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By Annie Kane
The Federal Court has dismissed ASIC and Westpac's agreement for the major bank to pay a $35 million penalty for supposed breaches of responsible lending laws.
Today (13 November), Justice Nye Perram handed down his judgement relating to Federal Court proceedings under the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009, in which he dismissed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and Westpac's joint application for approval of a $35 million civil penalty.
The matter related to supposed breaches of responsible lending obligations in its issuance of home loans.
In September, Westpac admitted to breaches of responsible lending obligations when issuing home loans to customers, and agreed to pay a $35 million civil penalty to resolve Federal Court proceedings under the National Credit Act.
ASIC and Westpac jointly approached the Federal Court seeking orders that the bank contravened the responsible lending provisions of the National Credit Act because its automated decision system:
did not have regard to consumers' declared living expenses when assessing their capacity to repay home loans, and instead used a benchmark (the Household Expenditure Measure); and
failed to use the higher repayments at the end of the interest-only period when assessing a consumer's capacity to repay the loan, for home loans to owner-occupiers with an interest-only period. For example, for a loan of $500,000 at 5.24 per cent with a term of 30 years and a 10-year interest-only period, the assumed repayment using the incorrect method is $2,758 per month, whereas the actual repayment after the expiry of the interest-only period using the correct method is $3,366 per month.
ASIC reported that the litigation related to Westpac's home loan assessment process during the period December 2011 and March 2015, during which approximately 260,000 home loans were approved by Westpac's automated decision system.
Further, for approximately 50,000 home loans, ASIC noted that Westpac received, and did not use, consumers' actual expense information that was higher than the Household Expenditure Measure (HEM).
Additionally, ASIC reported that for approximately 50,000 home loans, Westpac used the incorrect method when assessing a consumer's capacity to repay a home loan at the end of the interest-only period.
ASIC contended that of the 100,000 loans, Westpac should not have automatically approved approximately 10,500 loans.
Had the civil penalty been approved by the Federal Court, it would have been the largest civil penalty awarded under the National Credit Act.
However, the Federal Court has been tentative in its approach to the matter.
While ASIC's Regulatory Guide 209 (which is soon to be updated) outlines that "benchmarks can be useful tools in the process of determining whether a particular consumer will experience substantial hardship as a result of meeting the obligations of a credit contract", it adds that "automated systems and tools are not a substitute for making inquiries about the consumer's current financial situation".
Indeed, the statement of agreed facts between Westpac and ASIC outlines that Westpac accepts that, for the loans in question under the ASIC case, it should have had regard to the declared living expenses in its serviceability calculation in the automated decision system.
But — as previously reviewed in Mortgage Business — the statement of agreed facts also shows that the loans conditionally approved under the automated system actually had a "lower rate of hardship applications than manually approved home loans" originated during the same period.
Justice Nye Perram had sought a friend of the court to consider whether the Westpac case even constituted a breach of the NCCP (reportedly stating that "there is no fact before [him] that any unsuitable loans were made").
It is believed that should the bank be found to have breached the NCCP, the $35 million would be deemed too small. However, there are still questions relating to whether the law has been breached, as it does not specifically state that banks should use the customer data they collect over the use of the HEM.
Justice Perram's judgement reads: "Whether the use of such benchmarks as an input into the serviceability calculation is a good or bad idea is not a question this court is called upon to address. What is required, however, is satisfaction that the use of the HEM benchmark as disclosed by the statement of agreed facts is a contravention of [the NCCP]...
"What [section 128] prohibits is the making of a credit contract where an assessment has not been carried out. Section 128 says nothing about the nature of an assessment other than it must be done in accordance with s 129. The prohibited acts in s 128 are therefore specified above the cincture to the provision, not below it. To labour the point, using the HEM benchmark does not conceivably contravene s 128; it is making a credit contract without first making an assessment in accordance with s 129 which is the relevant act of contravention."
Justice Perram continued: "I simply do not accept that the conduct specified in the declaration is conduct which could possibly be a contravention of s 128. I will not declare conduct which is not unlawful to be unlawful. The contraventions of s 128, that is the entry into credit contracts, must be specified. The declaration tells one next to nothing."
He later said: "[T]he declaration does not provide any information about when the use of the HEM benchmark instead of the customers' declared living expenses is permitted and when it is not."
The judge added that not knowing the reasoning behind why the bank chose to use the HEM benchmark in preference to customers' declared living expenses also "makes it very difficult to assess how serious its conduct is and hence how appropriate a civil penalty of $35 million might be".
"For example, did the Respondent use the HEM benchmark because it thought it more reliable than customers' self-reported living expenses? Or did the Respondent use it because it did not wish to suffer the administrative burden of analysing an individual customer's living expenses? Or was it because it wished to make as many unsuitable loans as it could? There are many other possibilities. Each discloses conduct of a differing level of seriousness.
"Yet the court is asked to say that the proposed penalty is appropriate even though it knows nothing of the Respondent's motives beyond a bland agreed fact that it acted in good faith. In the information vacuum in which the parties have left the court, this is not possible."
He concluded: "It is unworkable to assess the reasonableness of the penalty if it is not known what is to be penalised."
A case management hearing has now been set down for 27 November 2018.
An ASIC spokesperson said: "ASIC is reviewing the judgement and will make no further comment at this stage."
Mortgage Business has reached out to Westpac for a comment but has not yet received one.
However, the major bank recently backed the use of the Household Expenditure Measure as a benchmark for validating a borrower's living expenses in a recently released submission responding to the interim report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.
In a separate matter, the big four bank was fined $3.3 million last week, escaping a $58 million penalty proposed by the corporate regulator, for contravening section 12CC of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) (ASIC Act) through its involvement in setting BBSW in 2010.
[Related: To HEM or not to HEM? Is that the question?]
Annie Kane
Annie Kane is the editor of The Adviser and Mortgage Business.
As well as writing about the Australian broking industry, the mortgage market, financial regulation, fintechs and the wider lending landscape – Annie is also the host of the Elite Broker and In Focus podcasts and The Adviser Live webcasts.
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Rev William George Taylor
In 1884 a young evangelist and preacher, Rev William George Taylor became our first Superintendent. Taylor brought a new energy to the ministry, overseeing a name-change to Central Methodist Mission (CMM) and a strategic move towards a policy of evangelism.
Taylor's appointment was followed by a strong period of growth as we reached into the spiritual, social and economic heart of the city with tireless publicity and regular, ongoing visits to homes, ships, lodging houses, hospitals and gaols. After three years at the helm, Taylor returned to England for study during 1887 but returned in 1889 with renewed vigour.
