Many people want to believe in Unicorns, the Loch Ness Monster, and Bigfoot. I think those people are rational and reasonable compared to the folks in Washington that spend their days dreaming of "bipartisan" and "balanced" plans to fix the budget mess.
Here are the two things you should understand. First, you need to grab your Washingtonese-to-English dictionary so you can learn that "bipartisan" and "balanced" are almost always code words for "higher taxes." Second, budget deals with higher taxes (as the New York Times accidentally admitted) don't "fix" anything.
The Simpson-Bowles budget plan is a good example of why taxpayers should be quite skeptical. Put together by a former Republican Senator from Wyoming and Bill Clinton's former Chief of Staff as part of President Obama's Fiscal Commission, the Simpson-Bowles proposal is viewed by the inside-the-beltway crowd as fiscal Nirvana.
Unsurprisingly, Simpson and Bowles are quite fond of their plan. Here's their key assertion from a column they recently wrote for USA Today.
The Simpson-Bowles commission offered a reasonable, responsible, comprehensive and bipartisan solution that won the support of a majority of Democrats and Republicans on the commission. Most importantly, it would reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade — enough to put the debt on a clear downward path relative to the economy.
Gee, sounds nice, but let's look at the details, all of which can be seen by downloading their report.
A main problem is that Simpson and Bowles misdiagnose the problem. I think it's fair to say that their focus, as they explicitly state in their report, is to "…stabilize and then reduce the national debt." But as I explain in this video, the real problem is a federal government that is too big and spending too much. Red ink is just a symptom of that problem.
But let's set aside rhetorical sins and grade the plan.
The plan does impose some restraint on the budget, but the plan – even after being in place for 10 years – assumes that the federal government should grow by about $1.5 trillion and consume nearly 22 percent of economic output. This is far above the 18.2 percent of GDP when Clinton left office, which should be the minimum target for policymakers.
But the components of the plan make me think they won't even achieve the plan's anemic targets.
The Simpson-Bowles plan does not call for shutting down a single program, agency, or department. Not even cesspools of waste and inefficiency such as the Department of Education or Department of Housing and Urban Development.
There are real change in the plan, but they're the wrong kind of changes. Instead of the structural reforms to Medicare and Medicaid contained in the Ryan budget, the Simpson-Bowles report basically calls for price fixing and means testing – policies that have a track record of ineffectiveness.
In terms of controlling spending, this is the part of the report that is most admirable. It calls for a three-year freeze on excessive compensation and urges reductions in bureaucratic bloat – albeit only through attrition.
The best policy, needless to say, is getting rid of the corrupt tax system and replacing it with a simple and fair flat tax. That obviously wasn't what Simpson and Bowles decided to propose, but the flat tax is a benchmark that allows us to judge the components of their plan.
They basically get two policies right and two policies wrong. If they were major league baseball players, a .500 average would make them superstars. In Dan Mitchell's policy world, they're below average.
This is the best feature of all the revenue provisions. The Simpson-Bowles report proposes a top tax rate of between 23 percent-28 percent, significantly below the current top rate of 35 percent (and well below the 39.6 percent top rate that is part of President Obama's class-warfare proposal). The corporate tax rate also would be reduced.
The plan would increase the double taxation of dividends and capital gains. The U.S. already has a very anti-competitive system and this would be a step in the wrong direction (though ameliorated by a lower corporate tax rate).
The plan assumes that laws should be changed to increase the federal tax burden to 21 percent of GDP from the long-run average of 18 percent of economic output. That's unfortunate, but it's even worse than it seems since the tax burden already is scheduled to rise to record levels because of what's called "real bracket creep." The Simpson-Bowles tax hikes would be an additional burden on taxpayers.
The good news is that some deductions are curtailed and a few are eliminated. The best components are the repeal of the deduction for state and local income and property taxes. So no more indirect preferences that reward profligate states such as California and Illinois. The healthcare exclusion also is capped, which would be a nice step on the long – but important – task of dealing with the third-party payer crisis in the healthcare sector.
I'm not a fan of the Simpson-Bowles plan, but I do give them credit. They decided to focus on the wrong variable and they have some bad policies, but at least it's a real proposal.
It's not anywhere close to the Ryan budget, but it's a heck of a lot better than what the Senate Democrats have produced (nothing) and what the President has proposed (kicking the can down the road).
But doing a better job than the remedial students is damning with faint praise. Just in case you're tempted to grade them on a curve, just remember that balancing the budget without tax increases doesn't require any heavy lifting. All policymakers have to do is limit the growth of spending so it grows by an average of 2.5 percent annually over the next decade.
Other nations, such as New Zealand and Canada, got great results when imposing multi-year periods of fiscal restraint. Certainly it's not asking too much to expect American lawmakers to exercise similar levels of prudence?
on September 23, 2012 at 7:39 am roger o.
Me thinks that if people can move to another country that does not steal more and more of their mony then they better be planning on moving. As the US is going over a fiscal cliff the way i see it. Not going to be pretty.


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Церковь Воскресения Словущего (Воскресенский храм) — православный храм Рузского благочиния Московской епархии, расположенный в деревне Кожино Рузского района Московской области.

История

Деревянная Воскресенская церковь в Кожине, известная с середины XVII века, находилась на территории села.

Строительство церкви было начато в 1808 году князем Петром Алексеевичем Хованским, но остановлено по причине войны 1812 года и, после 1821 года, её остатки были разобраны.

Следующее прошение о строительстве церкви датируется 1821 годом: 2 сентября князь Александр Петрович Урусов писал архиепископу Московскому и Коломенскому Филарету, что старая, деревянная церковь Воскресения Словущего в селе Кожине, Воскресенском тож пришла в ветхость и что …он, и его супруга желают выстроить новую каменную собственным их коштом, также во имя Воскресения Словущего, и по выстройке старую деревянную сломать, а вещи, которые окажутся к употреблению ещё годными перенесть в новую.

Было ли начато строительство в 1821 году — неизвестно, известно, что новая каменная однопрестольная церковь, с отдельно стоящей колокольней, на высоком берегу Москвы-реки, была закончена в 1842 году тщанием действительного статского советника Михаила Ивановича Микулина.

В 1907 году церковь, по проекту архитектора Благовещенского, соединили с колокольней притвором.

В 1934 году храм был закрыт, в нём размещался склад туберкулезного санатория № 58.

