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New best-selling football book scores again with a host of five star reviews
A NEW best-selling football paperback has scored again with a raft of FIVE STAR reviews.
Death in Grimsby – 50 Years Following Brighton & Hove Albion was written, edited and published by soccer fan Nic Outterside, and given a soft launch in May among friends and fellow Albion fans.
Already it is a best seller around the world, including sales in Australia, Scotland, Spain, Germany, Italy, San Francisco and California and stands at Number 2 in the Amazon Football Reference sales chart.
Now it has been further boosted with more than 20 top rated reviews from early purchasers of the book.
These are a small sample:
A wonderful read that brilliantly encapsulates the raw emotional highs and lows experienced by the majority of football fans passionately dedicated to their chosen team.
(Chris Dunster, Brighton)
You don't have to be a fan of Brighton & Hove Albion to enjoy this book. The tales of Nic's journey will resonate with fans of every club. Brilliant stuff.
(Ian Hine, Southampton)
An enjoyable insight into the trials and tribulations we go through to follow the club we love, that all football fans will be able to relate to.
(Stephen Doswell, Bexhill)
Death in Grimsby is a great read for football supporters. Fans of any club will relate to the passion of the author for his beloved team. But it is also part social history and part memoir of the author's life, told through his experiences of travelling and following Brighton. A quick and entertaining read, highly recommended.
(Marcello Mega, Edinburgh)
You can't help but fall in love with this book – a true work of love written by someone who bleeds blue and white, funny, honest and full of nostalgia – takes pride of place among the rest.
(Ashley Bradley, Brighton)
Absolutely brilliant – a must-read for all Albion fans, in fact, for all football fans.
(Steve Cowdry, Swindon)
As a lifelong Brighton & Hove Albion supporter I thoroughly enjoyed this book – the memories came flooding back. My other half is a non-Brighton fan and he thought it was brilliant also and very well written. I would recommend it to anyone who has any interest in football.
(Maria Suggitt, York)
What a fantastic read! Brought back so many memories and tears supporting Brighton & Hove Albion.
(Jimmy Anderson, London)
An excellent read which highlights the pain of having to watch your team from afar due to circumstances out of your control. I thought I was alone but this book confirms I was not. A brilliant book for any fan of any club exiled from their homelands.
(Tim Colville, Birmingham)
A great book, fantastic read, evokes so many memories.
(Christopher O'Regan, Sussex)
An awesome read. In some ways reminiscent of Nick Varley's Park Life, but much more immediate and in places very humorous. The experiences and emotions relayed in this book will resonate with every football supporter, no matter who you support.
(Jon West, California)
You don't have to be a follower of Brighton & Hove Albion to read this book. It is full of interesting stories and information about different clubs that maybe not everyone has been to. Really enjoyable read.
(Jackie Hersee, Hastings)
Death in Grimsby charts Nic's passion for his far from ordinary home town club for more than half a century. It is a collection of personal stories which will resonate with every football supporter, no matter which club they may follow.
Each chapter is a separate story related to 21 different matches and events, including Nic's first night game against Portsmouth in 1969, a record 8-2 defeat against Bristol Rovers in 1973, winning promotion to the old League Division One in 1979, an FA Cup Final in 1983, Football League survival against Hereford United in 1997 and much more.
A clearly delighted Nic said: "I hoped my story might resonate with supporters of most football clubs, but to reach number 2 in the sales charts and to have so many top reviews is beyond my wildest dreams."
The formal launch of Death in Grimsby with personal signings and special guests will take place at two venues in Brighton and Worthing on the eve of the Albion's first home game of the 2019/20 season against West Ham on 17 August.
The first launch event is from 7pm on Thursday 15 August at the Caxton Arms, North Gardens, Brighton. The second event is from 6pm on Friday 16 August at the Castle Ale House, Newland Road, Worthing. Everyone is welcome.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1095979752/.
A Kindle e-book edition of the book is also available for £3.99 at:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Grimsby-Following-Brighton-Albion-ebook/dp/B07T4VMJRQ/
Author seagullnicPosted on June 27, 2019 June 27, 2019 Categories Journalism, My life, UncategorizedTags Amazon, autobiography, BHAFC, Brighton and Hove Albion, Death in Grimsby, football, New book, Nic Outterside, paperback, Seagulls, soccer, supportersLeave a comment on New best-selling football book scores again with a host of five star reviews
Half a century following the Albion
This season I am celebrating 50 years supporting the Albion. Now with our first season in the Premier League almost finished, I thought it might be a time for a snapshot of 10 of my personal highs and lows following our team over that half century.
The Goldstone Ground
League Division 3
B&HA 1 Bury 0
My first Albion game. I witnessed in boyish awe a 1-0 home win against Bury in front of a bustling 13,413 crowd with Kit Napier scoring the only goal. Two weeks later I was back to watch us lose by the same score to Torquay. But I was already hooked!
League Cup 2nd Round
B&HA 1 Portsmouth 0
My first night game against 2nd Division giants and fierce rivals Pompey. Standing in the middle of a packed North Stand I sucked in the pungent air of cigarette smoke and testosterone. On the pitch Alex Dawson scored our winner and Kit Napier had his shirt ripped off his back by Pompey full-back Eoin Hand as he raced towards their goal.
B&HA 2 Bristol Rovers 8
Brian Clough had just been appointed manager and Albion euphoria was at a new height… but it didn't last long! Hot on the heels of a 4-0 defeat against Walton and Hersham in the FA Cup, we faced high-flying Bristol Rovers. Smash and Grab strikers Bruce Bannister and Alan Warboys did the damage; and 44 years later I have not since witnessed such an Albion humiliation.
Newcastle United 1 B&HA 3
I wrote about this game extensively in TAM#4. What else is there to say, except I was there, and prior to the promotion clinching win against Wigan last month, this was my most exciting moment, supporting the Albion.
Leeds United 1 B&HA 0
I hate Leeds United and I hate Elland Road. I have so many bad memories of the place, including almost being maimed for life as Leeds thugs hurled house bricks at me and friends after a Newcastle United v Bolton League Cup replay in 1976. This game was little different as we were huddled in caged open terracing and spent the whole game trying to dodge coins and other metal objects being thrown at us by Leeds supporters.
Oakwell
League Cup 3rd Round
Barnsley 4 B&HA 1
I was teaching in Barnsley and my 5th form class persuaded me into to going to the game and standing with the home supporters. Gatting scored for us in the second minute and I jumped around like a demented monkey. I was soon put in my place by the surrounding Barnsley supporters and the four goals which followed. I had to put up with ridicule from my pupils until well after Christmas.
Edgar Street
Hereford United 1 B&HA 1
I had lived near Hereford for seven years during the 1980s and knew the town and the Edgar Street ground well; so by hook and crook I managed to get a ticket. At half time we were staring oblivion fully in the face. And we all know what happened next. The defining moment as an Albion supporter.
Brunton Park
Carlisle United 0 B&HA 0
The first and only game I ever took my two daughters to. Basking in sunshine and with hundreds of blue and white balloons we watched and ate crisps as the Albion held out for drab goalless draw and promotion out of the bottom division for the first time since before Bellotti and Archer! Two years later was the last time I ever saw my daughters.
Blundell Park
Grimsby Town 2 B&HA 1
This was the day we delivered a huge Valentine's card to John Prescott's office in Hull as part of the Falmer for All campaign. I then drove across the Humber Bridge for a routine league game against Grimsby. It was cold and wet and with no parking close to the ground I was already soaked to the skin by the time I had walked five streets and bought my first Bovril. We lost thanks to two goalkeeping howlers by our young third choice keeper Stuart Jones. This was the match where I came closest to dying of hypothermia!
FA Cup 3rd Round
The Amex
B&HA 1 Wrexham 1
This game – and the replay at the Racecourse – will always stay with me. I developed a close bond with Wrexham FC during their battle against their asset stripping owners in 2004-05 and as a result ended up living in the town for eight years. The love and bond between the two clubs endured, and after our promotion was secured last month, I was showered with 'well-done' and 'thanks' messages from Wrexham supporters.
Author seagullnicPosted on May 1, 2018 Categories Albion Mag, My life, UncategorizedTags 50 years, Brighton, Brighton and Hove Albion, football, passion, Seagulls, soccer2 Comments on Half a century following the Albion
A day and a life following the Albion with a little help from a friend
IT was 50 years ago today Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play… and 50 years since my very first Albion game.
Lucy was in the Sky with Diamonds, but at the end of the so-called Summer of Love I was about to begin a love affair that would give me greater highs than any acid trip.
I was a wide-eyed 11-year-old kid when a neighbour in my home village of Mile Oak offered to take me to my first proper football match, at a place I had only ever seen from the top deck of a bus on the Old Shoreham Road.
David Knott was 32, and as an Albion nut he seemed cursed to have a daughter who hated football. So I became his Saturday surrogate son, at least for the purposes of having someone to take to matches at the Goldstone Ground.
My first Albion game was on a bright and sunny Saturday, 2 September 1967; and it was a trip into dreamland as I witnessed a 1-0 home win against Bury in front of a bustling 13,413 crowd.
I stood with David near the front right of the North Stand and watched in awe as these 22 men battled it out on the sun-kissed grass.
I soaked it all in, including the fact that Bury were captained by Scottish international Bobby Collins, who was hard in the tackle and ran the show from midfield, until we scored.
Our scorer was a tousle-haired inside forward named Kit Napier. He became my immediate hero, and along with Brylcreem-blonde crowd favourite Charlie Livesey, they remain personal Albion legends.
Others in our team that day were the solid Norman Gall, John Napier (no relation to Kit), George Dalton, the emerging midfield dynamo John Templeman and two wingers Wally Gould and Brian "Tiger" Tawse, who would match Knockaert and Skalak for trickery, but maybe not pace!
So I was hooked for life and began a routine of a bus ride on the number 26 from Mile Oak to the ground for a home match every fortnight, and a Football Combination (reserve game) on alternate Saturdays – the matches when you got to talk with the keeper during the game!
Then there came the waiting-in-line at the North-West corner gates for players' autographs after training, during the school holidays, scrapbooks of match cuttings from the Argus and the obligatory club scarf and a matching Subbuteo team.
It was an all-consuming schoolboy passion.
And a passion, which over these 50 years has endured living in Scotland, Yorkshire and the North East, the hellish fight for the survival of our club in the mid-1990s, the Gillingham and Withdean years and at last the glory of the Amex and our promotion to the promised land of the Premier League.
