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The 5 Best 9+ Passenger Vehicles for 2017
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Are you wondering which SUVs and vans seats 9+ passengers on the market? Look no further for the best vehicle to haul your large family and everything else that goes with them. All of the vehicles have 3rd row seating, plenty of cargo space and decent fuel economy.
Choosing a vehicle for your family takes times, so we created a list to help you narrow down your options. The five best nine passenger vehicles on the market and rank them by: price, fuel efficiency, safety ratings, features, reliability, size of the interior, 3rd row room and reviews by automotive journalists.
1. Chevrolet Tahoe – $47,215
Chevrolet's Tahoe packs full-size truck functionality and space inside an SUV frame. The enormous Tahoe will will seat up to nine passengers when given front row bench seats, with plenty of room for cargo and serious hauling power to boot. The new V-8 drivetrain gives the 2017 Tahoe enough muscle to haul just about anything that could be thrown at a family SUV and provides enough power on the road for almost any driving demand.
The Tahoe's massive 5.3L V-8 is coupled with a 6-speed automatic transmission and produces a whopping 355-hp. It can be configured to tow up to 8,600 pounds, making it one of the best towing options in its class. It has both RWD and 4WD drivetrains, and both get the same EPA estimated 18 combined mpg. The 2017 Tahoe has undergone a number of suspension changes to make this the best driving Tahoe in a long time. It feels big and sturdy like the SUVs of old, but is surprisingly agile and handles its bulk well. The one glaring downside should be fairly obvious: the Tahoe is massive. Regardless of how well it handles, it's going to feel big on smaller city streets.
As far as space is concerned, buyers will be hard-pressed to find an SUV that offers a more cavernous interior. Only the Suburban dwarfs the Tahoe's size in the Chevy lineup, and it's by a small margin. This means passenger accommodations allow for plenty of legroom in all three rows, including the third row, which will comfortably seat smaller adults even on long trips. Unlike some SUVs in its class, the third row isn't overly difficult to access either. Chevrolet has taken the time to upgrade the Tahoe's interior as well, using higher quality materials and ditching cheap, plastic-like panels in key areas. This all combines to create one of the most practical, functional, and comfortable Tahoe's that Chevrolet has ever built, and it's a standout when compared to other competitors in its class.
2. GMC Yukon – $48,530
Nearly identical to the Chevrolet Tahoe when selected in its base trim, the GMC Yukon benefits from all the strengths of its Chevy cousin. It's largely unchanged from 2016, with only a handful of minor upgrades from last year's model. The Yukon is a large, utility-focused weekend warrior, that is equally at home on the job site as it is hauling the family and all their luggage off on a rugged camping trip. Its largest and most expensive trim, the Yukon XL Denali, is essentially a luxury edition of the Chevrolet Suburban, with a price tag to match.
The base model Yukon comes with the same enormous 5.3L V-8 power-plant as the Chevrolet Tahoe, but the Denali trim ups the ante with a monster-sized 6.2L V-8 rated at 420-hp and 460 lb-ft of torque. Not surprisingly, the Yukon's engine is mated to the same 6-speed automatic used in the Tahoe, while the Denali uses a newer 8-speed transmission. Both engines can haul up to around 8,500 lbs and come in either RWD or 4WD configurations. Fuel consumption is 19 combined mpg and 18 combined mpg for the RWD and 4WD drivetrains, respectively.
In the Denali trim, the Yukon is basically a luxury SUV. Opting for the Yukon Denali XL provides the same cavernous interior space as a Chevy Suburban, with leather seating, a power folding second row , and standard safety features not found on the base models, like vibrating seat crash-threat warnings and 360 degree crash-monitoring. It will seat up to nine, with the third row potentially being a bit cramped for larger adults. The third row can also be folded down to provide extra cargo room.
3. Chevrolet Suburban – $49,915
The 2017 Suburban is Chevrolet's answer to those seeking the biggest SUV money can buy. It's one of the largest consumer vehicles available from any manufacturer, sharing a similar chassis to a full-size pickup, the Silverado. The 130-inch wheelbase and 220-inch length means there's plenty of room for the whole family, their friends, their luggage, and a boat.
Once again Chevrolet uses the 5.3L V-8 that's being shared among many of the vehicles in their model lineups this year, producing 355-hp and 383 lbs-ft of torque using a 6-speed automatic. Both RWD and 4WD are available, and the 5.3L V-8 is the only engine option. The suburban never feels short on power thanks to the monster under its hood, and can easily haul up to its rated 8,300 pounds without crippling its acceleration. The Suburban handles like a vehicle of its size looks like it should; there is significant body roll and it's not the most agile object on four wheels. The sheer size of the Suburban can be problematic in cramped road conditions.
The Suburban can also be optioned to seat up to nine when selected with three rows of bench seats. Leg and headroom is in ample supply in both the first and second rows, with the third row still being a bit short on legroom for larger adults. Even when the Suburban is filled to capacity, all nine passengers will travel in relative comfort for short drives. The third row can fold flat to create additional cargo space as needed, boosting the Suburban's already significant available space.
4. Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Passenger Van – $40,745
Mercedes' purpose built van, the Sprinter, was designed from the ground up to be a cargo and people carrier. It's sold in a wide variety of configurations to fit almost any commercial or consumer need, including a nine seat (or more) passenger trim that is the most luxurious and comfortable full-size passenger van available today. Mercedes focused on practicality when designing the 2017 Sprinter, creating a massive workhorse that's easy to drive, safe, and comfy for both drivers and passengers.
Two drivetrains are offered, an impressively tuned 2.1L turbodiesel 4-cylinder and a 3.0L turbodiesel V-6. Of the two, the 4-cylinder will be more than adequate for most family commuter needs but buyers who intend to fully load the Sprinter or who prefer faster freeway acceleration will want to opt for the larger V-6. Mercedes does offer a push-button activated 4WD variant, but the vast majority of drivers will find this to be overkill, opting instead for the basic RWD.
There is a dizzying list of customization options even inside each selected trim. Focusing on the basic nine-seater passenger model, the Sprinter will fully accommodate nine adults with a copious amount of legroom and a minimal amount of elbowing. Drivers will enjoy standard features like a 5.8-inch touchscreen display, Bluetooth phone connections, USB and auxiliary inputs, and an SD media slot. Mercedes offers a wealth of optional extras, with prices to match, and the Sprinter van can easily be customized to fit almost any need, for a price.
5. Ford Transit Passenger Wagon – $34,365
The replacement for the wildly popular Econoline van, the Transit arrived on the U.S. market in 2017 to solid acclaim. It goes largely unchanged for the 2017 model year, recognizing its strengths as a moderately priced entry-level commercial van. The inspiration drawn from the original Econoline is instantly apparent when viewing the Transit both outside and in, presenting itself as a no-nonsense full-sized van designed to get the job done.
The base 3.7L V-6 will be more than adequate for most drivers' needs. It creates 275-hp and is mated to a 6-speed automatic gearbox. It handles its length and girth surprisingly well on the road, and feels like a vehicle with much less interior space than it actually has. A carefully adjusted suspension makes riding in the Transit a moderately smooth affair, with only the roughest of road conditions having a noticeable impact on the suspension.
As a gasoline powered van, it provides more space than any other competitor on the market when selected in its largest trim. Over 487 cubic feet of cargo space dwarfs anything else available, meaning that in its nine-seat passenger configuration, everyone can sit comfortably without worrying about their neighbor or the seats in front of them. A rear-view camera is now standard on all Transit models, and a list of smartly priced convenience features like a power deploying running board are available as optional extras.
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I thought he was holding a pita, but then I almost heaved.
I didn't even think such a thing was possible -- who would imagine it could just fall off like that?
I probably should do a caption contest on this one, but I really don't want to look at that photo on the front page of my blog for the next week or so. I can't promise I'll read them, but feel free to caption away in the comments.
UPDATE: (Aug 5, 2006) If the original link doesn't work, you can see a different picture and the story here.
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A Florida woman who was fleeing police after crashing a car ran into a pasture. As she was running from the police, 16 cows started to chase her....maybe it was a slow pursuit! The police helicopter gave the pursuing officers a description of what was happening. They said if you see a herd of cows, they are following her! The cows did get her up against a fence and she was arrested.
Usually cows run away from me. Even when I put down the gun.
Those cows thought they were about to get fed. I bet they were disappointed when the cops took away their meal ticket.
That is so funny!! I wish there was a sky cam of the stampede of cattle following her- if one ran after her the whole herd would follow.
Actually I saw a news video taken from above in the police helicopter. It looked like a night vision camera as the cows all appeared white against a dark background. Guess it happened at night... video is probably on the internet.


