Collaboration and continuity are two extremely important parts of running an accounts receivable department. So, what exactly do we mean by collaboration and continuity? These two words can hold a lot of meaning, so we will break it down for you to understand exactly how the accounts receivable department can be including this in their strategy.
In this whitepaper we will cover, why collaboration and continuity are important for your accounts receivable strategy, key collaboration with executives, key collaboration with the sales department and how to create a continuity plan.
Collaboration and continuity are key to creating an accounts receivable strategy that ensures efficiency. Without these two aspects, it's likely all the other steps you've taken in your strategy will fall apart. How can you enforce escalation without collaboration with your team or credit policies without consistency?
Collaboration covers two distinct departments that should be included in your accounts receivable strategy. The first is included executives in developing your strategy. Ultimately, your CEO and CFO will have overall business objectives that they want to achieve by the end of the quarter or year. These business objectives will likely include goals like increasing cash flow by X percentage or growing the business by X percentage. Accounts receivable is key to reaching these goals, so the executive team should be working with you to help you decide how to craft your strategy and aid in meeting business objectives.
The second department to include is the sales department. Sales representatives often lean on extending credit to close deals. If they don't have any credit to extend, it will be difficult for them to meet their sales objectives. Therefore, they should be collaborating with the accounts receivable team to develop a strategy that helps them meet their overall goals.
Continuity means that your department is following through with each tactic in order to collect more efficiently. It means that every person in your department is on the same page and knows what steps they should be taking to follow through with each area of your strategy. Without continuity, it will be very difficult to reach the goals of the accounts receivable department. You might have one collector who is following a specific call script that works well, while another takes each call without a goal or script and tends to strike out. By creating continuity, you can guarantee that every team member is putting their best foot forward.
Often times it can feel like the accounts receivable department is living on an island. You're going through your daily routines of calling customers, sending out emails and managing prioritization of accounts, you don't interact much with the other areas of the business. However, collaboration with the rest of the company in accounts receivable is extremely important. Accounts receivable is one of the most important departments in a company, it brings in the cash flow needed to continue running all operations. For this reason, it's especially important to have collaboration between executives of the company and the accounts receivable department.
When it comes to developing an accounts receivable strategy, having input from executives can help to develop an overarching goal that supports the rest of the business.
Every year, your executives come up with overall objectives to hit for the year. Often times, these are broad goals for growing the business and every department plays a role in helping meet those objectives by the end of the year. Marketing helps to gain more leads, sales helps to sell more deals and accounts receivable helps to collect cash – all to support the objective of growing the business by 10% over the next 12 months. Your executive team should be actively collaborating with you to create an accounts receivable strategy that will help them reach those goals, whether it has to do with credit limits, escalation of invoice disputes or general collection efforts, their input can help the business as a whole.
There really is not point in making changes to your process or creating a strategy if you're not going to measure how these make a difference in your collection efforts. Working with the executives in your company can help you to decide what metrics are most important to your business. There are always metrics that you can use for your own purposes, such as looking at each collector's collection call success or collection effectiveness index, however, your executives may not want all that detail. They probably just want to see the effectiveness index of the department as a whole, and this can be determined through collaboration.
Isn't brand expectations something the marketing department needs to worry about? Yes, but so does accounts receivable. You are an extension of customer service for your business and it's important to remember that when talking to customers. After collaborating with executives on accounts receivable strategy, you should have a good understanding of how they expect you to represent their brand and treat customers. They might have set protocol for how to deal with a disgruntled customer or invoice disputes, but this can't be revealed until collaboration occurs.
One relationship that often times isn't existent in a company, but really should be, is a relationship between the accounts receivable department and sales. Collaboration between these two departments helps create a cohesive channel from order to cash. These two departments shouldn't be working in silos, as this only negatively impacts the customer's relationship with your company.
When it comes to developing an accounts receivable strategy, it's important to work collaborate with the sales department to gain input and insight in what will work to increase overall sales and make collections more efficient.
Setting credit limits is not a task that is taken lightly. Each customer needs to be examined and processes should be put in place to ensure that the correct credit limit is set. This is where input from the sales team is crucial. If the bar for credit limits is set too high, this will negatively affect your collection efforts and allow customers who should not be extended large amounts too much leeway. However, if the bar for credit limits is set too low, this can negatively impact the sales department. It can make it difficult for them to make a sale if customers who are worthy of a larger credit extension can obtain one. They might just consider going to your competitor for the product or service instead. This is why a happy medium needs to be decided upon between the accounts receivable and sales department.
The emails and letters you choose to send to your customers to collect reflects back on the company's customer service. Obviously, it's important to create professional collection templates that include a sense of urgency for the customer to pay, but if you err too much on the side of harsh and strong words, it could be damaging to the relationship with that customer. As a result, you could end up with angry customers or they could choose to take their business elsewhere. By collaborating with the sales department, you can use their insight into their customer relationships to decide where you need to draw the line between stern and rude.
We all never want collections to come to this, but, alas, they are unavoidable. When they do end up being escalated, it's important to use the sales department as your backup. When creating your accounts receivable strategy, create a process for when you need to call the sales department into your conversations with the customer. The sales team has a different, personal relationship with the customer. The customer trusts them, which is why they chose to make a large purchase from them. Utilize this personal relationship to find out why the customer isn't paying and to break the news to them that if they don't make a payment soon, their account could be put on hold. If this is included in your accounts receivable strategy and process, you can leverage your collaboration with the sale department.
In the accounts receivable department, it's important that everyone is on the same page. This is where your accounts receivable strategy comes in handy. At this point with your strategy, you have collaborated within your department and gained input from executives and sales department. Now, it's time to make sure that everyone in the department is aware of your strategy and is following through with it to a T.
Creating continuity in your accounts receivable strategy means that every collector is following the same path to collect. Imagine there are two collectors in your department. The first collector has been working in the accounts receivable industry for many year and has a tried and true way of going about her collection calls. She knows how to speak to her customers in order to most effectively collect the money that is due and has perfected the art of maintaining good customer relationships, which has further helped her to collect. The second collector is new to accounts receivable and has only been on the job for one year. He struggles to find the right words to say on his collection calls, but he does a really great job with his emails. He knows what type of subject lines will really grab the attention of his customers to get them to open the emails and take action. Both of these collectors have their strengths, but each also have their weaknesses.
By building continuity into your accounts receivable strategy, you can ensure that all your collectors know how you want them to collect and teach them the most efficient way to go about it.
If you create email templates for your collectors to use when they are sending out invoices, first notices, follow ups, etc., you can guarantee that they are using the verbiage and language that is most effective to get paid on time. This way, you don't have to worry about one collector under performing in comparison to the rest. It's also a great way to onboard new employees who may not be privy to how you would prefer collectors to speak with your customers.
Creating call scripts is one of the best ways to make sure that your collectors are not flying off the handle at customers. Hopefully this isn't a current issue for you, but it helps to make sure there is that extra barrier from reaching bad customer service. Your call scripts can cover how to handle invoice disputes, chronic late payers, claims to have never receive the invoice and other common, frustrating scenarios.