В 1998 году храм возвращён верующим, восстанавливается, совершаются богослужения. Часть богослужений совершается мирянским чином.

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Looking at getting involved in digital dentistry but not sure know where to start? Here Bruce Dean explains where you can get started and what the journey involves.
Dentistry Scotland (DS): Where can a practice start if they're thinking of digitising their practice?
Bruce Deane (BD): You need to work out what you want to achieve. If it's simple radiography, then that's a lot more straightforward. If the digital journey is involving CAD/CAM or digital scanners, there are now a very vast number of systems out there.
I think you need to work out exactly what you want to achieve and then you need to go and find the pieces of software and hardware that will let you get to where you want to be.
I would also say that another prerequisite is to check your IT infrastructure. A lot of the new equipment will require fairly meaty IT hardware.
DS: What are the biggest hurdles practices come across when going digital?
BD: I think at the moment it's the number of systems that are coming out. People are a bit afraid to purchase an intraoral scanner, for example, in case somebody else brings another scanner out in two months.
The biggest hurdle at the moment is open and closed systems. It's quite hard to work out who can deliver what. You may want to combine different files with different machines.
There's lot of discussion around open and closed systems. Their's also discussions on whether you have a system that you pay an annual support fee for, or do you go down a different route where there's no annual support. I see lots of social media threads that argue one way then the other.
There's benefits and negatives to both, whichever direction you choose. But we can always advise based on what the dentist's needs are.
DS: What are the financial benefits of going digital?
BD: It's such a hard thing to measure, there's so many answers and it can all depend on where you're coming from. If you've got a practice with say four surgeries, taking 10 X-rays a day, that's 40 X-rays. If you go digital the costs you will be saving on film, retaking X-rays, silly things like chemicals burning through outfits will be huge.
DS: Is digital more accurate than traditional methods?
BD: Again, it's a difficult question to answer. If you buy the correct sensors then your image resolution is higher than wet film.
With intraoral scanners, I think the accuracy debate is now over. I think everybody believes that they're very accurate. It's now just justifying the cost.
I would say in general, yes, going digital is a more involved and accurate way of taking impressions. Taking traditional impressions is a nightmare and a thankless task. I've seen people sending five impressions and still getting it wrong. Digital definitely helps with preventing retakes.
DS: Is there any way to futureproof a practice by going digital?
BD: You can sit there and say you'll buy it when 'something' happens. If that's your philosophy, you'll probably never invest in a system.
The thinking should be that you bite the bullet, you make your investment based on the best research you can do.
A lot of the scanners now are updatable through firmware, so the physical hardware stays the same and it's the firmware that's constantly improving. So, in a way, all of the companies are trying to futureproof practices. The end purchase that you make today, as long as you don't buy something completely inappropriate, you should be looking to get a minimum five to seven-year return on that.
DS: Where is the best place to start when considering going digital?
BD: You'd probably start with an intraoral sensor or a phosphor plate scanning system or maybe an intraoral camera, or even an SLR to take digital photographs. That would probably be phase one.
Phase two would be looking at an OPG or you might want to go 3D and get a scanner at the same time.
It's a tricky question depending on where you start from. There're people that will be starting the journey and it will just be a couple of sensors and a phosphor plate and somebody else's journey will be at the other end of the scale, somebody who has been using intraoral scanners for years and are now investing in a CT scanner.
DS: What do patients think of those practices that invest in digital technology?
BD: There have been global studies to say something around 85% of patients prefer the intraoral scanner through conventional impressions.
If you say to them we're going to take an impression with an intraoral scanner and they see a 3D image built up, there will absolutely be a wow factor.
DS: What are practices reactions after going digital?
BD: Going to digital impressions, I haven't known anybody to be unhappy with that at all. There have been people that have tried it and bought it, and it sits in their draw because they've not been given the correct training or quite got their head around it. But from the clinician's point of view, it should be a joyful journey.
It's imperative that you go to a supplier that you know can train you. With your digital journey into CAD, it has to be from a very trusted provider, who you know can deliver adequate training. Some equipment requires training. That is when you will find clinicians being unhappy – the training element is of huge importance for anyone going on a digital journey.
Bruce Deane is director of IW Technology Services.


