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MICROLOANS FIND MACRO CUSTOMERS: PROGRAMS EXPAND, BUT DON'T ALWAYS PREPARE CLIENTS FOR BIGGER BUSINESS
Soon after he arrived in New York four years ago, Manuel Breton, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, received a $1,500 loan from Accion New York, a nonprofit microlender. He used that loan to buy supplies for his fledgling photography business. Since then, Mr. Breton has gotten three more loans from Accion. The most recent was a $20,000 loan, which enabled him to move to a new store on Nagle Avenue in Inwood and pay his expenses without having to turn to particulares, or loan sharks. Today, his business, Imagenes Studio Laboratories, boasts revenues of about $100,000 a year.
"Before, I was working to pay the particulares," he says. "Now I'm working for myself."
Mr. Breton is a beneficiary of an unlikely technology transfer from Latin America to the United States. Accion, which started in Latin America in the 1970s, began operating in the United States in the 1990s. In New York, the microlending concept has now caught on big-time, with more than a dozen community-based groups making tiny loans to small-scale entrepreneurs, and carefully watering their seed capital with advice and technical assistance.
"I see it very much as new thinking for poverty alleviation," says Dan Delehanty, deputy director of Manhattan-based Trickle Up Program Inc., which provides grants to microentrepreneurs.
Lenders aren't profitable yet
The problem is that microloans rank as just that -- micro. Even the most successful microloan clients, like Mr. Breton, may remain too small to achieve critical mass and to graduate to loans from commercial banks. In addition, microlenders themselves have yet to figure out how to meet that most American of success criteria -- profitability. Despite its low default rate, Accion New York, for instance, relies on grants for 60% of its operating budget.
Despite the difficulties, though, the microlenders are expanding in the city, fed by a belief that they can succeed in moving people on the economic fringe into the mainstream.
"Our ultimate objective is to prepare the businesses for bankability," says Bonita Lloyd Nettles, a financial consultant with the 5-year-old Harlem Loan Fund, which operates under the aegis of the Central Harlem Development Corp. It lends between $1,500 and $25,000 to clients, and has made about 20 loans.
The Women's Venture Fund, founded in lower Manhattan in 1996, goes a step further than most. It combines microloans with personal mentoring programs.
"From my own experience with some of the women, it was clear that just providing a loan wasn't going to be enough," says Maria Semidei-Otero, an attorney and founder of the fund.
Lending to poor clients without track records is inevitably risky. But microlenders are using sophisticated techniques to try to minimize those risks. Accion New York President and Chief Executive Terri Ludwig, for instance, now oversees 344 loans worth $888,414, a portfolio with a loss rate of a respectable 6.8%. Accion approves about 70% of its applicants but limits its risks by starting off slowly. It begins with minute loans and a short leash -- credits of $500 to $1,500 that must be paid back in three to eight months.
Groups receive 60% of loans
Accion also spreads its risk by lending to groups. In fact, 60% of its portfolio consists of loans to groups of three to five microentrepreneurs who cross-collateralize one another. Once loans have been granted, Acci¢n's two loan officers check in frequently with their clients.
A few entrepreneurs who started in microloan programs have now graduated to bank loans. In June 1995, James Grampus got a $12,000 loan from the Harlem Loan Fund for his pest control business after having been rejected by banks. With a new shop and two new employees, Mr. Grampus was able to pay off his microloan this June and to get a line of credit from Republic National Bank.
"Once we were able to pay off that loan, they saw that we were in good standing," says Mr. Grampus.
But many others find the supply of ready commercial lenders lacking. "Even though I've been with Accion for four years, I still don't have an official credit report that would let me go to the bank," laments Mr. Breton.


You still sting from the memory of the loss of your first pocket knife, given you on your sixth birthday, a treasure that fell out of your pocket when you were in the room of a person you supposed to be a chum. Months after the loss, you saw your supposed friend with it, claimed it, and were greeted with the mantra, "Finders keepers, losers weepers." Scarcely a week elapses when, should your hand enter the right side pocket of your trousers and you encounter your present pocket knife, you think of that knife from so long ago, and you often think of its effect on you, which is to say it is possible to discover upward of ten pocket knives in your various drawers or storage shelves.
There is an adjunct sting associated with past pain in relation to upward of fifty fountain pens among your present possessions. Although you would under most circumstances, have illustrated art books and collections of photographs among your books, there are any number of titles specific to Oriental artists, due in compensation for another example of finders keepers and the loan of a book of Hokusai illustrations to one friend and its reappearance in the home of another. Thus three examples of things. As well, there are photographs and correspondence and paintings from deceased friends, and of course memories of them. From cyber visits to current-day Virginia City, Nevada, you have the presentiment that, were you to return for a sentimental journey, you would be saddened by what you saw and what you did not find.
All this is a laundry list of events that in some way or other shaped you in someway into the person you have become. All this is recognition that no one gets through unscathed by such things, much less without having some embedded response to them.
You can add here the fact of being shown on a screen an image that reminded you of a tiny red carnation, only to be told it was by no means good news, was in fact a malignant tumor. And now your most recent surgical adventure, the farewell to the lens you were issued at birth and its replacement with a stunning addition to your visual capacity.
These items represent a mingle of good and bad, of pleasure, some form of pain or another, and the resulting modifications and adaptations within your range of behavior.
These are yours; everyone has them to some degree. These encounters have open-ended potential. You are in the sense of having been around for as long as you have, joined in bonds of common and uncommon experience with anyone you see about you in real time, on line, or in digital imaging.
Adding to these common bonds, you've acquired friends, associates, acquaintances, some of whom have been lovers, friends, or individuals for whom you feel degrees of animosity. Thus into the pattern comes the energizing dynamic of personal chemistry.
In your own experience, you have felt various types of chemistry so far as other individuals are concerned. Some of the chemistry was or is frankly sexual, others of a more Platonic or mutual interest basis and, not to forget the chemistry of repelling forces, the chemistry of antagonism.
You've also noticed in various dramatic productions a subjective quality of chemistry between two or more actors, making the roles they portray of even greater interest to you, This chemistry between characters fascinates you, causes you to wonder openly about the relationship between characters you create to the point of causing you to pursue reading about acting techniques as well as watching with focus the chemistry or lack thereof between individuals you see about you.
How do past experiences turn the lives of individuals about you and the individuals you offer up on a serving platter to the narratives you have created and have hopes yet of creating? You look for quirkiness in yourself and have no difficulty finding it. From time to time, you think you understand why a specific person behaves in a certain way. Sometimes your understanding comes from direct experience in the sense that the individual admits to a response you understand well because you respond in the same way to the same stimulus. Other times, you deliberately try to see a response at some difference from your own, followed by a serious and devoted attempt to "see" that response as a truthful and, thus, believable one.
Thrilling as it was and is for you to hear information about individuals who have in reality set foot on the moon, it is more thrilling for you to read of characters who set foot on the novels and short stories of writers, dramatists, historians.
Somewhere in the process of creating your own characters, there is the calculus of you moving beyond Dr. Frankenstein's attempts to create life from the scraps of individuals who once lived and are now summoned again to live again under different circumstances.
In a sense you are sharing Dr. Frankenstein's hubris by thinking you can create life, but your path shears off from the fictional doctor, joining the multitudes of men and women for whom creation of story is a way of expressing gratitude for the ambiguous nature of mankind. Through this haze of ambiguity, you seek to record your hunting expeditions in much the same way petroglyphs on rocks and etchings on cave walls depict rituals and hunting expeditions of a more modern kind.
There is some informed speculation that many petroglyphs and cave drawings are the works of shamans, many of whom, in altered states of mind, attempted the same sorts of essays you attempt when you bring your characters forth. You wish to know why things are, why you behave as you do, why others respond to life events as they do. There is something you have in common with your forebears. They were hunting and gathering. You are hunting and gathering. They were foraging. You are foraging. They were in hot pursuit of truth. You are in hot pursuit of understanding.


