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dr. (Ahmed) AKH Al-Rawi
(external) researcher Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication Department of Media and Communication
Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
alrawi@eshcc.eur.nl
Dr. Ahmed K. Al-Rawi served as a communication officer and spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Iraq from 2002 to 2005 and later as a consultant for the ICRC in Amman, Jordan. He also worked as a freelance radio correspondent for the US-based Pacifica Radio Network and Free Speech Radio News as well as a journalist for a number of magazines.
Al-Rawi obtained his M.A. degree in 1999 and his first Ph.D. in English literature from Baghdad University, Iraq in 2004. He did a second Ph.D. study in media and mass communication research at the University of Leicester, UK (2012). The thesis focused on the way Iraqi TV news channels covered the general elections in Iraq in 2010.
Before joining Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2011, Al-Rawi taught journalism and communication, intercultural communication, and English language and literature courses for over five years in the Middle East, mostly in the Sultanate of Oman.
Al-Rawi's research interests include international communication, Arab media, and popular culture. He authored Media Practice in Iraq (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) and published over 30 research papers and book chapters in a variety of journals such as the International Communication Gazette, International Journal of Communication, Social Science Computer Review, Media, War, & Conflict, Public Relations Review, and Journal of International Communication. His forthcoming book Negotiating Islam on YouTube (Palgrave Macmillan) will explore the role of YouTube in the Middle East. For more information, see Al-Rawi's personal website: www.aalrawi.com.
All publications (48)
Scholarly Publication (21)
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2017). Facebook and virtual nationhood: social media and the Arab Canadians community. Al & Society (Online), 1-13.
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2017). News organizations 2.0: A comparative study of Twitter news. Journalism Practice, 11 (6), 705-720. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2016.1195239
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2017). Assessing public sentiments and news preferences on Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya. International Communication Gazette (print), 79 (1), 26-44. doi: 10.1177/1748048516642732
A.K.H. Al-Rawi & C.J. Groshek (2016). Arab Iranians and their social media use. CyberOrient: Online Journal for the Virtual Middle East, 9 (2).
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2016). Facebook as a virtual mosque: the online protest against Innocence of Muslims. Culture and religion : an interdisciplinary journal, 17 (1), 19-34. doi: 10.1080/14755610.2016.1159591
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2016). Understanding the social media audiences of radio stations. Journal of Radio and Audio Media, 23 (1), 50-67. doi: 10.1080/19376529.2016.1155298
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2015). Sectarianism and the Arab Spring: Framing the popular protests in Bahrain. Global Media and Communication, 11 (1), 25-42.
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2015). International media organizations' role in assisting the media sector in Iraq after 2003. Global Media and Communication, 13 (25), 1-15.
C.J. Groshek & A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2015). Anti-austerity in the Eurocrisis: Modeling protest movements through online-mobile-social media use and content. International Journal of Communication (online), 9, 3280-3303.
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2015). Online Reactions to the Muhammed Cartoons: YouTube and the virtual Ummah. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 54 (2), 1-30.
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2015). The Rukh and the influence of Chinese mythology. International Communication of Chinese Culture, 2 (3), 223-233.
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2014). Cyber warriors in the Middle East: The case of the Syrian Electronic Army. Public Relations Review, 40 (3), 420-428. doi: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2014.04.005
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2014). The Arab Spring and online protests in Iraq. International Journal of Communication (online), 8, 916-942. doi: 1932–8036/20140005
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2014). The representation of September 11th and American Islamophobia in non-Western cinema. Media, War & Conflict, 7 (2), 1-25.
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2014). Framing the online women's movements in the Arab world. Information, Communication and Society (online), 17 (9), 1147-1161. doi: 10.1080/1369118X.2014.889190
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2013). The US influence in shaping Iraq's sectarian media. International Communication Gazette (online), 75 (4), 374-391. doi: 10.1177/1748048513482261
C.J. Groshek & A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2013). Public Sentiment and Critical Framing in Social Media Content During the 2012 US Presidential Campaign. Social Science Computer Review, 31 (5), 563-576. doi: 10.1177/0894439313490401
A.K.H. Al-Rawi & B. Gunter (2013). Iraqi TV channels coverage of political candidates during the 2010 general election. Journal of Middle East Media, 9 (1), 69-94.
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2013). The anti-terrorist advertising campaigns in the Middle East. Journal of International Communication, 19 (2), 182-195.
A.K.H. Al-Rawi & B. Gunter (2013). News coverage of the 2010 Iraqi general election. Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, 6 (1), 19-34.
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2012). The Religious Connotation of the Islamic Dragon. Fabula, 53 (4), 82-93. doi: 10.1515/fabula-2012-0005
Professional Publication (1)
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2014). The first description of dinosaurs' fossils by Al-Andalusī in the twelfth century. Deposits, May (38), 42-43.
Book / Monograph / Book editorial (2)
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2017). Islam on YouTube: Online Debates, Protests, and Extremism. London: Springer Nature
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2012). Media Practice in Iraq. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan
Part of book - Chapter (5)
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2015). Jihad and Islam in World War I: Studies on the Ottoman Jihad at the centenary of Snouck Hurgronje's "Holy War Made in Germany". In E-J. Zürcher (Ed.), John Buchan's British designed Jihad in Greenmantle (pp. 329-345). Leiden: Leiden University Press
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2014). Two Muslim travelers to the West in the nineteenth century. In Anne Richards & Iraj Omidvar (Ed.), Historic Engagements with Occidental Cultures, Religions, Powers. New York: Palgrave Macmillan
A.K.H. Al-Rawi & B. Gunter (2013). News in Iraq. In B. Gunter & R. Dickinson (Eds.), News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries (pp. 41-64). New York: Bloomsbury
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2012). Campaign of Truth Program: US Propaganda in Iraq During the early 1950s. In P.M. Muehlenbeck (Ed.), Race, Religion, and Ethnicity in the Cold War: A Global Perspective (pp. 113-138). Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2012). Foreign Policy and its Impact on Arab Stereotypes in English Popular Fiction of the 1970s and 1980s. In C.F. Flood, S.H. Hutchings, H.N. Nickels & G.M. Miazhevich (Eds.), Political and Cultural Representations of Muslims (pp. 147-166). Leiden: Brill
Article in volume (2)
Y. Mao & A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2014). The Internet, Public Opinion, and Mobilization: Comparing the Zhu Ling Case in China with Abdulhadi al-Khawaja Case in Bahrain. In Conceptualizing Cyber-Urban Connections in Asia and the Middle East. Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2013). The Ethical Dimensions of Public Service Advertisements in the Middle East: The Case of Anti-Terrorist Campaigns. In J. Villegas, A. Berenguer & O. Haddach (Eds.), II International Conference on Media Ethics (pp. 156-168). Seville University, Spain
Scholarly Publication (8)
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2014, mei 9). Pan-Arab media channels and the Conflict in Syria. Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, The Netherlands, 'Violent Conflict, Media and the Politics of Representation' MA course.
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2014, maart 5). Arab Canadians' social media use. York University, "Home/Land: Transnationalism, Identity and Arab Canadians" organized by the Arab Canadian Research Group (ACANS).
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2013, mei 10). Al-Jazeera and Al Arabyia Channels Coverage of the Conflict in Syria. Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, The Netherlands, 'Violent Conflict, Media and the Politics of Representation' course.
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2013, augustus 12). Arab mainstream and social media and politics. The American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon, The Media and Digital Literacy Academy of Beirut.
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2013, oktober 10). Islam online: Social Media in the Arab World. Leiden University, The Netherlands, Leiden Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS).
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2013, mei 27). The Pluralist Ethno-Sectarian Iraqi Media after 2003. Clingendael: Netherlands Institute of International Relations, The Hague, The Netherlands, Iraq 10 years after: Seminar on lessons from 10 years of international involvement in Iraq.
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2012, juli 5). Al-Jazeera Channel and Media Practice in the Middle East. Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, The Netherlands, MA program, 'Violent Conflict, Media and the Politics of Representation' course.
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2012, oktober 10). Media System in Iraq. Amsterdam University College, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, BA students (Journalism Program).
Semiscientific Publication (1)
C.L.A. Willemse & A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2012, september 20). Innocence of Muslims. Rotterdam, Invited speaker for Studium Generale.
Contribution weekly / daily journal (1)
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2012, januari 18). Flame the flame. Roest: ESHCC Histartes, pp. 16-20.
Other output (6)
Y. Mao & A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2014). The Internet, Public Opinion, and Mobilization: Comparing the Zhu Ling Case in China with Abdulhadi al-Khawaja Case in Bahrain. Conceptualizing Cyber-Urban Connections in Asia and the Middle East conference: Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (2014, januari 23).
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2013). TV series and the Iraq War: 'Generation Kill', 'Occupation', and 'Relatively Calm'. Media, War and Conflict Fifth Conference: Royal Holloway, University of London (2013, mei 12).
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2013). The Ethical Dimension of the Anti-Violence and Anti-Terrorist advertising Campaigns in the Middle East. II International Communication Ethics Conference: Seville University, Spain (2013, april 3).
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2013). The Arab Spring in Bahrain: Blogging and the Sectarian Dimension. Audiences, media environments and democratization after the Arab Spring, Conference: The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, London, UK. (2013, februari 28).
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2012). The Role of Social Media in the Arab Spring: The Case of Iraq. Media, Youth Subcultures and the Politics of Resistance in the Arab World Conference: Westminster University, London, UK (2012, april 20).
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (2012). Eastern Cinematic Productions of US Islamophobia after 9/11. II International Conference of Media, Religion, and Culture: Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey (2012, juli 18).
Television or radio appearance (1)
A.K.H. Al-Rawi (Keynote) (2013, okt 10). Islam online: Social media in the Arab world. [televisie-uitzending]. In Moslim Omroep. Hilversum: Nederlands 2.
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Corey Busch and Lincoln Mitchell Discussing Baseball Goes West
On April 25th, 2019 the San Francisco Historical Society hosted a discussion of my book Baseball Goes West: the Dodgers, the Giants and the Shaping of the Major Leagues. The discussant was longtime baseball executive Corey Busch. The event was held at the San Francisco Athletic Club.
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Written by Lincoln Mitchell On April 30, 2019 In Baseball Tagged San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, baseball history, Baseball Goes West
They Called Him Stretch →
My favorite baseball player ever died this month. Perhaps that is a rite of middle aged American male passage. Willie McCovey was a gigantic left-handed slugger who hit his first home run when Eisenhower was President and George Christopher was mayor of San Francisco, the city where McCovey played most of his career. He hit his last home run for the Giants when Jimmy Carter was in the White House and Dianne Feinstein was our mayor. During his very long career, McCovey was often overshadowed by his more famous teammate with whom he shared a home state, Alabama, and the same first name. McCovey was not as good as Willie Mays, but almost nobody ever was. Nonetheless McCovey a formidable power hitter. When he retired in 1980 McCovey's 521 career home runs tied him with Ted Williams for second most ever by a left handed hitter. At that time, the only player with more round trippers from the left side of the plate was Babe Ruth.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On November 12, 2018 In Baseball Tagged San Francisco Giants, Willie McCovey, Rennie Stennett, Don Sutton, Bob Knepper, Johnnie LeMaster, Rich Murray, Jimmy Carter, Dwight Eisenhower, George Christopher, Dianne Feinstein
Resigning Brett Gardner Makes the 2019 Yankees Better →
What do the following players from Yankee history, Bob Meusel, Tommy Henrich, Charlie Keller, Gene Woodling, Roger Maris, Reggie Jackson and Paul O'Neill have in common? All were outfielders who, except for Jackson, were very good Yankee players, but not quite of Hall of Fame caliber. Reggie was a truly great player, but spent only five years in pinstripes. However, they have something else in common as well; they all played fewer games in the outfield for the Yankees than Brett Garnder has. Currently, Garnder has played the eighth most games in the outfield in Yankee history. If he plays 50 next years, he will pass Hank Bauer an move into 7th place on that list, one hundred more games patrolling left or center field will push him past Hall of Famer Earle Combs into sixth place. The next question is a little easier. What do Rickey Henderson and Derek Jeter have in common? They are the only two players who have stolen more bases with the Yankees than Gardner.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On November 8, 2018 In Baseball Tagged New York Yankees, Brett Gardner