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In Food and drink, History, Words
Ainsley. Babcock. Bland. Carthorse. Dint. Ellesworth-Beast Major. Ellesworth-Beast Minor. Haemoglobin. Kosegin. Loudhailer. Mattock. Nancy-Boy Potter. Nibble. Orifice. Plectrum. Poins. Sediment. Soda. Ta. Undermanager. Zob.
Those of you with long memories and a birth date prior to 1970 will immediately recognise this as the register of names that featured in Rowan Atkinson's 'schoolmaster' sketch, one of the highlights of The Secret Policeman's Ball of 1979 – back in the days when charity fundraisers brought out the best in live entertainment, not the worst.
In Food and drink, History, Nature, Sport, Words
Something you might contemplate, as you're grinding salt onto your sprouts and generously peppering your pigs in blankets (or whatever the vegan equivalent may be), is how we came to use the same word for Christmas time as we do for condiments.
They've done the math, now for the aftermath.
In an attempt to take my mind off things, I've been studying Greek. It helps to understand manifestos. Mathematics, I discovered, comes from two Greek words: 'mathema' (knowledge) and tekhne (technical). So the 'math' bit refers to knowledge, hence 'polymath': someone who knows a lot – a smartarse. (more…)
In Animals, History, Words
Word of the Week: Stick
The word 'gallivanting' came up the other day and I thought, "Great! That's Word of the Week taken care of." But on further investigation, it turned out that 'gallivanting', for all its syllables and connotations of wanton behaviour, is a rather one-dimensional word with very little to say for itself. A word of no known origin but possibly derived from 'gallant'. How disappointing.
But just as I was about to close the book on 'gallivanting', another word caught my eye; a word that is synonymous with 'gallivant'. "Surely not 'stick'!" I hear you cry. No, not stick. Not yet. The word that caught my eye was 'gad'.
Gad, like gallivant, conjures up images of dandies prancing about from place to place, possibly on a horse, possibly not, generally being irresponsible. It has its spin-offs too: gadabout (one who gads) and gadfly (another one who gads).
"What about the stick?" I hear you sigh. Stick with it, it's coming.
The verb 'to gad' seems to have been popular in the 1400s, when it meant 'to hurry'. It derived this meaning from the noun 'gad', which was a pointed stick for driving oxen. That's right, specifically for driving oxen. How you distinguish a pointed stick for driving oxen from any other pointed stick is anyone's guess.
"Hey, Waulter!" (Waulter was a popular name in those days). "Hey, Waulter! Drive that ox for me, will you?"
"Sorry, Godefryd. No can do. I haven't got my gad with me."
"Well, can't you just use that long, pointed stick over there?"
"Pfff! Naive. That's a beehive poking stick."
Back in the Dark Ages, Germanic tribes developed a fondness for words involving lots of Gs and Ds and the occasional Z and they all meant something thin and pointy. In some cases it was a rod, in others it was a nail or a spike. From these came the word 'gad', but also 'yard'. The yard-arm of a ship is so called because of its shape, not because of its length. Let's face it, if it was only a yard long the ship would probably fall over or something.
Clearly words containing Gs and Ds weren't the origin of the word 'stick', though. That was the German 'stecken', which meant to stab or prick. In other words, what you might do with a gad, rather than the gad itself. But there is a point at which the bloodline of the two words merges. Both have their roots in the Latin 'instigare', which meant (you guessed it) instigate or (you may not have guessed) goad. And from goad it is but a short step to gad.
So why is this joke funny?
Q: What's brown and sticky?
A: A stick.
A stick isn't sticky, unless you've stuck it in a beehive. But because sticks were used for sticking into things, the verb 'to stick' came to apply to anything that was fixed in place, whether that was through the use of drawing pins or glue.
If you're a stickler for the correct use of these words, though, you might be disappointed to learn that 'stickler' has no ancestral relationship with 'stick' and, therefore, no place in this article. Sorry about that. I just thought it was interesting that 'stickler' comes from the 16th century word 'stickle', which meant to mediate, not from 'stick' which didn't.
More interesting than gallivant anyway.
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In History, Music, Poetry, Words
Word of the Week: Lend
As Shakespeare once wrote, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be. And don't go getting those two words muddled up either!" He later cut the second sentence, which is a shame, because confusion still reigns in some quarters.
In History, Names, Words
Word of the Week: Guy
A few weeks ago the annual census of new baby names was published, revealing that, for the four hundredth year in a row, the boy's name Oliver and the girl's name Olivia were among the top five most popular names for UK newborns. What is this fixation with olive farming?
Not so popular was Adolf, which, for the 80th year running, did not feature in the list. And with good reason. No-one wants to name their offspring after an enemy of the people. But there is one notable exception. (more…)
Word of the Week: Like
To create the optimum atmosphere for watching the Rugby World Cup Final tomorrow, I've been putting together a playlist of classic tunes from 2003, the year England last won it. It features two of my favourite songs of all time, Milkshake by Kelis and United States of Whatever by Liam Lynch.
What do I like about them? Well, among other things, the way they use the word 'like': ie, not as in "what do I like about them?" but as in, like, a figure of speech that just sort of happens, kind of thing. It's time we tackled this.
In History, Music, Philosophy, Words
Word of the Week: Nostalgia
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Hands up everyone who thinks this blog ain't what it used to be. Rose-tinted spectacles, my friend. If you look back through the archive or buy the book, you'll find it's always been rubbish. Anyway, read on.
In History, Nature, Science, Words
Word of the Week: Biblical
Why does some rain fall harder than other rain? Anyone who was caught in the rain yesterday evening will, no doubt, have pondered the same question. It was one of those downpours that causes people to use words like "Biblical" and make jokes about building an ark.
In Names, Words
Word of the Week: Pseudonym
Regular listeners to radio phone-in shows will be familiar with the phrase "Not her/his real name." This occurs when they're talking about some sensitive issue, like gender neutral toilets or bad feet or one as a result of the other, and someone calls or writes in wishing to comment without being identified.
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Q: Flutter List.generate but in reverse? I have a container that I am trying to print out items form a list, minus the last item in the list. I am using list.generate:
        child: Container(
          width: double.infinity,
          color: Colors.white,
          child: ListView(
            padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 10.0),
            children: List.generate(
              Provider.of<WeekList>(context).listOfWeeks.toList().length -
                  1,
              (index) => ListTileCustom(
                index: index,
              ),
            ),
          ),
        ),

My problem is when it prints out my custom ListTileCustom widget each new item added to the list is added to the bottom and not the top in the view.

In the picture above the order should be:

*

*Red Bar

*Red / Green Bar

*Green bar

and when I add new items by pressing the button they should be added to the top not the bottom.
I tried adding reverse: true and that gets the order right but moves everything to the bottom and adds a ton of white space above them... Also not sure the scroll will work in the right direction at that point either.

A: To reverse a list in Dart, you can use ..reversed method. In the code you posted, that would be: children: List.generate(/* omitted */).reversed.toList().
Another (probably better) solution is to use for loop directly in children, for example:
ListView(
  children: [
    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) FlutterLogo(),
  ],
)

With this approach you can easily invert the list (and omit one element, like you desired) by changing the loop, e.g. for (int i = 10; i > 1; i--) or something.

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Kayla a blind pretty girl found happiness with C.K a handsome young man who rescued her from falling off a cliff. After her mother dies of a bullet meant for C.K, she moves in to live with him since she has no one else. he pays for her surgery to regain her sight at least to make her happy by seeing the face she loves. Tragedy strikes again and this time Kayla feels her world has finally come to an abrupt end.
"I made you cry so you will be smiling forever."
I just bought it and will be watching it tonight....will be back tomorrow with my review.
Van Vicker is actually a Liberian from what I just heard...cute guy...i cannot stop thinking of the movie...nice!
check ob thread on the gym , you did not call yesterday ?
Am yet to see this one.
This is another Nadia and Van Vicker movie. Why are they always paired together as couples? I actually prefer this one to "Beyonce". I have a feeling they copied this movie from bollywood. I'm not good at this sypnosis thing so go and get a copy and watch it for urself. It was a good story and u will like it all u gollywood fans.
And may i know by curiosity, d purpose of opening dis thread when one's been opened ages ago?
Pls forgive me but since when did restoring a blind person's sight become so easy?If it was,I suppose the very rich ones would not be blind.Abeg,nollywood wuna spare man dat over lie.
Lemme write this one down....i am loving our movies sha.


