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Analysis on Chimamanda Adichie's speech on women in Pre-colonial Igbo culture
Ides Ofune 2nd August 2019 0 COMMENTS
Chimamanda Adichie was a keynote speaker at the 2018 Igbo conference where she gave a deep insight into Igbo women in precolonial Igbo culture.
I found it very enlightening and interesting. I was indeed inspired! Here is what I gleaned and my conclusion:
Culture is used as a silencing tool in Nigeria. For example, when Nigerians say it's not African culture for women to dress indecently, she says when she looks the pictures of southern Nigerian women in precolonial and colonial Africa, they were almost naked. Ironic right? Culture is therefore contested and contentious that is why history is very important. If culture can be used as a silencing tool, it could also be used as a de-silencing tool. People make culture and can remake it. Culture changes. It shouldn't be static.
She was surprised that when her paternal grandmother was not buried in her husband's hometown but her own. Personally, I say that's why it's always enlightening to take cognizance of cultures other than yours before forming opinions or taking a stance. It's also important for us to tell our stories for us to see the diverse in Nigeria. So that when one speaks about Nigerian or African culture, one can ask, which one of them? For example, in my home town, women are not buried in their husband's villages but where they are originally from. For example, since I am from Ekpoma in Edo state but married to a man from Delta state, I wouldn't be buried in Delta but originally where I am from if we were to follow culture.
The best African archives are found in YALE University USA, and not in any African university – surprising right? If you need to do an in-depth study in African culture and collection, you might just have to travel to the United States of America. Our history is oral, colonialism was fraught with violence, education and Christianity came hand in hand and the first set of Africans who had western education were Christians. Because of this background, the first set of educated Africans were cut off from their traditions and indigenous religions. We know our culture was demonised and termed barbaric. Subsequently, most of the people documenting historical Igbo culture were not the Igbos themselves but foreigners who had of course their own agenda and could interpret it the way they perceive.
Colonialism changed the original culture. For example, when colonialists arrived in Igbo land, it was the Victorian era where British women did not have property rights in the UK and didn't own properties themselves. In the UK, women were supposed to stay at home as housewives, were protected and not seen as autonomous beings who could make decisions about their own lives. Igbo women on the other hand were traders, could own properties and wielded power. According to Chimamanda, this was understandably alarming to many of the British colonialists and explained many of the changes that subsequently took place in Igbo land.
For example, there was the "Omu" which was translated as queen but not correct. Actually, the position had its own authority. The person was neither the wife of the King nor related to him. It was a position that was keenly contested and was open to any woman who had acquired wealth from trading. At that time, women were the exclusive traders in Onitsha market. No trading could begin until the Omu, a woman arrived in the market. Then, there was the married women associations who judged disputes between men and women. If men were found to be at fault, these women groups punished the man and used a system translated loosely as "sitting on a man". The system involved singing and dancing in front of the man's compound sometimes at night. They sang scurrilous songs detailing his wrongs and calling his manhood into question, banging on his hut with pestles, perhaps demolishing or plastering it with mud. When the British established warrant chiefs, this system of sitting on a man which the misogynistic British society found appalling was outlawed and became a punishable crime. Women were no longer selected in important positions.
Furthermore, the British observed that Igbo women traversed the country trading in palm oil and ivory displaying "surprising intelligence." What we learned was that women were economic decision makers and were in the position to acquire wealth. The major economic activities were farming and also trading. Farming was gendered – men farmed the yams while women did cassavas and vegetables – we learned that from Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Women grew what was actually eaten which gave them enormous power. It was the Colonial British authorities who, imitating their Victorian society, ruled that women could no longer own properties. Wealthy women had no choice but to register their properties in the name of their sons and husbands who then gained titles.
Another thing I found interesting was when she told a story of how she was greeted in the traditional Igbo men greeting by a man when she was honored in Nigeria – if you are Nigerian, you know the way Igbo men shake hands. She said she felt hallowed that she had been let into this special place. She questioned why the greeting was only for men and would have been better if it was for those who had achieved wealth. (Very elitist of Chimamanda!) My immediate response was why? Firstly, why should something that men created for themselves become a problem for women? From my experience, men don't find any problem when they are excluded from women associations. The Omu system she talked about, Igbo men did not find problems with it neither did they seek to be included because they understood it was strictly for women.
In Nigerian religious organisations for example, we always have separate celebratory days for men and women. Women also have monthly or weekly meetings and it's usually only for married women. In addition, there are several "women-only" cultural and religious associations with their August meetings etc. I don't see men clamouring to be included in these associations or cry discrimination when they are excluded. Why should women complain or cry foul when men have their own special clubs or associations? In my opinion, even though these men associations are more powerful, women should aspire to elevate these associations to a level of power or prestige similar to those of men. I am not asking for a strictly gendered society but even I as a woman know that there are some associations and gatherings that can only cater to my feminine needs. I need an only women space where women could be comfortable enough to discuss our collective challenges, needs, issues and wants. I won't begrudge men when they seek to do the same for themselves. And I am also elated to know that societies in Nigeria have always created different spaces for men and women where they could thrive.
Chimamanda Adichie concluded by saying that in precolonial Igbo society, men and women were not technically equal because men still wielded more power. Power was more diffused between men and women in the larger society. She says history can inspire and indeed, I have been inspired. It's surprising how we reach different conclusions after learning about history. I find deep discomfort in feminism and my discomfort comes from a cultural DNA. My discomfort with the western feminism comes history and observations growing up in the Niger Delta Area of Nigeria. There, women were hardworking, and have property rights. In short, it is known all over Nigeria that women from the Niger Delta are equal in strength and handwork to men.
I sincerely believe in Africa even with all the problems. I understand that there were many parts of our culture that needed to be done away with – killing of twins etc. Unfortunately, we have also thrown away the baby with the bath water. The great aspects of our culture have been denigrated because the colonialists told us they were barbaric and inferior. Ironically, the so called inferior culture is what has been revived in other places and sold as "rights" and advanced as civilised. Actions that we historically already practiced. I believe we have so much untapped potential that can solve the world's greatest challenges. We only need to rediscover who we truly were before we were told how to 'act' by colonialists. I have used my platform and my voice to champion this cause especially as women are most likely to be entrepreneurs in Africa than anywhere else in the world.
As I conclude, women shouldn't always place the blame of imbalance squarely on the shoulders of men as if we don't have any form of agency. For example, in Nigeria, we don't really have the problem of gender pay gap that happens in western societies. Our challenges as African women are peculiar and unique so feminism as currently conceived and practiced would not solve them. Furthermore, as Africans, we should correct the often dominant negative narrative not by dispelling it but by putting it in proper perspective. If we don't know who we truly are, how can we begin to even implement changes? We wouldn't even know where to start and it's one of the reasons why we still struggle. To move forward in a positive light, we need to have a strong sense of identity steeply rooted in both precolonial and post-colonial culture.
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Jesus, Judas and Che Guevara