First thing's first: I love the Riddler's jacket and tie suit. Love it. A decade ago, I paid someone a hundred and fifty bucks to make me one, and then we stopped speaking. It wasn't the money, it's that I didn't get that suit.
There's a fantastic bit of synchronicity in this episode. Daniel copes with the bad guys by blowing raspberries or similarly making noise. If he were older, I'd object to all the noise, but he's only four, and I accept that it's a coping strategy, but that's not important. He boos the villains. In this episode, the Riddler and the River Rat Gang watch a live broadcast from the museum, in which King Boris is giving a ceremonial statue. The presenter shows off a pop art painting of Batman and Robin, and the bad guys, watching TV in their lair, boo the good guys.
Honestly, this is the weakest of the first six stories, and perhaps not coincidentally, it's the first one that apparently was not adapted from a comic book adventure. The Riddler's scheme doesn't rise above basic baddieisms, and there's a huge missed opportunity with all his riddles. Batman has written them all down, in sequence, on a blackboard, and it looks for a minute like he's about to draw a connection between each of the clues, in order, that we'd all missed, like the Riddler was playing one giant game of misdirection and he was aiming for something that had nothing to do with King Boris and the queen of freedom, but I fear that working on multiple levels like that was a little above the production's abilities at this stage.
He even sends Commissioner Gordon a perfectly straightforward extortion note, without a riddle at all. What's up with that?!
There is a really nice bit of continuity when the Riddler, who's been at large since episode two, acknowledges that the Penguin, the Joker, and Mr. Freeze all tried, but it's he who is the king of crime in this town. The story is disappointingly weak, but Frank Gorshin rises above the material. At least he's really fun to watch in this one.
I love the Riddler's jacket and tie suit.
And Frank Gorshin wore it very, very well. Sylvester McCoy's question mark sweater comes close, but he would have looked awful in Riddler Green.


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In this fantasy, expanded from the original version, two wizards recruit Jonathan Pryce to combat an ancient evil. Jonathan becomes an interdimensional traveler under their tutelage and makes many new friends, including various animals and faeries.
To be released in late 2019. Book two of the Magic Stone trilogy. Jonathan Pryce reenters an interdimensional world to bring back a solution for the Earth and its out of control weather systems.


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Q: ASP.NET Web API 2 custom routing to specific method How can I configure routing in ASP.NET Web API to route it to specific method in controller with GET method?
http://mysite/healthcheck
Registration in WebAPiConfig looks like this:
    config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();

    config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
        name: "HealthCheck",
        routeTemplate: "healthcheck",
        defaults: new { action =" DefaultAction" }
    );

The controller looks like this:
[RoutePrefix("healthcheck")]
public class HealthCheckController : ApiController
{
    [HttpGet]
    [ActionName("DefaultAction")]
    public HttpResponseMessage GetHealthCheckStatus()
    {
        return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
    }
}

I get Not Found instead of Ok when hitting that URL. Any help would be appreciated
UPDATE
Thank you for all the suggestions, I checked them all and none works. The route debugger shows no matches. I am putting this on hold for a while.

A: In your Startup.cs register attribute routes:
config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();

And in the controller:
[RoutePrefix("healthcheck")]
public class HealthCheckController : ApiController
{
    [HttpGet]
    [Route]
    public IHttpActionResult GetHealthCheckStatus()
    {
        return Ok();
    }
}

A: Remove this in config
config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
    name: "HealthCheck",
    routeTemplate: "healthcheck",
    defaults: new { action =" DefaultAction" }
);

and do this in controller
public class HealthCheckController : ApiController
{
    [AcceptVerbs("GET")]
    [Route("healthcheck")]
    public HttpResponseMessage GetHealthCheckStatus()
    {
        return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
    }
}

A: I haven't tested it for web-api, but tested it for MVC, I think it should work the same.
In route registration you should ensure, that this route comes before the standard api route, because route order matters:
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

        routes.MapRoute(
            "HealthCheck",
            "healthcheck",
            new {Controller = "Default", action = "Index"}
        );

        routes.MapRoute(
            "Default",
            "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            new {
                controller = "Home",
                action = "Index",
                id = UrlParameter.Optional
            }
        );
    }

In the controller you may not prefix the controllers and action names, but to specify correct controller name and action name in the template:
public class DefaultController : Controller
{

    [HttpGet]
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return Content("I'm hit");
    }
}

If you still having problems, then you can read this article and enable route debugging too see which route is invoked and what are the params.

A: Since you are enabling attribute routing, you can specify the action as the default endpoint for the controller using RoutePrefix by using [Route("")] with empty route template.
[RoutePrefix("healthcheck")]
public class HealthCheckController : ApiController {
    [HttpGet]
    [Route("")] // Matches GET http://mysite/healthcheck
    public IHttpActionResult GetHealthCheckStatus() {
        return Ok();
    }
}

With the above then there would be no need for the convention-based HealthCheck route from the OP. It can be removed safely from WebApiConfig

