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CANDLEMASS To Release 'Death Thy Lover' EP In June
Legendary Swedish doom metallers CANDLEMASS will release a special 30th-anniversary EP titled "Death Thy Lover" on June 3 via Napalm. The four-track effort — which features Mats Levén on vocals — was recorded during September/October and will be made available as a four-page digipack, one-LP gatefold edition and one-LP gatefold webstore edition and old-school "skull-and-cross" ...
CANDLEMASS Mainman LEIF EDLING Launches THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM Solo Project
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CANDLEMASS bassist and songwriter Leif Edling has launched a new solo project called THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM. He says in a video message introducing the new project: "As you perhaps know, I won't be playing live with CANDLEMASS this year. I'm still burnt out. But hopefully I can do it next year. And in the meantime, ...
AVATARIUM: 'Pearls And Coffins' Video Released
"Pearls And Coffins", the new video from AVATARIUM, the Swedish metal project whose recording lineup includes Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, can be seen below. The clip was filmed at Södra Teatern and Stora Vika, directed by Johan Bååth and produced by Robert Lundmark and Magnus Johansson ...
Video: CANDLEMASS Performs In Spain
Fan-filmed video footage of CANDLEMASS's December 19 performance at Pa'berse Matao in Sedaví, Spain can be seen below. CANDLEMASS is back to celebrate 30 years of doom with a brand new EP. Four studio tracks featuring Mats Levén on vocals were recorded during September/October for a special anniversary release early next year on Napalm Records. ...
Video: CANDLEMASS Performs At EINDHOVEN METAL MEETING
Fan-filmed video footage of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS performing on December 11 at the Eindhoven Metal Meeting at the Effenaar in Eindhoven, The Netherlands can be seen below. CANDLEMASS is back to celebrate 30 years of doom with a brand new EP. Four studio tracks featuring Mats Levén on vocals were recorded during September/October ...
CANDLEMASS: First Taste Of Upcoming EP
Swedish metal legends CANDLEMASS are back to celebrate 30 years of doom with a brand new EP. Four studio tracks featuring Mats Levén on vocals were recorded during September/October for a special anniversary release early next year on Napalm Records. The cover artwork for the EP, which can be seen below, was created by Erik ...
AVATARIUM Feat. CANDLEMASS, TIAMAT Members: Lyric Video For New Song 'Hypnotized'
AVATARIUM, the Swedish metal project whose recording lineup includes Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, will release its new album, "The Girl With The Raven Mask", on October 23 via Nuclear Blast. The CD will be released in North America on October 30 as part of a joint ...
CANDLEMASS To Celebrate 30th Anniversary With Brand New EP
Swedish metal legends CANDLEMASS are back to celebrate 30 years of doom with a brand new EP. Four studio tracks featuring Mats Levén on vocals are being recorded during September/October for a special anniversary release early next year on Napalm Records. CANDLEMASS has also announced that Levén, who's a longtime friend of the band, is ...
AVATARIUM Feat. CANDLEMASS, TIAMAT Members: New Rehearsal Video Posted Online
AVATARIUM, the Swedish metal project whose recording lineup includes Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, will release its new album, "The Girl With The Raven Mask", on October 23 via Nuclear Blast. Another appetizer for the forthcoming CD in the form of a video from the rehearsals for ...
AVATARIUM: Second 'The Girl With The Raven Mask' Studio Webisode
AVATARIUM, the Swedish metal project whose recording lineup includes Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, will release its new album, "The Girl With The Raven Mask", on October 23 via Nuclear Blast. The second in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "The ...
AVATARIUM: First 'The Girl With The Raven Mask' Studio Webisode
AVATARIUM, the Swedish metal project whose recording lineup includes Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, will release its new album, "The Girl With The Raven Mask", on October 23 via Nuclear Blast. The first in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "The ...
AVATARIUM: 'Girl With The Raven Mask' Lyric Video
AVATARIUM, the Swedish metal project whose recording lineup includes Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, will release its new album, "The Girl With The Raven Mask", on October 23 via Nuclear Blast. The lyric video for the title track, "Girl With The Raven Mask", can be seen below. ...
AVATARIUM To Release 'The Girl With The Raven Mask' Album In October
AVATARIUM, the Swedish metal project whose recording lineup includes Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, will release their new album, "The Girl With The Raven Mask", on October 23 via Nuclear Blast. Edling states about the CD: "I think we have created something unique this time with AVATARIUM. ...
AVATARIUM To Release Second Album In October
AVATARIUM, the Swedish metal project whose recording lineup includes Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, has entered the studio to begin recording its sophomore album for an October release via Nuclear Blast. To celebrate the as-yet-untitled CD's arrival, AVATARIUM will embark on a European headlining tour with support ...
DEW-SCENTED: New Song 'Affect Gravity' Available For Streaming
German thrashers DEW-SCENTED will release their tenth studio album, "Intermination", on June 30 in North America. The CD was mixed by Dan Swanö (Unisound Studio) and features cover artwork by Gustavo Sazes (Abstrata.net). The song "Affect Gravity", taken from "Intermination", can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. Comments DEW-SCENTED singer Leif Jensen: "'Affect Gravity' ...
CANDLEMASS Mainman LEIF EDLING To Sit Out More Live Performances Due To 'Health Issues'
Legendary Swedish doom metallers CANDLEMASS have released the following statement: "We just want to tell our fans/bookers and agents that our bass player and songwriter engine Leif Edling will, unfortunately, be off stage yet a year 'cause of health issues. He is on his way to get better, so we will wave the flag high ...
AVATARIUM: 'All I Want' Lyric Video Released
AVATARIUM, the project led by Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, will release a new vinyl/digital-only EP, "All I Want", on November 14 via Nuclear Blast. In addition to Edling, AVATARIUM features Marcus Jidell (ROYAL HUNT, EVERGREY) on guitar, Lars Sköld (TIAMAT) on drums, Carl Westholm on keyboards ...
AVATARIUM: 'All I Want' EP Teaser
AVATARIUM, the project led by Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, will release a new vinyl/digital-only EP, "All I Want", on November 14 via Nuclear Blast. A teaser for the EP is available below. In addition to Edling, AVATARIUM features Marcus Jidell (ROYAL HUNT, EVERGREY) on guitar, Lars ...
AVATARIUM To Release 'All I Want' EP
Former CELTIC FROST And CORONER Guitarist OLIVER AMBERG Working On THE BORIS KARLOFF SYNDROME EP
THE BORIS KARLOFF SYNDROME (TBKS), the band founded by former CELTIC FROST and CORONER guitarist Oliver Amberg, is working on its first concept EP, "Kopophobia" (an abnormal fear of mental or physical exhaustion), for a late 2014 release. The effort will include seven songs and will be recorded in Dinhard, Switzerland and Munich, Germany. As ...
Video: AVATARIUM Performs At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL
Fan-filmed video footage of AVATARIUM's June 7 performance at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden can be seen below. AVATARIUM is the project led by Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS. Due to his health condition, Edling was unable to perform with AVATARIUM at the Sweden Rock ...
AVATARIUM Begins Recording New EP
AVATARIUM, the project led by Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, entered David Castillo's Studio Gröndahl on Sunday, May 18 to begin recording its new EP, for a late 2014 release. The band states: "Rickard Gustavsson assisted and did a great job! Lars Sköld made that vintage Gretsch ...
CANDLEMASS Performs Entire 'Ancient Dreams' Album At ROADBURN (Video)
Fan-filmed video footage of CANDLEMASS' April 11 performance at the Roadburn festival in Tilburg, The Netherlands can be seen below. CANDLEMASS celebrated the 25th anniversary of its third album, "Ancient Dreams", with special live concert on December 28, 2013 at Debaser Medis in Stockholm, Sweden. The LP, which was originally issued in 1988, has long ...
LEIF EDLING To Sit Out AVATARIUM's Performance At ROADBURN; TIAMAT's ANDERS IWERS To Fill In
Due to his health condition, bassist Leif Edling (CANDLEMASS, AVATARIUM) has not been able to participate in the rehearsals for AVATARIUM's upcoming appearance at the Roadburn festival. Therefore the band will once again play with Anders Iwers from TIAMAT filling in for Leif. Says AVATARIUM: "Good news is that Leif is slowly getting better!" AVATARIUM ...
EUROPE Joined By ARCH ENEMY's MICHAEL AMOTT For 'Wings Of Tomorrow' Performance (Video)
Swedish hard rockers EUROPE performed their 1984 album, "Wings Of Tomorrow", live in its entirety last night (Monday, March 3) at the opening show of their Swedish tour in Stockholm. Says EUROPE singer Joey Tempest: "WOW! "We did not expect that reaction! "A Monday in Stockholm. We thought perhaps the band would be more drunk ...
ROBERT LOWE On Split With CANDLEMASS: 'They Decided To Drop The Best Vocalist They Ever Had'
Metal Wani writer Achintya Venkatesh recently conducted an interview with doom metal vocalist Robert Lowe (CANDLEMASS, SOLITUDE AETURNUS). You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Asked about whether his split with CANDLEMASS was an amicable one, Lowe said: "Actually, there was not a situation [that caused the breakup]. ...
CANDLEMASS: Fan-Filmed Footage Of Helsinki Concert
Fan-filmed video footage of CANDLEMASS' January 17 performance at Nosturi in Helsinki, Finland can be seen below. CANDLEMASS celebrated the 25th anniversary of its third album, "Ancient Dreams", with special live concert on December 28, 2013 at Debaser Medis in Stockholm, Sweden. The LP, which was originally issued in 1988, has long been hailed as ...
CANDLEMASS: More Footage Of Stockholm Concert
Legendary Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS celebrated the 25th anniversary of their third album, "Ancient Dreams", with special live concert on December 28 at Debaser Medis in Stockholm, Sweden. The LP, which was originally issued in 1988, has long been hailed as a classic and was performed in its entirety by CANDLEMASS, which was last year voted ...
CANDLEMASS Joined By Swedish Actor/Musician THORSTEN FLINCK On Stage In Stockholm (Video)
CANDLEMASS Mainman Says New BLACK SABBATH Album 'Could Have Been Better'
Metal Blast recently conducted an interview with CANDLEMASS and AVATARIUM mainman Leif Edling. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Blast: Considering the success of CANDLEMASS and the fact that it stands proud as THE doom metal band, what led you to start AVATARIUM? Leif Edling: My last year was ...