EDITORIAL, 20 Apr 2009
#59 | Prof. Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service
There is an exercise called Western Civilization, and a dramatic narrative at the center of that exercise with two persons in the key roles, Jesus and Judas. Easter times, now, are here to remind us of the drama.
The outer events, delivered through the millennia, by Mark in the 70s, Matthew in the 80s, then Luke, and then John around 95, are clear and simple. Jesus was with his disciples in Gethsemane, he was kissed/marked by Judas Iscariot, apprehended by the Roman soldier, and handed over to the representative of the Supreme Power of this world, at that time and that place, Pontius Pilate of the Roman Empire. And The Passion unfolded.
So much for the outer behavior. How about their attitudes in the drama? What went on inside them?
Mark-Matthew-Luke-John coincide–or are canonical because they coincide: Jesus was predestined by his Father, the Supreme Power in Heaven, to die for the sins of humanity–that not very successful experiment started by God–and through his death opening the gates to heaven, provided they believe in this ultimate atonement by representation, a second window generously opened by the Father (John 3:16). The only problem for the soldiers, whom to apprehend, was solved by the Act of Infamy, the Judas kiss, made redundant by Jesus saying "I am the one". Gethsemane, Kiss and Apprehension are then followed by Golgotha, Crucifixion, Burial and Ascension. Drama indeed.
Enters the Judas Gospel, around 150?, unearthed some years ago. Painstakingly restored (Der Spiegel, 11 April 2009, has the details). What is so fascinating is how the same behavior gets a totally new meaning by weaving them together with another story of their inner lives. Duhem-Poincaré; the theory manifold.
Far from being the traitor Judas was the favorite disciple, invited by Jesus to join the eternal bliss of 72 heavens and an army of jubilant angels, if only the soul could be liberated from the human body keeping it prisoner. Judas was the helper in the process, not the traitor. The kiss was not false, but the kiss of deep friendship (also homosexual?). The suffering was not for our, but for his own salvation. Gone is suffering for salvation by representation, gone is suffering of the Father losing his only Son; probably now awaiting arrival and reunion.
Gone is Christianity? Depends on the gospel's weight. Bishop Irenaeus of Lyon (140-200?), a key gate-keeper for the Canon, ruled around 180 that the Judas gospel is invented. It is gnostic, a part of oppositional sectarianism, apocryphal.
Imagine we shift the weight to the Judas leg, what kind of Christianity would we get? Maybe even more focus on the stark contrast between this world and the next, and on finding a cause for the sacrifice of one's body and the soul's eternal life.
A war would do the job, so would a revolution. Che Guevara of the Bolivia diaries, and the brilliant movie based on them, comes up. In an interview in the early 60s he conveyed to this author his disappointment that his respected Fidel privileged Soviet support against a US attack, and the Soviets wanted raw sugar in return for their industrial goods. Bolivia had in 1952 an agricultural reform, Che knew his continent, was not naive and probably a non-believer like the Judas gospel Jesus laughing at his disciples. Were the peasants betraying him to the Army-CIA, his Judas gospel friends releasing him from this world's trap? His half naked body, after execution, was strikingly similar to the images of the Christ, even with the bullet wounds in the right place. And as an icon his soul got eternal life.
Not a promising Christianity. But, is what we have much better, with Christ only good and Judas only bad? What is the deeper message, so deep that it survives such minor ripples on the Western waves as the Enlightenment? Maybe two messages, one carried by Jesus and one by Judas, both easily recognizable.
From Jesus: in this world we can comfort those who suffer and relieve them of some pain, and we can lash out against the pharisees and overturn their tables, like right now when their money dealing has proved somewhat excessive. But the poor will always be with us, no basic change in this world, that is for the next. We are the slaves of our imperfections. Jesus does not solve conflicts; Jesus heals the victims and scolds the perpetrators. No alternative economics there. Jesus is an archetype as a Savior, opening the gates to eternal salvation.
From Judas: he is of this world, and is also an archetype as the Traitor, opening the gates to eternal damnation through his satanic acts of treason. Of Jesus there was only one, the Christ. Of Judas there are many. As important as knowing the way to Jesus the Savior is guarding against the ways of Judas the Traitor, never mind that the drama presupposed both.
So we get churches to guide us to the Savior and security agencies to protect us against the Traitors. The more churches the more agencies, like in the USA. Take Judas away from us and you remove a half of our identity, not the narcissism of being chosen for salvation, but the paranoia of permanent insecurity. With both we can be the city-upon-a-(gated security) hill of Western megalomania, radiating security if not salvation. Never mind that somebody else may share that worldview but see the threat in New York and Washington rather than in the Hindukush.
Jesus, save this world. Judas, join Jesus. Che, stay Cuban.
Johan Galtung, a professor of peace studies, dr hc mult, is founder of TRANSCEND International and rector of TRANSCEND Peace University. He was awarded among others the 1987 Right Livelihood Award, known as the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize. Galtung has mediated in over 150 conflicts in more than 150 countries, and written more than 170 books on peace and related issues, 96 as the sole author. More than 40 have been translated to other languages, including 50 Years-100 Peace and Conflict Perspectives published by TRANSCEND University Press. His book, Transcend and Transform, was translated to 25 languages. He has published more than 1700 articles and book chapters and over 500 Editorials for TRANSCEND Media Service. More information about Prof. Galtung and all of his publications can be found at transcend.org/galtung.
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As first reported by Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer newsletter, don't expect to see Shinsuke Nakamura on the main roster anytime soon.
The Japanese Superstar is expected to remain with NXT for the near future because the brand needs a headliner for their live events. If this sounds familiar then it's probably because you remember when the company held off on Bayley's main roster debut because she was needed for the NXT shows.
Nakamura is believed to be making more than most (if not all) of the talent working in NXT so he is not hurting and fans of the NXT brand are probably happy that he is staying on the brand.
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'1883' Star Gratiela Brancusi Opens Up About Challenges of Filming Intimate Scene
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1883 is a show that features plenty of action and violence, but it's also got its fair share of romance and spice. One such scene was an intimate moment between Noemi (Gratiela Brancusi) and Thomas (LaMonica Garrett), and in a new interview, Brancusi says the scene was even more difficult to shoot than it might appear.
1883 is a prequel to Yellowstone that follows Jams and Margaret Dutton (Tim McGraw and Faith Hill) and their family as they undertake a dangerous wagon train journey West in hopes of finding a better life. Their characters are the great-great-grandparents of Dutton family patriarch John Dutton (Kevin Costner) on Yellowstone, and they will eventually establish the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch that serves as the setting for the massive hit show on Paramount Network.
Thomas is a Pinkerton agent who is traveling to help guide and protect the immigrants who comprise most of the wagon train, and Noemi is a Roma immigrant who fled slavery and persecution in Romania to seek out a better life in America's untamed West. The characters engaged in an intimate romantic scene in Episode 6 of 1883 that showed Brancusi unclothed from behind, and she tells Taste of Country that weather conditions made shooting the outdoor scene even more challenging.
"It was such a windy night," she says with a laugh. "When we got there, it was so warm, and I was like, 'Oh my god, Mother Earth is being kind to me today.' And 40 minutes later, it was all gone, and I was sorry I spoke too early."
Though she felt nervous, Brancusi adds that "everyone was so protective of me that night ... it was really the scene that I felt the most comfortable in, which is so strange. Because the idea of being naked in front of people is the thing that one is the most afraid of — and me, too. But because of how everyone was there to take care of me and protect me, it was such a generous experience."
The wind came close to ruining a take that was already well underway, however.
"In the middle of a take, we heard this sound — I can't remember who it was, but they were trying to hold this tent down because of the wind," Brancusi recalls with another laugh. "And we heard someone go, 'Oh my god!'"
She wasn't going to let that mishap stop filming.