When you're creating your accounts receivable strategy, it's important to include timing and process for when a collector should escalate a situation to a manager. You don't want collectors handling dispute situations or creating new payment plans when they don't have the authority to do so. Your continuity plan should cover how every collector should escalate a situation and when.


Had my husband Mark, not been, shall we say, "frugal," Sweet Lime Furnishings might never have happened!
In 2002, we bought a house on St. Croix packed to the gills with "well-worn" furniture, and I started pricing replacements. Mark had a better plan: order a container of furniture, keep what we needed and sell the rest.
That was some 100 containers ago.
With a BA in English, an MA in English Literature, and PhD work in American Literature, I had been a teacher, a writer, an editor, and a newspaper columnist. In short, nothing had really prepared me to grow a one-container idea into a business serving St. Croix and other nearby islands—nothing except the fun I had creating abeautiful living environment in my own home and those of my customers.
Apart from raising my kids, Sweet Lime Furnishings has been the greatest learning experience of my life! Not every climate demands as much from furniture as ours does—I've learned to select what works here, what will last without sacrificing beauty and comfort.
something about you—who you are, what you love, how you live.
Karen's Note: Thinking of shots of Sweet Lime in here (ie. Taste of STX Party), as well as other STX houses that share the "Sweet Lime Look"... will get you some ideas I have for other properties.
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The islands of the Caribbean--a gentle curve of bright green dots from Cuba to South America, in a sea that is every blue you've ever seen. Every day is a summer day. No one is too far from a beach. Life is casual and sweetly slow. Homes are open to the trade winds, inside spaces open out onto shady galleries, the green of foliage and flowers in colors intense enough to take your breath away.


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San Clemente, Rimini
http://www.delconca.com
Del Conca welcomes you to Coverings 2021!
Ceramica del Conca can satisfy every need of contemporary architecture and interior design with flexibility and innovative spirit, always guaranteeing the maximum quality of the product and service offered. A sophisticated mix of wood, stone, marble, concrete and metal effect surfaces satisfies the desire to surround oneself with natural materials, to give each space an inviting and refined charm.
It was founded in 1979, today the company is internationally known for the quality of its products and service, and for the innovation and design that distinguish it.
Thanks to continuous investments, the company has become leader in indoor surfaces, from ceramic slabs to small sizes, together with outdoor surfaces of 20 mm and 30 mm thickness to meet also the urban demand.
Brands: Del Conca USA Pastorelli Faetano Del Conca USA
Del Conca USA unveils two new products for Coverings 2021 (20210701)
Del Conca USA unveils two new products for Coverings 2021
Porcelain tile manufacturer introduces Navona and Quartzite collections
Loudon, TN - July 1, 2021 - Stronger than ever, the Del Conca Group will be taking part in Coverings this year with its three brands— Del Conca USA, Pastorelli and Del Conca. Visitors to booth #1446 can discover the latest products, inspired by cutting-edge interior design trends for the American market.
Del Conca USA has developed its new collections to be perfectly aligned with the needs of architects and designers. The result is products that are notable for their versatility, timelessness, and innovation, providing aesthetic and technical solutions for tiling any surface.
Del Conca USA is introducing two new collections at this year's Coverings show in Orlando. Navona and Quartzite are inspired by the people and places rich in history and culture that are known to produce the most exclusive and exquisite natural stones.
The inspiration for the Navona collection originates from the unique, natural travertine stone found in Italy. With the look of old world materials, Navona is the perfect blend of earthy, authentic beauty and enduring value. In a world steeped in tradition, and one that seems to value the old before the new, it's worth noting that travertine is not only one of the most popular stones in Europe, but one of the most sought after materials in contemporary interiors across the globe.
Colors: Bianco, Grigio, Sabbia
Sizes: 24 x 48, 12 x 48, 12 x 24
Quartzite is the embodiment of the mystery and magic of stone. Born from the heart of Brazil's quarries – a raw stone defined by time. As unique as the earth from which it is born, each piece is crafted to enhance any space with its own unique personality. The timeless beauty of Quartzite will leave your senses enlivened and your surroundings uplifted. The natural characteristics, colors and striations of the stone make every piece unique and unrepeatable.
Colors: Bianco, Gray, Dark Gray, Sand
About Del Conca USA
Del Conca USA is based in Loudon, TN, where we produce porcelain tile "designed in Italy, made in the USA" for our valued customers. Our production plant is one of the most modern facilities of its kind in the world. For more information visit www.delconcausa.com.
Media Contact: Katherine Whitehead, Del Conca USA
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View From The Town End - Derby County
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Before each game we'll try to get the view from a fan of the opposition and Saturday we play our final league game of the season at the Madejski against Derby.
This week, The Tilehurst End's very own Derby fan Pete Odgers gives us his thoughts on his team!
How would you describe your season?
In a word........ disappointing. After losing our top scorer and POTY from last season (Rob Hulse) just before the transfer window shut at the start of the season - the writing was on the wall that this would be a long, hard season. But thanks to some decent loan signings, and the form of Kris Commons, and Alberto Bueno etc, a bright start ensued and all the hatred towards our board was forgotten. However with such a small squad, filled with mainly young inexperienced players, our form dipped, and the young players confidence slowly ebbed away. To make matters worse, our then top goal scorer - Kris Commons- was also sold in January, with no permanent replacement being added. Cue protests against the board. A couple of adequate loan signings have seen us crawl over the finish line, and just about keep our head above water. But what at one stage looked to be a fine season of free-flowing football with a young, bright and tightly knitted together squad, has turned into a small squad of players deemed by many 'not good enough for the Championship' and lacking in confidence. Overall not a great season.
Nigel Clough has been in the job for over two years now, are the fans happy with him to this point and is he the man to take you forward?
That's the question which separates many Derby fans. The majority, just about are still backing him, but next season - particularly how we start it will be crucial. My opinion is that he has the right ideas about taking the club forward, eg signing bright young players from the lower leagues on sustainable wages, and trying to play football on the ground like his father's teams did. But I feel he has been a little naive in allowing our two best championship players to leave and not replacing them. Most people have blamed the board for lack of funds, but not once has Clough slated the board, and he has always backed their decisions, suggesting he also agreed with these ideas that crippled our squad this year.
What are your expectations for next year?
The chairman has said you can get a refund on your season ticket if you are not happy with the squad at the end of the summer, saying they are going to spend money to enable us to be in the play offs next year. I will believe it when I see it. For me it totally depends who we sign, but either way the squad needs a lot of new blood pumped into it, and when a lot of changes are made at once, trouble usually follows. I think a slightly higher mid table finish will be most likely.
Robbie Savage is playing his last game in professional football, what will be your enduring memories of his time in a Derby shirt?
Someone who tried their hardest for the club, but ultimately was in the twilight of his career.
Which Derby players should Reading fans be worried about?
Jamie Ward has been a handful for most opposition since he signed on loan from Sheff Utd. Beuno can also pick pass but might not be selected and look out for our attacking right back and player of the year John Brayford....many think he could become a future England international.
Who are you most worried about/has impressed you from Reading?
