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Myanmar's parliament re-opened last year after two decadesImage: AP
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03/09/2011 March 9, 2011
For the past 20 years, Western countries have imposed sanctions on Myanmar (Burma). In its latest report, the International Crisis Group calls for them to be lifted but other NGOs doubt this is the key to change.
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Last November, Myanmar elected a parliament for the first time in two decades. The International Crisis Group thinks the ongoing political transition now provides the opportunity to encourage greater reform.
Richard Horsey, a co-writer of the the think tank's latest report on Myanmar, which is also known as Burma, believes there should be a new approach to Myanmar's generals.
"If the world reacts to them in exactly the same way it has reacted to their predecessors they will have no reason to think they should change their policies," he said.
Critics saw the first elections in 20 years as a shamImage: AP
He added that now was the moment to push the new leaders in a new direction and to convince them that the West will also react differently if they introduce more political and economic reforms.
"Right now, the West's policies are saying 'whatever you do, the reaction will be the same," he said. "And that's not the way to promote change."
Sanctions have failed
Horsey argues that the sanctions, which were originally introduced to improve human rights in Myanmar, have failed to achieve this goal.
The sanctions include a ban on arms exports, as well as imports of gems, timber and metals from the country. Visa restrictions also apply to senior generals.
Moreover, he says their effectiveness has declined and more and more ordinary people are being adversely affected.
After such a long period, the sanctions have become more of an obstacle than a tool for progress, he thinks, comparing Myanmar's situation to Cuba's.
Myanmar is one of the poorest nations in the world and child labor is not uncommonImage: dpa/PA
Moreover, the policy of isolation and sanctions by the West had created "a context where people do not want to invest."
Aung San Suu Kyi and her party NLD see sanctions as a bargaining chipImage: AP
However, Marc Farmaner, the director of the London-based NGO Burma Campaign UK, disagrees. He points out that the sanctions do not prevent investment in areas such as agriculture, which is what most people in Myanmar live off.
He says that the corrupt and unstable environment in the country is behind the lack of investment, as well as the fact that the generals are not interested in the welfare of ordinary people.
He thinks the ICG is barking up the wrong tree. "It has argued against sanctions for many years, grasping at any straw to try and justify any sort of political change in Burma as an excuse to lift them and arguing that they haven't worked," he said.
"We don't believe that lifting sanctions can bring any positive improvement for the people of Burma or for the political situation," he insisted.
Nothing substantial
Farmaner points out that the political reforms are nothing substantial, stressing the fact that Myanmar remains a dictatorship. He adds that the military regime would have to release thousands of political prisoners if it were really committed to change.
Sanctions could be used as an incentive for the generals rather than punishmentImage: AP
He also does not think the Burmese would accept a lifting of sanctions. "They're thinking 'We were here nearly 40 years ago and we knew it was a sham then and we know it is a sham now. These generals are not going to willingly hand over power.'"
Farmaner is convinced that by doing business with the generals, the international community does not encourage them to introduce reform. "They need more pressure to change, not less."
Aung San Suu Kyi's last bargaining chip?
"If the generals think the international community is losing interest in Burma, and the pressure is relaxing, the human rights abuses will increase," Farmaner said. He added that this could increase the danger to opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Suu Kyi and her NLD party have sought talks with the international community to see how sanctions, which are seen as their only bargaining chip with the regime, can be modified (but not lifted) to support democratic reform and improved human rights.
Last week, Myanmar state media demanded that Suu Kyi and her party apologize for opposing the dropping of Western sanctions. It was the first explicit criticism against Suu Kyi since she was released from seven years of house arrest last year.
Proactive sanctions
Marc Farmaners argues for alternative measures. He says that the generals' bank accounts should be frozen. He also suggests using targeted sanctions as leverage to encourage change - this approach is also favored by Suu Kyi.
For Horsey, sanctions can only be effective if imposed internationally, such as by a UN Security Council resolution. A US attempt to impose such sanctions was vetoed by Russia and China in 2007.
The international debate about Myanmar and sanctions is set to continue. But all sides, except the generals, seem to agree that further political reform is necessary as well as more spending on education and health.
Author: Anggatira Gollmer
Editor: Anne Thomas
Suu Kyi's party seeks talks with West on sanctions
The National League for Democracy (NLD) has said that it wants talks with Western countries concerning their sanctions against Myanmar (Burma). It wants the embargoes to encourage democracy and human rights. (08.02.2011)
02/08/2011 February 8, 2011
Myanmar elects former general as president
Parliament has elected the former prime minister and ex-general Thein Sein. Analysts say the key figure is the senior general in the former military junta, Than Shwe, who remains highly influential behind the scenes. (04.02.2011)
Call to lift sanctions against Myanmar sparks controversy
ASEAN foreign ministers have called for sanctions against Myanmar to be lifted, given the junta's steps towards political reform. The call comes as parliament is due to meet for its first session on January 31. (28.01.2011)
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Latitude and Longitude are unit for geographical cordinates and you frequently need to pick geolocation for user profiles, outlets etc. Here we described the use of Google Geo Location API.
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Burke Mountain hotel set to open after delays, fraud investigation
The Lodge opens Sept. 1
Updated: 11:45 AM EDT Aug 30, 2016
Jack Thurston
New England Cable News Reporter
After more than nine months of false starts and delays, The Lodge at Burke Mountain is finally opening.
After more than nine months of false starts and delays, The Lodge at Burke Mountain is finally opening Thursday.The hotel and conference center, with its stunning views of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, is one of several projects at the center of a bombshell federal fraud investigation that was announced earlier this year.Watch this story"It's a sigh of relief," Jess Sechler, of Burke Mountain said about the long-awaited opening of the hotel. "Everybody cares about the success of this."The Securities and Exchange Commission said this spring that the businessmen behind redevelopment projects at Jay Peak, Burke Mountain and in the city of Newport were accused of operating a Ponzi-like scheme.Ariel Quiros and Bill Stenger allegedly misused approximately $200 million they raised from foreign investors participating in EB-5, a federal government program that provides citizenship incentives in exchange for support of job-creating development.Quiros was accused of diverting tens of millions of those investors' dollars to his personal accounts. He allegedly used the funds inappropriately to acquire a luxury condo in New York City, to pay personal taxes and to fund the purchase of Jay Peak.In court filings, the developers have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and have said they are confident they will be cleared of the civil charges.A federal court-appointed caretaker now in charge of the resorts prioritized opening The Lodge in time for fall foliage, when the Kingdom is busy with leaf-peepers and outdoors recreation enthusiasts."It's kind of that confidence builder not only for the staff internally, but even for the community, trusting, 'Wow, they really did open it,'" Sechler said of Thursday's opening."Soft" openings have taken place on two weekends this month, Sechler noted, explaining that Thursday is when 7-day-a-week operations start at the hotel, its pub, and other amenities."It's really helping us get the word out prior to ski season, and helping us iron out the kinds prior to ski season," Sechler said of this week's opening.Lilias Ide, who promotes the region's famous mountain biking amenities at the Kingdom Trails Association, said many at the base of Burke Mountain are hoping for a business boost from hotel guests and conference attendees."Perhaps it will bring a different type of demographic," Ide said. "It benefits us to have them there. They're heading up to the hotel, but they come down here to check us out."Ide described Burke Mountain as a treasured landmark that has a family feel, adding that many in the Northeast Kingdom are hoping the mountain has long-term success and stability.The federal receiver now in charge of Burke and Jay Peak has said he expects, ultimately, the two resorts will be sold.To mark its opening, Burke is holding a community celebration this Saturday afternoon, with tours, live music and tours for the public. That celebration is scheduled for 3-6 p.m.
