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Social issues move front and centre as ESG funds prove their mettle
By: Dustyn Lanz
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The global pandemic has impacted all of us on a deeply personal level. It has wreaked havoc on our society and our economy, destroying demand and bringing much commerce to a virtual standstill. Just as physical distancing and video meetings are the new normal for social activity, volatility and uncertainty are the new normal for markets.
Fundamentally, we are dealing with a crisis of public health – a crisis for people. For long-term investors, this raises questions about the steps that companies are taking to keep their people safe, well and employed. After all, companies are made of people, and the most resilient companies will be the ones that protect and retain their talent to position themselves for success when the recovery begins.
The pandemic is having myriad impacts on markets, including the market for responsible investments (RI) that incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Here are four market trends to watch at the nexus of ESG and Covid-19.
'S' is moving to the forefront
As Benjamin Franklin once said, "It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it." Given the people-focused nature of this crisis, corporate reputations could thrive or plummet based on how companies treat their people and communities. Research shows that over 80% of market value is based on intangible assets, such as brand and reputation. In the Covid-19 era, this puts a spotlight on the 'S' in ESG.
In past crises, employees have often been viewed as disposable resources. But in the age of social media, ESG disclosures and CEOs denouncing shareholder primacy, it is less acceptable for a public company to build a margin strategy based on layoffs. Over 280 institutional investors managing north of US$8 trillion in assets have made this clear in a public statement on how companies are responding to the pandemic. Capital allocators are asking companies to take every measure possible to retain workers, since unbridled unemployment will only deepen the crisis.
Employee health and safety, including mental wellness, are also moving front and centre. Flexibility has become essential for childcare considerations. So, while social factors had previously been overshadowed by climate change in the ESG space, they are now moving to the forefront as companies will be remembered for how they treated their people and the communities in which they operate.
Investors and consumers can track the good deeds being done by Canadian companies in a new database curated by Canadian Business for Social Responsibility and Upswing Solutions.
ESG is delivering alpha
The pandemic's financial impacts have been enormous, as equity markets continue to struggle following an historic collapse. But after the explosion of ESG in 2019, driven by the idea that ESG factors are material, it's only natural for investors to wonder how responsible investments are performing relative to the broader market in 2020.
The early data indicates that RI funds are indeed losing less than their counterparts, which further strengthens the case for incorporating ESG issues into investment decisions. In the Canadian market, data provided by Fundata shows that a staggering 83% of RI funds outperformed their average asset class return in Q1, and 80% of RI funds outperformed over the one-year period ending March 31, 2020.
Similarly, in the U.S. market, a Morningstar analysis of 206 RI funds found that 70% of RI equity funds outperformed their peers in Q1.
As for the indexes, the MSCI World ESG Leaders Index outperformed the MSCI World Index by 1.36%, and the MSCI Canada ESG Leaders Index beat the MSCI Canada index by 68 basis points in Q1.
The evidence suggests that ESG factors are delivering alpha in both active and passive strategies. In the pandemic context, this data supports the argument that incorporating ESG issues into investment decisions can strengthen risk management and lead to financial outperformance.
Assets are still flowing into ESG funds
Jon Hale, Morningstar's head of sustainability research, recently analyzed flows into mutual funds and ETFs in the U.S. market. Despite the downturn, the data shows that RI funds set a record for inbound flows in Q1. The 314 RI funds in the U.S. market attracted net flows of approximately US$10.5 billion in Q1, surpassing the previous record set in Q4 of last year. Research from Morgan Stanley and Bloomberg found similar trends.
Although market-wide flow data is not currently available for Canadian funds, the U.S. represents a large sample which is likely to be part of a broader global trend. The available data illustrates that investors remain interested in ESG funds, and perhaps even more so in the pandemic context, which is creating a sense of urgency around societal issues.
Impact investment opportunities are on the rise
The pandemic is shining a light on impact investments, as unique opportunities emerge for investors to help address the crisis by allocating capital to organizations that are helping those most affected by Covid-19. For example, the U.S.-based ImpactAssets runs a donor-advised fund (DAF) that provides financing for fledgling social enterprises and nonprofits in need during the economic downturn. The firm estimates it will see more than US$143 million invested through its DAF by the end of Q2 — more than the total for all of 2019.
Here in Canada, Vancity was first out of the gate with a new product that enables retail investors to directly support those most impacted by Covid-19. The B.C.-based credit union launched its Vancity Unity Term Deposit on March 23rd "to maximize the financial help available to people so they can get back on their feet" during this time of financial hardship. Investors benefit from a fixed rate of return while helping to address the pandemic's negative social consequences in their community.
These market signals indicate that impact investment opportunities are on the rise as investors seek to help their communities through the crisis.
The evidence suggests that Covid-19 has strengthened the case for incorporating ESG factors into investment decisions, and that the general market movement towards ESG will not be hindered by this downturn. Rather, this crisis is likely to accelerate the adoption of ESG and impact strategies as societal issues move to the forefront and investors feel a greater sense of urgency to make an impact and align their investments with societal objectives.
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Mueller Now Has Proof Of A Trump-Russia Quid Pro Quo
Since the investigation being conducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller began, we've all wondered if it'll be possible to ever prove conclusively that Donald Trump and his 2016 campaign conspired with Russia, and if they did, what was Trump promising in return for the Kremlin's assistance?
Thanks to a fantastic new report from The New York Times, it now appears we have an answer to that long-asked question:
"Comments by one of Mr. Mueller's lead prosecutors, disclosed in a transcript of a closed-door hearing, suggest that the special counsel continues to pursue at least one theory: that starting while Russia was taking steps to bolster Mr. Trump's candidacy, people in his orbit were discussing deals to end a dispute over Russia's incursions into Ukraine and possibly give Moscow relief from economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies."
Russia helps Trump win the election and he removes sanctions. Quid, pro, and quo.
Former Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman noted Monday on MSNBC that Mueller is clearly at the "radioactive core" of the case against the illegitimate 45th president, calling the scheme:
"A kind of grand bargain involving not simply a sweetheart deal for Russia and Ukraine, but the lifting of sanctions, which Putin dearly wanted. And the glue that holds it all together on the U.S. side are the personal financial interests of the actors. Manafort to make money from [pro-Russian former President of Ukraine, Viktor] Yanukovych, Flynn to do something with the sanctions, and Trump to build his big crown jewel of the Trump Tower."
And there's another tasty morsel in the report from the Times that's likely to send shudders down the corridors of the West Wing and right into the Oval Office:
"As Mr. Trump took office, some State Department officials described worrying inquiries that suggested the White House might be preparing to precipitously drop the sanctions. And various intermediaries floated proposals they said would end the sporadic combat in eastern Ukraine between Russian-funded separatist fighters and Ukrainian forces trying to hold back the loss of more territory.
Michael D. Cohen, Mr. Trump's longtime fixer, told The New York Times that he left a sealed envelope containing one such plan on Mr. Flynn's White House desk."
Robert Mueller has all the evidence he needs to prove that there's a traitor currently residing in the White House. There can no longer be even a reasonable doubt that Donald Trump is guilty and must be removed from office.
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Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia, flowers. Family Malvaceae, Subclass Dilleniidae. Origin: Native.
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The media tirade against the veteran White House reporter is as illogical as it is hysterical.
The media tirade against Helen Thomas is as illogical as it is hysterical. The few sentences uttered by her were, as she quickly acknowledged, wrong—deeply so, I would add. But they cannot justify the road-rage destruction of the dean of the Washington press corps. Suddenly this heroic woman who broke so many gender barriers and dared to challenge presidential arrogance was reduced to nothing more than the stereotypical anti-Israel Arab that it is so fashionable to hate.
"Thomas, of Lebanese ancestry and almost 90, has never been shy about her anti-Israel views," writes Richard Cohen in the Washington Post, in a non sequitur reference to a reporter born in Winchester, Kentucky, in 1920 when few—Jews included—supported a Jewish state in Palestine and whose parents were Christians. Obviously Cohen, who attacks Thomas for "revealing how very little she knew" about the history of Israel, is unaware that Lebanese Christians have been the staunchest allies of the Jewish state. Indeed, they provided the shock troops who, under Israeli cover, massacred the unarmed inhabitants of Palestinian refugee camps. To attribute Thomas's views on Israel to her Lebanese parents is no less offensive than it would be to suggest that a Jewish reporter cannot be objective because, as in my case, his mother escaped anti-Semitism in Russia.
Thomas's fall from grace as a media icon began with her daring to criticize the abysmal coverage of the buildup to the Iraq war. How ironic that her opposition to the US invasion is offered as an example of hostility to Israel, when that war did so much to increase the power of Iran, Israel's most significant enemy in the region. After all, Israel claims that the presumed military threat from Gaza is fueled by Iran, which enjoys much support in Shiite-led Iraq—previously governed by Tehran's archenemy Saddam Hussein.
As someone who has long supported a two-state solution for the historically disputed land of Palestine, I have no trouble condemning Thomas's ill-considered remarks that Israeli Jews should go back to the lands from where they came. I am opposed to denying legitimacy to desperate immigrants seeking a better life anywhere, be they in Arizona or the Middle East. What I don't understand is why this basic respect for human rights doesn't apply to the people who call themselves Palestinian and who are illegal immigrants not as a matter of birth but only in the political calculus of those who find their indigenous presence at best an inconvenience and at worst an insolvable threat. Why is it morally acceptable to deny Palestinians the right to full citizenship in their birthplace and instead insist, as Israel's leaders often have, that they should be content to live under the flag of nations like Egypt, Syria and Jordan that have long oppressed them?
Nor is it relevant to lecture the Palestinians that the current rulers of Jordan might be more benign overlords than when they slaughtered Palestinians in the Black September days of 1970-71. Or that they should be comfortable under the rule of Egypt, whose leaders had previously governed Gaza so oppressively and now join in the cruel blockade of its economy. Demands that Palestinians surrender their national aspirations are no more valid than Thomas's outburst calling for Jews to trust the modern governments of Poland and Germany.
What the Thomas affair allowed was the repeat incantation of the Holocaust as the excuse for punishing not the Europeans who committed those unspeakable crimes but rather the Palestinians, who had nothing whatsoever to do with what remains as the greatest moral stain on the history of people claiming to be civilized. It was not Palestinians or Muslim fundamentalists who ran the crematoriums but, rather, highly educated and mostly Christian Europeans.
For that reason, one must support the right of Jews to live securely in the nation of Israel, the place they claim as their historical homeland. But not without consideration of the rights of their fellow Semites, the mostly non-Jewish Palestinians who happened to already be living there.
On that point, the apology Thomas issued got it right: "I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians. They do not reflect my heartfelt belief that peace will come to the Middle East only when all parties recognize the need for mutual respect and tolerance."
Now all that is left is for those in the media and government who have shown so little respect and tolerance for the Palestinian side of the dispute to offer some apologies for decades of indifference to, and often contempt for, those victims as well.