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Alliance Pharma Plc
International brands driving performance
07 Nov 2018 / Corporate research
By Dr Dorothea Hill
Alliance Pharma (APH) is a profitable, cash-generative, specialty pharma business. The proportion of sales generated from higher margin international star brands is rising rapidly, and will be boosted by the recent acquisition of Nizoral in APAC, and UK approval and launch of Xonvea for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, where conservative management has failed. Investment behind these brands together with compliance with new regulatory directives will limit short term growth but positions the company well for the medium term. APH is cash-generative allowing it to pay down debt at a fast rate. Meanwhile, it offers a dividend yield of 2.0%.
Strategy: Since inauguration, APH has adopted a buy-and-build model, with 35 deals over 20 years assembling a portfolio of more than 90 products and establishing a strong track record. It is accelerating growth through investing in multi-market brands, with infrastructure supported by its 'local' brands.
Interims: Underlying sales, excluding acquisitions, grew 4% to £54.5m (£49.4m), driven by international brands: Kelo-cote (+84%) and MacuShield (+23%). Operating costs reflected continued investment in growth brands, leaving underlying EBITDA and EBIT in line with 1H'17. Net debt at 30 June was £86.3m.
Growth brands: APH continues to evolve and will now report on 'international star' brands and 'local' brands (formerly bedrock and local heroes). In 1H'18, international stars represented 32% of sales, and will be boosted from 2H'18 by the inclusion of Nizoral and, to a lesser extent, Xonvea.
Risks: APH is working to ensure that all products are compliant with new regulations being introduced over the next two years. This, combined with Brexit-related costs, is expected to increase costs annually by £0.7m, with one-off costs of ca.£0.8m in 2019.
Investment summary: Recent acquisitions look set to boost APH's underlying CAGR to 16% in sales and 10% in EPS over the next three years. On the back of this strong performance, the company is expected to continue with its progressive dividend policy. The shares are trading on a 2018E P/E of 15.4x, falling to 14.1x in 2019E, and carry a prospective dividend yield of 2.0%.
If you'd like to be introduced to the team at Alliance Pharma Plc, get in touch.
2018: a year of international progress
By Dr Martin Hall 01 Aug 2018
Entering the US market
By Dr Martin Hall 19 Apr 2018


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Chime's Chai Maker Brews Excellent Tea. But Is it Worth the Coin and Counter Space?
The first thing you notice when drinking a chai tea latte made with the Chime is how complex and robust the flavor is, and that all those chai tea lattes bought at chain coffee shops mostly just taste like . . . sugar.
But no matter how good the Chime's chai is (and it is very good to my taste buds), it's still a big ask for consumers to spend $200 on a device that takes up precious counter space and only does one thing. So, is it worth it?
Let's step back and walk through the machine itself. Crowdfunded via Indiegogo, the Chime is just starting to ship its first batch to backers this month. It's roughly the size of a coffee maker and has three main columns: a water tank, a control panel, and a steeper that empties down into a separate carafe. The controls are all on the device, which is something we like here at The Spoon (no WiFi to connect or account to set up). While there is a Chime mobile app that will connect via Bluetooth, it's mainly for storing customized recipes, using those recipes on other Chimes, and re-ordering loose leaf tea pods ($10 – $12 for a ten-pack).
Yeah. Sadly, the Chime uses plastic pods to make its delicious tea. This is the main bummer with the appliance. Using a plastic pod each time feels wasteful, and locks you in to ordering your tea through Chime. And the machine knows whether you've put a pod in, and won't start brewing until you do.
I'm not going to fault a company for trying to get some recurring revenue via tea sales, but Chime is a startup that built this machine through crowdfunding. If they go under for whatever reason, you're left with $200 brick.
Tea still left in the Chime pod.
There were other problems I encountered with the pods as well. The foil covering the pod is thin, and one broke open inside the box in transit spreading loose leaf tea everywhere. Also, on more than one occasion, when I smashed the pod down in the machine to release the tea into the steeper, a fair amount of leaves were still trapped in the pod, dry as a bone. So the tea wasn't brewing to full strength. Finally — and this is a real nit-pick — but in the Chime variety pack, each flavor has a different color. But all the colors are flat, muted earth tones, and it can be difficult to tell the bright orange cap from the more subdued orange cap.
If and once you can get past the pods, the Chime is actually very straightforward and easy to use. The main control is a jog wheel/button that you use to select your drink size, tea strength and how much milk you want to use. The screen then tells you how much milk to put in the carafe.
Put the carafe in the machine, smash the pod down and push the button. Water trickles into the steeper where it is heated to the right temperature and for the right amount of time. The milk in the carafe is heated via induction burner and frothed with a clever little circular spring that spins at the bottom of the basin. There is a circle of lights around the knob that countdown how much time is left and after 3 – 5 minutes a gentle chime (natch) lets you know your drink is done.
I realize my American tastes may not be expert at identifying "good" chai, but I tried every flavor in the variety pack and all were excellent. One was a plain black tea, one had cardamom, another had ginger. Each had a distinct flavor and were delicious. And while the Chime relies on pods, you can add your own ingredients into the steeper to customize your drink. So if you wanted to ratchet up the ginger, you could shred some into the steeper before smashing the pod.
While the drinks were uniformly excellent, there were some hangups that illustrated how this is a crowdfunded machine that hasn't quite scaled up and perfected its manufacturing. In addition to the pod problems mentioned, the pod smashing mechanism wassn't smooth. It doesn't neatly lock into place and you have to give it a little extra push.
Then one time, the water lever in the brewer got so high that it leaked out of the locking mechanism. And there was the time the steeper didn't drain (though to be fair, I "hacked" the machine by leaving an empty used pod in and poured powdered tea into the steeper, this may have clogged the drain).
The machine leaked at one point.
So, chai lovers, is the Chime worth it?
If you consume a lot of black tea or chai and have some extra counterspace, then yes, for sure. It's not just the convenience of making a frothy latte with the push of a button in minutes, it's also the fact that the tea Chime offers is really tasty.
If you're more chai-curious, I would say wait until the company can get the appliance into more of a mass-production mode. I've chatted with Chime Founder and CEO Gaurav Chawla, and he's aware of the pod problem, and at least from how he runs his crowdfunding campaigns, Chawla puts his customers first. Trusting the founder goes a long way towards trusting a startup, but right now there are enough little hiccups with the machine, and the bigger question of spending $200 on a crowdfunded device that may or may not be around in five years, that should give most people pause.
Chime Wants To Make You A Cup of Chai With Its Connected Brewer
Some say it's important to be focused when you're a startup. Chime is planning to put that theory to a test with its first product: an app-controlled chai brewer.
How does the connected chai maker work? The Chime makes chai tea by using individual chai tea pods (called caps) and allows the consumer to adjust the milk ratio and the strength of the brew.
You can watch the Chime in action here:
In a way, this kind of focus makes sense. There are hundreds of nearly indistinguishable coffee makers on the market but exactly none – at least that I know of – push-button chai brewing machines. Chai also requires a little more work than your traditional Earl Grey type of cup, which means some might be willing to pay for the convenience of a chai-bot.
Is the market big enough? Chime founder Gaurav Chawla believes so, pointing out that the US chai market is $1 billion. While that's a fraction of the $90 billion global tea market it's substantial nonetheless, especially if there aren't any specialized pod-based chai brewers currently on the market.
Still, there will be challenges. I believe the biggest test for Chime will be getting consumers to trust a startup enough to be willing to bet on them as the sole source of their chai tea. Chime requires the end user to buy the chai caps – which will cost 90 cents a piece – from the company itself, not a big deal when you're Keurig or Nestle, but a bit more of a leap of faith if you're a startup.
Either way, I'm interested to see how Chime does later this year when they ship. I caught up with Chawla to ask him a few questions.
See his answers below.
Wolf: When is Chime expected to ship?
Chawla: Chime is expected to ship towards the end of the year.
Wolf: Do you have any retail relationships established?
Chawla: We do not have retail relationships currently. Our plan is to sell directly to the consumers initially.
Wolf: Can you tell us anything about the typical profile of the preorder customer for Chime?
Chawla: Our typical customer is tech savvy chai lover who knows what real chai is and cares about the taste of chai and the ingredients that go into making a great cup of chai. Our consumer cares about the quality of chai and wants to make their life easier by having a device that can make their chai without all the hassle. Our typical pre-order customer doesn't shy away from new technology and believes technology exists to make their life easier.
Wolf: Your business model looks like it will depend on your own modules (Caps). How do you expect to raise awareness? I also expect some would have doubts about a startup as sole provider of chai – how will you overcome these doubts?
Chawla: We are doing online community building but we will also be doing events and taste testing from time to time. We have already started testing the tea blend and we will come up with a variety of tea blends. We chose from high quality tea and are working with tea suppliers who supply to big brands. We have already started establishing our tea supply chain and we will test it out before we launch.
Wolf: Have you raised financing and, if so, how much?
Chawla: We have raised angel funding of close to a million.
Wolf: What is your founder team background?
Chawla: The core team comes from varied background with a lot of experience in delivering consumer products, to enterprise hardware and software. Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering and Supply Chain management.
Wolf: How big is the chai tea market in the US? Globally?
Chawla: Globally the chai market is a big chunk of black tea market and in our estimate about $20B globally. The global tea market is estimated to be $90B. In the US our estimate is that the US chai market is over $1B. However, Chime is first of its kind product and we believe it has the potential to increase the chai market and make chai accessible to folks who don't drink chai currently.