"Because I had already dropped the dress, I just kept going," she shares. "I was like, 'I am not sacrificing this ... we made it this far, we are doing this take.'"
The scene turned out better than she had ever imagined.
"It was a really beautiful experience," she says. "I was scared of it, to be honest. But it turned out to be maybe my favorite scene."
Brancusi laughingly declined to elaborate when asked where Noemi's character arc with Thomas might lead, teasing, "You're going to have to watch."
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Our obsession with data is bigger than ever. It has led to amazing discoveries crucial in the field of scientific research. Without big data we would have never discovered the Higgs particle (a.k.a the elusive God particle).
Big data has seeped deep into every particle of society. Our behaviour as individuals and groups is constantly collected and analysed to predict our future political, social, environmental and legal actions. Minority Report (directed by Steven Spielberg in 2002) is set in a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes. A nice example how big data made it from Hollywood science fiction to everyday reality.
In our field of expertise brands and retailers also discovered the quick wins that can be gained through big data. Based on gigantic amounts of consumer data supermarkets can now predict quite accurately what will be the ideal weekend for people to plan a family BBQ. Online retailers like Zalando and ASOS use big data to guide people through the shopping process and propel them to the check out with as many items in their shopping trolley as possible. They have turned shopping analytics in a major field of study and graduated with honours in online consumer behaviour.
These brands quickly discovered that while big data is plentiful and easy to collect, the real value is in the analytics. By now we're all familiar with 'best practice' cases where we place the call-to-action above the fold and create visual cues to influence the click behaviour of the consumer. All great because big data shows us that it works. Ignoring these numbers would be like standing in the middle of a highway with earplugs in and a blindfold over our eyes.
But…in the long run we must not forget that big data is always based on previous experiences and more important: you can only measure what you can measure. In some cases this is still better than nothing. But don't make the mistake that big data gives you a deeper understanding of someone's life choices. Many things can simply not be reduced to numbers. As a matter of fact. Big data is useless when it comes to the most important things in life.
For example it cannot predict how we will react to a certain stimulus because it doesn't understand our private emotions and therefore doesn't know what kind of behaviour it triggers (positive or negative) when something reminds us of someone or something.
Because big data is fixated on the past there is a high risk that people will use it only to confirm stereotypes (Yes, Mister President!). Big data doesn't show us the unexpected and endless possibilities our future holds. People change, people learn and people grow. The only thing that is constant is change itself (Heraclitus).
Timandra Harkness (BBC journalist and author of Big Data: does size matter) says that it is easy to hide behind big data. In a way it allows people to give up their own responsibility. It is almost as if we don't trust ourselves to make the right decisions anymore and it's safer to let big data make the judgement.
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Open banking is officially rolling out in Australia, with the majors having to start producing data for a variety of products, but how else have the traditional banks used technology?
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Traditional banks have started to increase their funding into start-ups in order to take advantage of new innovations and technologies.
The challenge has been to compete against the smaller and more nimble neobanks who are able to provide customised and complete solutions to customers faster and cheaper.
The traditional banks are weighed down by legacy systems and bureaucratic processes and, for years, built products and then tried to convince customers why it was good for them.
This process is changing with banks beginning to listen to customers' needs and creating partnerships with fintechs to bring better products and solutions to the market.
Each of the big four is going about it slightly differently, but all are generally tracking towards the same goal of greater innovation.
ANZ has built the importance of tech and innovation into its strategic priorities with an aim to make banking easier for its roughly 3.7 million digital customers. Its priorities now state that it wants to "build a superior everyday experience for our people and customers to compete in the digital age".
The aim for the bank is to make digital innovation in its strategy core, with the process starting in 2018 when it introduced a new app and created a unified mobile banking application by joining Grow and goMoney into one app.
The major bank now has close to 150 digital branches across Australia, which leverages technology to improve the service. One way it states it does that is by taking personal loan application times from one hour to under 10 minutes. Digital transactions accounted for 86 per cent of its total transactions by value last year and 25 per cent of retail transactions.
NAB launched its own digital bank UBank in 2008, which has the objective to become Australia's leading digital bank. In 2018, UBank had increased customer numbers by 17 percent, and in the second half of the year, grew home lending at four times the system rates. UBank recently launched its AI assistant, Mia, which specifically helps customers with home loan application queries.
For its SME customers, NAB formed a strategic partnership with Xero to allow customers to get quicker access to funds and make payments directly via their platforms rather than the NAB internet portal.
The biggest investment to technology comes through NAB Ventures, which invests in companies and tech that address core themes to NAB, such as supporting retail customers through a cashless world. Basiq is one such investment, which is an aggregation platform for acquiring financial data. This was an open banking investment as Basiq allows fintech companies to acquire authorised financial data and develop solutions for their clients. The total fund is $108 million with 10 investments covering payments, lending, AI and data and new business models.
NAB also recently pledged $2 billion to technology industry to help companies build and grow their businesses.
One of the biggest promotions by CBA has been that it has the most downloaded banking app in Australia, with 6.7 million digital customers and more than five million logins a day. The app though is set to be relaunched to better focus on personalised experiences, including spending comparisons, benefit entitlements and credit card payment warnings.
CBA has a history of technology, launching NetBank in 1997, which became the first to deliver a bond transaction solely using blockchain in 2018. For its business clients, it has rolled out BizExpress, which allows those with a CBA account to get approval for unsecured loans under $250,000 in less than 12 minutes. Secured loans of up to $1 million are now also available on the same day, thanks to the service.
It has also collaborated with NAB and Westpac to launch and expand the Beem It payment system from retail clients to micro and small business. Unlike NAB and Westpac, though, CBA does not have an explicit venture fund but instead invests in ecosystems like home buying where it has value chain partners to enhance offerings.
CBA also has an innovation lab in both Sydney and London to help clients create technological solutions to business problems.
Westpac unveiled recently the four pillars for its digital salary, which focused on giving customers a painless digital experience and to give them greater control. It is currently going through the process of replacing aging infrastructure systems and streamlining interactions with its customers.
Westpac has one of the largest venture capital funds called Reinventure. The fund has $150 million of committed funds for investments, which covers investments in things like new business models, new technology, insights and data and AI. One of these investments is Akin, which is setting out to build a human-like AI capable of autonomously solving problems and forming relationships with humans.
Westpac also partners with bigger tech companies from its own balance sheet to create strategic partnerships, one such partnership has been with Valiant, which matches small businesses with the best business loans for their needs by vetting banks and lenders through its broking platform. Westpac also launched Co.Lab, a space for Westpac and start-ups to meet and work on joint propositions.
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Dawid Markelovitch Janowski (souvent orthographié « David »),né le  à Volkovysk, gouvernement de Grodno (alors dans l'Empire russe), mort le  à Hyères, France, est un joueur d'échecs français d'origine polonaise. Il était considéré au début du  comme l'un des meilleurs attaquants et était connu pour jouer sans se soucier de gagner ou de perdre.