BURKE, Vt. (NECN) —
After more than nine months of false starts and delays, The Lodge at Burke Mountain is finally opening Thursday.
The hotel and conference center, with its stunning views of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, is one of several projects at the center of a bombshell federal fraud investigation that was announced earlier this year.
Burke Mountain Hotel officially opens for business
Jay Peak's Bill Stenger, SEC enter into settlement
Expenses could force Jay Peak to close, receiver says
Calls for reform follow sweeping Jay Peak EB-5 fraud complaint
Officials allege massive 'Ponzi-like' scheme in Northeast Kingdom real estate deals
Jay Peak, Q Burke owners charged with securities fraud
More fallout from Northeast Kingdom alleged fraud case
Feds outline details of alleged fraud at Jay Peak, Q Burke resorts
"It's a sigh of relief," Jess Sechler, of Burke Mountain said about the long-awaited opening of the hotel. "Everybody cares about the success of this."
The Securities and Exchange Commission said this spring that the businessmen behind redevelopment projects at Jay Peak, Burke Mountain and in the city of Newport were accused of operating a Ponzi-like scheme.
Ariel Quiros and Bill Stenger allegedly misused approximately $200 million they raised from foreign investors participating in EB-5, a federal government program that provides citizenship incentives in exchange for support of job-creating development.
Quiros was accused of diverting tens of millions of those investors' dollars to his personal accounts. He allegedly used the funds inappropriately to acquire a luxury condo in New York City, to pay personal taxes and to fund the purchase of Jay Peak.
In court filings, the developers have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and have said they are confident they will be cleared of the civil charges.
A federal court-appointed caretaker now in charge of the resorts prioritized opening The Lodge in time for fall foliage, when the Kingdom is busy with leaf-peepers and outdoors recreation enthusiasts.
"It's kind of that confidence builder not only for the staff internally, but even for the community, trusting, 'Wow, they really did open it,'" Sechler said of Thursday's opening.
"Soft" openings have taken place on two weekends this month, Sechler noted, explaining that Thursday is when 7-day-a-week operations start at the hotel, its pub, and other amenities.
"It's really helping us get the word out prior to ski season, and helping us iron out the kinds prior to ski season," Sechler said of this week's opening.
Lilias Ide, who promotes the region's famous mountain biking amenities at the Kingdom Trails Association, said many at the base of Burke Mountain are hoping for a business boost from hotel guests and conference attendees.
"Perhaps it will bring a different type of demographic," Ide said. "It benefits us to have them there. They're heading up to the hotel, but they come down here to check us out."
Ide described Burke Mountain as a treasured landmark that has a family feel, adding that many in the Northeast Kingdom are hoping the mountain has long-term success and stability.
The federal receiver now in charge of Burke and Jay Peak has said he expects, ultimately, the two resorts will be sold.
To mark its opening, Burke is holding a community celebration this Saturday afternoon, with tours, live music and tours for the public. That celebration is scheduled for 3-6 p.m.


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Behind us, the cypress thickets buzzed with the chatter of a thousand unseen minibeasts. The noise rose on a warm, herb-scented wind, swelling and falling back, shimmering like heat haze. Up ahead it was swallowed by the sea, where the clear Adriatic waters massaged hungrily at the shore.
Back in Dubrovnik – the so-called 'Pearl of the Adriatic' – selfie sticks had rattled like sabres along the battlements of King's Landing (that's right, they filmed Game of Thrones here; as the tour touts will remind you every four minutes or so). In Dubrovnik, Western tourists stumbled out of Irish pubs and go-go bars to vomit on old stones, beneath a canopy of glowing signs (burger joints, coffee chains, Disney-licensed souvenir shops): a thousand years of history repackaged as a hedonistic retail village.
Just 10 minutes south along the Dalmatian Coast however, on Župa Bay, we had found ourselves in another world.
Vintage postcard from the Kupari resort, Yugoslavia. Via The Dubrovnik Times.
The Pelegrin and the Kupari Hotel, as they appeared in 1984. Via The Dubrovnik Times.
Room with a view: Looking out of the abandoned Hotel Goričina. Kupari, Croatia.
A row of balconies on the front of the Kupari Hotel.
There were five of us sat on the rooftop, drinking warm beer and gazing out across the bay. This building, the Hotel Goričina II, had featured 352 rooms – its neighbour, Goričina I, had 162. Now they were nothing but shells.
Meanwhile, down below, past the shelf of burnt-orange tiles, the rooftop gave way to a panorama of decay. Of the six hotels that once populated this wooded corner of the Croatian coastline, nothing stood now but architectural skeletons; the ruins of the formerly-fabulous Kupari Resort of the former Yugoslavia.
The rooftops of the Goričina Hotel. Kupari, Croatia.
Main entrance to the former Goričina Hotel. Below L: Goričina seen from across the bay. Below R: Exploring the hotel grounds.
We finished our drinks, and set ourselves a new target: the rooftop of the furthest ruin, what was once the Hotel Kupari.
From the high plateau of sun-warmed tiles, we descended back the way we'd come – climbing down a wall onto the main rooftop balcony of Hotel Goričina, and from there splitting up as we each picked our own path out and across the resort.
I took a meandering route back to ground level; walking from one hotel room to the next, an endless parade of concrete cubes stripped bare and facing out to sea. In the hotel bar, green shoots pushed up through rotten floorboards… and from there another room, another corridor, another floor. I stumbled quite suddenly into a gutted ballroom and then later found my way down to a large, tiled space that could only have been a kitchen.
Views across the Adriatic Sea, from the rooftop of Hotel Goričina.
The graffiti-stained remnants of a former ballroom, inside Hotel Goričina at Kupari, Croatia.
There was precious little left in the way of decoration, the contents of the building all stripped bare; but by deduction, it was almost possible to imagine how this place might once have functioned. The Hotel Goričina must have been extraordinary, I thought, and we were still only on our first hotel.
This holiday village at Kupari first opened to tourists in 1919, when a Czech investor built the Grand Hotel. Much later, in the 1960s, this place was chosen for a dedicated holiday resort serving the JNA (the 'Jugoslavenska Narodna Armija,' or 'Yugoslav People's Army'), and over the following two decades five more hotels would open: the Pelegrin, the Kupari Hotel, the Mladost Hotel a little further inland; and the Goričina I and II beside the water. Nearby, just around the headland, they built three more: the Galeb Hotel and Borovka Villas I and II.
By today's rates, the construction cost ran to the equivalent of half a billion euros – and it all came from JNA military funding.
The entrance to Hotel Goričina lays half-hidden behind fresh vegetation.
Between them these hotels had beds enough for 1,600 guests, while a campsite on the bay could accommodate up to 4,500 more. There were private villas too, and even President Josip Broz Tito had a holiday home at Kupari. The place earned a reputation, in time, as an exclusive resort for the military elite; not that it was ever planned that way, but spaces were limited and as popularity grew, it would become increasingly difficult to book the prime beachfront spots unless one had connections.