The problem with vacations, even short ones, is that you often end up less rested by the end than you did at the start. This weekend was like that. We returned home exhausted, but for the best possible reasons. Our weekend started with a visit to Vermont, where we were excited to spend time with my brother, sister-in-law and their adorable 6 year old boys. They've recently moved to the greater Burlington area. Besides being visually beautiful (it's adjacent to the Green Mountains) there's plenty of places for trail running. Unfortunately, my injured hip disqualified me from doing any of that this weekend.
After spending midday in Stowe on Sunday, we finished up with a visit to the Green Mountain Coffee visitor center in Waterbury. We said our goodbyes there and headed south through New Hampshire, bound for my home state of Massachusetts. The rest of our trip took us to Concord, where we visited the Old North Bridge and battleground and then to Plymouth. That brought back memories of my primary school visits there, many years ago.
I was hoping that I'd make up for a lack of running by walking longer distances while I was away. I fell short of my daily goals, but only by a small amount. My decision to skip my run yesterday morning worked out well. I still felt some residual muscle soreness today, but didn't think an easy run would invite further injury.
I was a little gun shy about running on the road today, since my last two street runs had ended rather abruptly. I compromised by doing a treadmill run and closely monitored my hip for signs of weakness or pain. I set the speed to a moderate pace that didn't cause me to sweat until I'd reached the 15 minute point. Performance was my least concern. I began to feel slight discomfort at the two mile mark and decided to limit my distance to about three miles. I planned to stop right away if the soreness increased.
The good news is that I completed my run without any additional discomfort. It was good to get an aerobic workout done after three days away. I'll probably do an indoor workout tomorrow, either on the elliptical, or on the treadmill again. Either way I'll take it easy. I'm hoping that by Friday I will be back to form. If not, I still have my appointment with the sports doctor next week.
We love Massachusetts! We were in Concord last fall and visited Orchard House. Gorgeous part of the country. We've never been to Plymouth, but that sounds like a fun, educational trip for the kids.
Sounds like your hip is getting better! Yay!
It's always interesting to return to Massachusetts as an out-of-towner. You should definitely take the family to Plymouth even though the Mayflower is not currently on display due to repairs. There's a nice town center with lots of shops and restaurants. And it's pretty close to the Cape too.


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import static io.netty.util.internal.ObjectUtil.checkNotNull;
import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelPromise;

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Jimmy Herman (October 25, 1940 - September 13, 2013) was an Indigenous Canadian actor who appeared in several films, including Dances with Wolves.

Biography
He was born on the Cold Lake Reserve in Alberta, Canada. His descents were Chipewyan and Dene. Herman moved to Edmonton in 1980 to study at Grant MacEwan College's Native Communications Program. There, he received the Malcolm Calliou Award for his ambition to succeed, and to inspire other Aboriginal people to do the same. After his graduation from Grant MacEwan, he accepted employment with Native Counseling Services of Alberta as a media assistant in the media department. During this time, he did some narration work for Native Counseling Services, ACCESS radio, and the National Film Board.

A small part in a CBC Television pilot program called John Cat, based on a W. P. Kinsella book, sparked Herman's interest in acting, and he decided to leave his position at Native Counseling Services to pursue a career in the performing arts. In April 1989, a Los Angeles casting agent chose him for a part in Dances With Wolves. His role in the film was a Sioux warrior named Stone Calf.

He went on to perform numerous roles in feature films and television series in Canada and the United States, including an extra in the Academy Award-winning Western, Unforgiven, the television film Crazy Horse The X-Files and a six-year stint on CBC's North of 60, portraying fur trapper Joe Gomba. In 2005, the Dreamspeakers Film Festival Society in Edmonton honoured him with a place on the Aboriginal Walk of Fame.

Herman spoke to Aboriginal youth in schools and at special events. He also turned towards political activism, seeking diplomatic solutions and bringing his voice to the debate surrounding Aboriginal treaty rights. Herman worked to better Treaty 6 communities.

Filmography

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1940 births
2013 deaths
Male actors from Alberta
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I love to read psychological literature, it helps in a relationship to be wiser. In my free time i embroider ribbons, make wedding bouquets-doubles. I am addicted to creative work. I also like aerobics and i really want to go to POLE DANCE eventually!
I just came back from the Poland, i have worked there for 6 months. And I learned the language pretty well. And i am thinking to go work there again. Currently i work at the Bank as Specialist of the Debtors pre-trial management to work with debt collection department of operational service. I live alone now. I refined and delicate. I am like a porcelain statue, which must be protected and nurtured. I believe in true love, among my habitat - the ocean of feelings. I am very emotional and romantic, sometimes I have the impression that I was born in the wrong century.
I do not fall for everyone. The question: "Why is there such a big age difference does not bother me?" Well, the answer is very simple, if two people are happy together, they will find satisfaction in the relationship. And do not forget that there is a feeling of love, which, as you know, for all ages. Whatever everyone says, but how man look like it is also important. If the man neat and clean and intelligence, then it is half the battle. What should be the dignity of man for me? Well, he should admire me, he does not have to be slim or skinny body. He also must be somebody. If you are handsome but so lazy man, you will never win my heart. I am by nature all the same self-doubt, despite the fact that it sometimes seems very confident and even arrogant in my heart I always doubt everything. So I need a strong man next to me who has authority, etc. I will feel comfortable with him. Only with such a man I will be myself: affectionate, gentle, loving girl.


