Czech high-stakes powerbroker, his wealth and status, and that of his clients, derives mainly from the football leagues of western Europe. While sports like football have surged in market viability there, resources here seem more limited than one might expect.
Considerable money is of course being made in the local sports world – but the manner in which it is made, as far as sustainability and growth are concerned, is debatable. Top Czech athletes such as Rosický and Koller rate top prices on the international market, regardless of conditions here at home, and the transfer fees they bring can provide a real revenue boost for clubs. Pavel Paska says of one of his clients: "our twenty-year-old star Rosický, from so-called 'eastern Europe,' we sold (to Germany's Borussia Dortmund) for 30 million German marks (CZK 465 million)." The fee was a new record for Germany's Bundesliga. Selling talent to the rich western market is nothing new for local clubs – so much so that there is something of a system in place. A young player comes up in Czech youth leagues, signs on with a local pro club, which then sells the player to a western club; the money from that then comes back into the system, making its way all the way back down to the youth leagues. While retaining players for a sustainable relationship would be far more tenable from a marketing standpoint, clubs seem satisfied with the current one-off solution of selling the ripest fruits at the most advantageous time.
It's nothing unusual for a sports star to appear in the business world either during or after his career. In this country, the business activities of hockey goalie Dominik Hašek, our shining NHL star, stand out.
The idea of establishing Dominátor, a company that engages mainly in sportswear sales, was born before the Nagano Olympics (1998), in which the Czech hockey players took the gold. When Marek Picek, the company's executive, is asked whether there was an attempt to make maximal use of the famous name when starting the company, he responds, "Dominátor was one of four projects that Dominik was considering for after his active career." Nevertheless, he admits that the name of one of the greatest goalies in the world has opened many doors to the firm. "For one thing, journalists are very interested in us, but Dominik's name helps us mainly in various business negotiations," Picek explains, adding that Hašek is simply a symbol of seriousness and reliability. And does the great idol of many hockey fans around the world become himself involved in running the firm and thinking up business strategies? "I last spoke with Dominik yesterday, for about forty-five minutes, and all we discussed was the firm. We stay in practically daily contact," Picek says. But the phenomenal athlete's name is no "gold mine" when it comes to actually selling products, Picek says hyperbolically. Everyone expects Hašek to deliver what they are used to from his performances between the posts – so they compare clothing from Dominátor with the highest quality global brands.
Today most of the company's sales outlets (roughly 130) are in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and there are others in Germany, Austria, and Poland. An internet portal is also being prepared that should help sell the line in the US. Picek avoids disclosing concrete financial information about the company, but estimates annual turnover increase at 90-110%. Company promotion is in no way built on Hašek's face. "Our main customers are women, and they don't give a second glance to what's going on in hockey," notes Picek.
Concentrating solely on the athletic aspect of an event is not enough in elite sports these days. One can say with slight exaggeration that a top athlete is largely a marketing product.
Libor Varhaník, the director of Czech Athletics (the Czech Athletic Union's marketing agency), speaks of the cooperation with decathlete Tomáš Dvořák. "My goal was to turn Tomáš into a global personality who defines a life style and is known by people who are not track and field fans, too," Varhaník says. Naturally, key to the entire process were Dvořák's outstanding athletic performances, but sponsors are interested mainly in a certain personal charisma. According to Varhaník, other important activities are PR training and agreement on certain image-building mechanisms that open up possibilities for cooperation with firms.
The closing of contracts with Japanese athletic footwear producer Asics and American eyewear producer Oakley are examples of successfully conducted marketing projects. For Dvořák, these contracts brought not only financial resources, but also advertising obligations, such as billboard campaigns in cities hosting global track and field meets. "In the Czech Republic, we have tried to polish our offer to the point where it is of truly maximal interest to someone," Varhaník says. Linking up with several firms dramatically decreased the athlete's credibility as well as the value of the advertising connection. The result was the signing of a long-term contract with Eurotel, which gave the company exclusive rights to Dvořák and gave the athlete a so-called lifetime contract, which will give him security after his career has ended.
Asked what he does to promote himself, Aleš Valenta, the Salt Lake City gold medalist in acrobatic skiing, responds laconically, "Nothing, now." Since his glorious triple-flip, five-revolution jump, "my doorbell keeps ringing," he says, adding that potential sponsors are showing much more interest in working with him. Until 1998, when the Olympic games were held in Nagano, Japan, Valenta paid for everything connected with his activities himself. "I used offers I had created and I addressed firms in my search for sponsors," he recalls. Valenta has never had any problems finding business partners. "Even more important than bringing good athletic results to the sponsor is ensuring his visibility or delivering high quality work in PR activities," explains Valenta.
The big contracts signed by Czech stars on the world stage are in some ways detrimental, as they create a facade. Where one might expect to find the system that created these stars thriving with the aid of healthy public and corporate support, one finds instead a rather stunted business environment. This makes little sense when one takes into account the two incredible natural resources in abundance: enthusiasm and talent. A country that regularly turns out world-class athletes might be expected to also foster a business that can thrive in tandem.