Today, however, the hotels sit like broken teeth in the northern jaw of Župa Bay.
Kupari was a casualty of the Croatian War of Independence… and everywhere around, the evidence is plain to see. Heavy stone pillars don't shatter without provocation, and even the most persistent of vandals would struggle to put a hole through a reinforced concrete wall. This place, once an exclusive holiday resort, had been turned into a war zone.
A service entrance beneath the guestroom balconies of Hotel Goričina.
Graffiti at the Kupari resort, Croatia.
Our second hotel – Hotel Kupari – was perhaps the most impressive, set back from the footpath at the northern end of the bay. It was certainly the largest, with 554 rooms. The hotel towered above the overgrown bushes, floor after floor of cookie-cutter luxury suites spilling out over broken balconies; but finding a way in proved more difficult than expected.
In the end I made my own path: ploughing through the undergrowth, pushing through brambles so deep that I ended up forming a tunnel beneath them. The hotel ahead disappeared, the wild greenery closed in over me, and I burrowed until I hit concrete. It was a wall, the foundations of the open-plan ground floor lobby. I scrambled up, over, and then I was inside.
Spiral staircase on the ground floor of Hotel Kupari.
Inside Hotel Kupari: corridors blackened by mortar fire and phosphorus bombs.
The damage to Hotel Kupari felt more desperate, more dramatic, than what I'd seen at Hotel Goričina… it felt more deliberate. The rusted ducts of an air-conditioning system hung from the ceiling like red, flaking fingers. Corridors lay blackened by soot and fire; subsequent visitors had carved their initials into the charcoal, white characters scratched on a blackboard. The effect was disorientating – like walking through a charred photo negative.
The Croatian War of Independence – the 'Homeland War,' as they called it – broke out in 1991. That summer, the increasingly Serb-nationalist leadership of Yugoslavia directed the Yugoslav People's Army to seize Dubrovnik; they sent ships and ground troops along the Dalmatian Coast, and here at Kupari a small unit of Croatian fighters took shelter in the JNA's former holiday camp.
The remains of a guest room on the rear side of Hotel Kupari.
The first shots were fired on 4th October. For 20 days the JNA shelled their own resort from the bay: by the time they recaptured Kupari, it was a ruin. After that the looting began. Fittings and furniture, marble, copper and steel were salvaged from the wreckage, stripped out and loaded onto Yugoslav warships. Once these valuable materials were removed, Yugoslav soldiers burned the buildings, floor by floor, with phosphorus bombs.
Dubrovnik itself was next. The old city was bombarded from the sea: more than 11,000 buildings were damaged, 16,000 refugees displaced and with hundreds of casualties.
Eventually the Yugoslav Navy blockade was broken, and the siege lifted on the last day of May 1992. In time, Dubrovnik would be rebuilt… but Kupari never recovered.
Standing in the shadow of Hotel Kupari, Croatia. Below: Corridors inside the abandoned hotel.
Over the quarter-century since, the hotels have slowly been reclaimed by nature. Weeds grow up between broken walls, while a new wave of scavengers – locals, this time – have further stripped the buildings of anything valuable. Save for occasional rusted pipes, the hotels are almost entirely devoid of metal; grooves and tracks along the walls show where even electrical cables have been stripped out to fetch some small price.
By the time I arrived up there, my friends were already on the rooftop. The main staircase of the Hotel Kupari was open to a road at the back, a sheer drop beyond the concrete steps that grew more unsettling the higher I climbed. Once or twice, cars passed below me – but the drivers never seemed to glance towards the broken buildings as they sped on by.
Rooftop ladders lead up to the highest point of Hotel Kupari.
On top of the hotel a flat roof stretched the length of the building, an observation deck overlooking the destruction of the bay. In the middle, a single block rose higher and we climbed the ladder pinned to its side, getting up onto the hot orange tiles at the very highest apex of Hotel Kupari.
I looked back at where we'd come from: Hotel Goričina, at the southern end, a sprawling mass of broken squares and triangles that must once have seemed the very height of luxurious modern architecture. Beneath us, the oldest building – the Grand Hotel – was visible in cruciform amidst the trees.
Looking north – inland – from the rooftop of Hotel Kupari, Croatia.
View of the bay: the Grand Hotel in the lower left corner, and the Hotel Goričina beyond.
It was the Pelegrin Hotel that we were heading to next, however: to the massive silhouette that sat against the breaking waves like an ugly, upside-down pyramid.
Along the waterfront, down on the sand, visitors behaved like postcard tourists in the shadow of the derelict hotels. One couple sunbathed, holding hands. A young family threw sticks for an energetic spaniel. The hotel planners had chosen this spot for a reason and that reason still stands: the beaches are terrific.
Around the corner of the Hotel Kupari, I pushed back through the undergrowth and onto the path to the Pelegrin. The 419-room pyramid looked out of place here, as though it had been dropped from space to land awkwardly, point-downwards in the sand.
The Pelegrin Hotel in its heyday. Kupari, Croatia. Via The Dubrovnik Times.
The Pelegrin today, as seen from a guest room at the Hotel Goričina.
As I approached the hotel an old man emerged from the footpath to the quay, and he passed me at the bottom of the Pelegrin's front steps. "Zdravo," he greeted me, cheerily. A foreigner with a camera, clambering over the ruins of Kupari, was apparently nothing out of the ordinary for him.
Back in the Hotel Kupari I had gotten distracted, lost my way amongst the half-dozen floors of blackened stairwells, peeling paint and broken balconies; I was the last one to make it to the Pelegrin. As I entered the ground floor reception I could hear voices echoing in the central courtyard, falling down from higher levels to get trapped in the building's core.
Inside the pyramid: The courtyard at the heart of the Hotel Pelegrin, Kupari.
This hotel felt even more bare than the others. There was nothing left inside but pillars and dust, a desolate place where only bad graffiti survived to prove that anyone still came here at all. I was most of the way to the roof before I heard the voices again. I turned a corner on the third, maybe fourth level, and a young Croatian girl walked past me. She smiled and nodded, then she was gone.
The final flight of steps to the rooftop had collapsed: but a rickety ladder had been built instead, a staircase formed from the lean-to of rotted wooden door frames stacked together. I followed the voices – louder now – and climbed up to the flat roof of the Pelegrin.
Hotel Goričina, seen from a room on the north side of the bay. Kupari, Croatia.
My friends had got chatting to some local girls on the roof, and they were comparing the relative appeal of Dubrovnik versus Kupari. The consensus, amongst us foreigners, was that Kupari was far more interesting – the history was raw and real, there were things to climb, and not a selfie-stick in sight – and the locals were flattered to hear it. Flattered, though not entirely surprised, it seemed. These Kupari girls were proud of their town, and as they were young enough to have missed the horrors of the Yugoslav Wars, the ruins left over held no bad memories for them. The hotels were no more than a scenic climbing frame, a place to escape and explore.
The girls wished us a happy stay in Kupari, then left us alone for a rooftop sunset over the Adriatic.
Inside the top floor of the Pelegrin, shortly after sunset.
Gradually the sun dipped below the hills and the colour faded out of Kupari. In place of vibrant greens, blood-red rust and yellow, sun-dazzled concrete, the resort settled into a muted palette of greys. The place felt sad by twilight. Down below, we saw those local girls walking off along the beach – their voices drifting faintly up on the breeze – and then we were alone, the only life left amongst the angular grey terrain of the former battlefield.