No one player in particular, you seem like a side who plays well as a team. But Long has been banging the goals in, and McAnuff can always frighten defenses on his day.
How many do you think will make the trip on Saturday?
Probably about 1000, Derby fans go in fancy dress to the last away game of the season so there is usually a bit of a party atmosphere, even though there is nothing to play for.
Score prediction?
We are on a 3 match losing run at the moment, although have been a touch unlucky in all of those games. I'd go for an optimistic and entertaining 2-2 draw.
Thanks again to the Pete, who'll be writing for us over the summer and beyond and we'll have a full match preview up before Saturday's game here on The Tilehurst End.


Of the 7738 individuals in the incident sample with fully available metabolic syndrome data, 7087 had at least one follow-up examination in the four years following baseline, and these individuals constitute the analysis sample.
Blood test results and information gleaned on medication use from baseline interviews were used to classify patients across exposure levels. Specifically, participants were considered to be hyperglycemic if their blood test results showed fasting glucose >= 110 mg/dl (>=6.1 mmol/l), or nonfasting glucose >= 200 mg/dl (>= 11.1 mmol/l), or if they were determined to have used anti-diabetic medication.
Of the 11.5% of participants classified as hyperglycemic according to the above definition, 7.6% met criteria for diabetes diagnosis, while 3.9% had elevated blood glucose without a diabetes diagnosis.
"All pharmacological treatments taken during the month preceding the time of the interview were recorded. Medical prescriptions and, when feasible, the medications themselves were checked by the interviewer...Blood samples were collected (EDTA plasma samples stored at -80°C), and centralized measurements of fasting blood glucose, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides were performed."
Total dementia definition: All cause dementia defined by DSM-IV.
"Associations between metabolic syndrome, or each of its components, with incident dementia over 4 years were estimated using separate proportional hazards models with delayed entry and age as time scale (9). This model allowed estimation of the strength of the association between metabolic syndrome and each of its components with age at onset of dementia, taking censoring by death or loss to follow-up into account, over the 4 years of follow-up."


Thursday 27th September 2018,(Worldremit) – A panel of judges from Arsenal Football Club and its official online money transfer partner, WorldRemit, have selected six coaches from across Africa as finalists in their new Future Stars coaching progamme. These final six coaches will now compete in a public vote on futurestars.worldremit.com for the chance to attend an exclusive training programme with Arsenal Soccer Schools in London – fully sponsored by WorldRemit.
WorldRemit has filmed the finalists during their coaching sessions and the videos will be shown on the Future Stars website, where members of the public can vote for their preferred candidate. Voting on futurestars.worldremit.com will open on 28th September.
Titus began coaching during his years as a player attached to the 1st Division side of DStv Rangers. Having secured his CAF 'A' coaching licence, he joined the Rangers' coaching staff and his passion for developing young talent led him to coach the DStv Rangers Junior Team. When the team was disbanded he went on to secure support from Old Mutual for grounds and equipment enabling him to set up his own team, Big Stuff Youth Soccer Team. The academy-style team has grown from 6 to 60 players in 2 years.


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Q: Where does iTunes Match store songs on my iDevice? I know in a regular situation (without iTunes Match), the music is stored in /User/Media/iTunes_Control/Music. However, all of my FXX folders are empty. Does iTunes Match cache files in a different location than the regular iOS iPod storage place?
I am running iOS 5.0.1 on iPhone 4S.
Edit: I deleted all my FXX folders, and my entire Music folder and my music still plays. Does anyone have an idea how I can find where these songs, and/ or a database file are downloaded?

A: look at
/var/mobile/Media/Purchases/

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Our guest blogger, Holly Kehlenbeck, has been a part of the 58ten community since the beginning and has played a vital role in 58ten's partnership with Kitui Baby Home. In this blog she shares about her first visit to Kenya.
So many ideas initially come to mind with the mention of this continent, right? Usually it's the stereotypical descriptions of lions and tigers and bears, hot savannahs, colorful clothing…not to mention hunger, poverty and violence. While many of those characterizations are accurate, I'm here to shed just a little bit of light on a deeper, possibly less known part of Africa. A part involving real people, and their very real stories…many of which I heard for myself just over two months ago in the beautiful country of Kenya.
My African adventure began on August 24th, 2016. Thirteen members of our 58ten team sat at a gate in Philly waiting to board our first flight. In case you were unaware, 58ten is a community of Christians who act on behalf of orphans in Kenya, Africa. Our group included a variety of ages, backgrounds and experiences, but we were all unified in our desire to experience what God intended for us through this trip. I was especially excited to journey alongside my brother, Jeremy, who helped launch the ministry of 58ten and was our team lead (shout-out!) As I sat in the airport sharing surface small talk with many of the team members I had just met for the first time, so many thoughts were racing through my head. Is it ridiculously crazy to leave my husband and babies and travel so far for nearly 2 weeks? Did I really pack everything I'll need? I know I won't be able to run to Target on a whim. How will I feel when I look into the faces of these fatherless children? Can my heart handle it?
22 hours, 2 flights, 7 movies and 1 pair of compression stockings later, we arrived in Nairobi with all of our luggage. (Praise Jesus!) As we gathered as a team that night before heading to bed, we felt an obvious sense of unity and excitement. We didn't know exactly what was coming, but we knew God was in it and we were each exactly where He wanted us.
The next morning we, along with our exceptional drivers Elijah and Sammy, set out bright and early in two vans to make our way toward the Mulango Children's Home. That bumpy three hour drive provided my first glimpses of Africa laid bare…the unique red soil covering much of the ground, people and more people walking alongside the road, brave (or crazy) motorcyclists veering in and out of traffic. There were busy markets selling a variety of goods and mommas carrying babies slung over their backs. Many of the living quarters we passed were made of cardboard and tarps, sometimes with newspaper for walls or sticks tied together to make a type of roof.
I didn't know what to expect as we turned onto the long, pitted road leading to the Mulango Children's Home. And I'm not sure I will ever forget the welcome we received! Festus, the home's manager, along with several of the older children, met us at the vans with songs, dancing, signs, and gifts. They then walked us into the courtyard of the home, and I think that's the first time I had the distinct feeling that two worlds were truly coming together. The entire group of 150+ children were singing "Be welcomed, be welcomed, be welcomed on this day!" at the top of their lungs. Most of our team members were about to meet their very own sponsored child for the first time, and you could sense the weight of the moment. One of the guys in our group told us later that though he is not a very emotional person, he struggled to hold back the tears when he saw his "son" in the crowd. The huge brown eyes staring back at us were full of anticipation and joy.
Some of us took off work, we left family members for a couple weeks, we traveled for two days. Yep. This is why we came. I couldn't wait to learn from and love on these beautiful brown faces over the coming days.


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Home materials Food grade mould release suitable for silicone rubber applications
Food grade mould release suitable for silicone rubber applications
Axel Plastics Research Laboratories has announced a new, water-based, semi-permanent mould release that is especially suitable for moulding silicone rubber products that will come in contact with food. The use of silicone rubber for consumer goods has increased steadily in recent years as consumers have responded favorably to the soft touch of rubber in many products.
