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Q: Find elements of array one nearest to elements of array two This answer explains how to find the nearest (sorted) array element to a single point, in a manner efficient for large arrays (slightly modified):
def arg_nearest(array, value):
    idx = np.searchsorted(array, value, side="left")
    if idx > 0 and (idx == len(array) or math.fabs(value - array[idx-1]) < math.fabs(value - array[idx])):
        return idx-1
    else:
        return idx

If, instead, we want to find the array elements nearest a set of points (i.e. a second array); are there efficient (by speed, for large arrays) ways of extending this besides using a for-loop?
Some test cases:
>>> xx = [0.2, 0.8, 1.3, 1.5, 2.0, 3.1, 3.8, 3.9, 4.5, 5.1, 5.5]
>>> yy = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
>>> of_x_nearest_y(xx, yy)
[0.5, 2.0, 3.1, 3.9, 5.1]

>>> xx = [0.2, 0.8, 1.3, 1.5, 2.0, 3.1, 3.8, 3.9, 4.5, 5.1, 5.5]
>>> yy = [-2, -1, 4.6, 5.8]
>>> of_x_nearest_y(xx, yy)
[0.2, 0.2, 4.5, 5.5]

Edit: assuming both arrays are sorted, you can do a little better than a completely naive for-loop by excluding values below those already matched, i.e.
def args_nearest(options, targets):
    locs = np.zeros(targets.size, dtype=int)
    prev = 0
    for ii, tt in enumerate(targets):
        locs[ii] = prev + arg_nearest(options[prev:], tt)
        prev = locs[ii]
    return locs

A: You can make few changes to extend it for an array of elements in value, like so -
idx = np.searchsorted(xx, yy, side="left").clip(max=xx.size-1)
mask = (idx > 0) &  \
       ( (idx == len(xx)) | (np.fabs(yy - xx[idx-1]) < np.fabs(yy - xx[idx])) )
out = xx[idx-mask]

Explanation
Nomenclature : array is the array in which we are looking to place elements from value to maintain the sorted nature of array.
Changes needed to extend the solution for a single element to many elements for searching :
1] Clip the indices array idx obtained from np.searchsorted at a max. of array.size-1, because for elements in value that are larger than the maximum of array, we need to make idx indexable by array.
2] Introduce numpy to replace math to do those operations in a vectorized manner.
3] Replace the conditional statement by the trick of idx - mask. In this case, internally Python would up-convert mask to an int array to match up with the datatype of idx. Thus, all the True elements become 1 and thus for True elements we would effectively have idx-1, which is the True case of the IF conditional statement in the original code.

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Fundamental analysis: ConocoPhillips (COP)
The higher the Awarener score, the more bang you get for the buck. It measures how much genuine funds the company generates for the stock price paid (Very good), the business stability (Very poor) and growth (Very good), and the company's inclination to return cash to the stockholders (Average).
Business has been growing at a very good pace. It's been weak when measured against peer companies.
ConocoPhillips business varies frequently, ups and downs are normal. It's risky. It looks slightly better than rivals.
COP profit margins -on goods and services sold- are usually hardly sufficient. They stand worse than most rival companies.
Business profit on sales tends to be excellent. It's encouraging in relation to competitors.
Profits on sales made -available to repay debt and purchase properties- are usually excellent. They remain in good shape compared to peers.
Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- tend to be excellent in relation to total revenues. They're still better than most similar companies.
Profits -before income taxes- are usually excellent considering total sales, and remain great when measured against rivals.
Total net profit tends to be very good when confronted to sales. Company stands more than average in relation to comparable firms.
ConocoPhillips profit -on goods and services sold- has been growing at an excellent pace. It's been rather normal in relation to competitors.
In recent years, earnings -on operations- have been growing at an extremely fast step, which has been better than most comparable firms.
Profits -available to repay debt and purchase properties- have been growing at an excellent pace, which compares weak when measured against peer enterprises.
Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- have been growing at an extremely fast tempo. It turns to be excellent in relation to similar stocks.
COP had to pay a lot of income taxes in relation to profits made in the past years. It's been mediocre against peers.
Profitability score: 10.0
ConocoPhillips usually gets huge returns on the resources it controls. It proves top tier when measured against peer firms.
The company normally gets huge proceeds -on the resources directly invested in the business-. They remain impressive in relation to similar companies.
Profitability -in relation to owned resources- is usually paramount. It ranks top tier when measured against competitors.
In the past, got huge returns -on the tangible resources it controls-. This metric is usually related to the industry in which operates and combines profitability versus reinvestment needs. It's top tier when measured against comparable enterprises.
COP usually uses a slight portion of genuine funds generated to buy or replace property, plant, or equipment. The need for reinvestments is light. It stands top tier when measured against rival firms.
In the past twelve months it paid good dividends, considering the current stock price. It came somewhat better than competitors.
Has significantly increased dividend payments in the past years. Business prospects probably have improved. The company has behaved rather normal in relation to similar firms.
The company usually uses a portion of genuine funds generated to pay dividends. Dividend payments should be safe, unless business prospects are challenged. Sustainability looks somewhat worse than comparable companies.
The company somewhat enlarges a bit the pool of investors, resulting in more mouths feeding on the pie of profits. It remains rather normal in relation to peer enterprises.
The company uses somewhat more funds to reward investors than it can genuinely generate, so some part of them is paid out of existing cash or by borrowing money, both of which will eventually reach a limit. Either business somewhat improves, or rewards will probably not be sustained at this pace. It still looks below average when measured against competitors.
ConocoPhillips has no intangible assets (like brands and goodwill) according to accounting books, which is safest. It happens to be top tier when measured against peer companies.
The company has more short-term resources than short-term obligations. Liquidity concerns shouldn't be an issue. It turns to be a slight improvement compared to similar firms.
Roughly a tenth of resources controlled were provided for with financial debt. Creditors have minor claims on the company, and financial position is safe. It remains slightly better than rival firms.
Controlled resources might be turned into cash and equivalents neither fast nor too slow. Liquidity and risk might be run-of-the-mill. It looks more than average in relation to rivals.
For every dollar of short-term obligations, the company has enough dollars in cash and short-term receivables. It's in good shape compared to peer firms.
For every dollar of short-term obligations, the company has almost another of cash and equivalents, which is well ranked against similar enterprises.
Usually, sales are mostly on cash. It still ranks more than average in relation to peers.
Normally has approximately only a couple of weekly sales worth in inventory. It comes up as excellent in relation to competitors.
On average, it takes less than one month from the purchase to charging customers. It happens to be better than most peers.
On average pays suppliers during the first couple of weeks from the purchase. It ranks weak when measured against industry peers.
The company pays its suppliers almost when charging its customers, so there's very little money invested in working capital. It's lacking compared to similar companies.
Net interest expenses consume a minor portion of usual business earnings, and are easily bearable. It stands somewhat better than rival firms.
Business earnings have usually been great when measured against loans taken. Debt might be repaid almost as soon as desired. It ranks top tier when measured against comparable enterprises.
Revenues are huge in relation to property, plant, and equipment required to operate. This metric is likely dependent on the industry the company operates in. Low property, plant, and equipment requirements, allows the company to keep more money to reward stockholders in the long run. It looks impressive in relation to similar firms.
Resource exploitation is huge considering yearly sales, which is great. This metric is normally tied to the industry where the firm belongs. It's still top-notch against peer companies.
ConocoPhillips looks cheap in relation to profits and financial position. It happens to be weak when measured against competitors.
In the past twelve months, the company generated some slightly better free funds in relation to the stock price, which stands somewhat worse than similar companies.
The company usually generates reasonably more than enough genuine funds to cover up for its business needs. Surplus cash may be used to repay loans, to eventually buy new businesses, or to reward investors. Considering the financial position and stock price, the current valuation might be fair. It's still similar to industry firms.
In the past twelve months, the company hasn't rewarded investors, considering both dividends and share on the pie of earnings. It came up in good shape compared to peer ventures.
The company has neither net debt nor net cash. It may borrow extra money if it wishes so, or start cumulating cash for future uses. It looks somewhat better than similar enterprises.
Considering the past twelve months, traditional Price-to-Earnings relation might be reasonable. It ranks weak when measured against peer companies.
Comparing the current stock price with the past twelve-months revenues gives a three or four to one relationship. This is an important metric to check its evolution through time, and to compare to industry peers. It looks in a weak position compared to rival firms.
In the past twelve months, the operating business earned great money when compared to the current stock price and financial position. It happens to be weak when measured against industry peers.
In an alternate metric of bang for the buck, the company has usually shown a very good earnings power ability when measured against the current stock price and financial position. It's still in good shape compared to peer companies.
Company at a glance: ConocoPhillips (COP)
Market Cap: 150.19 billions
Revenues TTM: 54.06 billions
ConocoPhillips explores for, produces, transports, and markets crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and natural gas liquids worldwide. It primarily engages in the conventional and tight oil reservoirs, shale gas, heavy oil, LNG, oil sands, and other production operations. The company's portfolio includes unconventional plays in North America; conventional assets in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia; various LNG developments; oil sands assets in Canada; and an inventory of conventional and unconventional exploration prospects. ConocoPhillips was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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FBI Seizes Computer in Search of Rep. Henry Cuellar's Home
Neither the FBI nor Cuellar's office explained why the Texas Democrat's home was being searched.
Court Revives Suit Against Scientology and Danny Masterson
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Lawyers for the church and Masterson argued that the plaintiffs were bound to hash out their disputes in closed-door arbitration.
States Against Same-Sex Marriage Owe Big
Updated Apr. 14, 2017 9:38AM ET / Published Sep. 10, 2015 2:28PM ET
© Chris Tilley / Reuters
Attorneys general and governors of states who defended banning gays from marrying before the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage are getting invoices from their lawyers. Attorneys in Michigan, for instance, are asking for $1.9 million on behalf of their plaintiffs. Kentucky racked up a bill of $2.1 million. Private lawyers who were on these cases often did their work pro bono and organizations like the ACLU are seeking reimbursements.
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American Samoa Army reservists who perform mortuary functions are deploying this week to the Middle East.
US Vice President Mike Pence in Pago Pago, Sunday, April 23, 2017.
Fifteen of the 18 member contingent are women.
They were farewelled at a church service this week in American Samoa which was packed with parents, spouses and children.
Lieutenant Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga told the group they performed a very important service, making sure that the remains of soldiers who die on the battlefield were handled in a dignified manner for families waiting for their return home.
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47th Annual Bayou Classic will be played in Shreveport
This year's Bayou Classic to be played in Shreveport in April 2021
By Spencer Chrisman | October 5, 2020 at 10:25 AM CDT - Updated October 5 at 9:16 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - When the decision was made by the SWAC Council of Presidents and Chancellors to postpone fall sports, it also postponed the 47th Annual Bayou Classic until the spring.
On Monday, Oct. 5, Bayou Classic organizers joined school leadership from both Grambling State University and Southern University, Mayor Adrian D. Perkins of Shreveport, and Shreveport-Bossier's Sports Commission to announce that the 47th Annual Bayou Classic would be temporarily moved to Shreveport.
The Bayou Classic will be played Saturday, April 17 at Independence Stadium in Shreveport. More details regarding the Bayou Classic will be released at a future date.
FULL VIDEO: Announcement on 47th Annual Bayou Classic
The Bayou Classic has proven to be a steadfast beacon of legacy and tradition that extends beyond the HBCU community.
Fans from across the nation journey to witness the electrifying football game between Grambling and Southern, while eagerly awaiting the highly anticipated halftime show featuring two of the greatest marching bands in the nation. Due to the substantial scope of the Phase 2 renovation work to begin in January 2021 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, the annual home of the Bayou Classic, this rescheduled annual match-up between the Grambling Tigers and the Southern Jaguars had to be temporarily moved to another location.
The 48th Annual Bayou Classic is scheduled to be held in New Orleans in November of 2021 as traditionally done each year.
"The Bayou Classic is a long-standing tradition that we are excited to have come to Shreveport. We are proud to be a part of ensuring the continuity of this game that spans decades," said Mayor Perkins.