In 1967, England were World Champions, Harold Wilson was Prime Minister, the newest must-have car was the Ford Escort, mods still fought rockers on Brighton beach, man had yet to land on the moon and colour TV was still just a dream.
Yep, times have changed…
My return bus journey to the Goldstone in 1967 was 8d (about 3p), admission to the North Stand was 2s 9d (13p) – a lot less for the reserve games – the match programme was 1s (5p), a cup of Bovril 2d (1p) and a bag of crisps the same!
So to travel and watch my heroes every Saturday, and enjoy a half-time snack cost a stately 22p!
To put things in perspective: in 1967 a man's average annual wage was £900, the average mortgage was £80 a year and a loaf of bread was just 5p… a season ticket to watch the English champions Manchester United was £8.50.
To allow for inflation, £1 in 1967 is worth £16.80 today, so I'll let you do the maths and comparisons.
Now, aged 62 and sitting in front of a state-of-the-art PC with Sergeant Pepper's playing on iPlayer, the years come tumbling back and memories of that sunny Saturday in 1967 will never leave me.
Author seagullnicPosted on May 1, 2018 Categories Albion Mag, My life, UncategorizedTags 1967, Brighton, Brighton and Hove Albion, football, Heroes, legends, Seagulls, soccer, supporterLeave a comment on A day and a life following the Albion with a little help from a friend
Stars for a minute
HOW narrow is the dividing line between being a professional footballer, seeking the best salary for your ability, and being a self-seeking prima donna?
That line has been firmly tested over the past couple of months.
First we had the one man strike at West Ham by their star play maker Dimitri Payet, demanding he be sold for a mega million fee.
Then we had striker Chris Martin do much the same at Fulham, although on this occasion he simply wanted to return to his parent club Derby County.
And then we saw striker Ross McCormack conduct a one man training strike at Aston Villa. His actions forced Villa manager Steve Bruce to publically reveal that the Scot had been dropped from the first team squad for "continually missing training".
But these examples are not a new capitalist madness in the beautiful game we all love.
Back in 1998, Dutch striker Pierre van Hooijdonk staged a very public one player strike, claiming Nottingham Forest had made "broken promises" to sell him if he helped them earn promotion from Division One.
And more recently in September 2011, during a Champions League clash with Bayern Munich, Argentine star Carlos Tevez ignored Roberto Mancini's orders and refused to come on as a substitute for Manchester City.
Crazy eh!
So how refreshing is it that one of our own stars has the dignity and professionalism to show others how to behave.
The transfer speculation surrounding Dale Stephens dominated the Albion's close-season.
The Seagulls turned down several bids of up to £8million from Premier League side Burnley for the midfield star.
Then as the transfer window closed, Stephens took to Twitter to explain that although he had been "reluctant" to submit a transfer request, he wanted an opportunity to play in the top flight.
"I'm 27 and recognised this could by my final opportunity to do so, which is why I feel disappointed my chance was taken away," he posted.
Many Albion fans feared that Stephens might sulk, rebel or simply refuse to train as a result of his rejected transfer.
But how wrong they were.
Since last August, Stephens has proved to be one of our key players. His work ethic is exemplary and his importance to the team is pivotal.
Small wonder that the Albion have not lost a game this season, when Stephens has been in the team.
On 22 October, after scoring the winner for the Albion against Wigan, he underlined his professionalism saying: "I enjoy playing for this club and enjoy playing for this manager and I remain fully committed until the end of the season."
But Dale Stephens' situation opens up a reality for many professional footballers, and maybe casts some light on the actions of Payet, Martin and McCormack.
It has always been the case that the career of a professional footballer is short.
For while many may sign for a club as a schoolboy, their proper career doesn't usually take off until they turn 20. And for most it is all over by the time they reach 35 – Inigo Calderon, Bobby Zamora and Gordon Greer are good recent cases in point.
So what do they do for the next 30 years of a normal working life?
Some stay with the club in an executive or coaching capacity (Guy Butters and Paul Watson) and some take up TV or radio punditry (Adam Virgo), but for others the future is less clearly defined.
For all players the onus is to earn as much as they can, while playing at their top level, to pay for a lengthy retirement.
Last season, average Championship earnings were £6,235 a week (£324,250 a year) while in the Premier League first-team average salaries were around £1.7 million.
Meanwhile, the average basic pay in League One was £69,500 and £40,350 in League Two – not much more than the national average.
That means top-flight players earned over five times as much as Championship players, almost 25 times as much as League One players, and around 42 times as much as League Two players.
Small wonder that players like Dale Stephens want to play in the Premier League before age and declining fitness determines that their career is over.
Thirty years ago, a top-flight footballer earned on average £25,000 per year, or just two-and-a-half times as much as the average household income of £9,788.
By 1995-96, a top-flight player earned six-and-a-half times as much as an ordinary family, and by 10 years ago it was more than 20 times as much, or £686,000 versus £33,000 per year.
Now it's more than 40 times as much.
So spare a thought for my boyhood Albion heroes of the late 1960s.
Charlie Livesey was already a star with Chelsea when he joined the Albion in 1965. He was the Dale Stephens type dynamo of that era.
At the time the average weekly wage for a footballer in the third tier was just £20.
In his four years with the Albion, Livesey made 146 appearances, scoring 37 goals, before being released aged just 31, in April 1969.
He finished his career at Crawley Town then returned to the East End of London where he became a humble painter and decorator. Charlie died in 2005, aged 67.
Nobby Lawton was a similar midfielder – ironically born in Newton Heath, Manchester, just a few miles from where Dale Stephens later grew up.
He began his football career as an amateur with Manchester United. Following the Munich air disaster in 1958, he gave up his job with a local coal merchant to sign professional forms.
By the time he signed for the Albion from Preston North End in 1967, aged 27, wages had climbed to £30 a week.
Lawton was Livesey's natural replacement at the heart of midfield and scored 14 goals in 112 appearances before dropping down to the Fourth Division to play for Lincoln City in 1970, and retiring two years later, aged 32. He returned to Newton Heath in 1977 to work for an export packaging firm.
Nobby Lawton died in April 2006, aged just 66.
Today, while Dale Stephens will hope for a much longer and healthier life, his career expectation is the same as it was for Charlie Livesey and Nobby Lawton, all those years ago.
It's a long retirement.
Author seagullnicPosted on July 20, 2017 Categories Albion Mag, Journalism, UncategorizedTags Brighton and Hove Albion, Charlie Livesey, Chris Martin, Dale Stephens, Dimitri Payet, Money, Nobby Lawton, Prima Donnas, retirement, Ross McCormackLeave a comment on Stars for a minute
A Sublime Day in May
MY paternal grandfather's abiding passions were his vegetable garden, barley wine, horse racing and Newcastle United Football Club – not necessarily in that order.
But one thing was certain, enter his living room any time after 4.40 on a Saturday afternoon – once the BBC tele-printer was running – and there was complete silence, as he waited for the Newcastle result to come in.
Grandfather, or Pop as he was known, was born and raised in Throckley, seven miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne, the son and grandson of coal miners at the village's Maria Pit. He was Geordie to the bones.
He had moved south in 1933, during the Depression, with my gran, my dad and his three siblings, to find work and a better life.
With his health failing, aged 86, he returned north early in 1979, following the death of my gran. He wanted to live out his final years on his beloved Tyneside.
All my life he had regaled me with deep passion about the pre-war Newcastle teams (particularly the 1926-27 First Division champions) and the three times post war FA Cup winners, with the legendary centre forward Jackie Milburn – the uncle of Bobby and Jack Charlton.
So we come to the evening of Friday 4 May, 1979, and I am sipping a large whisky with Pop at his comfortable new home on Tyneside and talking excitedly about the reason I am staying with him for the weekend.
I am enthusing about my beloved Brighton and Hove Albion and their end of season fixture at St James Park against his beloved Magpies.
He smiles, asks me to pour him another whisky – this time with a splash of ginger wine – and whispers: "Don't get carried away lad, your team haven't done it yet, they still have to encounter the Mags on God's own soil."
I went to bed that night with a huge grin on my face.
Saturday 5th May was our big day.
But strangely, it wasn't the last day of the 1978/79 season.
A snow laden winter had left many clubs playing catch-up with their remaining fixtures, and we were going into our last game at Newcastle, at the top of a remarkably tight Second Division table, with just one point separating the top four clubs.
A win would secure us promotion to the First Division for the first time in our history against a Newcastle side in ninth place, with little to play for, bar pride.
So that morning, in bright sunshine, but with a chill wind in the air, I hopped the local train into the city.
At the station I met an old friend Pete – a Geordie with whom I had gone to many Newcastle games, while we were at university together in West Yorkshire. He had a black and white scarf wrapped around his neck and was grinning widely.
"Why aye, Nic, let's do some beer," he enthused, "There are quite a few pubs that open at 10.30." And so we began a two man pub crawl for the short distance between the city station and the Newcastle ground.
We eventually reached The Strawberry, an infamous drinking hole outside the Gallowgate End of St James Park. It was (and still is) a pub for home supporters only.
"Keep yer trap shut inside," Pete winked, "Or I am not responsible for taking you to hospital!"
The Gallowgate End or "Gallows Hole" was an historic place of public execution in Newcastle. In 1650, 22 people – including 15 witches – were hanged in one day.
The last hanging took place in 1844, only three decades before the first ball was kicked inside St James Park!
So I drank my pint quietly, to avoid becoming a 20th century execution!
Then, merry with beer, Pete and I shook hands and wended out respective ways to either end of this legendary football stadium. What followed, was the stuff of real legends.
The weather was sunny and dry as the game kicked off, in front of 28,434 fans.
The first 10 minutes was all Brighton as we attacked the Leazes End, where our 2,000 plus fans were gathered. We were dominating, and suddenly from a left wing Williams' corner, skipper Brian Horton snuck between the Newcastle defence to bullet a header into the net. (1-0 Albion).
With Rollings and Cattlin immense in defence, Horton running the midfield, and Peter Ward inspiring, Albion began bossing the game. A few minutes later Ward let Maybank in with a clear shot on goal, but Teddy shanked it wide.
That was the key for Newcastle to up their game, and they twice came close to an equaliser.