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If the Yankees want to improve at first base, there is another player on the Giants who would be a more intriguing option. Buster Posey has been the face of the Giants franchise more or less since he was brought up to the team during the 2010 season. He has led them to three World Series victories and is a likely future Hall of Famer. However, he will be 32 years old when the 2019 season opens, may not be a full time catcher anymore and is clearly in the decline phase of his career. From 2012-2015, Posey posted an OPS+ of 145. Over the last four seasons, that number has declined to 117. That is still valuable production, but not what is needed from the middle of the order on a contending team, a role the Giants expected him to play in 2018. Moreover, Posey is owed $88.5 million over the next four years, so the Giants are stuck paying him more than what he is worth at this phase of his career.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On November 2, 2018 In Baseball Tagged New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Brandon Belt, Buster Posey
What the Yankees Should Have Learned this Month →
The easiest person to blame for this is Giancarlo Stanton whose ninth inning strikeout with two runners on base in game four was just one of several times in that series when the slugger came up empty in potentially game changing situations. That strikeout will likely be the enduring memory from a solid, but unspectacular season from Stanton, his first with the Yankees. However, the fault cannot be laid entirely at the feet of Stanton. The problem is bigger than that and starts with a team that had five batters with 100 or more strikeouts, two more with between 90-99 whiffs and 180 more team strikeout than the Astros, Red Sox or Indians, the other teams that made it into the final four in the American League.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On October 22, 2018 In Baseball Tagged New York Yankees, three true outcomes, Boston Red Sox, Jordan Montgomery, Justus Sheffield, Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Gleyber Torres, Miguel Andujar
Don't Look to the Farm System for Help
Top Yankee prospects are either a few years away like Estevan Florial or Anthony Seigler, major question marks like Clint Frazier or, like eight of the team's top ten prospects according to MLB.com, pitchers. Overall, the system is no longer very impressive. The highest ranked, again according to MLB.com, Yankee prospect is Justus Sheffield at 31st. The Yankees placed a respectable but not overwhelming four prospects in MLB's top 100. Prospect ranking are imperfect and always in flux, but these rankings are consistent with what we know about the system-no elite prospects ready to contribute immediately and a lot of somewhat unformed pitching.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On October 12, 2018 In Baseball Tagged New York Yankees, Luis Severino, Jordan Montgomery, Gary Sanchez, Gleyber Torres, Didi Gregorius, Miguel Andujar, Clint Frazier, Albert Abreu, Aaron Judge
The Healthy Yankees →
The Yankees have had their share of injuries this year as Greg Bird, Clint Frazier, Brandon Drury, Jordan Montgomery and others have spent time on the disabled list or recovering from injuries, but none of these injuries have been to a genuinely central player. Bird had won the first base job,but was the fourth best power bat on the team when spring training began. Montgomery is a valuable back of the rotation starter, but very far from being an ace, while Drury is an intriguing role player, but not much more. On balance, the Yankees have been lucky to have eluded major injury to one of their key players. Indeed that is one of the reasons they have the second best record in all of baseball.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On May 23, 2018 In Baseball Tagged Yankees, New York Yankees
The Brandon Drury Non-Problem
Drury represents a different challenge. The Yankee brass remains relatively enthusiastic about him, but it is difficult to know how seriously that should be taken. Drury has established himself as a decent ballplayer with a solid glove and a career OPS+ of 96. Because he can play second third and the corner outfield positions reasonably well, he can bring value to the Yankees. He is also only 25, it is likely that if he stays healthy, he will improve as a hitter. It is, however, less likely that he will be as good a hitter and Andujar or Torres.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On April 30, 2018 In Baseball Tagged New York Yankees, Gleyber Torres, Miguel Andujar, Brandon Drury, Neil Walker
The Andujar and Torres Moment →
Because of how the race has shaped up so far, the Yankees would be wise to give Andujar and Torres enough time to prove themselves this season, rather than cede playing time to Walker and Brandon Drury, once the latter gets healthy. Walker is not as bad as he has been so far in 2018. His OPS this year of .463 is .310 points below is career number. Given more time, Walker's numbers would almost certainly go up. Similarly, when healthy Drury is a proven and useful player. However, if the Yankees are going to make up a 6.5 game deficit, that could continue to grow, and catch up with a very good Red Sox team, they need to do it not with solid, useful players, but with higher ceiling players. Torres and Andujar might both fail to hit over the course of the season, but they both have the potential to become impact players this year. The same cannot be said of Drury and Walker. If the Yankees were not already 6.5 games back, an argument could be made for being risk averse and sticking with the veterans, but that argument is not persuasive anymore.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On April 22, 2018 In Baseball Tagged New York Yankees, Aaron Boone, Aaron Judge, Gleyber Torres, Miguel Andujar, Luis Severino, Gary Sanchez, Giancarlo Stanton, Brian Cashman
It's Still Early-For Now
The Yankees are a good team now and came within a game of the World Series because they, albeit very briefly, stepped off the win now treadmill that had mired them in being a good but never good enough team for all but one of the years from 2001-2015. Jumping back into that position too quickly by trading off prospects for veterans who are no longer very good or losing confidence in young players too quickly would be a big mistake, but it is not hard to see the Yankees going down that road. They spent the offseason raising expectations. If the next month looks like the last two weeks, things could get ugly in the Bronx pretty quickly.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On April 11, 2018 In Baseball Tagged New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Gary Sanchez, Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Boone, Aaron Hicks, Aaron Judge, Luis Severino, Gleyber Torres, Miguel Andujar
Lengthening the Yankee Lineup →
The Yankees this year have some obvious and very impressive strengths. Their right-handed power is the best in the game. Sanchez, Judge and Stanton could conceivably combine for 120 or more home runs. The bullpen, despite Betances rough first outing, is also good enough to play well into October. The rotation, while not the best in the game, is nonetheless strong. All this makes it difficult to process the potential weaknesses of this team. This is exacerbated by a New York media climate the turns every journeyman traded to the Yankees, at least at first, into a potential star, and refuses to recognize a hot spring by a second tier prospect for what it really is.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On April 1, 2018 In Baseball Tagged Aaron Hicks, Aaron Boone, Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Greg Bird, Luis Severino, CC Sabathia, Masahiro Tanaka, Neil Walker, Brandon Drury, Tyler Austin, Tyler Wade, Didi Gregorius, Miguel Andujar, Gian
Aaron Boone's Infield Challenge →
In the last two weeks, the Yankees have added two infielders, Neil Walker and Brandon Drury. Drury was acquired for two second-tier prospects while Walker was a free agent who signed a one year four million dollar contract. Neither of these qualifies as major acquisitions, but they could have a significant impact on the team. Drury and Walker are both respectable big leaguers who can help a contending team. The Yankees could win the pennant with either of them in the starting lineup, but it is less clear they could win with both of them as regulars.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On March 13, 2018 In Baseball Tagged New York Yankees, Aaron Boone, Neil Walker, Brandon Drury, Gleyber Torres
Mickey Mantle's Last Season Reevaluated →
In 1968, Mantle was one of the best hitters in the league who, while not the dominant player he once was, still was a valuable patience and power guy who was very valuable to the Yankees. None of this was evident at the time because front offices and management, although aware that it the game was dominated by pitching, did not fully understand its impact. Similarly, Mantle' primary skill during his last two years was his ability to draw walks, something that was almost entirely unappreciated, even unrecognized, at the time.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On February 25, 2018 In Baseball Tagged New York Yankees, MIckey Mantle
The Yankees Still Need Patience not Panic in 2018 →
It is also the case that the season could end differently and bring disappointment to Yankee fans. In addition to the questions marks at second, third and the back of the starting rotation, there are many other possible ways 2018 could go wrong for the Yankees. This is true of every team and is pretty much part of the game, but it is useful to think of what those stumbling blocks might be. Luis Severino or Aaron Judge might regress from their breakthrough years in 2017. Gary Sanchez might prove unable to field hold well enough to hold down the catching job full time. Greg Bird and Giancarlo Stanton, who both have struggled to stay healthy throughout their career could lose significant time to injuries. Additionally, other key contributors like Didi Gregorius or Masahiro Tanaka could suffer serious injuries.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On February 14, 2018 In Baseball Tagged New York Yankees, Brian Cashman, Aaron Boone, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Luis Severino, Gary Sanchez
How Yankee Fans Can Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Jacoby Ellsbury →
Jacoby Ellsbury is not a terrible ballplayer, but he is an extremely overpaid one. He is useful as a fourth or fifth outfielder who is no longer the offensive threat he once was, but who can still field reasonably well, has some speed left and is a left-handed bat on a team that tilts heavily to the right side. He would be a good player to sign in spring training to a one or two year deal for two or three, or even five, million dollars per year. Unfortunately, the Yankees owe him more than $21 million per year from 2018-2020.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On January 25, 2018 In Baseball Tagged Yankees, New York Yankees, Clint Frazier, Jacoby Ellsbury, Brett Gardner
Some Other Yankee Questions →
Since the trade that brought Giancarlo Stanton to the Yankees, most of the speculation around the team has focused on second base, third base and the starting pitching. The rest of the lineup seems pretty set and very potent. Nonetheless, there are some mid-level questions that remain. As the season goes on, particularly if a player or two gets hurt and stops hitting.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On January 18, 2018 In Baseball Tagged New York Yankees, Yankees, Aaron Hicks, Aaron Boone, Aaron Judge, Brett Gardner, Giancarlo Stanton, Gary Sanchez
Bert Campaneris-Forgotten Yankee →
At 41, Campy seemed like a player from another era. He had started his career with the A's when they were still in Kansas City and called the Athletics. He had gone on to a long career and was the solid fielding shortstop and frequent leadoff hitter on the A's from 1971-5 when the team won five straight divisions and three World Series. Campaneris was not quite as well known as Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson or Vida Blue, but he was just behind them. He signed with the Rangers as a free agent following the 1976 season, but while continuing to play well faded from the baseball spotlight pretty quickly.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On January 10, 2018 In Baseball Tagged New York Yankees, Bert Campaneris, Davey Concepcion, Omar Vizquel
What About Jordan Montgomery →
One of the stranger stories of this Yankee offseason is been how little respect Jordan Montgomery seems to have received. Last year, Montgomery finished sixth in the Rookie of the Year voting despite having more WAR than any American League rookie other than Aaron Judge. While not an ace, Montgomery was a more than solid back of the rotation starter going 9-7 with a 3.88 ERA as a 24 year old rookie. Montgomery was in the rotation for essentially the whole season, making 29 starts and no relief appearances while striking out almost three times as many batters as he walked. These are not Cy Young numbers, but pitchers like that have real value, especially when they are 24 year old lefties. Despite this performance during the regular season, Montgomery did not pitch at all in the postseason, while the Yankees have spent much of the offseason trying to bolster their pitching rotation and therefore limit Montgomery's 2018 role.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On January 3, 2018 In Baseball Tagged Jordan Montgomery, Gerrit Cole, Michael Fulmer, Anthony Corbin, Yankees, New York Yankees, Brian Cashman, Aaron Boone
Now Is Not the Time for a Major Trade →
Sometimes in baseball, and in life, the best moves are the ones you don't make. The Yankees would be well served to keep this in mind in the coming weeks. As it stands now, the Yankees have a very good team, but the team also has several major question marks. They will go into the season with real strengths at several positions, like catcher, shortstop, designated hitter, the bullpen and the starting outfield. However, they will be starting unproven players at first, second and third base and have a starting rotation that has several question marks.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On December 28, 2017 In Baseball Tagged Yankees, New York Yankees, Clint Frazier, Gleyber Torres, Greg Bird, Gerrit Cole
Revisiting Ron Guidry
Ron Guidry was a great pitcher, but the arguments against putting him in the Hall of Fame are clear. He had a short career and was only an impact player from 1977-1985. Other than 1978, he was never the best pitcher in the American League. He has much fewer wins that most Hall of Fame starting pitchers. On balance, I would not place Guidry on the top of my list of players who have been overlooked by Cooperstown, but the problem with selecting somebody who is so clearly under qualified as Jack Morris is that it makes it easy to make arguments for people like Guidry, and yes Tommy John, Rich Reuschel and Luis Tiant as well. Morris's election was more of a statement by the Hall of Fame than a true recognition of greatness, but it was a very strange statement.
Written by Lincoln Mitchell On December 11, 2017 In Baseball Tagged Jack Morris, Ron Guidry, New York Yankees, Hall of Fame


