Military police wrestled "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" posterboy Dan Choi and pinned him to the ground before tearing the epaulet on his uniform, handcuffing him, threatening to charge him with resisting arrest and eventually kicking him off the Fort Meade base when he tried to attend accused Wikileaker Bradley Manning's hearing. Oh Choi, what have you done now?
Overhearing Choi, a marshall approached Choi and told him he was heckling. When Choi said that he wasn't heckling, the marshall asked Choi to leave. Choi refused, saying that he was in a contained area. At which point, the marshall tackled, cuffed and forcibly removed Choi. Even though he didn't formally charge Choi, he banned him from the courtroom and forbade him from re-entering the base for at least 24 hours.
But that's hardly a reason to forbid Choi from attending the entire hearing. So far, the public affairs office at Fort Meade have not issued their side of the story. You probably shouldn't hold your breath waiting for them to.
Dan Choi doesn't care about gay rights. All he cares about is getting his name out there and free publicity. He's like the Jesse Jackson, Sr. of the gay world. Give me a break. Where there's a camera or reporter, there's Dan Choi.
Miss Choi, always the drama queen.
Ms Choi has become so predictable, I wonder if he marks his calendar to remind himself when the next stunt must occur to remain relevant and at the head of the gay rights parade.
Pretty much says it all when Rachel Maddox passes on the interview and he ends up on Olberman, whatever cable channel he is on these days.
Did he rearrange his ribbons and medals to a rainbow for TV?
I am very proud of everything you do, Mr. Choi. You are a true People's soldier. Not a politician's or an establishment's blind-follded soldier. And you don't sell yourself like some politicians do so they can collect votes for a "second term".
Lots of Dan Choi haters. I'm just curious @Jeff, @Spike and @wow, what have you done in the fight for equality lately.
There's nothing patriotic about arranging your medals in in a cute little rainbow.
It is ok to stumble into fame when fighting for gay rights. I applaud him and respect him for his courage. But now, it appears he is fighting for fame using gay rights.
@Kenny: @Kenny: Umm what exactly is non patriotic about arranging his medals into a rainbow?
I think it's quite patriotic, the statement is pretty bold.
I'm sure those meatheads targeted Choi because they recognized him and just wanted to harass a queer.
I see, that the HRC – Bots are on here first thing to attack Choi.
Lord help ANYBODY who showed the world that HRC was doing nothing for gay rights.
Since Jeff seems to think that Choi cares nothing about gay rights lets compare shall we?
Dan Choi lost his job by coming out, and he aided in pressuring Congress, most especially Pelosi into forcing the DADT repeal through. Joe Solomnase on the other hand made around $300,000 and wrote a memo telling gays to sit down, shut up and not bother anybody until Obama was out of office. Multiple other employees of HRC make 6 figures and fought ANY other organizations that seemed to do ANYTHING for gay rights. For a while they tried to whisper that Choi had been declared mentally insane and was in an institution until they were busted at it. They tried to claim that Get Equal was taking payoffs etc.. and now apparently the narrative is to negate Choi by saying he only wants attention. That is EXACTLY the same line that the bigots in Mississippi used against the young lesbian Constance McMillion for wanting to go to her prom. Nice to see you're all in SUCH good company.
Oh yeah, we can REALLY see who cares about gay rights.
Cam I don't like the HRC, I don't support them, and I've never donated any cash to them so I'm not an HRC bot. I have friends who actually were involved with ending DADT but they are not drama queens or media whores like Miss Choi is.
I'm with Timmmeeeyyy. What a bunch of assholes here! Honestly, criticizing somebody who DOES TOO MUCH? Here's the rule: first criticize the folks who do NOTHING for us. You know, like 99% of all politicians, 99% of all celebrities, and 99% of the folks in the military.
Dan Choi doesn't actually do anything at all except cause drama, get attention for himself, and let's not forget he's Conservative and supports the Republican party.
@RomanHans: "criticizing somebody who DOES TOO MUCH?" Anyone who reads beyond the headlines and has a basic understanding of psychology would come to the conclusion that Dan Choi only does things to promote Dan Choi.
Dan Choi is the epitome of the Urban Dictionary's definition of Attention Whore: Label given to any person who craves attention to such an extent that they will do anything to receive it. The type of attention (negative or positive) does not matter.
– His stunt at the Manning Hearing.
– Throwing on his old uniform as fast as possible, racing to the White House and making sure he was in front of a camera after Bin Laden's death was announced.
Never gives focus to the issues, Never without a "Look at ME" moment.
No, actually you are a liar.
1. You didn't have friends that were involved in the ending of DADT unless you're hanging out with Pelosi Get Equal, or yes…Choi.
2. He lost his job, and put a public face on the military policy. Places like CNN USED to have anti-gay folks on whenever they needed somebody to talk about gay rights. But after they got to know Choi they would call him instead. He was able to shut Maggie Gallagher up on shows…why? Because they INVITED HIM.
Your big problem seems to be that he gets attention. And I will repeat again. THAT is the EXACT same attack that the bigots in Mississippi used to attack the gay kids who wanted to attend the prom.
You have posted multiple attacks against him on here, sorry but that isn't somebody who just happens to not like him. That is somebody with an agenda.
Drama and Dan Choi. Whodathunkit?
I don't have an agenda but when someone is being a fame whore, media whore, or drama queen like Choi I will call them out on it. Yes I do have friends who were involved with ending DADT and Get Equal. I don't care that Ms. Choi gets attention, he can be a drama queen, fame whore, and media whore all he wants but for the most part LGBT people-including here just read the comments in this blog entry and whenever his name comes up here or on other sites-are sick and tired of Choi and how he's nothing but a media whore, fame whore, and he did not end DADT and he's not for LGBT rights or equality at all. I'm not a Republican but yes Choi does do things solely for attention even if it's negative attention or to get his name in the press or media somehow. This has nothing to do with the lesbians who wanted to go to a prom in Mississippi so stop bringing up that fallacy of a straw man.
oh my. all this during the Bummer's administrative reign? Surprise surprise. Any of you demoncant repuglykunt ping pong playing doldrums ready to open up your eyes?
Thank you ewe. I'm glad someone else besides the people who don't like how Ms. Choi is a drama queen and media whore knows what he's all about.