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WTGA History
The following explains significant details that happen in each year.
In 2007 an extreme WTGA makeover was launched, which has led to one of the biggest transitions in the history of the association. Suzan Knox (President and also original Strategic Planning Committee Member) said, "We're aggressively growing our organization, increasing our volunteer base for course rating, rules officiating, and adding to our tournament menu. The goal is to improve all of the services, tournaments and programs of the WTGA, ultimately improving women's golf in Texas."
A new logo was created, and the USGA provided a grant for the WTGA to hire their first paid staff. Projects to improve tournament administration began. Successful upgrades included the addition of online entry, Real Time Scoring, new scoreboards and scorecards, more rules officials, pace of play check points and course set up – including new scoring tents, flags, and banners. The tournament menu expanded with the introduction of a successful Four-Ball Championship played at Redstone Golf Club.
Next the Board launched The Alliance and Alliance Cup, an annual giving program designed to enhance the formation of the organization's support services for golf in Texas. The inaugural event was held on June 5, 2007 at Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston. Molly Price (WTGA Director) was the Committee chair and worked very hard in making this first year event a huge success.Soon after the WTGA succeeded in securing its status as a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation. All of this enabled the WTGA to improve and add to its services and membership benefits, including an updated WTGA website, a handicap eRevision update for GHIN members, a new web-based master calendar, licensing assistance, educational seminars, course ratings, an e-Newsletter, and two new scholarships.
A full time Executive Director, Kelly Kilgo, was hired to start in January 2008. Some big things happened in amateur championships as well. The USGA State Team was played at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. The women's team placed 7th and the Men's team placed 1st. Anna Schultz, long time WTGA player and Supporter, won the USGA Women's Amateur Championship and the Spirit International, a premier amateur championship featuring top ranked players from 24 countries around the world came to Whispering Pines Golf Course in Trinity, Texas. Our very own USGA Regional Director and WTGA player/supporter, Alli Jarrett, was named USA Team Captain
The Alliance Cup was a huge success and the WTGA decided to keep it in play. The WTGA scholarship program began and the Winners' Program/Texas Challenge kicked off. Kelly Kilgo, new Executive Director, started in January. This was the start of the Extreme Makeover mentioned in the year 2007.
The WTGA expanded it tournaments and added the popular Eclectic tournament in the spring. The State Amateur held at Ridgewood and was won by Stacy Dennis. She was a current board member at the time and was her second State Amateur victory.
A second staff member was hired, Assistant Executive Director, Katie O'Donnell began January 1. The Texas Challenge trophy was named The Toni Wiesner Cup. The challenge is part of the Winners' Program, the WTGA Junior Golf initiative partnering with the LPGA/USGA Girls Golf across the state. Toni Wiesner was a competitor, friend and ally of the WTGA for many years and the WTGA is honored to name this trophy after her. In October, Mina Hardin of Fort Worth captured the 2010 USGA Senior Women's Championship in Fort Meyers, Florida at Fiddlesticks CC.
In 2011, the WTGA was under the direction of President Stacy Dennis from Huntsville. Dennis and the Board of Directors enhanced and changed the Mission Statement.The Women's Texas Golf Association exists not only for the good of the game but because the game is good. Good for connecting people Good for building character. Good for building bridges between generations. Good for the mind and body. WTGA staff and volunteers provide tournaments, scholarships, junior golf programs, rules education and course rating services because we believe golf is a positive force for enriching lives.
Under the direction of President Molly Price, the WTGA voted to add the Regional Series to begin in 2013. The Regionals Series was researched and discussed heavily with the help of Suzan Knox and her Long Range Planning Committee. The WTGA history was restored digitally by the USGA. The WTGA scrapbooks dating back to 1916 became part of the USGA Museum. Also, Past President in 2008, Pam Murray was named to the USGA Women's Committee
President Peggy Spann and the WTGA made big changes this year. The Board of Directors of both the Texas Golf Association (TGA) and the Women's Texas Golf Association (WTGA) approved the merger of the two governing bodies of amateur golf in Texas.The TGA Board of Directors approved the merger during its Annual Meeting held Friday, October 25, at the Northwood Club in Dallas. The WTGA Board of Directors voted earlier that week to approve the unification.The official merger date was set for January 1, 2014, and created one governing body for all amateur golf in Texas that, along with its other duties and responsibilities, will actively encourage new golfers and increase the continued interest and participation in game.Five representatives from the WTGA will be elected to the TGA Board of Directors, with one appointed to the Executive Committee. The remaining WTGA Directors will serve on the newly created Women's Texas Golf Association Committee (WTGAC).
In its 98th year, the WTGA merged with the TGA and created a unified governing body for all amateur golf in Texas. As a result of this new relationship, for the first time since the TGA's founding in 1906, women serve on the TGA Board of Directors and on key committees. Women's Golf is still served by a WTGA Committee that develops and guides programs and championships for women, and provides input to the TGA Board.
Portland Rosen won the State Amateur Championship hosted at Bent Tree Country Club and followed up her victory the next week by qualifying for match play and advancing to the round of 32 in the Women's U.S. Amateur Championship.
A new championship was introduced in 2015, the Women's Stroke Play Championship. The inaugural event was played at Eagle's Bluff Country Club in Bullard, Texas and Austin Kaitlyn Papp claimed the title. Papp, a former standout on the Legends Junior Tour shot a 66 in the second round on the way to her victory. The State Amateur Championship returned to Ridgewood Country Club in Waco for the fifth time. Annika Clark defeated Maddy Raynor in the final and was cheered on by TCU coach Angie Larkin-Ravaioli. Clark will be a freshmen at TCU in 2016.