Billerud Finland Oy's acquisition of UPM's packaging paper operations at Pietarsaari and Tervasaari is now completed. Billerud Finland Oy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Billerud AB. The purchase price is around EUR 130 million.
The acquired operations will be consolidated as of 1 June 2012, and will be included in the Packaging & Speciality Paper business area.
In the January–June 2012 interim report, sales of the Billerud Group's market pulp will continue to be reported as a separate business area, that is Market Pulp. As of 1 July 2012, market pulp sales will not be reported separately but will be included in the Packaging and Speciality Paper business area.
Financial pro forma information will be published in the January–June 2012 interim report.
In 2011, the acquired operations' sales amounted to approximately EUR 220 million, and EBITDA was approximately EUR 18 million (pro forma). Annual depreciation is estimated to be approximately MEUR 6.5.
The transaction is financed through half cash and cash equivalents, half through raising loans within existing credit frameworks. The impact of the acquisition on Billerud's net debt/equity ratio will be +24 percentage points.
The acquisition has been described previously in a press release dated 1 February 2012 and 22 May 2012.
The information is such that Billerud Aktiebolag (publ) is obligated to publish under the Swedish Securities Market Act. Submitted for publication at 11.15 CET, 1 June 2012. This press release has been prepared in a Swedish, an English and a Finnish version. In the event of variations between the language versions, the Swedish version shall take precedence.