@Jeff: what is it about everything you just said that has anything to do with attending a hearing?
Because it makes perfect sense that Choi the drama queen and media whore would get himself arrested on purpose when he's told he can't attend a hearing or trial.
I admire what Dan Choi has done. And I think he has been sincere in his actions.
The fact that many here criticize him says a lot about the lack of integrity of many 'mos.
I am confused as to why anyone would put down someone who exercises their right to observe the administration of justice? WHAT UP WIT DAT????
Anyone criticizing Dan Choi for his actions here, as well as for everything else he has done for the gay community, is a coward, pure and simple.
Jeff what's the deal, did Dan snub your advances at a White Party or something? Why so hostile towards this guy, just doesn't make a lot of sense.
@Steve: @Kenny: @Wow: He didn't arrange anything any differently than anyone else with the same commendations would have. The Army Regulations as concerns Uniform and Insignia gives specific rules as to how you are supposed to display anything. If you'd care to, you can look it up here: http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/r670_1.pdf (the relevent material begins at page 266) but if you'd rather not dig through a long pdf, here is a summary, in brief-medals and service stripes are arranged by order of precedence, from highest to lowest, with each major category being further subdivided by type of award. Choi didn't "arrange his ribbons and medals into a rainbow" to be cutesy, to make a statement,or to provoke a response-he was following regulations to the letter.
Choi needs the spotlight so that he can remain relevant to make big dollars on speaking engagements. I'm sure with DADT gone he needs the spotlight to promote himself so that he still gets the lucrative offers. He is no different than a Kardashian. Since DADT has been repealed and Choi loves to wear the uniform anytime a camera crew is around then why doesn't he go back into the military. If the service meant so much to him then why not serve?
Before you attack me my father and brother both served 20 years each so don't yammer on about not understanding the military.
Wasn't Dan Choi supposed to have reenlisted into the military again since DADT has been abolished? Dan Choi has not done anything for the LGBT community except be a total drama queen and now a media whore who wants to take complete credit for getting DADT abolished when he did not do anything at all and there have been countless LGBT people before him who did all the work he takes credit for.


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US retail giant Best Buy will look to take on 8,000 workers from May, when it opens the first of its megastores in the UK.
The firm has confirmed that the flagship site will open next month in Thurrock, followed by Hedge End near Southampton and Merry Hill in the West Midlands in June. A store in Aintree near Liverpool will start trading slightly after, with Croydon expected in autumn 2010.
The sites will range from around 35,000 to 50,000 square feet, with Thurrock being the largest store. "We believe Best Buy is a completely different kind of consumer electronics retailer," a spokesperson told us. "All of our in-store team undergo extensive training in our nine-week-long Blueshirt Training Academy to ensure they are second-to-none in their commitment to customer service and their expertise of consumer electronics. Importantly, they do not work on commission so this means that our customers can truly get impartial and expert advice to help them make the right choices on what to buy.


FOR Crieff Hydro, and hotels like it, a deposit return scheme (DRS) for Scotland presents an interesting challenge.
The potential benefits in terms of increasing recycling and reducing litter are great and to be welcomed – and for hospitality businesses like ours we recognise the competitive edge that prioritising sustainability can bring.
Crieff Hydro has a strong sustainability profile, boasting a Gold Green Tourism Award with a five-star rating for its commitment to quality. It's a commitment we're proud of and represents a unique selling point for us as a business operating in a highly competitive market in which customers are increasingly environmentally aware.
Crieff Hydro is a 900-acre site, with more than 200 bedrooms, 55 self-catering units and six eating outlets, as well as two swimming pools, a horse riding centre and Action Glen activity centre; it's part of a larger family of hotels that includes a further five locations, with seven bars and 11 restaurants between them.
As such, keeping up with customer demand for quality while doing so in the most environmentally-friendly way possible, is not easy. For example, at Crieff Hydro alone we currently present 24 x 240-litre bins of bottles a week for recycling – and often need to organise additional collections during busy periods.
A deposit return scheme has potential to help boost our 'green' credentials further. Were participation in a Scottish scheme incorporated into criteria for credentials like the Green Tourism Awards, for example, it would represent an added incentive for hospitality businesses like ours to get behind the measure – in addition to the wider environmental benefits.
We anticipate that there is also potential for a deposit return scheme to generate cost savings for businesses like ours by reducing the amount of recycling we need to present for separate collection. We estimate that a DRS with no opt-in cost to businesses would represent a significant saving in the cost of commercial recycling uplift – for which we currently pay up to £4000 a year for glass alone at Crieff Hydro.
One of the biggest issues for the hospitality industry is storage of empties.
We recognise, however, that there are several challenges that a deposit return scheme is likely to present to how we operate our business.
Perhaps the most widely-felt among the business community is that of storage – where to keep materials like empty plastic and glass bottles and metal drinks cans in order to redeem the deposit later.
Similarly, for large premises like ours, the initial outlay on drinks containers that have a deposit placed on them is likely to be significant – and the timely return of that investment is a key consideration, with huge potential to impact on our budgets.
With a public consultation on a deposit return scheme still live (it closes on September 25), we recognise that all options for the design of the scheme remain on the table; it's only once the scheme design is finalised that it will become clear what the likely impacts will be.
That's why at this stage, the most vital thing for our industry is to ensure that businesses have their say on what a DRS scheme should look like.
By responding to the Scottish Government's public consultation on a deposit return scheme, we're making sure ministers are aware of the potential impact on our operations and take these into account.
We will certainly be responding to the public consultation ourselves, and encouraging our commercial partners to do so too, to help shape a deposit return scheme that has hospitality interests at its core and helps our industry continue to thrive.
• Alexandra MacDonald is the welfare and environment manager at Crieff Hydro.


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Como esta blusa/ vestido (tengo algo con las blusas-vestido), y estos impresionantes botines florales que descubrí en Instagram de una marca Francesa (¡bendito Instagram!).
Por cierto, cuando vi estos botines me parecieron un poco caros, así que solo los observé por meses, y pendiente al llegar las ofertas y a un precio más accesible, hice mí pedido en línea, y en un suspiro llegó mi orden desde París hasta Guadalajara… Oh la la! La magia del e-Commerce y las redes sociales.