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The Carmichaels Area Historical Society has acquired this dwelling on North Market Street.
From researched documents, we know that from 1767 to 1796 James Carmichael once owned the property in Old Town and Carmichaels. He owned 1 Grist Mill, 1 Saw Mill and 1 Tan Yard on the banks of Muddy Creek. He later sold 1 Grist Mill, 1 Saw Mill and 1 Tan Yard on the banks of Muddy Creek to Richard Gregg.
James Carmichael gave a portion of his land for the building of the Episcopal Church in 1790, which was constructed from local quarried stone. We know this building today as the Greene Academy. The deed states that the church adjoined the property of his Mill on Muddy Creek.
James Carmichael warranted a portion of his patented land to Francis Seaton (his wife's family), which was called 'Elizabeth'. Francis Seaton operated a Mill, a Store (the Muddy Creek Store) and a Tavern House on the banks of Muddy Creek in what we know as Old Town.
It appears that the foundation of this dwelling is made of the same local quarried stone as the Episcopal Church. The original structure, at one time, was only 1 story. The second story was added between 1902 and 1922.
Verbal history records this as being an Old Mill House with a water wheel in the back. Documented history for 1865 shows this as a School house and later, in 1876, a Marble Shop where headstones were made.
The goal is to open this to the public as a Museum featuring the mill, the school and the marble shop.
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CNBC's 'The Profit' Knows When to Walk Away (UPDATED with Larissa Swanson's POV)
Posted in Small Business, TV, tagged anthony melchiorri, hotel impossible, marcus lemonis, restaurant impossible, robert irvine, shark tank, the profit on October 29, 2014| 31 Comments »
"You know, I do business on handshakes and I try to help people, and I do it to make money."
That's a quote from Marcus Lemonis, the star of CNBC's hit show The Profit. Each week on the show Lemonis tries to help a failing business get back on its feet. Sound familiar? Well, it should (especially if you have read this blog).
Reality shows like Hotel lmpossible, Restaurant Impossible, and Bar Rescue feature industry experts visiting foundering businesses, addressing problems big and small, and within a week, transforming former money pits into profit machines.
But The Profit is a little different. Lemonis isn't necessarily an expert the type of business, like hotels or restaurants, that he's trying to rescue. He's an expert in business. (For more on his background, check out his Wikipedia page.) His oft-repeated mantra is People, Process, Product. In each episode he examines all three and determines if the business has any hope for a turnaround.
And here's the kicker: Lemonis isn't just a hired gun, like Hotel's Anthony Melchiorri or Restaurant's Robert Irvine. Lemonis is putting up his own money, a la Shark Tank, to revive these businesses but also make a profit for himself. (The name of the show is just one big spoiler, isn't it?)
Lemonis' financial contribution is typically enough to pay off the business's debt, plus some money for some upgrades to equipment that will have an impact on the bottom line. In exchange for his cash—it's always such a baller move on when he whips out his checkbook and writes a million dollar check to a business owner—he asks for a large chunk of equity, often as high as 50%. He also requires full operational control of the business.
Like the "Impossible" shows, most of the time Lemonis business proposal and management style are met with some initial resistance from the owners, but eventually they realize that what's good for him is what's good for them. Happy ending, right?
Not quite. Sometimes, and this is much rarer on the various Impossibles, Lemonis can't come to an agreement with the business, and he backs out. (While the check presentation is a big moment on the show, in reality I'm sure there are lawyers and accountants digging into the company's financials and the owners' credit histories to make sure the business isn't a lemon.)
On the episode I caught last night, featuring Swanson's Fish Market in Fairfield, Connecticut, Lemonis wrote the business a million dollar check to temporarily buy the building in which the market resides and clear up its debt, which he believed would be the pecuniary boost they needed to get back on track.
But as Lemonis (or his lawyers, off camera) dug deeper he discovered that the mortgage on the building was not, in fact, "in good shape" as the business co-owner Gary had said it was. It was in foreclosure.
Besides that, Lemonis couldn't get past the fact that Gary owned a boat while some of his employees were covering the costs of the fish out of their own pockets. He also couldn't get through to the other co-owner, Sue, about why her owning a BMW with $500 a month payments was sending the wrong message to her employees. Neither were willing to sell off their toys in order to take a little pressure off the business and, ya know, pay their frickin' employees. (Unlike many struggling businesses I've seen on shows like this, these two had no guilt over paying themselves.) The icing on the cake was that when Lemonis came back a few weeks later to check in, he found out the owners were doing renovations on their home.
In the end Lemonis walked. There was no text at the end, like you'd see at the end of Hotel Impossible ("Occupancy is up 75% since Anthony's visit. The hotel has plans to upgrade all rooms within the next six months.") It was Lemonis' quote (from the beginning of this post), and then the episode just kind of ends.
In a previous post I wondered why this didn't happen more often, as it did in an episode of Hotel Impossible last season. If these people aren't willing to do what it takes to run a successful business, why does the show still insist on helping them? I imagine there are so many American businesses doing things the right way (or at least what they believe is the right way) and still struggling. Why not help them instead?
(Here's an idea for a show: when one small business is too stubborn or foolish to accept the free help of an expert—who, by the way, they called!—that expert goes across the street and helps their biggest rival. Or better yet, the expert starts his own business just to crush them. Too much? Watch the Hotel Impossible episode about the Thunderbird Motel–or read my post about it–and tell me those people deserve to stay in business.)
The only regrettable aspect of Lemonis walking away from Swanson's was that the owners' 24-year-old daughter, Larissa, was apparently working the hardest of any of them to keep the company afloat. She also seemed to be the only one who saw the value of Lemonis' involvement and potential investment. Maybe somewhere in the near future she'll open her own fish market and put her parents out of business? Or at least buy them out? After all, what better way to learn how to run a successful business than seeing first-hand all the ways not to run one?
***UPDATE*** I'm not sure about the sequence of events here but Larissa Swanson, the daughter of the owners of Swanson's Fish Market, wrote a treatise on the company's website in response to the way their episode of The Profit was edited and the deal that Lemonis ultimately walked away from. You can read the whole thing here, but the her key points are quoted or paraphrased below (with my own thoughts in italics).
"When we sat down for the deal they told us before hand that if he writes us a check, it is only for show purposes and we have to hand it right back." That sounds about right.
"We also did not film for 4 weeks, the filming process started at the beginning of June and ended in September! We were strung along for 4 months. They don't add that my mom had a contractor at the house painting bc we are fixing it up right now to SELL and put it on the market. We never even did a building deal with him, where he said he would buy It for one million. We did not see a penny for the entire 4 months." This was not clear at all on the episode. In terms of timing Lemonis mentioned that he went back four weeks later, and that's when he discovered the property was in foreclosure. More on that…
"On August 26th I was served papers by a sheriff on the building for kasowitz (the guy who did a mortgage for it) I notified Marcus immediately via text..we were not aware that a foreclosure process even started. Our building is fine now and we are taking care of it. Our building also had a contractor Lien put on it 3 years ago and we had the lien removal paper but our mortgager never brought it to city hall to be taken care of and of course they never aired that either!" It's starting to sound like a he said-she said thing, but ultimately if Swanson's was even close to foreclosure Gary shouldn't have said it was "in good shape." Or was that creative editing, too?
"When the boat happened he moved it from the marina and put it in someone's backyard before hurricane Sandy hit and the motors became ruined and it turned into a salvaged project. He bought that boat 15 years ago." The fact remains that he's apparently paying marina fees on a boat, but Marcus made it out to be a luxury yacht.
"Marcus even asked me to negotiate with people and had me promise to pay them the next day certified check and never even came through. Those people are so angry now that they are sueing us." Um…
"They also didn't add how my little brother has a serious mental illness that he was diagnosed with 3 years ago of schizophrenia and it's so severe that we are constantly in and out of hospitals and have paid over 100k in medical,hospital,ambulance bills and medications." The show easily could have gone the other way with this and played up this angle, a la Restaurant Impossible, but they chose to go in the direction of villainizing the Swansons instead.
Sue had three deaths in her family around the time of the taping, explaining her disconnected, erratic behavior.
"Halfway through filming [Sue] agreed to sell the BMW and we filmed a cute scene where we taped for sale signs on her car windows to show we would sacrifice for the deal but they didnt show that either of course." It's starting to sound like the producers made the call to cut this into one episode's worth of content, even though they clearly needed more time to tell the story completely.
"I also wanted to touch base on our employees chipping in for product- that i agree was not right but it was a total of only two times and they got their money back right at the end of the day only because we had vendors who wanted cashiers checks in the morning for product and my mother or father were not there to get to the bank and there was not enough to cover it with cash in the register." Again, they really played up this angle as if it was all the time. That said, it's no way to run a business.
Larissa addresses the circumstances around the fires that destroyed their property and imputes them to a former employee with a drug problem. I'm not sure this is relevant except that it casts doubt for those who may have thought the Swansons may have set the fires themselves for the insurance money.
There are also some images on the site including Larissa's text to Lemonis about the foreclosure and some other critical documents that the show glossed over.
So, what are we as fans of The Profit to make of all this? Well, we all know reality shows edit their footage in order to tell a succinct, compelling story in their allotted amount of time, usually about 44 minutes for an hour-long program. Some edits don't matter as much, like the exact phrasing of a quote, but others can be specious, like some of what Larissa alleges above.
While I've enjoyed what I've seen of Lemonis and The Profit so far, at this point I'll really need to take what he and the show are saying with a grain of salt. And I won't be so quick to write a blog post that paints these small businesses featured on these shows in such a negative light, at least not until hearing both sides of the story.
As for you, I suggest you watch at your own risk.
Hotel Impossible: After Anthony Special – A Review
Posted in Customer Experience & Reviews, Small Business, Travel, tagged anthony melchiorri, hotel impossible, restaurant impossible, robert irvine on February 5, 2013| 10 Comments »
Back in April last year, I wrote a blog post detailing the first ever episode of Hotel Impossible. It's become one of my most popular posts, so I thought it would be appropriate to write a follow up as Anthony Melchiorri, hotel fixer extraordinaire and star of the show, visits six of the hotels from the first season to see how they're doing since he left them on last night's episode.
Like I wrote in my last post, my favorite part of watching shows like Hotel Impossible and Restaurant Impossible is looking up the properties after the fact to see what the reviews say. (Full disclosure: If the owners hesitate, even slightly, to listen to Anthony, I start rooting against them hardcore like a Deal or No Deal contestant who went against the mathematical odds for a chance at the million-dollar suitcase instead of cashing in for $250K.)
Here's what I hoped to find out from this follow-up edition of Hotel Impossible: Was it, in fact, possible to revamp these properties? Did Anthony's tough love and business strategies pay off? Did the owners ultimately heed his advice, or did they just yes him to death until he was gone, then go back to their old ways?
Here's a brief recap of each follow-up, as well as a few tweets Anthony (@AnthonyHotels) sent out in real time last night:
Ocean Manor Resort Hotel (Fort Lauderdale, FL), 10 months later
The hotel seems to be doing better now that the owner is less involved and the GM is running the show, but it's still receiving negative reviews on TripAdvisor. A January 28 review called it "The worst hotel ever!" Not a ringing endorsement for the job Anthony did, but I appreciate the show tellin' it like it is by actually mentioning the negative reviews in its recap. My favorite line from the follow-up came from the owner, who said that since Anthony left, they've renovated "over 37 rooms." So…38?
Dude Rancher Lodge (Billings, MT), 5 months later
There was nothing too remarkable about this hotel's recovery. During the initial visit, Anthony won over the curmudgeonly sales manager, but she retired and they hired a younger manager from the area to replace her. This seemed to be working out just swimmingly until THERE WAS A SHOOT-OUT BETWEEN POLICE AND A CRAZED GUNMAN AT THE HOTEL. (The police eventually shot him dead, in case you were wondering.) Still, the recent reviews are mostly positive…
Purple Orchid Inn, Resort & Spa (Livermore, CA), 8 months later