In 1890, Taylor established the Sisters of the People Home in a six-bedroom house in Woolloomooloo. The Sydney home, which started with five women, answered the needs of families, women and children trapped in the economic and moral turbulence of the time.
Rev Dr Frank Rayward
Starting in 1937, over the next twenty years, Rev Dr Frank Rayward accepted the role of Superintendent and served during one of our most sustained periods of expansion.
A particular focus included growing residential facilities for the elderly. Rayward oversaw development of the Lottie Stewart Hospital, Waddell House Hospital, Sylvania Settlement for aged couples, Wesley Hostel and the foot clinic, as well as significant additions to Sunset Lodge, WG Taylor House, Dalmar and the Men's Hostel. These ventures were debt-free thanks to government assistance and the generous donations of congregation members, despite the economic consequences of the 1930s and subsequent war and post-war inflation.
Rayward was recognised as an exceptional and dramatic preacher and, as such, attendance during prayer meetings, class meetings, the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon program and the 7pm Service grew exponentially. He also had a great sense of community, something that was much needed during the long, uncertain days of World War II.
Sir Rev Alan Walker, OBE MA
In 1958 Sir Rev Alan Walker stepped into the role of Superintendent. Realising that the church needed a strong voice in the community, and with the benefit of worldwide experience behind him, Walker took full advantage of the relatively new medium of television to spread the Gospel. In 1959 he also founded Wesley Impact! magazine, which is still published today.
Walker developed exciting new initiatives, with opportunities for media presence and political advocacy. He started taking the church out to the people instead of waiting for the people to come to the church.
An abrupt end to the original Lyceum era came in February 1964 with the building burning down to the ground. Walker was at his best when he planned a new Lyceum and Wesley Centre which opened in 1966.
Rev Gordon Moyes AC
In 1978 the new Superintendent, the Rev Gordon Moyes AC, began his 27-year tenure, overseeing the enrichment of our media profile and bringing the life-changing message of Christ into individual homes through television and radio.
Recognising the new pressures on family life and household budgets, Moyes also initiated the development of financial counselling as a worthy addition to existing suicide prevention, addiction and family relationship support.
Our ever-expanding organisation was fast outgrowing the new Lyceum Theatre. This prompted Moyes to oversee the renovation of our Pitt Street building, which reopened in 1991.
Moyes also oversaw a major expansion of our communication methods, particularly through the use of electronic media, which he harnessed effectively. After nearly three decades at the helm, the inspirational Moyes retired.
Rev Dr Keith V Garner AM
In 2006, the Rev Dr Keith Garner from England, became Superintendent. He came with a renewed vision for a city church that reached the most marginalised people on the edges of society, while acknowledging the need to understand what those edges might be. Read his full story.
Additional Superintendents
Over the last 200 years, there have been a total of nine Superintendents. In addition to the five Superintendents mentioned above, the other four include:
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Yesterday afternoon I made a deal with my wife. We agreed that if we would leave the Democratic Convention on the television, for broadness of mind, then for the fullness of my stomach I would grill chicken. It seemed to me an awful waste of a big TV and I still feel the need somehow to cleanse the screen of liberal effusions, but I got to eat two dinners in one day. I also must confess that, amidst basting of the delicious foods, I was overcome with another appetite: democratic blood lust. Whether it was the public shaming of DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the confused warbling of Paul Simon, the colic gassing of the Bernie Sanders crowd, or Elizabeth Warren's endless clucking about Donald Trump, I could not turn my eyes away. So much was I enraptured by the spectacle--here swooning there screeching--that I burned some of my delicious food. The Democratic affair didn't just afford me an excuse to eat, though, but confirmed three suspicions I've held for some time.
First, I find the liberal sell is a tough one. The liberal always has to persuade that he simultaneously loves America, its values, traditions and so on, but also wants to change it. Now if there were only a few changes this would not be so challenging, but when you have a laundry list of complaints, it's hard to sell the patriotic vibe. The old line, "If you love America, then make it better," is not an unreasonable or inherently unpersuasive one, but it requires moderation both for logical coherence and rhetorical efficacy.
Second, the left is immoderate. No amount of reform has ever been enough, nor it seems will it ever be. There are always new industries to be regulated, new groups to be protected, new rights emanating from the Constitution, new funds needing feeding from the tax trough, and on and on. Obama's desire to "fundamentally transform" did not even satisfy the liberal lust for change and new things through one administration, let alone one generation. I'm starting to think that the liberal impulse is rooted somewhere unhealthy in the psyche.
Finally, the left doesn't understand it is precisely its progressivism–its relentless tide of change–that most makes conservatives look askance at the changes. Immaturely and imprudently, they took Obama's relatively thin margin of victory in 2008 as a mandate for widespread change instead of a cautionary reminder to be moderate. The left refused to be content with the Affordable Care Act, but pushed more and more throughout the tenure of the Obama Administration, at whose end we now find a whole new list of grievances needing immediate redress.
The right, especially in America, will abide change and even embrace it, but no conservative anywhere will brook an unbridled gallop toward utopia. The left, however, expects the conservative to continue pouring moderates into the DC slaughterhouse just so we can be hamstrung by our increasingly irrational faith in the process which fails even to restrain liberalism, let alone conserve anything. The left will be astounded when it is the conservatives who either stop playing or change the rules of the game.
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Lessons for Teachers #2: The Tortoise and the Hare
Two types will be familiar to experienced teachers: the teacher who is still at Chapter 3 because "the students aren't ready to move on" and the teacher nine chapters ahead with a class that doesn't know anything. Each has erred and the extremes demonstrate a need for moderation.
The tortoise stops for every question, pauses for every uncertainty, and completes every exercise in full. This is an exhaustive, exhausting style of teaching. Students quickly learn that they can delay tests by feigning ignorance, but at the same time they, without realizing it, get bored. The class falls into a slump. In catering too closely to the demands of students, the tortoise loses sight of and confidence in the legitimacy of his curriculum--that it is wisely ordered--and the students dictate the pace of the class. Student competence, judged wisely by the teacher against reasonable goals supported by the administration, not student whim or pressure from parents, determines the pace of the course.
The hare, on the other hand, plows ahead with too little regard for the progress of his students. The hare teaches the same class with the same material from the same notes year after year without regard for variety in the students. He holds too tight to his curriculum, forgetting that it is designed to help the students and has little value as a mere prescription.
There is no such thing as a curriculum independent from students. If I design a Latin I course, I would not design the same one for high school students, college students, graduate students, and adults. There are, of course, finite topics, but no course teaches a topic in toto.
Likewise and contra current wisdom, there is no such thing as a student driven class. The teacher prudently drives the class, through a planned curriculum, informed by the students, and supported by the administration.