Y ya te lo había dicho en mi post Floral skirt, flirty bows and shiny shoes, los estampados florales son un gran trend esta temporada. ¡Vístete de flores! Hey! It's still summer, though it's also the beginning of the transition season, the right time to make the most of the warm weather, and match your light summery garments you still want to keep handy in your closet, with some Fall/ Winter season must.
Like this shirt/ dress (I've got this thing with shirt-dresses), and these ah!-mazing floral ankle boots from a French brand I found on Instagram (thank you Insta!).
By the way, when I saw them on the online store, I thought they were a bit expensive, so I just watched them for months, until Les Soldes came and then at an affordable price, I made my order and in a blink of an eye I got them in Guadalajara all the way from Paris… Oh la la! The magic of e-Commerce and Social Media.
I told you already on my previous post Floral skirt, flirty bows and shiny shoes, floral patterns are a big trend this season. So go ahead and wear your flowers!
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"Many will acclaim this museum building as a wonder of the world, I acclaim it as a wonder of the mind" says Gail Lord, President and Co-Founder of Lord Cultural Resources.
After more than 10 years in the making, the Louvre Abu Dhabi has opened, becoming the first Universal Museum in the Arab world. "Being a universal museum means that its collections are from the world's many cultures," explains Gail, "but the Louvre Abu Dhabi under the inspired leadership of its director Manuel Rabate and his Emirate Colleagues has given the concept of 'universal museum' a new meaning - one in which the humanity and creativity of all cultures is recognized as equal."
In his opening remarks the Chairman, his Excellency Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak of Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, said that Louvre Abu Dhabi is about more than tolerance, it is about acceptance of other cultures and religions. Jean-Luc Martinez, president of the Louvre in Paris, said the new museum was designed "to open up to others, to understand diversity" in a "multipolar world".
Building upon a preliminary architectural program concept, Lord was commissioned in 2006 by Abu Dhabi Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) to refine the space program and provide a concept plan and facilities strategy. We continued our work with the cultural planning for Saadiyat Island and by completing the initial master plan for the Zayed National Museum (2008), scheduled to begin construction in December. Lord Cultural Resources is honoured to have contributed to these projects in the United Arab Emirates.
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It's tough being the new guy at work. There are protocols to master, computer programs to navigate, desk locations to commit to memory. Then there are the social perils, best encapsulated by an old Onion headline: "Intern Strikes Up Friendship With Least-Respected Employee."
When Tolu Komolafe and Jesmine Omonori, both twenty-five, started working for Everplans, a tech startup in the Flatiron district, earlier this year, they faced the additional complication of living five thousand miles away, in Lagos, Nigeria. Everplans is a digital platform for end-of-life planning. Komolafe and Omonori had been hired as programmers through Andela, an organization that pays talented Nigerians to learn computer programming, then puts them to work, remotely, for international companies. Unlike most offshore firms, Andela encourages its people to forge close relationships with their new colleagues. Because Komolafe and Omonori couldn't meet the Americans in person, Komolafe said, "we went online and read everything about them." They hit Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn. For months, they lived, virtually, in the Everplans office: joining meetings via teleconference, hanging out in Slack chat rooms, even contributing the occasional office in-joke—such as when Komolafe circulated a video of Omonori moonwalking.
The extra effort helped. "The video of Jesmine dancing is amazing!" Bernie Kravitz, the company's V.P. of technology, said the other day, in Everplans' Manhattan office. Abby Schneiderman, a co-C.E.O., added, "We consider them part of the team." The office has the kindergartenish look of many tech startups: whiteboard walls covered with scribbled code, a conference table piled with Legos.
After months of working remotely, Komolafe and Omonori had just been flown in for an orientation. Neither had left Nigeria before. Komolafe is petite and peppy. She had her hair in long braids, and she wore a pink polo shirt and little diamond hoop earrings. Omonori is more reserved. He wore an orange T-shirt that said "Head to Toe Rock n Roll." They said that their favorite thing about New York was the variety of food. The night before, they'd joined colleagues for happy hour at Rosa Mexicano, where they ordered virgin mango margaritas. Komolafe said, "We actually loved guacamole!"
At around 10:30 a.m., Komolafe and Omonori aced their first hurdle: the daily "standup" meeting, which the tech team conduct on their feet, to keep it speedy. (Komolafe demonstrated a flair for office-speak by announcing that she was done—"but not done done"—with an assignment.)
At eleven, it was time for the "new guy" orientation, an office tradition. Adam Seifer, the other co-C.E.O., explained, "When you start at the company, you're the new guy." In the orientation ceremony, the previous new guy meets the new new guy and teaches him or her the ropes. The tech team filed out, and Everplans' less-new guys—Matt Kempin, Justin Valle, Scott Schmugar, and Peter Bogart Johnson—filed in.
"How are you guys liking it so far?" Schmugar asked.
"We're so excited," Omonori said. "I couldn't sleep yesterday."
Schmugar opened a black binder called the "new guy Bible." First order of business: bathrooms. "We're responsible for the whole floor," he said. "If anything's out, check under the sink for more toilet paper. Don't leave anyone hanging."
Next, the whiteboards. "You can write on any of the walls," he said. "If you want to save what you wrote, take a picture."
Komolafe pointed to a regular wall that was not covered with whiteboard paint. "Can I write on this wall that's white?"
Bogart Johnson took the binder. "We have four printers in the office," he said. "Two are color, two are black-and-white." He flipped back to the bathroom page. "In the men's room, there is a butt-washer that was introduced by Ammon"—a member of the product team—"fairly recently. It is exactly what it sounds like." Omonori grinned.
Next came notes about coffee—"There's a special coffeemaker called an AeroPress," Bogart Johnson said. "Bernie and I know how to use it"—and snacks. Mondays are "bagel breakfasts." Kemper told the new guys about an in-office bar with "a lot of high-end liquor." They nodded politely.
Schmugar brought up local lunch spots. "Where have you gone?" he asked.
Komolafe and Omonori looked at each other. "Dig It?" Komolafe said.
"Dig Inn. That's a good spot."
Schmugar said, "Now tell us something people might not know about you. Do you sing, dance?"