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Schaefer Cider Co., in Conklin, has been making hard cider for four years and is pushing it into West Michigan as the Pux Cider brand.
Chris Schaefer, one of the company's owners, said the company is making 11 brands of cider, including three in cans.
Initially, Pux Cider came out in large format bottles, but pricing and odd retail placement pushed them to pursue cans.
The canned varieties are Boondoggle, a blood orange cider, Ballyhoo with raspberry and key lime, and Hornswaggle, a hopped cider. Other ciders include Harvest Cider, a European-style, noncarbonated dry cider, and Bill, a dry cider blend with four apple varieties, including crab apples for personality.
Pux Cider is among several cider makers in West Michigan making a push toward drier ciders, much like drinkers might find in Europe.
Schaefer said this fall they've made 3,000 gallons of hard cider, doubled from a year ago. He also mentioned because of efforts by Paul Vander Heide at Vander Mill, there was a noticeable uptick in available cider variety apples. They're also making a push to grow more of their own cider apples.
Schaefer said he tries to play with the Pux Cider Instagram page to showcase differences in apples.
Pux Cider is still a side gig for the Schaefer family, and they're still reinvesting and covering the basic needs of the business. Eventually, they hope to open a taproom on the farm, but are dealing with some legal hurdles.


Certain functions in Surfer 15 and above are multi-threaded. These processes include workflows that can be very CPU intensive and time-consuming, such as gridding and generation of color relief maps. Multithreading was enabled for these workflows to speed up processing time.
The remaining Surfer processes - as well of all processes in Surfer versions 14 and earlier - are single threaded. This means the user interface, gridding, import/export, etc all share one thread and the redraw to regenerate the offscreen image of the window contents runs on a second thread. The redraw of the screen contents can proceed at the same time as other tasks (like user interface changes, gridding, etc). However, the redraw thread is not used very heavily since redraw usually happens fairly quickly.
It is up to Windows how those threads are mapped to processors (or cores in a multi-core CPU). In general though, a single threaded application can only use 100% of a single core processor, 50% of both cores in a dual processor, 25% of all 4 cores in a quad core processor, etc. On a dual core CPU (where a single threaded application always uses both cores at 50% each), to get both cores running at 100%, you could get a big process running on the main thread (say a large gridding process) and then trigger a massive redraw to get the second thread running.
Can Surfer take advantage of multi core processors?
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A bug snuck into the 1.5 release that was causing custom post types to not show the expiration box. This has been corrected in 1.5.1. Sorry for the trouble! The plugin can be downloaded at the WordPress Plugins Page.


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Dr. Rebecca Sutton joined SFEI-ASC in 2013 as a Senior Scientist for the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco (Bay RMP). Dr. Sutton leads the RMP's Emerging Contaminants Workgroup and a team of scientists investigating contaminants of emerging concern and microplastic in the San Francisco Bay and other regions of California. She also manages SFEI-ASC's Green Chemistry focus area, providing information to inform policies designed to prevent pollution through reduced use of toxic chemicals. Dr. Sutton has been appointed to California's Green Ribbon Science Panel to aid in the implementation of the state's Safer Consumer Products Regulations.
Dr. Sutton received her B.S. in Environmental Resource Science from the University of California, Davis and her Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation explored molecular-scale interactions affecting contaminant fate and transport as well as soil carbon storage to mitigate climate change. Prior to joining SFEI-ASC, Dr. Sutton was a senior scientist with research and advocacy non-profit Environmental Working Group, where she conducted research on chemicals of concern in air, water, soil, consumer goods, and people.
Dr. Rebecca Sutton and Jennifer Sun of SFEI, along with other colleagues from Jinan University in China, Southern Illinois University, and the California Academy of Sciences, recently published an article in the journal Science of the Total Environment on flame retardants in the Bay.