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Move Aside, Terry Gilliam: coLab Launches New Animator Program
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"As the horrendous Black Beast lunged forward, escape for Arthur and his knights seemed hopeless – when suddenly, the Animator suffered a fatal heart attack. The cartoon peril was no more."
If there's one thing we can learn from Terry Gilliam, it's that being an Animator is dangerous work. Thankfully here at the coLab we've outlawed Deus ex machina, which means our Animators don't have to fear being struck down by authorial intrusions in the middle of their shifts.
coLab's recently launched Animator program already has its first set of participants, and we're very excited to see what each of these amazing people will contribute to our community.
But what exactly is this new initiative, and how does it work? Here's what you need to know.
The Animator Program: Serving the Community with Hands-On Support
The Animating Team actively supports the Okanagan coLab by assisting with day-to-day management of the space, providing programmatic support, and identifying educational, inspirational and networking opportunities to share with the community. Our Animators make members and guests feel special, connected, and armed with the resources they need to operate in a focused, productive work environment.
(In other words, our Animators are the Mr. Miyagi to our members' Daniel-san. They remind our members to never lose to fear, to trust the quality of what we know, and to always be kicking ass.)
A team of 5 individual Animators each commit 9 hours per week to support the coLab community. While on-shift, the #1 priority of an Animator is to provide a positive, welcoming, functional environment for our members and guests.
Our Animators will serve as front desk concierges, tour guides, inventory managers, and more. The Animator role is a flexible one, and Animators may end up doing things like providing support for member events, keeping the space tidy, answering questions from new members, and keeping our members caffeinated & well-fed by making coffee and setting out snacks throughout the day.
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For every completed 4-month commitment, each Animator will receive:
FREE coworking! 6 months of unlimited coworking, with 24/7 access to the building. ($2,100 value!)
Preferred pricing on rentals! Access to Full-Time member pricing on all conference rooms and event spaces throughout the duration of the membership.
Personalized introductions to entrepreneurial badasses! Curated, thoughtful introductions to the movers and shakers in the Kelowna entrepreneurial and startup community when requested.
Street cred! References from core team members to put on your resume going forward.
Networking opportunities! Access to interest groups and networking opportunities within the coLab membership.
Meet Our Animators! Introducing: coLab's First Animator Cohort
Our first group of Animators is already hard at work making the coLab an even more awesome place to be, and we couldn't be happier to have them on board. If you happen to see any of these shiny, happy people around the space, be sure to give them a fist-bump and a friendly hello.
Listed alphabetically by last name, our new Animators are:
Agustin Cisneros is a 20-year-old entrepreneur and digital marketer who is passionate about creating a meaningful impact in the community. To Agustin, community means acceptance and respect for all different kinds of people, no matter their race, color, gender, or age. Agustin's goals in his term as Animator are to make his first sale in his business and to be part of the entrepreneurship world in a more significant way.
Darcy Drobena believes that community is all about connection and developing rapport with each of the coLab members. He aims to help coLabbers connect with other members, should there be a natural fit. He's currently in start-up mode for a management consultancy that helps organizations align their ideals and experience to create operational gains while interfacing more deeply with the community.
Sarah Lauze is a writer, editor and photographer who loves people and their stories. Everything she does, she does with discipline and enthusiasm. (Plus, she has a strong GIF game.)
Sophie Sullivan is a 19-year-old entrepreneur and digital marketer by day. Gym enthusiast, cat lover and taco eater by night. You can find her at the intersection of events, marketing, technology, and startups.
Janice Ip is a recent UBC gradate ready to set her mark as an entrepreneur with passion, hard work and humour.
Davron Mardonov recently graduated from high school and has been accepted into the UBC Okanagan Business Management program.
Welcome to our new Animators! And if you happen to be in the coLab & have questions, concerns, or problems, one of these wonderful coLabbers would love to assist you – with much rejoicing, of course.
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Winning much praise from the planet-head Cromulons, Rick and Morty's song, Get Shwifty, was good enough to save the Earth from immediate annihilation during interplanetary sing-off, Planet Music. Appreciate the interdimensional anthem with every sip of your favourite drink with this cool tall drinks glass. One side features Rick, holding a mic in hand with the words "Get Schwifty", whilst the reverse features all of the lyrics from the song's first verse.
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Will Schuster is the Glee teacher and his arch-nemisis overly competitive Sue Sylvester the head of the nationally renowned cheerleading team The Cheerios has just been assigned as his co-chair. Sue attempting to bring it down from the inside finds out that many of the minority students feel they aren't being heard in terms of what music is selected, who sings lead and their personal skills. She splits the Glee Club in two taking all the People of Color, Queer and Differently-Abled folks as her team.
Now she makes several racially insensitive comments while doing so referring to Mercedes as Aretha, Mike and Tina as Asian and other Asian, Kurt as Gay Kid, etc. She also claims Comanche heritage pulling on the pretendian stereotype and drawing it out for criticism. And in the midst of this she picks a song they all like, allows them to show off their talents and inspires them to have confidence. Sue's goal is to win, this trumps everything else in her life. When it comes down to it that's all she cares about and no matter the student's identity if they show her they are a winner she'll support them.
None of Sue's actions bothered me because it was quite obviously more a critique of aversive racism and the lack of self-knowledge that many people in the world just like Sue exhibit using stereotypes and offensive language to expose them.
What did offend me in this episode was Will's Rainbow Coalition speech at the end of the episode. What a way to ruin a great racial critique! Sue steps down of her own volition and Will says that she was right to address the needs of the minority students BUT he then goes on to say that they are all minority students because they are in Glee Club so their individual identities don't matter. EXCUSE ME?!? Will has just effectively attempted to erase their identities. By ignoring the confluence of factors that makes these children what they are he attempts to assuage his own guilt in ignoring them. Marginalized people do not have the luxury of forgetting our position in society as illustrated earlier in the episode by Sue's calling them. To ignore our identifications is to erase a vital part of someone's identity.
I am of mixed African and African-American ancestry and that is what people see when I walk down the street. It effects how I am treated in the world, what I write, how I interact with society as a whole telling me that I don't have a race is more of insult than you think – I may have other identities but I am also a Person of Color and that will never change.
Will falls into the trap of pseudo-liberalism or the "Kumbaya" version of identity politics whereby we pretend that racism/sexism/queerism/ableism is over and that if we just act like everyone's the same everything will be okay. It's a very colonized viewpoint and one that serves those in power more that marginalized people because the effect of saying that is silencing if a person needs to discuss identity politics, that conversation has effectively been shutdown and so the privileged person has now positioned themselves as above the discussion and they never have to deal with the uncomfortable conversation again while the marginalized now has no outlet within the relationship for discussing things that effect who they are.
For me I'll take someone like Sue who may call me an inappropriate names but will never forget the confluence of identities that make me who I am and who I could at least attempt to have a conversation with over someone like Will who will try to erase who I am and preemptively shut down even the possibility of such a talk.
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10 responses to "Appropriative Racial Politics VS Pseudo-Liberalism in Glee"
shendelmuffin | November 3, 2009 at 9:21 am | Reply
lol Kumbaya version of identity politics. I don't watch glee, but your take makes this sound like almost everything else on tv: completely absurd.
naamenblog | November 3, 2009 at 11:03 am | Reply
It's totally absurd but sometimes it's absurd in an amazing way. Like when Kurt joins the football team and the the whole team ends up performing the Single Ladies dance in the middle of a football game!
Mary | November 3, 2009 at 9:24 am | Reply
I do not watch Glee, so I cannot comment on the actual speeches from the show, but I will comment on your commentary.
1. I will use the military as an example. When a team is in the middle of battle, there are only a few things that matter and guess what – race, color, and gender are not on that list. If you have me covered, if I have you covered, if we can still hit the guy shooting at us, and how many bullets we have are important, as the entire purpose of our existence has changed for that moment and what led us to this point is irrelevant if don't survive. I don't give the smallest, teeniest, tiniest thought to what color you are, not because I'm dumb or trying to erase your history… it's because it really has no bearing on our survivability and thus, it doesn't matter. That's not to say that I subscribe to pseudo-liberalism. I don't. But, playing Devil's Advocate, (and know again that I didn't hear this guy's speech), is it possible that he was using Glee Club in an oversimplified version of my military scenario and trying to say that Glee Club is one entity and one team and that we need to act like a team instead of a bunch of individuals? Is it possible that he might be saying that we are all part of the same group for a reason and it's not to fight about the reasons we are different and that we should be celebrating the things we have in common?
2. You used two terms that I find very interesting. You said you are a Person of Color and you are of African and African-American descent. Let's talk about color. What is a color? Black, brown, yellow, white. So why is it that on forms for demographics, the "colored" people get to be hyphenated Americans, such as African-American, yet the Anglo-Saxon American gets to be White. Who's the person of color now? You get to keep your heritage, but I get to be nothing more than a color? And while we're on this topic, let's talk about ancestry… A study was recently conducted to trace the genealogy of the Earth's population and guess what? We all trace back to one African couple. All of us. The whole planet. So now what? You and I both have African ancestry.
3. You said that you are treated differently because people see you as black. Have you considered how others are treated? Oh… I'm a cute, little white girl so life must be handed to me on a silver platter with roses and chocolates? People do see more than race, which is not to say that they don't see race or that race isn't important, but it's not the end all of what makes our identity. I got fired from a job because I wasn't Catholic. I got sexually assaulted in the military to try and put me in my place, and when I pulled a gun out of the armory to try and kill the bastard, they kicked me out. I am seen as a target BECAUSE I am a cute, little, white girl. I have to work twice as hard for half as much pay. So you get treated like crap by the world because you look black and I get treated like crap by the world because I'm an inferior female. Instead of automatically switching to race, maybe we can take a step back and look at the things that make us equal instead of jamming down our throats the obvious differences that we have.
You and I spent junior high in the same spot… We were both the outcasts. You were weird. I was weird. We're both still weird. You have complicated relationships… I have complicated relationships. When we were in our little outcast group, I didn't break it down further and say that you were an outcast of the outcast group because you were a person of color. No. We were our own little team back then. Why can't Glee Club come together to be their own little team and celebrate the things that brought them together as a group? Does it always have to be fighting about why we are different?
I'll take each of your points one by one.
1. I think if they are trying to make this allegory it really is a false comparison because Glee Club is not a life or death situation but going beyond that there are numerous studies of the Military Industrial Complex by people who both have and haven't served where they talk about the way race, class, gender and especially sexuality play into it. The recruitment drives that have increased in poor often mostly People of Color neighborhoods. The discussion by women who have served of sexual abuse, as you discuss in your post. The firing of so many translators because of their sexuality. It's disingenuous to say that these identities have no relevance in the armed forces. And that's not to say "Ah, the armed forces are bad let us shun them!" that is to say that it is an institution like academia, like government, like justice and like all these institutions it is informed by the attitudes that are part of a white patriarchal heteronormative system. Perhaps in a combat situation this is lessened but even then your gender or racial representation could effect how an enemy reacts to you, what they do to you if you're captured. Also saying that we should come together as a group does not have to erase all the identities in that group. You can come together as a group without ignoring the ways that race, gender, sexuality, class, ability, size, etc. It's possible to be part of a group and say "Well yes I support you in this capacity but I also need you to see how what you did here is problematic." For me being part of a group is not about ignoring differences or even tolerating them but accepting them and all the complexities that always accompanies identity politics.
2. There are plenty of people I know who identify as Italian-American, French-American, German-American, Greek-American and so on. However I am talking about the prevalent white society in America which can exclude and include those identities by turn. You are allowed to identify however you want and form a community around it but that's up to you to find. Part of the reason we have kept our identity is because we fought to keep it, we fought to have it – and by we I mean all marginalized groups that name themselves instead of being named by the dominant group. I have no issue with someone identifying however they wish but I think you also have to be able to articulate why you are identifying that way, is it a form of resistance? A form of community? A reactionary measure?
If we're gonna go back in history we can also say that your African ancestors enslaved my African ancestors. Which is not to say you are responsible for your ancestors actions but it is to say that that act and the repercussions have much more effect in the modern day than the fact that millions of years ago our ancestors came from the same place. This shared ancestry does not protect me from attacks about only being in school because of affirmative action (despite the fact that the largest group helped by affirmative action is white women which is deliberately left out of most conversations about it), it doesn't mean that the KKK don't still have a burned out crosses all over the midwest, doesn't save the lives of Vincent Chin, Gwen Araujo, Amadou Diallo, Mia Zapata, and the many many more who were killed in reaction to their gender, race, sex and other marginalized positions. This argument would have weight if everyone was treated similarly but we are not and thus it's just about ignoring that for the comfort of the status quo. It's the same argument in terms of sex just because we all start of a female within the womb does not lessen the attacks on women and the sexism prevalent in our society.
3. I don't like to play oppression olympics, saying one oppression is worse or better than another. You being a woman has affected your life in a multitude of ways and it's fine to talk about that and critique it. In fact it's awesome to do so but that doesn't do anything to devalue my life as a black man in America. It doesn't change the fact that I have a lot to fear from police and courts, that though the majority of crimes are committed by white people the majority of people in jail are People of Color, that I can still get denied a job or paid less on the basis of my skin (just as you can because off your sex). It also ignores that some people are both black and women and that the way they experience the world is different from both of us despite some commonalities. Saying we're all the same changes none of this and does nothing but ignore all of the problems. In what universe has ignoring a problem ever made it better? Talking about it is what I do, you can react to your marginalized position in whatever way you choose. I personally choose to speak out when I see it and that has nothing to do with your identity representation.
Yes we were both outcast in Middle school but the reasons we were outcasts were very different and just because we share the same marginalized space aand came together for support does not mean our oppressions are the same. I wouldn't try to tell you about the way you were treated in that situation but I doubt you got called the n-word like I did and called a woman as a way to attack my gender representation especially in reaction my being black which has different masculinity expectations than white masculinity. You were ostracized for different reasons (whatever you know/believe them to be) and we shared a group that doesn't mean the attacks against us were the same. It also doesn't mean one was worse than the other.
I don't believe that what I've put forward is a fight about differences. I am reacting to what I see as a problematic representation of racial harmony that harms us all and for me to just let that go would be so much more of an issue than talking about it. It is a critique of a show that I love. I always critique things I love and I've actually posted about things that I love and why they are problematic before. I do this because I want what I love to be better, I don't want to have to see stereotypical images or my identity being erased.
The problem with not talking about our differences is that it silences marginalized groups. Instead of the attack being part of a larger framework of institutionalized and often approved racism/sexism/heterosexism/classism it becomes an attack of one person on another and ignores the forces that shape why the attack happened and the way the media portrays the attack. Talking about our differences does not mean we don't talk about the things we have in common but I'm not ready to stop taking about the things that happen to me specifically because of the confluences of my identity.
Lauren | November 3, 2009 at 11:20 am | Reply
Naamen, I love you for dismantling the power structures in Glee. I was also enraged and in fuzzy slippers. "it doesn't matter that [diva girl] is Jewish, or that [stupid jock boy] can't tell his rights from his lefts" as if those are somehow comparable. Hey! you experience systemic oppression based on your gender/sex/ethnicity/queerness/ability? wow, that really sucks! yeah I feel you, I mean I can do this taco-thing with my tongue, and man is it rough out there for me and my rolly- tongued brethren.
naamenblog | November 3, 2009 at 1:38 pm | Reply
Lauren!
Yeah, the jock thing in particular really annoyed me. What the hell was that all about? As if the failing of our education system doesn't effect everyone and doesn't play into the hierarchies we already have to deal with?
And the Jewish thing was weird because Rachel is the one who's caught anti-Semitic comments from folks in the show and it's her specifically that Will says it about. I'm like what? It sure matters when kids say she should be sterilized and so on.
I ❤ the taco tongue comparison, it is so hard to have that ability. I just heard of a bar of tongue-rollers being raided by the police. It's JUST like queerness and stonewall!
bankuei | November 3, 2009 at 11:27 pm | Reply
If your bike got stolen, and the thief gave it to someone else, and you find the new guy who has your bike, and you ask for it back (and you have proof that it's yours, etc.) and the person withholds it from you, KNOWING that it's stolen, are they in the right? Someone has your belongings, they know belong to you, and they're holding onto it.
And are they actually innocent if they get nervous and shifty about the topic of bikes in general and then try to change the topic whenever it comes up?
That's what I think of when I think of Kumbayah/ colorblindness/ postracial evasiveness.
This whole "Let's all get along" isn't based in a real desire for peace – it's about not having the stolen property returned… and looking at who the thieves are, and who are the people who get free stuff for looking the other way.
I agree and thank you for your input.
Of note, I did not say that -isms were not present in the military. I said that a military team, in the heat of combat, is concerned with other more pressing matters than sexism or racism.
I will respond to one thing that I feel is vitally important to progression and something that I personally feel has gotten extremely out of hand. You said that if we are going to go back in history then we can say that my ancestors enslaved yours. You don't know my lineage. You don't know my ancestry. To make a blanket assumption that because I am white and you are black that my ancestors enslaved yours is unmerited. I know you had previously said that attacking intelligence is not advisable for a white person to do when discussing racism, so know that I understand that you are extremely intelligent. Your comment, however, shows a level of ignorance that I did not expect from you. My ancestors were a little busy being persecuted and enslaved by the British. And on the other side, they were a little busy being slaughtered by the Germans. I know my lineage back to 1088 and guess what… no black slaves. My white ancestors were slaves. Anglo-Saxon Protestant Americans were not the only slave owners in history. Your ancestors may have come to America as a slave. Mine came to escape slavery.
Now, yes… In America, slavery has left our nation still devastatingly unequal and the -isms are by no means gone or eradicated. If anything, they are getting worse by our pretense of equality. All I am saying is not to be so quick to judge another persons intentions just because we are not a person of color. Not every one of us is blind. I am not denying that inequality exists. I never have.
naamenblog | November 12, 2009 at 9:12 am | Reply
My point with the ancestry thing is it doesn't matter. Although there was slavery of Africans throughout Europe for quite a while as well we simply tend to forget that because we live in America however I trust your own research on your family. My main point is that you as a white person profit off of racism in the same way that I as a man profit off of sexism. No matter what we say or how we act we benefit from the subjugation of others that are not us because of the way our society is set up. Unless we are aware of that privilege and continue to examine it throughout our life we are part of the problem not the solution.
Of course there are white people who are not actively racist to argue otherwise would be ludicrous two of my best friends in the world are white BUT they still understand that the racist melange of America has a subconscious effect on their interactions that they have to actively confront everyday in the same way I have to actively confront the sexism that's been ingrained in me through simply being raised in Western society and too pretend that that doesn't crop up in our media especially over and over does no one any good. That was my point.
General Leo Fensive | November 12, 2009 at 12:47 pm | Reply
Mary- while your ancestors may have experienced persecution, there was a shift in western culture that allowed people in your situation to become white. No, there is no monolithic "white culture" there is no real monolithic ANY culture, but because you and your ancestors could assimilate to the dominant culture, (and white skin helps that a lot) you now benefit from being read as a part of that.