The Czech Tennis Federation, says its general secretary Josef Nechutný, depends on sponsorships for roughly 70% of its income (the percentage at the two other major federations, football and ice hockey, is between 50 and 70). Even with big names such as ČEZ and Česká spořitelna behind tennis, Nechutný cites an ongoing struggle to make ends meet: "It could always be better. But we know how the situation is, we're just lucky to be here." In a country with a tennis tradition so hallowed, it seems odd for the sport's federation to have to give thanks for mere existence. Offering the federation's deep-pocketed sponsors more polished products in exchange for increased funding seems to be one solution. But products like major tournaments, where a brand could exploit top players and top exposure for maximum gain, have largely become a thing of the past. The last major ATP tourneys staged here were the Paegas and IPB bank events of 1998, which offered prize money of USD 365,000 and USD 1 million respectively, and attracted marquee names like André Agassi. The biggest tournament of the past few years has been the Živnobanka Czech Open, with prize money of USD 125,000, and a roster of players (apart from Jiří Novák) not particularly well known either here or abroad. "I know a big tournament might make for better presentation for the sponsors," admits Nechutný. He adds, however, that the federation has opted instead for a series of smaller events to better develop young talent. This makes limited sense. It seems using major events to fuel the sponsoring of youth programs might be more comfortable than relying on stable, but meager public money.
Czech companies currently use sports sponsoring as an effective marketing strategy tool very rarely, and in this they are trailing the developed world. So claims Peter Kovarčík, the chairman of the board of Teleaxis, which is one of the most important sports marketing players in this country.
According to Kovarčík, Czech companies are undoubtedly interested in sponsoring, but the ratio of funds spent on classic advertising to funds spent on sports sponsoring is still strongly tilted against his field: "Abroad, companies invest up to 50% of their advertising expenditures in sports sponsoring, but here a few percent seems too high." He says that companies underrate the fact that they could address three times as many people, thanks to the great effect of subliminal advertising. Kovarčík also notes that domestic branches of foreign firms do not adhere to western standards either – at home they may invest large amounts into sports, but their approach here is completely different.
The fact that a wide range of sports areas are covered by different brands proves that the sponsoring in this country is still developing. Linda Bartoníčková from Exmise agency, which is in charge of Budvar sports sponsoring, points out that Budvar is a partner of the first football league, where it invests a lot of money. "We know that it is a good marketing tool and that our investment will be returned," explains Bartoníčková.
In light of present shortcomings, are major initiatives on the horizon? Not according to the federations. While Fousek acknowledges the time for a PR boost is nigh, he also claims that any and all new moves will go through the federation's long-time marketing agency, STES, of which it is 100% owner. In fact, all of the major athletic federations exclusively use their own marketing agencies, created as private companies to channel away the heavy taxation on marketing activities they would incur as civic associations. In this way, they maintain an extreme degree of control over any marketing activity, which may not always be in their best interest. Many wonder if better results couldn't be achieved by outsourcing external outfits with international experience. But as Karel Bauer, marketing director of the Czech Olympic committee points out, federations did dabble with outside firms in the early nineties, and had negative experiences.
Gun-shy and reluctant to lend any authority to outside sources, federations have turned inward and are making due with what they have. Complicating matters is the absolute secrecy involved in any sponsorship contract. This makes it difficult to really know what the standards are that are being set in the local market, and how much pressure is being exerted to up the ante. Meanwhile clubs, which are private institutions, are only now beginning to wriggle free of the excessive marketing influence of federations to make more independent and beneficial decisions. Excessive nepotism and networking, though perhaps not as influential as they once were, have also hindered the growth and redistribution of funding in the sports world. "The percentage of decisions being made and contracts being signed on a friendship basis, or through personal connection or network, compared to those of pure business calculation, is declining," says Bauer. He cites a new breed of results-oriented manager taking hold at major companies as the reason why.
Carlo Capalbo, however, is less sanguine. Capalbo, founder and director of the Prague International Marathon, feels that big money properly redistributed through sports will not be possible here until conditions are changed dramatically. Sports marketing agencies used and owned by the federations, says Capalbo, have never had to stand on their own feet. Their services have therefore not kept pace with the changing market, and they've relied more on the comfort of a closed market than on results. "It's not mature," says Capalbo of the local environment. "So at the end of the day, you have your sponsors because of friends. I think sports marketing companies here are not up to standards… instead of using the power of friends and connections, they should use the power of a good delivery." Every time a football star scores, says Capalbo, an automatic emotional link should be made by skillful agencies to a particular corporate sponsor. "This way, of course," he adds, "a company can be convinced to invest more money." Which they are, as of yet, simply not doing.
While gaining sponsorships is crucial for all professional hockey clubs, Sparta Praha has been more successful than most at attracting major brands to players' uniforms.
Considerable funding for sports, as Škoda Auto has proven in the international arena, is available. According to sources close to Škoda Auto, the auto maker recently signed a deal with the International Hockey League to extend its sponsorship of the World Championships. From 1992 through 2007 the deal will be worth CHF 7 million (CZK 144 million). The problem locally is a failure to attract similarly generous attention. By way of comparison, the Czech Football Federation, the largest in the land, receives annual sponsorships worth roughly CZK 60 million.
There's little doubt that many companies here have the knowledge and volition to get involved in sponsoring in a bigger way, and to begin helping clubs and federations to develop on a larger scale. Mobile phone operator Eurotel is a good local example of the skillful blending of corporate communication through sports. Whether exclusively sponsoring top decathlete and all-around congenial fellow Tomáš Dvořák, sending the Eurotel cheering squad (yes, the country's first professional cheerleaders) out to matches, or taking care that their logo is emblazoned on the chests of Sparta football players, its investment has been both considerable and effective.