But they hadn't counted on Peter Ward, whose sublime mazy run through their defence and a directed shot, which somehow managed to cross the goal line, doubled the lead. (2-0 Albion).
Our football was expansive as the rain started to team down.
It was end to end stuff, before Ward fired at goal and Gerry Ryan poked in the rebound from a Newcastle defender. (3-0 Albion).
But the Magpies were not about to give up and they began to put steady pressure on our goal before the half-time whistle blew.
We were almost there… just 45 minutes to make history.
The second half was rocky in comparison as Brighton nerves made their way around St James Park. But the clock was ticking and when Alan Shoulder pulled one back for Newcastle, it was too late for a comeback.
As the final whistle blew, the moment (and the game) was savoured. We went wild as our heroes in yellow ran towards us, manager Alan Mullery ran onto the pitch, hugged Horton and joined in the celebrations.
Tears flowed, voices shouted, cheers echoed, hugs were exchanged and smiles enveloped every face.
We were promoted to the top flight for the first time in our history!
But it had gone to the wire: with a game in hand, Palace won the title with 57 points, we were second on 56, just ahead of Stoke on goal difference and Sunderland fourth on 55 points.
After the game I tried to find Pete for a celebratory pint, but in the days before mobile phones, and amid thousands of cheering supporters, the task was impossible.
A few days later, he telephoned me at home to say; "Where were you afterwards? We were all waiting for you in The Strawberry!"
But later that sublime Saturday evening I arrived back at Pop's home, to be greeted with a smile, a handshake, a "well done, lad" and a very large whisky.
Pop sadly passed away, two years later.
I will never forget him, or that day.
Author seagullnicPosted on July 20, 2017 Categories Albion Mag, My lifeTags 1979, Brighton and Hove Albion, Memories, Newcastle United, Promotion, St James ParkLeave a comment on A Sublime Day in May
Fans United Will Never Be Defeated
Ken Richardson's fire
Stoked the Doncaster ire
It only took a spark
To ignite his moment in the dark
They can't understand
In their money-grabbing hands
When they try to steal our game
They are all the fuckin same
We will not be tamed and seated
Fans united together
Will never be defeated
Bill Archer made a killing
From his crooked Goldstone shilling
But the battling Seagulls now fly
Under a blue and white sky
Alex Hamilton's wrecking ball
Swung the Racecourse call
As the evil ball came down
Wrexham's fans saved their ground
Roland Duchatelet's sleight of hand
Unites the Valley stand
The fans now deal their own CARD
As they clear him from their yard
Karl Oyston sues football fans for fun
But his regime is now undone
Under the famous Blackpool lights
Here come the Tangerine Knights
Author seagullnicPosted on July 20, 2017 Categories Albion Mag, PoemsTags Asset Strippers, Brighton and Hove Albion, Charlton Athletic, Doncaster Rovers, Fans United, money grabbing, poem, Poetry, WrexhamLeave a comment on Fans United Will Never Be Defeated
They are all the bloody same
But the soaring Seagulls now fly
Author seagullnicPosted on February 10, 2017 Categories PoemsTags Asset Strippers, Blackpool, Brighton and Hove Albion, Charlton Athletic, Doncaster Rovers, Fans United, poem, WrexhamLeave a comment on Fans United Will Never Be Defeated
Spending a Penny for the Albion
THERE is nothing quite like having an intimate moment with your heroes.
And it was so unexpected.
I have been an obsessive fan of Brighton and Hove Albion since I was a small child and watched many victories and defeats over those years.
My baptism as an 11-year-old was standing in the North Stand at the Goldstone Ground on a sunny Saturday in September 1967 to see this team in blue and white beat Bury 1-0, with a goal from my soon-to-be hero, Kit Napier.
The chanting, bustle and atmosphere immersed me. I was hooked and soon queuing after training sessions to obtain the autographs of these footballing gladiators: Charlie Livesey, Norman Gall, Wally Gould, Nobby Lawton and of course Christopher Napier.
I can still smell the Bovril and cigarette soaked air of my first evening game one year later and taste the pride and disappointment of the 1983 FA Cup Final.
So I cheered on my heroes from the legendary Peter Ward to icons such as Brian Horton, Steve Foster, Bobby Zamora and Jimmy Case.
Yes, Brighton and Hove Albion are, and have always been, an integral part of my life.
But nothing prepared me for that moment on the M1 motorway, on Friday 28th March 2008.
My Aunt Val had died suddenly, and as next-of-kin I had driven to her home in North London to sort out her affairs. Her death was unexpected and I guess my mind was focussed on getting everything right.
After dealing formalities with her solicitor and the funeral celebrant I hopped into my car to make the long journey back to my home in North Wales.
I stopped at the M1 Toddington Services, just north of Luton, for petrol, a coffee and a toilet break.
I was vaguely aware of a smart coach pulling in next to me in the car park.
The loo called first, so I made my way to the gents. I stood by the urinal trough and was just about to relieve myself when more than a dozen guys in dark blue tracksuits walked in.
They assembled in various positions to answer the call of nature. As I started to pee I looked up at the guy next to me. He had a Brighton and Hove Albion badge on his tracksuit top. I silently gasped and looked along at the rest of the guys… it was the entire Brighton first team squad.
That was the OMG moment and I got instant water retention.
I was peeing with my heroes… or in my case not! I had to stop looking or they might get the wrong impression!
As I exited the service station toilets I turned to the player next to me – our full back Andrew Whing – and politely asked: "What are you guys doing in Luton?"
"We are on our way to Leeds, we play them tomorrow," was the reply.
"Do we?" I answered stupidly, still desperate for a wee.
Author seagullnicPosted on January 12, 2017 Categories Albion MagTags Andrew Whing, Brighton and Hove Albion, Heroes, M1, Motorway ServicesLeave a comment on Spending a Penny for the Albion
Stopping the Wrecking Ball at Wrexham
Since my first game in 1967, I have witnessed many highs and lows following my beloved Brighton and Hove Albion.
And, like most clubs we have had our share of heroes and villains.
Kit Napier was the first of many heroes – far too many to name.
But the true villains in our club number just three: former club owners Bill Archer and Greg Stanley along with chief executive David Bellotti.
And as most readers will know, the 1996/97 season became one of football's great displays of non-violent direct action, as we staged a desperate fight against these three men, who were stealing our club from under our noses.
That season included the first Fans United Day, when on 8 February 1997, supporters of clubs across the UK and Europe shared the Goldstone terraces in solidarity with the Albion fans.
We eventually succeeded in our battle to save our club. But the victory came too late to save the Goldstone Ground.
Over the ensuing years the story of asset stripping football club owners was replicated far too many times for comfort.
By the time I became involved in a similar battle, seven years had passed.
I was living 300 miles away on Tyneside and by a quirk of fate was unexpectedly thrust the mantle of Fans United organiser for Wrexham FC.
The supporters were battling their club owner Alex Hamilton, who had threatened to bulldoze their ground for a housing development. But they were facing an uphill battle for anyone outside North Wales to recognize their plight.
I guess with 20 years of PR and newspaper experience and family connections to North Wales, I had found a strange niche.
Weeks of phone calls, radio and TV interviews and bombarding other football clubs' message boards (this was before the days of Facebook and Twitter), and another Fans United Day arrived.
Saturday 20 November 2004, was a football day I will never forget.
More than 1,000 supporters of other clubs descended on Wrexham's Racecourse Ground that afternoon for a routine third tier match against Bristol City.
The weather was wintry and cold, but that did not dampen the shared spirit.
As part of a small group of Brighton fans I entered the famous old ground and made my way to seats on the left side of the home stand.
Wrexham's average home gate had been 4,500 and even at 2.50pm it was clear that there were many more than the average.
Everywhere we looked fans were filling the seats – even the terraces at Wrexham's Kop seemed full.
Our small group was soon augmented by more friends. We stood 16 strong and knew other Brighton supporters were elsewhere in the ground. Around us we met fans from Sunderland, Cardiff City and Swansea, Stoke City, Stockport County, Northampton, Everton, Wolves, Telford, Bury, Donny Rovers and even Chester City (Wrexham's bitter rivals from 10 miles up the road)
Suddenly a chorus of "We love you Brighton" echoed from our left. A group of Wrexham fans were looking in our direction, singing and smiling broadly.
A chill ran down my spine, I looked around as thousands of people rose to their feet and applauded. More choruses of "We love you Brighton" rang from all sides of the ground.
I glanced at my good friend Ian. "Glad you're here?" I asked.
"Too right, I wouldn't have missed this for anything" he replied.
The ground was full as the first half passed in repeated choruses of singing and chanting.
Then a few minutes before half-time a senior steward told us: "You can carry your banner around the pitch at half-time."
Dazed by the offer, a handful of us followed the steward down the steps as people stood and began applauding. This was unreal.
Around the pitch side we continued. The game was still in progress, but as we walked, each section of the ground rose to their feet and cheered and clapped – it was as if what was happening on the pitch was inconsequential.
Our collective hands were freezing but the adrenalin was rushing as we began a procession along the touchline – our Save the Racecourse banner held aloft to the crowd. Spontaneous "We love you Brighton" echoed again in our ears. Fans leant over the hoardings to shake our hands.
As we reached the Kop there was gathered on the pitch about 200 Wrexham fans holding their own Save the Racecourse banner. We walked past, spontaneously shook hands, embraced and shared smiles that will last many lifetimes.
I moved across to Ian and said: "This surpasses anything I have ever been to in football… only the last game at the Goldstone comes close".
Ian smiled broadly. "It is simply amazing" he replied.
We made our way back to our seats, shaking more hands along the way. But as we approached the entrance at the end of the main stand a hefty and serious looking man in a red Wales shirt stood in our way. He looked menacing. I looked at him closely and there were tears in his eyes.
"I just want to say thank you," he said.
He thrust his giant hand into mine and shook firmly, and proceeded to ensure he shook all our hands.
On the way back to the seats we stopped to ask a steward about the attendance. She replied: "At least 10,000!"
Wrexham lost the game 3-1, but that did not seem to matter to anyone.
Sometimes the bigger picture is more important.
Wrexham eventually won their battle, but not before the club was placed into administration and eventually relegated from the football league.
Twelve years later Wrexham FC are still languishing in non-league football, but the club is now owned by the fans as a community venture and never again will they be victim to a rogue or greedy asset stripper.
Author seagullnicPosted on January 12, 2017 May 1, 2018 Categories Albion MagTags 2004, Asset Strippers, Brighton and Hove Albion, Fans United, Wrexham FC1 Comment on Stopping the Wrecking Ball at Wrexham