A couple-owned hotel and spa, this appeared to be one of Anthony's easier missions. The property is gorgeous; the spa just needed a little updating. Also, Anthony persuaded the couple to put on some events to promote their own wine and that of other local vineyards. According to the owners, who have since had a son, they've now gotten 150,000 visits to their website and they're doing 300 spa appointments per month (previously they were doing about two appointments per week), which is what Anthony said a spa in the area should be handling in order to maximize its profits. See their reviews here.
Purple Orchid Resort & Spa in Livermore, CA
Dream Inn (Daytona Beach, FL), 5 months later
This place was being run by an older couple (the mother was recently diagnosed with cancer) before her son took over the day-to-day operations. It was a pretty classic case of a hotel that was being run by people who, despite the hotel being their only source of income, didn't know (or care) how to help themselves. The rooms need to be CLEANED? The hotel staff should wear UNIFORMS? We NEVER woulda thought of that! (Also, the property was overrun with dolphin statutes, like a lot of dolphin statues, which was just weird.) Since Anthony's visit, the owners replaced their housekeeping staff with a professional cleaning service, and guests no longer have to clean their own dishes (in the original episode, leaving a dirty dish would have cost a guest a $25 charge at check-out). Per the owners, revenue is up 25%, occupancy up 10%. With the hotel's phenomenal view of the ocean, Anthony thinks it can do even better than that. Still, the recent reviews are very strong.
The place that dolphins go to die.
— Anthony Melchiorri (@AnthonyHotels) February 5, 2013
La Jolla Cove Suites (La Jolla, San Diego, CA), 7 months later
Like Purple Orchid, Anthony's primary role in fixing this place was to consult on the marketing front. And like Dream Inn, the view was not the problem. The owner wasn't utilizing the roof space, they launched a marketing event to get locals up there to expose them to the view. The owners were also in the process of renovating the rooms but ran out of money. Since Anthony's visit, the owners didn't disappoint. They replicated the sample room Anthony's designer created 22 times, all rooms have new mattresses, and Anthony's famous "face plant" method–falling face-first onto the mattress–is now used the staff to test the mattress softness. Meanwhile Anthony struck gold with his suggestion to use the roof top as the hotel's main selling point: since he left, La Jolla Cove Suites has hosted 29 weddings and 35 corporate events on roof deck. Per the owner, the hotel was named the second-best wedding venue in the county, and she says people mention Hotel Impossible when they call to inquire about rooms and events. Occupancy is up 22% occupancy, and there's been a $400,000 increase in revenue (I believe that number was year over year) in the last five months. Anthony earned his paycheck on that one. Here are the reviews.
Most promising student of #HotelImpossible school La Jolla Suites!
New Yorker Boutique Hotel (Miami, FL), 10 months later
As with the Dream Inn, this too was couple-owned and the co-owner wife had been recently diagnosed with MS. Meanwhile the financial struggles piled up, with the owners' whole family living in a small apartment in the back of the hotel, now $1 million in debt. They seemed generally clueless about how to run a hotel, in one instance admitting that they let emails sit in their inbox for several days, even for a corporate client inquiring about rates for 150 nights a year (Anthony, incredulous, closed the guy over the phone in about two minutes for $85 a night). But after Anthony's visit, which included a few lessons in marketing in sales, the couple says they've paid off 50% of their debt, and the co-owner is better able to manage her health and see doctors more often. Meanwhile, they report the hotel's occupancy is at 80-95%. The reviews, on the other hand, are a mixed bag (don't stay in room 223, apparently).
Much like Robert Irvine's drill sergeant style on RI, Melchiorri's New York Italian brashness was not always well-received by his would-be clients. (As the viewer, I didn't mind the brashness, perhaps because it wasn't my failures as a businessman he was exposing on a TV show whose title posits these hotels may be "impossible" to fix, or simply because I'm a New York Italian.) There was often resistance in the form of crying, yelling, or just, well, interesting comments from hotel owners like, "paper never crashes" in response to Anthony's insistence that they invest in a computer system to track reservations rather than just writing them down and filing them away.
Of course I'm sure many moments were played up or down for the cameras, but Anthony seems to be having a positive effect on these hotels, if nothing else than for some increased visibility as "that hotel from the TV." Perhaps Melchiorri's reputation will start to proceed him as the show becomes more and more popular and he'll have fewer clashes with these failing hotel owners, who might actually just shut up and listen. But then, where would the fun be in that?
Hotel Impossible can be seen on Mondays at 10 pm on Travel Channel.
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Posted in Small Business, Travel, tagged anthony melchiorri, food network, hotel impossible, restaurant impossible, robert irvine, travel channel on April 10, 2012| 4 Comments »
A shared pastime of my fiancée and me is to watch an episode of the Food Network's Restaurant: Impossible and then, once it's over, to Yelp the featured restaurant to see if they were able to turn things around once the camera crew packed up and left. It's not that we don't trust Sir Robert Irvine, the ex-military Brit with a heart of gold shrouded in an exterior of tough love and culinary expertise. It's that we don't always trust the restaurateurs to stick to the blueprint Irvine has laid out for them.
Inevitably, we'll find reviews like this one, which reference the restaurant's appearance on the show, often telling other would-be diners that it's still the same old dump. In some cases, we find out the restaurant closed shortly after Irvine's intervention. And while it's sad to see, there are thousands of other restaurants that don't have the benefit of a deus ex machina like Irvine. Instead, if they want to survive in the business they have to, you know, run their restaurant correctly.
Still, we love the show and so we were quite pleased to stumble upon the series premiere of Travel Channel's Hotel Impossible last night. Hotel Impossible is centered around an expert in the hospitality field and hotel "fixer," Anthony Melchiorri, with a brash style similar to Irvine's. In Hotel Impossible's first episode, Melchiorri goes out to Montauk, Long Island, to rescue Gurney's Inn, a family-run hotel that has seen a steady decline since the family patriarch and general manager passed away two years ago.
Melchiorri immediately diagnoses Gurney's biggest issues: crappy service, outdated decor, and the general ineptitude of the management, who are all members of the family. In one scene, he asks the current GM to round up the staff for a 10 am meeting on the beach, and by 10:30 no one's there. When Melchiorri confronts the GM, his excuse is that everyone's "on Montauk time." About fifteen minutes in, we already hate the GM if not the entire family. The head chef, one of the few relatives who actually seems competent, admits on camera that some of the other family members would not have a job at Gurney's if they weren't flesh and blood. It's as if their father left them a coveted masterpiece, and they can't be bothered to dust the frame from time to time.
OK, we get it: it's a TV show; there's got to be some conflict. If they only tackled projects where ownership was totally willing to adopt every change Melchiorri suggested, it wouldn't seem quite so "impossible." (Or, for that matter they wouldn't be in so much trouble in the first place.) But throughout the episode, Melchiorri makes references to the other newer, hungrier hotels in Montauk who can't wait to "eat their lunch" if Gurney's keeps going the way it is, and that the only thing saving them is the gorgeous view of the ocean from their property, which this generation can hardly take credit for.
Wouldn't it make for a decent, and similarly impossible show, if Melchiorri, or Irvine for that matter, helped out one of those competing hotels or restaurants to put a bigger one out of business? While the Impossible shows are entertaining, I can't help but think that if these were baseball teams instead of service businesses, they'd be swooping in to help the New York Yankees spend their $200 million payroll more efficiently, while the financially challenged Oakland A's looked around and said, "What about us?"
All that said, there are probably hundreds of newer, hungrier hotels, restaurants, pet shops, bakeries, food trucks, writers, and yes, even baseball teams, who are slowly making headway in their respective industries, chipping away at the market share–all without the help of a TV show. But for their sake, let's hope that Melchiorri or Irvine don't show up one day to help their competitors across the street.
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I made these not too long ago. Cost less than $5. Those german ones look so good but $5>$300.
I joined the club of under bar mounted indicators $200 from brown industries.
When I use them I get 4 regular flashes then they start to flash fast, never had issues with the led in the back and regular globes in the front.
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How To Break Black Magic?
Many times it so happens that we get surrounded with too many problems in life. It is said that it could be due to black magic but before getting to know how to break black magic, let us find out what the term actually denotes.
There are multiple viewpoints about black magic and some version say that it is not as "black" or bad as it is projected to be. But in this article we will consider the definition which most people believe, that black magic is a negative set of rituals, generally performed to harm a person.
Black magic is difficult to get rid of. It is more important to understand that black magic has been done before you can cure it. Many people feel that black magic is to do with ghosts and evil spirits. Well that is not true entire and you can also be under influence of a black magic when you have some sudden unexpected major downfall such as you fall ill severely or when you all of a sudden suffer huge financial loss.
Black magic can not only cause spiritual damage, it can also be a cause for physical damage. Another important point that you must remember is that a person who does black magic is cursed. He or she will have to pay for what they are doing someday or the other. This is because irrespective of the purpose for which black magic is performed, the law of karma reigns supreme. It becomes like a bad deed done by the person who performs black magic and also on whose behalf it is done. It will surely come back to you in some form or the other.
Having understood the basics of it, let us now discuss how to break black magic and get rid of its effects. Prevention is always better than cure and this axiom holds true in the case of black magic as well. The best way to deal with black magic is to prevent it.
One of the best ways to prevent evil forces is to always wear an iron bangle. You can also wear a bangle of panch dhatu that is made of five elements. When you wear these bangles then you are blessed and you will be protected from evil spirits. I must make an out of place observation here that an iron bangle also known as the "kara or kada" is one of the five essential items that a true Sikh has to wear. I do not imply that it has to do with warding off evil but certainly some basic unity of thought can be perceived.
A regular puja of Lord Hanuman can also ensure that no black magic can touch you. Every day you can read the Sri Hanuman Chalisa as this keeps evil spirits away. You must have a temple in your house and keep the idol of Lord Hanuman and Lord Ganesh in that.
These mantras if recited for 108 times a day for eleven days they can do away with any black magic.
You must be careful that you should not share anything that is very personal to you with anyone. The tantric or the person performing black magic generally uses personal belongings to do black magic. This is exactly why when you lose something that was exclusively yours you must take it quite seriously.
When you or any one in your family fall sick all of a sudden and the disease is such that no one can find a cure for it, there are chances that someone has done a black magic on you. Similarly when your business is going well and all of a sudden there is trouble and you face a huge financial loss, it is possible that the business failed due to black magic.
I would like to point out that by the above statements we do not intend to refute science or to spread misconceptions. Health issues can be attributed to many factors and so can be financial losses, but this is just a possibility.
Even if you do not believe in black magic, there is no harm in trying the remedies that we have suggested. Maybe you will be surprised at the way these methods help you and work for you. You can pick up one or two of the remedies. It is not necessary that you need to do all these at the same time.
When the whole family comes under the threat of a black magic maybe you have to do a big puja or homa. You may have to call for a pandit ji or baba that can help you to get rid of the black magic. They will bless the house. Some people who do black magic they keep something in your house that has black magic induced. An expert at removing black magic spell can recognise such things and they can also make them ineffective using their spiritual powers.
There are a few more tips you can follow to avoid, prevent or break black magic. You must ensure that you do regular puja in the house. The house should not have any corner that is left dark always. If you have a store room ensure that you clean it regularly. The house should not have anything that is unused for years.
When you have too many things in the house, it may be easier for the person doing black magic to hide the instrument that will trigger the same. The more unnecessary things you fill in the house the easier it will be for a tantric to do black magic.
If the concerned person is a baby or a child you can tie a black thread to the leg or the hand. While tying this thread just pronounce the two mantras that we have mentioned above this will protect the child from black magic.
If the black magic is very powerful then you can use taveez that are blessed by the temples or dargah. These have special power to do deal with black magic. We hope you have got a good idea of how to break black magic. Black magic do happen and it can harm people badly be cautious and follow the instructions.