Peter Levine had an article in Aeon a few weeks ago calling out philosophy for being, "a remarkably un-diverse discipline." I don't want to go down the path of debating the virtues of diversity, but rather would like to expand on one issue Levine raises. He writes,
We broaden our store of such ideas by looking into the past and out to other parts of the world, and also by engaging people who haven't had a voice in professional philosophy.
Not at all unreasonable, to which I would rather cheekily reply that perhaps, then, universities are not the best places for the majority of professional philosophers. Maybe some philosophers need to forego the tenured world of publishing articles and grading papers in air-conditioned offices and seek out the people who would never seek them. Maybe philosophers need to stand on street corners or fly to hot spots of violence and there dare to quarrel with people who might do more to them than fill out a nasty evaluation at the end of the semester. Maybe philosophers should disappear for decades to remote parts of the world as missionaries of philosophy.
Sounds like a great sacrifice. If only philosophy had an example of someone who valued principle more than self-preservation.
So I've retired from teaching, at least insofar as a man of 30 years can be said to have retired from anything. Maybe I ought to say that I've quit teaching and I don't know if or when I'll return. In commemoration of this turnabout I would humbly like to share some of the lessons I learned through my brief teaching tenure from 2011-2016.
Each was a tough lesson no one is likely to teach you, let alone, with bitter irony, in your own schooling about the craft. I cannot say I learned all of these lessons in time to implement them to perfection, but I had enough time to realize they were, at least, reasonable guidelines that when prudently followed, did little harm and at least some good.
#1. Love the Calendar
In some way, shape, or form, you need to plan for the whole year before it starts. As soon as you know what course you are teaching and have the school calendar for the year, sit down and plan. This may sound excessively ordered to some, but there is no alternative. Planning-as-you-go is an impossible task, stressful for teachers and disorienting for students. Students know when you're rushing, so don't be the teacher that tries to cover five chapters in one week at the end of the semester.
Students also know when you've tried to plan and failed, so don't be the teacher who tells students to teach themselves certain chapters.
Students even know when you're wasting their time, so also don't be the teacher who rushes through material and with three extra weeks at the end of the semester doesn't know how to fill the time.
Plan and pace.
There are degrees of planning, but at least make a few considerations.
First, list your topics and space them out among the months. If you have experience teaching the course you will already know which will take longer than others so you can accordingly adjust, but if you don't, don't panic. Just realize that you need to learn the pace and that without that knowledge you'll be at a disadvantage, alternatively–and stressfully–seeming ahead or behind. Start by equally spacing things out and then adjust each time around until you learn the rhythm.
Second, work around vacations. Try to finish topics before long breaks and plan to use the day on which you return to re-center the class.
Third, plan around one-off holidays and long weekends. These days throw everybody--students and teachers alike--for a loop. You lose momentum, everything you planned gets bumped around, and your rhythm for the week is out of kilter. Minimally, you should account for the day so you don't plan anything for it, but preferably you should shape around the day, teaching a one-off lesson on a solitary day or adapting so that you can more easily resume the lesson when you return. The same applies to your absences.
Fourth, don't treat all days as if they are the same. Mondays and Fridays are not like other weekdays: Mondays need extra spice and Fridays need to be mellowed out. Days before and after vacations and days with modified schedules are notoriously hard to plan, but be creative. Consecutive days are not equivalent to days spaced out, e.g. teaching a lesson through Monday and Tuesday is not the same as teaching it through Friday and Monday. The week before Christmas is not the same as a plain week in October and a rainy November day is not the same as a sunny May one. Adapt. On that note...
Finally, it is all well and good to plan, but the more finely you plan, the more fragile your structure. You need to be able to gain and lose days without freaking out. Plan you class, but not too well. The whole week can't collapse because you lost a day to inclement weather or because a guest speaker cancelled and you need to teach when you didn't expect to.
Yes, sometimes it will seem like the administration and weather delight in pelting you with unexpected calendar changes. It's not unique to your school. It's not unique to teaching. It's life. Adapt.
Directed by David Lean. 1957.
"There is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, when two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth." –The Ballad of East and West
Face to face in the Burmese rain forest in late winter of 1943 during the Second World War, two men square off in defense of honor. Honor, not the Bushido code, drives Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), the proud commander of a Japanese prison camp. Honor for Saito is absolute control of his camp, which he maintains until the unmovable, indefatigable British Colonel Nicholson marches his captured battalion into the camp whistling Colonel Bogey's March. It is one of the great cinematic moments.
The soldiers enter tracked in one of David Lean's famous pans, followed by the camera first from behind the camp cemetery and then from behind the infirmary. There the sick silently sit up with limp limbs and turn round to see the swagger of the British soldiers brazenly pitching arms to their defiant little tune. The contrast is immediate and palpable: the sick are ready to die and the entering men, though captured, are somehow free. The only question remaining is whether what those entering soldiers bring can survive in the brutal heat of the Burmese jungle and the grip of Colonel Saito.
What they bring is their deference to their commander, Colonel Nicholson, and what he brings is unswerving commitment to their orders. By that obedience, to the rules of the British military and to the rules of war, they maintain their honor. While Saito derives his honor from the obedience of others, Nicholson finds his honor in his own obedience to the law.
This contrast is subtly established when the two men face-off in front of their troops. Against the rules of the Geneva Convention, Saito has ordered that that all officers must work manual labor along with the enlisted men, and when Nicholson hands the colonel a copy of the laws and begins to cite from it, Saito strikes the British colonel's face, tosses his book aside, and bends his swagger stick. It seems at first a glib cinematic gesture to demonstrate the fealty of the British men, who stop forward in uproar, but Nicholson's response is the genius of the gentleman: first he disciplines his own men, then retrieves his book of law, and ignoring his own bleeding face, only then defies his captor.
The punishment which comes for him and his officers, day after day in a sun-scorched, tin-roofed hot-box, is abuse, but it is not dishonor. In fact, it is Saito who incurs dishonor after days of futile, embarrassing attempts to complete the bridge over the Kwai without the cooperation of Nicholson.
First, Saito sends to Nicholson the British doctor, who pleads that already the American prisoner Shears (William Holden), Jennings, and Weaver are dead, killed trying to escape. To that he adds how the cruel colonel has cut rations to the men and will make the sick work to death on the bridge. These entreaties do not move Nicholson, who replies, "If we give in now, there will be no end to it." Nicholson knows that once he is cowed he will no longer command his battalion and after that the men of it will no longer be his soldiers but Saito's slaves. Once he is cowed, they will all be cowed, and after that they will all die as slaves. The doctor, though, sees the situation as a dilemma between principle and death, and presents Nicholson with a seemingly logical answer: because no one will know of their duty if they die, they ought to live. Nicholson is adamant. There is no dilemma for the colonel, for whom thought of British officers working as coolies, as grunts, and British enlisted dying as slaves, is so appalling as to be unworthy of consideration.