Biographie et carrière

Débuts
Il est issu d'une famille judéo-polonaise de Wołkowysk de l'Empire russe (aujourd'hui en Biélorussie).

À la fin des années 1880, Janowski s'installe à Paris et commence sa carrière professionnelle aux échecs en 1894. Au Café de la Régence, il devient un joueur d'échecs redoutable.

Tournois internationaux

En 1894, Janowski participe pour la première fois à un tournoi international. À Leipzig, au neuvième congrès de l'union allemande des échecs, en 1894, il occupa la - place. Après cette date, il joua pour la France pendant 29 ans.

Parmi ses grands succès de cette époque, on note ses victoires
 à Monte-Carlo en 1901,
 à Hanovre en 1902 (treizième congrès allemand, remporté devant Pillsbury) et
 à Barmen (aujourd'hui un quartier de Wuppertal) en 1905.
Au tournoi d'Ostende de 1905, il termina second ex æquo derrière Géza Maróczy et reçut un prix de beauté pour sa partie contre Siegbert Tarrasch.

Matchs contre Lasker (1909-1910)

En 1909, il dispute un match à Paris contre Emanuel Lasker où le titre de champion du monde n'est pas en jeu. Comme celui-ci se termine par un match nul (2-2), Léo Nardus, un mécène des échecs, finance un deuxième match, à l'automne de la même année, mais Janowski le perd par le score sévère de +1 -7 =2. Malgré tout, Janowski n'est pas encore convaincu de la supériorité de Lasker et exige une revanche. Celle-ci est organisée en 1910 à Berlin en tant que championnat du monde et se termine par un désastre complet pour Janowski par +0 -8 =3. Le journaliste d'échecs Georg Marco a résumé le déroulement du match en ces mots :

Derniers tournois (après 1914)
À partir de 1914, sa force de jeu diminue en raison de ses problèmes de santé : il est atteint de tuberculose.

Lors du tournoi d'échecs de Saint-Pétersbourg 1914, Janowski finit neuvième-dixième et avant-dernier. En 1914, le congrès allemand de Mannheim fut interrompu par le déclenchement de la Première Guerre mondiale.  Janowski fut interné avec les autres participants du tournoi. Il fut relâché et rejoignit la Suisse.

De 1915 à 1925, Janwoski réside aux États-Unis. En 1916, il finit deuxième du tournoi de New York, remporté par Capablanca. En 1918, il est cinquième du tournoi de New York (victoire de Capablanca). En 1921, Janowski remporte le huitième congrès américain à Atlantic City. En 1923, il finit troisième du neuvième congrès américain à Lake Hopatcong. Au tournoi de New York en 1924, il est dernier.

Janowski meurt en 1927 à Hyères de la tuberculose.

Anecdotes
 Il jouait sans se soucier de gagner ou de perdre. Ce trait de caractère se manifestait aussi en dehors des échecs. C'est ainsi qu'il perdit à la roulette en un rien de temps l'argent qu'il avait gagné lors d'un tournoi à Monte-Carlo.
 L'optimisme, parfois exagéré, était un de ses traits de caractère. Ainsi, il n'avait pas été convaincu par la supériorité d'Emanuel Lasker lors de leur deuxième match de 1909 pourtant largement perdu. Contre Frank James Marshall il disputa plusieurs matches et ne fut tellement pas non plus convaincu par la supériorité de l'Américain au point de le défier pour un autre match en lui donnant quatre victoires d'avance. Janowski était aussi fragile psychologiquement dans le jeu : il avait tendance à craquer devant une rivalité tenace, ce qui explique en partie son jeu relativement faible en fins de partie à ce niveau.
 Janowski jouait tellement bien les débuts de partie qu'Emanuel Lasker a dit quelques années après leur match :
 Les Américains étaient tellement stupéfaits des prodiges que pouvaient faire les fous (pièces préférées de Janowski) qu'ils les ont surnommés The two Jan's ou Les deux Janowski.

Contributions à la théorie des ouvertures
Le nom de Janowski est associé à une variante de la défense vieille-indienne : 1. d4 Cf6 2. c4 d6 3. Cc3 Ff5. Eric Schiller dit que cette ouverture transpose souvent dans la défense est-indienne (si les Noirs jouent ...g6 et ...Fg7). Janowski a aussi développé une variante du gambit dame refusé : 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Cc3 a6.

Deux parties
La partie suivante a obtenu le prix de Beauté au tournoi de Cambridge Springs de 1904 :
Tchigorine - Janowski
1. e4 e5 2. Cf3 Cc6 3. Fc4 Fc5 4. Cc3 Cf6 5. d3 d6 6. Fe3 Fb6 7. Dd2 Fg4 8. Cg5 Fh5 9. f3 h6 10. Ch3 Cd4! 11. Fxd4 Fxd4 12. Ce2 Fb6 13. 0-0-0 d5! 14. exd5 Cxd5 15. d4 0-0 16. The1 Fg6 17. f4 e4! 18. Cg3 f5 19. Fb3! a5! 20. a4 Rh8 21. Rb1! c6 22. Cf1 Fh5 23. Tc1 Cb4! 24. Cg3 Ff7!! 25. Fxf7 Txf7 26. Ted1 Dd5!! 27. b3 Td8 28. Ce2 Tfd7 29. De3 Df7! 30. Cf2 Cd5 31. Dh3 Fc7 32. Dh4 b5 33. axb5 cxb5 34. g4 Cxf4 35. Cg3 a4 36. Cxf5 axb3 37. Td2 b2!! 38. Rxb2 Dc4 39. Ta1 Db4+ 40. Rc1 Cg6! 41. Dh3 Ff4 42. Cxe4 Txd4! 43. c3 Txe4!!  0-1 (si 44. cxb4, alors 44...Txd2).

La partie qui suit est typique de Janowski : elle démontre son goût pour l'attaque à tout prix (9...0-0-0?) via l'ouverture qui porte maintenant son nom.
Alekhine-Janowski, New York, 1924
1. d4 Cf6 2. c4 d6 3. Cc3 Ff5 4. g3 (4. f3!) 4...c6 5. Fg2 Cbd7 6. e4 Fg6 7. Cge2 e5 8. h3 Db6 9. 0-0 0-0-0? 10. d5 Cc5 11. Fe3 cxd5 12. cxd5 Da6 13. f3! Les Blancs sécurisent le cente avant de jouer b4 13...Rb8 14. b4 Ccd7 15. a4 Dc4 16. Dd2 (16. Tab1! suivi de Dd2 et Tfc1, selon Alekhine) 16...Dxb4 17. Fxa7+ Ra8 18. Tfb1 Da5 19. Fe3 Cc5 20. Tb5 Dc7 21. a5 Cfd7 22. Cc1 Tc8 23. Cb3 Ca6 (23...Cxb3 24. a6! Cxd2 25. axb7+ Rb8 26. Ta8 mat) 24. Ca4 Fe7 25. Cb6+ Rb8 26. Tc1 Cdc5 27. Cxc5 dxc5 28. Cxc8 Txc8 29. Ff1 Dd7 30. Tb6 c4 31. Txc4 Txc4 32. Fxc4 Dxh3 33. Dg2 Dxg2+ 34. Rxg2 Fd8 35. Tb2 Rc8 36. Fxa6 bxa6 37. Fb6 Fg5 38. Tc2+ Rb7 39. d6 f5 40. d7 1-0

Bibliographie

 Daniel Ackermann, Vabanque. Dawid Janowsky (1886-1927), Schachverlag Reinhold Dreier, Ludwigshafen, 2005

Notes

Liens externes

Joueur français d'échecs
Joueur polonais d'échecs
Finaliste du championnat du monde d'échecs
Naissance en mai 1868
Naissance à Vawkavysk
Décès en janvier 1927
Décès à Hyères
Décès à 58 ans