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Little World Designs is based out of Brooklyn, formed around the idea of bringing more earth into our urban lives. I have paired my horticultural expertise with my love for vintage charms and treasures, to create these original gifts. Every vintage piece is an original unique design. The necklaces and earrings contain mini terrariums. In each mini terrarium I've meticulously places varied mosses, stones, crystals, and hip unusual charms. I've collected several different antique and rare jars/containers for my tabletop gardens that convey elegance in any home. My goal is to capture alternate worlds for your home and body, now you can bring a little earth wherever you go.
I have always been intrigued and influenced by patterns and imagery that emerge through a process of demolition and decay. In turn, my paintings have been informed subconsciously by an industrial vocabulary. Painting on stretched canvas and grouping paintings together to form singular works enabled me to explore various juxtapositions of form and pattern. Aerial views of city streets, ancient writing and mosaic are a particular interest of mine. In my painting, I hope to excavate the structure of forms, pulling away their many layers to expose their fundamental elements and detritus.
When I was a child I drew fantastical maps of islands with coves and peninsulas, lakes and rivers. In recent years I spent significant time traveling to and from foreign lands. I have been lost in cities and towns where maps are presented in languages I cannot understand and in valleys and deserts that offer no guide. I snap photographs of trees while navigating these places, climbing hilltops and deciding which direction to continue when reaching intersections. My recent work began as I reviewed and organized these tree photographs, concentrating on the way the branches link to one another on the two dimensional plane and how the spaces in-between each physical branch and limb is consequently organized. I cut up photographs to edit these spaces, creating improbable variations of the source material. While on another flight I started a series of drawings. I attempt to recall the in-between spaces created by the tree photographs to recreate the in-between from memory. I struggle to depict this. Later, I peer out the window, at the towns and cities and earth below. I concentrate on the in-betweens created by roads, paths and waterways and how they resemble the in-betweens formed by the trees.
Rifle + Radford is a Brooklyn/ Austin-based design studio specializing in curious collections of handcrafted jewels, apparel & accessories as well as heritage housewares & home décor accents. Born from a passionate relationship with the great outdoors, cultures explored & a unique use of color, each treasure is handcrafted in 2K by owner & designer, Melanie R R Edwards, or rifled from a soul of the Southwest. For this spectacular season, R +R is presenting an array of handcrafted on-of-a-kind high quality jewels & snuggly knits. Working with the natural facets of the stones, the jewels include necklaces, earrings, & rings adorned with labradorite, jasper, rubies, citrine, amethyst, and more precious/semi-precious gems. Every stone is uniquely selected for its beauty & brilliance of color and designed into the perfect setting, one-at-a-time by hand. Decorate your abode with the spirit of the southwest. Rifled form upstate New York or collected from the Runnin R Ranch in Texas, R + R offers an array of heritage housewares inspired by cultures traveled & explored infused with Americana at its best. Adorn your table with naturally shed deer antlers, drink from mid-century tumblers, or design with bold textiles. Treat yourself to some R + R.
LinePosters is a collaboration between graphic designer, Cayla Ferari and engineer, John Breznicky that sells modern, graphic interpretations of popular city transit systems. When the two set out to find transit inspired artwork for their first apartment together, the search came up empty. John suggested they convert a design Cayla had drawn of the NYC Subway system into a large-scale wall decal for their living room. After receiving numerous compliments on their creation, the team decided to design their first product together: a black and white offset poster of the design. After spending the summer of 2011 selling on the streets NYC in their spare time, it became clear that what started as a hobby had turned into a successful business. With a growing inventory of additional city designs and products, Line Posters hopes to reach a wider audience while continuing to deliver well-designed, high-quality items.
My studio is a bit like a Cabinet of Curiosities, full of natural history items, cultural artifacts and kitschy detritus. It is a space, both psychic and physical, that is the source for my work.
Most of my new work will be at a show in Pennsylvania, so I will be featuring a selection of older paintings and new landscape drawings for this open studio. This will be my last open studio here, and in addition to my artwork, I'll be selling some objects I am no longer interested in painting. Stuffed peacock anyone?
Daniel Maidman is a painter who applies a classical grounding to a contemporary sensibility. His art had been shown in juried exhibitions in New York, Washington, DC, California, Ohio, Missouri, and Oregon, and was selected by the Saatchi Gallery to be displayed at Gallery Mess in London. His art and writing on art have been featured in ARTnews, American Art Collector, International Artist, Poets/Artists, Manifest, The Artist's Magazine, The New York Optimist, and the publishing arm of SUNY-Potsam. He blogs for The Huffington Post and Artist Daily. His writing on Da Vinci is currently taught at DePaul University and Roosevelt University.
His paintings range from the figure and portraiture, to still lives and landscapes, to investigations of machinery, architecture, and microflaura. His images occupy a spectrum from high rendering to almost total abstraction.
His work is included in numerous private collections, among them those of New York Magazine senior art critic Jerry Saltz, Chicago collector Howard Tullman, best-selling novelist China Mieville, Disney senior vice president Jackson George, and author Kathleen Rooney. He is represented by Dacia Gallery in Manhattan. His writing on art is collected at danielmaidman.blogspot.com and at huffingtonpost.com/daniel-maidman. He lives and paints in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Luis Mallo was born in Havana, Cuba in 1962. He and his family left the island in 1970 and after spending five years in Spain, settled in the U.S. He studied photography and graphic design at F.I.T. in New York City.
During the last twenty years, his work has been shown in various exhibitions around the U.S., Latin America, and Europe. He is a recipient of the Cintas Fellowship and The Art Matters Photography Award. His photographs are included in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the George Eastman House, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, The Worcester Museum of Art and The New York Public Library, as well as other public and private collections.
Luis Mall is represented by Praxis Art Gallery in New York and Sicardi Gallery in Houston. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Although essentially a self-taught artist, Mr. May is a noted architect with numerous AIA honors and awards. He holds degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Pennsylvania where he studied with Louis I Kahn. HE is a fellow of the AIA as well as the American Academy in Rome where he presented a one-man show of paintings and drawings at the completion of his fellowship. In the spring of 2009 he had a solo show at Art 101 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Most recently a group of his drawings were accepted into the Drawing Center's Viewing Program.
Born in Japan; he lived in Los Angeles, California where he established his studio for 46 years until 2012. Currently working on experimental Moss project at Storm King, Cedar House in New Windsor, NY. Next Major show will be "Water" at Armory Art Center, Pasadena, California in the fall of 2012. Mizuno'a works are in numerous private collections as well as the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Long Beach Museum of Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacrament, California, The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shigaraki, Japan, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan.
Olivia Peebles work explores the nature of the process of painting. Her aesthetic is unrefined; exaggerated by her fluorescent color schemes, playful doodles, and use of stickers that speak to her heavier, wet, and fast brushstrokes. From this, there is a sense of tension in her paintings created by quick strokes and drips clashing with tiny drawings—certain forms and objects obsessively reappearing. Despite her bright and playful colors and doodles, there is a darkness behind Ms. Peebles' work that can only be read as cynicism. Her brushwork, seems to long for a return to abstract expressionism, but the addition of stickers and glitter and oddly-themed doodles puts these intentions into question.
Jenna Ransom is a Brooklyn artist who received her MFA from Pratt Institute in 2005. Her paintings and graphite drawings evoke uncertainty despite a sense of place with familiar motifs of nature and organic structures.
My work is fueled by a dedication to the decorative. I have always investigated the decorative arts and taken advantage of the languages employed in that construct. This research has led me to a love of pattern, excess, and ornament. The decorative is often seen as superficial, but I believe in its power to seduce us into greater depths. Recently, I have been creating structures from unfinished lumber, a traditional material for building. These wooden structures refer to architecture, furniture and minimalism. I incorporate and decorate these works with ornamentation. These decorative elements manifest in visual surfaces that employ porcelain, pattern, paint and ribbon. Ornamenting the lumber structures are delicate porcelain floral bouquets and geometric shapes fused with dripping glaze and paint. These decorative materials are often linked to the feminine and I enlist them to provide a metaphorical context for sexual identity. I use craft processes and materials as subtly powerful signifiers of queer aesthetics and sexuality. I am interested in combining these perceived masculine and feminine materials to create a platform to investigate structure and ornament, decoration and function, and sexual difference.
Underwater Peoples aims to discover, release, and promote new and contemporary artists with a progressive vision. We are striving to build a collective without the confines of genre, instead focusing on individuality and exceptionality. Underwater Peoples is unique in its endeavor to foster and maintain a creative atmosphere that encourages collaboration between our artists, new and old. We stand for our artists, their music stands for itself.