Capitalising on silicone's flexibility and heat resistance and the rubber's ability to be easily and dramatically colored, silicone rubber products are now enjoying exponential growth in products designed for the kitchen and table. With this increase in silicone products designed for use in contact with food, has come an increased interest and scrutiny of the materials used to release these moulded silicone parts. While food grade mould releases exist, many of the conventional mould releases do not provide the easy and clean release that high production injection moulding and over-moulding of silicone on plastic require.
XTEND W-3236FG directly addresses these requirements, claims the group, with a non-hazardous, aqueous solution of proprietary resins and reactive surface modifiers that meet the E.U. Food Directive (10/2011) and comply with food contact plastics under U.S. F.D.A. 21CFR
176.170/21 and CFR 176.180. The mould release film created by XTEND W-3236FG is long lasting and resistant to transfer, making it suitable for high production, injection, transfer or over-moulding. Parts moulded with XTEND W-3236FG will be clean and blemish free and ready for any secondary processes without cleaning.
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EPPM's EUREKA Series touches on the out-of-the-box thinking that may seem peculiar now, but could influence and innovate plastics as we know it in the future.


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PRCA Exceptional Rodeo Features Mechanical Bulls, Rodeo Events For Children With Special NeedsColorado State University's new campus at the National Western Stock Show Complex was buzzing with excitement on Thursday as children with special needs got the chance to be a cowboy or cowgirl for the day.
Fourth Stimulus Check: Is Another Relief Payment Coming?
Filed Under:Joe Biden, Norm Elrod, Stimulus Check
(CBS Baltimore) — The pandemic continues, long after COVID first shut down the economy in early 2020. The Delta variant is still causing positive cases, albeit at a reduced rate, and the Omicron variant is now starting to show up across the country. President Biden has more strongly pushed to encourage vaccines. The economy as a whole has surpassed where it was before the pandemic. Still, shortages and inflation persist, and some people haven't caught up to where they were early last year, even as unemployment nears pre-pandemic levels, with jobs widely available in certain sectors. Many people are even choosing not to return to the workforce for the time being. But many others still struggle to find suitable work. The federal unemployment bonus ended over two months ago, but millions of people remain short of food and behind on bills. A fourth stimulus check would help. A few places, including California, have recognized the need for more help and provided additional payments. But will the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) be sending out another stimulus check in 2021?
That hasn't been explicitly decided. But many clues point to where things are heading.
Economic Recovery For Some
Relief payments were intended to ease COVID's economic impact and support the economy in the process. The third round of relief payments started back in March, courtesy of the American Rescue Plan (ARP). Over the following months, about 169 million people received up to $1,400 each. That accounted for nearly all of the $422 billion set aside. The ARP checks closely followed the $600 payments from January, which came nine months after the $1,200 payments from the pandemic's early days. They seem to have worked, but have also helped many who didn't actually need the money.
In the third quarter of 2021, the U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.0 percent, according to the most recent estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. (Supply chain issues may have prevented faster growth.) That's a major slowdown from the torrid pace in the second quarter, which saw 6.7 percent growth. The Conference Board forecasts continued though slower growth through the rest of the year. The country's gross domestic product (GDP), an estimate of economic activity across the U.S., has surpassed pre-pandemic levels. By that general measure, the economy has fully recovered.
Broad segments of the workforce have endured little economic hardship during the pandemic. Many jobs performed at a desk in an office are just as easily performed at a desk in someone's home. And with fewer places to spend money during much of the pandemic, plus three stimulus checks, many Americans saved more than they might have otherwise. The personal saving rate ballooned to 33.7 percent in April of 2020 and remained well above pre-pandemic levels until September of 2021. In September, it finally dropped to 7.5 percent, below the 8.3 percent from February of 2020, the month before the pandemic started. On Face the Nation back in June, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan estimated that its customers had not spent 65-70 percent of their last two stimulus checks at that point. That extra savings, combined with pent-up demand, likely helped drive the broader economy during the rebound.
The housing market has also surged, thanks to low interest rates and people stuck at home realizing the limitations of their living space. The National Association of Realtors recently reported that the national median sales price for an existing home hit $353,900 in October, up 13.1 percent from October of 2020. Much of that rise was helped along by houses priced above the median. Housing inventory decreased over September, and was down 12 percent year over year. And of the homes that sold in October, 82 percent were for sale for less than a month.
The stock market continues to perform well too. Despite bumpy weeks here and there, the Dow Jones remains far above where it was at this time last year. It has regularly approached record territory. The market opened Monday morning at 34,633 as compared to 30,069 at this time a year ago. Concerns about the Delta variant and slow vaccination rates in parts of the world still linger. Overall COVID case numbers continue to fall in many parts of the country and rise in others. Mask guidelines remain in place in some places and have been reinstituted in others. The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) full approval of the Pfizer vaccine, along with the approval of booster shots for all adults, has been good news for the market. Individual investors who saved their stimulus cash remain invested. Bigger investors continue to bet on a strong economy in the months ahead.
While certain experts foresee some of the strongest economic growth in decades, many are also concerned about higher inflation. November projections indicated that prices will rise about 6.6 percent in 2021. That's compared to the 2.3 percent rate in 2019 and 1.7 percent rate in 2020. But the latest data shows prices rising 6.2 percent year over year, the highest rate in three decades. Prices moved up 0.9 percent in October, surpassing early-summer highs. Core consumer prices — excluding food and energy, which tend to be volatile — rose 0.6 percent. Rising prices continue for many products that require semiconductors, including new cars, computers, and TVs. Oil prices are also skyrocketing.
Price hikes and product shortages stem, in part, from the economy opening up all at once. Prices depressed by the pandemic have had to normalize. But companies couldn't keep pace with a year's worth of pent-up consumer demand. They also have had to revive and retool their supply chains in the midst of drastic changes in consumer demand patterns. And this has all happened as shipping issues and other constraints continue to slow production and delivery.
COVID has altered how and what people consume. The way these changes continue to play out isn't necessarily predictable. However, companies have had to guess where demand for their product will be when all the dust settles. Predicting the future is hard enough in a normal economy. It became much harder in an economy trying to move past a pandemic then forced to deal with a resurgence. Price changes and shortages across a whole range of products will likely continue to plague consumers well into 2022. But economists think they should improve with time.
Consumer spending remains strong, with the rate up 1.7 percent in October, as compared to a 0.8 percent rise in September. Auto sales also show signs of returning, as production increases to fill the need. The increase, in general, is a positive sign for what's ahead in the holiday shopping season. Overall, goods spending remains above pre-pandemic levels.
No Economic Recovery For Others
The pandemic has further highlighted the growing imbalance across the broader economy. While many households have financially flourished during COVID, many others have fallen behind where they were in early 2020. Much of the gap depends on whether wage earners could work remotely during the shutdown or had public-facing jobs that required them to be on-site.