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La route nationale 8 (RN 8 o N 8) è una strada nazionale lunga 94 km che parte da Aix-en-Provence, passa per Marsiglia e termina a Tolone. Viene detta comunemente anche route de Marseille. Oggi è stata completamente declassata a strada dipartimentale.

Percorso
La N8 comincia nei quartieri meridionali di Aix-en-Provence, partendo dalla N7, e si dirige a sud con il nome di D8N. Attraversato l'Arc ed il paese di Luynes, tocca diversi altri piccoli centri prima di giungere a Marsiglia, da dove partiva la N8bis. Da lì vira ad est ed imbocca la valle dell'Huveaune fino ad Aubagne, quindi sale al col de l'Ange. Entrando nel dipartimento del Varo piega a sud-est ed assume il nome di DN8. Passa accanto al Circuito Paul Ricard ed inizia la discesa verso il mare, che termina all'uscita dalla valle della Reppe presso Ollioules, comune dopo il quale affianca l'A50 fino a Tolone.

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"""
making borders for images - padding
create a border around the image (like photo frame) - cv2.copyMakeBorder()
    - has more apps for convolution operation, zero padding, etc.
function arguments for cv2.copyMakeBorder() :
    - src - input image
    - top, bottom, left, right - border width in # of pixels in corresponding directions
    - borderType - flag defining what kind of border to be added. Can have following types:
        - cv2.
            BORDER_CONSTANT - adds a constant colored border. value given as next argument
            BORDER_REFLECT - border will be mirror reflection of the border elements, like this:
                fedcba|abcdefgh|hgfedcb
            BORDER_REFLECT_101 or BORDER_DEFAULT - same as above, but with slight change:
                gfedcb|abcdefgh|gfedcba
            BORDER_REPLICATE - last element is replicated throughout, like this:
                aaaaaa|abcdefgh|hhhhhhh
            BORDER_WRAP - looks like:
                cdefgh|abcdefgh|abcdefg
    - value - color of border if border type is cv2.BORDER_CONSTANT
"""

# example code for border types
import cv2
import numpy as np
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

BLUE = [255, 0, 0]

img1 = cv2.imread('opencv_logo.png')

replicate = cv2.copyMakeBorder(img1, 10, 10, 10, 10, cv2.BORDER_REPLICATE)
reflect = cv2.copyMakeBorder(img1, 10, 10, 1, 10, cv2.BORDER_REFLECT)
reflect101 = cv2.copyMakeBorder(img1, 10, 10, 10, 10, cv2.BORDER_REFLECT_101)
wrap = cv2.copyMakeBorder(img1, 10, 10, 10, 10, cv2.BORDER_WRAP)
constant = cv2.copyMakeBorder(img1, 10, 10, 10, 10, cv2.BORDER_CONSTANT, value=BLUE)

plt.subplot(231), plt.imshow(img1, 'gray'), plt.title('ORIGINAL')
plt.subplot(232), plt.imshow(replicate, 'gray'), plt.title('REPLICATE')
plt.subplot(233), plt.imshow(reflect, 'gray'), plt.title('REFLECT')
plt.subplot(234), plt.imshow(reflect101, 'gray'), plt.title('REFLECT_101')
plt.subplot(235), plt.imshow(wrap, 'gray'), plt.title('WRAP')
plt.subplot(236), plt.imshow(constant, 'gray'), plt.title('CONSTANT')

plt.show()