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A recent nationwide survey in Bangladesh found that about 25 percent of married women accept physical violence by their husbands, triggering a soul-searching debate over women's rights .
One in four married women considers beatings by her husband "logical," according to the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019 conducted by the state-run Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
The study, carried out among 61,242 families from January to June 2019 and released on Feb. 24, identified five major causes behind physical violence against wives by their husbands — leaving the house without the husband's permission, failing to take care of children properly, arguing with her husband, cooking badly and disagreeing to sexual intercourse.
The findings also refer to a previous BBS study in 2013 which showed 87 percent of married women face various forms of domestic violence in their lifetime.
Women and rights activists have blamed Bangladesh's ingrained patriarchal social system and state failure to ensure proper empowerment of women for constant domestic violence against women and their acceptance of such abuse.
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The survey results are frustrating but also there are reasons to cast doubts, said Rita Roselin Costa, convener of the women's desk at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh.
"I doubt whether the survey really reflects the reality. There are reasons to suspect whether women who find physical violence against them by husbands logical really understand their dignity and human rights as equal human beings. I think the notion of domestic violence is not clear to many women," Costa, a development activist and mother of three, told UCA News.
Many women in Bangladesh society think it is their husband's right to punish them physically or psychologically. Both men and women take it for granted that wives must accept abuses including beatings by husbands. It is largely because these women are dependent on their husbands for almost everything because they don't have an income, Costa explained.
"Even women don't realize that as human beings they don't deserve it and that this is a violation of human rights. The patriarchal mindset is strongly ingrained in many women even today. Both men and women need to transform the way they look at each other. We need a massive change in our behavioral attitude," she said.
The scenario in the minority Christian community is not much different from the national picture, she noted.
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"There might be less physical violence but psychological abuse is rampant. Insulting and disrespecting women is an everyday reality for Christian women. But these remain silent because abused women feel it might further complicate their lives," Costa added.
Prominent rights activist and Supreme Court lawyer Sultana Kamal echoed similar sentiments.
"In our culture, both men and women think that when women fail to carry out their responsibilities or get desired results or make any mistakes, men have the right to resort to violence or punitive actions. This is a largely accepted notion in the family and society. Even the state largely turns a blind eye to it," Kamal told UCA News
"So, when violence against women occurs, the state machinery does not take measures to punish the perpetrators. Thus, this malpractice has been ingrained in society and never addressed. Women cannot get away from it, and even they too think that they deserve such violence when they are unable to perform their duties as their husbands demand."
The survey findings are disappointing but are also an eye-opener about the conditions of women, said Nirmol Rozario, president of the Bangladesh Christian Association, the country's largest Christian forum.
"The survey results show we have failed collectively to empower women properly and thus domestic violence continues unabated. It is ironic that we have women in top positions in the country but many women are still victims of a patriarchal system and they accept violence as part of their life," Rozario told UCA News.
"It is a warning for us and it reminds that there is still a long way to go in order to end violence against women as a way of ensuring their empowerment in a society that is still feudalistic and male-dominant."
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan on Monday, a time marked by intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts.
Saudi Arabia's state TV announced the new moon of Ramadan was spotted Sunday evening. Local media in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, also said Muslims there would begin fasting Monday, as will Muslims in Singapore, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan and the Palestinian territories, among others.
Following these announcements, a mosque in Tampa, Florida announced to its followers that they too would celebrate the first day's fasting Monday.
Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the start of Ramadan a day or two apart. By Sunday evening, Pakistan and Iran had yet to officially announce Monday as the first day of Ramadan. Traditionally, countries announce if their moon-sighting council spots the Ramadan crescent the evening before fasting begins.
The faithful spend the month of Ramadan in mosques for evening prayers known as "taraweeh," while free time during the day is often spent reading the Quran and listening to religious lectures.
Each day for the month of Ramadan, Muslims abstain from eating and drinking from sunrise to sunset. Even a sip of water, coffee or a cigarette can invalidate one's fast. There are exceptions to fasting for children, the elderly, the sick, women who are pregnant, nursing or menstruating, and people travelling.
Many break their fast as the Prophet Muhammad did around 1,400 years ago, with a sip of water and some dates at sunset followed by prayer. It is common for Muslims to break their fast with family and friends and charities organize free meals for the public at mosques and other public spaces.
The fast is intended to bring the faithful closer to God and to remind them of the suffering of those less fortunate.
Fasting during Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam, along with the Muslim declaration of faith, daily prayer, charity and performing the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. Non-Muslims or adult Muslims not observing the fast who eat in public during the day in Ramadan can be fined or even jailed in some Middle Eastern countries, such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which is home to large Western expatriate populations in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.


