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Too many Tchaikovskys: The Queen of Spades at the Royal Opera House leaves you cold
It is inconceivable that anyone unfamiliar with the work could have the slightest idea what is going on.
By Simon Callow
CATHERINE ASHMORE
It is dispiriting to lead a review of a great, if problematic, work such as Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades with the director, but in this case, it is unavoidable: Stefan Herheim is all over this production. He may imagine that by making the composer himself the central figure in the work, he is drawing our attention to its intensely personal nature, but he is wrong. Every schoolboy knows that Tchaikovsky was self-obsessed, haunted by death and driven by compulsive desires for men; that he attempted to break out of this compulsion by marrying a former student. He died suddenly, apparently from cholera, having drunk infected water. His music is clearly informed by immense, sometimes overwhelming emotion, culminating in his devastating last symphony, the Pathétique, which ends, snuffed out, in a bleakness still unparalleled in the whole of the classical repertoire.
A quick summary of these biographical points is projected on to the Royal Opera House curtain before the action begins. In case we wonder about their relevance to the story, there is a helpful prologue before the music starts in which the composer (played by baritone Vladimir Stoyanov) performs a sexual act on a burly guardsman, who collects money from him and abuses him in German. This guardsman is the opera's anti-hero, Gherman – who is indeed German. Before leaving, he winds up a musical birdcage, which plays a few bars of "Ein mädchen oder Weibchen" from The Magic Flute, a phrase that will feature later in the opera, and leaves the room, laughing maniacally.
Then and only then does Tchaikovsky's music start, when the composer goes to the piano and starts to create the gentle phrases with which the work begins. When the tragic theme into which it suddenly lurches is heard, a black-winged female angel of death enters. This is Liza, the opera's tragic heroine. She leaves the room with Tchaikovsky dead upon the floor. But he is up on his pins soon enough, composing away at the piano, conducting the music, throwing around pages of the score.
He is not alone, because when the chorus comes on, they are all Tchaikovsky too. Shortly after, Stoyanov himself turns into the opera's most sympathetic character, Prince Yeletsky, who is full of noble declarations of love for Liza – only to have them rejected because she, her head filled with romantic dreams of doomed outsiders, favours the ne'er-do-well Gherman. As it happens, Prince Yeletsky is an invention of Tchaikovsky and his brother Modest, who wrote the libretto, in their reworking of the Pushkin story, so Stoyanov's playing the prince has its own internal logic, but it only compounds the narrative confusion.
It is inconceivable that anyone unfamiliar with the work could have the slightest idea what is going on. At a certain point, an eerily illuminated drinking glass enters the action, and like everything else in this mis-en-scène, is quickly multiplied, so that at one point the entire Tchaikovsky-cloned chorus is quaffing from the poisoned cups, falling down dead and getting up again. By now the audience has been so hammered over the head with these biographical allusions that one's only regret is that they get up again; please put us all out of our misery. By the end of the action we are of course back at the beginning, with Liza (now actually properly dead) returned as the angel of death.
Stefan Herheim is an extraordinarily ingenious and gifted director who seems to have no judgement at all. His Pelléas et Mélisande at Glyndebourne was simply bewildering; his La Cenerentola, in which – guess what? – the entire male chorus consisted of Rossini lookalikes, was heavy-handed and witless. His Parsifal at Bayreuth, compressing the whole of recent German history (and Bayreuth's) into the opera's three acts, counts as one of the greatest productions I have ever seen, physically, intellectually, technically – though in the end its very brilliance came between me and the music. And this is exactly the problem with The Queen of Spades. For all Antonio Pappano's passionate and tender musical direction, and the orchestra's glorious fullness of tone, the real story the music tells never registers.
And this leaves the singers in a sort of vacuum. The punishing high tenor role of Gherman is sung with unflagging clarity (if uncertain pitch) by Aleksandrs Antonenko, but little nuance. The fine Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek, in the difficult role of Liza, is unfailingly musical, but the general impression is muted. Felicity Palmer, feisty as ever, makes perhaps the strongest impact of the evening playing the Countess, never more so than when she sings her Grétry aria (barefoot in a starched white slip) up at the piano like a diseuse in a cabaret. But she is denied one of her great moments when she returns from the dead to tell Gherman the secret of the cards. She is banished off-stage and her words come out – somehow inevitably – of Tchaikovsky's own mouth. Five stars to Stoyanov, omnipresent, whether as Tchaikovsky or as Yeletsky (his great love aria beautifully phrased and delivered), but it is an evening that leaves one cold and baffled.
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The incumbent education minister Gopal Man Singh reportedly committed recently to constitute the high level commission to suggest policy initiatives and practical measures in redirecting and revamping the education policy at all levels. Though similar announcement was made by the predecessor ministers including the Maoist Minister Dhani Ram Poudel, the high level panel did not come into being.