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Bad Body Image Isn't Just For Ladies Anymore
Hollywood of the Day: Carrie Fisher Says She Was Pressured Into Losing Weight for the New Star Wars Film
This image features Carrie Fisher in 2011 compared to now after losing over 35 pounds the newest Star Wars Movie. Fisher told Good Housekeeping UK that she felt pressured to lose the weight in order to reprise her role as Princess (now General) Leia Organa.
In the interview she expressed dissapointment that after 38 years, Hollywood is still appearance obsessed, particularily when it comes to slimming down female actresses and maybe she has a point. Princess Leia, a badass in her own right (see video below if you need proof), is more often remembered for her sex symbol status in the iconic "Slave Leia" gold bikini.
Here's What Women in Video Games Would Look Like if They Had Realistic Bodies
If there's anything less realistic than female body armor, it's female bodies themselves.
Hollywood Is Warping Everyone's Body Image
Just Don't Look in the Mirror
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Q: OOP Tactics with the Angular MVC Framework? I learned a lot from reading this question that is a question pretty similar to mine. This is my first attempt at OOP, I've always coded using the procedural paradigm. Before I ask my question it would probably be useful to know the context in the form of the stack I'm using.
Server: Debian Linux
Server-Side-Language: NodeJS with the Express Framework
DB: Indirectly MongoDB; actually BAAS in the form of Firebase.
Since we're using BAAS, the only function of NodeJS is to serve the files. In fact, we don't even have a template engine installed. On the front end we're using Angular. The entire site is a real-time SPA that uses Angular routes.
What I'm wondering is how to apply OOP to an MVC framework which is without a real way to create classes or instances of classes. From the question I linked at the beginning of my question, the answer seems to be using angular factories as classes.
Each Angular module is essentially a giant object that should contain it's own MVC application, as far as I understand. What I'm wondering is how thin the controllers should be.
With Ruby On Rails a developer is highly encouraged to create a fat model and thin controllers.
The way I feel I should go about this is the following:
1) Create a model and pack it with classes in the form of Factories.
2) Create controllers which create instances of these factories, manipulate and call methods of these factories, and create a feed for the view.
3) Create a view which displays the data served by the controllers, via two-way data binding.
The problem that I'm having here is that everywhere I look people are talking about keeping your controllers thin. As I'm new to OOP and MVC, I'm sure that I'm not applying the concepts of one or both correctly.
Does my approach follow both OOP and MVC concepts correctly? If not, where am I mistaken, and what is the correct application of these concepts for my situation?