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Jean Soulat, né le  à Lomme, est un archéologue, chercheur et dessinateur français. Il vit près de Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne).

Biographie
Jean Soulat est né le 9 août 1985 à Lomme. Passionné de dessin, de paléontologie et d'archéologie, il se tourne vers l'archéologie dès ses 15 ans. Il commence à pratiquer l'archéologie lors de fouilles programmées dans le sud de la France.

A la suite de son cursus universitaire tourné essentiellement vers l'archéologie du haut Moyen Âge, il devient spécialiste du mobilier métallique pour la période.

En 2008, il est rattaché comme chercheur associé au Centre Michel de Boüard de l'Université de Caen Normandie (UMR 6273 – CRAHAM – CNRS). En 2012, il devient archéologue, responsable d'opération en archéologie médiévale au Service archéologique des Yvelines.

Recruté au sein du Laboratoire LandArc en 2013, il supervise les études de culture matérielle de la période mérovingienne à l'époque contemporaine.

Après avoir soutenue sa thèse en 2015 à l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, il s'intéresse particulièrement à l'archéologie moderne et coloniale avec l'étude des contacts transatlantiques. En 2016, il monte le programme de recherche Connexions transatlantiques avec Adelphine Bonneau [archive] (Sherbrooke Université, Canada). Jean Soulat obtient en 2017 la Chaire de mobilité du Centre de recherche Cultures-Arts-Société (CELAT) de l'Université Laval de Québec au titre de chercheur invité. Sur ce thème, un colloque international est organisé à l'Université de Caen en 2019.

En lien avec cette thématique, il développe en France l'archéologie de la piraterie. Avec John de Bry (Center for Historical Archaeology) et Alexandre Coulaud (Inrap), il monte en 2019 le programme de recherche et l'association du même nom : Archéologie de la Piraterie. Dans le cadre de ses recherches, en 2019 puis en 2021, il réexamine avec Yann von Arnim l'épave du Speaker, navire pirate coulé en 1702 au large de l'île Maurice. Il dirige également la 1ère mission archéologique terrestre sur l'île Sainte-Marie à Madagascar en mai 2022.

Depuis 2022, il est également rattaché comme chercheur associé au Laboratoire ArchAm, Archéologie des Amériques, à l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UMR 8096 - CNRS).

Cursus universitaire

Après l'obtention de sa Licence d'Archéologie à l'Université Paul Valéry Montpellier III, il mène son Master d'Archéologie Médiévale à l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne entre 2006 et 2008 dont le sujet était L'étude du mobilier archéologique de type saxon et anglo-saxon dans la moitié nord de la Gaule mérovingienne. Soutenu en 2008, Jean Soulat publie son Master en 2009 dans les Mémoires de l'Association Française d'Archéologie Mérovingienne (AFAM).

Il poursuit ses études avec un doctorat, toujours en archéologie du haut Moyen Âge à l'Université Paris 1 sur les Contacts transmanche aux Ve-VIIe siècles à travers la présence du mobilier de type mérovingien dans le sud-est de l'Angleterre, spécifiquement dans les sépultures du Kent. Soutenue en décembre 2015, cette thèse a été publiée en 2018 aux éditions Mergoil.

Domaines de recherche

Archéologie médiévale
Grâce à son travail sur les relations transmanche et l'analyse du mobilier funéraire anglo-saxon et mérovingien, Jean Soulat devient spécialiste du petit mobilier archéologique du haut Moyen Âge.

Durant son Master, il a travaillé avec le Dr. Svante Fischer [archive] de l'Université d'Uppsala, Suède. Ensemble, ils ont étudié les objets comportant des inscriptions runiques en France, en Angleterre et en Scandinavie, notamment sur les pommeaux d'épée mérovingiens des sépultures de Saint-Dizier (Haute-Marne) et publié un ouvrage intitulé Les Seigneurs des Anneaux aux bulletins Hors-Série de l'AFAM. Dans ce cadre, Jean Soulat a obtenu une bourse mobilité de l'Université d'Uppsala (Suède) en décembre 2007 au titre de chercheur invité et a participé à ces premiers colloques internationaux avec la Sachsensymposium. Jean Soulat a étudié les pommeaux d'épées du Staffordshire Hoard. Avec Svante Fischer, ils ont présenté une première synthèse de leur recherche au colloque international qui s'est tenue au British Museum en 2010.