Next, Saito tries to earn the favor of the British enlisted by shifting blame to his engineer, whom he removes from overseeing the project. He even goes so far as to try and curry favor by giving the men their confiscated Red Cross parcels. Again, though, in the shadow of the caged Colonel Nicholson, Saito gains not their respect and thus not their effort. As a result, the bridge falls further behind. Finally, he brings Nicholson himself into his quarters.
Saito offers him fine liquor and sumptuous food. He identifies himself as a Western man, preferring Scottish whisky, speaking fondly of his three years at the London Polytechnic, and slicing English corned beef for dinner. Nicholson senses the angle and, refusing the food and drink, flatly replies that he intends to make a full report of Saito, who then offers him another cheap, but logical, way out, just as the doctor did. He tells Nicholson that camps up and down the railway are using officers as soldiers, to which Nicholson, stubborn as ever, replies, "I'm not responsible for the actions of other commanding officers." Increasingly desperate, Saito offers a compromise: only junior officers will have to work. Again Nicholson refuses.
The turn of the tide is neatly set by the following shot. Nicholson waxes a little philosophical on the topic of leadership and as he, a self-disciplined leader with nothing to learn from Saito, looks past him to study the problem of the bridge model, Saito, unable to build the bridge, intently studies Nicholson, from whom he has much to learn about command.
After Saito agrees with Nicholson first that a commander must have the respect of the men in order to have them work and then that the bridge is not completed because the men to not work, he flies into a rage as he realizes that he lacks the respect of the camp. "I hate the British!" he fumes, "You are defeated, but you have no shame. You are stubborn, but have no pride. You endure, but you have no courage." What we hear, though, is, "You are defeated, but you retain your honor. You are stubborn, but keep your dignity. You endure, and you do not fear." To Nicholson, he retains his honor by upholding the law, his punishment as an officer is less than the suffering of a slave, and his fear of death in punishment is less than the disgrace of indignity.
We know that Saito has finally admitted defeat when he seizes the occasion of the anniversary of Japan's 1905 victory over the Russians as an opportunity to grant amnesty to Nicholson and the soldiers, releasing them not only from their confinement but also from his command that they stoop to manual labor. There is poignant contrast between tragedy and triumph as Saito weeps defeated and every British man pours out in triumphant celebration as Nicholson greets the his newly liberated officers before being himself hoisted up like a victorious commander. Of course not one of them is free as a man is by right, but the tenor of the moment is a sure vindication that by retaining command of his men he has freed them from dishonor.
It now remains to save them from despair, toward which end Nicholson insists not only that the bridge be built, but that it be built with such speed and exemplary organization and execution that it does lasting honor to the British Army. Medical Officer Clipton, however, wonders whether such cooperation is treasonous, to which Nicholson again finds recourse in the rules of civilization, by which prisoners have no right to refuse work. It is no more proper, he argues with the doctor, that the British soldiers work with deliberate inefficiency than if a surgeon such as he were to operate without the intent of saving his patient. Nicholson is equally appalled by the thoughts of appearing lawless or incompetent. He concludes,
I hope the people who use this bridge in years to come will remember how it was built and who built it: not a gang of slaves, but soldiers. British soldiers even in captivity.
The subsequent and successful bridge-building is satisfying and it pleases to watch Nicholson and his officers humble the Japanese with their scrupulous efforts and precision, but these scenes pale somewhat before the drama of the preceding act. Moreover, the tension dissipates as Saito recedes from the drama and the film splits its attention between Nicholson's efforts to build the Japanese bridge and the efforts of Commander Shears (William Holden), who in fact survived his escape and was brought safely back to the British base at Ceylon, to make his way back to the camp and under British orders, destroy it.
The first times I saw Kwai, these scenes with Holden puzzled me. How do Shears' smart mouth and skirt chasing fit into place after the contest between Saito and Nicholson? Well, I still find them long and off-tone from the rest of the picture, but one parallel intrigues me. At the British base the higher-ups ask Shears, because of his knowledge of the area, to destroy the incipient bridge over the Kwai so the Allies can impede the Japanese efforts and, preferably, knock out a train which is soon due to cross the river on the bridge. When faced with the prospects of returning, Shears discloses the fact that he is not a commander, but merely took up the guise upon capture, so as to get better treatment at the camp. He hopes by this admission to be found unsuitable for the risky mission.
This is in sharp contrast to Nicholson, who goes out of his way to be treated according to rank even when that means undergoing punishment. Nicholson could have allowed his officers to work like enlisted men, essentially disregarding their honorable ranks, but instead he elected to suffer to maintain their dignity. Faced with the same risk, Shears immediately throws down his rank and its accompanying honor, albeit assumed, aside. Worse than dropping the pretense when costly, Shears keeps it up when it mean points with the leggy nurse on the beach and fancier quarters at the hospital ward.
When the British Major Warden (Jack Hawkins) tells Shears that both the Americans and British know his story already, and that his own side, faced with the dilemma of dealing with a man deserving both punishment for impersonating an officer and praise for escaping a prison camp, merely tossed him over to the British, Shears pragmatically concludes, "As long as I'm hooked, I might as well volunteer." It's as blunt as but antithetical to Nicholson's, "It's a matter of principle."
This contrast is satisfying, but Shears' reticence is insufficiently developed–neither with dialogue, although some does dance around the issue, nor with style–to feel like a proper, significant, contrast to Nicholson's efforts at the camp. In back-to-back scenes we have Nicholson earning the respect of Saito by rousing injured men to volunteer and Shears getting his hair washed by a native girl. The scenes of Shears and his party making their way back to the bridge, save one chase in which Warden and an untested young soldier must track down a fleeing sentry, do less to heighten the drama than to distend the film and dilute the conclusion. Worse, Warden becomes a foil for Shears, in place of Nicholson, merely out of convenience. Here too I wearied, feeling the length of those talky scenes at the Ceylon hospital. At least we enjoy some fine cinematography, with wide pans over the marvelous landscapes dotted by the tiny figures of our characters.
It is impossible, though, to overlook Alec Guinness' bridge-top monologue, a miniature masterpiece, which begins the finale. Colonel Nicholson's bittersweet rumination on his life of service is exactly the sort of unexpected, unexpectedly honest, reflection that creeps up on us amidst success. Guinness' pitch-perfect tone is that of a man tempted to regret, bearing the burden of that temptation. There's also a subtle reversal only suggested in the staging. Nicholson first walks the bridge, leaning on a thin stick, slowly surveying the marvelous handiwork of his men. Saito then does the same from the other side, approaching the front of the frame.
The shot is a reversal of the one we examined earlier. Here, though, Saito is front, examining the bridge that was before beyond his comprehension. He has learned from Nicholson, who now in the background, looks not at Saito or the bridge, but beyond in self-reflection.