It may not stay like this forever, though. There is talk of restoring Kupari: of reclaiming this prime beachfront location and putting it back into use as a tourist resort. The Croatian Army had occupied the hotels for a time after the war, but ever since they left, in 2001, there have been ongoing efforts to privatise the ruins; and begin a regeneration project that's anticipated to cost as much as €400 million.
The abandoned Kupari resort, Croatia. Clockwise from top left: the Pelegrin, the Kupari Hotel, the Grand Hotel, Hotel Goričina.
Various investors have shown interest over the years, but now, it seems a buyer might finally have appeared. In September 2016 The Dubrovnik Times reported the plan to demolish the abandoned hotels, flatten the whole area and build a new, five-star Marriott resort.
Just one of the hotels will remain, thanks to its protection now as a building of historical significance: and it was to this building, the original Grand Hotel, that we made our way as night fell across the derelict resort.
The Grand Hotel predates its neighbours by almost half a century – and it shows. Where the others experiment with modernism, with the bold, brutalist contours of a would-be seaside utopia, the design of the Grand Hotel is more rooted in Croatia's former Austro-Hungarian relations. Stucco and fluted pillars, neoclassical swirls; the Grand more than any other hotel at Kupari paints a portrait of decadence in decay.
The Grand Hotel's facade carries the scars of gunfire and mortar bombing. Kupari, Croatia.
Built in 1919, by 1924 the hotel already offered a restaurant, electric lighting, a tennis court, football pitch and a local ambulance service. It had 139 guest rooms and an indoor swimming pool.
I had passed by the entrance already, several times, while visiting the neighbouring hotels; I had seen the crumbling outhouses, and spotted the shape of a tennis court somewhere beneath a sea of vegetation. By night, however, the Grand took on new and different qualities.
Wooden doors protested as we pushed our way inside. In the entrance hall an elegant staircase spiralled up to higher levels. A wide corridor fed back into the black depths of the building, and I followed it: past bedroom doors framed between pillars, along dirt floors long-since stripped of their marble.
The Grand Hotel – as seen from the rooftop of the nearby Hotel Kupari.
Covered walkways along the edge of the Grand Hotel, Kupari, shortly before sunset.
Our group of five explored the hotel in chaotic, overlapping paths: we moved together, split up, circled around and found each other again. Flickering beams of light painted stairways and corridors, as voices – perhaps the first in a while – bounced up and down the halls of the Grand Hotel.
Towards the rear of the hotel a covered walkway fed into a courtyard. Beyond the cloister, across the long grass, a stone archway yawned up at the sky: the entrance to a subterranean level. We made our way carefully down into what appeared to have once been a wine cellar. Brick arches supported a vaulted ceiling, a long, dusty cave beneath the hotel.
That's where I left the group – flashing torches about the cellars – and I made my way back up; out through the cave in the courtyard, into the halls and from there, alone to the higher levels.
Playing with torchlights after dark, in the bare corridors of the Grand Hotel, Kupari.
Century-old brick arches in the wine cellar beneath the Grand Hotel. Kupari, Croatia.
Unlike its neighbours, built on their steel and rebar frames, the Grand Hotel was rapidly falling apart. The ceiling had come down in places… I'd peer through one doorway into a rotten hotel room, then look through the next to see nothing but broken beams framing a starry night sky. It was unfortunate, I concluded, that the only Kupari hotel selected for preservation was the one least likely to survive another winter.
Thinking, and walking, occasionally stopping to take pictures, it was a while before I realised I was lost. It hardly seemed possible – I hadn't strayed all that far from the entrance, but the layout of the Grand Hotel was more complex than it appeared. One corridor would divide into two wings; staircases led up and down, to bedrooms or hidden staff quarters. Sometimes they'd lead to dead-ends.
After exploring for some time in a trance, I woke up to discover that I'd lost my bearings altogether. I no longer remembered which floor I was on, or which of these pitch black corridors would lead back outside. Around me, the old building murmured and groaned. The darkness had felt inviting, mysterious, when the five of us arrived – but now, disorientated and alone amongst the upper floors of the abandoned Grand Hotel, I began to find the creeping shadows unsettling.
There's nothing left of this guestroom, on the top floor of the Grand Hotel at Kupari.
Along the corridor I went, past the puddles of starlight that spilled out of gutted bedrooms, and round the corner: climbing through the hole in a broken plaster wall and down the wooden steps of a service stairway beyond. The next floor was lost in perfect darkness. My torch beam fell across locked doors, empty corridors, and more steps leading down. I followed the stairs again, to a ground floor corridor bathed in the soft light falling through a broken window. The grass outside looked blue-black under the moon.
My desire to leave the hotel had grown irrational: before I knew what I was doing I'd climbed through the window, and I was crossing the lawn to get well clear of the building.
I found the others near the front of the Grand Hotel. We made the call, and soon we were all in a taxi heading back to our hostel. To Dubrovnik: that simulacrum of a city where real stories lie buried beneath reconstructions; and where the authentic voices of history are drowned out by a legion of costumed tour guides recapping Game of Thrones plot lines.
For now at least, the ghosts of Kupari can still be heard… but it won't always be that way. Some day soon they'll build that Marriott, and visitors coming to Župa Bay will only see the sea and cypress thickets from their five-star accommodation. The hotels will be gone, Kupari reborn, and the memory of what happened here will belong only to those who lived it.
I haven't been to Dubrovnik in years, but from what family members who live there tell me and from what I see in the media, it's more theme park than city these days. The great thing about Croatian coastal cities, to me, is that those amazing old city cores are still lived in. But people have been leaving Dubrovnik's old town for the suburbs in droves. Many of those who remain don't leave their homes on days when cruisers are there. It's a pity how things have turned out, and I'm afraid the rest of Croatia's (and Montenegro's) coast will follow.
That was my feeling, too. I spoke to a few Croatians working in Dubrovnik, who said they had moved out to villages nearby – the huge numbers of tourists have pushed the price up so that locals can hardly afford to live there any more.
This isn't really the best way to phrase it. Croatia (and Slovenia) declaring independence might be described as "backlash against the increasingly Serb-nationalist leadership of Yugoslavia", but the wars themselves weren't initiated by Croatia or Slovenia as some kind of backlash, they happened when Yugoslavia responded with violence.
Yes, I see your point. It's a difficult conflict to sum up in one sentence… anyway, I might see if I can edit that slightly. Thank you.
What a wonderful description. Fabulous reading. We came last year and I did a little exploring but wanted to learn more. You have taught me. Thank you. At Kupari, well Mlini actually, again this year. Been to see hotels again. They leave a strange eerie feeling in my heart every time. You put in words the whole story I needed to hear. Coming back next year so will see if any building works have started. The locals don't seem to think it will be for couple of years yet. Let s hope it never happens for us…. but I guess, maybe, good for local people. Beautiful area. Thanks again.
Hi there! We saw a place in hvar, near jelsa very similar! We could read this on few of the documents left on the floor of the reception: Centar decjih letovalista i oporavilista grada beograda. Reading your post we think it may happened the same. If you want any pictures I'll be happy to forward them to you ! Thanks for your post!!!