"I play the snare drum," Komolafe said.
Omonori thought for a minute, then said, "In high school, my tuition was less than eight dollars for one year." He added that he'd represented his school at the state Math Olympiad. The less-new guys seemed intimidated.
Omonori offered another fun fact. "I did standup comedy in college," he said, adding modestly, "I don't think I'm that funny anymore."
Komolafe assured him: "You're not funny."
This seemed to satisfy the old new guys. They packed up the binder, and everyone went to lunch. ♦
This article appears in the print edition of the July 20, 2015, issue.
Lizzie Widdicombe is a staff writer at The New Yorker.
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Take the activity of dealing with mice. I was under the impression that mice are found only in third world nations like India, but I find that they are found in first world nations too, and they are in fact found in the houses of VIPs in these countries as well.
I read a few weeks back that David Cameron, the British PM had mice bothering him in his household. He had a pet cat in his house but that cat was so lazy and inefficient that he had not caught any mice in ages. So the British PM had no option but to sack his cat.
There is little doubt that cats are the mouse killing machines that nature has created. They are experts in this job even though there may be a few black Sheep (?) among the community of cats, like the cat of British PM.
I find that I shared something in common with British PM. LIke him, I too suffered the menace of rodents. As long as I had Nuppy, my by now deceased cat, mice were finished off as soon as they were noticed in the house. Nuppy in fact treated mice and wall lizards as his staple food.
In absence of Nuppy, my household became a breeding ground of mice. I found that the mice were becoming daring while dealing with me. They would be seen in the kitchen. On seeing me, they would run away to the adjacent room serving as the hiding place for them. Not just that, they would enter my bedroom and hide under furniture that were inaccessible for me and literally mock me.
I missed my cat Nuppy badly. I phoned my wife and told her about these mice. She asked me to be patient till Dashara holidays. Let Bholey and Chhote arrive there and they would deal with the mice, she assured me.
In the meanwhile, I tried to deal with the mice myself. I would carry a stick with me and try to hit the mice when I saw them, but the mice would scamper away to safety. Then I thought of buying mouse traps. I bought two mousetraps of different designs, and kept goodies inside them as prescribed by the mousetrap sellers. I found that the goodies would vanish but the mousetraps would remain as they were. This showed that the mice had already worked out the crack for both types of mousetraps.
In the meanwhile, I got myself a better stick to deal with the mice and I managed to take out three of them in about ten days or so. That did not deter the remaining two mice and they continued to trouble me. They would merrily roam around the kitchen as well as in the bedroom and wake me up at unearthly hours thanks to the commotions caused by them.
The Dashara holidays came and my family, alongwith the two dogs joined me. The dogs had learnt the art of catching mice from Nuppy, their erstwhile colleague. They were forevr in practice because they would try to hunt wall lizards in the home all the time.
Bhhole and Chhote, as is their wont, would roam around the house and would look for wall lizards. I was sleeping in fits and starts at night when I woke up and found the younger dog trying to climb up the table containg my main laptop. He in fact was trying to climb up on my laptop. I stopped him from doing so. Chhote then went sideways and tried to climb up. It was then that I realised that a mouse had climbed up the wall at a height. The mouse had obviously climbed up to save himself from the dogs. Chhote climbed up the table, narrowly missing the various compuer parts lying on the table. The mouse fell down on the ground. The two dogs pounced on the mouse and managed to kill it before it could scurry up to its safe haven. My wife, who was awake at that time too, did not allow the dogs to eat the mouse.
A few hours later, my wife tried to clean the store room by moving a few cartons from there to another room. She realised that there was a mouse (the last surviving one) in one of cartons. She get the carton out of the room, and called out for the two dogs. The magic word "chooha" always attract the two dogs' attention and they immediately run up to her no matter how far away they are at that moment. The two dogs surrounded the carton and began to pace round the carton. The mouse ran away and the two dogs hunted it down. Like in the previous case, this time too the dogs were not allowed to eat the mouse.
With this, the two dogs had rid the house of the remaining rodents in a matter of a few hours. We were quite amused at the fact that the two dogs had still remembered the cat tricks learnt during their formative years while they were young pups and were keen pupils of Nuppy the cat.
The mice, who had got overconfident and complacent thanks to their encounters with me in the past paid a heavy price when they tried the same tricks against the two dogs. The two dogs may not be as elegant and natural as Nuppy but they got the work done, despite their inelegant style of mouse hunting.
The mice who met their Waterloo at the paws of the two dogs must have felt confident like the mouse whose tale of bravado is sung by Kishore Kumar and Amitach Bachchan in a song from "Sharaabi" (1984). Here is this fun song from "Sharaabi" (1984).
This song with funny lyrics have been written by Prakash Mehra. Music is composed by Bappi Lahiri. The song is picturised as a drunkard song on Amitabh Bachchan and others.
yeh kis ke ghar aa gaya yaar?
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Thanks for a very interesting and engrossing description of " Operation Mice " by 2 good learners-Bholey and Chhote.Their modus operendi or the implimentation skills may not be as refined as Nuppy-the Expert,but surely the desired results were achieved.
After a long time we enjoyed the activities of your Pets.
PRAKASH MEHRA( 13-7-1939 to 17-5-2009 ) was very fond of writing film songs.Having made 8 films( 7 Blockbusters) with Amitabh in a span of say 20 years,he also wrote about 30 songs in films.
Though his first film-Haseena Maan Jayegi- as a Director came in 1968,he wrote his first Film song in 1962 for Naag Devata.His other song ventures were in Haseena maan jayegi,Ek Kunwara ek kunwari,Zanjeer,Mukaddar ka sikander(salame ishq…),Lawaris (Apni to jaise taise…),Ghungaroo,Sharaabi,Chameli ki shaadi(na peena haram hai…),Imaandar,poornima,Ek haeena do diwaane etc etc.
the guy who dances with Amitabh with white cap and sherwani is Babbanlal Yadav, who is a permanent guy in movies produced & directed by Mehmood.
Excellent story Atul. You are very good storyteller, esp where animals are concerned.
I have many more pet tales still to tell and they are all interesting tales.