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Nets Won't Set Timeline for Kevin Durant Achilles Rehab, 2019-20 Return Unlikely
Durant is unlikely to share the floor with Kyrie Irving in the first season of his four-year deal with the Nets.
By Michael Shapiro
Nets general manager Sean Marks said Brooklyn will not set a timetable for Kevin Durant's return to the court.
Durant is expected to miss the entire 2019-20 season after rupturing his Achilles in the 2019 Finals.
Sean Marks—who met with Kevin Durant yesterday in LA—will not commit to a timeline for @KDTrey5 to return. Likely still that Durant misses all of the 2019-20 season.
— Chris Mannix (@SIChrisMannix) July 9, 2019
The four-time scoring champion signed a four-year, $164 million contract with the Nets on June 30th, the first day of free agency. But following his gruesome injury against Toronto, Durant's debut at the Barclays Center is unlikely to come until October 2020.
The upcoming season won't mark the first time Durant has battled injury woes. He received season-ending foot surgery as a member of the Thunder in March 2015 and missed the last 19 games of the regular season while playing for the Warriors in 2016-17.
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China's Buying Spree: Is It Real and Sustainable?
By Yingxi Fu-Tomlinson
Published in Law360. Originally appeared in Kaye Scholer's Summer 2016 M&A and Corporate Governance Newsletter.
—By Yingxi Fu-Tomlinson[1] and Aileen Chou
Chinese companies started off 2016 with a record-breaking number of overseas acquisitions, with more than $121 billion worth of cross-border deals announced in the first half of the year, according to Thomson Reuters data. Yet, this impressive figure does not paint a complete picture. As the number of proposed mega deals surges, the number of high-profile failed and withdrawn Chinese offers has also grown—leading potential targets to question whether an acquisition or investment by a Chinese company can actually be completed, and leaving their boards to evaluate deal certainty and potential deal value based on inadequate information.
Despite an unclear political climate in China and macroeco» Click here to read more articles from our latest M&A and Corporate Governance Newsletter.nomic uncertainties, the drivers fueling Chinese companies to target overseas assets continue to propel their acquisitive ambitions. In this article, we first describe briefly these trend drivers. We then discuss the elements that create potential uncertainty around these deals. Finally, we highlight strategies that may help to minimize the uncertainty around deal completion.
What Are Some of the Key Drivers of China's Outbound Growth?
The rapid increase in Chinese investments stems from the structural shift of the Chinese economy from an export-driven model into a consumption and service-oriented economy, which is bolstered by a series of supportive political and economic policies. In recent years, China's outbound investments have been largely led by privately owned enterprises (POEs) as opposed to the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) that bought up energy and natural resources around the world in the first wave of Chinese outbound M&A starting in the 1990s. POEs are driven by different motives than SOEs; they are looking for new markets to offset the growing deceleration of China's economy, as well as R&D and technology to bolster their position at home and fuel expansion abroad.
Move Up the Value Chain and Innovate: The 13th Five-Year Plan, adopted on October 29, 2015, highlighted the Chinese government's focus on upgrading the low-end manufacturing economy into a high value-added economy and raising the international competitiveness of Chinese products. The Chinese government announced its Made in China 2025 (MiC2025) initiative, which aims to advance Chinese industry and foster innovation. In particular, it highlights 10 sectors as key priorities in the next era of the country's economy, including high-end computerized machinery and robotics, clean technology, aerospace equipment, renewable-energy cars, agricultural equipment and biopharma and advanced medical products. This plan will be followed by two other plans with the aim to build the country into a leading manufacturing power by 2049.
Drive for Growth and Portfolio Diversification: Chinese companies are looking abroad to identify new growth drivers in foreign markets and diversify revenue streams beyond their previously domestic-centric focus. In a number of recent Chinese outbound M&A deals, such as the investment by wholesale apparel manufacturer Dayang Group in its customer, Vancouver-based custom suit-maker Indochino, we are seeing a reversal of the previous global trend to separate brands from manufacturers. Chinese companies are acquiring their customers in overseas markets and vertically integrating themselves to gain access to new markets and to acquire brands that can be brought back to China to strengthen their domestic position and raise their international profile.
Simplification of Foreign Exchange Approval Processes: China Securities Regulatory Commission, Ministry of Finance, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration of the State Council and the China Banking Regulatory Commission jointly released a notice in August 2015 encouraging listed companies to engage in mergers, cash dividends and share repurchases. Other state agencies, including the National Development and Reform Commission and State Administration of Foreign Exchange, have also recently adopted regulations that are intended to simplify foreign exchange management and relax regulatory preapproval requirements to conduct cross-border acquisitions and remit currency.
Devaluation of acquisition currency: The PBOC surprised the world with their devaluation of the yuan in August last year. The widespread expectation of further devaluation encourages acquisitive companies to complete their purchases before further devaluations atrophy their cash reserves.
What Are Some of the Factors That Create Uncertainty Around Acquisitions by Chinese Companies?
While the factors described above will continue to drive Chinese companies to hunt for desirable acquisition targets, the regulatory and internal factors that have hampered some of these deals in the past will continue to haunt acquirers and targets in the near future.
Complicated PRC Regulatory Approval and Remittance Process: Proposed acquisitions must be cleared by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE). In addition, Chinese public companies are also subject to the rules of their stock exchange. The acquirer will need to complete a filing to NDRC and MOFCOM or their local counterparts, as determined by the target's industry sector and country and whether the aggregate purchase price meets certain dollar thresholds. The remittance of currency outside China requires SAFE registration and approval. SAFE has recently stepped up ad hoc capital controls to control capital outflows. Regulators may require preinterview and preclearance prior to remittance and impose timing and amount restrictions on the transfer of funds outside China.
CFIUS Roadblock: The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, better known as CFIUS, may step in to investigate a proposed foreign takeover when it identifies potential national security concerns or involve critical infrastructure, may require mitigation actions or may block the deal. While there is no mandatory filing requirement, CFIUS may request parties to file and also has the authority to unwind a transaction. A CFIUS review begins with a 30-day period to authorize a transaction or begin a statutory investigation. If the latter is chosen, the committee has another 45 days to decide whether to permit the acquisition or order a blocking or divestment order.
The 2016 CFIUS annual report to Congress showed that Chinese companies were the leading source of CFIUS filings, with 24, in 2014. The 2016 annual report highlighted the areas on which CFIUS is continuing to focus, including targets that provide products and services to government authorities with national security functions, have access to classified or other sensitive US government or US government contract information, are part of the defense, security or law enforcement sectors, produce advanced technologies useful to national security (including semiconductors, network and data security products), are in geographic proximity to certain kinds of US government facilities, may be acquired by foreign persons controlled by a foreign government and may be acquired by foreign persons that have a history of taking or intending to take actions that could impair national security.
Internal Challenges of Chinese Acquirers: Historically, the lackluster post-acquisition performance of Chinese acquisitions has been partially due to inadequate due diligence and strategic planning by the Chinese acquirers. A survey conducted by The Boston Consulting Group showed that many acquirers lacked a clear M&A roadmap and knew little about the value of possible synergies or how to capture them.[2] In addition, financial advisors have observed that novice Chinese acquirers have limited experience quantifying risks and understanding the profitability models in overseas markets and are more familiar conducting valuations based on historical financial information as opposed to forward-looking valuation techniques, such as discounted cash flow, which are more commonly used as a basis for valuations of US companies.
External Scrutiny of Unfamiliar Acquirers: Sometimes Chinese acquirers may find themselves being confronted with suspicions about their ultimate motives. Chinese acquirers are criticized as being too "opaque" and any official or unofficial ties to the Chinese government draw suspicion that the acquirer will engage in data theft and industrial espionage. In February 2016, 46 members of Congress sent a letter to CFIUS in connection with the proposed acquisition of Chicago Stock Exchange by the private property and investment firm Chongqing Casin Enterprise Group to demand rigorous scrutiny of the company's ties to the Chinese government and security concerns around granting a Chinese company access to US financial markets and proprietary information of listed companies.
What Are the Strategies That May Reduce Deal Uncertainty?
To address some of the factors creating uncertainty, we recommend focusing on the following areas when evaluating an offer and negotiating deal terms:
Understand the Acquirer's Financing Sources: As Chinese companies are not allowed to use equity to make overseas acquisitions, acquirers rely on a combination of cash on hand, onshore and offshore debt financing and partner with financial investors to come up with the cash consideration for an acquisition. It is important to understand the location of the funds the acquirer will use to fund the purchase price and clarify the timing, monetary caps, preapproval and filing requirements that are required to remit currency outside China to fund the incorporation of the acquisition vehicle, escrow deposits and purchase price.