Hi Adriana. That sounds really interesting – I've never been to Hvar. I know this reply is a bit late, but I'd love to see those photos if the offer is still open!
Sitting looking at the hotels in Kupari I was very keen to learn their history. Thanks for such a in depth review. After lunch I shal be off to do some exploring although I highly doubt I'll make it to the roofs!!
You're very welcome, Sue! Happy exploring.
Thanks for this post! Is this domain strictly forbidden or can you sneak in somehow?
Thanks for reading it! This place is completely open, and not guarded. I didn't even see any 'Keep Out' signs, so it seems like nobody has a problem with people visiting the buildings.
Thanks for your reaction! We are very curious!!
We are there now and thanks to your post are going inside to explore further. You have put things into context and I know my blog post will be nowhere near as articulate. Great post thanks!
That's brilliant – I'm very glad to have helped, and I hope you find the place as fascinating as I did.
I can't imagine what that's like, being able to compare it before and after. I bet this place was amazing in the 80s.
I completely agree with you. While it's wonderful to see Dubrovnik fully restored now after the war, I think for foreigners it can sometimes be hard to understand what these people went through, so recently. Visiting these ruins was a powerful reminder of past conflict, and I felt it made the rest of my time in Croatia more meaningful as a result.
Thank you, for the thoughtful comment.
Excellent photos! Thanks for sharing your own report, I enjoyed this.
I understood the idea, but just to put the record straight: there is no McDonald's and no Disney Store in Dubrovnik Old Town. And obviously no Starbucks (since the chain is not present in Croatia at all). In fact, most restaurants and fast foods and shops in the old town are local, except for MaxMara and Gant and maybe a couple others.
Hi Marianne, thanks for the comment – I appreciate you pointing this out. I didn't realise there was no Starbucks in Croatia, and so I can only apologise for misremembering that. The same goes for McDonald's, though it does seem as though Dubrovnik might be getting one soon (read this).
I have edited this article to say 'burger bars and coffee chains.' The effect felt the same to me (so much so, that I thought I remembered these big brand signs!) but the last thing I want is for readers to get distracted from an article about Kupari and instead focus on misremembered details about a different place altogether.
Once again, thank you very much for this – constructive criticism is always very welcome here!
Frankly, I don't need it to play to anything. My experience of Dubrovnik was that the place was overwhelmingly tacky and materialistic. The effect of seeing the Disney logo stamped in old stone doorways is the same, regardless of who owns the shop.
I also hope Dubrovnik doesn't get a McDonalds! I'm actually thinking of giving it a second chance, by the way – and coming back in the middle of winter sometime, out of tourist season… I imagine it would be quite different.
Even Croats are avoiding Dubrovnik in the summer these days. Old family friends complain you cannot move within the city due to the influx of tourists from the ships (which the Mayor has recently introduced a cap for).
This is a shame, but it doesn't surprise me. One Croat I spoke to in Dubrovnik was saying how she did all her shopping two towns away now – saying there was just no way that locals could afford to live at Dubrovnik prices anymore.
It is a truly incredible city, but the next time I go back I want to see it in winter. It's hard to enjoy the history when you're getting squashed by these massive crowds of holidaymakers everywhere.
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ICCT Newsletter for June 2016 - NO. 60
What Do We Know of Converts and Islamist Terrorism?
Policy Brief | 17 June 2016
This ICCT Policy Brief authored by Bart Schuurman provides an overview of what is known about converts' involvement in homegrown jihadism and the foreign fighter phenomenon.
Lessons for Counter-Terrorism Strategic Communications
Research Paper |1 June 2016
The rich history of propaganda during conflict offers vital lessons for improving current (and future) counter-terrorism strategic communications, which are more likely to succeed if based on a multifaceted approach.
Making CVE Work
Research Paper | 26 May 2016
J.M. Berger argues for a narrow approach to Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), focusing on disengagement and disruption of recruitment. The author develops a simplified model of radicalisation and offers recommendations to accomplish CVE goals.
Deadline Approaching (18 July) to Register for Counter-Terrorism Summer Programme
Update | 30 June 2016
From 29 August until 2 September 2016, ICCT and the Asser Instituut will organise the sixth Advanced Summer Programme on Countering Terrorism in The Hague. The preliminary programme is now available on our website and we are welcoming registrations.
The Courtroom as a Stage for Terrorists
Book | 19 May 2016
This book edited by ICCT Research Fellow Prof. Dr. Alex P. Schmid and Prof. Dr. Beatrice de Graaf looks at terrorism trials as a form of theatre that can shape new narratives of justice and/or injustice. The study looks at the mechanisms and effects of terrorism trials in and outside the courtroom.
Launching the CTSC Project
Project | 26 May 2016
The Counter-Terrorism Strategic Communications (CTSC) Project aims to understand and confront the propaganda messaging of violent extremists in order to develop key principles and guidelines for counter-terrorism strategic communication efforts.
How to Deal with Violent Extremist Offenders in Prison?
ICCT Research Fellow Dr. Tinka Veldhuis addresses the management of violent extremist offenders in detention. A central argument of the book is how concentration strategies to manage violent extremist offenders are often flawed – based on untested, potentially false assumptions that are rooted in fear rather than in facts.
Judgment in Largest Terrorism Case in the Netherlands
Judgment | 30 June 2016
In June 2016 the District Court in The Hague published the unofficial English translation of the judgment of one of the largest terrorism case in the Netherlands. The judgment includes considerations on jurisdiction, terrorist intent, incitement, recruitment, training and the status of foreign fighters under international law.
Book Launch: Foreign Fighters under International Law
Book Launch | 2 June 2016
On 31 May 2016, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut hosted the launch of the book Foreign Fighters under International Law and Beyond which includes the contribution of several ICCT Research Fellows. The questions considered during the Q&A session included issues such as the role of female foreign fighters as well as the distinction between foreign fighters and mercenaries.
ICCT Research Fellow Prof. Dr. Alex P. Schmid explores and questions some assumed causal links between terrorism on the one hand and (forced and irregular) migration on the other. One of the findings is how migration control for countering terrorism might hurt bona fide migrants and legal foreign residents more than mala fide terrorists.
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New Music: Hot Boy Turk feat. Lil Wayne & Kodak Black 'F**k How It Turn Out (Remix)'
After tag-teaming on "Codeine Dreaming," Lil Wayne and Kodak Black join forces again. This time, they do it on the remix to Hot Boy Turk's single, "Fuck How It Turn Out."
Produced by DJ Swift and Dubba-AA, the booming instrumental allows Turk to establish his street mentality over thumping drums. "I'm really about this gangsta shit, y'all ni**as not," he boasts. "Y'all some fuckin' house ni**as, I was on the block / Got my bread right, ni**a, now I'm on a yacht."
Weezy uses the track to rap about sobriety. "It's hard to look sober / But they lookin' over shoulders, they lookin' and they notice / Whatever's in this soda's got me lookin' like a tortoise."
Meanwhile, Project Baby aims at his haters with a casual verse. "I aint even gotta rhyme, this one deeper than rap," he says. "Said we beefin', I ain't tweetin', I'm too G for that."
Hot Boy Turk, an original member Cash Money's Hot Boys, is set to release a new EP this year followed by an autobiography and documentary about his life titled 52 Bullets.