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Johann Georg Eisen von Schwarzenberg (* 19. Januar 1717 in Polsingen; † 4. Februar 1779 in Jaropolec, ) war ein Geistlicher und Schriftsteller, Aufklärer und Bekämpfer der Leibeigenschaft.

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Johann Georg Eisen von Schwarzenberg wurde als Sohn des Pfarrers Gottfried Eisen von Schwarzenberg
und seiner Frau Elisabeth, geb. Döderlein im mittelfränkischen Polsingen geboren.

Von 1737 bis 1740 studierte er in Jena Theologie, Medizin, Physik und Kameralistik. 1741 ging er nach Livland und war 4 Jahre Hauslehrer auf dem Gut Avvinorm. 1745 erhielt er die Berufung als Pastor für das Kirchspiel Torma und Lohusuu nahe am Peipussee und wirkte dort fast 30 Jahre als Landpfarrer – unterbrochen durch einen zweijährigen Aufenthalt in St. Petersburg 1764–1766.
Am 19. Februar 1747 heiratete er Christina Beata Reussner, die Tochter eines livländischen Pastors. Aus der Ehe gingen 8 Kinder hervor, von denen vier das Erwachsenenalter erreichten.

1775 legte er sein Amt nieder. Im Jahr darauf nahm er die Berufung als
Professor für Ökonomie an der frisch gegründeten Academia Petrina in Mitau () an und wurde zugleich Inspektor der herzöglichen Landwirtschaft und Gärten. Mit seinen radikalen theologischen und sozialen Anschauungen geriet er auch hier in Schwierigkeiten und gab das Amt schon nach einem Jahr auf, ohne auch nur eine Vorlesung gehalten zu haben. Sein langjähriger Gönner Sachar Grigorjewitsch Tschernyschow () bot ihm die Stelle als Oberaufseher auf seinem Gut Jaropolec () bei Moskau an. Dort ist Eisen 1779 gestorben.

Kampf gegen die Leibeigenschaft
Eisen war bestrebt, seine Ideen durch Zeitungsartikel und Einzelveröffentlichungen möglichst weit zu verbreiten, ganz im Sinne einer Volksaufklärung. Er fühlte sich nicht nur für das Seelenheil seiner Gemeinde verantwortlich, sondern sah seine erzieherische Aufgabe in der Verbreitung neuer Erkenntnisse. In mehreren Schriften propagierte er die Pockenimpfung, schrieb über Gartenbau, Kräuter- und Wurzeltrocknung und andere Themen. An dem von Eisen entwickelten Trockengemüse, Vorläufer der Tütensuppen, zeigte sich besonders die russische Flotte interessiert.

Um 1750 begann Eisen, sich schriftlich mit Fragen der Gesellschaft auseinanderzusetzen. In seinen autobiographischen Aufzeichnungen schreibt er: Zu gleicher Zeit schrieb ich ein Gartenbuch in estnischer Sprache und ein neues Kameralsystem, worin bewiesen wurde, dass die Leibeigenschaft die erste Ursache aller Unvollkommenheit, das Eigentum aber aller Blüte eines Staats sei.
Gemeint ist damit die Schrift Beweis, daß diejenige Verfassung des Bauern, wenn selbiger seinem Herrn als ein Eigentümer von seinem Bauernhof Untertan ist, der einzige Grund sei, worauf alle mögliche Glückseligkeit eines Staates gebauet werden kann. Sie ist nur als Manuskript überliefert, wurde 1934 erstmals auszugsweise auf lettisch und 1998 vollständig auf deutsch veröffentlicht.
Eisen empfahl, die Leibeigenschaft auslaufen zu lassen und den Bauern persönliches Eigentum mit dem Recht der Erbfolge zu geben, die Grundbesitzer sollen dafür einen Pachtzins erhalten.
Einige Hofleute in St. Petersburg begannen sich für Ideen Eisens zu interessieren und luden ihn nach St. Petersburg ein.

Im Juni 1762 erteilte ihm Peter III. den Auftrag, einen Plan für die Ansiedlung freier Kolonisten in Livland auszuarbeiten. Auch nach dem Sturz Peters arbeitet er daran weiter, wie er in seinen autobiographischen Aufzeichnungen berichtet: … zwischen 1762 und 1763 fertigte ich einen allgemeinen großen Plan, allenfalls die Leibeigenschaft aufzuheben, an und glaubte das Schwierige und Unmögliche gänzlich leicht und möglich gemacht zu haben.
Als Katharina II. sich 1763 ebenfalls mit der Bauernfrage und der Gründung deutscher Kolonien an der Wolga befasste, wurde Eisen wieder nach St. Petersburg gerufen. Im Oktober 1763 empfing ihn die Kaiserin zur Audienz. Während Katharinas Livländischer Reise im Juni 1764 gewährte sie ihm erneut ein Gespräch.