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For any DJ and bedroom producer, the ability to "hustle" is often the most underestimated, yet most important factor indetermining whether they will fade out or successfully make their mark on the industry. Good hustle is the epitome of both theman andmonumental career of international DJ, Roger Sanchez. From humble beginnings in New York City, digging in dusty crates of old vinyl and spinning at house parties in Corona, Queens, to dominating the dance floors and headlining festival main-stages in every corner of the globe.
The crafting of Roger Sanchez, the DJ, started in the late 80s, where as a young man he was enticed by the explosion of Hip-Hopthat was taking over thecity. Embracing the culture as a b-boy and graffiti artist, he would hit partieson the Bronx River, andbefore long, his friends had him trying his hand on the wheels of steel. In a time and place where Hip-Hop, House Music, and"turntablism" all collided in a perfect storm of creativity, opportunity, and sick beats, Roger seized hismoment and began to buildhis empire on vinyl andslip mats, starting with a few singles and expanding into a massive collection of over two thousand originalproductions and remixes.Releasing music under a multitude of monikers, including the S-Man, Roger S, The Nu-Solution, Underground Solution, DV8, EgoTrip, El Mariachi, The Funkjunkeez, Tribal Infusion, Twilight, and Transatlantic Soul. Roger has been able to maintain the essenceofhis sound while still using each alias as a tool to expand on various fresh and experimental sounds, allowing him to remain fluidand cutting edge across decades.So many successful endeavours would have never been possible without a rock solid work ethic, something that Roger prideshimself on. From the very beginning, he was a dedicated crate digger, searching for obscure samples and breakbeats in influentialNYC record stores like Rock & Soul and Vinylmania.
His infallible work ethic, paired with the firm foundation of art and culture thathe gained from the Pratt Institute's School of Architecture took control of the wheel as his passion for music expanded, driving himto start hustling mixtapes on the sidewalks of Broadway in order to finance his earliest gigs. With the encouragement of his father,an engineer, Roger abandoned his plans for a career in architecture and decided to devote all his efforts to his music.His first 12-inch, "Dreamworld" came out on the Outer Limits imprint in 1990 underthe name Egotrip, and was the turning pointthat shifted his focus from simply playing music to producing. Shortly after, he released "Luv Dancin" for Gladys Pizarro, under thename Underground Solution on the iconic Strictly Rhythm label. It was this release which led to his first tour. Roger hasn't stopped since, using his decades of experience to build enticing remixes for a wide range of artists including Michael Jackson, The Police, Diana Ross, Jamiroquai, Maroon 5, and No Doubt, for which he won a Grammy in 2003 for Best Remixed Recording for the song "Hella Good".
Always motivated by that innovative spirit, Roger was an early pioneer of podcasting and was awarded the first-ever Best PodcastAward at the International Dance Music Awards in 2007. He currently hosts Release Yourself, a weekly terrestrial and online radioshow and podcast that features not only his own productions but also features up and coming tracks and artists. It attracts over 20million listeners around the world and is broadcast inover thirty markets on every continent, and if that weren't enough, hecreates many of his podcasts and mixes from the road.Roger has captained a seriesof releases onlabelssuch influential labels as Strictly Rhythm, One Records, and Defected over theyears. He further extends his influence by helping release the music of new artists on his labels Stealth and UNDR THE RADR andthrough his own personally built production studios.His latest label, UNDR THE RADR, launched in 2014 with his own 'Dangerous Thoughts' track, also saw the collaboration 'Drop TheNeedle'with Man Without AClue &Kevin Knapp. Collaborationwith Huxley ('The Calling') and Tough Love ('In The Name of Love')followed suit, continuing the theme of exploring new ground that was shown with his 'Amour' single for Riva Starr's Snatch label.
In addition to a barrage of dark, dirty house music, UNDR THE RADR also brought the revival of his infamous S-Man alias,focusing on dark and raw club music.Alongside UNDR THE RADR he also relaunched his Stealth Recordings label in 2014 and released the hit, 'Remember Me' (featStealth) as Roger Sanchez, which exploded onto the scene as Pete Tong's Essential New Tune and continued into a global radio and club hit, picking up publishing deals with Ministry of Sound-Australia, Ego-Italy, We Play-Germany, Blanco Y Negro–Spain, and beyond.He has followed up the album release with a whirlwind tour of shows that are have taken him to dance floors in the far corners of the world and allowing him to return to his second home, the White Isle. Having prominent residencies in Ibiza since 2000, Roger took a break from the island in 2015 and has returned in full force in 2016, beginning with the Space Opening Fiesta and continuing throughout the summer with Creamfields Ibiza and monthly Glitterbox appearances at Space, as well as shows at veteran clubs,Pacha and Amnesia. 2016 has also brought him back to the festival stage with numerous summer festivals appearances fromLondon, to Croatia, to headlining the NYC Downlow stage at the iconic,Glastonbury Festival.
In 2018, Roger continued to rise as he established his UNDR THE RADR club residencies in 1-800 Lucky inMiami, Schimanski inNewYork and La Suite in Marbella. Expandinghis involvement with Glitterbox and Defected in Ibiza, UK, Croatia and across Europe. Herecently reformedthe S-Men (alongside DJ Sneak and Junior Sanchez) for their release "Who We Are" on Defected.Roger is an artist who is always moving forward, re-defining house music. Despite his success, he remains humble, real, and true tohisroots. The S-Man sums it up perfectly when he states: "I'm always moving forward, but neverlosing sight of where I've been."