Am Fam Physician. 2009 May 15;79(10):875-877.
A wide array of resources summarizing medical information are available, and physicians must carefully choose the most trustworthy sources. Treatment decisions should be based on the best available evidence, which should be carefully critiqued for both relevance and validity. Paying particular attention to sources that use the Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy can help guide busy physicians to the most useful information sources.
Are you looking for an efficient way to keep up with important new research findings without working 80 hours per week? Is that bedside journal stack still creating anxiety and guilt? Do you often have trouble believing what is the "best evidence," limiting opportunities to change the way you practice? If you answered "yes" to at least two of these questions, you are not alone. What is the solution? Well-written, high-quality reviews of the best evidence can help us reduce our workload, trust new information, and change our practice accordingly. In doing so, we will remain great doctors with enough time left over for our family and friends. But how can we tell which reviews are "high quality" and of the "best evidence"?
The methods used to search the literature are described. The search ideally should be performed by an independent source or by more than one person.
The literature review is comprehensive, including at least one evidence-based resource (e.g., the Cochrane Registry of Controlled Trials, Clinical Evidence). Databases in addition to Medline are used, as well as non-English language databases. This is especially important for information on complementary and alternative medicine, where many of the studies are in the German and Chinese literature.
Clear and a priori criteria are used to determine which articles to include in the review.
The evidence is graded in some reasonable way. Reviews that have an evidence table listing each recommendation separately are best.
Recommendations are made with patient-oriented evidence emphasized over disease-oriented evidence.
Efforts are made to locate studies that may not have been published, especially those that report negative findings.
Authors of high-quality reviews should carefully critique and assign level-of-evidence ratings to the individual studies based on the validity of the research design. This is visually depicted in Figure 1 on the x-axis: the further one goes to the right, the more rigorous the strength of evidence supporting the results (e.g., results from a well-performed, large randomized trial involving 3,000 patients are more likely to represent reality than an expert's opinion based on only unblinded personal experience with 30 patients). Many of the current evidence rating systems used by various specialty organizations report clinical recommendations based only on validity, which is measured on the x-axis. However, clinical recommendations should be supported by both the validity and the relevance of the available evidence. The SORT system rates clinical recommendations on both factors.
Clinical recommendations that receive higher Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy (SORT) ratings are based on more reliable information that specifically addresses patient-oriented outcomes. Only studies of patient-oriented outcomes can receive an A (good and consistent patient-oriented evidence) or B (limited or inconsistent patient-oriented evidence) rating. Recommendations from studies using disease-oriented evidence, and those based on clinical opinion or uncontrolled observations, receive a C rating.
Basing management decisions on the best evidence, carefully critiqued for both relevance and validity, should be the goal of all physicians. A wide array of resources summarizing medical information exist, so carefully choosing the most trustworthy sources is critical. Using the criteria listed in Table 1 and paying particular attention to sources using the SORT system can help guide busy physicians to the most useful information sources and ultimately help them provide the highest quality patient care.
SEAN W. REED, MD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, and completed a family medicine residency and an evidence-based medicine and faculty development fellowship at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
Address correspondence to Sean W. Reed, MD, Dept. of Family Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, P.O. Box 800729, Charlottesville, VA 22908 (e-mail: seanreed@virginia.edu). Reprints are not available from the authors.
Author disclosure: Dr. Slawson is a consultant for John Wiley and Sons, Inc., publisher of Essential Evidence Plus.
3. Laupacis A, Straus S. Systematic reviews: time to address clinical and policy relevance as well as methodological rigor. Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(4):273–274.
This is the fifth article in a six-part series about finding evidence and putting it into practice.