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Week in brief: Stock markets rebound on renewed stimulus hopes
Finance Oct 9, 2020
Stock markets in the U.S. have rebounded this week as hopes are renewed for further economic stimulus packages.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up over 120 points, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.4% and 0.3%, respectively on Thursday. The S&P 500 has reached its highest level for over a month, topping 3450 points on Friday.
According to the Bank of America, a bullish technical analysis pattern called an inverted head and shoulders suggests that the S&P 500 could jump a further 7%. A target of 3640 points could be in play if the index can break above neckline resistance.
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The premise of further fiscal stimulus measures appears to be driving investor confidence at the moment. The House Speaker and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had a conversation regarding such measures which was tweeted by the deputy chief of staff to Nancy Pelosi.
The Speaker & Secretary Mnuchin spoke at 3:00 pm today for 40 minutes. Their conversation focused on determining whether there is any prospect of an imminent agreement on a comprehensive bill. The Secretary made clear the President's interest in reaching such an agreement. (1/2)
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Buchanan, McHale Capture USTA Boys' and Girls' 18 National Hard Court Singles Titles
Chase Buchanan of New Albany, Ohio, and Christina McHale of Englewood Cliffs, N.J., captured the USTA Boys' and Girls' 18s National Hard Court Championship singles titles on Sunday, earning them wild-card entries into the men's and women's main singles draws at the 2009 US Open.
The nation's top junior tennis players competed in eight USTA National Championships across the country last week. The singles and doubles champions at the USTA Boys' and Girls' 18s events are traditionally awarded wild-card entries into the main draw of the US Open. The singles runners-up in the USTA Boys' and Girls' 18s divisions are typically offered wild cards into the qualifying draw.
Buchanan, an 18-year-old who plays for Ohio State University, entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed and defeated 18-year-old Ryan Lipman of Nashville, Tenn., 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, in the best-of-five-set final in Kalamazoo, Mich. Buchanan won the USTA Boys' 18s doubles title at Kalamazoo last year, earning him a wild card into men's doubles at the 2008 US Open.
McHale, 17, defeated 18-year-old Lauren Embree of Marco Island, Fla., 6-0, 6-1, in the USTA Girls' 18s final at the Berkeley Tennis Club in Berkeley, Calif., and teamed with 18-year-old Asia Muhammad of Henderson, Nev., to complete the first sweep of the USTA Girls' 18s National Championships since Kristen Schlukebir accomplished the feat in 2000. McHale, the tournament's No. 3 seed, will make her second appearance at a Grand Slam this year. She also competed in the 2009 Australian Open after winning a USTA wild-card playoff.
Highlights from other USTA National Hard Court Championships include:
Lauren Davis, 15, of Gates Mills, Ohio, won the USTA Girls' 16s National Championship in San Diego for the second consecutive year, defeating Chanelle Van Nguyen of Coconut Grove, Fla., 6-0, 6-4.
Henrik Wiersholm, 12, of Kirkland, Wash., swept the singles and doubles titles at the USTA Boys' 12s National Championships held in North Little Rock, Ark. Wiersholm defeated Spencer Furman, 7-5, 5-7, 7-6, in the final. He dropped only one set in seven matches and partnered with Cameron Klinger to win the doubles title.
Kenadi Hance, 12, of Torrance, Calif., swept the singles and doubles titles at the USTA Girls' 12s National Championships held in Alpharetta, Ga. Hance, seeded No. 2, defeated her doubles partner, Carolyn Xie of San Diego, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, in the final.
Below is the complete list of championship results from last week's USTA National Championships. The complete draws are available on www.usta.com.
USTA Boys' 18s National Hard Court Championships
Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Mich., Aug. 7-16
Singles: (2) Chase Buchanan, New Albany, Ohio, d. (8) Ryan Lipman, Nashville, Tenn., 6-2, 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles: (1) Daniel Nguyen, Oxnard, Calif., and JT Sundling, Thousand Oaks, Calif., d. (8) Sekou Coker Bangoura, Bradenton, Fla.., and Nathan Pasha, Atlanta, 7-6(2), 6-3.
USTA Girls' 18s National Hard Court Championships
The Berkeley Tennis Club, Berkeley, Calif., Aug. 9-16
Singles: (3) Christina McHale, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., d. (4) Lauren Embree, Marco Island, Fla., 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles: (1) Christina McHale, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and Asia Muhammad, Henderson, Nev., d. (3) Kristie Ahn, Upper Saddle River, N.J., and Courtney Dolehide, Hinsdale, Ill., 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
Singles: (8) Gonzales Austin, Miami, d. (1) Jack Sock, Lincoln, Neb., 3-6, 7-5, 6-0.
Doubles: (15) Nick Chappell, Indianapolis, and Marcos Giron, Thousand Oaks, Calif., d. (2) Emmett Egger, Issaquah, Wash., and Shane Vinsant, Keller, Texas, 6-2, 6-2.
Barnes Tennis Center, San Diego, Calif., Aug. 9-16
Singles: (1) Lauren Davis, Gates Mills, Ohio, d. (10) Chanelle Van Nguyen, Coconut Grove, Fla., 6-0, 6-4.
Doubles: (2) Whitney Kay, Alpharetta, Ga., and Megan Kurey, Alpharetta, Ga., d. (3) Lauren Davis, Gates Mills, Ohio, and Nicole Flower, Columbus, Ohio, 6-2, 6-3.
McFarlin Tennis Center, San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 9-16
Singles: (6) Jake Albo, Plantation, Fla., d. (4) Gregory Garcia, Poway, Calif., 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles: (1) Drew Dawson, Irvine, Calif., and Gregory Garcia, Poway, Calif., d. (3) Yale Goldberg, Beachwood, Ohio, and Ronnie Schneider, Bloomington, Ind., 6-3, 6-2.
Peachtree City Tennis Center, Peachtree City, Ga., Aug. 8-15
Singles: (17) Hayley Carter, Hilton Head Island, S.C., d. (9) Christina Makarova, San Diego, 7-5, 6-1.
Doubles: (2) Gabrielle Andrews, Pomona, Calif., and Katrine Steffensen, Scarsdale, N.Y., d. (5) Laura Patterson, Roswell, Ga., and Peggy Porter, Dallas, 6-1, 6-3.
Burns Park Tennis Center, North Little Rock, Ark., Aug 8-14
Singles: (3) Henrik Wiersholm, Kirkland, Wash., d. (6) Spencer Furman, Woodinville, Wash., 7-5, 5-7, 7-6.
Doubles: (3) Cameron Klinger, San Jose, Calif., and Henrik Wiersholm, Kirkland, Wash., d. (4) Tommy Paul, Greenville, N.C., and Kenneth Tao, San Jose, Calif., 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
Windward Lake Club, Alpharetta, Ga., Aug 8-14
Singles: (2) Kenadi Hance, Torrance, Calif., d. (6) Carolyn Xie, San Diego, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0.
Doubles: (1) Kenadi Hance, Torrance, Calif., and Carolyn Xie, San Diego, d. (9) Lauren Fishbein, Livingston, N.J., and Anna Ulyashchenko, Brooklyn, N.Y., 7-6(9), 6-2.