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?Arcade Fire Frontman Win Butler Denounces Donald Trump's Racist Comments About Haiti
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La Giovane Scuola (literalment Jove Escola) va ser el nom que se li va donar a un grup de compositors italians –principalment compositors d'òpera– que es va formar a Itàlia el 1890, la data de l'estrena mundial de Cavalleria Rusticana de Mascagni. El significat del terme va ser encunyat per indicar no tant una identitat d'estil i gust, sinó més aviat el fenomen de tota una generació de nous genis en el clima de renovada atenció sobre el melodrama que havia despertat tant poderosament Cavalleria.

Els representants més importants van ser Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano, Francesco Cilea, Antonio Smareglia, Benvenuto Coronaro, Alfredo Catalani i Alberto Franchetti. També Lorenzo Perosi en va formar part, encara que no va escriure més que música sacra. La Giovane Scuola no ha de confondre's amb el verisme, ja que només algunes obres dels compositors d'aquest grup pertanyerien a aquest moviment estètic. També van escriure òperes més convencionals, però les seves obres se solien centrar en «la cruesa de la vida» i l'efecte de la pobresa sobre la societat. Entre aquests autors i les seves obres hi ha algunes similituds i moltes diferències; i és precisament la definició de verisme que ens mostra algunes preferències en l'elecció dels temes.

L'apel·lació Giovane Scuola es va usar per primera vegada a la premsa i, tot seguit, va passar molt ràpidament al llenguatge comú. El moviment tenia la intenció de marcar una ruptura amb la tradició de l'òpera del , sobretot a partir del model fins aleshores dominant de la música de Verdi.

L'estrena de Cavalleria rusticana, a més d'inaugurar el verisme en l'òpera, va assenyalar el naixement d'un grup d'operistes conegut com a Giovane scuola, d'important potencial creatiu en la música italiana, però que no va arribar a constituir un moviment, per la seva heterogeneïtat. La Giovane Scuola, reunida entorn a l'editor Edoardo Sonzogno entre 1892 i 1896, va florir en un dels moments més revolucionaris de la història del llenguatge musical: en el camp de l'harmonia es van donar les transformacions de Debussy i els epígons de Wagner, fonamentalment Strauss i Mahler, al costat de les innovacions de Schönberg i Stravinski. Per això molts crítics dubten del presumpte verisme de la Giovane scuola, els llibrets comencen inspirant-se en Giovanni Verga per acabar en braços de Gabriele d'Annunzio, genuïnament decadentista.

Les propostes dramàtiques dels compositors reunits per Sonzogno van intentar connectar amb el gust del moment des de la posició de l'esquerra moderada que ell sostenia en els seus diaris, començant pel diari Il Secolo, un important diari fundat per Sonzogno el 1866 a Milà que era el més venut a Itàlia a cavall dels segles XIX i XX. En aquest context el trànsit de llibrets va oscil·lar d'uns compositors als altres, de vegades de mans del llibretista -Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti-, de vegades de mans del mateix autor del text, que podia ser francès o italià. Veiem, per exemple, que Giacomo Puccini va cedir a Franchetti el llibret de Tosca, qui finalment el va tornar a Puccini, alhora que desestimava treballar sobre Andrea Chénier, que va acabar musicant Giordano.

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Here you can discover some of the best, free teacher resources available for the 2018 Carnegie and Greenaway nominees. Browse and download official teacher guides, discussion notes, creative writing resources, reading guides and other useful resource packs.
Nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2018.
Nominated for the Carnegie & Greenaway Medals 2018.
Nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2018.
Nominated for the Greenaway Medal 2018.
We'll be collating more free teacher resources for the Carnegie and Greenaway nominations over the coming weeks, so keep us bookmarked to keep up to date with the latest support material for teachers and pupils.


Summer is about to begin at the Art Emporium in Port Stanley. Seven new artists have made the gallery their new home. Summer hours begin June 1st.
As a member of the gallery, I have brought in a fresh and new collection of artwork of all things mermaid. I have always been fascinated by mermaid tales of love and seduction. These beauties, part human, part sea creature have always fascinated me.
I am thankful that I have had the time and opportunity to lend my own personal style to these lovely sea creatures.
Come to the Emporium and come often. Summer is in the air!


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Tag Archives: EW Top 25 Most Controversial Movies Ever
What's More Offensive: Aladdin or Song of the South?
Entertainment Weekly Online has published EW's list of the Top 25 Most Controversial Movies Ever. Disney's 1992 Aladdin is listed at spot #23
I was surprised by many of the omissions from the list . Where was Cruisin', which brought out protesters in droves to voice their opposition to its stereotypes of gay sadomasochistic murder? How about Hail Mary, which my then-roommate George and I ran to see in a hurry, after hearing that nuns were picketing the theatre in their outrage over a sensual solo scene of the Virgin Mary? Where was Song of the South, which Disney periodically reassures the public they won't release on DVD, given its deeply disturbing racial stereotypes?
Surely any of these three was more controversial than Aladdin, which made repairs to its offensive lyrics (though I'll admit there are still some cringe-worthy moments) and has subsequently spawned two sequels with little if any public outcry. You don't see Disney planning Song of the South 2, do you?
Tags: Cruisin', Entertainment Weekly, EW Top 25 Most Controversial Movies Ever, Hail Mary
Categories aladdin, Disney, Song of the South


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Government and public scrutiny of the jewelry industry and its practices has never been more intense. There is no reason to believe this will diminish in the next three years, and every reason to believe it will intensify.
Under the microscope are practices at the source of our products, our advertising practices, our compliance with legal obligations, and much more. Our industry is subject to numerous government regulatory requirements, including new anti-money-laundering program requirements for dealers in precious metals, stones, and jewels. The public is increasingly aware of consumer confidence issues such as conflict diamonds, synthetics, treatment disclosure, and advertising practices.
These twin challenges—government regulations and consumer confidence issues—will act to change the industry. To meet these challenges, industry members must focus more of their activity on legal compliance and risk prevention to ensure that the industry's reputation for integrity remains intact. Proactive quality control, active legal compliance programs, supply side integrity programs, and more should become a part of everyday business activity in all sectors of the industry. Each industry member should ensure they are fully aware of their legal obligations and take affirmative steps to comply.
It is important that business partners and consumers alike become aware of what is being done by industry members to promote the integrity of the jewelry industry through legal compliance and how we address the consumer confidence issues that impact our industry. The public must be educated about the industry's active participation in compliance and consumer confidence programs.
Major changes impacting the jewelry industry include globalization, consolidation, the Internet's increasing importance as an information and distribution channel, the rise of branding as a point of differentiation, increasing government regulation, volatile raw material prices, and reputation risk.
Consolidation at the retail level drives back through the supply chain to manufacturers and wholesalers. They must adapt to fewer customers, who demand more credit, just-in-time deliveries of just the right merchandise, and marketing support at the most competitive pricing. Survivors both at retail and supply levels will be a combination of scale players and niche players with a unique value proposition.
I also think there needs to be a new retail model that provides for jewelry the kind of nurturing shopping experience that Starbucks and Whole Foods have created. Jewelry retailers should rethink their stores' features and layouts to create a more attractive shopping environment.