1764 erschien in der von Gerhard Friedrich Müller herausgegebenen Sammlung russischer Geschichte Eisens schon 1756 geschriebener Aufsatz Eines Livländischen Patrioten Beschreibung der Leibeigenschaft, wie solche in Livland über die Bauern eingeführet ist. Das war die erste überhaupt in Russland gedruckte Arbeit, die sich gegen die Institution der Leibeigenschaft richtete. Die Veröffentlichung alarmierte auch die Livländische Ritterschaft und führte – verstärkt durch die von der Kaiserin geäußerte Absicht zur Veränderung der Verhältnisse – zu Maßnahmen, welche die rechtliche Lage der Bauern in Livland verbesserten (Ascheradensches und Römershoffsches Bauernrecht).

Graf Grigori Grigorjewitsch Orlow beauftragte Eisen, sein System des Bauernlandeigentums durch Ansiedlung freier Ausländer auf dem Orlowschen Gut Ropscha () bei St. Petersburg zu verwirklichen. 1766 musste Eisen das Projekt aus den Händen geben, wahrscheinlich wegen Schwierigkeiten mit der Verwaltung, die das Projekt überwachte. Zu Eisens engsten Freunden in dieser Zeit gehörte Johann Reinhold Forster, der mit seinem Sohn  Georg auf Einladung Orlows die Gebiete der deutschen Wolgakolonien erforschte.

1766 stellte die Freie Ökonomische Gesellschaft ihre berühmte Preisfrage über das Landeigentum der Bauern.  Eisen reichte eine Arbeit ein, die aber nicht prämiert wurde.
Auch an einer weiteren Preisfrage Instruktionen für einen Gutsverwalter im Jahre 1768 beteiligte er sich mit Entwurf zu einer Einrichtung auf den herrschaftlichen Landgütern Rußlands, auf welche sowohl derselben Wirtschaft als auch natürliche Einführung der Freiheit des Bauern gegründet werden kann. Seine Arbeit wurde nicht angenommen, weil sie am Thema vorbeiging.

In den Folgejahren arbeitete Eisen an einer Gesamtanalyse der Agrarfrage, überliefert ist davon nur ein Fragment in der Akademischen Bibliothek in Riga. 1777 unternahm er nochmals einen Versuch zur Verbreitung seiner Ideen und brachte in Mitau sein Journal Philanthrop heraus. In der ersten Ausgabe legte er unter dem Titel Systematischer Entwurf von der Grundverfassung der Staatswirtschaft seine Thesen in neuer Fassung vor. In Kurland, das noch nicht zum Russischen Reich gehörte, konnte Eisen seine Gedanken freier äußern, kritisierte die Leibeigenschaft nicht mehr wegen ihrer Unwirtschaftlichkeit, sondern als ein System, das Menschen ihres natürlichen Grundrechts auf persönliche Freiheit beraubte. Die zweite Ausgabe des Philanthrop verhinderte Eisens Tod.

Für Eisen waren seine theologischen Schriften und sein Kampf gegen die Leibeigenschaft das Wichtigste in seinem Leben.
Um die Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts verbreiteten sich neue Ansichten über Wohlstand und Reichtum der Gesellschaft: Der Merkantilismus mit seiner Betonung des Handels als Wohlstandsquelle wurde abgelöst vom Physiokratismus und Kameralismus, die die Landwirtschaft als Quelle des Wohlstands betrachteten. Eisen gehört mit seinen Ansichten in diese Generation der politischen Denker Europas.
"Eisens Hoffnungen und sein Einfluß standen und fielen mit der Politik des »aufgeklärten« Herrschers, in den er sein Vertrauen setzte. Eisens Scheitern veranschaulicht das klasische Dilemma des »Projektemachers« des 18. Jahrhunderts in Mittel- und Osteuropa. Im Falle von Katharina II. kam seine Zeit und ging sodann rasch vorüber. Trotzdem konnte Eisen für sich mit Recht die Ehre beanspruchen, derjenige gewesen zu sein, der die Leibeigenschaftsdebatte ins öffentliche Licht gerückt hatte, zumindest in einigen Kreisen des Russischen Imperiums."

Im alltäglichen Leben konnte Eisen den Widerspruch zu seinen Ideen nicht umgehen. Als livländischer Pastor war er selbst ein Gutsherr, ihm gehörte der Pastoratsacker und die Pastoratswirtschaft mit leibeigenen Arbeitskräften. Er kaufte Leibeigene, andere ließ er nach St. Petersburg überstellen, um hochstehende Beamte zu beeinflussen, und gab seiner in St. Petersburg verheirateten Tochter einen Leibeigenen als Hofwächter. 1767 hat er jedoch in Torma für drei seiner Leibeigenen ein Zeugnis ausgestellt, das ihnen erlaubte, im Kirchspiel unabhängig zu leben und sich durch eigene Arbeit zu ernähren, bis Eisen oder seine Erben sie zurückfordern würden.