Parallèlement à son cursus universitaire, il a participé à de très nombreuses études spécialisées dans le domaine de l'archéologie préventive et programmée pour divers opérateurs archéologiques comme l'Inrap, le Ministère de la Culture, le CNRS, les collectivités territoriales et quelques entreprises privés.

Parmi ses recherches, on peut évoquer le mobilier venant du quartier artisanal du port alto-médiéval de Quentovic à La Calotterie (Pas-de-Calais) pour lequel Jean Soulat a écrit quelques contributions scientifiques.

Dans ce domaine de recherche, Jean Soulat a écrit et co-écrit une cinquantaine d'articles et six ouvrages sur le sujet. Il a également participé à de nombreux séminaires universitaires, colloques et présenté des conférences en France, en Europe et notamment en Scandinavie.

Archéologie des Outre-mer

Depuis 2016, Jean Soulat étudie le mobilier archéologique localisé dans les territoires ultramarins aux Antilles et en Guyane française pour l'Inrap et le Ministère de la Culture.
Depuis 2019, il a monté un programme de réexamen du mobilier métallique de l'habitation Loyola à Rémire-Montjoly, Guyane (DAC Guyane, CTRA Outre-mer, Laboratoire LandArc, APPAAG). Dans ce domaine, il a publié plusieurs articles et présenté quelques conférences en colloque.

Archéologie de la Piraterie

En 2019, Jean Soulat a créé avec John de Bry et Alexandre Coulaud le programme de recherche Archéologie de la Piraterie notamment soutenu par le Craham de l'Université de Caen. Ce programme a pour but de valoriser les investigations dans le domaine et les futures recherches (missions archéologiques et publications scientifiques) sur une aire géographique large, de l'espace caribéen à l'océan Indien. Il repose sur la base d'une association loi 1901 ADLP – Archéologie de la Piraterie. En novembre 2019, Jean Soulat a dirigé et publié un ouvrage collectif international Archéologie de la Piraterie des XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles. Etude de la vie quotidienne des flibustiers de la mer des Caraïbes à l'océan Indien publié aux éditions Mergoil où 21 articles sont présentés.

En mars 2019 et novembre 2021, Jean Soulat et Yann von Arnim organisent deux missions de recherche à l'île Maurice pour réexaminer les vestiges de l'épave du Speaker, frégate française prise par les pirates de John Bowen le 16 avril 1700 et coulée le 7 janvier 1702 sur la côte est de l'île Maurice. Ils publient en avril 2022, Speaker 1702. Histoire et archéologie d'un navire pirate coulé à l'île Maurice aux éditions ADLP.

En mai 2022, Jean Soulat, John de Bry et Jean-Aimé Rakotoarisoa développent une mission archéologique sur l'île Sainte-Marie à Madagascar. L'objectif de cette campagne inédite est de mettre en évidence les occupations terrestres pirates de la baie d'Ambodifotatra.

Les deux missions archéologiques de l'île Maurice et de l'île Sainte-Marie dirigées par Jean Soulat sont au centre d'un documentaire produit par Gedeon Programmes pour Arte, La véritable histoire des pirates (réal. S. Bégoin).

Dans ce domaine de recherche, Jean Soulat a écrit et co-écrit 19 articles et deux ouvrages. Il a également participé à plusieurs séminaires universitaires et présenté des conférences en France, à l'île Maurice et à Madagascar.

Activité de dessin

En 2022, il publie son premier livre pour enfants, Capitaine Barbe-Grise. Lumière sur le mythe pirate, tome 1, aux éditions ADLP.

Ouvrages
	Fischer (S.), Soulat (J.), Fischer (L.), Truc (M.-C.), Lemant (J.-P.), Victor (H.) – « Les Seigneurs des Anneaux », Inscription Runique de France, tome 1, Bulletin de liaison de l'Association française d'Archéologie mérovingienne, Hors-série n° 2, Condé-sur-Noireau, 2008, 170 p.
	Soulat (J.) – Le matériel archéologique de type saxon et anglo-saxon en Gaule mérovingienne, Tome XX des Mémoires publiés par l'Association française d'Archéologie mérovingienne, Condé-sur-Noireau, 2009 (réd. revue et corrigée 2012), 228 p.
	Riddler (I.), Soulat (J.), Keys (L.) (dir.) – The Evidence of Material Culture: Studies in Honour of Professor Vera EVISON / Le Témoignage de la Culture Matérielle : Mélanges offerts au Professeur Vera EVISON, Collection Europe Médiévale, 10, Editions Mergoil, 2016, 288 p.
	de Larminat (S.), Corbineau (R.), Corrochano (A.), Gleize (Y.), Soulat (J.) (eds.) – Rencontre autour des nouvelles approches de l'archéologie funéraire, 6ème Rencontre du Groupe d'anthropologie et d'archéologie funéraire, avril 2014, INHA, Paris, 2017, 324 p.
	Soulat (J.) – Le mobilier funéraire de type franc et mérovingien dans le Kent et sa périphérie, Collection Europe Médiévale, 13, Editions Mergoil, mai 2018, 532 p.
 	Soulat (J.) – Samois-sur-Seine de la Préhistoire à l'époque Moderne. Premières investigations archéologiques, édité par les Amis de Samois, août 2018, 114 p.
	Soulat (J.) (dir.) – Archéologie de la Piraterie des XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles. Etude de la vie quotidienne des flibustiers de la mer des Caraïbes à l'océan Indien, ouvrage collectif international, Editions Mergoil, 2019, 410 p.
	Hernandez (J.), Schneider (L.), Soulat (J.) (dir.) – L'habitat rural du haut Moyen Âge en France (Ve-XIe s.) : Dynamiques du peuplement, formes, fonctions et statuts des établissements, Actes des 36ème Journées Internationales d'Archéologie Mérovingienne, Montpellier-Lattes, 1er-3 octobre 2015, Supplément d'Archéologie du Midi Médiéval, 9, Mémoires de l'AFAM, 36, 2020, 496 p.
	Soulat (J.), von Arnim (Y.) – Speaker 1702. Histoire et archéologie d'un navire pirate coulé à l'île Maurice, édition ADLP, avril 2022, 115 p.

Presses et interventions radio

  La Fabrique de l'Histoire, France Culture, 28/03/2019 – La Grande-Bretagne, l'Europe et les autres (4/4). Quatre histoires de la Manche
  La Fabrique de l'Histoire, France Culture, 13/05/2019 – Une histoire de la piraterie (3/4). Epaves, trésors engloutis : que nous dit l'archéologie ?
  Dossiers d'Archéologie Magazine, juillet-août 2019, n° 394
  Carbone 14, France Culture, 05/02/2022 – A l'abordage : archéologie de la piraterie
  Archéologia Magazine, avril 2022, n° 608
  Archéologia Magazine, décembre 2022, n° 615
  Les Savanturiers, France Inter, 07/01/2023 – Sur les traces des pirates avec l'archéologue Jean Soulat

Notes et références

Liens externes

Archéologue français du XXIe siècle


After quite a while of consideration, Hillary Clinton finally introduced her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia. Amidst cheer and celebration, Kaine took centre stage while Hillary sat at the back and listened in. This gesture was a marked departure from the way the Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump had introduced Mike Pence, dominating the microphone as his vice- presidential candidate stood silently. Tim Kaine, on the other hand, spoke for about 40 minutes.
Here are the highlights of his address.
He kept a calm and positive demeanor all through and often veered off prepared remarks. This could ease concerns among Democrats about Mrs. Clinton who appears too stilted and scripted at times.
He seemed completely at ease in his new role, and conveyed eloquently the values he has stood by and those he sees as critical to the progress of the US.
He is the first senator to deliver a speech in Spanish. In June 2013, mere months after taking office, he became the first senator to ever deliver an entire speech in Spanish. His debut address as Hillary's running mate was also bilingual. This led him to create history again.
The speech, that reflected sincerity and positivity, was well received by the crowd at Florida International University and those around the world following it in the media.