TomአEnge was the first Czech to step on the gas of a car in a Formula 1 race. According to his manager, Antonín Charouz, the way there was a rocky road, especially when it came to financing early in Enge's career.
In addition to Charouz, who ensures contacts with the worlds of F3000 and F1 and with motor sport experts, the BPA sport marketing agency (which Charouz owns) tends to the driver's needs. The agency owns the registered Tomáš Enge "brand", and holds exclusive rights to all business with him. It is also in charge of all advertising and marketing services, and it arranges everything that the racer needs in his athletic activities. Charouz often prenegotiates contracts for contacts with sponsors. Extensive materials are prepared for every meeting, containing an offer of various advertising opportunities. These begin with the announcement of a partnership on materials at press conferences, and may include the use of the driver's likeness rights, placing logos on his helmet, and presentations on television and the internet. The offer also contains viewership summaries and the possible extent of advertising campaigns. "We always try to prepare a plan that fits the marketing strategies of the given partner," explains Charouz, adding that sponsors' interest in working with Enge is growing steadily.
Advertising activities include a presentation of the racer on his web site, and various sponsor events with Enge's participation. In cooperation with partners, television spots are also produced. Media contacts play a significant role – press conferences, sending to journalists of press releases, results, and photographs of races, and so forth.
PR activities involving Enge are also directed abroad, although Charouz is now just building up his position there. Cooperation with the British magazine Autosport has been initiated, with articles about Enge appearing regularly. Enge also has his own presentation on the web site of the Arden International team, for which he drives.


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JERUSALEM — No country could possibly be more obsessed about its image abroad than Israel.
Understandably, the Israelis want to be liked and, where appropriate, admired.
But in recent years, especially since Operation Cast Lead — the poorly planned, badly executed assault on the Gaza Strip that began Dec. 27, 2008 — they have been the butt of international criticism, much of it unwarranted.
The traditional panacea here for this problem is termed hasbara, an untranslatable Hebrew word that literally means "explanation," but implies "rationale" or "elaboration."
Actually, the real solution is a change in policy and attitude toward the international news media, especially the foreign correspondents based in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Israel has the third largest international press corps in the world, exceeded in size only the number by those in Washington, Moscow or Beijing.
But the good will and respect enjoyed by the journalists who covered Israel during its War of Independence 62 years ago and at least two decades thereafter has been replaced by disdain and disrespect.
The trouble starts at Ben Gurion International Airport. Regardless of whether they are returning from home leave or an assignment abroad or are arriving for the first time, veteran correspondents encounter poker-faced security officers who ask, menacingly, "Why have you come to this country?"
Regardless of the passport presented by the incoming journalist or the status the country that issued it may have in the eyes of the border control personnel, the usual follow-up is a coldly enunciated order to "stand over there."
This is the standard prelude to an unpredictable interrogation by Interior Ministry officials who maintain a 24/7 presence in the airport terminal.
In most cases, though not all, admission is granted. But by then, there is a permanent residue of resentment, if not hostility, on the journalist's part. The "B-1" visa, which is issued to foreign correspondents, is identical to the one granted to African, Chinese, Thai and European manual laborers and Filipino caregivers.
It allows them to work in Israel for one year after which the visa must be renewed annually for a maximum of five years.
The Arab states, most of which curry favor and sympathy from the international news media, adhere to their cultural tradition of hospitality toward strangers in their midst.
After landing at Cairo Airport, for example, correspondents are directed to a special booth manned by government personnel who take care of their passport clearance and make sure the new arrivals' baggage gets through customs without delay.
Syrian border control officials act as if their primary purpose is to welcome newcomers and their Jordanian counterparts are even more gracious. Incredible as it may seem, their counterparts in the former Soviet Union and East Germany were more cordial than are the Israelis today.
A much more serious defect in the Israeli treatment of the international press corps is the limitation on access to governmental facilities and above all, the blatant preference given the local news media in the dissemination of newsworthy information. The exclusive groups of Israeli journalists who have special accreditation to the Prime Minister's Office, Foreign and Defense Ministries and national police are given separate briefings meant only for these institutions' respective aficionados. The frustrated foreign correspondents get the news second-hand from the local television or radio and sometimes from the next day's newspapers.
The Israel Defense Forces' data usually reaches the international news media's representatives three to four hours after it is aired locally in Hebrew.
Government-sponsored news conferences, to which foreign correspondents are invited, have become a rarity. Israel's chief military spokesman has not met with foreign journalists since he took office more than three years ago.
The only change on the horizon is the possibility that Israel may take a cue from the U.S. State Department and grant foreign correspondents a special "I" visa, which requires evidence that the bearer is employed by a recognized news organization abroad. However, it is too soon to say whether this will be an enhancement.
A truly meaningful improvement will occur when Israel's official media controllers and hasbara specialists face the fact that many of their much-coddled local journalists are on the payrolls of the various foreign news agencies, newspaper and television bureaus and simply pass on the inside stories doled out to them to their covert employers.
News is often worth a lot of money. Or as one of my local colleagues put it, "What I make from my Hebrew newspaper is peanuts compared to what I get from my foreign clients."