Interested in learning about the RedHat's open source Java EE 7 compliant application server, WildFly 8? It contains robust implementations of WebSocket, Batch, JSON, Concurrency, JMS2, JAX-RS 2, CDI 1.1, and all Java EE 7 technologies. Learn about all its feature in this talked delivered by Arun Gupta, director of RedHat.
Undertow is the new cutting-edge web server in WildFly 8 and is designed for maximum throughput and scalability, including environments with over a million connections. The number of ports is reduced used by multiplexing protocols over HTTP using HTTP Upgrade.
Role Based Access Control support organizations with separated management responsibilities and restrictions. Roles represent different sets of permissions such as runtime operation execution, configuration areas that can read or written, and the ability to audit changes and manage users. In addition a new restricted audit log can be enabled including the ability to offload to a secure syslog server.
WildFly also provides a ""core"" distribution that is ideal for framework authors that want to build their own application runtime using the powerful WildFly 8 architecture.
NetBeans, IntelliJ, and Eclipse allow WildFly to be used for development, deployment, and debugging.
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Prince of Darkness Collector's Edition Blu-ray Review
Written and directed by John Carpenter
1987, Region A, 102 minutes, Rated R
Blu-ray released on September 24th, 2013
Donald Pleasance as Priest
Jameson Parker as Brian Marsh
Lisa Blount as Catherine Danforth
Victor Wong as Prof. Birack
Dennis Dun as Walter
Susan Blanchard as Kelly
Anne Howard as Susan Cabot
Ann Yen as Lisa
Peter Jason as Dr. Leahy
Alice Cooper as Creepy Homeless
A Catholic priest enlists the help of a physics professor when one of the world's darkest secrets threatens to bring the apocalypse. Professor Birack assembles a team of physicists, linguists, mathematicians and assorted scientists to solve a puzzle buried in the pages of a mysterious book located in the basement of an abandoned church in downtown Los Angeles. A giant glass canister filled with swirling green goo may contain enough pure evil to destroy the world and it has recently started showing signs of activity for the first time in thousands of years. Whatever is inside the goo is growing stronger and affecting the surrounding community as throngs of homeless people encircle the church preventing anyone from exiting.
While the scientists continue their tests on the material, the goo begins to leak from the canister and possess those that come in direct contact. The evil quickly spreads and the team members are rapidly becoming either minions or corpses, and the powers of darkness are growing because of it. Once this chain of events is in motion, it is only a matter of time before the canister will open and release the evil into the world. The countdown to the end of days is rapidly accelerating and the battle between science and the supernatural is about to begin. Can a priest and a bunch of grad students prevent the Devil from walking the Earth?
Prince of Darkness introduces a lot of interesting possibilities with its central concept of a scientific analysis of a religious prophecy, but fails to follow through on any of them. Despite facing imminent global destruction, the scientists are not immediately told what they are looking for and are unable to connect the dots of their research in a timely manner. The tension builds over the first two thirds of the picture as the dark powers grow and begin working their way into members of the research team, but the evil quickly loses its effectiveness once the movie becomes a bunch of confused minions shuffling the hallways waiting for Satan to do something.
Sadly, the script (penned by director John Carpenter under a clever pseudonym) paints the plot into a corner that the budget denies proper exit. There is no epic finale between good and evil and, despite the title, no Devil. Everything builds to an interesting conclusion, but this is nowhere near what the priest threatened at the beginning. Carpenter (The Fog) does a fine job creating a high-concept picture filled with dread, but fails to maintain the energy before slipping into the third-act trappings of more conventional horror films. There are some nice sequences that build suspense throughout but it somehow never comes together in the end. It is truly surprising how enjoyable this movie is despite its shortcomings and I wonder how much it would have benefitted from one more rewrite.
Donald Pleasance (Halloween II) appears the most comfortable with the material as a fretful priest. His haunting delivery provides the film with a much-needed gravitas that is missing from most of the supporting cast. Jameson Parker (White Dog) doesn't really stand out as the leading man since there isn't a lot for him to do, but he rocks a steady moustache that woos the ladies. Lisa Blount (Cut and Run) is also stuck spinning her wheels until the finale, but she delivers when she needs to. Victor Wong (Tremors), Dennis Dun (Big Trouble in Little China) and Peter Jason (They Live) have all appeared in more than one Carpenter film over the years and are welcome additions here, but only Wong sticks out as marginally awesome.
John Carpenter delivered a solid decade of quality entertainment from 1978 (Halloween) to 1988 (They Live), and while not all were homeruns, the man's creative streak was unsurpassed. He frequently created thrillers that were either siege pictures or featured an unknown terror, and this film pulls from both columns. Prince of Darkness is neither his best movie nor his worst, but it is easily recommended as an example of big ideas given a quality presentation and soaked in atmosphere. This is a pretty entertaining movie filled with possibilities that simply stumbles at the finish line. The ending is satisfying, but also somehow cheap.
Prince of Darkness is presented in the original 2.35:1 aspect ratio and looks pretty fantastic overall. Colors are strong and flesh tones are natural while black levels are quite solid. There are occasional moments of softness, but they appear to be intentional for the story content.
The default DTS-HD MA 5.1 track serves this disc well with a surprisingly robust low-end. Carpenter's score is relentless and quite powerful throughout the third act. Dialogue and directional sound effects remain clear and free from distortion. The original mono mix is presented here in a DTS-HD MA 2.0 track that is equally impressive, but not as immersive. English subtitles are provided.
Scream Factory and Red Shirt Pictures continue to impress with their wealth of supplements included on this title.
First up, John Carpenter is joined by actor Peter Jason for an audio commentary that first appeared on the import DVD release a few years back. The discussion is informative and entertaining as Jason continually prompts Carpenter for details. There are a few odd revelations as the director admits to not having a full grasp on the themes of the film. He also blasts other composers for overdoing it, though his score moves front and center for the final act.
In Sympathy for the Devil (10 minutes) John Carpenter discusses his fascination with quantum mechanics and how he was inspired to make an apocalyptic story mixing science and religion. He touches on various aspects of production, including the visual effects and the filming locations and he also shares some thoughts on the state of contemporary cinema.
Alice at the Apocalypse (9 minutes) is a nice visit with rock legend Alice Cooper (Monster Dog), who reflects on his love of horror films as a child, his role in the film and how he met John Carpenter.
The Messenger (13 minutes) features actor and effects supervisor Robert Grasmere discussing his work in the film on both sides of the camera.
Hell on Earth (10 minutes) offers insight on the music of the film with co-composer Alan Howarth, who shares how the dynamic works when scoring a film with John Carpenter.
Horror's Hallowed Grounds (14 minutes) presents an all new look at the original shooting locations for the film, hosted by Sean Clark. This episode runs into a few instances of active construction sites or restricted areas, but Clark makes the whole thing work and the sites of interest are intercut with film clips showing how they looked 26-years ago.
Alternate Opening from TV Version (7 minutes) is self-explanatory but worth checking out, as the broadcast version has been re-cut to suggest the events of the film may only be a dream.
Also included is an entertaining but (slightly) hidden bonus featurette (12 minutes) that Carpenter fans will want to access.
Wrapping things up are a few marketing items that include the original theatrical trailer and teaser campaign and a gallery of production stills.


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Estimated flight time from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) is 4 hours 16 minutes.
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Whether I am working with kids or groups, I generally use bongo drums to establish a rhythm for the words we create. Songs – and more specifically their inherent rhythms – not only get into our heads but can remain forever. It's a neurological phenomenon. Play an old rock-and-roll tape that you wore out years ago but haven't listened to in ages, and I guarantee you'll be humming the next song before it actually plays. Why? It's already in your head. Similarly, cues get into our brains and can alter behavior patterns. Neurologists call this ability of our brains to remap as synaptic plasticity.
Two years ago, I interviewed a middle-school student who made significant progress curbing disrespectful behavior in a particular class by using a very funny cue. I asked him if he thought about the cue prior to entering this class. Without hesitation he responded, "No." He then pointed to his head and explained, "It's already in there." This phenomenon has been described by countless other kids I have worked with.
The more fun you have with cues – or one-line raps – the better. I heard a woman deliver a keynote address many years ago. She stated that Stanford did a study that revealed students learn 700% more in a classroom when humor is an active part of the teaching. To be honest, I don't know whether or not she was serious, but that hasn't stopped me from repeating the study.
On the following pages are numerous cues that have been used to help kids –and adults – eliminate their bad habits. Feel free to use them, and if they are successful please Contact Us describing your technique and letting me know if I can post your work under my Cue Success Stories (with names and locations changed). Conversely, if you are struggling with a kid's "bad habit" and can't find the right cue, e-mail me your story and I'll try to help. Allow 1-2 weeks for cue delivery.
It is my intention to periodically update this section. I am also in the early stages of producing a CD with all of the popular cues set to rhythm and music. The No Bad Kid Band is taking shape and should be ready to Boogey and record by the winter of 2005.
Thank you for your interest in this fascinating and effective cognitive-behavioral approach. Please feel free to send me any cues that have helped and could benefit others.


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Edge Speakers Series: Exploring the Political Landscape 2020
September 9, 2020, by Edge
In the 11th webinar of Edge's Speaker Series, the focus is on Exploring the Political Landscape. We are joined by the two-term governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, and Jack Oliver, who has served at the highest level of national politics for decades. In addition to our guest speakers, Bert Rayle, Partner, Co-Founder, and Senior Investment Advisor at Edge Capital Group, moderates the discussion. If you have any questions or would like to discuss further, please reach out to your Edge representative.
Watch a replay of the webinar here.
Governor Jeb Bush – Chairman of Finback Investment Partners
Jeb Bush is a two-term Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007 and 2016 presidential candidate. Before that, he was a successful investor who built a major real estate company in South Florida and has been involved with founding several Private Equity funds prior to and after his Presidential run and is currently the Chairman of Finback Investment Partners. As a politician, he is known as bringing civility to the discussion of bi-partisan views and his commitment to forging a better future for America as the Founder and Chairman of the Excellence in Education Foundation. He brings a unique perspective to the discussion as few have his knowledge, insight, and ability to provide context to what is currently going on with the campaigns.
Jack L. Oliver III – Managing Partner of Finback Investment Partners
Jack Oliver has worked at the highest levels of national politics for decades. Mr. Oliver served as National Finance Vice-Chair for the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign managing the national operations. He was Deputy Chairman and CEO of the Republican National Committee overseeing all day-to-day operations in policy, communications, and strategy during the 2002 national election cycle and was Finance Director for George W's 2000 presidential campaign. In 2016, he was National Co-Chair of Jeb Bush's Presidential campaign. Jack was a Senior Advisor to Barclays for 13 years and is currently a Managing Partner of Finback Investment Partners.
Bert Rayle – Partner and Senior Investment Advisor of Edge Capital Group
As a Founding Partner, Senior Investment Advisor, and member of the Investment Team for Edge Capital, Bert Rayle brings over thirty years of industry experience to our private and institutional clients. He takes great pride in learning the individual needs of our clients and has formed many enduring friendships in the process. Bert opened the Dallas office with the team in 2010 to better serve our clients in the Southwest region.
Born and raised in Atlanta, Bert's early interest in financial markets led him to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Vermont and a Master of Business Administration from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. Before co-founding Edge, Bert spent twenty-five years with the Private Wealth Management division of Goldman Sachs, where he started in Dallas and was then Regional Manager of the Miami and Atlanta offices.