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The Culture of Military Organizations
Peter R. Mansoor, Ohio State University
Williamson Murray, Ohio State University
Peter R. Mansoor, Williamson Murray, Leonard Wong, Stephen J. Gerras, David Kilcullen, Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh, Mark Grimsley, Jorit Wintjes, Daniel Marston, Richard Hart Sinnreich, David Hunter-Chester, Reina Pennington, Gil-li Vardi, Kevin M. Woods, Corbin Williamson, John T. Kuehn, Allan R. Millett, David Stubbs, Robert Farley
Date Published: October 2019
Other available formats:
Hardback, eBook
Culture has an enormous influence on military organizations and their success or failure in war. Cultural biases often result in unstated assumptions that have a deep impact on the making of strategy, operational planning, doctrinal creation, and the organization and training of armed forces. Except in unique circumstances culture grows slowly, embedding so deeply that members often act unconsciously according to its dictates. Of all the factors that are involved in military effectiveness, culture is perhaps the most important. Yet, it also remains the most difficult to describe and understand, because it entails so many external factors that impinge, warp, and distort its formation and continuities. The sixteen case studies in this volume examine the culture of armies, navies, and air forces from the Civil War to the Iraq War and how and why culture affected their performance in the ultimate arbitration of war.
Presents new perspectives on how culture influences the effectiveness of military organizations
Provides new insights as to why the US military, the most powerful in the world, failed to achieve its goals in Iraq and Afghanistan
Examines in a historical context how culture has affected military organizations from the Civil War to the present
Reviews & endorsements
'The Culture of Military Organizations explains superbly the importance of military culture and clearly demonstrates how culture underpins the effectiveness of armed force. Culture, once formed, is difficult to change; it cannot always be 'tamed,' but it can and should be understood. This book makes an enormous contribution in helping to foster that understanding. The history is first-rate, the analysis incisive, and the conclusions of enormous value to military leaders and policy makers today.' General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former commander of the surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan
'A brilliant set of analyses of military cultures that captures the nature of military culture and an understanding of its importance. This is an important work written at a time when military innovation and transformation are being hotly discussed and debated. This is a must read for all those military leaders attempting to develop organizations that can meet the challenges posed by a new and different security environment.' General Anthony C. Zinni, United States Marine Corps (Ret.)
'The old Druckerism that 'culture eats strategy for breakfast' is aptly demonstrated in this erudite yet accessible book. Murray and Mansoor reveal how military culture eats strategy, operational logic and sound tactics in every war. Students of military history will revel in its insights and professors will find it chocked with invaluable lessons for the classroom.' Colonel Frank Hoffman, United States Marine Corps (Ret.)
'Invaluable perspectives on what may be the most important determinant of victory or defeat in war. Students of warfare and those responsible for military effectiveness will find important insights that not only impart understanding, but also illuminate ways to accentuate positive elements of military culture or compensate for deficiencies.' H.R. McMaster, Stanford University
'The editors assembled a strong roster of contributors; there are no weak chapters as sometimes occurs in such works. Though the quality is uniformly good, the great strength of the cases is their diversity. There is a temporal balance with the late 19th, early and late 20th centuries represented in roughly equivalent parts.' Col. J.P. Clark, ARMY Magazine
'This volume makes a useful contribution to begin global historical explorations of military culture.' Thomas Furse, Journal of Contemporary History
contains: 1 b/w illus. 3 tables
1. Introduction Peter R. Mansoor and Williamson Murray
Part I. Theoretical Frameworks:
2. Culture and military organizations Leonard Wong and Stephen J. Gerras
3. Strategic culture David Kilcullen
Part II. Land Forces:
4. Ulysses S. Grant and the culture of the Union Army of Tennessee Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh
5. 'Playing a very bold game': the organizational culture of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1862–1865 Mark Grimsley
6. German Army culture, 1871–1945 Jorit Wintjes
7. The culture of the Indian Army, 1900–1947: an evolving identity Daniel Marston
8. An army apart: the influence of culture on the Victorian British Army Richard Hart Sinnreich
9. The culture of the British Army, 1914–1945 Williamson Murray
10. Imperial Japanese Army culture, 1918–1945: duty heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather David Hunter-Chester
11. Military culture, military efficiency, and the Red Army, 1917–1945 Reina Pennington
12. An army like no other: the origins of the IDF's military culture Gil-li Vardi
13. The weight of the shadow of the past: the organizational culture of the Iraqi Army, 1921–2003 Kevin M. Woods
14. US Army culture, 1973–2017 Peter R. Mansoor
Part III. Maritime Forces:
15. The Royal Navy, 1900–1945: learning from disappointment Corbin Williamson
16. US Navy cultural transformations, 1945–2017: the jury is still out John T. Kuehn
17. The US Marine Corps, 1973–2017: cultural preservation in every place and clime Allan R. Millett
Part IV. Air Forces:
18. The culture of the Royal Air Force, 1918–1945 David Stubbs
19. US Air Force culture, 1947–2017 Robert Farley
20. Conclusion Peter R. Mansoor and Williamson Murray.
Index (103 KB)
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Peter R. Mansoor, Retired Colonel, US Army, is the General Raymond E. Mason, Jr Chair of Military History at The Ohio State University. He assumed this position after a twenty-six year career in the US Army that culminated in his service as the executive officer to General David Petraeus, commanding general of Multi-National Force-Iraq, during the surge of US forces in 2007 and 2008.
Williamson Murray is a Professor Emeritus of history at the Ohio State University. His work over the past fifty years focuses primarily on grand strategy, operations, and airpower. He has published numerous highly acclaimed works, including The Change in the European Balance of Power, 1938–1939: The Path to Ruin (1984), Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe (1986), German Military Effectiveness (1992), The Air War in the Persian Gulf (1995) and A War to Be Won: Fighting the Second World War, 1937–1945 (2000).
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While hitch hiking in Israel me and a friend got a ride by a guy who's family are living in a moshav, and who were himself planning to live there in his near future. He invited us to visit the moshav and we ended up staying there for two days, living as a part of his family.
A moshav is a type of community or settlement with the members of the community owning their own farms, in comparison to the kibbutz where the community shares the farms. In a moshav the people get a specific amount of land for farming when they get married. Nowadays it is more difficult to find good farming land which have resulted in some of these farms have been placed in the no mans land between Israel and Jordan, thanks to a agreement between the two countries. The same agreement gives Jordan a bigger ownership of the Dead Sea which is getting smaller and smaller every year because of mistreatment by the salt companies.
In this specific moshav where we were staying, the Zofar moshav, 2 out of 3 people were workers from Thailand. These people work on the farm land but with no other integration in the community. They even live in specific areas of the moshav which is only for them. Walking around in the moshav you can hear the loud music and karaoke singing from these areas, and to walk there feels a bit like walking around in Thailand.
Besides the no integration part of the Thai people, the feeling of a moshav or kibbutz are of utopia. Everything is perfect, beautiful and calm. The relationships between the different families are close and only a few people or families have chosen(?) to be for themselves. The area around the moshav is amazing desert and perfect for walking, jogging or even taking the motorbike or quad out for a spin. Still, with the desert looking like it will never end you know in the back of your head that if you need to go to a town it is only some hour away.
Not only can a moshav be self sustainable and also sell what they produce, some of them are using solar power both for themselves and to sell the extra power they don't use. This usually means a small initial investment that is already payed back within 5 years, and then 15 more years of around 2 000 euro per month earned per family for the power they sell to the power companies.
All in all a moshav is a very nice way of living and it seems that also the young people are interested in keeping this tradition alive, although sometimes with newer technologies and ideas.
What is a sunny day without playing some ping pong?
Written on January 2012 and last updated February 2012. Saved in category Money, Nature & Outdoor sports, People, Pictures, Travel & Living.