However,as the commission is the need of the time to ascertain and address the challenges and issues of the education sector in the newly established federal set up, the government is anticipated to form the panel to study and suggest the measures to refashion and redesign the education sector pursuant to the federal reorganisation of the state.
The new federal constitution has entrusted the competencies concerned with school education to the local level governments- rural municipalities (Gaopalika) and municipalities (Nagarpalikas) exclusively as stipulated in its schedule 8. But the education has also been defined as the concurrent competence of the three levels of the government –federal, provincial and local – indicating that the respective layers of the government have to share the responsibilities and functions in the administration and management of education. However, these competencies will have to be statutorily provisioned and legitimated to assure that each level of the government appropriates its role and implements the respective duties and responsibilities consistent to the provision of the constitution.
In fact, in the genealogy of the commissions, the proposed panel will be the seventh one formed by the government since 1955 AD inNepal. And the most important commission that had recommended far reaching and consequential changes in the education sector was formed in 1971AD when the new education plan was introduced in the country.
The national education plan not only nationalized education system but also standardized its quality through introduction of uniform curricula and text books. Moreover, effective initiatives had been undertaken to promote and institutionalise vocational and technical education right from the lower secondary levels. This was a good beginning in the education sector to make it employment and vocation oriented in the market. It is worth remarking the fact that the human resources produced in the vocational and technical sector were in high demand in the local and overseas job market. But it is sad to note that these positive measures were later deemphasised or discontinued.
With an intent to reform and strengthen the education sector high level commissions were also formed in1985 AD and in 1992AD but the recommendations of these commissions were partially implemented, if not completely shelved. Since then much has changed in the education sector too. The school sector has been liberalised, and there has been a proliferation of private schools in the country. As a consequence, the education landscape has been increasingly dominated by the private schools.The private schools have been more or less able to capture the educational space because of the fact that the performance of the government aided community schools has been poor especially in terms of learning outcomes.
Though the government has poured sizeable resources in improving physical infrastructures and capacity development of teachers employed in the community schools,the teaching learning situation has failed to progress further. It is indeed noteworthy that education sector has received the sizeable share of the national budget during the last few years and the European donors in particular have put their money and extended technical assistance to reform the public education system in Nepal. However, the support of the development partners has not beenable to bring about substantive change as the many public schools have been steadily losing students out to the private schools, among others.
Many schools in the Kathmandu valley reportedly received no student enrolments during the last academic sessions as a result of which they had to be merged into the neighbouring schools. The prominent public schools like JP secondary school, Durbar schools, Padmodaya School and many other reputed public schools have been allowed to deteriorate and sent to the dustbin of history. The sad plight of the Tri-chandra College that has hit century in the development of the higher education in Nepal is also worth mentioning in this context.
At an interaction held other day the educationist and policy makers lamented over the drain of the resources in the education sector without yielding commensurate outcomes and results. The gross resentment and dissatisfactions have further amplified over the increasingly deteriorating results and outcomes in the education sector commensurate to investment made in the education sector both on the part of the government, people and development partners.
Definitely a new context has been introduced in the country following the promulgation of thefederal constitution that has made the school education the responsibility of the local level government. The federal government can neither dictate nor interfere with the competencies and mandates of the local level government as each layer of the government is exclusively independent to exercise competencies defined by the constitution.
The federal government will look after the major policy issues including the central universities whereas the provincial government will also handle higher education includingthe provincial level universities. It has to be decided whether theexisting universities will be designated as central universities or handed over to the provincialgovernment. It is expected that the commission to be formed by the government not only give new direction to the education sector but also thrash out the complex issues relating to allocation of competencies among the different tiers of the government within the federal framework.
Often times some minor issues give rise to inter-governmental conflicts if they are not elaborated and clarified properly. Though the government has conducted exercise to map out the functions and competencies, these have to be further elaborated taking the complexity of the intergovernmental relationships into account.