Remittance of onshore currency to fund overseas acquisitions are subject to the approvals of SAFE or a SAFE-designated regional bank. In addition, Chinese law limits onshore bank financing to 60 percent of the purchase price of any acquisition. In contrast, there is no similar restriction on the ratio of offshore debt financing to purchase price and Chinese acquirers may issue corporate bonds and rely on offshore financial institutions outside China to fund the purchase price. If the acquirer's funds are already in an offshore entity, then there are fewer concerns that the PRC regulatory process will block or delay the remittance of funds.
Incorporate Reserve Break-Up Fees and Escrows
As uncertainty of completing deals with a Chinese acquirer increase, targets have increasingly demanded a reverse break-up fee. Recent reverse break-up fees accepted by Chinese acquirers have ranged from approximately three to nine percent of the enterprise value of the transaction. Triggers for payment can include:
Failure to obtain CFIUS and other required regulatory approvals of the target's industry
Failure to obtain PRC regulatory or stock exchange authority to clear the transaction
Financing failure
Inability to get shareholder approval
In addition, to minimize enforceability risk, targets may also demand that the fee be placed in escrow in a bank in the target's jurisdiction to ensure that no additional regulatory approvals will be required to remit the escrow deposits outside China. The escrow deposit will typically cover 100 percent of the highest possible reverse break-up fee specified in the agreement.
Manage the Chinese and US Regulatory Approval Process
US companies are often unaware of the numerous and elaborate preapproval, timing and reporting requirements of PRC regulators for Chinese companies to complete acquisitions, particularly acquisitions above a certain dollar threshold or targets in certain sensitive industry sectors and countries. During the negotiations, it is important that the parties detail all of the regulatory application and procedural requirements in connection with the acquisition and agree upon an approach and transaction timetable to address the issues that may be raised by Chinese regulators.
On the US side, the parties will have to consider potential filing requirements for CFIUS and Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, as well as any specific requirements related to the target's industry. Targets in industries that have received increased scrutiny from CFIUS in recent years may engage in prefiling consultations with CFIUS or member agencies and modify the transaction and determine acceptable "mitigation" measures before filing to expedite clearance. These measures can range from divestiture of assets, forfeiture of sensitive contracts, appointment of special compliance personnel, and appointment of proxy boards consisting of US persons.
As China's economy continues to evolve into a consumer-oriented higher value economy, the interest of Chinese companies to buy overseas assets will likely remain strong, particularly in technology, life sciences, retail and consumer discretionary sectors. As Chinese acquirers gain experience completing cross-border M&A and develop track records in managing targets post-acquisition, the instinctive wariness toward Chinese acquirers may fade and deal implementation will become a smoother process.
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[1] Special thanks to Weiran Song and Yuanyuan Li for their research assistance on this article.
[2] The Boston Consulting Group, "Gearing Up for the New Era of China Outbound M&A," September 2015.
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Mark McClain, Pacific County Chief Deputy Prosecutor, has announced that he has accepted a position with the Lewis County Prosecutor's Office.
Photo by Les Edersheim Mary Lou and Tom Sell on an Alaskan cruise in September 2010.
Tom and Mary Lou Sell credit mutual respect, trust and open communication as important components of their marriage. But it doesn't take long to see that laughter plays a big part in their relationship as well.
Centralia College's Bachelor's of Applied Science in Diesel (BASD), the college's second bachelor's program, was given a major stamp of approval by the Washington State Board for Community and Technical College at its meeting Feb. 6 in Olympia. The endorsement by the board was an important step in the college's progress toward rolling out the college's second bachelor's degree beginning in fall quarter 2014.
The Centralia College Theatre Department presents the heartwarming play "Almost, Maine" by John Cariani. This romantic comedy will have performances on Feb. 13-16, and again on Feb. 20-22, in the Wickstrom Studio Theatre in Washington Hall on the college campus.
Set in a fictional hamlet in northern Maine, the production is actually nine short plays all addressing men and women who are falling in and sometimes out of love.
The Winlock PTSA is holding a fundraiser to celebrate their district, as well as the Seattle Seahawks, by selling commemorative photographs of Winlock Miller Elementary School students standing by the World's Largest Egg and cheering on their team. Prints are $20 apiece and feature a high-resolution photo of the kids in a black background (above) identifying the Hawks as Super Bowl Champions. Half of the proceeds will go to support the PTSA, and order forms are due Feb. 14, with prints expected to be delivered to the school by Feb. 21.
Elizabeth Stavig, a student at Toledo High School, is set to learn a significant lesson. In the process, she has given some of her classmates and associates in the THS FCCLA an education as well.
The quiet Stavig came across the Sole 2 Soul project through her local church, and then brought the idea to Renee Ketchum, a teacher and FCCLA advisor at Toledo High School.
Long-time library assistant Barbara Lewis has officially retired from her post at the Winlock Timberland Library, but says she by no means intents to be a stranger.
Having spent around 28 years working for the library, Lewis said she hopes to continue interacting with the community through the multitude of programs available at the library, while also filling her hankerings for a good book.
Around 40 volunteers turned out for the first Clean Up the Coop event Saturday in Winlock, despite freezing temperatures and a layer of snow throughout the city.
Organized by local business owners and community activists, Clean Up the Coop is expected to take place the second Saturday of every month for the foreseeable future, and is intended to beautify the town for the sake of its residents and those thinking of moving in.
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With the commitment of Stephen Floyd, as editor of the Town Crier, to our city - I am also committing my efforts to lots of additional information and reporting of interesting community events that will make this publication and our city a spot where visitors will gather to read all that our city has to offer.
We will be highlighting community events, important business news with coupons in advertising of our local businesses, so that you will consider Castle Rock at every opportunity for you entertainment and shopping needs.
This is a busy week for many of the ladies in town with the Women's Club Annual Baked Potato Bar (bring toppings to share) at noon on Wednesday and the Tea-Hee Red Hats gather at 2 p.m. on Thursday for "All Play, No Work". Both groups will meet in Pioneer Hall.
Ask me about my Snow Peep! Lovingly hand-crafted by Santa for me. Pics on request.
Gallery 505 reports another packed Open House last Friday. February theme: Photography. Unique gifts. Visit www.artgallery505.com or call (360) 864-2789.
A good month has gone by since the holidays have passed and I wanted to keep everyone in the spirit. During the holidays I learned about Patti Murray. Patti has been giving back to the community for 25 years. In 2013 she made 50 baskets and sold them at IGA Cedar Village with the proceeds going to The Giving Tree. She shops throughout the year for her baskets or gets items as donations, then her fun begins. During our chat, I could tell she has a passion for this project of hers, she helps so many families have Christmas. We are blessed to have someone like her in our community. Thank you for choosing Winlock to settle in, we are glad you like it here!
Ellen Irene Boyd, of Centralia, died Feb. 4, 2014. Born May 27, 1950, she was 63 years old.
Arrangements are care of Fir Lawn Funeral Chapel, in Toledo.
A rundown of recent, local games.
There are few better foes in the area than Onalaska, when it comes to crunch time for the Lady Cardinals basketball team. The Lady Loggers have been a long -time nemesis but, this year, Winlock got the best of them twice including a 45-39 victory last week.
Since, then, Winlock have dropped two games to highly-ranked Morton/White Pass and Pe Ell, but the Lady Cards have clinched the number seven seed from the Central League in the District IV Tournament against, most likely, Wahkiakum at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Rochester High School.
A Winlock woman was reportedly uninjured after crashing in the snow Saturday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff's Office.
The 20-year-old driver of a 2001 Ford Mustang had been traveling northbound on the 2400 block of Hwy 603, north of Winlock, when she lost control of her vehicle while attempting to shift gears while approaching a hill.
Effective Wednesday, February 12th, the Lewis County Sheriff's Office will have longer hours at their front windows. The new business hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The office hours for the past two years had been 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. due to staff resources, and an overwhelming number of Concealed Pistol License and Pistol Transfer applications.
Washington State Patrol (WSP) wants to warn people about a phone scam occurring in Washington State requesting people to give their Social Security Number when they call an (813) Florida area code phone number as part of an identity theft investigation.
WSP has received reports of individuals getting phone calls from people identifying themselves as an official from the "Washington State Police" and the "U.S. Justice Office." The callers are requesting people to "call today" to an (813) area code number in Florida to confirm their social security number.
Are you experiencing the winter blues - sleeping more than usual, feeling lethargic, and craving carbohydrates? You might be suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), according to Dr. Nicholas Yphantides. SAD is a form of depression that affects people during the same season each year, usually at the onset of winter. In such cases, a person gets depressed in late fall or early winter but feels better when spring arrives. Learning to recognize the signs and symptoms of SAD is the first step in getting help.