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Home / AFRICA / African Union launches all-Africa passport
African leaders at the 27th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the AU Summit in Kigali │© African Union
African Union launches all-Africa passport
As the European Union threatens to unravel in the wake of Britain's vote to leave, the African Union is pursuing a path of closer integration through the launch of a common passport that will grant visa-free access to all 54 member states, reports Tolani Alao (NAN).
The long-awaited African Union (AU) passport was launched on Sunday, 17 July at the opening ceremony of the 27th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the AU Summit in Kigali, Rwanda. The Assembly is made up of heads of states and governments of the 54 member states of the AU.
The AU passport. Every African is expected to have one by 2018 and it's expected to ease movement on the continent │© African Union
The AU Commission's Chairperson, Dr Dlamini Zuma, presented the passport to the Chairperson of the union, President Idriss Deby of Chad and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda. Zuma, in her address, said the passport was a landmark achievement of the commission and was intended to help with regional integration of people of the continent. She said Africa was full of hope, possibility and optimism and she was sure that the commission would achieve its aim of a better Africa. She, however, said a better Africa could only be achieved where peace and security reigned.
"As AU we have made the pledge not to bequeath violent conflicts, wars and genocide to future generations of Africans. That pledge demands our attention,'' she said.
President Deby while declaring the session open, said that the retreat of the heads of states produced immeasurable results. He said this was because the continent had decided to take its destiny in its own hands by resolving to fully fund the activities of the union by contributing to it financially and to ensure peace and stability. He, however, urged member states to meet up to their responsibilities.
President Idriss Deby of Chad holds the new AU passport high │© African Union
Deby said the recent conflict in South Sudan was a constant reminder of the times the continent was in and that Africa's lack of possibilities to face difficulties was unacceptable. President Kagame in his welcome address said that the AU at its inception was precipitated on unity. He said the concept of unity was what anchored human diversity in the bedrock of universal values. Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, in his remarks condemned strongly the terrorist attack on Nice, France, saying it was unacceptable.
Abbas said Palestine was ready to cooperate with Africa since it had all the skills and competencies that would be beneficial to both parties. The summit which has its theme as "Year of the Human Rights'' with particular focus on the rights of women, begins today, 18 July.
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The best way to get things done is to strip them down to the bare essentials and get all the unnecessary stuff out of the way.
A few weeks ago, I was listening to a group coaching call that's mostly focused on business and marketing topics. The group consists of individuals in all stages of life - people who have a strong desire to start their own business, people who already have something going on but are struggling to get it off the ground, people who want specific advice, even people who don't have a clue about what they want.
The call's host provides his coaching services by taking calls and talking through any issues the attendees want. One of the calls was from a person in her 50s who is semi-retired. She began to talk about recently helping someone she knew with creating content for their business and enjoyed it so much that she wanted to start becoming a freelance copywriter in that particular area of business.
As the call went on, the caller mentioned that she feels like her writing skills and knowledge of the area of business she was aiming was solid but was worried because her technical skills aren't where she wants them to be. She spent a significant amount of time rattling down a list of things she didn't know - how to properly use different blogging platforms, how to best write content that will be picked up by search engines, how to set up funnels for marketing purposes, and so on.
After a few minutes, the host had to step in and interrupt her long speech. "Wait a minute, why do you need to know all of these things to start your copywriting career?"
This question created a long pause, followed by the caller sheepishly saying "... I don't know."
The caller eventually said that she spent some time doing research online and reading books, and these were all the things she saw others talking about consistently. However, all of this was distracting her from her current goal, which is to start doing copywriting and getting paid for it. While all of the skills she mentioned are great to have for anyone wanting to do copywriting for businesses, they're not essential in the beginning. At the stage she was in the process, it was solely a distraction.
Why do we complicate things endlessly?
These types of distractions are common. There always seems to be the need to do more than what's needed to move forward. By itself, thinking about the road ahead isn't a bad thing. Unfortunately, this type of thinking tends to overcomplicate whatever you're doing. It will cause you to significantly slow your pace because you'll be trying to do too many things. It might even cause you to give up altogether because of the added complexity that wasn't necessary in the first place.
We think we need to be fully prepared to move forward. Typically, this is perfectionism - we believe that the only way to make progress is to prepare for everything. Preparedness is good, but not when it's keeping us paralyzed.
We're trying to impress someone. Whether it be your manager, a peer, or even some stranger on the Internet, many people feel like they can't show that they know less than someone else. The tricky part is that this can also happen on an unconscious level, where we don't even realize we're complicating our path.
We sometimes don't like asking for help. This reason goes hand-in-hand with the previous point. Some people take asking for help as a sign of weakness, a sign of giving up. Instead of asking for some assistance, they walk through the long road by entangling themselves with unnecessary work.
Our brains crave stimulation. If the mind finds itself getting bored, it will generate any form of stimulus to keep itself active. If you ever tried to focus on a simple task and it seems like ten other unnecessary responsibilities grew out of it for no reason, this might be the reason.
Sometimes we want to be a hero. For some, taking the easy route makes them feel less capable as if they're not accomplishing much. To compensate, they begin to add extra layers on top of the work they're doing to show that they're able to do more than expected. These people eventually get to the finish line, but with much less energy to spare.
You don't need to know everything to proceed. Learn what you need to start, take action, and learn some more when the need arises.
You don't need to impress anyone. The only person you need to impress is yourself, and let your actions do the talking.
You need to ask for help when you need it. No one will think you're incapable of doing a job if you need a little help. Try working through an issue on your own, but never let complexity prevent you from moving on.
Don't get distracted when you feel bored. Put away your phone and stay away from time-sucking activities when you're doing the work that will take you toward your goals. You need to embrace boredom to find success.
You never need to make things harder than they are. If you can get results quickly and effortlessly, it doesn't mean that you're not working hard. All the knowledge and experience that helps make things simple should be shown off and proudly on display.
When it's all said and done, whenever you're working towards a goal, the only thing that matters is the result. Did you accomplish what you were going to do or not? That's what most people care about, and that should be your primary point of focus. Get on with your work, one step at a time. Don't get entangled with unnecessary, convoluted actions that will only bog you down. Keep it real simple, and you'll get the results you deserve effortlessly.
Identify if you're overcomplicating one of your current goals. Take a look at the list of typical reasons people complicate their work. Do any of these reasons apply to you? If so, begin to take steps towards simplifying what you're doing and strip away everything you don't need now to move you forward.
Take one of your current goals and strip it down to the bare minimum required to accomplish it. Whenever we take on a new path, we tend to over-prepare for the journey. This over-preparedness can manifest itself by spending too much time putting together an elaborate plan or purchasing lots of materials, for example. As mentioned in the article, these are nice-to-have, but not need-to-have at this time. Think what would be the absolute shortest route to get the result of your goal, and plan to take that path.


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La  svolge un ruolo fondamentale per una perfetta integrazione nella società giapponese. Essa è rigidamente basata sulla linea di successione, ove i discendenti sono collegati tra loro tramite un'idea di , il che non significa relazioni basate sulla mera successione di sangue, ma piuttosto su un legame di relazione col fine incentrato sul mantenimento e il perpetuarsi della famiglia stessa come istituzione.

Dalla fine del periodo Tokugawa, quando il nucleo familiare di base era costituito dallo , fino alla seconda guerra mondiale, quando questo sistema fu smantellato sotto l'egida delle Forze alleate, la struttura della famiglia giapponese ha subito notevoli cambiamenti fino ad arrivare a un concetto di famiglia fondata sulla parità dei diritti per le donne, eredità condivisa tra tutti i figli e libera scelta di carriera e matrimonio.