Dame Maggie Smith has declared the show must go on after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
According to reports, the double Oscar-winning actress has had a tumour removed and has also completed a course of chemotherapy.
Friends described her as "typically brave and understated". One added: "The last thing she wants to do is to make a fuss about it."
She is due to begin work on Julian Fellowes's film From Time To Time, an adaptation of Lucy M Boston's book The Children Of Green Knowe. Filming has been delayed, however, by several weeks to allow for her recovery.
A spokesman for Mr Fellowes said he expected to begin filming "within the next few weeks" but no specific date has been set.
Dame Maggie is regarded as one of the country's pre-eminent actresses, with a prolific stage and screen career spanning 50 years.
She won her first Oscar in 1969 for her portrayal of a Scottish schoolmistress in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie.
Her second, for best supporting actress, came in 1978 for California Suite.
She was nominated for a third Academy Award for her snobbish turn as the Countess of Trentham in the 2001 film Gosford Park.
She has also won five Baftas. She won a Theatregoers' Choice award last month after her return to the West End stage in The Lady From Dubuque.
Among her many other notable roles was Charlotte Bartlett in the Merchant-Ivory film A Room With A View, co-starring Helena Bonham Carter, for which she won a Golden Globe award.
Dame Maggie married fellow actor Robert Stephens in 1967 and they have two sons, who are both actors.
The younger, Toby Stephens, 38, played a villain in the James Bond film Die Another Day. Sir Robert and Dame Maggie divorced in 1974 and she married playwright Beverley Cross in 1975.
At the time of his death ten years ago she was appearing in A Delicate Balance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, but continued in the role until the end of the run. She once said in the past: "It's true I don't tolerate fools, but then they don't tolerate me, so I am spiky. Maybe that's why I'm quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies."
That's a shame. I hope she recovers well.
I don't think her cancer has a chance! This is one strong woman & good for her!
hope everything goes okay for her, she comes across as a fighter. excellent actress.
She's great. I saw her perform live here a couple of years ago in Alan Bennet's "Talking Heads" as the drunk vicar's wife. Fantastic. If anyone can beat this she can.
Great lady, wonderful performer. Cancer doesn't stand a chance.
I like her. I hope she can pull through this.
That's so sad to hear. She's one of my favourite actresses, I really like her. Get well soon Maggie!
One of the greatest actresses in the English language. I wish her all the best in her recovery.
Oh, she is a wonder actor.
I hope she recover soon.
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Ugh. I hate you, Cancer. I really do.
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South Korea police arrests defector trying to cross back to North Korea
By Cynthia Kim
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police said on Sunday they had arrested a defector who tried to return to North Korea after a similar, successful crossing in July escalated tensions on the peninsula.
The defector, who had fled to South Korea in 2018, was suspected of breaking into a military training site in South Korea's border town of Cheorwon on Thursday to head back to North Korea.
"The man is under police investigation. We are looking into details such as why he tried to cross the border," a policewomen said by telephone. She said she could not confirm the date of the arrest.
In July, a 24-year-old defector returned to North Korea the way he left in 2017, going through a drainage ditch and swimming across the Han River to the North.
When the 24-year-old defector illegally returned to North Korea in July, the "runaway" prompted the government to launch an investigation into the military unit responsible for the crossing.
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England's clash with South Africa tomorrow afternoon offers more than a second shot at conquering one of the world's top two sides this autumn.
The Twickenham showdown is also the final opportunity for Stuart Lancaster to complete a 'clean sweep' of sorts just ten months out from a World Cup on home soil.
Heyneke Meyer's Springboks, who will be smarting after last week's Irish defeat, are the only remaining top-level nation unbeaten by Lancaster's England, having met four times in a five month period back in 2012.
In the first two matches of a three-Test series that summer, the visitors lost 22-17 and 36-27 after being blown away in short periods of unmatchable power and intensity from the Springboks. A 14-14 draw in Port Elizabeth and a narrow defeat on home soil showed improvement, but ultimately left Lancaster with a gap in this CV that would be happily corrected this weekend. Indeed, England's overall record against the Springboks does not make for comfortable reading, having not registered a win since a 23-21, 2006 success under Andy Robinson.
Lancaster's team have recorded some memorable results in his tenure, overcoming the rest of the best to deserve their place at No 4 in the IRB rankings. However if they are to be deemed worthy favourites for next year's coveted prize, the key may lie in the head coach ending his short-term hoodoo against the world's No 2.
Will Scotland make New Zealand pay the penalty?
Despite a raft of changes that will see only Richie McCaw and Ben Smith retained in New Zealand's starting XV to face Scotland tomorrow, the All Blacks will be looking to build on a winning performance against England last weekend.
One area that will certainly require improvement is the Kiwis' accuracy from the tee. Between them, Aaron Cruden and Beauden Barrett mustered a far from perfect 38% success rate in front of the posts, and Steve Hansen will hope his reinstatement of world record points scorer Dan Carter to fly-half can offset another duff day in front of the sticks. Carter is making his first All Black start in a year following a broken leg, and while it may be inconceivable to say so, that oft-trusty left boot might take a little warming up.
If so, Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw may be able to capitalise. The diminutive scrum-half was man-of-the-match in their 41-31 defeat of Argentina last time out, picking up a personal tally of 14 points after a flawless four conversions from four, and another two penalties to boot.
If Laidlaw – or kicking compatriot Duncan Weir – is to have the decisive say, it will take some repetitive New Zealand indiscipline. The All Blacks conceded 14 penalties at Twickenham, although their savviness at where and where not to break the rules often limited any serious damage. Similar ill discipline might give Scotland some hope, although they will have to address their own behavioural problems – they gave away 15 penalties to the Argentinians – if they are to register a first ever win over the All Blacks.
Down to a tee: Can Greig Laidlaw kick Scotland into contention against New Zealand?
A quick scan of the starting line-ups for Wales' clash with Fiji tomorrow afternoon confirms one thing: it will not be for the feint-hearted. The inside-centre battle between Jamie Roberts and 6ft 5ins juggernaut Nemani Nadolo is sure to cough up some bone-juddering collisions, whilst George North and Leicester flyer Vereniki Goneva are set to showcase their pace and power, a fact that should excite the 50,000 plus at the Millennium Stadium.
There is no doubting Wales' fitness, but they do not yet possess the ability to bully Southern Hemisphere teams – as Martyn Williams admits in this month's edition of Rugby World. Despite making an impressive 168 tackles in defeat to Australia last weekend – and missing only 16 – their strength in the contact area let them down at two key times. Michael Hooper and Tevita Kuridrani both capitalised on missed one-on-ones tackles and the Wallabies capitalised, with the latter able to waltz through and under the posts after Alun-Wyn Jones and Alex Cuthbert slipped off in contact. The likes of North and Rhys Webb produced eye-catching moments of brilliance with ball in hand, but it was the costly moments in defence that ultimately sealed another heartbreaking loss.
If they are to deliver the response that is so vociferously demanded of them, Wales will need to pass the doughty test that Nadolo, Goneva et al will surely provide.
The All Blacks are not the only side ringing the changes ahead of their second autumn international fixture this weekend. Ireland have only two survivors from the side that downed South Africa in a clinical display on Saturday, as Joe Schmidt looks to illustrate the depth and tactical flexibility of the squad at his disposal.
While some may argue that 'continuity' should be the buzzword around the Aviva Stadium this week with the visit of Australia on the horizon, debut berths for Dominic Ryan and Dave Foley accompany thirteen changes in a fresh Ireland line-up ahead of a Sunday clash with Georgia.
With the likes of 79-times capped Gordon D'Arcy and captain Eoin Reddan drafted in, there will be a backbone of experience, whilst Ian Madigan has a chance to prove his worth as the understudy to IRB Player of the Year nominee Johnny Sexton.
Ireland would have been few people's choice to challenge for the Webb Ellis Cup before last weekend's result, but last weekend's win has been a real fillip for the nation. If Schmidt can truly exploit the depth of talent that this weekend's new-look team suggests, that belief will continue to grow.