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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister's Adviser on Finance Miftah Ismail has assigned National Database & Registration Authority (Nadra) task to identify 0.8 million potential non-filers, while the Federal Board of Revenue would bring wealthy individuals into tax net.
"We are going to share details of 0.8 million people with the FBR with solid information and the tax machinery will be tasked to bring them into tax net," he added. He said that Nadra had done same exercise in the past but it possessed certain lacunas which would now be overcome and the FBR would be given data in such a shape that could help in bringing non-filers into tax net.
About jacking up taxable ceiling from Rs0.4 million to Rs1.2 million which was going to exclude around 5,21,000 taxpayers from paying any taxes and also reducing the income tax rates significantly, the adviser to PM replied that the government provided relief of Rs90 to Rs100 billion and this money would go into the pocket of people which would be circulated again and become part of the economic activities thus the government would get its due share in shape of taxes. On broadening of tax base, he said that Nadra identified real potential non-filers to the tune of 0.8 million new taxpayers which would be shared with the FBR very soon.


Mill City is committed to Making the Greater Good Even Greater and believes prosperity can be achieved when a vibrant and thriving community is nourished through community involvement and giving.
Mill City authentically lives and breathes the 'People Helping People' philosophy deeply rooted within the credit union movement. We demonstrate this commitment through adult + youth financial education, active volunteering and fundraising activities, and by our unique give-back program, Making the Greater Good Even Greater, which makes a donation to one local non-profit and small business twice a year.


Seems like something we should all take notice about. The petro dollar is coming to the end of it's run.
A dearth of foreign currency exacerbated by collapsing oil prices has led to shortages of imports from toilet paper to car batteries, and helped push annual inflation to 64 percent in November. The lines will persist as long as price controls remain in place, Luis Vicente Leon, director of Caracas-based polling firm Datanalisis, said today in a telephone interview.
Government officials met with representatives from supermarket chains today to guarantee supplies, state news agency AVN reported. Interior Minister Carmen Melendez said yesterday that security forces would be sent to food stores and distribution centers to protect shoppers.
Empty shelves sit in a supermarket in the La Boyera part of eastern Caracas on Jan. 9, 2015.
"Don't fall into desperation — we have the capacity and products for everyone, with calmness and patience. The stores are full," she said on state television.
President Nicolas Maduro last week vowed to implement an economic "counter-offensive" to steer the country out of recession, including an overhaul of the foreign exchange system. He has yet to provide details. While the main government-controlled exchange sets a rate of 6.3 bolivars per U.S. dollar, the black market rate is as much as 187 per dollar.
Inside a Plan Suarez grocery store yesterday in eastern Caracas, shelves were mostly bare. Customers struggled and fought for items at times, with many trying to skip lines. The most sought-after products included detergent, with customers waiting in line for two to three hours to buy a maximum of two bags. A security guard asked that photos of empty shelves not be taken.
Police inside a Luvebras supermarket in eastern Caracas intervened to help staff distribute toilet paper and other products.


Google is branching out in the wearable technology market, with the release of a software development kit. It would allow developers to create wearable devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, as well as other connected devices, using the Android operating system.
Google's senior vice-president of Android, Chrome and apps said: "We want to develop a set of common protocols by which they can work together."
The kit would be available in two weeks' time, Sundar Pichai added. Samsung's Galaxy Gear smartwatch did run a version of Android – but after concerns over its interface and battery life, it switched to the Tizen software platform for its latest watch, the Gear 2.
Google Glass is the company's main foray into wearables so far. The device includes eyeglass frames equipped with a camera and small display controlled by voice command. The product is not yet on general sale but is being tested by selected people.
"Google is taking wearables seriously and it wants everyone else to," said John Delaney, vice-president of mobility research at analyst firm IDC. "The industry thinks wearables is the next big thing as sales of smartphones start to plateau in developed markets and this is the latest attempt to build momentum behind it," he said.
"Google would be a competitor in the market but also an enabler if it helps Android developers."