A: First, don't try to compare ruby-on-rails controllers and angular controllers, they have different purpose and responsibilities.
In the server-side framework (not only ROR), the controller is responsible for incoming requests handling and usually does this:

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*Extract the input data from the request

*Validate the input

*Pass input to some business logic object (may be a model or special object implementing some requirements)

*Format the response (generate the HTML template, convert to json, etc)

That is a lot, so you need to try to move every of these steps to separate objects and try to keep the controller thin.
By the way, making the model fat is also a mistake. Any fat class violates the Single Responsibility Principle.
The general advice is to split out your business logic into small objects and keep it as independent from the framework as possible. This way it will be much easier to modify, maintain and test your code.
Now if you look at the angular controller, it handles the user interface (the view) and is responsible for:

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*Triggering the data loading process from the server

*Reacting to user actions in the UI

*Validating the data entered by the user

*Sending the modified data back to the server

These responsibilities have very little in common with ROR controllers.
Also there is an idea to think of angular.js not as of MVC-framework, but as of MVW (Model - View - Whatever).
Again, it is better to keep your business logic separated from the framework as much as possible.
And you still need to keep your controllers and all other objects thin.
Here are some ways to do this in angular:

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*Split big controllers into smaller, more specific one

*Convert small specific controllers into directives

*Wrap the data and loading / updating process into services

*Move out anything you can into small plain objects, use them from services / factories / directives / controllers

Actually, some people recommend not to use controllers at all and use directives instead: How I've Improved My Angular Apps by Banning ng-controller and Die Controllers Die!.
If you want to make an application in OPP-way then don't concentrate much on the framework itself, instead try to follow the general OOP principles.

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Patronyme

 Étienne-Joseph Floquet (1748 - 1785), compositeur français ;
 Amable Floquet (1797 - 1881), archiviste paléographe et historien local français ;
 Charles Floquet (1828 - 1896), homme politique français ;
 Achille Marie Gaston Floquet (1847 - 1920), mathématicien français ;
 Maurice Floquet (1894 - 2006), cinquième dernier poilus de la première guerre mondiale ;
 Gaston Floquet (1917 - 2001), artiste plasticien, traducteur  français ;
 Charles Floquet (1928 - 2009), écrivain, spécialiste de Sacha Guitry.