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BNY Mellon Wealth Management Named Mandy Ho Senior Director Wealth Manager in Seattle
SEATTLE, Nov. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BNY Mellon Wealth Management named Mandy Ho as senior director wealth manager. In this role, she will manage portfolios and provide strategic planning and advice for ultra-high-net-worth families and private foundations. Mandy is based in Seattle and reports to Bo Lee, wealth management, team leader.
Mandy Ho, Senior Director Wealth Manager, BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Mandy joins BNY Mellon Wealth Management from KeyBank, where she served as senior vice president, senior portfolio manager for nine years. Prior to joining KeyBank, she was a vice president, portfolio manager at U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management for seven years.
"Mandy has nearly two decades of experience providing comprehensive advice to high-net-worth individuals, families and non-profit organizations," said Lee. "Her deep and varied investment credentials will help her demonstrate the key practices of our Active Wealth framework with our clients, as well as prospects in the greater Puget Sound region."
Mandy earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Business Administration from Wheeling Jesuit University. She also earned a Master of Science from The London School of Economics and Political Science. Mandy is a CFA® charterholder and a Certified Investment Management Analyst®.
She is an active member of her community and serves as a team manager for Destination Imagination, a global educational nonprofit dedicated to inspiring the next generation of innovators, leaders and creative problem solvers.
ABOUT BNY MELLON WEALTH MANAGEMENT
For more than two centuries, BNY Mellon Wealth Management has provided services to financially successful individuals and families, their family offices and business enterprises, planned giving programs, and endowments and foundations. It has $307 billion in total client assets, as of September 30, 2021, and an extensive network of offices in the U.S. and internationally. BNY Mellon Wealth Management, which delivers leading wealth advice across investments, banking, custody, and wealth and estate planning, conducts business through various operating subsidiaries of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. A division of Wealth Management, BNY Mellon Investor Solutions includes the firm's institutional multi-asset solutions business. The Investor Solutions AUM/AUA is $30.8bn as of September 30, 2021. For more information, visit www.bnymellonwealth.com or follow us on Twitter @BNYMellonWealth.
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Watermelons, Nooses, and Straight Razors: Stories from the Jim Crow Museum – David Pilgrim
Watermelons, Nooses, and Straight Razors uses images from the Jim Crow Museum and stories from the author's journey, challenging the integrity of racial narratives.
All groups tell stories, but some groups have the power to impose their stories on others, to label others, stigmatize others, paint others as undesirables—and to have these stories presented as scientific fact, God's will, or wholesome entertainment. Watermelons, Nooses, and Straight Razors examines the origins and significance of several longstanding antiblack stories and the caricatures and stereotypes that support them. Here readers will find representations of the lazy, childlike Sambo, the watermelon-obsessed pickaninny, the buffoonish minstrel, the subhuman savage, the loyal and contented mammy and Tom, and the menacing, razor-toting coon and brute.
Malcolm X and James Baldwin both refused to eat watermelon in front of white people. They were aware of the jokes and other stories about African Americans stealing watermelons, fighting over watermelons, even being transformed into watermelons. Did racial stories influence the actions of white fraternities and sororities who dressed in blackface and mocked black culture, or employees who hung nooses in their workplaces? What stories did the people who refer to Serena Williams and other dark-skinned athletes as apes or baboons hear? Is it possible that a white South Carolina police officer who shot a fleeing black man had never heard stories about scary black men with straight razors or other weapons? Antiblack stories still matter.
Watermelons, Nooses, and Straight Razors uses images from the Jim Crow Museum, the nation's largest publicly accessible collection of racist objects. These images are evidence of the social injustice that Martin Luther King Jr. referred to as "a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be exposed to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured." Each chapter concludes with a story from the author's journey, challenging the integrity of racial narratives.
"Pilgrim's book is a well-researched, comprehensive, and ever-present documentation of where we've been and where we still are. All of America needs to confront these injustices in order to put them where they belong, in the past, not the present." —Philip J. Merrill, CEO and founder of Nanny Jack & Co.
"Undergirding David Pilgrim's effort is his powerful belief that we, as a society, heal better when we stare down the evils that have walked among us, together." —Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University
"In its compelling reimagination of the museum experience, the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia leverages the potential of museums to effect positive social change in a troubled world. By creating a forum for the safe exchange of ideas, Jim Crow transforms its campus and the world it inhabits, one visit at a time." —Bradley L. Taylor, associate director, Museum Studies Program, University of Michigan
"This book allows us to see, even feel the racism of just a generation or two ago—and Pilgrim shows that elements of it continue, even today. See it! Read it! Feel it! Then help us all transcend it!" —James W Loewen, author of Lies My Teacher Told Me
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David Pilgrim is a professor, orator, and human rights activist. He is best known as the founder and curator of the Jim Crow Museum—a ten-thousand-piece collection of racist artifacts located at Ferris State University, which uses objects of intolerance to teach about race, race relations, and racism. He is the author of Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice.
Debby Irving is an emerging voice in the national racial justice community. Combining her organization development skills, classroom teaching experience, and understanding of systemic racism, Irving educates and consults with individuals and organizations seeking to create racial equity at both the personal and institutional level. She is the author of Waking Up White.
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Little Caesar – Eight
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Little Caesar were one of those bands who should have made it big, or that's what I've read. I missed them when they first made a noise, back in the late 80s. They reformed a few years back, as bands have a habit of doing. Aside from their front man Ron Young I'm not sure how many of the old gang are still with them, but the influences espoused in their PR tear sheet are old school heavy rock with R n' B melodies while hanging out on the Sunset Strip hang true for the most part on their new album, Eight. It has LA attitude, some big old riffs, and Young looking back on might-have-beens and here-we-are-now with a devil-may-care focus on a few of the tunes.
Blasting off with '21 Again' a descending lined riff that draws your attention as it prepares the way for an up tempo rocker at the heavier end of LA rock. Guitars chop and rock just fine, and the rhythm section ensure there's a dance floor groove while Young delivers throaty voiced vocal on top, then hits a high note at which point a guitar solo chimes in. Bonafide single material.
As change of pace 'Mama Tried' is roughed up cowboy rock, Zeppelin's 'Hot Dog' is part of the structure but with harsh guitars and modern country vocal harmonies. Could be a throwaway track but there's an unrelenting bass that keeps your attention and draws you into Young's narrative rap.
'Vegas' is a hard come on rocker that echoes both Humble Pie and Bad Company; it'sblues, rock and boogie with hooks landing in all the right places, and there are some comi-tragic moments lyrically like "Too stupid for New York, too ugly for Hollywood". This hits the mark.
'Crushed Velvet' follows on at a more laidback Stones-country rock era pace while 'Good Times' is a strident chorded, unrepentant number about still chasing the good times, there may be some unspoken regrets over the past. 'Time Enough' is a rough electric guitar ballad that you half expect it go off at a tangent but it doesn't and sits there comfortably in its own groove, like a meditation. 'Straight Shooter' is a foot to the floor rocker with a catchy turnaround hook riff albeit that the duel guitar solo doesn't quite come off.
'Another Fine Mess' is sneaky bluesy rock 'n roller from the Bob Seger/ZZ Top school of song writing. With female backing and piano tinkling it also dip our toes in Skynard territory, though it must be said could have done with a little trimming near the end. Bass, drums, guitar, a little slide and a big voice all have room to breath, move and groove over the heavy rock 'n soul number that is 'Morning'. You'll be singing along with the chorus before the song's out and tripping out on the dance floor during the solo.
The dichotomies and confusion of your rocker forced to live in the modern world continue with the album's official cut-off point with 'That's Alright'. It's an odd little number with an overdriven racing beat that's slightly punkish but the harmony vocals give it this Byrds vibe while featuring lines like "She kicked me out on the street" as part of a narrative worth listening to. There are lots of musical changes, some hard to pin down, but in its closing moments it raves up with piano tinkling away and the impression that there's a party that's going to go into the dead of night.
There are also two bonus tracks on the advance version of Eight I'm playing. They are the promising menace of 'Mixed Signs' that's slow rock with a hard beat and almost ska sounding chords and the horny blues of 'Slow Ride' that marries Willie Dixon's 'Built for Comfort' to Foghat's hit of the same name.
I've this impression at the back of my mind that the original Little Caesar might've been a lighter LA affair but where we stand today, they may not be reinventing the wheel but they know how to make the thing turn and steer in the right direction.
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I am expecting another box of product from our Sponsor Panini this month, and am talking to the president and COO of SAGE about an interview and sponsoring us with product to review!
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Morgan initially entered the porn industry as a means to pay off her bail and plea bargain after being arrested in 2000 for transporting over 100 pounds (45 kg) of marijuana from Mexico into the United States. Her first sex scene was in Ed Powers' Dirty Debutantes 197 in 2001. She unofficially retired from adult films in 2008. It was made official when she married a year later. In September 2015, she ended seven years of retirement by announcing her signing with Nexxxt Level Talent and began shooting productions in Los Angeles and Miami. She has worked with notable production company like Brazzers.
In 2002, Morgan formed a long-term partnership with HBO. She hosted a number of shows for them. Morgan even made a guest appearance as herself in 2008 on HBO's comedy-drama 'Entourage' (2004-11).
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"Experimental Demonstration of Multiple Robot Cooperative Target Interc" by Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard et al.
This paper presents experimental results for the simultaneous intercept of preassigned targets by a team of mobile robots. The robots are programmed to mimic the dynamic behavior of unmanned air vehicles in constant-altitude flight. In proceeding to their targets, robots must avoid both known static threats and pop-up threats. An overview of the cooperative control strategy followed is given, as well as a description of the robot hardware and software used. Experimental results demonstrating simultaneous intercept of targets by the robot team are presented.
McLain, T., Beard, R., and Kelsey, J. Experimental Demonstration of Multiple Robot Cooperative Target Intercept, Proceedings of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, AIAA-2002-4678, August 2002, Monterey, California.
McLain, Timothy W.; Beard, Randal W.; and Kelsey, Jed M., "Experimental Demonstration of Multiple Robot Cooperative Target Intercept" (2002). All Faculty Publications. 1520.