At the apex of its masterful slow-burn finale, Holden's character falls just short of greatness. Shears' sacrifice, running across enemy fire to tell Nicholson that the bridge needs to be destroyed, seems meaningful because he is sacrificing himself, but because the plot hasn't been building him up for any change of heart, it doesn't feel dramatically important for his character. We have little inclination as to what he would do in any given situation, so what does happen is neither expected nor unexpected. Still there is a satisfying reversal if we recall that earlier in the film his buddy inmate says to him, tongue-in-cheek, "You're neither an officer nor a gentleman." Now he has died an honorary officer and an unexpected gentleman. In contrast, Nicholson's fate is complex and rich with pathos. His final heroic moments draw together both plot and character in a concentrated few seconds which arouse in us great pity and fear.
Fist, remembering his speech atop the bridge, we feel pity for Nicholson because, when he learns that Shears' team has been sent to destroy the bridge, we see him denied the satisfaction of what he thought to be his life's great achievement. We sympathize with Nicholson because his virtue deserves reward and because it is a situation, albeit often less grave and grievous, in which anyone may find himself. We feel this pity all the more acutely, though, because of the reversal that has taken place. Heretofore Nicholson's stubborn insistence on building the bridge has been a virtue, giving purpose to the men, and now it is a vice, in its extremity about to contribute to the enemy cause. This creates fear in us, for we anguish in the uncertainty of whether he will destroy the bridge and whether it will be destroyed at all, on which are predicated not only the mission of the Allies, but Nicholson's legacy.
As he takes his last steps toward the detonator, his wounded, injured gait reminds us of his tortured walk from the hot-box, and as he dusts off his officer's cap and replaces it atop his head, we remember his principle, and as he falls on the plunger, we remember the sacrifice, not only of his bridge, but of his whole service. We may even be tempted to exclaim, watching the burnt dedication plaque of the bridge float down the Kwai, "For he's a jolly good fellow. And so say all of us." Or are we like the doctor, who looks on the scene and sees not the price of principle but only, "Madness. Madness."
Greetings and welcome to the Big Apple! For whatever reason you've come–a new career, social aspirations, or a pathological rejection of your upbringing–we're happy to help you transition from them to us, from Joe or Jane Q. American to a denizen of the capital of the world. Now before we get started with practical advice there is one super important premise that should guide your every waking moment: living in New York City is not about living well, but about being seen living like New Yorkers. Now wait just a moment!
Eager friend, you're about to commit the most common mistake among aspiring urban elites. So grave a mistake, in fact, that you'll be re-packing for Tulsa before you've had a chance to sip that organic, artisanal, gluten-free smoothie. So listen up! You–we, I think I can say we now right?–We don't take our social cues from actual New Yorkers. Crazy right? Let me explain.
You see actual New Yorkers are busy living in New York. Most of them are even part of these burdensome tribes called "families," which come with all sorts of obligations and traditions. More importantly to us, they don't care how people see them because they're too busy living in New York. They're weird like that because they're liberal, and yet not. We don't get it either. In fact they're creepily like the rest of America. Now if we imitated them, what fun would that be? We might as well be back home!
So where do we get our lifestyle cues if we don't get them from actual New Yorkers? From trendsetters. Who are they? It doesn't matter. It could be anyone–even you–at any moment. That's the thrill of the city. All that matters are the trend and the difference: that something is just catching on and that something is different from what came before it. You just need to spot it and hop on. That said, there are some do's and don'ts.
Let's start with what you should leave behind. This foremost means pesky domestic obligations and what is more obligatory than that old time religion? Yes, I know almost seven million New Yorkers identify as religious, but remember: New Yorkers are living in New York, we are New Yorking! Actually, you don't really have to disbelieve anything, you just can't openly approve of anything religious or any religion in particular. Except Judaism, which is fine. And Islam. And Hinduism. And Buddhism. Actually it's just Christianity that's kinda taboo right now, but if you belong to one of those denominations where you don't actually have to believe or do anything in particular, identifying with it will be just fine. Anything Catholic, however, is way off limits and to be avoided at all costs. There are two exceptions, namely that you're allowed into St. Patrick's (just don't say cathedral!) provided you bring tourists and comment sarcastically, and that you are allowed to attend church festivals provided they are sufficiently ethnic. (Favoring local cultures beats mocking Christianity. For more, see Hierarchy Table 4.2.) Otherwise, avoid the Catholic thing! It sounds easy, but on Ash Wednesday you'll be dodging sooty foreheads like potholes on 1st Avenue.
Actually, speaking of cars, it's preferable that you don't have one. This is not a hard and fast rule, and if you can find something suitably small, cute, dilapidated, or lacking in horsepower, it may pass muster, otherwise avoid. Why? Cars usually send the wrong signal. Luxury cars spell privilege, midrange ones spell bourgeois pragmatism, minivans ooze family, and any truck of any kind will drip so much blue-collar sap all over your New Balances that you'll be sprinting a brisk barefoot run to reclaim a new vintage pair before your next 5k. True, almost half of NYC households may own cars, but remember that we're New Yorking here. Getting it yet? Taxis are of course fine and services like Uber and Lyft are covered by the Silicon Valley Exception. If this is too complicated and you want a car just remember the Annie Hall Rule: buy a used Volkswagen Beetle and casually advocate that cars be banned from the city. (You'll probably want to check out Addendum #4 for the list of approved vacation destinations.)
Trust me, though, you don't want to drive in the city because you'll be advocating for every road-closing event you can find. Marathon, bike-a-thon, walk-a-thon, crawl-a-thon, they're all good. Farmers' markets are preferred weekly and cultural parades are Sundays between May and October. Protests are relatively rare these days, but never pass one up. If you find yourself in a position to occupy something, put on your Pampers and sit in, down, or on it! In short, if there is any slow-moving or preferably immobile vehicle or person we can plop in the middle of a road, we're for it.
That brings us to our last topic: causes. Since you won't be busy with bourgeois responsibilities like tending to your family and your community, you'll need something to fill what remains of your mind and time. The good news–not that good news, newbie, so put that bible down!–is that you don't need a family or community in order to take care of people. In fact, taking care of people that you know is totally passé now. That's where causes come in. What's a cause, you ask? A cause is exactly like a responsibility, but you're not actually responsible for anything. By having a cause you get all the praise that responsible people get, but there's no accountability whatsoever.
For example, taking care of your ailing grandmother is a responsibility. It's time-consuming and risky. If you flake on driving granny to her doctor's appointment and she breaks a hip, then you bet you're responsible. So why take care of granny way out in Wilkes-Barre when you can take care of, "the elderly." Are you with me? Don't help your disabled neighbor mow his lawn, but take care of, "the environment." Now don't think you actually have to do anything significant here. We're not moving mountains, we're...that's right, we're New Yorking! Yeah, sure, you can recycle a few bottles and wheel a few meals around, but all you really have to do is advocate for your cause.
Why? Because advocacy is an activity and we identify ourselves by our activities. For this reason, though, you can never be at rest. Rest happens at home, and home breeds all sorts of pesky things. You only need a place, where you can occasionally show off cultural totems like expensive cooking equipment, transgressive art, or whatever your thing is. You, however, have to be out and about!