The Crossroads Center was founded in 1976 as a partner of the University of Cincinnati to provide treatment for alcoholics in Cincinnati and surrounding Hamilton County, Ohio. Crossroads separated from the University in the 1990s but maintains several treatment partnerships with its medical school. Crossroads provides outpatient and residential treatment for those suffering from mental health and substance use disorders. Its Chaney Allen Women's Continuum of Care (CAWCC) program is a residential program for women who may bring up to two children under the age of five into treatment with them.
Women are housed in a standard treatment facility. Those without children have roommates. The facility has a cafeteria that provides all meals and snacks and features an exercise and TV room. Residents may have restricted use of personal cell phones and can use unit phones to call home.
The duration of treatment at CAWCC is progress-based, but most women stay an average of two months. During that time, they complete a treatment plan of group and individual therapy. They also attend parenting and skills training classes to learn job skills and home and personal management techniques. Residents are required to exercise for one hour each day.
Therapy is provided by Master's-level therapists such as LSWs and LPCs and addiction counselors with the CADC credential. Therapy uses CBT, Seeking Safety and the 12-step framework. Residents are required to attend at least two 12-step meeting per week. The facility hosts two weekly AA/NA meetings on-site and transports residents to at least one off-site meeting each week.
The treatment team at CAWCC is highly trained in treating co-occurring disorders and works with several psychiatrists who can prescribe and monitor medication for mental health diagnoses.
The CAWCC also has a track for pregnant substance abusing women and those who've recently given birth. In this program, the Pregnant and Post-Natal Women's program (PPW), clients learn childcare skills and healing from abuse and neglect.
The Crossroads Center provides on-site childcare for young and school-aged children.
A unique feature of CAWCC is the Sister-to-Sister program in which graduates of the CAWCC return to the Center to share their experiences and mentor those in treatment.
The CAWCC hosts family visits on Sundays. For aftercare, many residents continue treatment in The Crossroads Center's outpatient program and can receive referrals to case management services for further help coordinating care and accessing community resources.
The Crossroads Center's Chaney Allen Women's Continuum of Care provides comprehensive residential treatment and support to women struggling with substance abuse and their young children. With its on-site daycare center, parenting and home management classes and alumni sponsors, women emerge from treatment with new methods of managing their daily life and family systems so as to be less vulnerable to addiction.
The Crossroads Center – Chaney Allen Women's Continuum of Care Cost: Sliding Scale; many clients qualify for state treatment grants. Reach The Crossroads Center – Chaney Allen Women's Continuum of Care by phone at (513) 475-5300.
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Piper Vaughn; M.J. O'Shea
Loose Id
Book 2 of Lucky Moon
Contemporary Romance, LGBTQ
Rock star Nick Ventura has finally hit rock bottom. Jealous of his brother's new love, he starts overindulging in his usual vices and winds up crashing his car into a department store in a drunken haze. Publicly humiliated and on the verge of jail time, he enters into a court-ordered rehabilitation program.
Nutritionist Luka Novak is flamboyant, effeminate, the type of gay man that bisexual Nick would normally sneer at. His sunny nature hides a deep hurt from a previous relationship. Luka knows he should be wary of Nick's reputation, but he's drawn to Nick despite himself. Their tentative friendship turns into romance, but Luka soon comes to realize that Nick's fear of losing his bad boy reputation means he'll probably never go public with their relationship.
Nick never thought he needed anyone, until Luka Novak came into his life. Now he has to reconcile his carefree past with the future he suddenly wants more than anything. And the first lesson he has to learn is how to become the man that both he and Luka need him to be, rather than stay the boy he always was. Alone.
Book Review by Valentina Heart (author,reviewer)
May 26, 2012 [ OFFICIAL REVIEW ]
With a kick ass start, this book promised unforgettable characters, great humor and a romance worth talking about. You might ask � where is the surprise since we're talking about Piper Vaughn and M.J. O'Shea � because when it comes to amazing stories they really know their craft.
THE LUCKIEST is the second book in the LUCKY MOON series where we get to see what happens to the bad ass brother Nicky, sorry, that should be Nick. He's a rock star who hasn't had it easy in life and his bad boy attitude is something he thinks he should nurture. That all changes once his life choices endanger both him and his friend and he's forced to go to rehab.
Luka is a nutritionist assigned to get Nick's body back in shape, but while they're both fighting their attraction, outwitting each other with clever comebacks and adjusting to new found personality traits, they find that there's not only a possibility of friendship between them, but also a likelihood of something much stronger.
This is one of those books that I feel like I should rate higher than I really want to. The rating for me would be somewhere between three and four, but I like the writing too much to simply settle with one star less.
If you come to ask what was wrong with this story, I would say it was wonderful and deep enough with some great life lessons, but my personal preference � it didn't quite sit as it probably should have.
I thought both Nick and Luka were great characters and their relationship was just rocky enough to make the whole ride interesting to read about. But the same development of each situation really dragged. I've spent half a night and the whole day reading a book I probably could have finished in a few hours and that pretty much means my heart wasn't in it. The guys, while great, didn't tug at it and had some serious trouble with holding my attention. The beginning was great and I really enjoyed it, but once Nick was out of rehab everything seemed to slow down more and suddenly it was difficult to reach each next stage of their relationship.
They had way too much sex that gave little to the story after a point and the lack of their professional life throughout the story bothered me. I wanted to know how things would go when the difficulties weren't just about Nick's inexperience and insecurities, but rather about his life in the spotlight. Luka's job was pretty much neglected after Nick isn't there anymore and either his second job wasn't really defined or I somehow skipped that part. I think it was just a matter of personal preference, because I always want to know what makes the characters tick, and in this book Nick barely picks up the instrument and Luka teaches some undefined dance while being a nutritionist in a rehab facility without any details as to why he chose that profession.
What eventually made me settle on four stars is the ending. I thought the final scene was just beautiful and I'm sentimental that way. It touched me and sealed the deal. Unfortunately the one before it, where Luka pretty much forces Nick's hand annoyed me something awful. Again, a personal issue where I truly can't stand someone dictating the decisions of others, especially such important decisions.
But after all is said and hashed through, I'm still a big fan of this duo and look forward to their next spark of brilliance.
Disclaimer: The reviewer is also a published author with Loose Id.


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James Gregory Garrison (born 1948) is an American attorney and radio host.

Personal background
Garrison was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 1970 with a B.S. and the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1973 with a J.D. Garrison is married to Phyllis, also an attorney.

Legal career
With his brother Chris Garrison, Greg Garrison  is a lawyer in the Garrison Law Firm, LLC specializing in personal injury, business law, and general litigation.

Previously, Garrison presided over civil cases in the Marion County, Indiana Prosecutor's Office. Garrison gained national attention in 1992 as special prosecutor in the rape case of boxer Mike Tyson. He has also served as a CBS News legal analyst.

Radio career
Garrison debuted on Indianapolis news/talk station WIBC on June 2, 1997, and his show became syndicated statewide on Network Indiana on January 3, 2000, in replacement of Mike Pence, who would later become Governor of Indiana and Vice President of the United States. In April 2017, Garrison announced his retirement from radio, with his final show taking place on June 9.

References

External links
 Greg Garrison interview

1948 births
Indiana lawyers
Radio personalities from Indiana
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law alumni
Indiana University Bloomington alumni
People from Indianapolis
People from Hamilton County, Indiana
Living people


That Retired Guy: Why Blog?
That Retired Guy (TRG) has lots of time for thinking (being retired and all) and sometimes, TRG even has ideas which seem to him to be at least a little original. Sometimes a beach in Portugal provides a new and interesting perspective even if the idea itself is not new. In these cases, a blog is a nice place to put these ideas. A blog publicizes, but it also records, so even if nobody reads, at least its there, and is somebody wants to read some day, they can.
TRG would really like to believe that he has something unique and interesting to say and that the world wants to hear it. Wouldn't that be great? Naturally, it may not be the case. Maybe (probably) nobody reads this thing. Even so, the fact that this is a public forum means that the ideas need some extra thought and care. Some say that you should 'dance like nobody's watching'. In fact, TRG finds that this idea often promotes very bad dancing. It would be a mistake to blog like nobody's watching... in that case, a private diary is probably a better medium. The fact that this blog is public means that the ideas in it might find an audience, and if they do, it would be a shame if the ideas are not properly formed and thought out. For TRG this is a great reason to blog. It forces discipline.
What sort of ideas will be on this blog? TRG doesn't really want to talk about himself, and he's not really out to cause a big stir. After studying and working for years in finance, TRG finds himself thinking about these topics a lot, so there will be a fare amount of finance here, but there will also be some culture, and general commentary on society. Basically this blog is going to be about whatever some retired guy in Portugal decides he wants to say, but he promises to keep it interesting, and link to original sources where appropriate.
Hopefully someone will enjoy it. Hopefully, they will leave comments so we can have a discussion. Hopefully no one will call me 'that retarded guy'.


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Home/News/https://www.iuauditorium.com/news/category/All-Time Broadway Classic Fiddler on the Roof Performs at IU Auditorium February 8 and 9
All-Time Broadway Classic Fiddler on the Roof Performs at IU Auditorium February 8 and 9
Jan 18 / 2023
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – IU Auditorium is proud to present the Bloomington engagement of the Tony Award-nominated Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof on February 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m.
A beloved theatrical classic from Tony-winner Joseph Stein and Pulitzer Prize-winners Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, this critically acclaimed production is directed by Tony Award-winner Bartlett Sher (To Kill a Mockingbird, South Pacific, The King and I) and choreographed by the acclaimed Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter.
Fiddler on the Roof is the heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and life, love, and laughter. This classic musical is rich with Broadway hits, including "To Life (L'Chaim!)," "If I Were A Rich Man," "Sunrise, Sunset," "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," and "Tradition."
The original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof, which opened in 1964, was the first musical in history to surpass 3,000 performances. The show won the 1965 Tony Award for Best Musical in addition to eight other Tony Awards that year. This acclaimed revival proudly introduces a new generation to the iconic musical adored across the globe.
Fiddler on the Roof has musical supervision by Tony Award-winner Ted Sperling, scenic design by Tony Award-winner Michael Yeargan, costume design by Tony Award-winner Catherine Zuber, lighting design by Tony Award-winner Donald Holder, sound design by Tony Award-winner Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann, and hair and wig design by Tom Watson. Casting is by Jason Styres, CSA.
IU Auditorium's 2022–2023 season is presented by B97, CFC Properties, Curry Auto Center, The Herald Times, Upland Brewing Company, and World Arts Inc.
Feb 08 - 09 / 2023