Voir aussi
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Risto Saarinen
Professor of Ecumenics and Head of CoE Reason and Religious Recognition
Author Contact, CV
Collected Studies
Luentoja ym
Luther Studies in Finland
Lutheran-Orthodox Dialogue
Students & Scholars Info
Professor of Ecumenics
Faculty of Theology, PO Box 4
(Vuorikatu 3, 4th floor)
FI-00014 University of Helsinki
blogs.helsinki.fi/ristosaarinen
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risto.saarinen@helsinki.fi
Curriculum vitae / Risto Saarinen (born 1959)
Dr. theol. (theology, Helsinki, 1988, Gottes Wirken auf uns
Dr. phil. (philosophy, Helsinki, 1994, Weakness of the Will in Medieval Thought
KAVAKU (Diplomatic training, Finnish Foreign Ministry, 1986)
Assistant and Researcher, University of Helsinki, 1984-1992 (tutkimusavustaja, assistentti)
Professor, Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg, 1994-1999
Acting Professor in Social Ethics, Helsinki, 1992-1993, 1999-2001 (vs. professori)
Full Professor of Ecumenics, Helsinki, 2001- (professori)
Visiting Adjunct Professor, Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg, 2003-2007
Guest Professor, University of Aarhus, 2005-2010
Guest Professor, Catholic University of Leuven, 2011-2014
Fellow, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, 2006-2008
Historical and contemporary religious studies from philosophical and systematic perspective.
Funded Projects:
1998-2001 "Early Modern Thought" network funded by the European Science Foundation, member of the coordination committee (Director: Knuuttila)
2001 – 2004 "Churches and European Integration" Project Funded by European Commission, member of the steering group. (Director: Lauha)
2002-2013 Team Leader of the "History of Mind" and "Philosophical Psychology, Morality and Politics" Centres of Excellence, funded by the Academy of Finland (Director: Knuuttila)
2005-2007 Beyond Fideism, Director, 3-year research project, University of Helsinki
2006-2007 Senior Researcher one-year grant, Academy of Finland
2007-2008 Senior Researcher one-year grant, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
2012-2016 Director of the Research Community "Religion and Society", University of Helsinki. The joint first prize (1.-2.) in the International Evaluation of University of Helsinki Research (Category: Societal Impact)
2012-2016 Director of Academy of Finland four-year project "Ecumenical Recognition and Toleration of Otherness"
2014-2019 Director of "Reason and Religious Recognition" Centre of Excellence, funded by the Academy of Finland
Most Important Recent Books
Recognition and Religion: A Historical and Systematic Study (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2016, 268 pp.
Luther and the Gift (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2017, 320 pp. I
Oppi luottamuksesta [On Trust], 208 pp. Gaudeamus, Helsinki 2017.
Oppi rakkaudesta [On Love]. 200 pp. Gaudeamus, Helsinki 2015.
Weakness of Will in Renaissance and Reformation Thought. 248 pp. (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2011).
(edited with Simo Knuuttila) Theology and early modern philosophy (1550-1750). 200 pp. Finnish Academy of Science and Letters 2010.
Summary Publications
The Helsinki University TUHAT database lists 410 publications, of which 75-80 are refereed publications during last ten years. Most of them are in English, but I regularly also publish in German. Although I increasingly focus on journals classified on the A-level by the European Science Foundation and levels 2 and 3 of the Finnish Julkaisufoorumi, the monographs and collected volumes published by best publishers remain the most prestigious and influential channels in my fields.
Encyclopedias and Handbooks
Associate Editor in: Oxford Encyclopedia of Martin Luther (three volumes, 2017)
I have contributed to several standard encyclopedic works in my fields, e.g.
Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie
Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart (engl. Religion Past and Present)
Theologische Realenzyklopädie
Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception
Dictionnaire critique de Théologie (engl. Routledge Encyclopedia of Theology)
The Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity
Global Dictionary of Theology
Three Oxford Handbooks (Trinity, Luther, Early Modern Theology)
Summary Supervision and Doctoral Training
During my full professor tenure in Helsinki since 2001, twenty-three dissertations have been completed under my supervision. Among these are Vesa Hirvonen's Passions in William Ockham's Philosophical Psychology (Kluwer 2004); Minna Hietamäki's Agreeable Agreement (T&T Clark 2010); she was the doctor primum locum tenens in the Faculty Conferment Ceremony of 2011, and Timo Nisula's Augustine and the Functions of Concupiscence (Brill 2012). Several of these doctors have also completed their habilitation (Hirvonen, Olli-Pekka Vainio with his Beyond Fideism, Ashgate 2010, Jari Jolkkonen, Risto Jukko). I have currently ten doctoral students working with their dissertation in Helsinki. In addition to my regular supervision, my work as Research Dean of Theology Faculty (2004-2006 and 2010-16 ) has been connected with doctoral training in various ways. I have organized trips with doc students to Heidelberg, Strasbourg, Leuven and Oxford and promote their work in the contexts of AAR and the Heidelberg-based Global Network of Theology faculties. In 2014-2016 I was in the LERU universities theology group.
Summary Congress Work
Between 2001 and 2016, I have attended 6-8 international congresses annually, most of them with a paper. I have been the primary convener of two big ventures:
12th International Congress for Luther Research in Helsinki 5-10 August 2012. This congress brought 230 participants to Helsinki
Plenary Congress of Societas Oecumenica in Helsinki, 90 participants, August 2016
Review and Referee Work
In the last ten years, I have worked as doctoral examiner in Berkeley, Leuven, Lund, Oslo and Tartu and have written review reports of professoral candidates for Aarhus, Uppsala, Copenhagen, Heidelberg and Catholic University of America. I have further been reviewing research projects for various European institutions, e.g., Belgian, Norwegian and Austrian Research Council and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and do regular peer review work for several international publishers (5-10 times annually)
International Academic Boards
Europäische Melanchthon-Akademie (Bretten, 2003-2009)
Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (Mainz, 2005-2010 and 2011-2015)
Forschungszentrum für Internationale und Interdisziplinäre Theologie (FIIT Heidelberg, 2008-).
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (2010-13)
Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie (de Gruyter, Germany), Dialog (Wiley-Blackwell, UK), Berliner Theologische Zeitschrift (HumboldtUniv. Berlin), Pro ecclesia (Rowman & Littlefield, U.S.) Theophilos (Luth. University of Brazil), Reformed Historical Theology (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Germany), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Martin Luther (OUP, UK). The first journal has the highest level 3 in Finnish publication ranking Julkaisufoorumi.
University of Helsinki (UH): Faculty of Theology, Vice-Dean for Research 2004-2006 and 2010-2016. Scientific Council of UH 2007-2009 and 2014-2016; UH Library Board 2010-2014.
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, member since 1999. Chair of Theology and Religious studies group 2008-2012.
Academia Europaea, member since 2015.
Finnish Theological Literature Society, chair 2010-2016.
Finnish National Matriculation Board (Ylioppilastutkintolautakunta), member 2004-2009.
Crisis Management Initiative, member since 2005.
Ecumenical Expertise and Positions of Trust:
Lutheran World Federation: Finnish delegate in 1984 Budapest assembly. LWF advisor in 1997 Hongkong assembly and responsible there for the ecclesiology working group. Delegate of Finnish Church in Winnipeg assembly 2003. Council advisor at Stuttgart assembly 2010. Member and drafter of the LWF ecclesiology group 1994-1996. Adventist – LWF theological conversations 1994-1998, advisor and drafter. Lutheran – Orthodox Joint Commission, 1995-1998 advisor, 1999- delegate, since 1995 in the drafting group. From 2004 to 2010 advisor to the council of the LWF and member of its board of Theology and Studies.
Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg. Full-time employment from 1994 to 1999, organizing ecumenical meetings and steering the dialogues of the LWF. Visiting professor from 2003-2007, continuing this work. Annual participation in the ecumenical specialists' meetings at Klingenthal from 2001 to the present day.
World Council of Churches, Finnish Ecumenical Council: Regular contacts
Societas Oecumenica. Board member 1994-1998, convener of Strasbourg plenary conference in 1996 and Helsinki plenary in 2016.