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June 4, 2018 June 4, 2018 Gronda Morin
aside	US Ambassador To Germany Richard Grenell Is An Embarrassment And A Disgrace To USA
Before the days of the republican President Donald Trump being ensconced in the White House, the USA used stand solidly on the side of democracy, the "rule of law"and our US State Department diplomats habitually trumpeted human rights' causes.
Because of President Trump and his GOP sycophants in the US Congress, the USA has an ambassador who decides that it is okay for him to work to empower" right-wing leaders in Europe, and he recently specifically praised the anti-immigrant chancellor of Austria.
We here in the USA cannot have diplomats acting abroad in a way that is inimical to the most basic values, that most of us in the USA hold dear, while messing in a counter productive way in the local politics.
Republicans were screaming "bloody murder" as democrats held up/ delayed the nomination process in the US Senate in this case, because this is obviously their kind of guy. As a former Fox TV contributor, he looked the part.
As per a 10/23/17 Washington Blade report, "President Trump's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Germany — the first major openly gay appointment of the administration — came under fire in the recent past for snide comments on Twitter about the physical appearance of several prominent women — but a 1995 Washington Post profile story on him reveals he was making such comments long before the arrival of social media."
"The more than 20-year-old profile piece on Ric Grenell, sent to the Washington Blade on Saturday, takes a look at his personality long before the Trump nominee served as spokesperson for the U.S. mission to the United Nations during the George W. Bush administration or as a Fox News commentator. The piece was written during Grenell's days as press secretary to Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) at the dawn of the "Gingrich Revolution."
"A key portion of the profile quotes Laurie Blackford, then a producer for Chris Matthews long before he came to MSNBC, recalling remarks Grenell allegedly made to a fellow campaign staffer on the 1992 Bush-Quayle re-election campaign."
"One of our staff people came in and had on a flowery dress and red shoes and Ric looked at her and said, 'Didn't your mother ever tell you only whores and very small children wear red shoes?'" Blackford is quoted as saying." (He later acknowledged this as a joke.)
Here is the rest of the story…
On June 4, 2018, Tommy Christopher of Shareblue Media penned the following report, "Trump's ambassador to Germany disgraces US for second time in a month"
"The same Trump ambassador who just threatened one of our closest allies a few weeks ago now says he wants to "empower" right-wing leaders in Europe, and specifically praised the anti-immigrant chancellor of Austria."
"U.S. ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell said, in a interview with Breitbart London, "I absolutely want to empower other conservatives throughout Europe, other leaders. I think there is a groundswell of conservative policies that are taking hold because of the failed policies of the left."
"There's no question about that and it's an exciting time for me," he added. "I look across the landscape and we've got a lot of work to do but I think the election of Donald Trump has empowered individuals and people to say that they can't just allow the political class to determine before an election takes place, who's going to win and who should run."
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
Grennell also singled out Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for praise, calling him a "rock star."
"Kurz is an anti-immigrant politician who gained power by first emulating, and then forming a coalition government with, the white supremacist "Freedom Party." Grenell's comments are an unambiguous nod to the white nationalist movement that is sweeping Europe, and his words have already sparked outcry from the German government:"
"We have asked the U.S. side for clarification, and whether (the remarks) were made as reported," a foreign ministry spokesman told a regular government news conference."
"Rolf Muetzenich, deputy leader of the Social Democrats in parliament, said the issue should be raised quickly with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo."
"Clearly the U.S. ambassador sees himself as an extension of a right-wing conservative world movement," he told Reuters. Muetzenich added that Grenell's actions violated the 1961 Vienna Convention, under which diplomats do not interfere in the domestic affairs of a country."
"Grenell promised, during his confirmation hearing, not to politicize his post if confirmed."
"But in short order, Grenell caused an international incident when he tried to threaten Germany into violating the Iran nuclear deal along with Trump."
"Now, Grenell is meddling in the politics of our European allies, and empowering a right-wing extremist from Austria. What could go wrong?"
Richard Grenell
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davidprosser says:
The host country should dismiss him as persona non grata.
Gronda Morin says:
Dear David Prosser,
I couldn't agree more. This type of US diplomacy is unacceptable.
Hugs, Gronda
Gronda, it is bad enough that we have to deal with a President who empowers white supremacists. Now we get to export our bigotry via ambassadors. Our ambassadors need to focus on things that bring people together, not divide. Keith
Dear Keith,
I totally agree. It is bad enough that we have to deal with the president's racist impulses.
This is just so embarrassing that we are exporting the US circus, banana republic abroad.
I pray that the republicans get tired of his shenanigans.


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2004 election roundup
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Rematch in District 52B
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The Choice 2004 - part 2
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House race perceived as referendum on tire plant
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The latest polls show George Bush and John Kerry in a dead-heat race for president. Ralph Nader and "other" remain in the single digits percentage-wise. Why are third parties less visible than in past years? ( 10/18/2004)


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GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Moldova is MDL 11.34 Billion. Real GDP is expressed in billions of national currency units; the base year is country-specific.
In the previous year, 2014, GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Moldova was MDL 11.47 Billion GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Moldova in 2015 was or will be 1.10% less than it was or will be in 2014.
In the following or forecasted year, 2016, GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Moldova was or will be MDL 11.40 Billion, which is 0.50% more than the 2015 figure.


Galena is a charming small town that is about a three hour drive from Chicago. When we lived in Chicago, we used to take weekend trips to Galena. It's a great way to get outside of the Chicagoland area and explore more of Illinois. The town might make you feel like you're stepping back to a simpler time. Enjoy the shops, restaurants, great hotels, golfing and more. This is one part of the state where there are actually hills that offer beautiful views of the area.
Ulysses S. Grant Home: Galena's "claim to fame" might be the home of Ulysses S. Grant, who was the 18th President of the United States. You can tour the home and see the original furnishings. There is also the Galena & U.S. Grant Museum where you can see more artifacts.
Horseback riding: This is a great place for horseback riding with miles of trails to explore.
Apple River Fort State Historic Site: Visit the site of a battle from the Black Hawk War. There are exhibits, videos, and very knowledgeable staff here to tell the stories about the battle. There is also a reconstruction of the fort you can walk through.
The Old Blacksmith Shop: See how a blacksmith shop from 1897 operates with real working forges. Open seasonally.
Eagle Ridge Resort: This 6,800 acre resort and spa is located a few miles from the main part of Galena. This is where we stayed when we visited. The resort offers traditional accommodations as well as home and villa rentals.
Hot air ballooning: If you're looking for some adventure during your stay, try taking a sunset hot air balloon ride.
Catch a show: There is plenty of live entertainment from magic shows to variety shows.
Linmar Gardens: Take a tour through 3 acre gardens that overlook the town of Galena. Open seasonally.
DeSoto House Hotel: This Victorian style hotel opened in 1855 during the railroad heyday in Galena. The hotel has had a rocky history, but now offers deluxe accommodations and service just like it did when it first opened. Stay here or at least stop by for a drink.
Golf: Galena has become a popular Midwest golf destination with 10 courses with stunning views and vistas.
Galena is a great spot for a weekend getaway, especially if you live in the Midwest! There is skiing in the winter, but we definitely suggest going in the summer when the weather is nice and most attractions are open.
Have you been to Galena? What are your favorite things to do? Where else do you suggest going for a weekend getaway in the Midwest?


Kalaripayattu is considered to be the base form of martial arts that originated in India in the medieval period. The state of Kerala is said to be the home of Kalaripayattu. The term, Kalaripayattu is derived from the Malayalam words, 'kalari', meaning gymnasium and 'payatukka', meaning fight or exercise. There is a widespread belief among the people in Kerala that this form of fighting was a gift to mankind by the Hindu Gods and reached the normal man through sage Parasurama. However, there is no doubt about the fact that in the 6th century CE, this form of fighting reached its pinnacle of popularity.
It is considered that the various forms of martial arts that are spread all over the world currently, originated from the base form of martial arts, Kalaripayattu. The Buddhist monk from Tamilnadu, Bodhidharman is said to have helped greatly in propagating this form of martial arts to various parts of his world during his visit in China. The modern day Shaolin temples that train young students in Kung Fu are believed to have developed on the lines of the art from India, Kalaripayattu. Mainly three states of south India, Kerala, Tamilnadu and Karnataka had great warriors who possessed expertise in this form of fighting.
Nairs and Ezavas were the two castes that had expertise in this form of martial arts and experts are of the opinion that the importance of Kalaripayattu increased greatly due to the frequent wars that took place between the Cheras and the Cholas. The main weapons that are made use of in this martial art form are sword, staff, stick and spear. A disciple who wishes to learn Kalaripayattu had to be admitted in a Gurukkal and had to learn the various grappling techniques from the teacher. The pupil was trained in meditation too so that he had control over his mind. The special kind of massage that the student of Kalaripayattu was provided with is said to have played a major role in increasing his strength and stability.
Warriors who specialized in Kalaripayattu were able to kill an opponent by merely touching them at the sensitive spots called 'marmam'. These deadly skills were to be utilized only in situations of emergencies and were taught only to the best students who exercised excellent self control through meditation. With the advent of colonialism in India, this ancient martial art from began to lose its significance. However, in the recent times, efforts are on to revive the art of Kalaripayattu and it is evidenced from the large number of institutes that have come up in Kerala to teach young students the earliest known form of martial arts.