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Q: Trying to understand why this execution overflows I would like to know/learn in more detail mechanism why this throw a stack overflow error ? (.Net Fiddle link)
(Related to the fact that DisplayType is present in both the Interface and the abstract class, renaming the later make it work. I would like to understand what is the execution path that lead to this overflow).
using System;
using System.IO;

public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("--------BEGIN--------");

        FIVan van = new FIVan();
        van.DisplayType();

        Console.WriteLine("---------END---------");
    }
}

public interface IVan
{
    public Type TheType {get;}
    public void DisplayType() => Console.WriteLine("Generic Type associated with this IVan<T> is : " + TheType.ToString());
}

public abstract class AVan<T> : IVan
    where T : class
{
    public Type TheType { get => typeof(T);}
    // NOTE : renaming DisplayType to something else (like Display()) doesn't Stack Overflow, it works.
    public void DisplayType() => ((IVan)this).DisplayType();
}

public class FIVan : AVan<FileInfo>
{
}

EDIT :
Actually I didn't fully realize how default interface implementation work. I add this edit to point you to this article I found interesting about it.

A: AVan<T>.DisplayType() overrides the default interface implementation specified by IVan.DisplayType().  So it just calls itself recursively indefinitely.
If AVan<T>.DisplayType is renamed, it calls into the default interface implementation instead, so does not cause a stack overflow.

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Home News Mitsubishi heads South later this year
The fast-growing Asian car maker will move its headquarters from the Golden State to Tennessee.
The automotive sector in the South is expected to grow by one OEM by the end of the year when Mitsubishi Motors North America relocates offices to the Nashville, Tennessee area from California.
Mitsubishi announced the move from Cypress, California to Franklin, Tennessee as part of what the company website calls "an ongoing plan to reinvent every aspect" of the company in the U.S. Corporate leadership, dealer partners and customer relations are all expected to get a refresh in the move, the company release said.
MMNA has been in California since 1988. The move will begin in August and is expected to be finished by the end of 2019.
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Mitsubishi partner Nissan already has a base in Tennessee. "MMNA's move highlights efforts taken across the entire global landscape of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance to bring the companies closer together in key areas including procurement, development and cost efficiencies," MMNA's release notes. "The company chose Franklin as its new home because it allows MMNA to focus its efforts on company-wide reinvention and take advantage of the area's vibrant technology skillset, all while realizing cost savings through the business-friendly work environment and proximity to sister company, Nissan."
The move follows six straight years of annual sales gains, with MMNA selling more than 100,000 units each of the last two years. The past year, the company said has been one of substantial change, with 80 percent of the leadership team being "new to the company or newly promoted to the role, bringing new experiences, backgrounds and a diversity of thought to the team," expansion of the company's regional network, and a rating of most improved brand in the J.D. Power and Associates 2018 Customer Satisfaction Index.
"Mitsubishi Motors is changing the way we go to market in the United States, and it is leading to a rebirth of the company," said Fred Diaz, MMNA's president and chief executive officer. "This is an exciting time for us, with a refreshed leadership team, new-look dealerships and redesigned and all-new vehicles. As we drive toward the future, this is the perfect time for us to move to a new home. While we say farewell to the Golden State with a heavy heart, we're excited to say hello to Music City."
All 200 positions in the California office will be relocating to Tennessee. Parts distribution will relocate to a new facility in Riverside California. While the process of locating a permanent Tennessee office is ongoing, MMNA will work out of a temporary space in Franklin.
Not surprisingly, the Volunteer State took the news well.
"The reputation of Tennessee's business climate and skilled workforce has attracted countless world-class businesses to our state. Over the years, Tennessee has become the epicenter of the Southeast's thriving automotive sector, and I'm proud Mitsubishi Motors will call Franklin its U.S. home and bring 200 high-quality jobs to Middle Tennessee," said Tennessee Governor Bill Lee.
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In 2019 and 2020, the Centre for Postdigital Cultures (CPC) will be hosting a series of symposia exploring contemporary approaches to experimental publishing. Over the course of the series, we will ask questions about the role and nature of experimentation in publishing, about ways in which experimental publishing has been formulated and performed in the past, and ways in which it shapes our publishing imaginaries at present. This series aims to conceptualise and map what experimental publishing is or can be and to explore what lies behind our aims and motivations to experiment through publishing. As such, it forms the first activity within the CPC's new Post-Publishing programme, an initiative committed to exploring iterative and processual forms of publishing and their role in reconceptualising publishing as an integral part of the research and writing process, i.e. as that which inherently shapes it.