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Vincent Hognon (* 16. August 1974 in Nancy) ist ein ehemaliger französischer Fußballspieler und heutiger -trainer.

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Verein
Vincent Hognon begann seine Profikarriere 1993 beim damaligen Zweitligisten AS Nancy, dem größten Verein seiner Heimatstadt. In insgesamt neun Jahren stieg er mit seinem Verein zweimal in die Ligue 1 auf und zweimal wieder ab. Dabei absolvierte er bei der 1:2-Niederlage gegen Cannes am 10. August 1996 im Alter von 22 Jahren sein Erstligadebüt. 2002 wechselte der Abwehrspieler dann zum AS Saint-Étienne. Mit seiner neuen Mannschaft erreichte er nach zwei Jahren den Sprung in die erste Liga, wo er mit den Stéphanois bis 2007 spielte. Dann wechselte Hognon ablösefrei zum Ligakonkurrenten OGC Nizza. Am Ende der Saison 2008/09 beendete er seine Karriere.

Trainer
Nachdem Hognon von 2010 bis 2013 die U-19-Mannschaft seines Heimatvereins AS Nancy trainierte, übernahm er im Januar 2013 als Co-Trainer des ehemaligen Leiters der Nachwuchsabteilung Patrick Gabriel die erste Mannschaft. Zuvor hatte der bisherige Trainer Jean Fernandez nach einer erfolglosen Hinrunde den zu diesem Zeitpunkt Tabellenletzten der ersten Liga verlassen. Hognon und Gabriel führten das Team noch auf Platz 18, konnten den Abstieg jedoch nicht mehr verhindern. Nach nur zwei Siegen aus den ersten zehn Spielen der neuen Saison kehrte Gabriel wieder in den Nachwuchsbereich zurück und Pablo Correa wurde zum neuen Cheftrainer. Der Uruguayer hatte das Team bereits von 2002 bis 2011 trainiert. Vincent Hognon blieb als Co-Trainer im Amt. Nach einer deutlichen Leistungssteigerung erreichten beide mit Nancy den vierten Tabellenplatz und verpassten damit nur knapp den direkten Wiederaufstieg. In der Saison 2014/15 scheiterte das Team als Tabellenfünfter erneut knapp am Aufstieg.

Im Dezember 2018 rückte er als damaliger Co-Trainer in das Traineramt beim FC Metz auf, nachdem sich deren Trainer Frédéric Antonetti wegen der Erkrankung seiner Frau beurlauben ließ. Mitte Oktober 2020 fühlte sich Antonetti wieder in der Lage, seine Tätigkeit als Trainer auszuüben und übernahm die Aufgabe wieder. Hognon wurde aber nicht erneut Co-Trainer, sondern verließ den Verein.

Am 22. Juni 2021 verkündigte dann der luxemburgische Erstligist Swift Hesperingen die Verpflichtung Hognons als neuen Trainer. Doch schon nach sechs Spieltagen wurde er am 20. September 2021 auf dem fünften Tabellenplatz stehend wieder entlassen.

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Piñol explains absence, clarifies Duterte scolding
November 10, 2018 - PH News
Agriculture Sec. Emmanuel Pinol with President Duterte
By Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star) Malacañang had prior knowledge of his absence at a command conference with President Duterte on Thursday in typhoon-ravaged Isabela, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said, as he denied getting scolded by the Chief Executive for missing the...
By Louise Maureen Simeon
(The Philippine Star)
Malacañang had prior knowledge of his absence at a command conference with President Duterte on Thursday in typhoon-ravaged Isabela, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said, as he denied getting scolded by the Chief Executive for missing the emergency meeting.
"Was I really 'scolded?' Or did he just call my attention? I actually sent (Undersecretary Ariel) Cayanan to represent me as I was in Cotabato when PMS (Presidential Management Staff) gave the advisory," Piñol told The STAR.
"I properly informed PMS I could not join," he stressed.
"I will see him (Duterte) on Tuesday at the Cabinet meeting," Piñol added.
The agriculture chief got a public rebuke from Duterte, who noticed his absence after getting briefed by other Cabinet officials on the impact of Typhoon Rosita on Isabela's infrastructure and agriculture facilities.
"I think somebody has to call the attention of Manny. He keeps boasting that he has a lot of money. Now is the time for him to spend all of it," Duterte said.
Piñol emphasized the President was referring to Department of Agriculture (DA) funds.
Present at the command conference held in Cauayan in Isabela were Mark Villar of public works, Francisco Duque III of health, Silvestre Bello III of labor, Eduardo Año of the interior, and Rolando Bautista of social welfare.
The President said the DA secretary should be ready to provide livelihood opportunities for displaced farmers and fishermen.
"I've been saying all along that we have money for immediate interventions," Piñol said.
The agriculture chief said he will propose at the next Cabinet meeting the granting of emergency powers to President Duterte so that the government would be able to immediately address the needs of victims affected by natural calamities.
Earlier, Piñol urged Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in a letter, to give Duterte emergency powers so he could order the immediate release of funds for the rehabilitation of typhoon-ravaged areas.
Congress is currently in recess and will resume session by Nov. 12. "I proposed that the President be given emergency powers by Congress to address the needs of typhoon affected areas more quickly," Piñol said.
Currently, he said, every fund release requires validation from DA, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, Department of Budget and Management and the Office of the President.
"The response time of government should not be more than one month for agriculture. Once hit by a typhoon and if interventions are immediately available, farmers can start planting again in two to three weeks," Piñol said.
"But if we stick to that old process, look at what happened to Yolanda, it's been five years and yet interventions are still not done," he added.
Piñol said the government has yet to release the requested budget of P7.6 billion for the rehabilitation of areas in Northern Luzon ravaged by Typhoon Ompong last month. Damage to agriculture alone hit P27 billion, the highest recorded since the one earmarked for areas affected by Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013.
P112-M damage
Initial report from the DA-Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Operation Center showed that damage to agriculture due to Rosita now stands at P112.21 million.
The National Food Authority (NFA), meanwhile, has assured the public that there is enough rice stocks in its warehouses nationwide, particularly in Northern and Central Luzon.
The NFA has issued a total of 555 bags of rice delivered to Isabela, La Union, Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur.
Residents who evacuated at the height of Typhoon Rosita last week have started returning to their homes, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said.
The DSWD-Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center said only 15 evacuation centers providing temporary shelter to 135 families or 466 persons remained open as of yesterday.
Social Welfare Secretary Rolando Bautista said relief distribution may continue even if families have already returned home.
"DSWD and the other members of the Response Cluster are exerting all efforts to deliver aid to the isolated or hard to reach areas affected by the typhoon. It is our priority to reach out to our kababayans (countrymen) and ensure that their basic necessities are met," Bautista said.
The DSWD said it has provided over P5.2 million worth of assistance to affected families in Regions 1, 2, 3 and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
Meanwhile, President Duterte was urged yesterday to create more military engineering brigades that could be used for disaster response, including rehabilitation of damaged communities.
At the same time, Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano III called on the leadership of the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to modernize the military's existing five engineering units.
"There should be at least one military engineering brigade in every region that is fully equipped and ready for disaster response mission," he said.
He said he missed the days during the Marcos era when military engineers were among the first responders in disasters.
He said the DND and AFP should procure new road repair and construction equipment for the military's corps of engineers.
"I understand that many of their road repair and construction equipment are already old and not running. The modernization program of the AFP should include the procurement of new equipment for its engineering units. The military should be prepared not only for internal and external defense but for civil defense as well," Albano stressed.
Foreign help
He suggested that AFP engineers request their counterparts in the United States, Japan, Australia and other allies for their excess or used engineering equipment.
He pointed out that in the aftermath of every typhoon that visited the country in the past, "there was a problem with the distribution and delivery of life-saving food, water and medicine to the worst-hit areas."
"We experienced this when Super Typhoon Yolanda struck Eastern Visayas five years ago this month," he said.
He said the problem has been attributed to many factors, including the unprecedented magnitude of the damage, lack of coordination mechanism, lack of flow of information from affected areas and inadequate assessment of damage and needs.
"But one factor that stood out among all these was the inability to quickly clear roads rendered impassable by debris from destroyed structures and uprooted trees," Albano said.
He said among the major priorities in disaster response is to clear roads and bridges so that victims could be evacuated and vehicles carrying food and other supplies could pass through.
This is where the AFP engineering brigades could play an important role, by helping the local engineering offices of the Department of Public Works and Highways and local government units whose equipment are often not enough for the job to be done, he added.
Albano also urged the leadership of the House of Representatives to allot more funds for disaster response in the 2019 budget.
"We should do this while the proposed budget for next year is still with us," he said.
The House is scheduled to approve the outlay on third and final reading shortly after Congress reconvenes on Nov. 12. It would then transmit the budget to the Senate.
The NDRRMC has yet to figure out the exact number of typhoon casualties as retrieval operations in areas buried by landslide continue.
Six more bodies were reportedly recovered from under tons of mud in Sitio Harang, Barangay Banawel, Natonin, Mt. Province.
Natonin Mayor Mateo Chiwayan said the recovery of six bodies on Friday brought to 14 the number of fatalities in the landslide, with 15 others still missing.
The victims were inside the DPWH building that got buried by landslide at the height of Rosita's onslaught.
Chiwayan said there were reports of landslide fatalities in nearby villages but this could not be confirmed yet.
Five days after Rosita's devastation in CAR, the towns of Natonin and Barlig in Mt. Province remain isolated as roads remain buried in mud and debris.—Jess Diaz, Janvic Mateo, Artemio Dumlao, Jaime Laude, Rainier Allan Ronda
Author PH NewsPosted on November 10, 2018 Categories News