What all of the above boils down to is this: The best way for Israeli officials to convey their messages to the outside world is to go through the professional men and women who were sent here to receive it — not to bypass them.
(Jay Bushinsky, an Israel-based political columnist, can be reached at jay@actcom.co.il.)


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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The UNC School of Medicine is ranked No. 1 for the first time by U.S. News & World Report in the magazine's 2014 "America's Best Graduate Schools" issue. The School ranked 1st in Primary Care and tied for 22nd in Research overall. Family Medicine, Rural Medicine and AIDS were also listed as top ten specialties.
"Our vision is to be the nation's leading public medical school," said Dr. William Roper, MD, MPH, dean of the UNC School of Medicine and CEO of the UNC Health Care System. "Primary care is an area of tremendous importance to the health of our state and the nation. I want to thank all of our faculty, staff, students, and alumni for the work they do every day to help meet our vision of leading in patient care, education, and research."
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1 Rod Stewart Passion 1981 Canada 1 - Nov 1980 (17 weeks), Springbok 1 - Jan 1981 (14 weeks), Belgium 2 - Nov 1980 (12 weeks), France 3 - Nov 1980 (3 weeks), Holland 4 - Nov 1980 (9 weeks), Switzerland 4 - Nov 1980 (11 weeks), US Billboard 5 - Nov 1980 (19 weeks), Sweden (alt) 5 - Nov 1980 (9 weeks), Record World 6 - 1981, South Africa 9 of 1981, ODK Germany 13 - Dec 1980 (21 weeks), Germany 15 - Jan 1981 (3 months), UK 17 - Nov 1980 (10 weeks), Austria 18 - Jan 1981 (2 months), Canada 22 of 1981, ARC 27 of 1981 (peak 2 16 weeks), Holland free40 33 of 1980, US BB 38 of 1981, US Radio 38 of 1981 (peak 5 11 weeks), Italy 49 of 1981, US CashBox 51 of 1981, WABC NY 63 of 1981, KROQ 99 of 1980
2 Rhythm Syndicate Passion 1991 US Billboard 2 - Jun 1991 (17 weeks), US CashBox 22 of 1991, POP 23 of 1991, Japan (Tokyo) 28 - Aug 1991 (7 weeks), US Radio 34 of 1991 (peak 2 9 weeks), US BB 40 of 1991, Japan (Osaku) 51 of 1991 (peak 6 15 weeks), UK 58 - Jul 1991 (5 weeks), ODK Germany 82 - Aug 1991 (3 weeks)
3 Kinki Kids Passion 2001 Japan 1 for 1 week - May 2001
4 Flirts Passion 1983 Switzerland 4 - Jan 1983 (7 weeks), ODK Germany 4 - Feb 1983 (18 weeks) (7 weeks in top 10), Germany 6 - Feb 1983 (3 months), Holland 22 - Jan 1983 (5 weeks), Belgium 28 - Feb 1983 (1 week), Germany 358 of the 1980s (peak 4 12 weeks)
5 K5 Passion 1997 ODK Germany 53 - Jul 2001 (6 weeks), US Billboard 98 - Feb 1997 (3 weeks)
6 Gat Decor Passion 1992 UK 6 - May 1992 (10 weeks), Guardian Dance 40
7 Steve Murano Passion 2003 France 10 - Aug 2003 (1 week), ODK Germany 76 - Jul 2003 (3 weeks)
8 Jon of The Pleased Wimmin Passion 1995 UK 27 - Feb 1995 (3 weeks)
9 Amen UK Passion 1997 UK 15 - Feb 1997 (6 weeks)
10 William Bell Passion 1986 UK 96 - Jul 1986 (1 week)
11 Netzwerk Passion 1995 Italy 49 of 1995
12 Hikaru Utada Passion 2005 RYM 190 of 2005
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Fleishman Is In Trouble is the story of recently divorced 41-year-old "Toby Fleishman" (Jesse Eisenberg), who dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth, before he got married at the tail end of medical school. But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife, "Rachel" (Claire Danes), disappears, leaving him with 11-year-old "Hannah" (Meara Mahoney Gross) and 9-year-old "Solly" (Maxim Swinton) and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return. As he balances parenting, the return of old friends "Libby" (Lizzy Caplan) and "Seth" (Adam Brody), a potential promotion at the hospital that is a long time coming — and all the eligible women that Manhattan has to offer — he realizes that he'll never be able to figure out what happened to "Rachel" until he can finally face what happened to their marriage in the first place.
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Summon Your Witnesses
Toby won't let Rachel's inconsiderate (and early) drop-off stop him from keeping a date with a woman he's met online. Written by Taffy Brodesser-Akner; directed by Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton.
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Toby meets Rachel. Written by Mike Goldbach; directed by Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton.
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Toby uses every resource he has — from a night out with Seth to a visit to the American Museum of Natural History — to combat his loneliness. Written by Taffy Brodesser-Akner; directed by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini.
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Libby learns of previously unknown dimensions to the Fleishman divorce. Written by Taffy Brodesser-Akner; directed by Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton.
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Google And Project Nightingale: A Breach Of Privacy Or Healthcare Hero?
By Ameesh Divatia, Baffle
Google Healthcare has been the subject of widespread media attention recently after it was reported that Google's "Project Nightingale" is gathering personal health data on millions of Americans. This raises many questions about not simply privacy issues, but also legal and ethical consequences.