Sharklike you must ever swim the avenues of the city seeking experiences,
but more importantly you must be seen. Attend screenings, showings, tapings, viewings, fundraisings, samplings, readings, gatherings, signings, openings, closings, Q&A's, debuts, last performances and any other culturally-sensitive, preferably exclusive, pop-up activity that your keen eye may discern. While the native proles are taking care of their homes and raising their families in their oh-so-American manner, you'll finally be New Yorking. Have fun and welcome to the Big Apple!
I just wrote several essays. The first was short, but I didn't know what I wanted to say until the end so most of it was insubstantial. For the second essay I took the last sentence of the first and started with that. Unfortunately, in it I tried to say way too much. Now I realize I have two things, roughly, to say.
First, I'm sorry, dear readers, that I haven't posted in so long. Second, my wife gave birth to our first child in March and we've been quite happily busy.
I have much new to write and many back articles to publish, so thanks for your patience. Oh, and I like to post a picture with every post because it looks so much better in the "Popular Posts" section of the sidebar, therefore Bob Ross.
Supporting the unfortunate is among the greatest of virtues. We call him magnanimous who is of such great stature that he can give liberally from himself, and we call liberal who freely helps his fellow men. We call those free with kind words and encouragement benevolent, compassionate those freely sharing in the suffering of others. Of this approbation we heap upon the friends of mankind, no greater name is there than that of philanthropist. Few words carry such an aura of beneficence, of untarnished humanism and love for others. It is certainly not a word I ever had cause to consider finely nor one I ever expected to well up offense in my heart. Yet I found myself so aggravated by the arrogance of a Jeopardy contestant who had the temerity to have herself introduced on the game show as a philanthropist.
First, you cannot declare yourself a philanthropist. Like being called by a nickname, the process of being referred to as a philanthropist is a passive one. Declaring the motivation of your work and the fruits of your actions beneficent is like calling yourself a genius: a greater sign of pretense than devotion. This might seem illogical, for if one helps others and one loves others then one is a philanthropist, no? No. Let us consider an example. If you are a doctor, lawyer, or physicist, then you are objectively so, because those are occupations. If you chiefly practice medicine, then you are a doctor, to be sure. Yet love is not an occupation, but rather a state of character, only partially demonstrated in action. Now while we all have opinions of our characters, it is not generally considered proper to advertise them or to insist that others assume our self-knowledge is judged with even mind. to paraphrase Mencken, we must trust that a man who considers himself wise is truly wise only in the way we agree that his children are smart, his wife pretty, and his house impressive.
Of course the modern is reluctant to put others in charge of defining him. My art is art whether or not it is beautiful. I am free no matter my vices and smart no matter the gaps in my learning. And so on and on. It is no small irony that for all of our aggressive devotion to freedom, democracy, and egalitarianism, we refuse to suffer the free, unadulterated opinions of others to bestow honors. So we forbid such judgments and declare ourselves professional practitioners of virtue.
Second, the woman on Jeopardy! was not giving away her own money like Cimon of Athens [Latin], the Athenian general who for the good of the people set no guards on his gardens so the fruits could be enjoyed freely by the people, would give away the cloak from his back, and daily invited to dinner any he saw in the forum. Rather our philanthropist-contestant worked to give away someone else's money, an exchange of course arranged through a non-profit.
A "non-profit what?" I like to persist with my unfortunate interlocutors that insist on excising the word company from the appellation of their employer. Of course such cherubs don't work for businesses, companies, or–perish the thought!–corporations, off of which you can simply feel the filthy profits oozing. No, they are the friends of humanity, working for non-profits.
Yet all human activity is meant to have a result, and the result is the profit. Likewise most human activity has two results, one for the party to whom one renders a service or good and one for the person performing the service or offering the good. I teach, and the result is that my students learn (and have I mentioned that my house is impressive?) and that I have money. Now the wily non-profit giver of charity–charioteer?–will tell me I am no lover of man because I charge for my services, to which I will reply with approbation and affirmation. I will also contend that neither are they philanthropists. If I am not a philanthropist because I don't give my goods gratis, then they are not philanthropists because they don't give their goods at all, they give someone else's. Worse, in fact, they are paid for their services on top of the fact they merely give away the goods of others.
Now if your supposed philanthropist is very clever–so clever in fact that I've never actually heard any make this argument–they'll say that even so, they are virtuous because they don't charge their clients for their services, but are paid by employers who have large reserves of capital. To this statement I pose the following questions. Why is it charitable for, say, Bill Gates to make tens of billions of dollars selling Microsoft Office for $300 and then give away a great deal of his profit? Is that any more virtuous an act than if he sold MS Office for $49 and made it affordable to more people, leaving those people more money to spend, perhaps charitably? Why is acquiring and then disposing of excess, even charitably, better than only acquiring what you need in the first place and leaving others their resources?
Moreover, why is he who gains, keeps, and gives as much as he pleases on a large scale a philanthropist any more than he who gains, keeps, and gives on a small scale? What about he who foregoes wealth? Consider a doctor–and before socialized medicine this was common–who treats many patients for free. Is he less a philanthropist because he disposes of his excess time in service, rather than earning as much money as he can and then giving it away?
Third, is anyone involved in charitable work in any way to be called a philanthropist? Even if we acknowledge that whoever makes or dispenses the charitable giving is a philanthropist, how do we regard the people who help them? Is the secretary at the charitable business a philanthropist? The janitor?
Finally, there is the question of the good itself. I certainly don't approve of the many causes to which people earnestly donate, nor do I expect such donors to approve of my own modest giving.
By this essay I have not tried to discredit charitable giving or suggest that there is no such thing as a philanthropist. Instead, I hope to have shown that there are many ways of bringing about good and that it is often hard to elevate one beyond another. The world of charitable giving is, in my observation, more a showcase of right-thinking than a proof that charitable giving is the surest sign of virtue and the shortest path toward bring about the good. The philanthropist may as likely resemble Cimon as he may seem like a later Athenian, Timon, who after giving away all of his wealth in frivolous generosity, bitterly declares–in the words of Shakespeare–to his steward:
I never had honest man about me, I all I kept were Knaves, to serve in meat to Villains.
The fashionable philanthropist who gives only to the cause of the day and the philanthropist who gives less for concern for the poor than for praise both do good deeds, however, but do they do so from love? Are they philanthropists in the fullest sense possible? It would seem that a taxonomy of giving eludes us, as does a proper definition of the philanthropist. Prudence would seem to indicate only that one ought to acquire and dispose of all things in the right degree, at the right time, toward the right end, and from the right motive, and that we should dispense with the titles and grandstanding.
"To write honestly for the rest, one must write fundamentally for oneself."