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Description/subject: 1 FOREWORD BY ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU; INTRODUCTION:- 3 FLAWED IMPLEMENTATION; 3 MOVING AHEAD; 4 RESISTANCE; 4 BROKEN PROMISES; 5 NO DELAY; 6 SMART SANCTIONS... PART 2: THE STORY SO FAR:- 7 CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS; 9 ROADMAPS LEADING NOWHERE: * Thai �road map' _ Much Ado About Nothing; * The SPDC Roadmap_ the Perfect Stalling Tactic; * National Convention background; * What's missing from the �road map'; * What the convention does offer; * NLD & ethnic nationality participation not required; 12 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; 14 BROADER INDIRECT IMPACT OF SANCTIONS; 17 LIMITATIONS OF SANCTIONS: * �Carroty Sticks'; 18 SANCTIONS & THE ECONOMY... PART 3: CURRENT SANCTIONS:- 21 CANADA'S SANCTIONS ON BURMA; 22 EUROPEAN UNION SANCTIONS ON BURMA; 23 JAPAN'S POLICY ON BURMA; 24 UNITED STATES SANCTIONS ON BURMA; 25 SANCTIONS & ACTIONS: AN ASSESSMENT; 25 IMPORT BAN: * Direct Impacts; * Room For Improvement; 26 BAN ON REMITTANCES TO BURMA: * Direct Impacts; * Room For Improvement; 28 FOREIGN INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS: * Direct Impacts; * Room For Improvement; 30 ARMS EMBARGO / NON-PROVISION OF ARTICLES/SERVICES THAT COULD BE USED FOR REPRESSION * Direct Impacts: * Room For Improvement; 33 ASSETS FREEZE: * Direct Impacts & Room For Improvement; 34 TRAVEL/VISA BAN: * Direct Impacts; * Room For Improvement; 35 BAN ON DIRECT FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: * Direct Impacts & Room For Improvement; * Japan Suspends Aid to Burma; * Drug Eradication Assistance; * Direct Impacts & Room For Improvement; 37 SUSPENSION OF MDB & IFI ASSISTANCE: * Direct Impacts & Room For Improvement; 38 TRADE PREFERENCE SUSPENSIONS: * Direct Impacts; * Room For Improvement; 40 DIPLOMATIC DOWNGRADES; 40 INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (ILO): * A Model For Sanctions; 43 UNITED NATIONS: * SPDC Thumbing Their Nose At The UN; * UN Interventions; * Extreme Violations; * Broad Based Support; 46 WHAT ABOUT THE UNSC? 47 UN SECRETARY GENERAL'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO BURMA: * Turning of the Tide; * A New Strategy; * UN Special Envoy's Mandate; 49 THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR'S OBLIGATION: * A Different Tune; 50 UNDERMINING ITSELF; PART 4: RECOMMENDED ACTIONS & SANCTIONS:- 51 �RECIPE FOR RECONCILIATION'; 51 PRINCIPLED ENGAGEMENT: * Nominations for the Burma Diplomatic Squad; * Components of the Recipe; * Reconstruction of Burma; 54 NO MORE TOYS FOR THE BAD BOYS; 54 WIDEN BAN ON REMITTANCES TO BURMA; 55 IMPORT BAN ON GOODS FROM BURMA: * 10% of Exports Profits Directly Fund the Regime; 58 BAN ON CONFLICT RESOURCES: * SPDC Involvement; * Examples of SPDC �unofficial' involvement in logging; * Local Communities – Logging often hurts more than it helps; * Gems; * Environmental Destruction; * Employment; * Forced Labor; * Ethnic Nationalities – Between A Rock & A Hard Place; * Drugs, HIV/AIDS & Money Laundering; * Resource Diplomacy; * Who's Operating? * Some of the Big Boys... 70 BAN ON NATURAL GAS IMPORTS FROM BURMA; 71 RESTRICTION ON FUEL SALES TO BURMA; 72 BAN ON OIL & GAS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI): * Oil & Gas; * New Pipeline Proposal; * Yadana Partners Strike Again; * Greater Mekong Subregion Project; 74 FULL INVESTMENT BAN: * Major FDI Players; * FDI 2001-2002; * Trade Fairs; * FDI Exposure to Money Laundering; * What About the Workers? 79 SPECIAL FOCUS: TENTACLES 'S HOLD ON THE FORMAL ECONOMY: * The BIG Tentacles – A Snapshot! * Ministry of Defense; * DDP: Directorate of Defense Procurement; * DDI: Directorate of Defense Industries; * MEC: Myanmar Economic Corporation; * UMEH (UMEHL): Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings; * MOGE/MPE/MPPE; * Ministry of Industry I; * Ministry of Industry II; * Myanmar Agricultural Produce Trading (MAPT); * Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE); * Myanmar Export-Import Services (MEIS); * Ministry of Post and Telegraphs (MPT); * Ministry of Hotels & Tourism; * Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise (MEPE); * Directorate of Ordnance; * State-Owned/Controlled Banks; 86 A CLOSER LOOK: UNION OF MYANMAR ECONOMIC HOLDINGS LTD (UMEH/UMEHL/UMEHI): * Gems; * Jade; * UMEH Business Ventures; * Keeping It In The Family: Industrial Estates; * It Gets Worse; * Six Degrees Of Separation; * Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA); * Na Sa Ka: Making Human Rights Violations Profitable... 95 WIDEN THE ASSETS FREEZE; 95 IMPLEMENT FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE (FATF) RECOMMENDATIONS; 98 WITHHOLD ASSISTANCE FROM IFI/MDBS: * Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS); * East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC); * Power Trade Operating Agreement (PTOA); * Technical Assistance; * Withhold GMS Funding For Projects In Burma... 102 SUSPEND JAPAN'S OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (ODA) TO BURMA: * Options; 105 PRESSURE ON JAPAN; 105 BOYCOTT AND DIVESTMENT CAMPAIGNS; 108 DELAY TOURISM: * Benefiting Whom? 109 ASEAN TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY: * The Reality; * Credibility on the Line; 111 INCREASE PRESSURE ON THE REGIME'S KEY PARTNERS; 112 SPORTS EMBARGO; 113 OFFICIAL RECOGNITION FOR THE CRPP; 113 INCREASE CAPACITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT; 114 PUT SPDC ON PROBATION; 114 TAKE BURMA TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC): * Rampant Military Growth; * Known weapons procurement during 2001-July 2003; * Civilian Military Porters; * Child Soldiers; * Drugs; * Civil War; * Displacement of People; * Systematic human rights abuses; * Failure to recognize democratic elections; * Regional Implications... PART 5: MYTHS & REALITIES:- 132 MYTH 1: Sanctions on Burma have not worked.; 133 MYTH 2: The effectiveness of sanctions is too limited to beconstructive; 134 MYTH 3: The SPDC is not influenced by international pressure; 135 MYTH 4: Sanctions can be used as a scapegoat by the SPDC for internal policy failures; 136 MYTH 5: Sanctions will alienate the �moderates' in the regime; 137 MYTH 6: Sanctions take away incentives for the regime to make progress; 138 MYTH 7: Constructive engagement would be successful in bringing reforms in Burma; 139 MYTH 8: Sanctions and principled engagement cannot work as complementary approaches; 141 MYTH 9: Western nations' economic stake in Burma is not large enough for sanctions to be effective; 142 MYTH 10: Sanctions will not impact the regime but will mostly hurt civilians: * Formal and Informal Economy; * Reality Check; * Jobs Lost? 146 MYTH 11: Sanctions are starving the population: * Very Low Nutrition and Life Expectancy Rates; * More Displacement in Ethnic and Central Areas; * Logging and Increased Poverty; * Military Forces and Arms Procurement Have Increased; * More Oppression; * Four-Cuts Program; * Mawchi Township: Impoverished by the SPDC; 151 MYTH 12: Investment and trade has brought better working conditions; 153 MYTH 13: Sanctions destroyed Burma's investment climate: * Mandalay Brewery: A Cautionary Tale; 156 MYTH 14: Sanctions created Burma's current financial crisis; * Foreign Exchange Certificates (FECs); 158 MYTH 15: Burmese people do not want sanctions; 159 MYTH 16: International pressure & sanctions will isolate the regime, push it closer to China; PART 6: IRREVERSIBLE STEPS FORWARD:- 162 LESSONS FROM AFGHANISTAN: * A Few Steps Behind; * Engagement & Reward – A Dangerous Game; * Transformation; 164 SANCTIONS FOR CHANGE: * Clear Recipe; * Period of Leverage & Enforcement Actions; * Timing & Strength; * Committee oversight; * Communication; * Moderates?; * Lose-Lose Situation; * Premature Action; 172 EU'S NEW STRATEGY APRIL 2003 – WHY IT DIDN'T MEASURE UP; 174 LESSONS FROM HAITI, NIGERIA, AND SOUTH AFRICA: * Haiti; * Nigeria; * South Africa; 179 RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: * A Non-Zero Sum View of the Conflict; * Sticks as Well as Carrots; * Asymmetry of Motivation Favoring the State Employing Coercive Diplomacy; * Opponent's Fear of Unacceptable Punishment for Noncompliance; * No Significant Misperceptions or Miscalculations; * Democracy Movement's Support For Sanctions; * Support on the Thailand-Burma Border; * What Armed Resistance & Ethnic Nationality Groups Think; * NCGUB; 184 CHECKLIST FOR THE UNITED NATIONS; 184 CHECKLIST FOR THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL; 184 CHECKLIST FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION & OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; 185 CHECKLIST FOR ASEAN; 185 CHECKLIST FOR CHINA; 185 CHECKLIST FOR JAPAN; 186 CHECKLIST FOR INDIA; 186 CHECKLIST FOR AUSTRALIA; 186 CHECKLIST FOR CANADA; 187 CHECKLIST FOR THE UNITED STATES; 187 CONCLUSION; 188 INDEX.
Title: Capitalizing on Conflict: How Logging and Mining Contribute to Environmental Destruction in Burma.
Description/subject: "'Capitalizing on Conflict' presents information illustrating how trade in timber, gems, and gold is financing violent conflict, including widespread and gross human rights abuses, in Burma. Although trade in these "conflict goods" accounts for a small percentage of the total global trade, it severely compromises human security and undermines socio-economic development, not only in Burma, but throughout the region. Ironically, cease-fire agreements signed between the late 1980s and early 1990s have dramatically expanded the area where businesses operate. While many observers have have drawn attention to the political ramifications of these ceasefires, little attention has been focused on the economic ramifications. These ceasefires, used strategically by the military regime to end fighting in some areas and foment intra-ethnic conflict in others and weaken the unity of opposition groups, have had a net effect of increasing violence in some areas. Capitalizing on Conflict focuses on two zones where logging and mining are both widespread and the damage from these activities is severe... Both case studies highlight the dilemmas cease-fire arrangements often pose for the local communities, which frequently find themselves caught between powerful and conflicting military and business interests. The information provides insights into the conditions that compel local communities to participate in the unsustainable exploitation of their own local resources, even though they know they are destroying the very ecosystems they depend upon to maintain their way of life. The other alternative — to stand aside and let outsiders do it and then be left with nothing — is equally unpalatable..." Table of Contents: Map of Burma; Map of Logging and Mining Areas; Executive Summary; Recommendations; Part I: Context; General Background on Cease-fires; Conflict Trade and Burma; Part II: Logging Case Study; Background on the Conflict; Shwe Gin Township (Pegu Division); Papun Districut (Karen State); Reported Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts; Part III: Mining Case Study; Background on the Conflict; Mogok (Mandalay Division); Shwe Gin Township (Pegu Division); Reported Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts; Conclusion.
Source/publisher: Contributions to Gemology, No. 2, August 2003, p. 1-8.
Title: New Findings of Painite.
Source/publisher: Contributions to Gemology, No. 2, August, p. 19-20.
Author/creator: Peretti, A. and Günther D.
Source/publisher: Contributions to Gemology, No. 2, August, p. 15-18.
Description/subject: Dhaka, 3 February: "The Burmese stall at the ongoing Dhaka International Trade Fair has become well-known for selling 'the most costly items', according to a stall-owner in the fair. The items to be found in the Burmese gems stall include gold jewellery with precious Burmese stones like emerald, ruby, jade, sapphire and diamonds as well as cultured pearls..."
Description/subject: "Note: On July 28th 2003, US President George W. Bush signed into law the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 (H.R. 2330). This act bans the importation into the United States of any article that is produced, mined, manufactured, grown or assembled in Burma. The following piece is actually two: 1. Thoughts on the US Embargo Against Burma by Richard W. Hughes; 2. How Sanctions Can Work by Brian Leber... In these two articles, Richard Hughes and Brian Leber examine the impact of these sanctions on the US gem trade, along with the entire issue of national sanctions, both pro and con."
Description/subject: "This article is excerpted by the story written by Ted Themelis, an expert on Myanmar (Burmese) gem deposits, and it was published in the Gemkey Magazine (Dec. 1998-Jan.1999 issue). It was updated in October 2001 incorporating all the latest news and observations gathered during Ted's latest visit to Mogok in September 2001. This article represents the most updated and authoritative account on Mogok available anywhere..."
Title: Out of the black: Burmese gems & politics.
Source/publisher: The Guide, Vol. 20, No. 4, Issue 5, Part 1, Sept.–Oct 2001, pp. 8–14.
Description/subject: Out of the Jungle, Part I "Conversation with a Burmese gem smuggler in a Maesai snooker hall: "Can you get a big chunk of jade into Thailand?" "Sure, not a problem." "But we want a really big chunk ..." "It's okay, the soldiers will deal with getting it across." We pump the smuggler for more information, but he senses that we're more interested in who "the soldiers" are than in buying jade. He departs without making an arrangement. But you can be sure that along the porous Burmese-Thai border that night, several large pieces of jade and other goods ranging from the sacred to the profane crossed over rivers and through mountain passes into Thailand, to be distributed to the rest of the world..."...FOR PARTS 2 AND 3, CLICK ON "ARCHIVES" AND NAVIGATE.
Description/subject: "Abstract A lot of liquid-gas and liquid-gas-solid inclusions were found in Pharkant jadeitites, northwestern Myanmar and their characteristics, geological setting and porphyroclastic jadeites with inclusions in them were described in detail. The results analyzed by Raman spectrometer showed that the component of liquid-gas phase and solid phase (daughter minerals) in fluid inclusions is H2O + CH4 and jadeite separately. The results indicated that Pharkant jadeitites were crystallized from H2O + CH4 bearing jadeitic melt which may originate from mantle. The P-T conditions in which the jadeitites were crystallized were speculated to be T 650 , P 1.5 GPa..." Keywords: Pharkant Myanmar, jadeitite, jadeite, fluid inclusion, H2O + CH4, jadeitic melt, mantle.
Description/subject: Part 1: Burma's Jade MInes...Part 2: Jadeite Trading, Grading and Identification...Abstract: "The jadeite mines of Upper Burma (now Myanmar) occupy a privileged place in the world of gems, as they are the principal source of top-grade material. Part 1 of this article, by the first foreign gemologists allowed into these important mines in over 30 years, discusses the history, location, and geology of the Burmese jadeite deposits, and especially current mining activities in the Hpakan region. Part 2 will detail the cutting, grading and trading of jadeite – in both Burma and China – as well as treatments. The intent is to remove some of the mystery surrounding the Orient's most valued gem".
Description/subject: "The history of Burma's jade mines in the West is a brief one. While hundreds of different reports, articles and even books exist on the famous ruby deposits of Mogok, only a handful of westerners have ever made the journey to northern Burma's remote jade mines and wrote down their findings. Occidental accounts of the mines make their first appearance in 1837. Although in 1836, Captain Hannay obtained specimens of jadeite at Mogaung during his visit to the Assam frontier (Hannay, 1837), Dr. W.Griffiths (1847) was the first European to actually visit the mines, in 1837 (Griffiths, 1847). The following is his account, as given in Scott and Hardiman (1900–1901):..."
Description/subject: Summary: "There are two major sources of rubies in Myanmar (Burma)—Mogok (Mandalay Division) and Mongshu (southern Shan State)—and several minor sources Nawarat/Pyinlon (near Namkhan, Shan State); Tanai and Nayaseik (Kachin State); Katpana (Kachin State); and Sagyin and Yatkanzin stone tracts (Madaya township) near Mandalay. Mogok and the smaller deposits are similarly hosted in white marble with considerable diversity among the rubies from each tract and strong similarities among the rubies between the tracts. Mongshu, although associated with metasediments and marbles, yields distinctly different rough and treated stones. Thus, stones from Mongshu are easily distinguished from those found at Mogok and the smaller deposits. These differences can be discerned using an optical microscope. Basic characteristics of stones from the minor sources are described, however further research is required to assess criteria for distinguishing among these sources and Mogok... Methodology: Several hundred rubies from these source areas in Myanmar were examined for features that could be recorded photographically using a Mark 6 Gemolite with a 10X eyepiece normally at maximum magnification (~60x). Images were recorded on 35 mm Ektachrome tungsten film (ASA 160) with an "eye-piece" camera and printed electronically on a FUJIX Pictography 3000 (TDT process printer). Images are presented here at relatively low resolution."
Author/creator: Griffin, W.L., Win, T.T., Davies, R., Wathanakul, P., Andrew, A. and Metcalfe, I.
Description/subject: "...Mogok is not the only active ruby mining area in Burma. Stones from the Möng Hsu (pronounced 'Maing Shu' by the Shan; 'Mong Shu' by the Burmese) deposit, located in Myanmar's Shan State, northeast of Taunggyi, first began appearing in Bangkok in mid-1992. Since that time they have completely dominated the world's ruby trade in sizes of less than 3 ct. Indeed, 99% of all the rubies traded today in Chanthaburi (Thailand) are from Möng Hsu..."
Source/publisher: Australian Gemmologist (1998, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 70–74).
Description/subject: "n a remote corner of Upper Burma, thousands are busy, seeking, searching, clawing at a mountain, prying loose boulders from the compact brown soil. Jack hammers pound out a rat-a-tat beat, punctuated by the occasional cymbal crash of pick and shovel, while a choir of coolies stand behind with baskets to carry the debris out of this earthen tomb. As each boulder is turned over, it is quickly examined, then discarded, along with the mounds of dirt that surround it. So the process is repeated. Over and over, again and again, hour after hour, day after day. The operation is a study in patience. Patience, patience – those who hurry lose, they make mistakes, they miss the prize, they don't go to heaven. The construction of the Great Pyramids in Egypt was a study in patience; that in Upper Burma today is on no less a scale, but involves deconstruction, the dismantling of entire mountains, step by step, bit by bit, stone by stone, one pebble at a time. Like the builders of pyramids, all involved share a single-minded devotion to the task. Patience, patience – those who hurry lose, they miss something, they don't go to heaven. Those who hurry don't find jade..." .
Description/subject: "...Burma is home to one of the planet's richest sources of gem wealth. Rubies and sapphires from Mogok, rubies from Möng Hsu, jade from Hpakan, pearls from the Mergui Archipelago, these are but a few of her treasures. But since 1962, Burma has also achieved notoriety of a different sort – home to one of the planet's most repressive regimes.
Description/subject: "...Long before the Buddha walked the earth, the northern part of Burma was said to be inhabited only by wild animals and birds of prey. One day the biggest and oldest eagle in creation flew over a valley. On a hillside shone an enormous morsel of fresh meat, bright red in color. The eagle attempted to pick it up, but its claws could not penetrate the blood-red substance. Try as he may, he could not grasp it. After many attempts, at last he understood. It was not a piece of meat, but a sacred and peerless stone, made from the fire and blood of the earth itself. The stone was the first ruby on earth and the valley was Mogok..."
Description/subject: "... This article resulted from the first visit by foreign gemologists to Burma's jade mines in over thirty years. the mines are described in detail, along with the road to and from the area...For over thirty years, foreigners had petitioned the Burmese government to visit the jade mines. Due to the war which had raged between the central government and successionist rebels, the answer always came back no. But times had changed. The country was now called Myanmar. And the central government had recently made peace with the rebels. So, hat in hand, we went and asked again. And we received. They said we could go..." ... I did not see any publication date for the article, but the journey was in 1996, which I have therefore put as the date of the article.
Description/subject: "...Introduction to Burmese sapphires Although it is rubies for which Burma (Myanmar) is famous, some of the world's finest blue sapphires are also mined in the Mogok area. Today the world gem trade recognizes the quality of Burmese sapphires, but this was not always the case..."
Description/subject: An engaging account of the historical, social and technical dimensions of gem mining and trading in Burma. "For many centuries, Burma has been one of the most important gem centers in the world. The Mogaung area, practically in the path of the famous World War II Burma Road, is the only commercial source of jadeite that produces qualities ranging from the finest gem emerald green to the cheapest utilitarian quality. The gem mines in Mogok are the only sources of fine gem rubies; Siam rubies are generally inferior. Only in rare cases is a fine Siam ruby found. Today, approximately eighty-five percent of all rubies and sapphires mined are of Burmese origin, especially since the Kashmir mines in India have ceased operations on any large scale. Despite sufficient time and adequate facilities for making a complete and thorough investigation, a superficial survey in the course of several trips during the past two years revealed the presence of immense wealth still hidden within Burma. Until a complete scientific investigation is made of the gem areas in Burma, it is hoped that this article will fill the interim gap..." (c) Gemological Institute of America. Reprinted by permission.
Description/subject: Editor's note: This first-hand communication from Giuseppe d'Amato appears to have been written originally in Italian. It was translated for publication in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1833, although the translator's name is not provided. However short this account, it provides valuable detailed information mining in royal Burma as well as a few hints concerning Chinese traders in Upper Burma. M.W.C.