Financial insecurity is still widespread, and the loss of a job and the loss of hours were some of the main reasons over the course of the pandemic. Nine percent of American adults (approximately 20 million people) reported a shortage of food in their household over the previous week, according to a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis of U.S. Census survey data from late September and early October. Approximately 16 percent of renters (12 million people) have fallen behind on their rent, including 23 percent of renters with children in their household. The federal eviction moratorium, which ended October 3, didn't forgive rent that was owed, it pushed the debt into the future. And evictions continued in some parts of the country regardless. Meanwhile, only a fraction of the $46 billion Congress allocated for rental assistance has actually made it to tenants and landlords. As of late September, over a quarter of American adults (63 million people) reported some difficulty keeping up with expenses in the prior week.
Employment also remains below pre-pandemic levels. The unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent in November, with some workers returning to the workforce. But job growth failed to meet expectations. Forecasters expected roughly 535,000 new jobs in November, but employers added only 210,000. (October saw about 530,000 new jobs.) Some fear the rise of the Omicron variant is hindering growth. Low-wage jobs made up the bulk of those lost during the pandemic, and while plenty of openings have returned, many remain unfilled. Approximately 222,000 people initially applied for unemployment insurance in the week ending November 27, slightly more than the prior week. (A typical pre-pandemic week saw about 250,000 new unemployment applications.) As of the week ending November 13, almost 2.3 million workers were receiving some form of unemployment aid. (The approximately 4.9 million people previously collecting PUA lost benefits on September 6, when the program ended.) Many jobless Americans never received unemployment insurance and other government benefits, because of long waits, perceived ineligibility and other issues.
Job growth still faces some headwinds, aside from the Delta and Omicron variant. Some have argued that overly generous benefits made unemployment more attractive than working. Some workers were also able to save enough to delay an immediate return to work. But other considerations factor into one's ability to work too. Remote schooling created childcare issues for many parents, though the resumption of in-person learning could free up some parents to return to work. The full vaccination rate is 59.4 percent for the country. But state percentages range from 73 percent in Vermont to 41.5 percent in West Virginia. Many counties across the country have vaccination rates lower than that.
The threat of COVID, particularly the now-dominant Delta variant, is still real in places. Another strain, known as the Omicron variant, is also raising concerns, as it continues to show up in states across the country. Many people are uncomfortable working in public around strangers. A gap between labor force skills and job requirements can make hiring more difficult, not to mention the rising standards of what workers will accept in a job. Many people are holding out for something better, rather than accepting whatever comes along. And then there's the general friction that inevitably arises when an entire economy slams its foot on the gas.
As before the pandemic, many who are willing to work cannot find jobs with the wages and benefits they need to survive. According to Marie Newman, a U.S. Representative from Illinois, "there is not a shortage of Americans looking for work, there is a shortage of Americans willing to work for starvation wages with no benefits, no health care, and no protections during a pandemic."
About half of all states tried to force the issue and push people back into the job market. These states, most led by Republicans, discontinued the $300 federal unemployment benefit bonus for their citizens ahead of the official Labor Day end date, or at least attempted to. Analysis from a payroll services company called Gusto showed that cutting off federal benefits didn't lead to more hiring.
The federal unemployment bonus and the previous round of stimulus checks helped Americans still awaiting their recovery to pay bills and put food on the table. The advance Child Tax Credit provides some additional support to families. But this money only goes so far. And some politicians feel that the payments haven't been enough.
Support For A Fourth Stimulus Check
A group of Democratic Senators, including Ron Wyden of Oregon, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, sent a letter to President Joe Biden at the end of March requesting "recurring direct payments and automatic unemployment insurance extensions tied to economic conditions."
As the Senators reasoned in their letter, "this crisis is far from over, and families deserve certainty that they can put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads. Families should not be at the mercy of constantly-shifting legislative timelines and ad hoc solutions."
An earlier letter to President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris from 53 Representatives, led by Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, carved out a similar position. "Recurring direct payments until the economy recovers will help ensure that people can meet their basic needs, provide racially equitable solutions, and shorten the length of the recession."
Additional co-signers included New York's Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Michigan's Rashida Tlaib, two other notable names among House Progressives. The letter didn't place a number on the requested stimulus payments. But a tweet soon after put it at $2,000 per month for the length of the pandemic.
$2,000 monthly payments until the pandemic is over. https://t.co/6tuia6prFJ
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 28, 2021
A May 17 letter from members of the House Ways and Means Committee renewed the push for additional stimulus. "The ARP's $1,400 checks alone will keep 11 million people out of poverty this year, with UI (unemployment insurance) expansion and other provisions in the bill accounting for the another five million. A fourth and fifth check could keep an additional 12 million out of poverty. Combined with the effects of the ARP, direct payments could reduce the number in poverty in 2021 from 44 million to 16 million."
There's also been talk about automatic payments that could be sent when specific economic metrics reach certain thresholds (for example, if unemployment rises to 6 percent). These triggers would make stimulus checks a reactive force in countering economic dips, sparing struggling Americans from Congressional delays.
A majority of Americans also favor recurring relief payments. According to a January poll from Data For Progress, nearly two-thirds of all voters support $2,000 monthly payments to all Americans for the length of the pandemic. Supporters include a majority of Independents and Republicans. A struggling restaurant owner's online petition calling for $2,000 monthly payments for every American adult is approaching 3.0 million signatures.
The Urban Institute estimated that another stimulus payment could reduce poverty by at least 6.4 percent in 2021. Many economists are also onboard. A 2020 open letter from experts in the field argued "direct cash payments are an essential tool that will boost economic security, drive consumer spending, hasten the recovery, and promote certainty at all levels of government and the economy – for as long as necessary."
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a budget into law in July, which includes a stimulus check for about two-thirds of the state's residents. The $100 billion California Comeback Plan, as part of their $262.2 billion budget, is paying $600 to residents earning between $30,000 and $75,000 per year. Residents in that income range who have kids are receiving $1,100. Those checks started going out the last Friday in August The state's previous stimulus went to those with an annual income under $30,000.
Other states have also authorized payments. Maryland handed out $300 or $500 checks to those who claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) on their tax returns. Florida gave $1,000 bonuses to teachers, which started showing up in August. Denton and Irving school districts in north Texas were scheduled to give retention bonuses of $500 and $2,000 respectively at the start of the school year.
The Biden administration also planned to give a one-time $600 payment to farm workers and meatpacking workers. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the plan in early September. The U.S. Department of Agriculture allocated up to $700 million for the limited-scope stimulus check. The aid will be handed out through state agencies and include a pilot program giving extra money to grocery store workers.
The Biden administration, which authored the third round of stimulus checks, isn't against a fourth round. But the president recognizes their high price tag. He also has other priorities, specifically infrastructure, global warming, and help for families. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law in November, does not include another relief payment. The human infrastructure package currently bouncing around Congress doesn't either.
A Fourth Stimulus Check Is Unlikely
All of the tacit and explicit support for stimulus checks keeps the possibility alive. The support doesn't make a fourth payment likely, however. And there are many reasons why.