There are many reasons you should be using accounting software for your small business. If you're just starting up or running a small business you may avoid using an accounting software because you think it's confusing or unnecessary if you use a professional accountant for your taxes. But, an accounting software can make you streamline your business and increase your bottom line.
We mentioned above that Xero is a "cloud-based" software. This means that Xero and its information isn't stored on your computer, it's stored in the cloud. (If you want more information on the cloud you may be interested in reading the post on what is the cloud.) Without too much technical mumbo jumbo it just means that your information isn't sitting on a physical computer in your office. Think of it as being stored on the internet so you can access it from your computer in your office, from your tablet when you're at a client's office or from your smartphone when you're on vacation.
By keeping your small business finances with Xero, or a similar cloud-based accounting software, you can access your information from wherever you are. Xero has iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Google Play apps for Android devices. This also means that you can reconcile your bank account while sitting on the train during your morning commute. How's that for being productive!
While we're on the topic of productivity, let's talk about how easy it can be to capture your financial information with an accounting software. Sure, you could use Excel spreadsheets to track all of your purchases and expenses but that's can be a lot of manual data entry. You may think that small business accounting software requires more data entry but it actually can be a lot less data entry than tracking finances in a spreadsheet.
Now that we know that small business accounting software doesn't have to be time consuming to maintain, let's talk about how it can benefit the bottom line. If you're like some small business owners I know, you only review your finances once a month, or, even worse, only once per year! By only looking at your financial information once a month you could miss seeing valuable information for weeks. This could cause you to lose opportunities to reverse a downward trend or capitalize on a gain. Xero's elegant real time dashboards give you a snapshot of how your company is performing right now. Spot downward trends as soon as they start to happen and take action to reverse them. Identify business changes that are having a positive impact and capitalized on them to boost their effect.
Small business accounting software can also help you bring you your small business to the next level. Are you still generating quotes using crude Microsoft Word templates? With an accounting software like Xero you can create and send professional looking quotes to potential customers. One of the hard lessons I've learned in my professional life is that perception is reality. Make sure when you present yourself to a potential customer they perceive you as a professional.
When it gets close to tax time do you find yourself shuffling through a shoebox full of receipts, trying to remember which expenses were business related? One important reason you should be using accounting software for your small business is for accurate tax records. Accurate taxes don't just benefit the government, they benefit you too. When you're digging through piles of paperwork to gather tax information for your accountant are you going to remember a purchase you made for your business over a year ago? Probably not. Without recording expenses real time you could miss out of valuable deductions on your taxes.
With a small business accounting software like Xero you can share your books with your accountant. With up to date information it's easier to calculate quarterly tax documents and estimations. Your accountant can now use this information to provide you with more proactive financial advise instead of just preparing documents for you in April.
Perhaps the best reason for using accounting software for your small business is that it is a business. All big businesses started as small businesses. Give your small business the respect it deserves and treat it as if it's a legitimate business. Perhaps then, one day, it will become a bigger business. Good luck!
These are just a few of the reasons you should be using accounting software for your small business. And, as with most improvements, there's no better time to start than now. If you're ready to start I'd encourage you to check out Xero. Signup for a free trial and you can see how easy it is to use and explore the different features in more detail using a demo company.
Using accounting software to help keep track of your businesses finances is a good way to make sure you don't have to worry about keeping track of receipts or creating invoices from scratch.
So true. It's easy to miss things when you're not using a software regularly to track things.
Accounting software is nothing but a class of computer based programs that enable to manage the business financial transactions. Depending upon the requirement they are categorized, while some programs are designed for little more than simple bookkeeping and some others are designed to manage the entire financial comings and goings of large businesses. So, whatever may be the fact, accounting software is needed as it helps to use to resources in accounting department efficiently. I liked the concept of Xero accounting software as it was helpful in storing the information in internet rather than a physical computer. I genuinely felt that your blog was quite informative and helpful.
Thank you Ian. Xero is a bit more user friendly I think for small business owners who are often wearing a lot of hats.. I'm a numbers person so I think everything should be logged and tracked (can you say analysis paralysis?) but I think some people don't realize the value in it. It can really tell you which direction you're going and where to put your time and energy.
I think that having an accounting software that exists in the cloud is awesome. I also love that it makes documents look professional and personal. Thanks for sharing this!
You're welcome McKenzie. It is nice having the information at your fingertips at all times. And, I agree, it's very professional looking.
There are services that provides money management and improves your business. You should consider it always.
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Proper planning of an integrated business management software system often takes a back seat to short-term revenue acceleration goals.
Before starting any business, planning is the first step of all things like product, employees and space where you want to start a business. After all this nowadays one this is also an important thing to start any business and that one is business management or accounting software which takes care of all accounts and all business and its very helpful to increase your business early and in easy way.
Hello, There are services that provides money management and improves your business. You should consider it always.
Yes, that's another alternative for sure.
Oh good. Thank you for reading.
So many businesses are using accounting software now-days. Although I think there is often an assumption that you can just "pick up" and go. But sometimes there is a bit of learning to be had. I think its sometimes worth getting some training in using software effectively, and in relation to a persons specific business.
So true. But I think that's one of the benefits of Xero, the learning curve appears to be much shorter.
I was looking for this kind of article for a long time. I have some query regarding accounting software for small business and I found the answer to the question after reading this article. Thanks for sharing all the information. It was worth reading.
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