Il rapido progresso economico del dopoguerra ha tuttavia portato all'interno della società giapponese una serie di problemi sociali di varia natura, soprattutto nella famiglia, quali ad esempio l'assenza di una figura paterna per i figli, dovuta agli orari rigidi delle aziende giapponesi nei quali lavorano i mariti e i padri di famiglia, e la pressione all'autorealizzazione e al successo personale nei ragazzi, innescando la diffusione di vari disturbi sociali che vedono i giovani giapponesi non uscire più di casa, ricorrere ad antidepressivi o suicidarsi.

Storia

Famiglia tradizionale

Per gran parte del XX secolo il modello ideale di famiglia utilizzato in Giappone è quello dello ie, caratterizzato da un sistema patrilineare e da una rigida gerarchia strutturata in base all'età dei suoi membri. Le responsabilità familiari hanno la precedenza sui desideri individuali, poiché la famiglia, piuttosto che l'individuo, è considerata l'elemento collante che garantisce la sopravvivenza all'interno del sistema sociale.

La peculiarità di tale sistema consiste nella caratteristica essenziale, per ritenersi membri di una medesima famiglia, di abitare tutti all'interno della stessa casa e, in caso di mancanza di eredi maschi, di far rientrare nel nucleo familiare anche il genero, o qualsiasi estraneo che abbia anche solo un minimo grado di parentela, al quale viene dato il cognome della famiglia. Ciò può verificarsi anche nel caso in cui i figli maschi non siano ritenuti degni di perpetuare il nome di famiglia. L'ideale tradizionale del sistema ie designa infatti il figlio maggiore come erede della famiglia, il quale diviene responsabile della cura e del sostentamento degli anziani genitori, mentre i figli minori si trasferiscono formando famiglie autonome, che tuttavia rimangono affiliate e subordinate (in base al grado di interdipendenza economica) a quella principale. Il compito principale delle figlie è invece quello di trovare marito presso altre famiglie, col fine di donare degli eredi alla propria casata.

Nella famiglia tradizionale, il matrimonio viene visto come un importante collegamento tra le famiglie ed è fonte di grande preoccupazione in quanto la salvaguardia dell'identità dello ie ha priorità assoluta, sicché il  è molto diffuso nel Giappone pre-bellico mentre i membri della giovane coppia hanno poca o nessuna voce in capitolo nell'organizzazione. Tali matrimoni sono gestiti da un mediatore specializzato che si assume l'onere e la responsabilità di comunicare ai genitori l'eventuale rifiuto o la conclusione positiva dell'accordo. Inoltre, i genitori hanno anche il potere di richiamare i figli presso la propria abitazione se non soddisfatti dell'esito del matrimonio. Il ruolo della donna, una volta entrata nella nuova famiglia, è quello di onorare, più di quanto non faccia con i genitori, i propri suoceri, obbedire e servire il marito, mostrarsi accondiscendente e premurosa. Questa totale sottomissione è la chiave di volta che tiene in piedi l'intero sistema governativo del Giappone e viene considerato l'unico modo per dare pace e stabilità al Paese, benché sia noto il totale sacrificio delle donne a questo tipo di gerarchia.

Secondo dopoguerra
La struttura della famiglia giapponese subisce importanti cambiamenti già dalla restaurazione Meiji del 1866, quando lo sviluppo economico e il capitalismo contribuiscono alla caduta graduale del sistema dello ie, causando l'abbandono della tradizione della famiglia patriarcale. La politica di democratizzazione voluta dagli Alleati durante il periodo d'occupazione contribuisce ad affinare questo processo: anzitutto viene privato di potere legale il vecchio sistema familiare, attraverso l'abolizione dell'eredità a disposizione del solo figlio maggiore e passando a un'eredità condivisa con tutti i membri del nucleo familiare, e nel frattempo anche la responsabilità del mantenimento dei genitori smette di essere un'esclusiva del primogenito passando a essere onere di tutti i figli. Anche il matrimonio combinato viene abolito, restituendo al matrimonio il vero significato di accordo reciproco tra le due persone coinvolte.
In secondo luogo, le famiglie diventano più piccole, il tasso di fertilità si abbassa, mentre la popolazione abbandona le aree rurali per concentrarsi nelle zone industrializzate delle grandi città, spostando il baricentro della forza lavoro dal settore agricolo e manifatturiero al settore dei servizi. Come in altri Paesi industrializzati, un numero sempre maggiore di giovani ha la possibilità di accedere all'istruzione terziaria e sempre più donne hanno accesso al mercato del lavoro; per contro, la certezza di trovare un lavoro viene meno, mentre i giovani cominciano a ritardare il matrimonio più possibile o a non sposarsi affatto.

Grandi cambiamenti avvengono anche nello stile delle abitazioni, le quali passano da essere pensate per una famiglia composta da tre generazioni a uno stile ideato per delle famiglie composte al massimo da quattro membri, ognuno dei quali ha a disposizione la propria stanza, divise tra loro non più dai tipici divisori scorrevoli (fusuma e shōji) ma da spesse mura di pietra. Questa rivoluzione viene tuttavia frenata dal costo elevato di tali abitazioni, corrispondente in certi casi a sette volte il reddito medio di una famiglia giapponese dell'epoca.

Anni 1950 e 1960

Verso la fine degli anni cinquanta e l'inizio degli anni sessanta incomincia a diffondersi in Giappone una particolare tipologia di famiglia composta da un marito lavoratore dipendente impiegato nel settore terziario, solitamente presso aziende fuori città, avente un reddito fisso e stakanovista (il cosiddetto salaryman, ), dalla moglie, in genere  e dai loro figli.

Il marito svolge il ruolo di capofamiglia, nonostante manchi da casa la maggior parte del giorno per sei giorni a settimana, lasciando la gestione della famiglia nelle mani della moglie. In quanto assente per lunghi periodi da casa, egli diventa quasi una figura estranea per i figli, i quali non hanno possibilità di vederlo mentre lavora né tanto meno di passare del tempo con lui nei periodi di pausa dal lavoro. Così i bambini rimangono in gran parte privi di un modello maschile, e la presenza del padre a casa finisce per creare confusione all'interno della vita familiare, piuttosto che rappresentare una situazione naturale.

Mentre il marito si occupa del sostentamento della famiglia, lavorando fino a tardi e mantenendo le sue amicizie all'interno della sfera lavorativa, la moglie si occupa dell'educazione e dell'istruzione dei figli. Grazie all'espansione dell'economia giapponese, i ragazzi che riescono a ottenere buoni risultati in ambito scolastico hanno il futuro assicurato con opportunità illimitate all'interno del mondo del lavoro. A causa di ciò l'obbiettivo primario della madre giapponese diventa il successo e la realizzazione dei figli: si diffonde così il fenomeno delle , termine spregiativo per indicare le madri ossessionate dalla buona riuscita del figlio in ambito scolastico e lavorativo, anche a costo di renderlo infelice. Questa particolare attenzione è rivolta soprattutto ai figli maschi, il cui futuro dipende esclusivamente dall'entrata nell'università giusta, mentre le figlie femmine sono incoraggiate a studiare soprattutto per trovare più facilmente marito o un lavoro part-time, il quale dagli anni sessanta viene adottato diffusamente in tutto il Giappone.

Sebbene la cosiddetta salaryman family non sia la più diffusa in Giappone nei primi anni sessanta, gli impiegati d'azienda risultano la categoria più ambita dalle donne giapponesi, in quanto in grado di assicurare un futuro benestante all'intera famiglia. Il poco tempo a disposizione della coppia per stare insieme non viene ancora affrontato come un vero problema. I suddetti cambiamenti nella struttura familiare, infine, portano la donna giapponese a essere sempre più istruita, incoraggiando gli stessi uomini a scegliere come mogli questa tipologia di donna. Sul finire del decennio si registra anche un aumento del numeri dei divorzi.