Vaccinations are progressing steadily, albeit not as quickly as in the spring. Adults and those at least 12 years old were already eligible to be inoculated in all 50 states. Emergency approval of the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5-11 happened in early November. Three different options are available to the public, depending on one's age, with the Pfizer vaccine fully approved by the FDA. Booster shots of the Pfizer vaccine have also been approved and rolled out for adults. Actually putting needles in arms is taking time, even with supply readily available. Americans have received over 462 million doses, with 70.4 percent of the population having received at least one dose and 59.4 percent completely vaccinated. Vaccination numbers continue to increase at a rate of about one million doses per day, with booster shots and shots for children accounting for much of the recent increase.
With vaccinations rising, the nation's economy surges ahead. Looser restrictions have helped businesses, and jobs are available in many sectors. Many industries are even complaining of worker shortages, which are leading to wage increases. The number of new unemployment claims is close to pre-pandemic levels. In November, consumer confidence slipped slightly, with ongoing concerns over the Delta variant and rising prices. Consumer sentiment also dropped a bit, with the Delta variant, supply chain questions, and ongoing labor force issues. Confidence remains higher than it's been for much of the pandemic, however.
Consumer spending drives two-thirds of the country's economy. And excess pandemic savings, along with three stimulus checks, has boosted people's spending power in recent months. That spending power has increased even more since monthly Child Tax Credit payments started on July 15. The most recent payment went out November 15. An improved financial position generally also raises optimism for the future, though that's been tempered by inflation somewhat. The ongoing vaccinations, which have allowed the economy to reopen to a large degree, certainly help. All that additional spending, along with the release of pent-up demand, has led to the availability of more jobs as companies try to hire to address consumer needs. It has also contributed to the economy's current inflation issues. With the economy growing, a fourth round of stimulus checks seems less urgent.
Aside from the generally improving economy, the political machinations of Washington make a fourth stimulus check a longshot. The American Rescue Plan, which included the third stimulus check, passed along party lines. Republicans were not interested in spending anywhere close to $1.9 trillion, though some did support the third relief payment. They termed the package a "blue state bailout," claiming it went well beyond the scope of COVID and would increase the deficit, leading to inflation.
The Democrats used a process called reconciliation to pass the bill in the Senate without Republican support. That allows budget-related matters to proceed with a simple majority rather than the filibuster-proof 60 votes. Generally only one reconciliation bill can pass per fiscal year. But a subsequent ruling by the Senate parliamentarian, who interprets the legislative body's rules, opened up a path for additional spending legislation. Without reconciliation, any bill would need at least 10 Republican votes, along with every Democratic vote.
But the Biden administration has other priorities, and one of the biggest is addressing infrastructure. A bipartisan bill called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, resulting from the proposed American Jobs Plan, was signed into law in mid-November. The $1.2 billion bill aims to rebuild roads and bridges, help with maintenance on rail service, extend internet access, and address other infrastructure-related needs. It does not include a fourth stimulus check.
The Democrats had also been pushing forward a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint that focused on their various "human infrastructure" initiatives, such as Medicare expansion, child care, and climate change. An approximately $2.0 trillion proposal, called the Build Back Better Act, could see a Senate vote in late December. A fourth stimulus check is not included, though one could theoretically still be added. The Democrats' latest plan is a better fit for a fourth stimulus check than a traditional infrastructure plan. More negotiating seems inevitable before the human infrastructure bill gets passed into law. Funding these plans will almost certainly involve tax increases on corporations and wealthy individuals, which Republicans would oppose.
Democrats have laid the groundwork to use reconciliation again to push through this legislation. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, among the most centrist Democratic Senators, has warned against overusing reconciliation. He is also apparently unwilling to do away with the filibuster, which would lower the number of votes needed to pass legislation to 51. Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema doesn't want to abandon the filibuster either. Manchin also wants to see the human infrastructure bill shrink. With bipartisanship still hard to come by, the recently signed infrastructure act notwithstanding, the Biden administration is in a tough spot. They're unlikely to add a fourth stimulus check to any plan, driving up the price tag by hundreds of billions of dollars. They're also unlikely to use reconciliation to pass another stimulus check on its own.
What Other Aid Is Out There?
While a fourth stimulus check is improbable, more direct payments to Americans have already been signed into law. Up until Labor Day, the jobless received extended unemployment benefits. The American Rescue Plan also includes an advance Child Tax Credit.
Under the revised Child Tax Credit, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is paying out $3,600 per year for each child up to five years old and $3,000 per year for each child ages six through 17. Monthly payments of up to $300 per child started July 15 and will continue through December of 2021. The remainder is to be issued when the recipient files their 2021 taxes. The benefit does not depend on the recipient's current tax burden. In other words, qualifying families will receive the full amount, regardless of how much — or little — they owe in taxes. Payments start to phase out beyond a $75,000 annual income for individuals and beyond $150,000 for married couples. The more generous credit will apply only for 2021, though Biden has stated his interest in extending it through 2025.
The ARP added $21.6 billion to the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which is being distributed to state and local governments, who then assist households. Most of the $46 billion total has yet to reach tenants and landlords.
The infrastructure act and human infrastructure plan also have the potential to create many jobs across a wide swath of the economy. How that plays our remains to be seen. The American Families Plan boosted the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit and placed a ceiling on the cost of childcare for many families. The plan set aside $200 billion for universal preschool. In addition to helping working parents pay for childcare, the plan sought to allow more parents to return to the workforce. Look for similar programs and more when the specifics of the human infrastructure plan are worked out.
Additional money in people's pockets from any bill or proposed plan is still hypothetical, of course. Nothing has found its way through Congress yet. And when (or if) it does, months could pass before the aid reaches those it would benefit.
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Boston was going to have to face Miami with the NBA minimum of eight players on Sunday night. In the end, the Heat weren't even certain they would have that many. The game between Boston and Miami was postponed – not because the Celtics ruled out seven players due to the league's health and safety protocols for playing during the coronavirus pandemic, but because of concerns about exposure within the Heat roster.


I'm gonna do Voldemort for Otakon/book release.
I'm reading the ALANNA books now I'm about ta start the last book kinda spoiled it by reading Immortals first. I thought Numair would be cool to cosplay but I doubt I would.
I plan on cosplaying Raistlin Majere from "Dragonlance" for the Renaissance Faire this year. ^_^ Red robe version first and then black baby!! XD!!
War or Crowley from "Good Omens".
R. Danieel Olivaw or Elijah Bailey from the Robots series (Caves of Steel, ect) by Isaac Asimov.
One of the Harpers or Dragonriders from the Pern series.
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Doing something from "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NiMH" would be awesome, as well as the book "A Wrinkle in Time"
Or going Arthurian legend style with a character from "The Mists of Avalon". It would be hard to narrow it down, character-wise in that book.
So much greatness on this thread! Eventually I will get around to doing a Tasselhoff cosplay from Dragonlance. I'm thinking next Dragoncon. My sister and her husband have also agreed to do costumes from the series, so if all goes well we'll have a mini-Heroes of the Lance group.
[QUOTE=Rem Akimichi;1951736]OH! And I knew I forgot one!
Fantastic! I didn't know other people had read this series, at least no one else I know has!