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Ex-Pacers G Darren Collison leads Clippers to Game 4 win
LOS ANGELES — Darren Collison scored 10 of his 18 points in the final 2:58, rallying the Los Angeles Clippers past the Oklahoma City Thunder 101-99 on Sunday to tie the Western Conference semifinal series 2-2.
Russell Westbrook, who scored 27 points, missed a 3-pointer and Serge Ibaka's tip attempt was too late at the buzzer, allowing the Clippers to salvage a game they trailed until the final 1:23.
Blake Griffin led Los Angeles with 25 points, making 9 of 11 free throws, and Chris Paul had 23 points and 10 assists. Jamal Crawford added 18 points. DeAndre Jordan had 14 rebounds, helping the Clippers win the boards, 45-43 — the first time in 11 playoff games the Thunder were outrebounded.
Kevin Durant scored 40 points, hitting 15 of 18 free throws, for the Thunder.
Game 5 is Tuesday night in Oklahoma City.
It was the 14th comeback by the Clippers this season after trailing by double digits. They rallied from 12 points down in the second quarter of Game 7 to oust Golden State in the first round.
The Clippers had no answer for Durant and Westbrook until midway through the fourth quarter. That dynamic duo drove the lane with abandon, drew fouls and made free throws in leading the Thunder to an early 22-point lead.
Durant's three-point play early in the fourth extended the Thunder's lead to 15 points, and they were still up by 10 with 7:44 to go.
But the comeback Clippers were not to be denied.
Paul willed his team back into it, scoring six straight points to get the Clippers within six. Griffin made three of four free throws before Collison got hot.
Crawford stole the ball and fed Collison for a fast-break dunk that drew Los Angeles within one. Griffin took a bounce pass from Paul, scored, got fouled and made the free throw for the game's first tie at 94-all.
Durant made one of two free throws before Crawford, the NBA's Sixth Man of the year, hit a 3-pointer. Westbrook's basket tied it at 97.
Collison scored the Clippers' final four points on layups. Crawford passed to a streaking Collison for a fast-break conversion on the second one for a 101-97 lead with 32 seconds left. Westbrook scored for the Thunder, but after Griffin missed, Westbrook did too to end the game.
Paul missed all five of his shots in the third, when Griffin picked up three fouls to give him five, and Crawford and Jordan each got their third.
Ibaka, who shot 9 of 10 in the Thunder's Game 3 win, got his fourth foul, along with Westbrook in the third. The Clippers came as close as eight points before Reggie Jackson's 3-pointer beat the shot clock to keep the Thunder ahead 75-63 going into the fourth.
The Thunder had the Clippers on their heels from the opening tip, with Oklahoma City shooting 65 percent in building a 22-point lead.
Oklahoma City outscored the Clippers 32-15 in the first; the fewest points they've allowed in a quarter of a playoff game.
The Clippers got to 39-35 using a 20-7 run, with Paul scoring seven, to start the second. But the Thunder closed the half strongly on an 18-11 spurt, including seven by Durant, to lead by 11 at the half.