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Glucose Shortens the Life Span of C. elegans by Downregulating DAF-16/FOXO Activity and Aquaporin Gene Expression
Seung Jae Lee, Coleen T. Murphy, Cynthia Kenyon
Many studies have addressed the effect of dietary glycemic index on obesity and diabetes, but little is known about its effect on life span itself. We found that adding a small amount of glucose to the medium (2%) shortened the life span of C. elegans by inhibiting the activities of life span-extending transcription factors that are also inhibited by insulin signaling: the FOXO family member DAF-16 and the heat shock factor HSF-1. This effect involved the downregulation of an aquaporin glycerol channel, aqp-1. We show that changes in glycerol metabolism are likely to underlie the life span-shortening effect of glucose and that aqp-1 may act cell nonautonomously as a feedback regulator in the insulin/IGF-1-signaling pathway. Insulin downregulates similar glycerol channels in mammals, suggesting that this glucose-responsive pathway might be conserved evolutionarily. Together, these findings raise the possibility that a low-sugar diet might have beneficial effects on life span in higher organisms.
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Lee, S. J., Murphy, C. T., & Kenyon, C. (2009). Glucose Shortens the Life Span of C. elegans by Downregulating DAF-16/FOXO Activity and Aquaporin Gene Expression. Cell Metabolism, 10(5), 379-391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2009.10.003
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The establishment has gone bonkers. The government is announcing a new policy to deal with "disorder" every day, magistrates are being advised to ignore the usual sentencing rules when dealing with riot related defendants and now a judge has put two young guys away for four years each over stuff they put on facebook, inviting rather than inciting people to riot. Nobody turned up for the riot but the guys still got four years.
I told a criminal barrister last night what I thought I had heard on the radio and she was sure I had misheard. She actually convinced me for a while that I must have misheard.
Looking at most of today's front pages would also lead people to suspect that the belief that a 20 year old and a 22 year old had both been sentenced to 4 years in prison for what they posted on facebook was erroneous. Only two papers had the story on their front pages and they were The Times and the little i. I find that more shocking than the sentences themselves.
This Ian Bone chap puts it all much better than me. And on the riots more generally and the establishment responses to them, Mike Marqusee has a very useful article on his own site.