After reading only three chapters of the book, I am itching to cosplay Rail from Chris Wooding's Storm Thief novel, Lude from The House of Leaves has been on the back-burner too--my brother pretty much *is* Johnny, or at least how we envision him.
Oh, and for the longest time I've wanted to cosplay Fllewddur Flamm from The Chronicles of Prydain series just because the Disney movie did him no justice at all. Specifically, I want to do his The Castle of LLyr outfit.
Oh, oh! I forgot Julia from Simon Green's Blue Moon Rising...I'd need a Rupert or a Harold though, because it just wouldn't be the same without one.
*proposes* Be my Crowley? XD And DUDE! Issac Asivmov cosplay! I want to do something from one of his short stories, but can't decide what.
The Dragonriders seem to be really popular: maybe a group should be put together for on of the bigger cons next year?
Last Unicorn cosplay from the book would be AMAZING, though I personally love the designs in the movie best. However, they had a lot of cool lines in the book that the movie didn't have.
Did you know they actually made a computer game of it too? It was one of the point and click adventures, where you gather items and make your way through puzzles, it was pretty cool.
I think that would be so cool. If you did the Patryns hair it wouldn't grow out so much, since it's supposed to be a fade from dark on top to light on bottom. You could probably do it with your natural hair color and then just fade-bleach the ends. Hee, now you've got me considering it XD I would no longer be a hair virgin if I did though.
Heh, just remembered: I'd LOVE to see someone do some Young Wizards Series by Diane Duane. Sker'ret would be the most challenging yet awesome cosplay.
Seconding the enthusiasm! :bigtu: Can't wait to see pics - are you using the Hillenbrand illustrations Scortia, or something different?
i would love to do either sabriel or lirael from the abhorsen trilogy. that, or one of the characters rom the abarat that aren't candy quackenbush, 'cause her clothes are normal.
Oh, I would LOVE to see a book version of Fllewddur! Of all the characters, he was definately the one who got the worst end of the deal in the movie. Seeing someone do him justice would make me a very happy girl.
I would LOVE to see a dragonrider or a harper walking around somewhere!
Also, a REALLY well-done Sabriel would make my YEAR. The bells, the sword, and the SURCOAT WITH SILVER KEYS!
Lirael would be fantastic, too--and if she comes with a dog/plushie, I'd die from the awesomeness.


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We've all heard about the legend of Bloody Mary but what if the legend wasn't just a legend? What if Bloody Mary was real? What if she broke free from the mirror that bound her? Olivette and Penn grew up with a love for urban legends. Monthly trips to Conjurer's Apothecary with the creepy shop owner, Oski, helped their thirst for the supernatural. Olivette and Penn were best friends and while Olivette believed in the magic behind the legends, Penn tried to explain them. Then one day Olivette makes a decision that will change everything. She changes herself to please her mother, leaving Penn and her love for urban legends behind until Bloody Mary is summoned and she manages to break free from the mirror that binds her. The only person Olivette can turn to is Penn and Oski. It soon becomes a clear that Olivette has secrets of her own and she might be the very reason Bloody Mary is free now. Will they be able to stop Bloody Mary? Will it mean killing or trapping her? Who will survive?


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How to make brilliant food when you're busy
Diana Henry
There's no shortage of cook books to buy foodie friends and relatives. And there are some beautiful ones produced in Suffolk. Catherine Larner talked to food writer Diana Henry about her latest tome, Simple
Diana Henry book
Exquisite images of dishes boasting extraordinary flavours fill the pages of books by award-winning food writer Diana Henry. But, in truth, her criterion for including recipes is whether she would cook the meals for her own family.
"I ask myself, would I really cook this on a Wednesday night? Would I really do this for a Sunday lunch? If the answer is no, well no one else is going to either, frankly."
Diana remembers how, despite having a passion for food and cooking since childhood in Northern Ireland, the demands of family life meant that when she became a mother she often relied on takeaway pizza.
"I had just had my first child (he's now 18). He used to cry constantly and I was always carrying him around on my hip. It was one-hand-cooking and I only had the energy to bung things in the oven," she says. But having spent weekends working through cookbooks by Claudia Roden and Julia Childs, and taking a year away from work as a BBC TV producer to pursue a diploma at Leith's School of Food and Wine, Diana was ultimately able to create a book of recipes that were ideal for busy people. Called Cook Simple it continues to have tremendous appeal.
"For people who are not massive cooks," she says, "it's the best book I've ever written. Somebody once said to me that they can burn water, but they can cook from that book. As a food writer, to be able to write recipes for people who aren't confident at cooking is brilliant. I want to be empowering, above all. I want people to think, I'll give that a go."
Diana has remained a popular and trusted food writer with a weekly column in the Sunday Telegraph's Stella magazine among many other publications, and writing nine more stunning cookbooks, all beautifully produced, clearly and warmly written, and with evocative and imaginative titles, such as Crazy Water Pickled Lemons and Roast Figs Sugar Snow. How the food looks on the page is very important to her.
"If I was standing in a bookshop and flicking through the pages, are there enough recipes that look easy or delicious?" Her latest book revisits the earlier concept of 'low-effort food', but is no longer dominated by the oven-based dishes of Cook Simple.
Diana Henry. Pic: Chris Terry.
"Those are still my favourites when I'm feeling a bit lazy in the week," she says. "But there are other things as well – fish or meat cooked on a griddle and served with a relish, or in a frying pan with a simple sauce. There are a few things – dahls and other pulse dishes – which can simmer away on the hob while I do something else. Nothing over-complicated."
This new book, called Simple, also reflects the change in our eating habits, she says, with recipes using grains, vegetables and more unusual ingredients.
"The British are like magpies," she says. "We are very happy to use influences from abroad but we also have a lot of good stuff on our doorstep. I don't think it matters if you are cooking with pomegranate molasses that come from Turkey or Iran, but I think you should also be cooking with British ingredients and British flavours."
A frequent visitor to Suffolk, Diana delights in all the county has to offer. She launched Simple at an event at Browsers Bookshop in Woodbridge in September, and has visited the coast for many years. She has enjoyed meals at the Crown in Southwold, takes home bacon, salami and chorizo from the Aldeburgh Food Festival, has worked with Sutton Hoo Chickens, and is in ecstasy at the memory of unpasteurized milk from Fen Farm Dairy.
"The funny thing about Suffolk is that it is quiet about all that it has, in a very nice way. Other areas are shouting. I think Suffolk is very modest."
And while we delight in all the new exciting flavours and recipes we want to try, Diana also stresses the importance of comfort and familiarity, meals with associations of home, dishes that we eat time and again, that make us feel rooted. Diana's 11-year-old son, for example, would be happy with tuna pasta and sweetcorn at every meal. Her eldest son, though, has just 'discovered' food.
"The other day I did something with dates and mackerel and a spicy broth. He said, 'you know what this is missing? Preserved lemons!' And he was right!"
Simple by Diana Henry is published by Mitchell Beazley, £25
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CCSR is pleased to publicise this event which will explore the legacy and influence of the CCCS 50 years after its inception.