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Did you know - Professor Emeritus Geoff Duffy DEng, PhD, BSc, ASTC Dip, FRS NZ, FIChemE, CEng
CLIMATE-CHANGE FACTS Experimental data speak louder than theoretical predictions !! (As at November 2009)
DID YOU KNOW … that there was 500,000 square kilometres MORE ARCTIC sea ice cover in October 2009 than at the same month in 2008 (total ice cover is close to the November 2005 amount)
DID YOU KNOW … that each year more than 8,000,000 square kilometres of ice melts and reforms each year!! This area is about the same area size of Australia or the continental USA melting and reforming each year. That is a massive amount!!
DID YOU KNOW … that the ARTIC ice coverage goes from about 5,500,000 square kilometres to about 14,000, 000 square kilometres EACH year. NOW in November 2009 it is in the middle of ALL recorded data since 2002 (see red curve and red arrow). So there is no need for alarm! [Ice cover was 10,326,064 square kilometres on 27th November 2009].
DID YOU KNOW … that the CHANGE in the Global lower TROPOSPHERE temperature has actually dropped since 2005 to about the normal year-average level of changes [See University of Alabama, Huntsville, USA. NASA Satellite Data]. [Troposphere: The atmosphere about 20km high at the tropics, 7km at the poles; 75% of the earth's atmosphere; the boundary with the Stratosphere above it is where the air ceases to cool with increasing height (temperature inversion point), and where it is dry]
DID YOU KNOW … that the average temperature in the USA dropped in 2008-2009 to the normal-year average levels [See USA National Climate Data Center graphs following].
USA 1895-2009 average temperature [National Climate Data Center]
USA 1895-1997 Average temperature (a) up to 1997, then (b) up to 2007. The 1998 El Niño increased USA and global temperatures for a decade before the drop in 2008, 2009 (first graph) (warm period anomaly) [National Climate Data Center].
SEPARATE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION DATA >>>
Overall temperature and average precipitation data 1895-2009
DID YOU KNOW … that the average Antarctic temperatures have remained the same over the last 40 years 1950-2005, with mostly normal seasonal changes. Only the Antarctic Peninsula (part pointing toward South America) temperatures have changed, but these data have been misapplied to mean the whole Antarctic has been warming.
A 30-year MINIMUM Antarctic snowmelt Summer 2008-09 (Based on spaceborne microwave data 1980-2009), caused mainly by the El-Nino oscillation
Standardized values of the Antarctic snow melt index (October-January) from 1980-2009 (adapted from Tedesco and Monaghan, 2009).
DID YOU KNOW … that the sunspot activity has dropped to virtually zero over the last several months resulting in a lowering of the magnetic field and thus the lowering of the 'surface' temperature on earth [actually the deepest solar minimum for nearly a century].
A lower number of sunspots mean a lower trend in global temperatures. [Sunspots are strong magnetic fields that appear dark on the sun's surface because they block the upflow of heat from the sun's interior (sunspots are up to 50,000km in diameter)].
Infrared Zeeman splitting technique, Livingston and Penn 1992 -2009 [National Solar Observatory, Tuscon, Arizona]
DID YOU KNOW … that the SEA surface temperature as measured by NASA satellite is now on the decline (since July 2009).
NASA Data 3rd September 2009
DID YOU KNOW … that most of the Antarctic ICE is expanding, not melting. This is contrary to widespread public belief (verified by ice-core drilling and sea ice monitoring). The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research of Antarctic Treaty nations reported recently in Washington that, 'cooling at the South Pole was significant in recent decades'. The eastern part of Antarctica is four times the size of west Antarctica, and ice losses in west Antarctica over the past 30 years have been more than offset by increases in the eastern part of the Ross Sea region. Ice core drilling in the fast ice off Australia's Davis Station in East Antarctica by the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Co-Operative Research Centre shows that last year, the ice had a maximum thickness of 1.89m, its densest in 10 years. The average thickness of the ice at Davis since the 1950s is 1.67m.
It is reported that ANTARCTIC sea ice has increased 4.7% since 1980. Over 90% of the World's glaciers are in the Antarctic and they are growing.
NASA: A composite map of Antarctica showing areas of greatest warming in red. The Wilkins Ice Shelf lies off the peninsula in the top left corner.
DID YOU KNOW … that the Antarctic is approximately 14,000,000 square kilometres and about 7-8,000,000 square kilometres of shelf ice melts and reforms each year (about the same area size of Australia).
[ 90% of the World's ice and 70% of the World's fresh water are at the Antarctica. The average elevation of Antarctica is about 2,500m with the highest point over 4km above sea level. It is the coldest, driest, windiest, and highest place on earth].
[Sea ice around Antarctica varies from about 8 million square miles in September or October to about 1 million square miles in January or February. NASA image of sea ice maximum image from the Nimbus 7 Scanning Multichannel Multiwave Radiometer(1978 to 1987)].
Picture NASA
DID YOU KNOW … that India's 10,000 or so Himalayan glaciers are NOT all receding. Vijay Kumar Raina (formerly of the Geological Survey of India) reports that the 30km long Gangotri glacier (source of the Ganges) retreated at about 22 m/year from 1934 to 2003 and shed 5% of its length; then decreased to about 12m/year in 2004-05, and is NOW practically at a standstill. The glacier melt contributes only 3-4% of the Gange's annual flow, with most coming from monsoon rains, which have not always been regular.
The Siachin glacier in Kashmir has not shown any remarkable retreat in 50 years ( K Kumar, G B Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Almora).
In Greenland, Tavi Murray (Swansea University) reported that two of the major glaciers, Helheim and Kangerdlugssuag, had slowed significantly by 2006, and reported that in 2007-08 that there has been a 'synchronous switch-off' of speed-up of the 14 largest outlet glaciers in southeast Greenland … not a 'runaway acceleration' that has erroneously been reported.
Helheim Glacier's flow to the sea sped up in 2005, as evidenced by the 5-kilometer retreat of its leading edge, but by 2006 it had slowed back down. Credit: Ian Howat.
DID YOU KNOW … that the BALANCE of airborne and the absorbed-fraction of CO2 has stayed approximately constant since 1850 (even though CO2 emissions have risen from 2 billion tons/year to 35 billion tons/year). This shows the ecosystem and oceans have a much greater capacity to absorb CO2 than previously thought. Dr W Knorr (University of Bristol) determined the change in the airborne fraction since 1850 has been 0.7+/- 1.4% per decade … practically zero!
Annual increase in atmospheric CO2 has remained CONSTANT PROPORTIONED to the amount of man-made CO2 released
DID YOU KNOW … that the SEA LEVEL has risen only 1.6mm/yr over the last 100 years. That equates to only 160mm per century (0.16m or 6.3inches in old terms over 100 years!). There has been no change in the rate even from 1990. Data have been obtained independently worldwide and also officially in New Zealand in independent studies in several cities.
Compiled by: Professor Emeritus Geoff Duffy