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The Digital Media Job Fair 2015 Showed a Career Path to Numerous Young Talents
As a step towards its goal of bridging the gap between potential employers and job seekers, Imediajobs have been organizing exclusive digital media job fairs ever since its establishment. In this regard, it conducted the Digital and Interactive Media Job Fair 2015 at Chennai on 31 Jan and 1 Feb, 2015.
The job fair was inaugurated by Mr. Atul Anand I.A.S - Managing Director of ELCOT. Mr. K.Purushothaman - Regional Director of NASSCOM TamilNadu & Kerala, Mr.V.Anand - Academic Director of Image Infotainment Limited and Mr.R.Madhan - Director of Image Infotainment Limited lit the lamp to mark the righteous start of the fair. Mr.K.Kumar - CEO and Founder of Image Group presided over the inauguration, during which he said "Media and Entertainment industry is the third fastest growing industry in India, next to the Food and Health industries, with a growth rate of 19% per annum. The industry that is expected to reach Rs. 1,15,000 crore by 2015 would need thousands of skilled media professionals every year." He further insisted that more young professionals should enter this field, which would be easy with taking up skilled training.
In the job fair that presented 1000s of opportunities, 25 top digital media companies, including 2adpro, SPI Global, Basilic Fly Studio, Rotomaker, EDUFIC, Tag, Phantom FX, Talk Media and more were present. The opportunities provided at the fair included most of the roles in the Digital Media field, including Graphic Designer, UI Designer/Developer, Game Designer/Developer, Web Developer, Roto Artist, VFX Artist and many more.
The job fair has reached to over 4.5 lakh people through its online ads and print media. This huge reach stimulated an overwhelming number of footfalls, of which more than half the candidates had their profiles shortlisted by the leading employers. There were even on-the-spot job offers issued to young talents.
Imediajobs is happy to have helped so many young talents. This success will surely motivate Imediajobs to work towards more such projects in the future.


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/**
 * 自定义Api异常
 */
class ApiError {
  //构造方法
  constructor(error_name,msg) {
    let error_info = ApiErrorNames.getErrorInfo(error_name)
    this.name = error_info.name
    this.code = error_info.code
    this.msg = msg||error_info.msg
    if (error_info.redirect) {
      this.redirect = error_info.redirect
    }
  }
}
module.exports = ApiError


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Bill Townsend (born )  is an entrepreneur who helped launch several leading Internet companies including search engine Lycos, social networking site SixDegrees, now LinkedIn, GeoCities (sold to Yahoo!) and Deja.com (sold to Google and eBay). He is President & CEO of TRICCAR, Inc., a publicly-held bioceutical research and development company focused on pharmaceutical and bioceutical solutions to common diseases. He is also President & CEO of Ontheline Corporation, a next generation communications and digital lifestyle platform

Education
Townsend earned an MBA from Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business where he held the John Schoen Entrepreneur-in-Residence chair and lectured on leadership and entrepreneurship. He earned his BA at The College of Wooster and studied at Washington & Jefferson College and SDA Bocconi.

Career
Townsend has founded, co-founded or served on the executive management team or on the board of directors at several global biomedicine, nutraceutical, Internet, and technology companies. Most notably of these companies is TRICCAR, Inc., a bioceutical firm focused on bioceutical and pharmaceutical research, development, and marketing, where he serves as President and Chief Executive Officer  as well as the Internet search engine company Lycos. Lycos was acquired by Terra Networks, the Internet arm of the Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica for $12.5 billion.

Townsend served on the Board of Directors and oversaw the Marketplace division of the $2.8 billion Newegg.com company, the second largest pure-play e-commerce retailer behind Amazon. He oversaw the company's global marketplace division and its growth to over $280 million. Previously, he served on the boards of IAB, PacAirVentures, ReallyEasyInternet VOIP, and Futuristics.net.

Philanthropy
In 2000, Townsend founded the Amati Foundation to help expand the stringed arts, specifically education in playing, making, and preserving the violin.

Townsend began studying violin making under the tutelage of Ziang Mei and William Hilton (a student of Vhakn Nigogosian), and Alberti Genduso (who has studied with the German masters Horst Kloss and Karl Roy, director of the Bavarian State School of Violin Making in Mittenwald, Germany). Townsend has made musical instruments for the likes of Martie Maguire of The Chicks and concert violinist Anne Akiko Meyers.

In 2005, he introduced a wood treatment system to increase sonority and harmonics in instrument making. This system, Il Cremonese Violin Treatments, matched the ground used by Antonio Stradivari on which to apply varnish and protect wood. One of his instruments was featured in The Smithsonian Institution's Heart & Hands exhibition about musical instruments and their makers. Another of this violins is in the GRAMMY museum. He donates proceeds of his instrument sales to charity.

Townsend is the son of Jacquelyn Mayer, Miss America 1963. He contributes time and funding to women's issues, education and animal welfare causes.

Politics
Townsend was the 1992 Republican nominee for United States Congress in Pennsylvania's 20th Congressional District, narrowly losing to Democratic incumbent Austin Murphy.

References

External links
 Ontheline Corporation corporate website
TRICCAR, Inc. corporate website
Townsend Violins website
 Baylor Business Review Podcast: Entrepreneurship and Innovation (interview with Townsend)
 Baylor Business Review Podcast: Four Things to Look for in a New Business Venture (interview with Townsend)
 High-Tech Entrepreneur Shares Lessons (video of speech at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business)