Airports across the country are bracing for a perfect storm that threatens to leave travelers stuck in security lines of epic lengths. The cause? Cheaper airfare is expected to drive a record number of flyers to airports around the country, but the Transportation Security Administration has too few security screeners to deal with the influx.
Lawmakers in Washington have given the TSA clearance to hire more screeners (and pay existing ones for overtime work), but it's unclear if the agency can ramp up in time to deal with the summer rush. Travelers in cities like Atlanta and Chicago are already reporting hours-long security lines. Some are rallying around the Twitter hashtag #IHateTheWait to vent their frustrations. Several airports have recommended travelers arrive at least three hours early for their flights, though even that may prove insufficient.
At which airports do travelers have it the worst? Of the country's busiest airports, these are the eight with the lowest percentage of on-time departures between January and March of this year, according to data from the Department of Transportation. That metric isn't a perfect stand-in for security delays, but if you're flying out of one of them, it's best to arrive with plenty of time to spare.


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When the valley is deep and wide, when the clouds hang low, and when a precious child leaves this life, there seems little reason to smile. For those of us who loved Cameron, his recent passing after a year-long battle with JMML has left us shaking our heads in despair and holding our hearts to keep them from falling from our chests. And yet…there is so much for which to be thankful. A wise friend told me, "When you feel your worst, count your blessings." I have taken to actually writing them down…or typing them into an email. It seems so much more real to see the list, to be able to actually count each blessing with a fingertip.
Today, at the top of my list is Adah Jane. Two years ago today, she entered this world very prematurely, and she weighed only a couple of ounces over one pound. Yes, one pound. So tiny, so frail, so unbelievably vulnerable. A doll friend pointed out that Adah was only slightly larger than a Barbie doll. Wow. That is mind-blowing. Yesterday, we celebrated Adah's birthday with cupcakes decorated like farm animals, cookies & cream ice cream, cards that sing when opened, and presents galore! Adah twirled about the room in her turquoise jumper and clapped her hands to a Veggie Tales CD. I sat on the couch and watched her and marveled at the hand of God. It all over that child. And it was all over Cameron too. I cannot begin to comprehend why Adah survived and Cameron did not. There is no fairness to it. There is no rationale, no justice, no nothing. It just is. And Cameron is high up on my blessings list too because, quite simply, he made my life better. He brought joy and laughter into my life. He, more than once, caused my jaw to drop at his wisdom and incredibly insightful questions.
Adah Jane celebrates her 2nd birthday!