2005-12-12 04:00:00 PDT London -- Several huge explosions rocked a major fuel depot northwest of London on Sunday morning, injuring at least 43 people, forcing the evacuation of hundreds more and creating a massive cloud of black smoke that darkened a sunny winter sky over much of southeastern England.
"This is possibly the largest incident of its kind in peacetime Europe," Roy Wilsher, the chief fire officer of Hertfordshire County, told reporters.
Just after 6 a.m., at least three explosions -- which could be heard more than 100 miles away -- resulted in a fire that officials said could burn for at least another day and caused shutdowns of the M1, one of Britain's busiest highways.
The blasts knocked out windows around the site and shook homes and woke people across London. Officials said several flights at Heathrow Airport were delayed by heavy smoke in the area; no delays were reported at Luton airport, which is closer to the explosion.
"All indications at this stage are that this was an accident. However, clearly we will keep an open mind until we can confirm that for certain," Hertfordshire Police Chief Frank Whiteley told reporters.
Police said the fire at the Buncefield fuel depot in the Hemel Hempstead area of Hertfordshire, about 25 miles northwest of central London, involved at least 20 gasoline storage tanks that each hold 3 million gallons of fuel. Hertfordshire police issued a warning to residents to keep their windows and doors closed as the cloud of thick smoke, clearly visible on satellite photos, drifted eastward. Police said two people were seriously injured and hospitalized, and 41 others were treated in hospitals for minor injuries.
"It was awful -- it was like we were in hell. The flames were 200 feet high," Raheel Ashraf, a part-time security guard in an office building adjacent to the depot, told the BBC. Ashraf said he was doing final checks on the night shift when he said he smelled a heavy odor of fuel. Moments later, he told the network, he heard a "humongous explosion."
"I opened my eyes, and there was nothing left of the building," said Ashraf, who escaped with just scratches. "I was crunched into a ball, looking around, wondering if I was asleep. All the walls, everything, was just shattered. There was no light in there, but I could see the sky."


My childhood best friends and I have a shameful secret, and I worry the only way to redeem ourselves is by exposing it to the world and being held accountable for our behavior as such. Though accomplished and happy with what we've become, we spend a little too much time resurrecting inside jokes from 5, 10, even 15 (!!!) years ago, and the fact that we even remember these passing remarks and jabs is both sad and embarrassing.
While funny, it's time to put these memories to bed, just as it's time for the millennial generation to scale back on its nostalgia obsession. As a former co-worker once said, "things weren't that awesome then and they're not that awful now. Come off it, people."
I thought this over a lot after reading ample press on the Boy Meets World sequel TV series, Girl Meets World, which follows our beloved Cory and Topanga's tweenie bopper daughter.
Yes, she's cute. Yes, it's kind of cool to see a childhood favorite show return in a new, mature way as an adult who watched the show on TGIF in the 90s. Yes, I love that actors Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel remain close and excited about the brand (not to mention well-adjusted for child stars). But did we really need this? Do we need to get on our nostalgia kick as often as we do? Can't we just say, "it was great for what it was, and let's leave it at that" every once in a while?
It's easy to get hung up on nostalgia in our bleak economy, as we watch friend after friend get engaged, married, and welcome babies on Facebook, and come to terms with the fact that no one expects us to grow up or do anything on our own. Reality can definitely be a buzzkill. But going back to what my former colleague argued, it's not like our lives were so perfect as kids either, and returning to the "old days" doesn't provide a real sense of comfort or hope. Sure we had fewer responsibilities back then and didn't have social media to make us feel bad or inadequate, but we also had to attend that thing called school, had no money, had bed times and curfews, and were insanely awkward.
I don't want to go back to those days, but the overactive nostalgia movement of the millennial generation keeps them alive. Enough of that. Maybe you're plagued with student loans and debt now, but at least you're not still under (full) control of your parents and don't look like a total trainwreck anymore. You're a grown-up whether you like it or not and should indulge your freedom.
Keep reading fun nostalgia listicles if they put a smile on your face and check out Girl Meets World if you're still hung up on the sweet (yet totally unrealistic) Cory-Topanga romance, but don't be shocked if it's not great and it turns out we totally butchered something that died with dignity long ago. And don't say I didn't warn you.