In my opinion, consumers should be concerned about Google having access to patient information. Today, healthcare information and healthcare records are more valuable than financial records. Our biggest threat with security, especially in cloud environments, is insider threats. We do not believe that Google itself will be careless about sensitive data but a rogue employee or an external threat is always a possibility as evident from the recent Capital One debacle. The fact remains that someone very knowledgeable, for completely nefarious reasons, could compromise the data.
The reality is cloud providers do not take responsibility for their customers' data. In this case, Google is both the data collector and cloud provider, and Google will take responsibility for the cloud infrastructure. But if someone were to compromise the data while analyzing it, s/he will not take responsibility because there could always be user error. There is no way to protect against some sort of configuration error or how someone uses the cloud infrastructure.
When a medical provider makes a deal like this with Google to collect data, the provider should limit patient data access. The reason goes beyond just healthcare restrictions like HIPAA and HITECH. Now there are regulations around privacy protection. GDPR started in the EU, where consumers not only have a right to know what their data will be used for, so the data collectors have to provide purpose, but they also have the right to be forgotten.
Where Privacy Is Being Enforced
The most important part about privacy regulations is the extent of the penalties. We've had these breach regulations around for a long time, but they always specify that any damage caused has to be compensated. With these privacy regulations, damage is not necessarily related to the loss that a consumer suffers. There is a dollar amount associated with it, just like GDPR. GDPR penalizes people by the percentage of revenue that the collector had. The penalties for CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), which is already law and will go into effect January 1, 2020, are pure dollar amounts - $150-$750 related to a singular record. And there are multiple states following California's lead, including New York and Massachusetts.
What Ascension is doing with Google is legal. But what will happen is that when people turn over their records to Ascension, the print says Ascension can do whatever they want with that data. So it is probably legal but absolutely not ethical because if medical records are compromised, that can have all sorts of repercussions. If a cancer diagnosis is revealed, for example, that patient might not be able to get insured. Given that though, every service provider, before they insure a group of people, always asks for medical records because they have to assess their risk.
The data is always going to be shared. There is no way around it. That's the world we live in right now. The problem is well understood, which is that data needs to be managed carefully.
The Solution: Privacy-Preserving Analytics
There have been significant advances in an area that the industry is calling privacy preserving analytics, which is defined as a capability that enables analyzing data without compromising its underlying privacy. Existing analytics applications will process data without actually seeing it. Several technology companies including Google are very much involved in efforts such as this. Ethically what consumers should demand is that Google process that data in a way that nobody, including themselves, will see the data.
Data is the new oil with so much value, but it is also the new asbestos, which means that if you don't use the data responsibly, it can have some bad effects. As an industry, we are up for the challenge. We want to create solutions where this unethical behavior is not only prevented, it's actually mathematically impossible because of the safeguards we can put in place where no data is provided in the clear, even while it's being processed. Because of existing and upcoming privacy regulations, the mechanisms, the way data is processed, must evolve to make sure privacy is not compromised.
Ameesh Divatia is cofounder and CEO of Baffle.


PAVEL VASSILYEVITCH, there's a lady here, asking for you," Luka announced. "She's been waiting a good hour. . . ."
"Oh, damn her! Tell her I'm busy."
"She has been here five times already, Pavel Vassilyevitch. She says she really must see you. . . . She's almost crying."
"H'm . . . very well, then, ask her into the study."
Without haste Pavel Vassilyevitch put on his coat, took a pen in one hand, and a book in the other, and trying to look as though he were very busy he went into the study. There the visitor was awaiting him -- a large stout lady with a red, beefy face, in spectacles. She looked very respectable, and her dress was more than fashionable (she had on a crinolette of four storeys and a high hat with a reddish bird in it). On seeing him she turned up her eyes and folded her hands in supplication.
"You don't remember me, of course," she began in a high masculine tenor, visibly agitated. " I . . . I have had the pleasure of meeting you at the Hrutskys. . . . I am Mme. Murashkin. . . ."
"A. . . a . . . a . . . h'm . . . Sit down! What can I do for you?"
"You . . . you see . . . I . . . I . . ." the lady went on, sitting down and becoming still more agitated. "You don't remember me. . . . I'm Mme. Murashkin. . . . You see I'm a great admirer of your talent and always read your articles with great enjoyment. . . . Don't imagine I'm flattering you -- God forbid! -- I'm only giving honour where honour is due. . . . I am always reading you . . . always! To some extent I am myself not a stranger to literature -- that is, of course . . . I will not venture to call myself an authoress, but . . . still I have added my little quota . . . I have published at different times three stories for children. . . . You have not read them, of course. . . . I have translated a good deal and . . . and my late brother used to write for The Cause."
"To be sure . . . er -- er -- er ---- What can I do for you?"
"You see . . . (the lady cast down her eyes and turned redder) I know your talents . . . your views, Pavel Vassilyevitch, and I have been longing to learn your opinion, or more exactly . . . to ask your advice. I must tell you I have perpetrated a play, my first-born -- pardon pour l'expression! -- and before sending it to the Censor I should like above all things to have your opinion on it.
Nervously, with the flutter of a captured bird, the lady fumbled in her skirt and drew out a fat manuscript.