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The Feed: A Novel (Paperback)
By Nick Clark Windo
Mysterious Galaxy Books
(Science Fiction Fantasy)
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"Think The Road intricately wrapped around Station Eleven with a dash of Oryx and Crake...Windo pushes all the right buttons in this post-apocalyptic mashup." -- Kirkus
Set in a post-apocalyptic world as unique and vividly imagined as those of Mad Max and The Girl with All the Gifts, a startling and timely debut that explores what it is to be human and what it truly means to be connected in the digital age.
IT MAKES US. IT DESTROYS US. NOW WE MUST LEARN TO LIVE WITHOUT IT.
The Feed is accessible everywhere, by everyone, at any time. It instantaneously links us to all information and global events as they break. Every interaction, every emotion, every image can be shared through it; it is the essential tool everyone relies on to know and understand the thoughts and feelings of partners, parents, friends, children, colleagues, bosses, employees . . . in fact, of anyone and everyone else in the world.
Tom and Kate use the Feed, but Tom has resisted its addiction, which makes him suspect to his family. After all, his father created it. But that opposition to constant connection serves Tom and Kate well when the Feed collapses after a horrific tragedy shatters the world as they know it.
The Feed's collapse, taking modern society with it, leaves people scavenging to survive. Finding food is truly a matter of life and death. Minor ailments, previously treatable, now kill. And while the collapse has demolished the trappings of the modern world, it has also eroded trust. In a world where survival of the fittest is a way of life, there is no one to depend upon except yourself . . . and maybe even that is no longer true.
Tom and Kate have managed to protect themselves and their family. But then their six-year-old daughter, Bea, goes missing. Who has taken her? How do you begin to look for someone in a world without technology? And what happens when you can no longer even be certain that the people you love are really who they claim to be?
Nick Clark Windo studied English literature at Cambridge and acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and he now works as a film producer and communications coach. The Feed, his first thriller, was inspired by his realization that people are becoming increasingly disconnected from one another, as well as by philosophical questions about identity and memory. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.
"A chilling, dystopian page-turner—I was hooked from the very beginning and haunted for days after finishing it."
— S.J. Watson, bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep
"Evocative of Black Mirror, The Feed is a visceral warning about our addiction to technology and shortening attention spans in the form of an optimistic, engaging human perseverance tale."
— Tal M. Klein, author of The Punch Escrow
"A really clever and original book. A tense thriller wrapped up in a scarily plausible dystopian nightmare, with a twist that will make your head explode!"
— C.J. Tudor, author of The Chalk Man
"This thought-provoking debut shines a speculative light on the subjects of connection, disconnection, and identity in a not-so-distant digital age. The fast pace and absorbing plot will keep readers racing to the end."
— Library Journal (starred review)
"Nick Clark Windo's debut, quickly establishes this is not your typical post-apocalyptic scenario [...] Though there are clear similarities to "The Walking Dead" and "The Circle," the book offers fresh, smart commentary about digital dependence and its potential effect on our minds and relationships."
— Washington Post (Best Science Fiction and Fantasy -- March 2018)
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— Kirkus Reviews
"Imagine a mash-up of "Black Mirror" episodes in post-apocalyptic Britain."
— Washington Post
"A startling and timely debut which presents a world as unique and vividly imagined as Station Eleven and The Girl With All the Gifts."
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— Starburst Magazine
"[A] brilliant, highly charged debut."
— Daily Mail (UK)
"A compelling story of people rediscovering what it means to be human in a world abruptly unplugged."
— Christopher Brown, author of Tropic of Kansas
"Warning: THE FEED is ludicrously addictive...I devoured this story barely putting it down. Great concept, great execution, plenty of book trauma with a huge emotional rush of an ending. Left me vaguely tearful. Highly Recommended."
— Liz Loves Books
"THE FEED examines our addiction to technology through the lens of a bleak dystopia, reminiscent of The Road. A deft and extremely clever work of sci-fi that kept me completely immersed in the world Windo created."
— Joe Hart, WSJ bestselling author of The Last Girl
"Surprising and ambitious, The Feed takes connectivity to a terrifying extreme--and then rips it away. Technology-addled survivors are forced to relearn how to live in a world in which nothing is safe, not even sleep. Fascinating."
— Alexandra Oliva, author of The Last One
"I really enjoyed it and what a great ending!"
— Martina Cole, author of the Sunday Times bestselling DCI Kate Burrows series
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— Helen Dunmore, author of The Siege
"A tense thriller with a strong vein of the speculative. And that ending . . . blimey!"
— Den Patrick, author of The Boy With the Porcelain Blade
"Nick Clark Windo's captivating debut is a dark, thought-provoking read. Tap into The Feed and it will change your world."
— Adam Hamdy, author of Pendulum
Publication Date: December 24th, 2018
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Interview with Bolsonaro causes more than 60,000 tweets per hour
Sabbath mobilizes 717,308 posts on Twitter at 12h; divided into two main groups: one against (54.28%) and one for (25.96%)
Updated 2 de August, 2018 at 10:41 am
Driven by the arguing conducted by the TV program "Roda Viva", the debate on the congressman and presidential hopeful Jair Bolsonaro mobilized 717,308 posts on Twitter between Monday (30) 8 pm and Tuesday (31) 8 am, around 60,000 tweets per hour. The volume registered in 12 hours is equivalent to approximately 65% of the mentions on the presidential hopefuls computed in the preceding seven days (from July 23 to 29). The peak of references occurred around 11 pm, when approximately 40% of mentions and an average of 4.6 billion tweets per minute were registered.
Evolution of mentions in Brazil about Roda Viva with Jair Bolsonaro – from July 30 8 pm to July 31 8 am
Source: Twitter | Elaborated by: FGV DAPP
Among the most used hashtags, #bolsonaronorodaviva was present in 33% of mentions, and part of them tends to criticize journalists. #Rodaviva was cited in 27% of the posts and criticized the presidential hopeful.
Map of interactions
Interactions motivated by Jair Bolsonaro's interview in Roda Viva created two main discussion groups with opposing positions in the debate. The largest one, in orange in the map, gathered more than 54.2% of the accounts in interaction and comprised profiles against the congressman. The second largest group, in green, has about 26% of the profiles and supports Bolsonaro. Two smaller groups (in pink and gray) were also identified, each with almost 5% of the profiles each. The presence of bots was not significant in the analysis.
Map of interactions over Jair Bolsonaro on Twitter – from July 30 8 pm to July 31 8 am.
Opposition to Bolsonaro/Support to Bolsonaro
The orange group is less cohesive than the green one and presents heterogeneous profiles. In general, the orange group strongly criticizes the congressman due to his positions, considered discriminatory by users. Consequently, he was strongly criticized for his exaltation of dictatorship. The most shared tweet in the group mocks Bolsonaro's speech in which he said the Portuguese "didn't even step foot in Africa". The second most relevant tweet was the first of a sequence of messages created by a writer and advertising man that gives tips on how to defeat Bolsonaro in the 2018 elections. Many posts in the group also ironized the knowledge of the congressman and said he should not run for president, but study for Enem (Brazilian National High School Exam), given its supposed lack of general knowledge.
The green group, in turn, supports Bolsonaro and comprises mostly profiles aligned with the right wing. The group exalts the congressman's performance in the debate and direct criticism to the interviewers of the TV program – they particularly mention the speech of an interviewer about printed vote and another who cited Wikipedia as source of information. Users also defend the presidential hopeful's positions concerning minorities and ironized those who seek less authoritarian solutions for security. Part of this group's posts also supports Bolsonaro for opposing the left wing in Brazil.
In a smaller proportion, the gray group is worried about how journalism has approached Bolsonaro, which, according to users, could culminate in the election of the presidential hopeful. In the group's main tweet, an user complains about the emphasis of questions on Bolsonaro's controversies, and not on his proposals, which would press the hopeful. He can answer about polemics, but he cannot properly talk about the future. The pink group is opposed to Bolsonaro similarly to the orange group, but in a debate mainly conducted by the profile @sincerojesuis, who makes funny posts against Bolsonaro.
Presidential campaign generates 118 million views on YouTube in 991 videos about the candidates in the second round
Presidential race in Brazil prompts 1.2 million tweets in other countries
Public security and corruption are the main themes of the electoral debate on Twitter
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TSA (acronyme de Tout sur l'Algérie), est un site web d'information généraliste francophone, lancé en 2007 par deux frères journalistes, Hamid et Lounès Guemache. Ce dernier est responsable de la rédaction. Hamid Guemache est directeur du titre.