Atul, your stories about your pets are always a great treat to read. 🙂 Traditionally cats are the mice-hunters but it looks like even the domestic animal world is becoming like cricketers. Batsmen are becoming bowlers and bowlers are becoming batsmen. 🙂 Chhote and Bhhole seem to have taken over from where Nuppy left off.
Not just domestic animals, even the non domestic animal world is becoming smarter and more refined. Four decades ago, ants only ate sweets, today they eat salty foodstuff too. Mice of the previous generation would get trapped in mousetraps, but now they have worked out ways to avoid them while still managing to eat the bait.


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Antimetastatic effects of norcantharidin on hepatocellular carcinoma by transcriptional inhibition of MMP-9 through modulation of NF-Kb activity
Chao Bin Yeh, Ming Ju Hsieh, Yi Hsien Hsieh, Ming Hsien Chien, Hui Ling Chiou, Shun Fa Yang
Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine
Background: The rate of morbidity and mortality of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Taiwan has not lessened because of difficulty in treating tumor metastasis. Norcantharidin (NCTD) is currently used as an anticancer drug for hepatoma, breast cancer, and colorectal adenocarcinoma. NCTD possesses various biological anticancer activities, including apoptosis. However, detailed effects and molecular mechanisms of NCTD on metastasis are unclear. Thus, HCC cells were subjected to treatment with NCTD and then analyzed to determine the effects of NCTD on cell metastasis. Methodology/Principal Findings: Modified Boyden chamber assays revealed that NCTD treatment inhibited cell migration and invasion capacities of HCC cells substantially. Results of zymography and western blotting showed that activities and protein levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and urokinase plasminogen activator (u-PA) were inhibited by NCTD. Western blot analysis showed that NCTD inhibits phosphorylation of ERK1/2. Testing of mRNA level, quantitative real-time PCR, and promoter assays evaluated the inhibitory effects of NCTD on MMP-9 and u-PA expression in HCC cells. The chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay for analyzing the genomic DNA sequences bound to these proteins was reactive to the transcription protein nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB, which was inhibited by NCTD. The expression of NF-kappa B was measured by western blot analysis, which revealed decreased nuclear-factor DNA-binding activity after NCTD treatment. Conclusions: NCTD inhibited MMP-9 and u-PA expression through the phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and NF-kappaB signaling pathway which serves as a powerful chemopreventive agent in HCC cell metastasis.
norcantharidin
gelatinase B
hepatoma
u-plasminogen activator
transcription factor NF-kappa B
Plasminogen Activators
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
cell invasion
Yeh, C. B., Hsieh, M. J., Hsieh, Y. H., Chien, M. H., Chiou, H. L., & Yang, S. F. (2012). Antimetastatic effects of norcantharidin on hepatocellular carcinoma by transcriptional inhibition of MMP-9 through modulation of NF-Kb activity. PLoS One, 7(2), [e31055]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031055
Antimetastatic effects of norcantharidin on hepatocellular carcinoma by transcriptional inhibition of MMP-9 through modulation of NF-Kb activity. / Yeh, Chao Bin; Hsieh, Ming Ju; Hsieh, Yi Hsien; Chien, Ming Hsien; Chiou, Hui Ling; Yang, Shun Fa.
In: PLoS One, Vol. 7, No. 2, e31055, 07.02.2012.
Yeh, CB, Hsieh, MJ, Hsieh, YH, Chien, MH, Chiou, HL & Yang, SF 2012, 'Antimetastatic effects of norcantharidin on hepatocellular carcinoma by transcriptional inhibition of MMP-9 through modulation of NF-Kb activity', PLoS One, vol. 7, no. 2, e31055. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031055
Yeh CB, Hsieh MJ, Hsieh YH, Chien MH, Chiou HL, Yang SF. Antimetastatic effects of norcantharidin on hepatocellular carcinoma by transcriptional inhibition of MMP-9 through modulation of NF-Kb activity. PLoS One. 2012 Feb 7;7(2). e31055. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031055
Yeh, Chao Bin ; Hsieh, Ming Ju ; Hsieh, Yi Hsien ; Chien, Ming Hsien ; Chiou, Hui Ling ; Yang, Shun Fa. / Antimetastatic effects of norcantharidin on hepatocellular carcinoma by transcriptional inhibition of MMP-9 through modulation of NF-Kb activity. In: PLoS One. 2012 ; Vol. 7, No. 2.
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Global Markets and Technologies for Bioplastics
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Report Scope: This report will cover the bioplastics industry. Definitive and detailed estimates and forecasts of the global market are provided, followed by a detailed analysis of the regions, applications, and on-going trends.
New York, Dec. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global Markets and Technologies for Bioplastics" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p0801557/?utm_source=GNW
The focus of this report is on plastics made from renewable resources such as biomass or food crops.There is also some potential development of bioplastics from animal resources.
Plastics that could be produced from waste CO2 are also reviewed because of their potential impact on bioplastics, but their data are not included in the forecasts presented here.Bioplastics are further defined here as polymer materials that are produced by chemically or biologically synthesizing materials that contain renewable organic materials.
Natural organic materials that are not chemically modified (e.g., wood composites are excluded). The report includes the use of renewable resources to create monomers that replace petroleum-based monomers such as feedstocks produced from sugarcane that are used to manufacture polyester and polyethylene. Ethanol, a major product in Brazil, is one small chemical step from ethylene.
This report covers the technological, economic, and business considerations of the bioplastics industry, with analyses and forecasts provided for global markets. Included in the report are descriptions of market forces relevant to the bioplastics industry and their areas of application.
The report focuses on the following resin chemistries -
- Polylactic acid.
- Thermoplastic starch.
- Biopolyamides (nylons).
- Polyhydroxyalkanoates.
- Biopolyols/polyurethane.
- Cellulosics.
- Biopolytrimethylene terephthalate.
- Biopolyethylene.
- Biopolyethylene terephthalate.
- Polybutylene succinate.
Biodegradable and photodegradable polymers made from petrochemical feedstocks are not included. Other renewable resin chemistries such as collagen and chitosan are covered but in less detail as their roles are not well developed.
This report considers the impact of COVID-19.In 2020, the growth rate of manufacturing industry around the world was severely affected by the pandemic.