"Very good, . . . leave it, . . . I'll read it."
"Pavel Vassilyevitch," the lady said languishingly, clasping her hands and raising them in supplication, "I know you're busy. . . . Your every minute is precious, and I know you're inwardly cursing me at this moment, but . . . Be kind, allow me to read you my play. . . . Do be so very sweet!"
"I should be delighted . . ." faltered Pavel Vassilyevitch; "but, Madam, I'm . . . I'm very busy . . . . I'm . . . I'm obliged to set off this minute."
"Pavel Vassilyevitch," moaned the lady and her eyes filled with tears, "I'm asking a sacrifice! I am insolent, I am intrusive, but be magnanimous. To-morrow I'm leaving for Kazan and I should like to know your opinion to-day. Grant me half an hour of your attention . . . only one half-hour . . . I implore you!
Pavel Vassilyevitch was cotton-wool at core, and could not refuse. When it seemed to him that the lady was about to burst into sobs and fall on her knees, he was overcome with confusion and muttered helplessly.
"Very well; certainly . . . I will listen . . . I will give you half an hour."
The lady uttered a shriek of joy, took off her hat and settling herself, began to read. At first she read a scene in which a footman and a house maid, tidying up a sumptuous drawing-room, talked at length about their young lady, Anna Sergyevna, who was building a school and a hospital in the village. When the footman had left the room, the maidservant pronounced a monologue to the effect that education is light and ignorance is darkness; then Mme. Murashkin brought the footman back into the drawing-room and set him uttering a long monologue concerning his master, the General, who disliked his daughter's views, intended to marry her to a rich kammer junker, and held that the salvation of the people lay in unadulterated ignorance. Then, when the servants had left the stage, the young lady herself appeared and informed the audience that she had not slept all night, but had been thinking of Valentin Ivanovitch, who was the son of a poor teacher and assisted his sick father gratuitously. Valentin had studied all the sciences, but had no faith in friendship nor in love; he had no object in life and longed for death, and therefore she, the young lady, must save him.
"The devil sent you . . . as though I wanted to listen to your tosh! It's not my fault you've written a play, is it? My God! what a thick manuscript! What an infliction!"
Pavel Vassilyevitch glanced at the wall where the portrait of his wife was hanging and remembered that his wife had asked him to buy and bring to their summer cottage five yards of tape, a pound of cheese, and some tooth-powder.
"I hope I've not lost the pattern of that tape," he thought, "where did I put it? I believe it's in my blue reefer jacket. . . . Those wretched flies have covered her portrait with spots already, I must tell Olga to wash the glass. . . . She's reading the twelfth scene, so we must soon be at the end of the first act. As though inspiration were possible in this heat and with such a mountain of flesh, too! Instead of writing plays she'd much better eat cold vinegar hash and sleep in a cellar. . . ."
"You don't think that monologue's a little too long?" the lady asked suddenly, raising her eyes.
"No, no, not at all. It's very nice. . . ."
ANNA: You are consumed by analysis. Too early you have ceased to live in the heart and have put your faith in the intellect.
VALENTIN: What do you mean by the heart? That is a concept of anatomy. As a conventional term for what are called the feelings, I do not admit it.
ANNA (confused): And love? Surely that is not merely a product of the association of ideas? Tell me frankly, have you ever loved?
VALENTIN (bitterly): Let us not touch on old wounds not yet healed. (A pause.) What are you thinking of?
ANNA: I believe you are unhappy.
During the sixteenth scene Pavel Vassilyevitch yawned, and accidently made with his teeth the sound dogs make when they catch a fly. He was dismayed at this unseemly sound, and to cover it assumed an expression of rapt attention.
"Scene seventeen! When will it end?" he thought. "Oh, my God! If this torture is prolonged another ten minutes I shall shout for the police. It's insufferable."
But at last the lady began reading more loudly and more rapidly, and finally raising her voice she read "Curtain."
Pavel Vassilyevitch uttered a faint sigh and was about to get up, but the lady promptly turned the page and went on reading.
ACT II. -- Scene, a village street. On right, School. On left, Hospital. Villagers, male and female, sitting on the hospital steps.
"Excuse me," Pavel Vassilyevitch broke in, "how many acts are there?"
"Five," answered the lady, and at once, as though fearing her audience might escape her, she went on rapidly.
VALENTIN is looking out of the schoolhouse window. In the background Villagers can be seen taking their goods to the Inn.
Like a man condemned to be executed and convinced of the impossibility of a reprieve, Pavel Vassilyevitch gave up expecting the end, abandoned all hope, and simply tried to prevent his eyes from closing, and to retain an expression of attention on his face. . . . The future when the lady would finish her play and depart seemed to him so remote that he did not even think of it.
"Trooo--too--too--too . . ." the lady's voice sounded in his ears. "Troo--too--too . . . sh--sh--sh--sh . . ."
"I forgot to take my soda," he thought. "What am I thinking about? Oh -- my soda. . . . Most likely I shall have a bilious attack. . . . It's extraordinary, Smirnovsky swills vodka all day long and yet he never has a bilious attack. . . . There's a bird settled on the window . . . a sparrow. . . ."
Pavel Vassilyevitch made an effort to unglue his strained and closing eyelids, yawned without opening his mouth, and stared at Mme. Murashkin. She grew misty and swayed before his eyes, turned into a triangle and her head pressed against the ceiling. . . .