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Lord Douglas William Cope Gordon (11 October 1851 – 4 August 1888), was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.

Gordon was the fourth son of Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly, and his second wife Maria Antoinetta (née Pegus). Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly, was his elder brother. He entered Parliament for West Aberdeenshire in 1876, a seat he held until 1880, and then represented Huntingdonshire from 1880 to 1885.

Gordon died unmarried in August 1888, aged 36.

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Home Economy Morocco to Play Key Role in Africa's Access to Water and Sanitation
Morocco to Play Key Role in Africa's Access to Water and Sanitation
Rabat - The African Water Association (AAE) conference, entitled "Water and Sanitation in Africa: Challenges and Prospects", opened in Skhirat on Monday, with the participation of more than 200 decision makers from Francophone and Anglophone Africa.
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Chaima Lahsini is freelance journalist and activist with the Al-Fam collective in Rabat.
Rabat – The African Water Association (AAE) conference, entitled "Water and Sanitation in Africa: Challenges and Prospects", opened in Skhirat on Monday, with the participation of more than 200 decision makers from Francophone and Anglophone Africa.
Initiated by the Moroccan Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), these meetings, which will take place February 13 to 17, provide an opportunity for African leaders to discuss the challenges facing the African continent.
The conference is scheduled to discuss the critical issues of drinking water access and sanitation in the continent, as only 30% of the African population has access to these recourses. Some of the main themes of the conference include access to safe drinking water and sanitation services, as well as prospects for improving access to these basic services, essential for the sustainable development of the continent.
Throughout the five days of the conference, meetings will take place corresponding to the AAE's organizational bodies: the Scientific and Technical Committee, the Management Committee, the Governance Committee, and the General Assembly.
Speaking at the opening, ONEE's General Director, Ali Fassi Fihri, noted that the African Water Summit, one of the first inter-African meetings following the return of Morocco to the African Union (AU), confirms Morocco's commitment to strengthening South-South cooperation, particularly in areas where the Moroccan experience is proven.
During the ceremony, Fihri stressed that drinking water and proper sanitation are some of the most important public services required for a decent and healthy life, but that the implementation of such projects needs major financing.
Morocco is, according to Fihri, engaged in a sanitation program that plans to reach 140 wastewater treatment plants by 2020, for a cost of € 2.3 billion. Accordingly, the Office plans to take action to improve water yields from 95.4% in 2016 to 96% in 2020.
In the case of liquid sanitation, the same program aims to achieve a higher purification capacity of 15.000 m3/day by using clean energy sources such as biogas energy recovery and the use of solar photovoltaic energy.
The AAE is made up of a network of about 100 member companies located throughout the African continent. It is positioning itself as an essential institution for improving the performance of water and sanitation companies in Africa. The AAE also contributes to influencing sectorial policies in Africa and accompanies its members to achieve the goals set by the international community regarding people's access to drinking water and sanitation services.
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Amazing hard to make snake shaped water pipe! Features: Super thick 5mm Glass. Gorgeous patterns at bottom of base. Includes matching full sized bowl. Pattern is known as wrapped and raked and is multicolored. Resembles an s-shaped neck, which is really hard to create. Colors may vary. Creating the S-shaped neck is not an easy to do task. A lot of work and patience goes into creating this work of art. It is a very unique design that will impress anyone you show it to. The glass water pipe is created out of thick 5mm glass and is very sturdy. It will grow with you the more you smoke from it. As you can see, the base itself is very gorgeous with a wrapped and racked design. The pipe will come with a matching full sized bowl. This glass item is individually hand-blown and beautifully handcrafted. Colors may slightly vary from photos, making yours a one of a kind item! However, it will look the same overall.