This may be of interest to anyone involved in storytelling, whether your platform is filmmaking, social media or gaming, Switchboard and Event with Me are teaming up with Power to the Pixel, to present A New Currency: Multiplatform storytelling and social capital.
The event is free to attend and takes place on 12 October, from 1 – 5pm at mac, hosted by The Producers Forum.
"Social capital" now has a very real value and multiplatform storytelling is increasingly the way to ensure that our projects are contemporary, compelling and wide reaching.
CiB's Chris Unitt will be on one of the panels of guest speakers, along with Natasha Carlish, Nick Booth, Dave Harte, Julia Higinbottom, Pip & Lisa/Jenny and Helga Henry. They'll be discussing how their experience in using social capital and multiplatform storytelling has lead to some exciting and innovative projects and new ways of working. The event will also feature a live and recorded web cast from the annual Power to the Pixel conference.
Book your place via their eventbrite page.
Sounds like it could be an interesting event.. but looking at the panel members, are they using the term 'storytelling' interchangeably with PR/media/news? Because I think of storytelling as a creative fictional process, as distinct from 'reporting'. A lot of people/companies refer to enabling others to "tell their stories" when referring to their own experiences, again blurring the lines between actual 'storytelling' and more personal blogging/journalism/memoirs etc.
Good points. I find myself on the 'storytelling' panel but am more likely to talk about local blogs as forms of alternative media representation. Some of those local blogs choose to develop a kind of narrative based around personal experience (Digbeth is Good would be an example of that) and others utilise more traditional journalistic forms of address but attempt some innovations around that (which is what my blog bournvillevillage.com does). The current discussion around hyperlocal stuff rarely looks at modes of address so I'm hoping this event will make a useful contribution to the discussion.


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Hunger compels children in Bauchi IDP camp feed on onion leaves
Intense hunger as a result of inadequacy of food items in an Internally Displaced Persons camp in the outskirts of Bauchi has forced adolescent children to feed on onion leaves for survival. The NEWSPAD correspondents who visited the camp, located about 2km from Rindebin community in Bauchi Local Government Area, report that the children, between
Intense hunger as a result of inadequacy of food items in an Internally Displaced Persons camp in the outskirts of Bauchi has forced adolescent children to feed on onion leaves for survival.
The NEWSPAD correspondents who visited the camp, located about 2km from Rindebin community in Bauchi Local Government Area, report that the children, between the ages of three and five, looked pitiful as they consumed the leaves.
Some of their parents interviewed said there were no enough food as such they had to "improvise" ways of tackling hunger, adding that they believed onion leaves were nutritious and would also protect their children from hunger and diseases.
One of the parents, Aisha Musa, said for the past one year, children and adults in the camp had been struggling to survive, with little or no assistance from all quarters.
Another parent, Ajidda Ahmed, said the hardship being encountered were enormous, adding that most of them had given up any hope of living a normal life.
Ahmed said: "Both adults and children suffer from hunger; this has resulted in forcing us to eat raw onion leaves from sellers that come into the camp.
"Rainy season is about to set in and another fear is the outbreak of child childhood diseases because for the past one year, our children were not immunised and there are no water, sanitation and hygiene facilities
"We defecate in the bush and the rain water will soon wash our faeces back to the stream, where we source for water to drink."
NEWSPAD also observed that children under two years in the camp were showing symptoms and signs of malnutrition.
Commenting on the situation, the leaders of the IDP camp, Bulama Gojja, said they were over 200 in number of the Shuwa-Arab stock from Marte, Marfa and Jere local government areas of Borno State, and that they forced to relocate to the camp last year as a result of the activities of Boko Haram insurgents.
Gojja enumerated their challenges to include insufficiency of food items, lack of potable water, health facility and education for their children.
He said that in 2018, no fewer than 20 pregnant women delivered in the camp without the required medical attention, expressing fears that the offsprings might develop health challenges due to lack of immunisation.
He lamented that in spite of their efforts at drawing sympathy over their plight, assistance was not forthcoming from any quarter.
The leader therefore solicited for assistance from both government and non-governmental organisations, particularly in the areas of health, education, potable water and agriculture inputs like fertiliser, seed and herbicides to enable them engage in farming.
NYSC speaks on fire outbreak in Sokoto camp
20 burnt to death in Bauchi road mishap
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Greg Bird's eighth-inning RBI double prevented the Yankees from enduring the indignity of being no-hit for the first time in 15 years, spoiling Jake Odorizzi's bid for history after the right-hander recorded 22 outs without a hit, but it wasn't enough to keep their lead for the top American League Wild Card spot from shrinking near the limit.
Odorizzi blanked the Bombers over the first seven frames and departed to a standing ovation as the Twins defeated the Yankees, 3-1, on Wednesday evening at Target Field. With their ninth loss in 16 games and the Athletics' victory at Baltimore, New York's lead over Oakland for the first AL Wild Card spot was trimmed to a single game.


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10.05.1950 at 00:00 Century Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 25000
Belgium 5 - 1 Republic of Ireland
Referee: Bronkhorst (Holland) Friendly-match
Memans 3,
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Chaves Bobby Duffy (27)
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Statto: Debut for: Mattie Clarke, Terry Murray, Bobby Duffy and Martin Colfer
Ireland were without Johnny Carey for the first time since the war ; Ireland conceeded a hat trick for the second consecutive match
Belgium 5 (Memans 3, De Hert, Chaves)
Republic of Ireland 1 (Duffy)
Ireland: Tommy Godwin (Leicester City), Mattie Clarke (Shamrock Rovers), Tom 'Bud' Aherne (Luton Town), Willie Walsh (Manchester City), Con Martin (Aston Villa) capt, Tommy Moroney (West Ham), Terry Murray (Dundalk), Arthur Fitzsimons (Middlesbrough), Bobby Duffy (Shamrock Rovers), Reg Ryan (West Brom), Martin Colfer (Shelbourne)
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The effective prescription of resistance exercise for strength and power development has been a source of debate amongst practitioners and sport scientist alike. One of the key issues in this area relates to the training load that would best facilitate strength and power adaptation. Heavy loads (>60-70% 1RM) have been traditionally used for maximal strength development by facilitating changes in neural function (strength) and muscle size (hypertrophy). However, many studies have now found lighter load (>45%1RM) training equally effective in improving both strength and hypertrophy. Similarly, many studies have found heavy load training effective in enhancing various measures of power though lighter loads (e.g. 45% 1RM) are thought to maximise the mechanical power output of muscle. Realising that adaptation depends upon some interaction between the mechanical, hormonal and metabolic stimuli, examining these responses would enhance our understanding of the underlying determinants of strength and power, and thereby improve strength and conditioning practice. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the mechanical, hormonal and metabolic responses to equal volume light and heavy loading schemes. Eleven males (mean 26.6 ± 6.7 years; mean 79.0 ± 8.1 kg) with a minimum of 12 months weight training experience each performed two exercises (Smith squat and supine squat) at a light (45% 1RM) and heavy (88% 1RM) intensity. The light scheme consisted of eight sets of six repetitions, with six sets of four repetitions performed in the heavy scheme. Rest periods of three and four minutes respectively were used. Saliva sampling was used to determine the hormonal (cortisol and testosterone) and metabolic (lactate) responses. Samples were collected at rest (pre-), immediately after the first exercise (mid-), at the conclusion of the second exercise (P0) and every 15 minutes thereafter for one hour (P15, P30, P45, P60). Mean values for all variables were analysed with a paired sample T-test. Chances that the true effects were substantial (% and qualitative) were also calculated. No significant (P>0.05) difference in total forces was found between schemes; however, the light scheme produced significantly greater total time under tension (36%), total work (37%) and total power output (115%). Total impulse (38%) was the only variable found to be greater in the heavy scheme. A decrease in testosterone (TST) was observed in the heavy scheme (-4 to -29%) with no significant changes found across the light scheme (1 to 12%). Cortisol decreased in the light (-6 to -30%) and heavy (-14 to -44%) schemes until P45. An increase in the TST/cortisol ratio was observed in both the light (17 to 49%) and heavy (2 to 44%) schemes. Both loading schemes resulted in similar increases in lactate (0.3 to 1.0nmol/l). Equating two schemes by volume resulted in differential responses, many of which favoured the lighter scheme in terms of mechanical, hormonal and metabolic outputs. These findings suggest that load or intensity employed may be not as important as initially proposed and that other factors (e.g. volume, technique) may explain the similar strength and hypertrophy adaptation reported in studies comparing light and heavy schemes.