VALENTIN No, let me depart.
VALENTIN (aside): She has turned pale! (To her) Do not force me to explain. Sooner would I die than you should know the reason.
ANNA (after a pause): You cannot go away. . . .
The lady began to swell, swelled to an immense size, and melted into the dingy atmosphere of the study -- only her moving mouth was visible; then she suddenly dwindled to the size of a bottle, swayed from side to side, and with the table retreated to the further end of the room . . .
VALENTIN (holding ANNA in his arms): You have given me new life! You have shown me an object to live for! You have renewed me as the Spring rain renews the awakened earth! But . . . it is too late, too late! The ill that gnaws at my heart is beyond cure. . . .
Pavel Vassilyevitch started and with dim and smarting eyes stared at the reading lady; for a minute he gazed fixedly as though understanding nothing. . . .
SCENE XI. -- The same. The BARON and the POLICE INSPECTOR with assistants.
ANNA: I am his! Take me too! Yes, take me too! I love him, I love him more than life!
BARON: Anna Sergyevna, you forget that you are ruining your father. . . .
The lady began swelling again. . . . Looking round him wildly Pavel Vassilyevitch got up, yelled in a deep, unnatural voice, snatched from the table a heavy paper-weight, and beside himself, brought it down with all his force on the authoress's head. . . .
"Give me in charge, I've killed her!" he said to the maidservant who ran in, a minute later.


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The Francisco Franco National Foundation (; FNFF) is a foundation and propaganda hub created in 1976 devoted to promoting the legacy of the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. The only child of Franco, Carmen Franco (1926–2017) led the organisation and later became its honorary president.

In 2017 200,000 people signed a petition, calling on the Spanish government to ban the organisation.

In 2018, after new Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez promised that Franco's remains would be removed from the Valley of the Fallen, the Foundation collected a petition with 24,000 signatures to oppose the proposal. While relatively marginal in Spanish political culture, the FNFF (and members of the Franco family) gained enormous public visibility in connection with the dictator's exhumation.

See also
 Francoism
 Pazo de Meirás

References

Bibliography

External links
Francisco Franco National Foundation website

Francisco Franco
Far-right politics in Spain
Foundations based in Spain
Francoism

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Credit: Illustration: NASA/JPL-Caltech; X-ray: NASA/CXC/Durham/D.Alexander et al.
The massive, growing black holes, discovered by NASA's Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes, represent a large fraction of a long-sought missing population. Their discovery implies there are hundreds of millions of additional black holes growing in our young universe, more than doubling the total amount known at that distance.
"Active, supermassive black holes are everywhere in the early universe," said Mark Dickinson of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, Ariz. "We had seen the tip of the iceberg before in our search for these objects. Now, we can see the iceberg itself." Dickinson is a co-author of two new papers appearing in the Nov. 10 issue of the Astrophysical Journal. Emanuele Daddi of the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique in France led the research.
The findings are also the first direct evidence that most, if not all, massive galaxies in the distant universe spend their youths building monstrous black holes at their cores.
For decades, large populations of active black holes have been considered missing. These highly energetic structures, also called quasars, consist of a dusty, doughnut-shaped cloud that surrounds and feeds a growing supermassive black hole. They give off a lot of X-rays that can be detected as a general glow in space, but sometimes the quasars themselves can't be seen because dust and gas blocks their X-rays from our point of view.
Daddi and his team initially set out to study 1,000 dusty, massive galaxies that are busy making stars, and were thought to lack quasars. The galaxies are about the same mass as our own spiral Milky Way galaxy, but irregular in shape. At 9 to 11 billion light-years away, they exist at a time when the universe was in its infancy, between 2.5 and 4.5 billion years old.
When the astronomers peered more closely at the galaxies with Spitzer's infrared eyes, they noticed that about 200 of the galaxies gave off an unusual amount of infrared light. X-ray data from Chandra, and a technique called "stacking," revealed the galaxies were in fact hiding plump quasars inside. The scientists now think that the quasars heat the dust in their surrounding doughnut clouds, releasing the excess infrared light.
The observations also suggest that collisions between galaxies might not play as large a role in galaxy evolution as previously believed. "Theorists thought that mergers between galaxies were required to initiate this quasar activity, but we now see that quasars can be active in unharrassed galaxies," said co-author David Alexander of Durham University, United Kingdom.
"It's as if we were blind-folded studying the elephant before, and we weren't sure what kind of animal we had," added co-author David Elbaz of the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique. "Now, we can see the elephant for the first time."
Consistent results were also recently obtained by Fabrizio Fiore of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma and his team. Their results will appear in the Jan 1, 2008, issue of Astrophysical Journal.


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Ep 43: The One Wild and Precious Life with Sarah Wilson
Today on the podcast, I'm talking with Sarah Wilson- author, activist and champion of the I Quit Sugar movement. Sarah is a passionate environmentalist and is currently in the final editing phase of her new book, This One Wild and Precious Life, due for release at the end of this month.
By Irene Falcone
Sarah Wilson is who I turn to when I need guidance, an educated opinion or even just to make sense of my feelings. An author, journalist, editor, television host, entrepreneur, world traveller and activist, Sarah spends the bulk of her time trying to learn and better herself and, in turn, educate others (like you and I!) on things that really matter.