Baylor University alumni
Living people
1965 births


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Home » How To & Guides » Twitch » How To Whisper On Twitch
How To Whisper On Twitch
Want to send a personal message to someone on Twitch? It's very easy! Here's a simple guide on how to whisper on Twitch.
By Bojan Veselinovikj
Twitch is the world's most popular online live streaming platform. Although its success is largely the result of many world-class entertainers putting in countless hours and hard work, this would be impossible without the platform's excellent design.
According to members of its community, if Twitch didn't have such a strong social aspect, it would be far less enjoyable to use.
The ability to discover new people and interact with them is the true magic of Twitch. This is possible thanks to Twitch's whisper function, which you will learn to use in this guide.
What Does Whispering On Twitch Mean?
If you have used Twitch at least once before, you are probably already familiar with the basics of chatting on the platform. Every broadcaster's room has a chat box where viewers can communicate with each other and interact with the host.
However, this chat is public. This means the broadcaster and viewers can all see whatever you type in.
If you want to message someone privately, whether it's the host or a fellow viewer, you can do this by using the whisper function.
There are two ways to achieve this. One of them is useful when you know the username of the person you want to message, but they are not currently active in any chat. The other can be used when you want to message someone who is in the same chat.
Read the sections below to learn both methods.
Whispering Someone On Twitch In The Same Chat Room
Open Twitch on your browser and sign in using your credentials. You must be signed in to whisper to other viewers. You cannot use this feature as a guest.
Open a stream and wait until you have connected to the chat room. If your internet connection is fast and stable, this shouldn't take more than a second.
Find the user you want to message and left-click their name. A few options will appear in a box. Click Whisper.
A chat window will open. Type a message and press Enter on your keyboard, as you would when using any other chat app.
There is also another method for this approach, which involves using the /w command. This avoids the need to click on a username and select whisper (as shown in the image above).
If you already know the username of the person you want to whisper to (in this example, we will use PCStrike1), type /w PCStrike1 and your message, then press Enter on your keyboard to send.
Your message should look similar to this:
/w PCStrike1 Hey, I really like your website, it has many informative guides, and it helped me learn a lot!
Here's another example in a screenshot to help you visualize the process.
You now know how to get in touch with fellow users who are watching the same stream. How can you whisper to a Twitch member who is offline, or if you can't find their name in a chat? Read the following section to find out more.
Whispering On Twitch Directly Via The Message Box
If you want to message someone on Twitch, you can do it using the private message inbox feature.
If you're unsure how to find it, take a look at the steps below:
Open Twitch and sign in to your account.
At the top of the website's home screen, click on the Whispers icon, which is located in the bar menu.
Your private inbox will open. Use the search function to find the user. See the image below for further guidance.
In the list of search results, click on the username of the person you want to message. A chat window will open where you can type your message.
Note: Never share your personal information or passwords when chatting with others on Twitch. Members of the Twitch support team will never ask for these details.
Be friendly when messaging other users. Saying things that violate Twitch's policy could get you banned from the platform.
There you have it! You now know how to send a private message to other Twitch users. You can use this feature to find potential teammates to play with, ask questions, or even make new friends.
Everybody needs a teammate to play with.
How To Check Twitch Chat Logs
How To Pop Out Twitch Chat
What Does Copium Mean In Twitch Chat?
How To Get Viewers On Twitch
How To Block Someone On Twitch
What Is Prime Gaming And Is It Worth It?
Bojan Veselinovikj
Bojan is a video-game developer and a tech enthusiast. Combining these two passions allow him to keep you informed on everything that's new in this fast-paced digital world.


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using System.Runtime.Serialization;
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using System.Threading.Tasks;

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    [DataContract(Name = "cc5167d2-b68d-45cc-802d-c011d39bc332")]
    public class NestedTypeWithUndefinedObjectInheritance
    {
        [DataMember(Order = 1)]
        public string String { get; set; }

        [DataMember(Order = 2)]
        public int Int { get; set; }

        [DataMember(Order = 3)]
        public DateTime Date { get; set; }

        [DataMember(Order = 4)]
        public object Nested { get; set; }
    }

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    public class UndefinedObjectInheritance
    {
        [DataMember(Order = 1)]
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        public int Int { get; set; }

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    }
}


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We must still fight for climate justice
To prevent the worst climate catastrophes, the world needs to break off its love affair with fossil fuels.
Vanessa Nakate and Luisa Neubauer, The Independent
In January 2022, we find ourselves two years into the decisive decade for our climate. It's the decade in which we need to see unprecedented changes across the globe — you could call it the "great break-up from fossil fuels".
To prevent the worst climate catastrophes, within the next eight years we need the world to break off its love affair with fossil fuels. We also need the world to break free from its profit-driven habit of ecological destruction. And when we say the world, we actually mean, first and foremost, the wealthiest world leaders ones — the biggest polluters, and those whose hands are full of coal, gas and oil.
Yet instead of seeing rapid reductions, we witness rising global emissions and temperature extremes. Countries like Germany, Luisa's home, which was praised for lower emission levels during the first year of the pandemic, saw a 4.5 per cent increase in emissions in 2021.
Global emissions are projected by the Global Carbon Project to have risen by 4.9 per cent in 2021. In 1996, the year Vanessa and Luisa were born, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere amounted to 364 parts per million (ppm). In May 2020, it was 417 ppm. We should remember that 350 ppm was once considered the safe benchmark that shouldn't be crossed.
The political response to these developments has been absurd, to say the least. In November, as hundreds of thousands of us marched on the streets of Glasgow, governments from across the globe were discussing whether to include the term "fossil fuels" in the final agreement. This is an agreement that was supposed to be a response to the crisis caused by fossil fuels.
We are both 25 today. We are halfway through our 20s, most of which we've already spent protesting against rising emissions. So far, no climate conference, political promise or "deal" has helped us. The loss and damage caused by this crisis grows week by week. By the time we both reach 30, the decisive decade will almost be over.
One could argue that we've tried and we failed. For three years, Fridays for Future has been protesting, joining a long history of environmental struggles in all parts of the world. For three years, we have been mobilising masses on all continents, suing governments in courts, calling out the banks and industries driving the climate breakdown, speaking in the largest media outlets across the globe, carrying the message to the furthest corner.
Those living in the most affected areas suffer when the catastrophes hit, such as when typhoons hit the Philippines again and again, causing devastation and suffering, when the floods in India washed away livelihoods, dreams and hopes, and when the droughts left millions of people struggling to find food and water in Africa.
When the pandemic hit, we kept going. We found allies, we kept fighting, we united with unions and frontline workers. We tried so hard, and yet emissions keep rising.
Over the years, the growing time pressure and the escalating climate crisis have changed our activism. Fighting for climate justice increasingly means fighting climate disasters physically, and fighting climate anxiety mentally. What resistance means for us has changed too.
It is no longer "just" about resisting climate destruction. Resistance today includes having the emotional capacity to resist despair. The people we are fighting have changed too. We fight less against institutional and political climate silence. Instead, we fight the institutional and political greenwashing that has taken over.
Climate disaster after climate disaster and protest after protest have dismantled the social licence to openly deny or ignore the climate emergency. The delay tactics are still happening, but they are covered in green. So emissions keep rising.
Shell opening a carbon capture and storage facility in Canada that, according to an investigation by Global Witness, emits more CO2 than it captures, is dubbed a "step in the right direction" because we all agree the climate crisis is an important topic. A spokesperson for Shell subsequently dismissed Global Witness' findings as "simply wrong" and emphasised that the Quest facility was designed to capture a third of CO2 emissions.
Similarly, Europe publicly attempts to call investments in fossil gas "sustainable". In George Orwell's 1984, the phrase "slavery is freedom" was an equally bold lie. That was fiction. Sadly, this is the truth in an area that likes to think of itself as a green climate leader. It sends a cynical signal to the world, but especially to Africa, where some already dream of decades with billions of euros from continued gas exports. Why is this still possible?
We will find ourselves saying the same things over and over again, we will organise similar protests again and again, and we will fight the same fossil infrastructure again and again. Because at one point, it will start working.
There is hope that the future we dream of is possible. We see it, we imagine it, we envision it and we know that we will eventually walk into it.
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What climate campaigners are getting wrong
Most of us don't wake up each morning worrying about the climate crisis. That's why campaigners often talk up the benefits of green jobs, or promote a green industrial revolution: it's an attempt to link this global, yet hard-to-grasp threat to more
Frustration over Cop26 is visible, but hope is still there
Success, or failure, or both? The outcome of Cop26, with its last-minute compromise on running down the use of coal, will be picked over in the coming weeks. While it is a temptation to give rapid judgements, one of the overriding lessons from previous climate summits
Urgent action to reform global trade rules is crucial
Climate agreements reached in Glasgow this month could come under legal attack from polluting multinationals unless the UK takes urgent action to reform global trade rules, ministers have been warned. A coalition of environmental
Fear is real, prevailing weather proves it
Sometimes you read an article about some project, and it really grabs your attention and brings about a total change in your perspective about how you view the world. The Extreme Ice Survey is one such project, and the documentary, Chasing the Ice, based on this project, is recommended as a must-read and
US, Germany, NATO differ on arms supply to Ukraine
Ukraine wants more weapons, including planes to fight off Russia nearly a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the "special military operations" against Kyiv. Last week, Ukraine's European and American allies agreed to supply tanks to Ukraine – the Leopard 2 tanks of Germany and the M1 Abrams tanks from
The new age is eroding the capacity to think
Human beings have been given the rare gift of 'discretion' which can be defined as the 'pause' one makes to allow for application of mind before some 'action' was initiated in response to a situation. In a way this is the exercise of option in 'decision-making' based on a quick evaluation of pros and cons of what had been noticed
Rishi Sunak will find it tough to emulate John Major
On reaching 100 days in 10 Downing Street this week, Rishi Sunak will double the duration of Liz Truss's brutally short term as British prime minister. But having stabilised panicky financial markets after the calamitous Truss tenure, the Conservative leader has little to celebrate. Double-digit inflation is fuelling a winter of
Is it time for a law to ban classism?
Classism is legal in the United Kingdom. By that, I mean that the law does not make discrimination against someone based on their class a specific criminal or civil wrong. The Equality Act 2010, the centrepiece of discrimination law in the UK, makes no mention of it. Elsewhere, in the recent report on hate crime laws, the Law