The presently developing COVID-19 pandemic has currently shrunken the progress of every economy. In addition to taking measures to lock down their respective countries to contain the spread of the coronavirus, especially in affected cities, various governments around the world are also taking the measures necessary to contain the economic slowdown.
Estimated values used are based on manufacturers' total revenues. Projected and forecasted revenue values are in constant U.S. dollars (2020) unadjusted for inflation.
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- An updated review of the global market for bioplastics and related technologies
- Analyses of the global market trends, with data from 2020, estimates for 2021 and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2026
- Evaluation and forecast the overall bioplastics market size in value and volumetric terms, and corresponding market share analysis by product, application, technology and region
- Highlights of emerging technology trends, opportunities and gaps estimating current and future demand for bioplastic materials, and impact of COVID-19 on the progress of this market
- Identification of the companies best positioned to meet this demand owing to their proprietary technologies, new product launches, and other strategic alliances
- Discussion of industry value chain analysis, demand-supply gap, and factors driving the growth of market for polymer materials
- Updated list of mergers, acquisitions, product launch, divestiture, achievements taken place in recent years
- Competitive landscape of the major players operating within the bioplastics market, and their global rankings and company share analysis
- Detailed description of updated company profiles along with latest developments and strategies, including Avient Corp., BASF, Danimer Scientific, Dow Inc., JSR Corp., Teijin Ltd. and Toray Industries Inc.
Bioplastics are plastic materials produced from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, straw, woodchips, sawdust, recycled food waste, etc. Some bioplastics are obtained by processing directly from natural biopolymers including polysaccharides (e.g., starch, cellulose, chitosan and alginate) and proteins (e.g., soy protein, gluten and gelatin), while others are chemically synthesized from sugar derivatives (e.g., lactic acid) and lipids (oils and fats) from either plants or animals, or biologically generated by fermentation of sugars or lipids.
Materials such as starch, cellulose, wood, sugar and biomass are used as a substitute for fossil fuel resources to produce bioplastics; this makes the production of bioplastics a more sustainable activity compared to conventional plastic production.
Support from global conglomerates such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, H.J. Heinz, Ford, AT&T and Toyota is putting real wind in the sails of the renewably sourced plastics industry. At the same time, governments around the world are looking for ways to reduce their CO2 emissions and dependence on oil-based products and bioplastics are increasingly being viewed as one way to accomplish these goals. Prominent examples of big brands that have introduced bioplastic packaging are Danone (Actimel, Activia, Volvic), Coca-Cola (PlantBottle), and Ecover (cleaning products). The supermarket chains Carrefour, Sainsbury, Billa, Spar and Hofer offer different packaging products and/or shopping bags made of bioplastics. In the leisure/sport sector PUMA, for example, uses bioplastics, and in the automotive market, Ford, Toyota and Mercedes have introduced various bioplastic components in several car models. In the consumer electronics market, Fujitsu is a well-known brand that uses bioplastics in some of its products.
Rising demand results in growing supply and the Chinese government's increasing support for bioplastics as a way to improve the standard of living in the country's rural regions is just one example of this.Major indigenous producers of starch plastics and other types of bioplastics are rapidly changing marketplace dynamics.
Municipal governments in central, eastern, and southern China are planning for strong growth in all sectors of this industry and developing countries such as Thailand and Brazil are also emerging as bioplastic-producing powerhouses.
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Sep. 5, 2021 Updated: Sep. 5, 2021 7:44 a.m.
MODESTO — When Don Doud voted for Gavin Newsom to become California's governor in 2018, he didn't know much about the former San Francisco mayor and lieutenant governor except that he was a fellow Democrat.
That changed in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, as Newsom's daily news conferences became appointment viewing for Doud, 75, a retired teacher from Modesto — just as they did for many other Californians.
Navigating the once-in-a-century crisis, the governor struck Doud as responsible and capable. So a year later, with Newsom's strict pandemic response fueling a campaign to remove him from office before the end of his first term, there was no question Doud would oppose it.
"He did the right things. He tried to influence people to take the pandemic seriously," Doud said during a double-masked visit to the county library in downtown Modesto on a recent Wednesday afternoon. "I've been pretty happy with him."
Don Doud, a retired teacher and resident of Modesto, began watching Gov. Gavin Newsom's daily briefings during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. He says he does not support the recall because he believes Newsom handled the outbreak responsibly. "He did the right things. He tried to influence people to take the pandemic seriously," Doud said.
California voters are returning their mail ballots for the Sept. 14 recall election as the state grapples with a resurgent fourth wave of the coronavirus that has again pushed hospitals to capacity in some rural areas. But an issue that once seemed like it could be Newsom's biggest liability is suddenly looking like the thing that could save his governorship.
In the final weeks of the recall contest, Newsom is leaning into his role as the man behind a new round of mask mandates and vaccine requirements, despite the criticism they have generated from the Republican candidates seeking to replace him.
While leading contenders promise to overturn his orders and even block local public health officials from adopting their own, Newsom's closing message for Democratic voters is a dire picture of the alternative if he is removed from office.
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In an ad released last month by his campaign, a woman gravely intones that the election is a "matter of life and death." And during a news conference last week in Oakland, Newsom warned that California could turn into Florida or Texas without him, invoking two rival states with a diametrically opposed approach to the pandemic where the rate of new coronavirus cases is currently several times higher.
"There is no more consequential decision to the health and safety of the people of California than voting no on the Republican-backed recall," Newsom said.
Interviews with nearly two dozen voters in Stanislaus County underlined the deep divide over Newsom's pandemic response and underscored the potential wisdom in his strategy of emphasizing it.
The Central Valley county of more than half a million residents is more politically moderate than much of the state; there are nearly as many Republicans registered to vote as Democrats, and Newsom narrowly lost the governor's race there in 2018, by fewer than than 3,000 votes.
Yet the Democrats that The Chronicle spoke to were almost unanimous in citing Newsom's leadership during the pandemic as the reason that they would vote to keep him in office. Republican voters, who strongly disliked Newsom and overwhelmingly favored recalling him, shared a laundry list of complaints about the governor, but his pandemic response rarely rose to the top.