I first met Sarah back in the 90s in the Cosmo offices when I was working at Revlon. Our jobs might have changed, but I still consider myself a bit of an obsessive fan of Sarah's work! Sarah and I try to work together or at least catch up every few months, so this month I decided I needed to get her on the podcast to reconnect for a long overdue chat.
Sarah really does have a world of knowledge on so many things, and given everything going on in the world at the moment, I thought now would be a great time to chat to her about the state of the planet and what we can do to make the world a better place.
This One Wild and Precious Life
Sarah is currently finishing her new book, The One Wild and Precious Life. Sarah tells me that the book is a "path forward" and one written to help us make sense of complexities and bring us all together. The book was actually due for release earlier this year but, given everything that has happened so far in 2020, Sarah decided to keep writing as more and more important subjects were coming to the forefront of global consciousness. When we spoke, Sarah was just "hours away" from finally finishing!
Beyond the book, Sarah is currently working remotely on a few projects in the US, but travel restrictions have really changed the way Sarah usually works. Sarah tells me that the COVID-19 crisis has forced her into an "interesting way of creating," explaining that "the world demands a certain creative agility."
Crisis and the Environment
Having seen how agile Sarah has been this year, I took some time to ask her about the effect the current global health crisis has had, so far, on the environment. We've all talked about doing better by the planet for years, but now we've actually been forced to change our behaviours!
Sarah agrees, explaining to me that this year has given the world a moment to pause and really collect their thoughts. "You can't unsee shit," Sarah says, so now more than ever people are really questioning the system. Sarah tells me that COVID19 is as much an environmental issue as it is a health one, as a large part of its spread has come down to overpopulation and limited resources.
"Unfortunately," she explains, "the solution isn't something that you can just buy off a shelf." There are a few changes we can make, however, that Sarah says can make a huge difference.
1.	Drive less. It's trick, but there are ways around driving- like public transport! Sarah personally doesn't drive, and instead relies on the train to take her on longer trips from Sydney to Canberra. For short trips, Sarah suggest walking or cycling, as small trips actually burn the most carbon emissions as it's the starting and shutting down of the engine the emits the most CO2!
2.	Waste less food. Food waste produces CO2 emissions, and it's not the farmers or the supermarkets that are to blame- it's consumers, throwing out a third of our household food. I personally love Sarah's cookbooks for this reason, as they show you how you can use food scraps to create amazing meals and snacks!
3.	Don't go to the shops. Sarah explains that "shopping begets shopping," so prolong any trips to the big shopping centres for as long as you can so you don't get sucked into the cycle. The example Sarah uses of a time she really does need to go to a shopping centre is when she needs new underwear- but I say if you order your bamboo underwear on Nourished Life, you won't need to go out to the shops for it!
4.	Listen to and read the news. Sarah explains that being across the daily news cycle will empower you, as to really feel empowered to make positive change you do need to know what's going on in the world. Sarah's preferred news sources are the Guardian, as it's independently funded and therefore unbiased, the ABC's Radio National, as they're always held to account, and the New York Times and the New Yorker for global news.
Given how in tune with global issues Sarah is, I took the opportunity to talk to her about the Black Lives Matter movement and how we can all help. Sarah has been interviewing a number of black activists, and she says the advice she's been repeatedly given is to "catch up." We need to make a really considered effort to rethink everything we've been taught, make no assumptions and really get to know what we're fighting for. Sarah recommends checking out the #passthemic hashtag on Instagram to find the profiles of people of colour who we can all learn from.
Links and resources:
Shop Sarah's I Quit Sugar books on Nourished Life
Beauty Pack on Nourished Life
Travel Pack on Nourished Life
Sleep Pack on Nourished Life
Sarah Wilson's reading and listening list to beat climate crisis overwhelm
Ibram X. Kendi's, "How to Be an Antiracist" "Stamped From the Beginning"and "Stamped"
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor "From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation"
Ava Duvernay's film 13th
Andrea Ritchie Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color"
Paul Butler Chokehold
Documentary Whose Streets
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Listen to other episodes of Talking Clean with Irene
Join my private podcast Facebook Group
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Ep 50: Krumbled Foods with Founder Keira Rumble
Today on the podcast, I'm talking with Keira Rumble, the founder and CEO of Krumbled Foods. A certified nutrition, wellness advisor and business owner, Keira established Krumbled Foods to bring delicious, legitimately healthy snacks to the market, each of which have been carefully created to provide a daily dose of skin-supporting nutrients and include 5 key anti-ageing ingredients in each convenient snack bar.
Ep 49: Coffee Break with KeepCup
Today on the podcast, I'm talking with Abigail Forsyth, the CEO of KeepCup. KeepCup was founded by Abigail and her brother Jamie in 2009 as a means of minimising the waste that is produced by disposable takeaway coffee cups. KeepCup are a range of non-disposable takeaway coffee cups, thoughtfully designed with both you and the environment at the forefront of the mind.
Ep 48: The Perfect Glowing Tan with Three Warriors
Today on the podcast, I'm talking with Corbin Halliday, the founder of Three Warriors. Three Warriors is a range of Australian made, certified organic tanning products, developed after Corbin was diagnosed with a chronic illness and decided to cut the toxins from his beauty regime.
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