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Julia Sawalha (born 9 September 1968) is an English actress who played Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She is also known for her portrayal of Lynda Day, editor of the Junior Gazette, in Press Gang, as Hannah Greyshott in Second Thoughts, and its sequel series, Faith in the Future, Lydia Bennet in the 1995 television miniseries of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Georgina and Kid's vocal effects in Sheeep, Carla Borrego in Jonathan Creek, and Dorcas Lane in the BBC's costume drama Lark Rise to Candleford. Her film credits include, Buddy's Song (1991), The Wind in the Willows (1996), Chicken Run (2000), and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016).

Early life and education
Sawalha was born in Wandsworth, London on 9 September 1968, and is the daughter of Roberta Lane and actor Nadim Sawalha. Her father was born in Madaba, Jordan. She was named after her paternal grandmother, a businesswoman who had received an award from Queen Noor for enterprise. She is of Jordanian, English, and French Huguenot ancestry.

Sawalha was educated at the Theatre Arts School, a fee-paying independent school which is part of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, based at the time in Clapham in south London, which she left at the age of fifteen.

Career

Sawalha made her debut in the 1982 BBC miniseries Fame Is the Spur, and in 1988 played a small role in Inspector Morse on the episode "Last Seen Wearing". She first gained attention for her starring role in the Bafta award-winning ITV teenage comedy-drama Press Gang, which ran from 1989 to 1993.

In 1992, she appeared in episode "Parade" (S2 E4) of Bottom as Veronica Head, a beautiful young barmaid at the Lamb and Flag, whom Richie tries to woo by boasting of his false adventures in the Falklands.

From 1991 to 1994, she starred in the ITV family comedy Second Thoughts and continued with her character, Hannah (Lynda Bellingham's daughter), in the British Comedy Award-winning Faith in the Future (1995–1998). In 1994, she played Mercy (Merry) Pecksniff in the BBC production of Martin Chuzzlewit.

From 1992 to 2012, Sawalha played strait-laced daughter Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous alongside Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley.

She appeared in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice as Lydia Bennet, with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth.

From 1999 to 2000, she voiced Mouse in the HIT Entertainment/Grand Slamm Children's Films TV series Kipper.

She voiced Ginger in DreamWorks/Aardman Animations' Chicken Run (2000).

From 2000 to 2001, she voiced Georgina and provided Kid's vocal effects in the HIT Entertainment/Grand Slamm Children's Films TV series, Sheeep.

She also played "Dawn the Wise Man" in The Flint Street Nativity on Christmas Eve.

In 2000, she appeared as Janet, the Australian barmaid in the first series of the British sitcom Time Gentlemen Please. She also played the much put-upon PA to "Zak" in Argos TV adverts during 2002–2004, along with Richard E. Grant.

She joined actor Ioan Gruffudd in the TV adaptations of C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower novels, as the captain's wife Maria. The following year, she became Alan Davies's co-star in Jonathan Creek after Caroline Quentin left, appearing in a Christmas Special ("Satan's Chimney"). She returned for a series between 2003 and 2004.

In 2006, she participated in the third series of the genealogy documentary series Who Do You Think You Are? tracing her family's roots, which are Jordanian Bedouin on her father's side, and French Huguenot on her mother's. She also appeared in the pilot of BBC 1's A Taste of my Life presented by Nigel Slater.

After a two-year break, she was back on screen in May 2007, competing in the BBC dog training celebrity reality show The Underdog Show. She then returned to acting in two successive BBC costume dramas: as Jessie Brown in 2007 series Cranford, followed by Lark Rise to Candleford from 2008 through 2011.

She provided the voice acting for Sister Hannah (a.k.a. "Hammer"), a main character in the 2008 Xbox 360 video game Fable II.

In autumn 2014, Julia played the part of Jan Ward in BBC One's thriller miniseries Remember Me, featuring Michael Palin.

On 9 May 2015, she read the account of a member of the Women's Land Army at VE Day 70: A Party to Remember in Horse Guards Parade, London, which was broadcast live on BBC1.

In 2016, she appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders and reprised her role as Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.

In July 2020, she made a statement revealing Aardman Animations intended to recast her character in the upcoming sequel to Chicken Run, stating that she is now considered to sound too old, and commented "I have officially been plucked, stuffed & roasted". The decision was met with widespread criticism with some finding the decision ageist. She even released video clips online of her voicing the character again to prove her voice still sounded the same.

Personal life
She had a relationship with Dexter Fletcher whom she met on the set of Press Gang.

On 1 January 2004, tabloid newspapers reported that she had married Alan Davies, her co-star in the television series Jonathan Creek. Both she and Davies, who avoided discussing their private lives in public, denied this, and took legal action against the reports.

Filmography

Film

Television
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1981
| Keep It in the Family
| Walk-On
| UncreditedEpisode: "A Game of No Chance"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1982
| Fame Is the Spur
| Amy
| Episode: "1.2"
|-
| Educating Marmalade
| Good Girl
| 4 episodes
|-
| The Pirates of Penzance
| Daughter
| UncreditedTelevision film
|-
| 1988
| Inspector Morse
| Rachel
| Episode: "Last Seen Wearing"
|-
| 1989–1993
| Press Gang
| Lynda Day/Young Katherine Hill
| 43 episodes RTS Television Award – Best Actor
|-
| 1990
| Spatz
| Chloe Fairbanks
| Episode: "The Sound of Muzak"
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1991
| El C.I.D.
| Trudy
| Episode: "Thursday's Child"
|-
| Casualty
| Nikki Watson
| Episode: "Living in Hope"
|-
| 1991–1994
| Second Thoughts
| Hannah Greyshott
| 47 episodes
|-
| 1992
| Bottom
| Veronica Head
| Episode: "Parade"
|-
| 1992–2012
| Absolutely Fabulous
| Saffron 'Saffy' Monsoon
| 39 episodes
|-
| 1993
| Parallel 9
| Herself
| Episode: "Episode 2.5"
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1994
| Lovejoy
| Joanna Whymark
| Episode: "Double-Edged Sword"
|-
| Keeper
| Alison
| tv short
|-
| Martin Chuzzlewit
| Mercy Pecksniff
| 6 episodes
|-
| 1995
| Pride and Prejudice
| Lydia Bennet
| 6 episodesTV mini-series
|-
| 1995–1998
| Faith in the Future
| Hannah Greyshott
| 22 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1996
| French and Saunders
| Herself
| Episode: "Baywatch"
|-
| Tales from the Crypt
| Teresa
| Episode: "The Kidnapper"
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1997
| McLibel!
| Helen Steel
| "Episode 1.1"TV mini-series
|-
| Ain't Misbehavin'''
| Dolly Nightingale
| 3 episodesTV mini-series
|-
| An Audience with the Spice Girls| Herself
| TV special
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1998
| Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Not!| Saffron 'Saffy' Monsoon
| video|-
| Light Lunch| Herself
| Episode: "The Future's Bright, the Future's Funny"
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1999
| Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death| Emma
| Charity spoof TV movie by Comic Relief|-
| The Flint Street Nativity| Wise Man
| TV movie
|-
| The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything| Catherine Parr
| TV movie
|-
| Late Lunch| Herself
| Episode: "#2.14"
|-
| 1999–2000
| Kipper| Mouse (voice)
| 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="7"| 2000
| Mirrorball| Freda Keill
| TV short|-
| The Hatching of 'Chicken Run'| Herself
| TV special
|-
| Poultry in Motion: The Making of Chicken Run| Herself
| TV special
|-
| HBO First Look| Herself
| Episode: "The Hatching of Chicken Run"
|-
| Stars in Their Eyes| Herself
| Episode: "Cerys Matthews"
|-
| Bob Martin| Herself
| Episode: "Through the Keyhole"
|-
| Masterchef| Herself
| Episode: "#10.14"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000–2001
| Time Gentlemen Please| Janet Wilson
| 21 episodes
|-
|Sheeep| Georgina (voice), Kid (various noises), Jaunita Luftfita (voice), Penny (voice), Princess Grazelightly (voice), Additional voices
| 26 episodes
|-
| 2001–2004
| Jonathan Creek| Carla Borrego
| 7 episodes
|-
| 2003
| Hornblower| Maria Mason/Hornblower
| TV movie
|-
| 2003–2004
| Comedy Connections| Narrator (voice)
| 14 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| The Story of Absolutely Fabulous| Herself
| TV special
|-
| White Box| Saffron
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| A Taste of My Life| Herself
| TV special
|-
| Who Do You Think You Are?| Herself
| Episode: "Julia Sawalha"
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2007
| Cranford| Jessie Brown
| 5 episodes
|-
| The Underdog Show| Herself
| Unknown episodes
|-
| The Graham Norton Show| Herself
| Episode: "#1.7"
|-
| 2008–2011
| Lark Rise to Candleford| Dorcas Lane
| 40 episodes
|-
| 2009
| The Alan Titchmarsh Show| Herself
| Episode: "9 March 2009"
|-
| 2013
| Agatha Christie's Marple| Mrs. Cresswell
| Episode: "Greenshaw's Folly"
|-
| 2014
| Remember Me| Jan Ward
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2016
| Midsomer Murders| Penny Henderson
| Episode: "Saints and Sinners"
|}