Jewelry seems to have lagged in the branding arena, and this may be part of the reason jewelry sales have lost ground to other types of purchases. Branding is expensive; requires time to build; and has to be backed up by quality, service, and selective distribution. When done right, however, it commands a premium margin and draws consumers.
The Internet is both a challenge and an opportunity, because it competes with traditional brick-and-mortar channels, yet complements them by allowing consumers to window-shop before making a purchase. Our industry should be able to manage this challenge. Consumers love multiple channels through which to do business and—while there may be some cannibalization of other channels due to the Internet—there should be more business done overall.
On the globalization front, foreign competition (primarily from India and China) for U.S. jewelry suppliers is an enormous challenge. Their quality and quantity of production have increased a great deal in the past decade. But U.S. suppliers still have advantages they need to exploit.
First, they're close to the U.S. jewelry market. While large retailers increasingly source overseas, smaller retailers face a number of difficult risks and issues, including delivery issues and quality issues that are difficult to resolve from such a distance. The close proximity of U.S. suppliers works to their benefit.
U.S. suppliers also have the opportunity to sell to the very countries that compete for the U.S. market. India and China alone represent a third of world gold consumption. As these populations become more affluent, they're likely to want more unusual/branded products, many of which are developed and marketed from the U.S.
I see no end to the volatility and increase in raw material costs (especially precious metals), and firms in our industry need to hedge these costs and adjust their pricing or risk going out of business.
Economically, there are some reasons to be concerned about the impact of a flattening housing market and rising oil prices on consumer spending. However, I think the consumer has demonstrated a resiliency that makes me worry less about this than the other factors discussed above.
The jewelry industry has unique advantages. Its product has intrinsic value and eternal demand based on emotional connections with it. It also has strong demographics for the next decade, including lots of wealthy baby boomers as well as emerging "nontraditional" markets such Hispanic, gay/lesbian, African-American, Asian, men, etc., to sell to.
Success will depend on an innovative, market-driven approach to business instead of the pricing-driven model so prevalent today. That will require managers who are willing to change ways of doing things and adopt business models that are driven by customers' needs. Companies also must develop a unique value proposition and focused execution. They should consider strategies to differentiate themselves, leverage the Internet as an information channel, and carry branded merchandise to build traffic for the basics and possibly brand their stores.
As I see it, one of the biggest changes will be the opening of new markets, especially for consumer diamond product. Both China and India are already awakening as end users, and other countries will join in this globalization as they respond to effective advertising campaigns presenting product that caters to their desires.
To serve this growing demand there will be an increased need for education for both the jewelry professional and the consumer. The momentum in branding will continue, and it is here that GIA will emerge as the definitive brand for confidence and integrity. GIA is planning substantial investment in research and education to be able to serve this growing number of interested consumers.
The biggest change we face is the public's increasing skepticism about jewelers' trustworthiness.
Jewelers were once trusted implicitly to source, judge, and sell diamonds and gold jewelry. It was a world without diamond-grading reports, Kimberley Process systems, or anti-money-laundering regulations.
Times have changed, however. Now consumers ask jewelers for diamond-grading reports to "back up" retailer expertise. Widespread publicity about diamond treatments and synthetics causes buyers to ask for additional proof that their diamonds are natural and untreated.
News reports about conflict diamonds and gold mining practices have led an increasing number of consumers to begin worrying about how their jewelry is sourced and made. Consumers may wonder: Do the mining and production of gems and gold harm workers in poor countries, leak dangerous chemicals into the environment, or cause conflict?
Many jewelers feel frustration when trying to address such issues. They may think: "What can I do to affect practices so far removed from my store?" or "Why is society holding me accountable for bad actors over whom I have little control?" Be assured that we are not alone in being challenged on these issues—consumers want to know more about all the products they buy—and jewelers are the face of the industry to them.
Promote your membership in industry associations that advocate for responsible business practices. Groups that do so include Jewelers of America, the American Gem Society, and the Jewelers Vigilance Committee. Members of Jewelers of America, for example, can tell customers that they are required annually to renew their commitment to the JA Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct. JA members also require that their suppliers comply with the JA Supplier Code of Conduct, which addresses a variety of workers' rights, including those connected to health and safety, collective bargaining, discrimination, child labor, and other issues. You can see all these documents at www.jewelers.org, by clicking on the About JA button, then Corporate Responsibility.
Ask each of your suppliers if they will provide a written warranty statement on their invoices affirming that they buy only diamonds that have been traded through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. You can find a model letter to suppliers for this purpose at the JA Web site, by clicking on the Public Affairs button, then Consumer Confidence. You can then tell your customers you require these warranties from all your diamond suppliers.
Consider membership in the Council for Responsible Jewellery Practices, a supply-chain initiative that is working on a code of practices for the diamond and gold jewelry supply chain worldwide, from mine to retail. When the CRJP system is introduced in 2008, it will be monitored by impartial, third-party companies that certify CRJP members are, in fact, living up to the responsible practices they've promised to follow. You can find out more about CRJP by going to www.responsiblejewellery.com.
In the next three to five years the jewelry industry will continue to undergo evolutionary change. The industry at every level is largely entrepreneurial, and the jewelry entrepreneurs will continue to address change and take advantage of opportunities change offers.
At retail, the growth of the national and regional chain stores will continue both in number of units and revenues. Economies of scale provide the Sterlings, Zales, Helzbergs, and Ben Bridges of the world with increased opportunities. These stores will continue to grow at a rate of 4 percent to 7 percent per year. Slow, steady growth is their objective. Zale will once again refine its direction trying to find its way back to the No. 1 retail position. As a group, the better independents will show above-average market growth. This group of stores is well positioned to attract a local demographic that has money and the desire to spend it. Retail jewelers between the national and regional chains that are not upscale oriented will continue to struggle. These stores seem unable to create a point of difference in the local marketplace other than location utility. Developing a branding strategy and a well-thought-out and -executed communication plan is vital to their continued existence. The branding strategy needs to address a local perspective and differentiate the "jeweler" from the competition. It is crucial that this be done on a regular and frequent basis.
Also at retail, paying real attention to customer service and the changing demographics of the customer population will be required. Training staff on people skills and product knowledge will swing more to people skills. Finally, making shopping in a jewelry store more interesting and fun will become more important.
Trade branding as opposed to national branding is key to domestic manufacturers' success. As the national and regional chain stores grow and the middle segment of the independents decline, there is only one opportunity left for the domestic suppliers to go. Developing a unique selling proposition and promoting that will be essential.
Senior vice president, diamonds and jewelry, HSBC Bank USA N.A.
Consolidation is occurring at all levels of the industry, which has seen upstream and downstream integration as well as new business models. Examples include Tiffany starting a joint venture with a sightholder, Sterling beginning to manufacture rough in India via a DTC sight broker, and a mining company (Aber) acquiring control of Harry Winston. These are clear-cut examples of vertical consolidation.
There are many examples of wholesalers acquiring or merging with other wholesalers and/or retailers. There have been many joint ventures between sightholders and others in the jewelry chain. Some are born of economic necessity, others of strategic planning. The message to the trade is adapt or die. We are now living in an era of economic Darwinism. Tried and true business models are changing. No longer does the American retailer want to be serviced by the American wholesaler. The person or group in front of the retailer—that is, the supplier or wholesaler—who makes timely deliveries of a quality product at the right price will win the business, regardless of nationality.