Cindy de Visser, 60, who has an almond farm in Oakdale, is most frustrated by the high taxes and regulations that she blames for shutting down local dairies and pushing her friends to move to Idaho and Texas. She said she wouldn't mind if she saw progress, but the roads are terrible.
Cindy de Visser, a moderate Republican who has an almond farm in Oakdale (Stanislaus County), supports the recall.
"Where is all that money going?" she said as she shopped in downtown Oakdale on a sweltering morning. "I just want someone new to come in and fix it."
A moderate Republican, de Visser said she is OK with some of the public health mandates, like requiring masks in schools if it means children can return for in-person instruction. But having already gotten COVID-19 and the vaccine, she is tired of the restrictions and ready for people to take more responsibility for their own health.
"If I have to put on a mask again, it's going to be difficult," she said. "I feel like the state of California has more control over my own life than I do."
Newsom has always been a divisive politician — an avatar of elitist San Francisco progressivism who seems to uniquely irritate conservatives — but the split in public opinion grew into a chasm during the pandemic.
Conservative voters in Oakdale, a small Stanislaus County city that bills itself as the "Cowboy Capital of the World" because of its long history of rodeo champions, are fed up with the recent state mandates around masks and coronavirus vaccines.
While the governor received national praise for instituting the first statewide stay-at-home order in the country, his public health measures also inspired turbulent protests at the State Capitol, where he was compared to Hitler, and breathed life into a nascent recall petition.
That effort caught fire in November, after The Chronicle reported that Newsom had attended a birthday party for a friend at the fancy French Laundry restaurant in the Napa Valley, in violation of his own rules about limiting mixing between households. The dinner — a symbol for many of the governor's hypocrisy and overreach — continues to figure prominently in the campaigns of recall supporters.
For months, as the election inched closer and victory over the coronavirus slipped out of California's grasp, Newsom tiptoed toward new public health regulations that risked snowballing into a political fracas, including a mask mandate for schools and a requirement for state workers to get vaccinated or regularly tested.
But a CBS News poll last month demonstrated why, despite vocal denunciations from some corners, the Newsom campaign now believes playing up his pandemic response could be a boon for the governor.
The poll found that 60% of California voters think Newsom is doing a very good or somewhat good job handling the coronavirus outbreak, including 87% of Democrats and 56% of independents. Nearly 70% of voters approved of mandatory vaccinations for health care workers, something Newsom ordered last month.
Modesto is a Democratic stronghold in the more politically moderate Stanislaus County, where there are nearly as many Republicans registered to vote as Democrats. A CBS News poll last month found that 87% of Democrats in California say Gov. Gavin Newsom has done a very or somewhat good job handling the coronavirus outbreak.
While returning a book to the library in Modesto, Jeanine Oliver-Nomof applauded the mask mandate for schools as "not too damn much to ask" and a recent vaccine requirement for school employees as a benefit for the greater good.
"Can't we think about each other?" said Oliver-Nomof, 63, who retired from teaching fifth grade in nearby Waterford last year after the pandemic sent classes online.
Oliver-Nomof said she is impressed with how Newsom stepped up at the beginning of the pandemic, especially compared with what she considered a lack of leadership from then-President Donald Trump, and the governor's response improved her view of him.
"Do I think he should have gone to Napa and had that dinner? No. It was stupid. It was stupid," she said. "But that's the only thing I'm shaking my head about."
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Approval figures lag significantly among Republicans. In the CBS News poll, only 27% said Newsom is doing a good job with the pandemic and more than half disapproved of vaccine requirements for health care workers, as well as private businesses adopting them for employees and customers.
The top Republican candidates in the recall are maneuvering carefully through the sentiment. Nearly all have publicly shared that they are vaccinated but believe it should be a personal choice. Front-runner Larry Elder, a conservative radio personality, has promised to overturn mask mandates for schools and vaccine requirements for health care workers, state employees and school staff, a position that several of his competitors have echoed.
"The governor is looking for a campaign issue, so he rolls out these mandates that don't exist in any other state, and then less than a week later, he's up running ads," Assembly Member Kevin Kiley of Rocklin (Placer County) said at a debate last month. "Once again, he's playing politics with COVID and he's playing politics with the vaccine."
Lea Cypert walks through Oakdale's Cowboy Museum, where she is the administrative assistant. Outside a recent fundraiser for the museum, attendees say Gov. Gavin Newsom's public health orders during the coronavirus pandemid have been too restrictive. "At some point, Americans have to decide for themselves they have to take the risk," says Cherie Charmbury, 37, a stay-at-home mom from Oakdale who leans libertarian.
Conservative voters in Oakdale, a small Stanislaus County city that bills itself as the "Cowboy Capital of the World" because of its long history of rodeo champions, were similarly fed up with the recent orders around masks and vaccines.
But talk to them about why they want Newsom out, and the first answers are usually about the state not sufficiently prioritizing vegetation management to prevent wildfires, widespread homelessness or how revenue from the gas tax is being used. It can take a while to get to the complaints about overly restrictive lockdowns or Newsom's hypocritical behavior during the pandemic.
"At some point, Americans have to decide for themselves they have to take the risk," Cherie Charmbury, 37, a stay-at-home mom who leans libertarian, said as she waited with a group of friends to enter a fundraiser luncheon for the Cowboy Museum at the local community center.
The few Republican voters who pointed to the pandemic response as their top issue also expressed doubts about the seriousness of the coronavirus itself.
Jeff Otto, 50, an engineer from Modesto who was picking up lunch in Oakdale, said the pandemic was a fraud that had destroyed businesses and families. He was furious that Newsom had deferred to the "Fauci flip-flop" — a reference to changing public health guidelines from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Patrons gather at a food truck center near agriculture supplies in Modesto. California voters are returning their mail ballots for the Sept. 14 recall election as the state grapples with a resurgent fourth wave of the coronavirus, which has pushed hospitals back to capacity in some rural areas.
"The governor is the last line of defense against the federal government for we the citizens, and he has given away all of our rights," Otto said outside his idling car, the air conditioning already blasting for his waiting passengers. "I'm looking for a candidate who is going to stand up for our individual freedoms, for our constitutional rights."