To mark the launch of an archive of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham, this conference will reflect on the influence and legacies of the CCCS, both inside the academy and beyond. Following Richard Hoggart's pioneering decision to embark on the research of popular culture, and the subsequent appointment of Stuart Hall, the Centre became one of the biggest influences on the development of cultural and media studies around the world. The aim of the conference is to bring together former members of staff with all those interested in its work and influence, both inside and outside universities. It will examine the global reach of the Centre, the teaching and research methods that were employed and the lessons the Centre can provide in the current political and cultural contexts.
Confirmed speakers include Geoff Eley, Lawrence Grossberg, Stuart Hall, Richard Johnson, Jo Littler and Jackie Stacey. A full programme will be posted online in due course.
CCSR's Jeremy Gilbert, Roshini Kempadoo and Mica Nava will be joined by David Morley (Goldmsiths, CCSR Advisory Board) and John Hutnyk (Goldsmiths) at a spotlight session at the Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden's forthcoming 'Current Issues in European Cultural Studies' conference. Entitled 'British Cultural Studies', the session will explore the impact of British Cultural Studies on the formation of the discipline. Jeremy Gilbert will also be a panelist at the 'Current Issues and Trends in European Cultural Studies' session. The conference is being held at the University of Linkopings (Sweden) and takes place 15 – 17 June, 2011.


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About & Biography
Vocalist Kurt Elling explores the wide world of jazz — with a twist
Of all the exotic locales he could be in, has been in, will be in again quite soon, this one seems a little less so.
In fact, take a look at Kurt Elling's website, and not only are the jazz vocalist's travels well-documented in the "Touring" section — Macerata, Italy; Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland; Bratislava, Slovakia; Dublin, Ireland; Berlin, Germany — but also in a gallery titled "Latest view from my hotel windows," which features, thanks to his 200-or-so date annual performance schedule, an ever-changing landscape.
So while the odds are good that Elling may in fact be in transit at any particular point in time, his current whereabouts as he obliges a phone interview certainly lacks the sexiness of, well, let's go with anywhere else.
"Newark," he says, of the bustling airport he's now attempting to speak over.
Hopefully it will be something of an improvement when the Chicago-born, New York-based artist arrives in Calgary for a Friday night concert at the gorgeous Jack Singer Concert Hall. He'll be bringing with him a quartet, his rich baritone, and material from his illustrious 20-year career, including songs from his latest Grammy-nominated release 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project.
The album is his tribute to the songs that were born in or from that Manhattan landmark, which housed and still houses dozens of songwriting, publishing and other music-related businesses. From the 1930s to the '70s it was a virtual factory for popular music, producing some of 20th Century's most enduring and beloved hits.
"Obviously I knew some of the history of the Brill, of the building, and I knew some of the history of many of the songs that came out of there, but it seemed like a great idea to once again bring something into the jazz idiom that hadn't been done before," says Elling, noting that he passed the place every time he went to his manager's office.
"So I got with some friends who knew a lot more about the building and the history of the music there and started to sift through and see what appealed to me and what I had some ideas for."
Some of the songs he and his collaborators — most notably longtime musical partner, pianist Laurence Hobgood, whom he's recently parted company with while they each pursue their own things — came up with include: Sam Cooke's You Send Me; the Burt Bacharach-Hal David composition A House Is Not A Home; the Frank Sinatra hit Come Fly With Me; a couple of cuts from the famed tandem of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller; and Gerry Goffin and Carole King's Pleasant Valley Sunday, made famous by the Monkees.
While some of those songs would be familiar to even a casual follower of pop music, the results are anything but. The last track, especially, is a mind-bogglingly weird and wonderful mix of retro jazz, TV and radio samples, and, at the centre, a twisted, Beat-like vocal delivery that would challenge both fans of the famed version and probably confound those who consider themselves jazz purists.
"They're kind of missing the point of jazz, which is to always make new ideas happen," Elling says of the latter category of listeners before bringing it back to how it pertains to him and his successful career.
"I do my thing, and I try to make new stuff, but there are certainly much more avant-garde flavoured singers that are taking things and pushing them, I think, way past me. Certainly in terms of my own taste, what they're making is often very beautiful."
Doing his own thing artistically is what Elling says drives him.
While many other jazz vocalists are attempting to cross over into the mainstream with more pop approaches to the music or the tried and true, straight-up standards albums, he's sought to challenge himself and his audience with projects like The Brill Building or his 2011 album with producer Don Was called The Gate or his Grammy-winning '09 album paying tribute to John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, Dedicated To You.
That said, while his approach has certainly worked for him and helped him become who many, including a little paper called the New York Times, consider the "standout male vocalist of our time," he by no means resents those who have, perhaps, had more success by following a safer path guided by the songbook of standards.
"I hope there's enough room for everybody at the table," Elling says. "And that if people are investigating the songbook further, they're doing so because it holds an interest to them and that they feel that they can add something to the history of ideas … using the flexibility of those compositions to their greatest advantage.
"I've certainly done my share of working with standards and there's no shame in it by any stretch. For my own sake, I hope that when I do choose things from that arena that I'm doing so because I've got a little twist of something that I can put in it that hasn't been done before."
The Jack Singer crowd will get a chance to hear that twist, and even contribute to it. Elling admits that while he has a general idea of what his live set list will be, he prefers to read the audience and react accordingly.
So, while the show is billed as being a Brill Building event, depending on those in attendance, he could serve up a healthy dose of those skewed standards or even, maybe preview material from the project he's currently working on, one that will be recorded later this year and released early 2015.
That album? A fitting one.
"It's a project in which I've been gathering compositions from around the world and written them, via arrangement ideas, into the jazz idiom," says Elling of the collection of predominantly 20th century, mainly European songs called, what else, Passion World.
It suits quite nicely not only his vagabond ways but what he considers his musical philosophy.
"I just try to follow my heart, man, do the stuff that feels good for me."
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Woman Faces DUI Charges after Causing Fatal Multi-vehicle Crash
January 12th, 2017 by Thomas J. Henry
According to AL.com, a man died from injuries after being involved in a fatal car accident caused by a drunk driver in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday.
Details of Drunk Driving Crash
Margaret Miller, 40, was driving with four other vehicles on Grelot Road near Hillcrest Road when the fatal crash happened in late December. Investigators say Miller crashed her SUV into a car driven by 70-year-old Jian Chen. The impact created a chain-reaction wreck involving three other vehicles.
AL.com reports that Chen was taken to a local hospital before being airlifted to Sacred Heart in Florida due to the severity of his injuries. Officials determined that Miller was intoxicated at the time of the crash.
On Friday, Chen died from his injuries sustained in the crash. Previously, Miller was charged with third-degree assault and DUI. Miller now faces a more serious charge of manslaughter following the death of the elderly male. AL.com reports that Miller turned herself into authorities on Tuesday and was arrested.
Alcohol-impaired Driving Statistics
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 28 people die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver every day. In addition,
The cost of alcohol-related crashes totals more than $44 billion each year.
In 2014, 9,967 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes.
This accounts for 31 percent of all traffic-related deaths in the United States.
Sixteen percent of motor vehicle crashes involve drugs (legal or illegal) other than alcohol.
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