Each of the ornaments in our collection are finely detailed to capture what makes each lighthouse special. Some lighthouses are made of cast iron, similar to the Porstmouth Harbor Lighthouse, others are made out of hand cut granite block, similar to the Boston Light in Boston Harbor are captured in our Christmas ornaments. These pewter ornaments are wonderful souvenirs for any occasion. They make great birthday, Christmas, or just because gifts.
We have captured lighthouses as far south as Brant Point on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts and as far north as Portland Headlight in Portland, Maine. Lighthouses of MA, NH, and ME are captured in pewter to be enjoyed for many generations to come. Most can be personalized with engraving to add to the individual charm.
Collect your favorites or of the ones you have visited. Don't see it maybe we don't know about it. Send us and email at hpgifts@hampshirepewter.com and we will look into trying to add it to the collection.


Don't expect anymore significant updates for the N8. Belle will have been the last one. You might get a couple of minor bug fixes but don't hold your breath.
What annoys me the most is that Nokia haven't bothered to enhance the camera app much and still only has the same basic functions from when it was first released (apart from adding 30fps video recording). My Samsung Galaxy S has just had an update to it's camera that allows still photos to be taken while recording a video. It's also got a lot more scene modes by default plus panorama and special effects built in. You have to install third party software on the N8 if you want these extra features.
Thing is, since I got an Android phone I couldn't be bothered with my N8 anymore. That's why it's used mostly as a bedside clock. If my Android phone had a similar app to Nokia's Sleeping Screen I'd turn off the N8 for good and put it in a draw out of the way.
The best Nokia I have ever used. Can multi-task between applications which saves a lot of time.
Odinwa, 23 Apr 2012Is dis fone beta dan N78? Pls sum1 ansa me.n8 is greate, that's all!
Buying the n8 today...its like n old rolls royce so nice looking...good battery life...aneriod is there on all phones battery drainer...nokia sysbiam software is simple and user freindly.
Its looks so strong n sturdy!!!
Came on, just utilize it as what it capabale to do so..it has plenty of opportunity of functions. Not only become alarm clock.
AnonD-51639, 22 Apr 2012pls tell me how many days getting battery back up????????????? One day of heavy usage.
Gold, 23 Apr 2012Have N-8 since Jan 2011, and installed Belle software. Its working great. Superb camera, navig... morehave been using mine since oct 2010 and in The beginning It was just crap except the camera and now with belle It is very good,testing the latest leak of coming Fw and It is amazing.Nokia is very good at updating their phones.
father of this mobile coming soon nokia 808 pure view 41 megapixels!!!!!!!!
hello everybody just got my hands on this superb phne! :D itas almost 3:00 am here at philippines still wont sleep updating to belle,,hope my internet connection wont get in the way :) superb phone. iloveN*!it Rocks!
Have N-8 since Jan 2011, and installed Belle software. Its working great. Superb camera, navigation and battery life.
guru, 23 Apr 2012Confused between iphone 3 and n8 both great phones in their own light....sick n tired of anero... moreHaving used both I would go with the N8 over the Iphone 3GS, particularly because of its superior camera among other personal preferences.
But just something to consider, I also use an Iphone 4S on a regular basis and I see it as a better all-round experience. If possible you may want to put out a little extra cash and get the Iphone 4S, you will not regret it.
Is dis fone beta dan N78? Pls sum1 ansa me.
I have a nokia n8 and installed Belle. it is working superbly for me.
It is really a different experience and give much more performance objectives.


In little over three months, those who opted for a university degree as a part of their training will end their academic year. Many of them will have their first work experience as a part of a highly-qualified staff this very year. Hence, this is the perfect time to know which profiles are most in-demand in Spain in 2019. This information should be also of great interest for those professionals who want to go a step further in their career.
In its XIV Informe Los + Buscados report, Grupo Adecco's middle and executive-level management consultancy firm Spring Professional, points out that the common denominator of talent many companies are currently competing to attract is "being strategic for their sectors". But that's not the only requirement. The mutating nature of the economic environment leads companies to bet strongly on recruiting multidisciplinary professional profiles, highly-versatile, endowed with great analytical skills, result-oriented, with a strategic vision, proactive and adaptive to changes. Of course, English is a must, and candidates speaking a further foreign language have a bigger chance of success in selection processes and later during their professional career.
In this sense, the degrees and profiles companies demand the most are those linked to new technologies, especially those related to IT and telecommunications. That's why, as reflected in the labour market report by Spring Professional, throughout this year it will be a common occurrence to see attractive offers in job sites and headhunting platforms for cloud specialists; information security officers; FrontEnd developers; or Big Data Architects, among others.
In addition, attraction of the best talent will be also happening within classic areas of companies, which also require new members with extensive training in technology and a high degree of innovation: engineering and finance departments.
Those who have chosen degrees in the field of engineering should be aware that electricity and mechanical specialties are the most demanded professional profiles, mainly in the energy industry. With regard to experience, the ideal situation is to have a minimum 5-year experience in similar positions, as well as being very familiar with design, calculation and computer programming software.
People in charge of implementing these measures in order to improve processes in terms of cost reduction and productivity enhancement are the most demanded engineering profiles in 2019. For this position, organizations require graduates in technical and higher engineering, with a Black Belt-Six Sigma certification, broad knowledge of English and a minimum 5-year experience in operational continuous improvement positions.
Energy storage and microgrid engineer: in addition to having a diploma in Engineering, the most valued candidates are those with a master in renewable energies and experience in microgrid designing.
Modular construction manager: professionals with a degree in Architecture or Technical Architecture, an experience of between 2 and 4 years as a construction manager and proven ability in team management.
Management control analyst: the ideal candidate is a graduate in Business Administration, Economic Sciences or similar, with a deep knowledge of English and Office applications. Recruiters also appreciate that candidates have taken a master degree in finance or a MBA. As for professional experience in a similar position, the minimum required is 3 years, being a plus if it was in the fields of consultancy or auditing.
Cost controller: In the Spanish labour market they enjoy a high level of employability. Companies usually look for graduates in Accounting and Finance with excellent knowledge of SAP or Excel, proficient level in English and 2 or 3 years of experience.
International Financial Controller: candidates must have a degree in Business Administration or Economic Sciences, command of the New General Accounting Plan and a B2 level in English.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO): undoubtedly, the most demanded profile in financial departments. With a level of studies similar to the aforementioned three, candidates must have a minimum experience of 10 years in positions requiring a comprehensive approach to finances within an organization.
In this battle for talent attraction, the agility of the labour market makes companies pay special attention to their own profiles as employers. It's essential that they're aware of the main motivations that would lead a candidate to choose them in a "multiple offer" situation, and in some cases include them in their Employee Value Proposition. In this sense, the report World's Most Attractive Employers 2018 reflects that the features young talents appreciate the most are training plans and the chances for professional development, besides the prospect of future remuneration. But those are not the only factors. Corporate social responsibility policies are gaining momentum, particularly the commitment of organizations to environmental protection.