Newsom still has a careful line to walk on restrictions, after more than of year of whipsawing lockdowns and reopenings has left voters, even in his Democratic base, fatigued at the prospect of another retreat in the face of the delta variant.
Though she is vaccinated, Liz Mendez, 37, an insurance agent from Modesto, said she does not support forcing people to get the shot if they don't want to. But she's OK with policies giving people an option to show either proof of vaccination or a negative coronavirus test to access certain businesses, venues or events, because then they still have a choice.
A Democrat, Mendez planned to vote against the recall because Newsom "was taking charge and he was doing it in our best interest" during the pandemic, she said as she left Modesto's Vintage Faire Mall with a bag from Sephora. "It made me feel safer, because although we should all be concerned, not everyone did take it seriously.
Another shopper, Carla Rodriguez, 25, said she had not been vaccinated yet because she wanted to wait a year to see how things went first. Now officials at Sacramento City College, where she is studying to be a dental assistant, have given her until October to get vaccinated if she wants to return for the fall semester. Though she's dragging her feet, she said she ultimately expected to get the shot because she has only one year left in her studies.
Rodriguez understands the threat of the coronavirus — her entire family was infected in December, she said, and she was shopping with a mask on because she wanted to protect her parents — but the mandates don't quite sit right with her. A political independent, she said she was leaning toward the recall because she was not satisfied with Newsom's pandemic response and was looking for a change.
"It's starting to be forceful," she said. "It should be a person's choice at the end of the day."
Alexei Koseff is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: alexei.koseff@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @akoseff
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Alexei Koseff is a state Capitol reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle, covering Gov. Gavin Newsom and California government from Sacramento. He previously spent five years in the Capitol bureau of The Sacramento Bee, reporting on everything from international recruiting by the University of California to a ride service for state senators too drunk to drive. Alexei is a Bay Area native and attended Stanford University. He speaks fluent Spanish.


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Bengt Karl Gustaf Hultqvist, född 21 augusti 1927 i Hemmesjö socken i Kronobergs län, död 24 februari 2019 i Kiruna, var en svensk rymdfysiker.

Hultqvist studerade naturvetenskap vid Stockholms högskola och påbörjade därefter forskning vid Rolf Sieverts institution för radiofysik. Han disputerade vid Stockholms universitet i april 1956.

Rolf Sievert var ordförande för den kommitté inom Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien som förberedde ett nytt geofysiskt institut i Kiruna. På hans initiativ rekryterades Hultqvist som den förste föreståndaren för Kiruna geofysiska observatorium, sedermera Institutet för rymdfysik (IRF), vid dess start 1957 och innehade den posten fram till 1994. Han var även professor i geokosmofysik vid Umeå universitet från 1967.

Hultqvist har efter sin pensionering varit en av direktörerna för International Space Science Institute (ISSI) i Bern 1994–1998. Han är en förgrundsgestalt i svensk rymdhistoria, och en av de som starkt drev Vikingprojektet, Sveriges första satellit. Förutom en rik vetenskaplig produktion, huvudsakligen inriktad på magnetosfärfysik och norrskensforskning, har han också skrivit flera populärvetenskapliga verk.

Hultqvist var ledamot av Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien sedan 1972 och av Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien sedan 1974. Han promoverades till teknologie hedersdoktor vid Högskolan i Luleå 1993. 2004 tilldelades han Rossbypriset.

Hultqvist har även fått ett observatorium uppkallat efter sig, Bengt Hultqvist Observatory i Kiruna.

2007 blev han hedersmedborgare i Kiruna. Bengt Hultqvist är begravd på Kiruna kyrkogård.

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 Bengt Hultqvist, Rymden, vetenskapen och jag : en memoarbok om svensk rymdforskning under efterkrigstiden. . Stockholm: Vetenskapsakademin, 1997.
 Bengt Hultqvist, Kunskapens väg: från grundforskning till samhällsutveckling. . Kiruna: Institutet för rymdfysik, 2003.

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'America's Funniest Home Videos' Now Available for Brands
Vin Di Bona's Production Company Fishbowl Opens Home-Video Licensing Library
By Shareen Pathak. Published on May 14, 2013.
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Don't be surprised if the next commercial you see involves old-fashioned family bloopers shot on a shaky camcorder.
Indie production company Fishbowl Worldwide Media -- which was founded by Bruce Gersh and America's Funniest Home Videos producer Vin Di Bona -- is launching a home-video licensing division that will open up the entire library of the homemade video program to advertisers and brands.
The show, now in its 23rd season, has been collecting the family-friendly footage that 's usable for TV clips for years. There are 200,000-plus clips in the library now.
The new division will offer a suite of services to advertisers and brands, from clip licensing for television spots or digital film to creating user-generated campaigns. The library will also include clips from Fishbowl Media's other properties, like Petsami, a YouTube-based clip-driven program, and ToddlerTale, which compiles videos featuring babies.
For the past few years, the production company has used AHFV clips to create other digital and TV shows. But Lisa Black, who heads up business development at the shop, said this is the first time the library will be opened for self-serve use. Licensing rates start at $200.
The company's consultants have spent a few years categorizing and tagging the clips so brands can do searches based on what they want to find. Fishbowl will also offer what Ms. Black calls "guidance and consulting services" to advertisers to help them find the right video for their need. The clips are classified by emotion ("funny," "cute"), age range ("babies," "seniors,") and location.
Gabe Gordon, managing partner at Reach, said the agency is using it because it gives brands access to content "that has resonated with broadcast audiences."
There have been a slew of campaigns recently that are using home-video style YouTube clips. For example, 72andSunny's latest Chrome work featured a well-known YouTube video of a baby gumming a laptop, while Hostess created a digital campaign for the Olympics using videos of people failing at sports. "The beauty of our service is we've been doing it for 23 years and there's certainly a theme in the marketplace of leveraging real-life moments in campaigns," said Mr. Gersh.
What types of clients might be a good fit for that video of a baby tripping over a dog? Insurance companies, said Ms. Black, "because a lot of our great clips are of fails."
Shareen Pathak
Shareen Pathak covers East Coast creative agencies, campaigns and the production side of the advertising industry for Advertising Age. She's a graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism and has written for publications including The Wall Street Journal and The Straits Times Singapore.
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