Anni 1970
Durante gli anni settanta la generazione figlia della salaryman family cresce in modo sostanzialmente differente dalla precedente, abituata a convivere con l'assenza dei padri, con i genitori con ben poco in comune, oltre a non avere la percezione delle difficoltà economiche in tempo di guerra o nell'immediato dopoguerra, prendendo confidenza con la vita familiare come rappresentata nei film americani e con il concetto di "matrimonio per amore".

Tutto ciò, unito alle richieste di eguaglianza da parte delle donne che sfociarono nell'istituzione di un Movimento di liberazione delle donne, e alle proteste studentesche di fine anni sessanta, dà adito alla nascita di una nuova tipologia di famiglia conosciuta con il nome di new family. Quest'ultima differisce dalla sua precedente concezione in tre concetti chiave: in primo luogo, le relazioni tra le coppie sono sempre più associate all'idea romantica dell'amore, con la vita matrimoniale basata sulle relazioni sentimentali e non più su un mero accordo economico tra le parti. In secondo luogo, i rapporti tra moglie e marito diventano più equilibrati e democratici, con una maggiore partecipazione negli affari familiari da parte del marito, il quale lo si può vedere accompagnare le mogli al supermercato e passare del tempo con i figli durante il fine settimana. Inoltre il termine new family viene pubblicizzato in riviste (alcune delle quali sviluppate per soddisfare il mercato), o usato come marchio associato a un innovativo stile di vita.

La maggiore partecipazione delle donne in attività extra-domestiche, lo sviluppo economico del Paese, il lavoro degli uomini al di fuori della comunità residenziale, e il numero crescente di donne più istruite, con lunghi periodi liberi da obblighi familiari, contribuisce allo sviluppo di una varietà di opportunità per le donne, che vanno dal lavoro part-time (il quale cresce di tre punti percentuali passando dal 9% degli anni sessanta al 12%) all'educazione dei figli alla partecipazione delle attività della comunità, oltre a provvedere ai bisogni del marito.

Anni 1980 e 1990
Durante gli anni ottanta, il tasso di natalità cala drasticamente, mentre l'età media del matrimonio aumenta diventando una delle più alte tra i Paesi industrializzati. Questi dati riflettono l'aumento del livello di istruzione di entrambi i sessi e il modello praticamente universale delle donne che lavorano fuori casa per diversi anni prima di sposarsi, assottigliando il divario di preparazione scolastica e lavorativa tra le donne e gli uomini. Nel 1986, il Giappone firma la Dichiarazione delle Nazioni Unite sulle donne e, di conseguenza, adotta la legge per le pari opportunità garantendo alle donne la possibilità di accedere a qualunque tipo di lavoro. I ruoli manageriali rimangono tuttavia a solo appannaggio degli uomini.

Una minoranza significativa delle donne giapponesi concorda sul fatto che se una donna è in grado di mantenersi, non è obbligata a contrarre matrimonio. Ciò è in contrasto con la tradizionale convinzione che la felicità di una donna dipenda dalla creazione di una famiglia. Tutto questo mina l'autorità patriarcale. Eppure durante questo periodo la stragrande maggioranza dei giapponesi si sposa, con la convinzione diffusa che il matrimonio dovrebbe avvenire all'età giusta. Le donne preferiscono avere figli prima dei 30 anni, sia per motivi di salute sia perché in questo modo le problematiche economiche connesse alla crescita dei bambini possono essere risolte prima che il marito vada in pensione e il reddito familiare diminuisca.

Durante tutto questo periodo il Giappone diventa sempre più consapevole del rapido invecchiamento della sua società, costringendo il governo ad attuare drastiche riforme quali invitare le donne ad avere più figli, a occuparsi della cura dei genitori anziani — anche se in questo periodo incominciano a diffondersi specifiche case di riposo chiamate  — e a coprire le esigenze di scarsità di manodopera. Difatti, durante il periodo post-bellico, le donne non vengono impiegate come forza lavoro a causa di una combinazione di fattori, tra cui sufficiente manodopera maschile, l'efficienza economica di mantenere un pool di manodopera a basso costo da utilizzare solo in caso di necessità, le esigenze della famiglia e il livello di istruzione non eccelso delle donne. Dagli anni ottanta, tuttavia, alcuni dei fattori che hanno impedito alle donne una piena partecipazione alla forza lavoro hanno cominciato a cambiare. Una maggiore istruzione delle donne ed esperienza in ambito lavorativo, la loro longevità, un minor numero di figli da crescere, e l'alto costo delle abitazioni e dell'istruzione dei bambini sono tra i motivi della crescente partecipazione delle donne sposate alla forza lavoro.

Nel frattempo la diffusione della tecnologia, in particolare del mercato degli apparecchi televisivi, contribuisce ad allentare i legami familiari, rendendo i membri della famiglia più indipendenti l'uno dall'altro. Ciò si rispecchia anche nel palinsesto televisivo, da cui in pochi anni scompaiono i programmi generalisti ideati per intrattenere tutta la famiglia, sostituiti da programmi specifici in base alla fascia d'età, oltre ai programmi pensati per un pubblico maturo in seconda serata. Ciò comporta una maggiore autonomia anche negli adolescenti, i quali oltre a passare il tempo nella propria camera quando sono a casa, occupano il loro tempo a scuola, negli sport o in un lavoro part-time, mentre lo sviluppo della ristorazione pubblica permette la consumazione dei pasti al di fuori delle mura domestiche.

Famiglia moderna

Nel 2005 il tasso di mortalità supera il tasso di natalità per la prima volta dal 1889, mentre il tasso di fecondità delle donne giapponesi raggiunge il livello minimo di 1,26 neonati, confermando le stime che vogliono la popolazione giapponese diminuita di un terzo entro il 2060. Solo nel 2006 si verifica un incremento nelle nascite con 1,086 milioni di bambini nati nel Paese, 23 000 in più rispetto all'anno precedente, portando il tasso fino all'1,29. Tuttavia gli esperti di demografia affermano che sia necessario un tasso di 2,1 per evitare il decrescere della popolazione.

Questo problema sociale è uno dei maggiori problemi che caratterizza la moderna famiglia giapponese, oltre una diminuzione costante del tasso di nuzialità. Dopo il picco del 2002 (289 836) il numero di divorzi si stabilizza, e sebbene la maggior parte di questi si verifichi intorno ai trent'anni, aumentano sensibilmente i casi di divorzi tra persone molto più mature, che vedono finire il loro matrimonio intorno al periodo di pensionamento del coniuge maschile della coppia. Tra i vari fattori che contribuiscono a questo fenomeno vi sono: il non preoccuparsi più di tanto della reazione e dello stato emotivo dei figli, in quanto già grandi e sistemati con la propria famiglia; il senso di compiacimento della moglie che sente di avere ormai compiuto il proprio dovere, allevando i figli e avendo accudito il marito per la maggior parte della sua vita, spinta dal bisogno di cambiare stile di vita, allaccia nuove amicizie indipendenti dal rapporto coniugale. Questo fenomeno contrasta in modo indicativo la norma tradizionale che vuole la moglie comportarsi da elemento collante che tiene assieme la famiglia, sopportando anche eventuali differenze con il marito.

Un altro problema sorto durante gli anni duemila è quello che riguarda il sistema di registro familiare chiamato . Tale sistema prevede che la coppia sposata condivida lo stesso cognome, con uno dei due coniugi (di solito la moglie) che rinuncia al suo cognome per appropriarsi di quello dell'altro. Un numero sempre maggiore di donne in carriera è contrario alla cancellazione del proprio nome di famiglia quando si sposa, e decidendo di non registrare ufficialmente il matrimonio corre il rischio che i figli siano riconosciuti come illegittimi; eventualità che può portare a conseguenze spiacevoli dato che il koseki viene utilizzato per l'iscrizione a scuola o nelle domande di lavoro.
In caso di separazione, all'interno del registro familiare è inoltre necessario specificare per quale tipo di divorzio si sia optato. Pertanto se un giovane ha bisogno del koseki per iscriversi a una scuola, o per presentare una domanda di lavoro, tutti i soggetti coinvolti vengono a conoscenza di quando e come i suoi genitori abbiano divorziato. Lo scioglimento del matrimonio in seguito a rottura dei rapporti è visto come un aspetto che può sconvolgere la vita dei bambini, molto di più rispetto al divorzio consensuale, e quindi è percepito come un qualcosa da evitare. Questo atteggiamento ha impedito il diffondersi di questo tipo di divorzio e potrebbe essere legato al fenomeno dei divorzi tra coniugi maturi, che si verificano dopo l'utilizzo del koseki per i vari aspetti della vita dei figli, causando meno danni rispetto ai divorzi avvenuti durante la loro fase di crescita.