Customers Don't Care As Much As We Wish They Did – Just Another Social Profile Really.
If you work in marketing, media or advertising there are probably two academics you would know by name: Mark Ritson and Byron Sharp. Both have built a presence and following by debunking commonly held beliefs with data and evidence. So, when they say something, it tends to make an impact.
So, with that in mind, it's no surprise that the latest research from the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, written by Professor Sharp, has gotten quite a bit of coverage in the trade media. Are Big Brands Dying sets out to prove that, no, they are not. And in doing so it purports to debunk a number of other commonly held industry-myths.
The one that seems to have got the most attention is the dismissal of the assertion that 'Digital media has given small brands a cheap way to reach consumers – "levelling the playing field"'. The commentary around this focusses on Sharp's own assertion that big brands have "wasted" money on digital.
However, that wasn't the part of the research that really caught my eye. That was the part where Sharp uses actual data to prove a believe I have long had, often seemingly in contrast to much of the advertising and marketing industry.
While it is certainly a trend for brands to signal such virtues, the evidence that consumers are flocking to such brands is lacking. Indeed Wheeler et al. (2013) examined the rejection rates of green brands and discovered a statistically significant higher rejection (47% compared with 30%) for green brands. However, it is important to note that the dominant reason for rejection was unfamiliarity.
Another important finding was that non-green brands were practically never rejected for not being green: "Out of the reasons given for rejection of non-green brands, on average a brand not being 'green' attained only 1% incidence" (p.108). The reasons for rejection of green and non-green brands were highly similar.
Stating as fact that people will buy brands based on their social responsibility has become such an accepted truth that it has recently felt like it is one of the mandatory entry requirements for Cannes Winners.
CMOs of major FMCG brands state it. Advertising agencies state it in their Future Trends presentations. Consumers say it whenever they are asked.
But, as Sharp points out, based on the data hardly any of these consumers actually seem to do what they say they are doing.
If they did, fast fashion stores wouldn't still be using fire-traps in the developing world. If they did, our phones wouldn't be built out of the technological equivalent of blood diamonds. If they did, people wouldn't use companies that pay next to no tax. If they did, we wouldn't still have battery eggs making up just under 50% of all sold. If they did, well, you can probably add another ten things people wouldn't still be buying or doing.
None of this should really be a surprise; after all, the hippies of the 60s & 70s ended up voting for Regan and Thatcher. The ravers turned into David Cameron. No matter how much we might badge today's young as Millenials and claim that they are radically different to everything that came before, it doesn't make it true.
Obviously there are plenty of brands that do make a big deal of their beliefs, but saying that you support marriage equality is a lot easier than changing your supply chain or finance structure. And what seems clear is that CSR activity of that sort is actually pretty successful when directed inwards as much as outwards: designed to make people who work for a company feel better about that fact, rather than convincing people to buy their product.
So why did this myth take hold?
Well, I guess that it's tough working in marketing. It's not like Mad Men (though I doubt many of us would like it if it were) and many of us may feel ever so shamefaced about what we do, particularly if you believe that rampant consumerism is a zero-sum game where we're all going to lose. So perhaps what we have all been doing is trying to make ourselves feel better by pretending that people will be better if only we give them the opportunity.
Unfortunately, whilst Sharp hasn't (in my mind at least) proved categorically that big brands have been wasting money on digital, he's done a pretty good job showing that whilst technology might change, people are still people.