Customer success is an exciting and game-changing opportunity, and a prerequisite for the majority of B2B SaaS companies, but are you ready for it?
Here's a look at 7 reasons (or maybe these are excuses?) why you may not be quite there…but with these insights, you'll be so much closer.
Before you begin, you need to have a plan in place to bring customer success to its full potential. This includes your vision, goals, customer data, metrics, timetable, journey map etc. — and the involvement of key stakeholders.
It sounds daunting – so much that you might not even know where to begin but don't despair! Start with making a list of all things that need to be considered. There is a plethora of information and insights out there (customer success is a very hot topic right now) to guide you in right direction. Do a quick Google search on "customer success management" or "customer experience management" – here is a great example of a search result that contains the steps to doing customer journey mapping.
2. You don't have executive buy-in.
Customer success doesn't just happen. It requires sponsorship from the top, starting with the CEO. Without executive buy-in, it is difficult to shape the corporate mindset around the importance of the customer and his or her experience. And from the CEO on down, the entire senior leadership team will play a role in influencing every department in the organization on the importance of the customer, hence paving the way for the success of the Chief Customer Officer.
How do you get the CEO to buy in? A number of CEOs have walked in the shoes of their customers. They gain first-hand experience dealing directly with customers by spending time engaging them, learning their business needs and the value they derive from using your product/service. So with a plan in hand, propose a challenge to your CEO to walk for a day or even a couple hours in the shoes of the customer. If they do this already – you are way ahead! If not, here is a great example from the CEO of Zuora, Tien Tzou.
3. You don't have data.
Relevant and comprehensive customer data is the foundation upon which your customer success program will operate. Most organizations have customer related data, it's just a matter of identifying it. If you don't already know, find out what your company uses to capture account or contact information, billing data and support tickets. Once you've found the data, the next step is to put it into the context of what is required for customer success.
Well, you probably do know who they are. However, segmentation of your customers and personalized engagement is one of the key benefits of customer success. This is why you should start thinking about how customers are organized and categorized before you implement a customer success program.
Knowing your customers is the first step to strong segmentation. By organizing your customers into targeted groups, you can ensure that each customer receives the right level of information and attention at the right time.
5. You haven't collaborated with other departments.
Since customer success will touch multiple departments, getting input and buy-in from each team is an absolute must. Understand their thought processes and incorporate their feedback into your plan for customer success. Outcomes of customer success have a direct impact on sales, marketing, product development and technical support to name a few, not to mention the bottom line.
For example, marketing may have originally planned to send an email to an at-risk customer, promoting a new offer to them. Working with marketing, customer success can quickly identify that it isn't the correct point in time to send an email of that nature. This wouldn't have been the way to salvage that relationship.
6. You don't have metrics or KPIs.
We all want results from our customer success program, but the metrics that go deeper and beyond those areas are crucial for monitoring, refining and optimizing. This might not be a showstopper for you, though. You can define initial metrics and KPIs that are important to the organization in your plan and then use this as a requirement to find the right platform to meet your needs. Chances are that metrics around churn reduction, upsells and cross-sells are already being discussed somewhere in the company.
7. You don't have a process.
Most B2B SaaS companies have identified a need to reduce churn and grow the lifetime value of their customer base and believe customer success is the way to go about achieving this...and it is! However, since customer success is so new a lot of companies are just trying to figure out how to stop firefighting and get out of the chaos. Any customer success process put in place today is better than no process at all – it will evolve as your organization, your product, and your customers mature.
If you've gotten all or even the majority of these items planned out and under control, then let's celebrate! You're ready for customer success and all of the opportunities ahead.
Pam McBride has over 15 years in B2B/tech marketing and SaaS businesses employing every data-driven marketing tactic along the way: demand generation, lead management, metrics/insights, PR/content/social and programs for acquisition, retention and upsell. She finds growth where others couldn't and creates motivated engaged teams that deliver great work to drive results.


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Fire Emblem Fates
Platform 3DS Publisher Nintendo Developer Intelligent Systems Release Date Feb 19, 2016
Fire Emblem Fates review
By Griffin McElroy and Allegra Frank on Feb 17, 2016 02.17.16
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Nintendo announced today the addition of Lego City Undercover to the Nintendo Switch eShop. That game is joined by a pair of shoot 'em ups, including a new title for the Switch and a classic...
Nintendo reports huge quarterly loss amid plummeting Wii U sales
By Samit Sarkar on Jul 27, 2016 07.27.16
The first quarter of Nintendo's current fiscal year wasn't pretty, as a massive drop in Wii U sales led to a significant decrease in sales and an operating loss of 5.13 billion yen ($48.7 million),...
Hideo Kojima, Splatoon, The Witcher 3 win year-end awards from Famitsu
By Allegra Frank on May 10, 2016 05.10.16
Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu announced its top titles of 2015 today, five months into 2016. It's never a bad time to be reminded of some of last year's best games, however, as well as its most...
Splatoon, Animal Crossing were Nintendo's biggest hits over the past 12 months
By Owen S. Good on Apr 27, 2016 04.27.16
Seven new titles sold more than one million copies for Nintendo over its last fiscal year, the company reported today, with Splatoon and Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer leading the way on Wii...
Fire Emblem Fates has series' biggest stateside debut ever
By Allegra Frank on Feb 24, 2016 02.24.16
Fire Emblem Fates had the biggest U.S. launch in the series' history, Nintendo announced in a press release. Over its three-day launch window this past weekend, the game — which hit retail in two...
How to choose your starting path in Fire Emblem Fates
Fire Emblem Fates tells a grand story — one so big that Nintendo decided to split it up into three versions. Two of these, Birthright and Conquest, are now available at retail; a third, Revelation,...
Watch us build a castle in Fire Emblem Fates (and lay siege to someone else's)
By Griffin McElroy on Feb 18, 2016 02.18.16
Watch on YouTube | Subscribe to Polygon on YouTube Fire Emblem Fates adds some slick new mechanics to the franchise, but its largest overhaul is how it handles all of the character management and...
Meet Izana, one of Fire Emblem Fates' best new characters
By Nick Robinson on Feb 09, 2016 02.09.16
Watch in 60 fps on YouTube | Subscribe to Polygon on YouTube If Intelligent Systems' recent entries in the Fire Emblem series are known for one thing, it's their characters. Fire Emblem Awakening...
Get your Fire Emblem Fates character set with this helpful web app
Fire Emblem Fates fans wanting to get a head start, or just jonesing for anything to do with the game before its western launch on Feb. 19, can try out all the player customization options with...
Fire Emblem Fates won't have Japanese voice option in Western release
By Allegra Frank and Nick Robinson on Feb 05, 2016 02.05.16
Fire Emblem Fates will ship stateside without its original Japanese audio, Nintendo has confirmed to Polygon. When they launch, all three versions of the Nintendo 3DS game (Birthright, Conquest and...