La natura fortemente convenzionale del koseki, che in qualche modo incoraggia il mantenimento della struttura patrilineare già in auge nel Giappone pre-bellico, costringe inoltre le coppie di fatto a rimanere nell'ombra, e le famiglie composte da coppie dello stesso sesso non hanno protezioni legali paritarie rispetto a quelle eterosessuali. Al 2017 sei città o suddivisioni in Giappone (Shibuya, Setagaya, Iga, Takarazuka, Naha, Sapporo) riconoscono le unioni tra persone dello stesso sesso, garantendo loro alcuni dei benefici di un matrimonio.

La maggior parte delle famiglie giapponesi moderne sono famiglie nucleari, simili a quelle nordamericane. Sono composte al massimo da quattro-cinque membri: due coniugi, due figli e in alcuni casi da un nonno. Nonostante l'aspetto sia molto simile alle famiglie occidentali, il percorso storico, sociologico e culturale che ha portato il Giappone ad adottare questo sistema familiare è molto diverso.

Ruoli nella famiglia contemporanea
All'interno della famiglia giapponese contemporanea, i ruoli di madre, padre, figli e nonno sono per certi versi simili a quelli della famiglia americana contemporanea. Il padre passa solitamente molte ore fuori casa, con alcune eccezioni rappresentate da padri impegnati in imprese a conduzione familiare nella quale la famiglia vive e lavora sotto lo stesso tetto. In questo caso, non vi è una netta separazione della figura del padre dal resto della famiglia, separazione che rappresenta una dinamica peculiare nella vita familiare giapponese.

Il fatto che i padri giapponesi passino così tanto tempo al lavoro significa che essi spesso abbiano poco tempo o energia da trascorrere con i loro figli, e quindi non solo la responsabilità di crescere i figli ricade sulle madri, ma i padri finiscono per venire rimossi dalle vite dei bambini.

È normale che la madre si assuma la piena responsabilità dell'educazione dei figli, supervisionando la loro educazione, oltre a gestire anche le finanze della famiglia. Questo pone pesanti pressioni sia sulle donne giapponesi, sia sul rapporto tra la madre e i figli.

La terza età in Giappone infine rappresenta idealmente il momento della vita in cui è possibile venire meno agli obblighi sociali, continuare a fare parte dell'azienda di famiglia pur lasciando la responsabilità principale ai figli, socializzare, ricevere attenzioni dai propri cari e attestati di stima dalla comunità.

Onorifici utilizzati all'interno del nucleo familiare

Nella lingua giapponese vi è l'usanza di utilizzare dei suffissi onorifici posti dopo il nome di una persona per stabilire il grado di confidenza o rispetto che si ha nei confronti della stessa. Anche all'interno del nucleo familiare questi vengono utilizzati, soprattutto nella forma più comune (-san), anche se sono diffusi i suffissi -chan (soprattutto tra fratelli e sorelle) o il -sama. Da notare inoltre che per riferirsi ai propri familiari mentre si parla con altri, sono usati altri termini, come ad esempio .

Di seguito un albero genealogico che mostra i gradi di parentela e le rispettive traduzioni in lingua giapponese (rōmaji e kanji):

Fenomeni sociali derivati

L'eccessiva interdipendenza tra madre e figlio può essere causa di problemi di sviluppo psicologico nei bambini, mentre una spropositata pressione all'autorealizzazione e al successo personale sui ragazzi può avere effetti contrari se questi ultimi non riescono a esorcizzarla o non riescono a conformarsi con il resto della società giapponese, nella quale è indispensabile seguire un preciso e lineare percorso di vita, soddisfacendo le aspettative pre-imposte dalla società, ove discostarsi da queste significa fallire totalmente. Per cui, non è raro che alcuni ragazzi non riescano a sopportare questa pressione, a cui si unisce la mancanza di una figura maschile e dei periodi passati in solitudine a causa del lavoro dei genitori, finendo per chiudersi in sé stessi, non uscendo più di casa per mesi o per anni, a ricorrere a medicine o, in casi estremi, al suicidio.

Anche i padri, che passano numerose ore sul posto di lavoro, finiscono per soffrire di stress da "troppo lavoro". Il fenomeno, segnalato per la prima volta alla fine degli anni sessanta, è causa di numerosi suicidi ogni anno in Giappone, oltre a morti naturali come quelle causate da attacchi cardiaci.

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Hard Rock Café, El Carnaval, Ma'on Communications & Naira Box bring you "Femi Kuti Live at Felabration" Tonight!
Hard Rock Café, El Carnaval, Ma'on Communications & Naira Box bring you "Femi Kuti Live at Felabration" Tonight!
This October, as part of the 15th edition of Felabration, Hard Rock Café will be hosting the four-time Grammy Nominee and son of the legendary Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Femi Kuti as he will be performing in honour of his father.
The Afrobeat Legend, popularly known for hit songs such as Beng Beng Beng, They Will Run, Scatta Head and more is set to thrill the crowd with his most electrifying and stimulating performance yet.
Hosted by Olisa Adibua, the show promises to be the best yet as it will the first time Femi Kuti will be engaging in a tour for Felabration which is an annual celebration of Fela Anikulapo Kuti as well as the first Felabration to take place in Hard Rock Café, Lagos.
"We are proud to be part of this remarkable event that celebrates a true born Nigerian Icon and happy to say that Hard Rock Café has become the musical hub for Lagos"– Kersi Marker, General Manager, Hard Rock Café Lagos.


A county law-enforcement board has found that sheriff's deputies failed to conduct inmate counts on March 28, 2014, the night that inmate Richard Lee Dawson was allegedly murdered by his cellmate.
The County Law Enforcement Review Board released the findings in its February 13 agenda.
Dawson was found strangled to death in his cell at the San Diego Central Jail, as reported by CityBeat in 2014. Deputies suspected his cellmate Brandon Mason was Dawson's killer. Less than one month later, however, Mason was found hanging in his cell. He died a week later.
But according to the recently released agenda sheriff's deputies had failed to conduct "soft counts" on Dawson's cell block.
When conducting soft counts on the date of the incident, deputies were required to verify Dawson's well-being through verbal or physical acknowledgement from Dawson.
"[Deputies] provided information during the course of [the] investigation that supported the recommended finding," reads the report. "The evidence supported the allegation, a violation of Sheriff's Department Detention Services Bureau Policy..."
According to a medical examiner's reports from Dawson's death, other inmates had looked for Dawson in the early evening of March 28. Mason, his cellmate, told the others to leave Dawson alone.
It wasn't until close to midnight that deputies went into the cell to find Dawson on his bed. There was blood spatter underneath his bed.
Mason died before murder charges could be filed.
Though the review board did find evidence of inadequate soft counts, they did not find any evidence of negligence.
"There was no indication that Dawson's classification or placement in the cell with his cellmate was inappropriate. There was no evidence that Dawson expressed concern about his classification or cell placement. As it pertained to the events leading up to the death, there was no evidence to support an allegation of misconduct or negligence on the part of Sheriff's Department sworn personnel."
The review board meet at the County Administration Building on February 13 at 5:30 p.m.
Feb. 9, 2018 @ 3:04 p.m.
I'd be interested to see what the death and injury statistics for SDCJ are compared to other county lockups. Too many people die in "protective custody" not to be suspicious of a mentality of "letting justice take its course."
Feb. 9, 2018 @ 8:32 p.m.
Feb. 10, 2018 @ 6:46 a.m.
Also look at government run facilities vs privately run facilities.


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