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We currently have a research group of 15 research students and postdoctoral fellows, supported by around £1M of external income. Our group is an intensive user of national and international neutron and synchrotron X-ray facilities.
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Whet Your Appetite With This Visual Feast
With the food industry booming, there are a whole host of photographers, designers, stylists and chefs embracing the absurd, joyful, colourful pleasure of food in all its forms. A new book offers a rich portrait of what we eat as an encapsulation of contemporary culture and values. Words by Louise Benson
A feast for the eyes? In an age where pretty much anyone can call themselves a foodie, with an ongoing craze for the perfect Instagrammable dish, contemporary food staging and photography is well and truly thriving. Alongside a booming food industry, there are a whole host of photographers, designers, stylists and chefs working tirelessly to capture not just that perfect taste sensation, but the best looking image of the plate. From meditations on a single ingredient to epic tableaus of laden tables of produce, there is an entire movement of creatives connecting the dots between art and food. Visual Feast, a new book published by Gestalten, shines a light on these ambitious collaborative projects, bringing together the pick of the bunch from an international array of talent.
The result is a riotous, colourful affair, steeped in the absurd, joyful, epic pleasure of food in all its forms. Even amidst the wide-ranging diversity of images on offer, there is a willingness to embrace experimentation and new technologies that unites the many artists featured. A variety of commissioned and editorial and conceptual explorations are presented, offering a rich portrait of food as an encapsulation of contemporary culture and values.
"As a measure of our cravings and addictions, food offers a powerful insight into the psychology of abstention and temptation"
There is wide scope for playful juxtapositions, with gluttonous abundance jutting up against the minimalism of the weight-loss diet; junk food versus a single vegetable. As a measure of our cravings and addictions, food offers a powerful insight into the psychology of abstention and temptation, and the artists and photographers in Visual Feast use these tensions to great effect. In the photography of Heami Lee, junk food is lavishly laid out in all its pastel-coloured glory, with a pink milkshake, cream cakes and shiny donuts laid on thick, as much a work of art as mouthwateringly appealing.
For artist Eric Wert, food becomes a vehicle for intensive observation, in hyperreal still life paintings of glistening grapefruits, half a dozen plump oysters or an array of vegetables. Part homage to the Renaissance still life, which often featured fruit, vegetables and meat, part crazed celebration of the details to be observed even in each segment of a single citrus fruit, it is a love letter to the pleasure not just of eating but of looking. This is a common theme throughout the book, as the colours, textures and form of food is celebrated in its many variations.
Photographer Dan Matthews focuses on the act of cutting, slicing and grating in his stylized images of hands taking kitchen implements to cheese, carrots and a hard boiled egg. The decisive action of chopping is shown to be both satisfying and strangely violent, focusing in on the unthinking actions of everyday life in the kitchen until they become strange once more. Artist duo Mathery, meanwhile, manipulate the shape of ordinary foodstuffs; under their direction, a burger takes on a newly triangular form, a pizza undulates in exaggerated waves, and instant noodles become tube-like.
"Visual Feast is a celebration of the untapped potential of food, taking it far beyond the boundaries of the chef's table"
Food is a useful vehicle for colour, as observed by countless artists past and present, something that is put to particularly evocative effect in the nostalgia-infused images by a number of photographers. This is most apparent in the work of Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari, who showcase vividly coloured jellies with sparklers stuck into them, pink painted fingernails inserted into prawn heads, and even a garish frankfurter dipped in a mug of black coffee. It is thoroughly throwback, full of sixties and seventies glamour, with a touch of pop art influence thrown in for good measure. It is also cheerfully absurdist, something taken up by David Luciano in his shot of an iron flattening a cheese toastie; cleverly executed and spectacularly silly, it is a perfect amalgamation of food and frivolity.
At its heart, Visual Feast is a celebration of the untapped potential of food, taking it far beyond the boundaries of the chef's table or home kitchen. Food is shown as a spectacle and a theatrical prop, freed from the considerations of what might taste good or keep us healthy. This is a stage for indulgence, and for all of your wildest fantasies to come true. It all looks good enough to eat, so go right ahead and tuck in.
Published by Gestalten, out now
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Staff Recruitment Angels are recruiting for our client a Complex Needs Care Centre with an outstanding reputation for their quality of care and support for their residents. We are looking for a Snr Staff Nurse with a background in acute care to join their happy, professional and busy team. Candidates who are able to provide personal and holistic care should only apply. Own transport is required due to the location of the site.
Be competent as appropriate to the requirements of the role.
Hold a current PIN Number with the NMC.
Manage and oversee a complex care environment.
Have continued responsibility for leadership and the safe management of clinical areas.
Provide clinical leadership, acting as a positive role model, practice evidence-based care, ensure high standards of clinical care at all times.
Take an effective role in staff management.
Work collaboratively with the Clinical Nurse Lead to implement and achieve the service short and long-term goals which are aligned with the organisational vision/mission and the nursing strategy.
Registered Nurse with extensive experience and leadership skills.
Neurological Complex care or general neuro experience is preferred.
Ability to manage resources efficiently within budgetary constraints and for a constantly changing workload.
Motivated and forward-thinking individual, flexible attitude and promotes innovations in practice.
Has detailed professional and clinical knowledge in acute care.
Experience in Complex Care areas; Neurological presentations such as, ABI with extended specialist knowledge related to specific patient needs.
Be skilled in the assessment of complex/specialist nursing required.
Able to provide care/support using the holistic care model throughout the service, ensuring continual evaluation of care to aid service development.
Be responsible for general running of the service in the absence of the Clinical Lead.
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Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to problems.
Work with the Clinical Nurse Lead undertaking delegated tasks in team management.
All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS check and two professional references.