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References

External links

Julia Sawalha on Who Do You Think You Are?''

20th-century English actresses
21st-century English actresses
British comedy actresses
English child actresses
English film actresses
English people of French descent
English people of Jordanian descent
English television actresses
Alumni of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
English voice actresses
Living people
1968 births
People from Wandsworth

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Damaging brand image is rarely harmful because it matters so little
Marketers should worry less about their carefully crafted brand image and take more risks because, as brands such as Porsche, Volvo and Ben & Jerry's show, consumers don't care about what they stand for.
By Mark Ritson 14 Jan 2021 7:00 am
Ben & Jerry's has started making dog food. Yes, dog food. And yes, under the same Ben & Jerry's brand name. The new snack comes in pumpkin and cookie or peanut butter and pretzel flavours, utilising many of the same ingredients used in the company's human treats. The dog snacks will be sold in the frozen food section of American supermarkets only a few feet from Ben & Jerry's more established ice cream offerings.
"This is an opportunity for people to treat their dogs as they're treating themselves when they grab a pint off the shelf," a company spokesperson explained this week during launch festivities. The connection between human and canine snacking has never been stronger. The Ben & Jerry's logo, the characteristic colourful packaging and cartoon imagery so associated with ice cream are now also found on dog food.
The similarity should, in theory, create significant tension. Basic brand theory states that, while a brand extension opens the door from an existing category into a new one, it also runs the risk of undermining the original brand if the new category, or subsequent new product, undermines it. That's why you have to look very carefully at your big bag of Pedigree dog food for any clues that it is made by Mars. Chocolate bars and tins of dog meat simply do not work under the same brand.
Last month Porsche celebrated the production of its millionth Cayenne. When the big, brutal SUV was launched back in 2002, marketing pundits lined up to suggest that the company's latest product was a big mistake.
For decades Porsche had stood for two things: sports cars and performance. The Cayenne was neither. Sure, it was nippy for a two-ton monster that was slightly larger than a semi-detached house. But that was hardly the point. The new car was about as far as you could get from the company's heritage. Porsche's entry into the SUV category would surely undermine its sports car credibility and perceptions of performance, and ultimately taint the brand.
Or would it?
Almost 20 years later the Cayenne has not only proven to be Porsche's best-selling car of all time, it provided the company with enormous financial resources to redevelop its range of sports cars and – more recently – take a significant lead in developing luxury electric cars. The once-derided SUV has not only proven successful, it has emerged as the company's greatest single commercial achievement.
The millionth Porsche Cayenne, a model experts said would damage the brand
It's a similar story for the great Swedish car manufacturer Volvo. Despite decades of history and its very Scandi brand associations of quality and safety, the company's outlook appeared bleak back in 2008. The global economic crisis and rapidly declining sales meant that the brand appeared vulnerable. Many speculated that Volvo's fate would be to follow Saab into the history books.
But then the company was sold, for a knock down price, to Chinese car manufacturer Geely. Once again, marketing experts suggested that something as high-end, heritage-filled and Swedish as Volvo would not survive an acquisition by a lower-tier Chinese refrigerator manufacturer from Hangzhou that had only started making cars a few years earlier. It was a last-gasp deal that would end up destroying Volvo after the eight successful decades that had preceded it.
But it didn't.
Brands, it would seem, can take a lot more shit than most marketers believed.
Despite eventually shifting a significant proportion of its production to China – and general consumer awareness that Volvo is, to all intents and purposes, now a Chinese operation – the brand has flourished. In 2015 the company sold half a million cars for the first time in its history. Unit sales have continued to grow, with more than 700,000 Volvos shifted last year. Most of them in Europe.
Even more surprising, the Volvo brand now appears to be more Volvo-like than ever. The new models look like Volvos. The safety pedigree is all the stronger. "Our company is almost more Swedish with a Chinese owner," explains Volvo Cars CEO Hakan Samuelsson. "And our Chinese owner loves that because they already have a Chinese brand."
The Boohoo bounce
Back in July, online fashion retailer Boohoo faced its own existential crisis. An investigation by the Sunday Times found workers at a Leicester factory supplying Boohoo being paid only £3.50 an hour, barely a third of the mandated adult minimum wage.
The Government announced it was "coming after" Boohoo. Pundits predicted significant damage to the retailer's brand and a likely hit to revenues and profit margins. Investors panicked because Boohoo's main client was the uber-ethical millennial generation, who are so attracted to brand purpose and so repelled by brands bereft of it. The company's share price halved in the 10 days that followed the Sunday Times exposé.
But then the strangest thing happened. Nothing. Despite all the reputation-shredding publicity, Boohoo's brand retained all its original attraction. In fact, sales leapt by 45% during the ensuing six months and the company's share price has been gradually recovering ever since. It is now worth more than Marks & Spencer. In fact, it's worth almost double its more ethical and purposeful rival.
In the age of Trump, what people think of you is far less important than the more brutal objective of getting people to think about you.
My point in all of these cases – from dog treats to fashion crises – is that brands are significantly more robust than most marketers appreciate.
The business of brand management is very risk-averse. We use words like 'tarnish' or 'damage' whenever we see a brand deviate from the strict trajectory that its positioning and brand image dictate. And because marketers believe that brand is one of the most important assets at a company's disposal, we assume that these discrepancies are potentially and immediately fatal mistakes.
But time after time, almost without exception, these deviations do not result in destruction. Quite the opposite in many cases. Porsche not only survived the Cayenne, it prospered because of it. China is the best thing to ever happen to Volvo. Boohoo has re-emerged entirely unscathed from its brush with the minimum wage. Brands, it would seem, can take a lot more shit than most marketers believed. And the impact of any indiscretion is nowhere near as serious or as enduring as many marketers would admit.
The consumer is not a moron
Partly this is the story of the rise of brand awareness – or salience, to give it its older and now trendier name. In the 1990s we taught brand managers that awareness was the 'gateway variable'. You needed it, but then you had to move on to the far more important concept of brand image. Customers might know that the brand exists, but once that was established what did it stand for in their mind?
Over the past decade marketers have come to learn that, rather than just the gateway, coming to mind and being present in the consumer's consciousness during decision-making is most of the house and the back garden too. Brand image is also important, but it occupies the passenger seat these days for most marketers. The superiority of salience reflects a growing awareness that, in the age of Trump, what people think of you is far less important than the more brutal objective of getting people to think about you.
Marketers also wildly overstated the importance and impact of brands on consumer's lives. We forgot that most customers really don't give a fuck about anything in a supermarket other than the final bill and how long it takes to generate it.
The only challenge is whether soft marketers can shake off their overstated sensitivity to brand image and obsessive focus on consistency.