Today, women of all ages are selecting breast implants to enhance their profile and make improvements to the appearance of breasts that show symptoms of aging or changes following child bearing.
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You may have heard about, or even seen, the effects of what is termed "Catastrophic Oxidation".
This is a rapid localised metal loss due to oxidation associated with the exposure of Molybdenum bearing alloys to elevated temperatures, usually above 1038° C. More often, this condition develops during production heat treatments, than under actual service conditions.
The AL-6XN® (a 6% Mo alloy) fitting shown here suffered catastrophic oxidation when it was solution annealed at 1177° C after forming.
Catastrophic oxidation occurs in Molybdenum bearing alloys when the elevated temperature atmosphere at the metal surface forms the gaseous MoO₃ compound that acts as a catalyst to promote oxidation of other elements in the base metal, or destroys protective oxides like Cr₂O₃. The MoO₃ compound can form at temperatures as low as 510° C, but the volatility and rate of reaction increases with increasing temperature.
The MoO₃ can also play a role in the formation of other low melting compounds that may lead to more rapid dissolution of an Iron substrate. These include Vanadium pentoxide (V₂O₅), Tungsten oxide (WO₃) and Bismuth oxide (Bi₂O₃).
With Molybdenum trioxide, the damage can be minimised by maintaining sufficient air circulation to keep MoO₃ concentrations low and moving away from the metal surface. This permits the protective Chromium oxide to stabilise on the surface. If air circulation is poor, or the volume of air to metal surface is low, the MoO₃ will have a chance to concentrate and promote catastrophic oxidation. The tendency of course, when running a furnace load of parts, is to load as many pieces into the furnace as will fit. This results in a low air volume to surface ratio and promotes stagnant conditions inside the furnace. This creates a greater probability that catastrophic oxidation will develop. The worst wastage is often found where parts were in contact with one another or with furnace floors, walls or fixtures.
Any stainless or Nickel alloy containing Molybdenum is susceptible to catastrophic oxidation. Even an instance of the catastrophic oxidation of 316L (less than 3% Mo) has been encountered. Examples with Alloy X (9% Mo), Alloy 625 (9% Mo) and Super Duplex stainless ZERON® 100 (4% Mo) have also been seen. This may be surprising to some since Alloy X in particular is used very successfully for high temperature oxidation resistance (Alloy 625, too). The difference is that in service there is plenty of air flow to whisk away any MoO₃ that may form at the surface.
Note that Molybdenum does oxidise very easily (almost as easily as Chromium) and if unalloyed Molybdenum is used at elevated temperatures, it must be under a vacuum or inert atmosphere. Even high temperature materials alloyed with Molybdenum (such as Alloy 625 or Alloy X) give up a little in terms of oxidation resistance to gain elevated temperature strength. At temperatures above about 1121° C, these alloys will have oxidation rates that are higher than non-Molybdenum or lower Molybdenum bearing alloys like 601 or RA333®. However, this type of more rapid oxidation should not be confused with catastrophic oxidation which is localised and non-uniform.


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Held September 6th and 7th, the Scala Fair is host to top manufacturers from around the world as they come together to show their newest products to Scala customers. In a similar fashion to previous years, BMS continues to be one of the brands with the most buzz at the show. Bringing their newest additions to the world-famous Swan Collection, the Special Edition Swans were debuted in a royal purple introducing new functions never before seen by Swan. As always, their incredible vibrations are powered by BMS' own PowerBullet technology for unbelievable sensations.
Keeping in line with power, the new PalmPower Recharge also was on display with much excitement. Those who already love the Original PalmPower have been wanting a cordless version since it was first launched – and now it is finally here. For the first time ever, customers are able to enjoy nearly the same amount of power as the Original PalmPower with the freedom of being cordless. The PalmPower Recharge is made with a black body and still features the iconic pink cap (included with purchase). New PalmPower Attachments are also available which can turn the PalmPower into a number of different variations sure to suit almost any user's tastes. PalmPower Attachments have been designed to work with both the Original PalmPower and the PalmPower Recharge.
Both the Special Edition Swans, PalmPower Recharge, and PalmPower Attachments will be made available from Scala in the coming months. Please contact your Scala representative for more information.


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Eye For Film >> Search >> 'William Hurt'
A.I. (2001)
Scientists create a robot boy, with emotions, in a globally warmed, flooded future world.
Changing Lanes (2002)
An ambitious lawyer and a recovering alcoholic have a bad day in New York after a car crash.
Film noir plotting meets a fiendish science fiction underworld in an extravagant fantasy.
Dark City: Director's Cut (1998)
Extravagant sci-fi fantasy about a hunted man struggling with his memory gets a directorial polish.
Eleanor Rigby (2013)
Two people struggle to stay together after the death of their child.
Melodramatic retelling of Mary Shelley's novel.
The Good Shepherd (2006)
A history of the CIA told through the life story of an increasingly paranoid agent.
Violence begets violence in a study of retribution and small town defiance.
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
On the run, Bruce Banner must come to terms with his alter ego, the Hulk, in order to defeat a hostile version.
A boy goes to look for America (and himself).
The King (2005)
A man goes in search of his father and embarks on a relationship with tragic consequences.
Big screen adaptation of the Sixties sci-fis series about a family sent to colonisation new worlds.
The Miracle Maker (2000)
Puppet retelling of the life of Christ.
Mr Brooks (2007)
A glimpse into the life of a serial killer who must struggle against his alter ego as he attempts to quit.
A New York Winter's Tale (2014)
A fantasy romance between an Irish burglar and an ill heiress with violent interruptions from Lucifer's gangster henchmen.
Robin goes back to his roots before the hood.
Syriana (2005)
A high-octane thriller for adults that exposes US dirty tricks in the Gulf oil business
Vantage Point (2008)
After a presidential assassination, secret service agents try to work out what happened via five different perspectives.
The secrets and passions of an isolated community, trapped by the fear of mythical beasts.
Big adventure Ann Roth and Carlo Poggioli on camels, the desert, The English Patient and The New Pope
Tied together by the moon Marco Bellocchio on the soundtrack, locations, nature and the moons in The Traitor
Precise construction Bertrand Bonello on Jacques Tourneur, George Romero and Zombi Child
Huppert to bring home Queen of Scotland French star to play Mary Stuart on Edinburgh Fringe
Parasite actors named Best Cast at SAG awards Avengers: Endgame stunt team honoured
Parasite wins top award at the Eddies Cathy Repola receives heritage award
We're bringing you all the latest from the first of this year's big festivals, Palm Springs.
We're looking forward Sundance and the Glasgow Film Festival.
We've recently been at the French Film Festival and Tallinn Black Nights, Welsh horror spectacular Abertoir, the London Korean Film Festival and DOC NYC and the Valencia Film Festival.
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A day's work doesn't end–there is always, always something more that needs attention and time.
And the more you care the more you notice and soon, the less of yourself there is to share.
Will I ever again know the freedom of a child's careless days? How much time did I waste? Then later, so busy working and proving my worth.
Who measures and who is able to judge one's life? That man on the corner, the woman at the desk, demanding youth? They know nothing of your true needs, concerns, effort.
How do I find that place in the middle? Worth is assured and waste has no place, each moment, valued and can turn from judgements and slights.
Withdraw to that place of rest not waste and accept your limitations. Lay your head on the pillow of Peace.
Rest weary one, now rest. What does God ask–to work for Him or to live with Him, right there at that place in the middle.


The Linux Filesystem Hierarchy is about making sure that programs can find configuration files and other files, regardless of which disribution of linux they run on.
It does this by documenting where the main popular distibutions place the same files, and once consensus is achieved, discouraging everyone else from using an unusual location.
Like any process which tries to make divergent infrastructures convergent, it is always playing catch up and is always incomplete.