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Directed by Chantal Akerman
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This is a simple project designed to post messages to a given Slack channel as a bot.

## Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

```ruby
gem 'slack_messaging'
```

And then execute:

```bash
bundle install
```

Or install it yourself as:

```bash
gem install slack_messaging
```

## Usage

This project requires a config file that should look like this:

```yml
slack:
  channel: <AWESOME CHANNEL NAME>
  username: <AWESOME USER NAME>
  webhook_url: <SLACK WEBHOOK URL>
  icon_emoji: ':<SOME EMOJI>:'
```

To generate this file at `~/.slack_messaging.yml`, please run this command:

```bash
slack-messaging setup
```

To obtain the webhook URL, go to [this link](https://api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks).

If you'd like to create the config file at a different directory, I recommend using the `setup` command, and then manually moving the file to your desired location:

```bash
slack-messaging setup
# Walk through the prompts to create the file
mv ~/.slack_messaging.yml /PATH/TO/FILE/config.yml
```

And then you can pass in that specific file location like this:

```bash
slack-messaging --config="/PATH/TO/FILE/config.yml" send
```

Once the config file is set up, the project is ready to go!

To print a friendly message to Slack, run:

```bash
slack-messaging send
```

Here, no specific message is being given to print to Slack, so slack_messaging will choose a random quote. The random quotes are selected using the [Quotable API](http://api.quotable.io/).

However, what if you wanted to print something specific? Well, you can! Just run:

```bash
slack-messaging send 'MESSAGE 1'
```

You can even print multiple messages at once:

```bash
slack-messaging send 'MESSAGE 1' 'MESSAGE 2' 'MESSAGE 3' ... 'MESSAGE N'
```

The output of slack_messaging will look something like this:

<img src="https://github.com/emmahsax/slack_messaging/blob/main/QuoteExample.png" width="500">

I hope you enjoy printing fun and specialized messages to Slack!

## Tests

To run the tests, run `bundle exec rspec` from the command-line. GitHub Actions will also run the tests upon every commit to make sure they're up to date and that everything is working correctly. Locally, you can also run `bundle exec guard` to automatically run tests as you develop!

---

### Contributing

To submit a feature request, bug ticket, etc, please submit an official [GitHub issue](https://github.com/emmahsax/slack_messaging/issues/new). To copy or make changes, please [fork this repository](https://github.com/emmahsax/slack_messaging/fork). When/if you'd like to contribute back to this upstream, please create a pull request on this repository.

Please follow included Issue Template(s) and Pull Request Template(s) when creating issues or pull requests.

### Security Policy

To report any security vulnerabilities, please view this repository's [Security Policy](https://github.com/emmahsax/slack_messaging/security/policy).

### Licensing

For information on licensing, please see [LICENSE.md](https://github.com/emmahsax/slack_messaging/blob/main/LICENSE.md).

### Code of Conduct

When interacting with this repository, please follow [Contributor Covenant's Code of Conduct](https://contributor-covenant.org).

### Releasing

To make a new release of this gem:

1. Merge the pull request via the big green button
2. Run `git tag vX.X.X` and `git push --tag`
3. Make a new release [here](https://github.com/emmahsax/slack_messaging/releases/new)
4. Run `gem build *.gemspec`
5. Run `gem push *.gem` to push the new gem to RubyGems
6. Run `rm *.gem` to clean up your local repository

To set up your local machine to push to RubyGems via the API, see the [RubyGems documentation](https://guides.rubygems.org/publishing/#publishing-to-rubygemsorg).

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Brown, Robert J. 1 [-]
Mandela, Nelson 1 [-]
Forsyth County 1 [-]
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topic: "Social reform"
topic: "Family"
name:"Nixon, Richard Milhous"
Robert J. Brown Oral History Interview
Brown, Robert J., American, born 1935
B&C Associates, Inc., American, founded 1960
President Richard M. Nixon, American, 1913 - 1994
Mandela, Nelson, South African, 1918 - 2013
The oral history consists of eleven digital files: 2011.174.106.1a, 2011.174.106.1b, 2011.174.106.1c, 2011.174.106.1d, 2011.174.106.1e, 2011.174.106.1f, 2011.174.106.1g, 2011.174.106.1h, 2011.174.106.1i, 2011.174.106.1j, and 2011.174.106.1k.
Robert Brown describes his childhood in High Point, North Carolina, the poverty and segregation that defined his childhood, and how his grandmother influenced him by telling stories about his family's history during slavery. Brown became one of the first black policemen in High Point and later transitioned to a position as a federal agent in New York. He returned to North Carolina in 1960 to start a public relations firm, B&C Associates, Inc., which advised companies about how to change policies on race and segregation. Brown also shares stories about serving as a special assistant to President Richard Nixon and his role in bringing attention to apartheid in South Africa through his relationship with Nelson Mandela and his family.
High Point, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
New York, United States, North and Central America
Anti-apartheid movements
2011.174.106.1a-k
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56c09b703-7ada-4bd9-986c-268c6c1dec33


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The essential skills and roles you need to get an in-house content team up and running.
As more and more brands shift marketing spend towards content, there's a parallel move towards developing in-house content generation teams. While it requires more up-front work and investment than working with an agency, it can help brands keep up with demand, streamline costs and ensure scalability. And there are some high-profile successes to take inspiration from, not least Red Bull and Marriott.
The problem? In-house marketers don't always have publishing or media experience, which means they often aren't sure exactly what a content team should look like. How many writers do you need? What should the ratio of sub-editors to writers be? Given that many publishers are shedding subs, do you need them at all?
Before addressing any of that, you need a clear content strategy. Base it firmly on business goals. Use it to set out the purpose of your content production, where and when the content will be published, who the target audience is and how you plan to reach them.
Once you have clear objectives in place, you can start to identify which content roles you need to fill. A great content team requires several skill-sets and the leadership of a good content strategist, who can ensure that content creators never lose sight of key messages and underlying business goals.
Every team needs a leader. In a content generation team, that's usually the chief content officer. They're responsible for the operation and management of the content team and how it collaborates with other departments. They set the overall strategy, allocate budgets and responsibilities and manage the team. They won't be involved heavily in content creation, but will likely contribute to idea generation and review all creative work before it leaves the department.
The managing editor balances creative and operational concerns, ensuring all content is delivered both on brief and on budget. While managing editors usually have a strong track record in writing and journalism, they also have a head for figures, and will be responsible for managing the budgets the CCO has set. They also need to be highly organised in order to effectively manage the content calendar. They'll schedule work, assign tasks to content creators and ensure deadlines are met. It will also be their responsibility to guarantee all content is search engine optimised through the use of relevant keywords, meta-data, titles and tags.
There are two core questions when assembling your content creators. First, what kind of content will you be creating? Second, what volume of work will you be handling? The answers to those will steer the mix of skills on your team and the balance in-house and freelance resource. Content creators can include copywriters, journalists, illustrators, graphic designers, photographers, audio experts and videographers. With visual content marketing and video quickly becoming one of the most popular ways to engage with an online audience, it is worth either building a strong relationship with good suppliers or hiring your own video expert.
Ensure that your in-house creators fulfil your most urgent business needs, and turn to freelancers or an agency for less frequent assignments. For instance, you're likely to use graphic design more regularly than illustration, so consider having an in-house designer and a roster of independent illustrators to call on when you need them.
In newspaper and magazine publishing, every piece is read by at least two people in addition to the writer – and for tentpole features or contentious articles, the number can be much higher. Your content generation team might struggle to achieve that, but you should stick to the cardinal rule that a writer never approves his or her own copy.
Copy-editors aren't just spelling and grammar nerds. They're there to catch all sorts of issues, from logical inconsistencies to poor structure and weak intros. They're also the keepers of the style and tone of voice guides. It's their job to keep them updated and know them inside-out. Departments that produce a high volume of written content and regularly use freelancers should have at least one copy-editor in-house.
Fill these four slots and you'll be well on the way to having an effective in-house content generation team. One of each will give you a solid skeleton that you can fill out with freelance resource, bringing more heads in-house as your requirements grow.


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