Marketing academics, brand thinkers and most of the industry started banging on about brand relationships, lovemarks and golden circles. Wildly exaggerated concepts that made for great discussion, but which missed the quotidian role that brands actually played in the life of most people. We overthought things and made the cardinal error of assuming brands were as big for consumers as they were for us marketers.
Consumers were more prosaic and nonchalant than we gave them credit for. The idea of the same brand feeding you and your dog might fill marketers with panic attacks brought on by the potential brand contagion. (It's chocolate. No, it's dog food. No, it's chocolate.) But most consumers appear unconcerned. They know its Ben & Jerry's on both tubs, but they get the whole human-versus-canine distinction.
Distinctiveness doesn't need to come at the cost of differentiation
Similarly, Volvo still makes good, safe cars so who cares who owns it or where they are made? And the Porsche Cayenne looks great on my driveway so why worry about heritage? It's terrible that Boohoo pay their workers so poorly and I certainly…ooh look at that halter top for eight quid, nice. Where's my phone?
It turns out that brands and consumers are way tougher than most marketers realised. The only challenge is whether soft marketers can shake off their overstated sensitivity to brand image and obsessive focus on consistency, so they can manage their brands more appropriately and aggressively in the future.
We need to calm down. We need to take more risks. We need to act with the same casual insouciance as the consumers we target. We need to remember that the consumer is not a moron. That brands are little, little things. That brand image is not everything. And that the occasional indiscretion is unlikely to do any major damage.
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There are 9 comments at the moment, we would love to hear your opinion too.
Steve Baxter 14 Jan 2021
Damn, I'm going to have to get my dictionary out for "quotidian"
John Billett 14 Jan 2021
The brand Perrier never recovered from product failure and the Trump brand is now dead in the water. Product performance remains the number one brand image measure
Mark Ritson 14 Jan 2021
Perrier's market share makes it the number 3 in USA, France, and a ton of other countries. It's literally never been more successful than now. I've lost track of the times people have declared the death of the Trump brand. We will see….
Barry Noble 14 Jan 2021
How does this fit with Gillette and their Toxic Masculinity ad from 2019 – which I think you described at the time as "suicidal"? Doesn't that just fit into a short term brand image hit – possibly even in return for more saliency?
Maurice Breen 14 Jan 2021
Hi Mark – You were dead against Stella Cidre… thoughts now..?
Aurore Besson 14 Jan 2021
I am moving a little away from the conversation. Regarding the Renaud car brand. What do you think of the new Renault strategic plan. Renaulution! Can't figure out if its supposed to be tongue in cheek or a serious new path. I am relieved not to own a Renault!
Jon Tickner 15 Jan 2021
Isn't boohoo's resilience more down to the fact that their consumers really don't care about the damage caused by unethical and immoral fast fashion? You say the consumer isn't a moron (and I'd agree; I wouldn't call anyone other than the health secretary a moron) but they/we are in many instances very financially-focussed and often selfish and inconsiderate.
Drayton Bird 17 Jan 2021
"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." – Einstein
Denial Smith 9 Aug 2021
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My hope is that people with privilege and the power to make change begin to truly assess who they are, what they support and what they stand (or kneel) for.
In an effort to turn a mirror back on people privileged enough to not have their respect challenged daily, I decided to wear a shirt that parodied the Washington Redskins logo to a radio panel I was scheduled to be a part of one afternoon. Instead of an image depicting a Native American, it was one that likened a white man, and instead of the slur "Redskins" it said "Caucasians." I specifically had chosen this shirt among the others on the website when I purchased it because it had no derogatory elements.
There is nothing wrong with the shirt at all. But as a black man who lives in this country, I know that you don't need to be doing anything wrong for less than ideal situations to materialize.
As I left the radio panel that afternoon in Manhattan, I began to notice people looking at me awkwardly. After some moments I realized it could be because of my shirt. I decided to walk around the city to see whether I would continue to get these types of awkward looks and whether they were indeed in response to the shirt.
Generally, I noticed people looked at me and kept to themselves. Others made passing comments, but a few interactions stood out to me. The first was a man who had mistaken my shirt for an actual team shirt and said, "Go Skins!," to which I replied, "Nah." Upon his realization, he called me an "a--hole."
Next was an older woman who stopped me and asked why I was wearing "a disrespectful shirt." I asked her whether she would feel the same if it was the actual team apparel. She said no, "because that is the logo."
The final interaction was me noticing a group of white men across the street from me pointing in my direction. Two of the men seemed frustrated and were postured as if they were going to come over to me until the third guy seemingly advised them not to.
When I headed home, I had plenty of time to reflect on my afternoon before posting online about my experiences.
As I mentioned, my shirt was not derogatory, it was merely a parody that shows people — specifically white people — how one looks wearing team apparel with racial slurs and disrespectful imagery. As the standard, when white people wear offensive displays, there is no second thought, and they certainly don't receive the vitriol I continue to receive.
Posting the experience online has been met with various responses, much of it has been positive. There are people who get it and people who have come forward to share that they didn't get it before, but that it clicked with them from sharing my experience. Some people have said that they choose to believe I'm lying, and that no white person would care what I was wearing, or that this couldn't happen in New York City.
To the point about white people not caring: In just the past few months, we have seen multiple videos of white people calling the police on black people for swimming, barbecuing, selling water, etc. All moments in which no white person had a reason to "care."
To the point that New York City is not the progressive utopia that many paint it to be: This is the same city where Eric Garner was killed, the same city that harasses Muslim women on public transportation, and the same city that raised Donald Trump.
Since posting the experience online, I've received threats and harassment. But I ask, why not be angry about an actual derogatory logo, name or brand? Spend the same energy reading and listening to the experiences of those affected negatively by demeaning imagery and language.
Neither the colors of our skin or our culture should be your costumes. Our experiences and traumas should not become your brands. And we should certainly never be your mascots.
Each of these concepts are rooted in the fundamental idea of respect — an idea ignored by teams and brands such as the Cleveland Indians, Washington Redskins, Aunt Jemima and Eskimo Pie.
How is it that imagery and terminology like these are still used? How is it that people are still obstinate and unyielding in defense of their usage? Even after reputable sources — a common dictionary, or better yet, the communities themselves — deem them harmful, insulting and dehumanizing, the usage of these terms and logos are still justified and upheld. Perhaps because in reality, many people don't actually believe that everyone is entitled to the respect they rightfully deserve.
My hope is that people with privilege and the power to make change begin to truly assess who they are, what they support and what they stand (or kneel) for. My shirt and my experience wearing it are nothing more than an example of what our country's marginalized have always dealt with — hypocrisy and hatred.
Frederick Joseph is a marketing professional, philanthropist and media representation advocate. He is founder and CEO of the creative agency We Have Stories, creator of the #BlackPantherChallenge and recipient of the Comic-Con Bob Clampett Humanitarian of the Year award. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram: @FredTJoseph.