Relationships, which once dominated the playing field, no longer do. The American trade must get used to the fact that the Indian business model and the new Chinese business model are beginning to take hold. Low-cost, quality production is being requested at all levels in the supply chain.
The industry must be open to change. Companies must continue to do what they do well. Expansion into new niches or business models is not preferred. Maintain what you do within your sphere of influence. Branching out without adequate resources is a recipe for disaster. The industry must be open to change initiated by the large players with the financial resources, or the niche players who dominate their space. The average U.S.-based American jewelry company will either be acquired or go out of business within 10 years, unless they adapt.
The most practical suggestion is to assess where you are today and determine where you want to be in three to five years. Then determine who occupies the space. Then decide if now is the time to merge. If so, just do it, as Nike says.
Branding, which was the DTC buzzword several years ago, has not gone away. After millions of dollars have been spent, there are very few "true jewelry brands." Branding has created demand for larger players to investigate the smaller players. This has prompted merger and acquisition activity. Every year in Las Vegas, we instruct sightholders to "go shopping" in the designer section. This will be the next area of growth as consolidation further takes hold.
Overall, change is not bad. The industry just needs to deal with it better. No longer do foreign entities not understand the U.S. marketplace. These barriers are gradually being brought down. The American part of the industry must be receptive to change or be overrun by it.
Group chief executive, Signet Group PLC, whose U.S. division is Sterling Inc.
There are three topics that I see as important. The first is consumer confidence issues, like dirty gold or blood diamonds. The only effective way to address these is as an industry. The Council for Responsible Jewellery Practices was formed to enable all segments of the supply chain to address issues of consumer confidence. No single company or group is big enough to do it themselves. We must all work to improve the supply chain, whether it be environmental, human rights, or health and safety issues.
It's important for everyone in the industry to participate in CRJP, to influence and help fund it. If consumers lose confidence in our products, the impact could be damaging for decades. You need only look at the fur industry to see an example. Whether it's one store or a multinational company that's being challenged on these issues, the extent to which it's in the press and creating questions in consumers' minds damages all of us. So, it's imperative that all of us act together as an industry to address these issues.
Another issue is e-commerce and its effects. This is especially apparent in the commoditization of our products and the impact on gross margins. For example, when any single stone is identifiable by quality and an in-depth description with certification, a consumer can simply go online and find the best price. This will force prices and margins down for retailers, who in turn will force margins down for their vendors. Further, commoditization could force consolidation at all levels of the supply chain because of the lower margins it creates.
Retailers need to be sure their sourcing is the most efficient it can be (in terms of pricing, availability, delivery, and terms). They also need to do everything possible to keep sales robust through customer service, marketing, and merchandising. They must be sure, too, that their store location, store environment, and merchandise sections are at their best, or they will get consolidated out of business.
A final critical issue is synthetics, especially lab-created diamonds and GIA's recent decision to issue grading reports. I'm not saying this is good or bad, but it's an issue we must face, because by issuing the reports GIA is legitimizing lab-created diamonds.
The best way to face it is with staff training. Whether or not a retailer decides to carry the product, the staff must be trained in how to present synthetics (if they carry them) and how to talk to consumers about them. Retail staffs must be knowledgeable and able to explain differences between natural and synthetic stones and cost differences between the two.


MegaCon is on it's way. Which means its time to continue the WHO YOU GOT CHALLENGE! Today we are breaking down Big Money Eddie's conference. The title is on the line! Who will Big Money bring to MegaCon 2018!


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Triad School Board
Triad School is a ministry of Bible Baptist Church (BBC) and the BBC Elder Board oversees the mission of Triad School.
The Triad School Board is the governing board of the school, giving oversight and direction in issues of policy, finance, personnel and facility. The Board cooperates with the School Pastor in fulfilling the mission and assists the School Pastor as needed.
Triad School Board membership is approved by the BBC Board of Elders and consists of a minimum of 50% BBC church members.
Regular school board meetings take place at BBC (4849 South 6th Street) on the last Thursday of each month at 6:00 PM.
Board members serve three-year terms and can serve two consecutive terms. If you have an interest in serving on the Triad School Board, please contact the school office.
Meet the Triad School Board
Jim Libby
School Pastor
Jill Schultz
School Board Chair
Elected August 2018
Jill has served on the Triad School Board since September 2016. She is a member of Bible Baptist Church and mom to three Triad graduates. "I am so thankful for Triad School in the lives of my sons. My boys all started at Triad the very first year it started in 1995 and graduated from Triad in 2002, 2005, and 2007. The teachers at Triad were a positive influence and made a difference in the spiritual lives of my sons that I don't think would have happened elsewhere. I feel privileged to be able to serve Triad School as a member of the board."
Jill is recently retired from Oregon Institute of Technology where she taught dental hygiene for over 30 years and also served as the department chair.
Kevin Kroeker
In his role as Senior Pastor of Bible Baptist, Kevin has been on the Triad School Board since 2005. Prior to this, he served as an associate pastor of BBC and taught middle and high school Bible classes at Triad. Kevin and his wife, Ruth, have been married since 1982, and they have four children who graduated from Triad. Ruth served as the Triad School Executive Assistant from 1995-2011.
"I count it a great privilege that our children were able to attend Triad. Each of them was well prepared for college. They all did well with their college coursework and graduated in good order as they moved into their careers. Our daughter was the first Triad graduate that attended the school starting in Kindergarten, and now she and her husband have a Triad student of their own, our grandson Cole. What a blessing! I am a firm believer in the mission and effectiveness of Triad School."
Elder Board Member
Marcie Kroeker
Marcie was elected to the school board in January of 2019 and has been a member of Bible Baptist Church since 2004. Marcie and her husband Kraig have two children. "It is an honor to serve Triad through the School Board."
Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."
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Midtown Madness 2 Central | View topic - MM2C:TA Help Required!!!!
Midtown Madness 2 Central > Post Your Project > MM2C:TA Help Required!!!!
Okay cool, Stampy have you got a Camo paint job?
If not i'll try to make one in paint and then import If that can be done??!
So far i've got a basic box but i've made it in the latest Z Mod and it doesnt export for MM2 so do i need a different Z Moddeler?
if you want to import from Zmodeler to MM2, that is impossible.
even i, a non-modeler, know that.
you need a script for that, tuning, a import programm, and maybe more things.
you can't just import something from a modeling programm to a game.
or did you ment something else?
that is a part i get.
it doesnt export for MM2 so do i need a different Z Moddeler?
by this i think that he wants to export it directly to MM2 fromout ZModeler.
or am i missing a part?
started to the details .
still have to the tracks but have a doubt . can tracks work in mm2 ???
the texture is very blurry.
but teh model looks good.
and i think that tracks don't work.
but i think that some-one else knows that better.
so do have any camo textures???
and i'm sorry about the lack of pictures and stuff on my part, its cause the school i go to has banned all picture hosting places and all web hosting places but!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i may be getting the internet at home for christmas so i may suddenly be able to host pictures of my Z mod mess of a truck, its not great and its a box thing, infact does anyone have a great tutorial for ZMod??????
With hints and resource links????
Good luck with the exams, i've got my mocks loomiming so revision is high on the agenda!
I've yet to get info on the other guys modals, but we've got one decent model in the bag, keep up the good work mate!


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