Historique
TSA est lancé le  avec peu de moyens financiers et trouve rapidement son lectorat. Le site se présente aujourd'hui comme le premier quotidien électronique algérien et le premier média francophone au Maghreb.

En  2014, TSA lance son application mobile, disponible pour iPhone et téléphones sous Android. Le site propose aussi une refonte complète de son interface graphique et mise davantage sur la vidéo durant la présidentielle algérienne.

TSA se veut une source d'information fiable centrée sur l'actualité politique, économique, sociale et sécuritaire de l'Algérie. Il publie aussi des dossiers sur le Maghreb et le Moyen-Orient avec des mises à jour régulières, en fonction de l'évolution de l'actualité.

Le , TSA est inaccessible en Algérie selon leur communiqué : « L'accès au site TSA est bloqué depuis jeudi soir sur les réseaux d'Algérie Télécom et de Mobilis. » , « Nous ignorons les raisons de ce blocage. Nous avons tenté d'obtenir des explications de la part de l'opérateur historique mais Algérie Télécom refuse de coopérer avec nous. » a fait savoir la direction du site, qui promet de livrer incessamment plus d'information sur l'évolution de cette situation.

Dans le contexte des manifestations de 2019 en Algérie, TSA est de nouveau bloqué en .

Identité visuelle (logo)

Équipe rédactionnelle
L'équipe de la rédaction de TSA est constituée d'une vingtaine de journalistes basée à Alger. Hamid Guemache est le directeur. Lounès Guemache est le responsable de la rédaction.

Outre les journalistes, TSA a disposé aussi de chroniqueurs permanents qui publient des billets hebdomadaires. Mohamed Benchicou, Rachid Boudjedra et Hafid Derradji en ont fait partie. Le mystère plane sur l'identité des deux autres contributeurs, Gauthier de Voland et Ghani Gedoui. Le ministre de la Communication Hamid Grine fut soupçonné d'écrire sous ce dernier pseudo. Lui a toujours démenti. Gauthier de Voland et Ghani Gedoui ont cessé d'écrire sur TSA à l'été 2014.

Accord de partenariat
Un accord de partenariat entre TSA et l'hebdomadaire économique français La Tribune, signé le . Cet accord a pour objectif de renforcer les relations entre ces deux médias et d'optimiser le traitement de l'information économique qui se traduit par un échange de contenus éditoriaux axés sur la coopération économique entre l'Algérie et de la France qui seront publiés simultanément sur les deux médias et la formation des journalistes de TSA au traitement de l'information économique par la rédaction de La Tribune et par l'accueil dans chacune des rédactions des journalistes du média partenaire.

Audience
En 2015, il comptait 4 millions de visites par mois et 12 millions de pages vues. Ses lecteurs se trouvent autant en Algérie que parmi la communauté algérienne à l'étranger.

En , le site a enregistré un total de 4,62 millions de visites (TSA et TSA Sports) pour 1,25 million de visiteurs uniques et 11,59 millions de pages vues, selon les données de Google Analytics, outil de mesure d'audience de Google. Par pays, l'Algérie arrive en tête, avec 2,9 millions de visites. En France, le site comptabilise 995 786 visites. Il a enregistré 101 509 visites au Maroc.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste de journaux en Algérie
 Histoire de la presse écrite en Algérie
 Presse francophone
 Presse en Algérie

Liens externes

Presse en ligne en Algérie
Site web d'actualité
Site web en français
Titre de presse créé en 2007
Site web lancé en 2007

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Q: How can i find all the items in a List that have the same value and manipulate this items? On top of the code:
[System.Serializable]
    public class PosDisPair //Name the pair however you like
    {
        public float Distance;
        public Vector3 Pos;
    }

Then:
private List<PosDisPair> pairList = new List<PosDisPair>();

And
private void FindDistances()
    {
        pairList = new List<PosDisPair>();

        for (int i = 0; i < objects.Count; i++)
        {
            PosDisPair pairToAdd = new PosDisPair();
            pairToAdd.Distance = Vector3.Distance(EndStartPoints[0].transform.position, objects[i].transform.position);
            pairToAdd.Pos = objects[i].transform.position;
            pairList.Add(pairToAdd);
        }

        pairList.Sort(delegate (PosDisPair a, PosDisPair b) {
            return (a.Distance.CompareTo(b.Distance));
        });

        Manip();
    }

And last
private void Manip()
    {
        List<float> samedistances = new List<float>();

        pairList = pairList.OrderBy(x => x.Distance).ToList();

        for (int i = 0; i < pairList.Count; i++)
        {
            if (pairList[i].Distance == pairList[i+1].Distance)
            {
                samedistances.Add(pairList[i].Distance);
            }
        }
    }

Inside Manip method i'm using OrderBy to sort the List by distances property.
So now the first distance is 0 so i don't need to do with it anything.
Then there are three items that the distance of each one is 10.
But each item position is not the same.
What i want to do is to take out from the List all same distances items each time. For example to take all the 10's distances items thentake from this three items one random item.
Next to pickup random one of two 20's distances items and again each same distances items.
So in the end i will have a List with all items and distances and positions but from each same distances will be only one item.
So in the end in pairList i will have for example:
index 0 = distance 0
index 1 = distance 10
index 2 = distance 14.45456
index 3 = distance 20
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index 44 = distance 134
Same distances have each one another position.
For example :
index 1 distance 10, posiiton 1,1,1
index 2 distance 10, position 2,1,1
index 3 distance 10, position 3,1,1
So when it will pick one a random distance 10 it will be with it's own position.

A: This will get you the first element in each group where you have more than one element.
var result = pairList.GroupBy(x => x.Distance).Select(y => y.FirstOrDefault());

To get a random element, try this:
Random rnd = new Random();
var resultRand = pairList.GroupBy(x => x.Distance).Select(y => y.ElementAt(rnd.Next(0, y.Count())));

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