Frightened and helpless, Dante returns to the dark wood. They included two Jovial Friars, dishonest leaders of Florence. Dante and Virgil ascend to the fifth terrace of the Avaricious and Prodigal, where they witness the penitents' punishment: lying stretched face down on the ground and bound by hand and foot. With an unearthly joy, laughing, Beatrice threw the narrator in a rapidly rotating sphere. In this circle can also be observed several other sins such as theft, magic and intrigue. The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, the author chronicles the journey of three places: the Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise.
The pupil is the soul of the king, and psalmist David, eyelashes are the souls of the righteous pre-Christians. Sinclair's three-volume prose translation of Dante's Divine Comedy should prove to be an invaluable source of pleasure to those English readers who would read this great medieval classic with understanding. You either have a streak of compulsive perfectionism like me, or an artistic bent. The ninth and last circle of Hell, punish the traitors. The sun shines down on a mountain above him, and he attempts to climb up to it but finds his way blocked by three beasts—a leopard, a lion, and a she-wolf. Then, he tells Dante about his destiny of exile, but tempers it with encouragement to Dante to fulfill his poetic mission. You can get the eBooks of this superb work from the links below.
At the deepest region of circle nine, a three-faced Satan, stuck in a frozen lake, chews on the worst betrayers of all time: Judas who betrayed Jesus , and Brutus and Cassius both of whom betrayed Julius Ceasar. The plot of the Divine Comedy is thus very simple: it is the narrative of Dante's journey towards redemption. Dante was horrified by the gore in the ninth pouch, where sowers of scandal and schism were maimed by a devil with a sword. The poems are quite short: it would take about as long to read the whole Inferno as it would to read the detailed canto summaries and analyses, although they might be helpful for understanding Dante's difficult language. The first one treated more genuine issues and Dante composed it in a lifted style. These were suicides: Dante spoke to one after seeing a broken twig bleed. The souls form an image of the Cross.
Dante is pleased to find himself accepted as an equal by the great classical poets. The Inferno begins when Dante, in the middle of his life, is lost in a metaphorical dark wood  that is, sin. They encounter a man named Forese Donati, who explains the punishment of the Gluttonous as agonizing thirst and hunger. The eagle represents the idea of justice, and not his claws and beak are important but all-seeing eye, made up of the most worthy of lights. Fortunately he then meets the spirit of the Roman epic poet , who says that he has been sent by to lead him to salvation.
Their rapid rotation is the source of all movements, which take place in the universe. Can you tell us more how you made this happen create this free ebook, though I am familiar with the Creative Commons license? A person who takes this supplement will decrease their appetite, hence, the use of pills. It is home to the souls of the righteous ambitious. The poem works on a number of symbolic levels, much like the Bible, one of its primary sources. Many of the characters in the poem are Medieval Italian politicians or dishonored religious figures, and this poem is Dante's chance to criticize the very corruption that led to his exile and the disintegration of Florence. The original Italian text and the Sinclair translation are arranged on facing pages, and the commentaries, brilliant examples of genuine literary criticism, appear after each canto.
One of the lights moved closer to the narrator, this is the spirit of his great grandfather, warrior. A second crown forms around the first. Today readers highly regard this , but this is also a fact that it mostly remained neglected through the Enlightenment. The narrator start pondering over why God the Father had to sacrifice his son? The narrator is puzzled: what are they to blame for? Four lights are burning in front of the narrator: the three apostles and Adam. But the glory of God obscures the view of Dante and thus ends his adventure.
Thomas explains the wisdom of and warns Dante not to judge hastily. We have shared the links of all 3 books. The narrator wanted to learn from him about his future fate. A disembodied voice cites examples of temperance. Then enter the sixth circle. There are three parts to this massive work: Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise. They ascend into the Tenth Heaven, the Empyrean.
Blessed spirits of the spectators were silent, did not sing - otherwise they would have deafened the narrator. The next question was about love, the apostle John asked it. Beatrice explains the discrepancy between it and the material universe. Their stay on Mars ended. As they travel to the fourth terrace of the Slothful, Virgil explains how love determines the structure of Purgatory. Likewise, when he sees an enemy in Hell, such as Farinata, Dante is noble enough to recognize the power of the man, even while totally disagreeing with his political views. Its impact was so great that Dante's Tuscan dialect became what we recognize as modern Italian.