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A Piece of Canada now in Pasig City With the Opening of Two New Tim HortonsⓇ Restaurants
Tim Hortons Philippines proudly launched their two new Pasig City restaurants located at Estancia Mall in Capitol Commons and the L&Y Plaza. These two store openings came on the heels of celebrating the brand's second anniversary in the country early this year. In two years, the fast-growing Tim Hortons Philippines has successfully increased their presence nationwide to 33 restaurants.
"We are very excited and delighted to finally open our new restaurants. We strongly believe in the Tim Hortons brand and want to bring the taste of Canada to Pasig City." said Stephanie Guerrero, Marketing Director at Tim Hortons® Philippines.
True to its goal to "make your day good," the two restaurants are now ready to serve the busy residents of Pasig City with their famous Tim Hortons Double Double, wraps, signature donuts, and Timbits. It is the perfect way to jumpstart everyone's day or take a break from their hectic workday.
Canada's iconic and popular restaurant chain set up their first shop in the Philippines in 2017 at Uptown Mall, Bonifacio Global City. Since then, they have expanded their operations as far north as Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City and as far south as Tambo, Parañaque. On its third year, Tim Hortons Philippines is poised to keep the momentum going by opening more restaurants and embarking on leading-edge innovations.
Tim Hortons has been offering premium coffee, freshly baked goods, delicious sandwiches and wraps, and other food products since 1964. For more information and updates about Tim Hortons Philippines' new products and offerings, you may visit www.timhortons.ph or follow them on facebook @TimHortonsPhilippines and Instagram @timhortonsph


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Discover Patients at Risk Physician Advocacy Part 1: Making a difference for patients and the profession
Physician Advocacy Part 1: Making a difference for patients and the profession
Physicians are usually so busy taking care of patients that we sometimes ignore the political aspects of healthcare, leaving the decisions to legislators and policymakers, many of whom do not truly understand what it is like to deliver medical trenches in the trenches. Unfortunately, the old adage, "if you're not at the table, you're on the table," is nowhere truer than in the healthcare legislative process.
Today, I am joined by two experts to help us understand how physicians can be effectively involved in advocacy for our patients and for our profession.
Dr. Purvi Parikh is an allergist and immunologist practicing in New York who has been involved in political advocacy since she was a medical student. She is also a fellow board member of Physicians for Patient Protection.
Linda Lambert served as the executive director for the New York chapter of the American College of Physicians for over 20 years and has spent the last several years of her pseudo-retirement helping Physicians for Patient Protection build our organization.
Responding to EM:RAP and the use of NPPs in the ER
Exposing mistruths in the AANP's rebuttal to PPP - Part 2
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Patients at risk when hospitals replace physicians with NPs: Attorney Travis Dunn Part 2
Patients at risk when hospitals replace physicians with NPs: Attorney Travis Dunn (Part 1)
What's driving physicians into early retirement?
Primary care: So easy anyone can do it?
Midlevel Malpractice with Attorney Robert Painter
Truth and Transparency: Reviewing New Jersey's Health Care Transparency Act
Board recertification: A double standard for physicians?
Betty's Story Part 2: A father's plea for NP accountability after the death of his daughter
Betty's Story Part 1: 7-yr old dies just hours after evaluation by pediatric NP
Physicians in Politics Part 2: MD-JD explains why doctors must get involved - and announces his run for Congress
Physicians in politics: MD-JD discusses why doctors must get involved - Part 1
The High Cost of Healthcare with Marion Mass: Part 2
The High Cost of Health Care with Marion Mass: Part 1
Physician Advocacy Part 2: Lessons from the nursing profession
Physician assistant and former-PA-turned-physician discuss the state of the profession
The impact of corporate medicine on physician moral injury
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD


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The Hidden Liverpool Conversaton series launches on the 27th November with 'Reusing our Heritage; Communities Leading the Way'. The event explores how local people have led or are leading fantastic schemes that have resulted in empty buildings being brought back into use.
The first in the three part conversaion series offers an opportunity to engage with discussions about reusing empty buildings, the opportunities and benefits for the city and the challenges faced by those leading on their restoration.
The event will showcase three examples of local projects that have seen hidden gems brought back into use for local communtities. The panel will comprise of guest speakers from Homebaked, Anfield, The Florrie, Toxteth and Everton Library 'Jewel on the Hill' Project. Speakers will talk about their approaches to bringing buildings back into use, sharing their ideas and experience. There will also be opportunity for questions from the floor to the panel, for further discussion on the presentations and opportunity for the audience to share their own experiences.
The event will be held in the Florrie, itself a wonderful building brought back to life in a campaign led by local people. The Florrie has limited parking and there is free parking on nearby streets.
Registration is at 3.45pm, with speakers and discussion from 4.00pm-6.00pm. There will be opportunity for networking and further informal discussion from 6.00pm-7.30pm. Tea and coffee will be provided before and after the speakers and discussion.
The venue address is 337 Mill Street, Liverpool, L8 4RF.
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The presenters will be talking about the following fantastic Liverpool projects:
Homebaked, Anfield
Anfield lost its independent bakery in 2010. Mitchell's was an Anfield institution for a hundred years – a local landmark, and a family business with a strong sense of social responsibility. Homebaked is an independent Community Land Trust and Bakery established through 2Up 2Down, a Liverpool Biennial project, with support from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Arts Council England and Liverpool City Council. Home baked is a community bakery project, re-opening the historic Mitchells bakery, opposite Liverpool football club. More than just a bakery business, Homebaked will offer training and job opportunities for people from the area, Homebaked will house a production and training kitchen, a traditional bakery shop front, a couple of tables to sit and have a coffee with your cake, and a hatch to serve food straight onto the street on match days.
The Florrie, Toxteth
Since the Florrie was first established in 1889 it was to play a vital role in many people's lives as the first known purpose built boys club in the country. The Florrie was built in memorial to Bernard Hall's (founder) daughter Florence who died at the untimely age of 22 in Paris. As Bernard was a former Mayor of Liverpool and Magistrate he knew the hardship faced within this tough south dock side area. In particular his focus was to provide a place of recreation and instruction to the poor and working lads of the area.
The Florrie was identified as a Building at Risk and was featured in the Liverpool Echo's successful Stop The Rot Campaign. It was in 2005 that The Florence Institute Trust was formed. The Trust embarked on the daunting task of restoring The Florrie with strength and dedication and has been able to witness the rewards of their efforts as a stunningly restored Florrie opened her doors once again on 1st April 2012.
Everton Library St Domingo Rd, Everton
Heritage Works Buildings Preservation Trust in partnership with Hope Street Ltd and Liverpool City Council has received initial support including £284,400 development funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the 'Jewel on the Hill' project, to help progress detailed plans towards the application for a full grant.
This funding will allow a development stage to run from July 2012 until Autumn 2013 when the full grant application will be submitted and other matched funding sought towards what will be a £5 million project. If all is successful the building will be fully back in use by Autumn 2016.
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