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Are you a K12 Teacher or University Professor?
Do you know how to negotiate with your employer to own what you create for your brick and mortor classroom or virtual online class?
A Few Sales Tricks Can Launch a Book To Top of Online Lists with a mass email called the Best-Seller Blast. You can buy placement (for around $10 - 15 grand) that is sent out by big-time authors. Amazon seems to refresh its numbers 35 minutes after every hour. Used and new book sales are counted equally. So an author anxious about his sales ranking could put a few dozen of his books for sale for a penny apiece and ask a friend to buy them all.
Do you publish your content online? Do Search engines use your content without paying you?
Global Publishers to launch new initiative to tackle search engines press release.
The new project, called ACAP (Automated Content Access Protocol), is an automated system which allows online content providers to systematically provide information about access and use of their content to news aggregators and others on the web. The information, provided in a form that can be recognised and interpreted by search engine "crawlers", will tell search engine operators and other users under what terms they can use the content.
1/14/15 Readers have been dreading the rise of e-books since before the technology even existed. A 1991 New York Times piece predicting the imminent invention of the personal e-reader spurred angry and impassioned letters to the editor. One reader wrote in to express his worry that the new electronic books wouldn't work in the bath.
Twenty-three years later, half of American adults own an e-reading device. A few years ago, Obama set a goal of getting e-textbooks into every classroom by 2017. Florida lawmakers have passed legislation requiring public schools to convert their textbooks to digital versions.
Despite the embrace of e-books in certain contexts, they remain controversial. Many people just don't like them: They run out of battery, they hurt your eyes, they don't work in the bath. After years of growth, sales are stagnating. In 2014, 65 percent of 6 to 17-year-old children said they would always want to read books in print—up from 60 percent two years earlier.
Though it has been over 15 years since Project Gutenberg starting publishing classic literature online and seven since Amazon launched the Kindle, research into how e-books change readers' experience has been scarce. Defenders of print books usually rely on anecdote or intuition—which can make it easy to dismiss them as Luddites or romantics. And the relative lack of data has sometimes forced them to resort to the hyperbolic—Andrew Piper proclaiming that e-reading isn't reading at all - or the petty - Peter Conrad complaining that e-readers don't align margins the way he likes. With her new book, Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World, Naomi Baron, a professor of linguistics at American University, brings more data to the case for print. Baron and her colleagues surveyed over 300 university students in the U.S., Japan, Germany, and Slovakia, and found a near-universal preference for print, especially for serious reading. (She finds that the format doesn't matter so much for "light reading.") When students were given a choice of various media—including hard copy, cell phone, tablet, e-reader, and laptop - 92 percent said they could concentrate best in hard copy.
"The group we assumed would gobble this up were teenagers and young adults," says Baron. "But they talked about things I didn't think 18 to 26-year-olds cared about anymore. '
Alice Robb: Why are young people - who are accustomed to doing most things on screens - resistant to e-books?
Naomi Baron: There are two big issues. The first was they say they get distracted, pulled away to other things. The second had to do with eye strain and headaches and physical discomfort.
When I asked what they don't like about reading on a screen - they like to know how far they've gone in the book. You can read at the bottom of the screen what percent you've finished, but it's a totally different feel to know you've read an inch worth and you have another inch and a half to go. Or students will tell you about their visual memory of where something was on the page; that makes no sense on a screen. One student said, "I keep forgetting who the author is. In a print book all I have to do is flip back and I see it." There are all kinds of reasons students will give - "I have a sense of accomplishment when I finish a book and I want to see it on the shelf." They care about the smell of a book. In the Slovakian data, when I asked what do you like most about reading in hard copy, one out of ten talked about the smell of books. There really is a physical, tactile, kinesthetic component to reading.
AR: So students feel like they're learning more when they actually read books in print, but do we know whether they actually retain more?
NB: Generally speaking, if you give standardized tests on comprehension of passages, the results are about the same on a screen or on hard copy. There are a number of studies that have been done in different countries - in Germany, Austria, Israel, United States, Norway.
But you have to ask: What do you want to measure? Do you want to measure comprehension? That's a fairly plain, middle-school way of talking about what it means to read. Did you get so involved in that book that you didn't notice what was going on around you? That you insisted on staying up until three o'clock in the morning? Did you cry?
My research shows people are more likely to re-read if they have a book in hard copy. You might see the title on your shelf and think, "I hadn't thought about that scene in a long time." There are certain connections we make that go beyond decoding words.
AR: You argue in the book that e-books make reading a more social, less personal experience.
NB: If you're annotating on a Kindle, on a Kobo, you see - you know how many people thought that word was really important, or maybe everybody else liked this passage. If we sat and thought about it, what we think the author has to say. … Rather, we're just trying to present ourselves or fit in.
AR: Why do students buy e-books if they don't like them?
NB: One argument that students give in favor of electronic media is saving the environment. But this is a hard thing to measure well. If you read 400 books in the life-span of your kindle, was that energy-efficient? Probably. But then there's the question of energy and recycling. Where is it that these devices get recycled? Who does the recycling? What kind of protective gear do they have? And in terms of all those trees we use for paper - we have creative ways of using woodchips or whatever to make paper.
In the United States, e-books are less expensive. Students will say, "I'd like to have the print version, but the electronic version is so much less expensive." But if you buy a book used, the publisher and the author are not getting any money but they are getting another reader and they're not cutting another tree. And the cost is less. And if it goes to a third generation the cost is really less.
My major concern, as a person in higher education, is that we're not listening. We're assuming we're being helpful by lowering price, by making it more convenient, by helping the environment, but we don't bother asking our students what they think. ~ by Alice Robb
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Foner Books Print on Demand Cost and Profit. Morris Rosenthal of Fonerbooks explains:
Case study of Lightning Source, the main POD provider in the country, great entry point for any writer interested in self-publishing, get right into the costs, the problems and the profits.
A single POD printer actually prints almost ALL of the POD books on the market: Lightning Source. They're a division of Ingram books, which in turn distributes the vast majority of books to brick and morter as well as online bookstores. Basically, Ingram has a great vertical market and did a great job of setting it up.
Lightning Source Inc. (US)
1246 Heil Quaker Blvd.
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Email: inquiry@lightningsource.com
The Lightning Source deal is currently better, 75/25 in favor of the publisher, but you need an ISBN number (ie, you need to be a real publisher) to work with Lightning Source.
The list of places that LIGHTENING SOURCE recommends you go TO if you're an author and not a publisher yourself is a long one. If you've heard of any of these, they all use LS to do the printing: AuthorHouse, Aventine Press, Black Forest Press, Booklocker.com, Inc, BookPublisher.com, Cold Tree Press, Cork Hill Press, First Books, Infinity Publishing, Llumina Press, Morgan James Publishing, LLC, Outskirts Press, PageFree Publishing, Inc., Publish America, Tabby House, Universal Publishers, Unlimited Publishing, WinePress Publishing, Xulon Press, Cafe Press.
Lulu and iUniverse are just 2 of a long list of "publishers" who are little more than middle-men taking manuscripts and passing them on to Lightning Source.
Lulu.com lets people set their own price, but the company takes a commission on books sold, Xlibris is more of a traditional publisher in that it charges a fee, pays royalties and provides copyediting and marketing services, iUniverse charges fees, pays royalties and offers editing and distribution services.
The PDF DRM offered by Lightning Source includes options for how many pages can be printed and how often and whether the file can be copied or backed-up.
Google Print to Sell Ebooks
Bound Book Scanning and Bookbaby.com Have a book you want the world to see? BookBaby makes it easy to publish and distribute your eBook. BookBaby will convert and digitally distribute your work to the biggest eBook retailers in the world, including: Apple's iBookstore, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony Reader Store, Kobo, and more. eBook publishing starts at just $99!
"Amazon Shorts"online publishing project
delivers short stories and essays by well-know authors to readers for $0.49 each. And purchasers can save and print the pieces "forever." I if Amazon Shorts is successful, it could provide an inexpensive way to augment course materials. If you prefer publishing an ebook directly through Amazon, they'll publish your books or brochures as Amazon e-docs for a 50/50 split.
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Blurb.com, which offers do-it-yourself bookmaking and on-demand professional printing, authors set their own prices, keep all profits, and sell them through the Blurb bookstore. Blurb handles all shipping and sales transactions and each month sends all profits on the book to the creator.
Bottom line: The quickly growing service provides an opportunity most aspiring authors wouldn't otherwise get without paying a fee to some vanity press.
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