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Lenn Haruki Sakata (born June 8, 1954) is an American former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as a utility player from 1977 to 1987 and was a member of the Baltimore Orioles 1983 World Series Championship team. He was the second Asian American to play Major League Baseball.  He is Yonsei (fourth-generation American of Japanese ancestry). Sakata graduated from Kalani High School in 1971.  Sakata played college baseball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.

Sakata was acquired by the Orioles from the Brewers for John Flinn on December 6, 1979. He began 1981 as a reserve and missed time in May due to a sprained ankle. In September, he took over the shortstop position, replacing longtime Oriole shortstop Mark Belanger. Sakata was humble about this, saying, "I never looked at myself as the next Mark Belanger. It would have been pointless and arrogant for anybody to feel that way." He was the starting shortstop for the Orioles when Cal Ripken Jr., began his consecutive games played streak. When manager Earl Weaver decided to shift Ripken to short at the beginning of July, 1982, he moved Sakata to second, keeping Sakata in the lineup.

Sakata is remembered in Orioles lore during the 1983 pennant race when he substituted to play catcher, a position he had not played since childhood, in the tenth inning of the August 24, 1983 game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. The Orioles had replaced their starting catcher and his backup while rallying to tie the game in the ninth inning. Three Toronto Blue Jays hitters reached first base; each one took a big lead, thinking it would be easy to steal a base on Sakata. Tippy Martinez proceeded to pick each  Blue Jays base runner off first base. Sakata then hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the tenth to win the game.

After his playing career ended, Sakata began coaching in the minor league system.  He has served as manager of the Modesto A's (1989), San Jose Giants (1999, 2001, 2004–2007), Bakersfield Blaze (2000), and Fresno Grizzlies (2002).  On May 31, 2007 Sakata notched his 527th victory as a California League manager, setting the record for lifetime wins. Sakata became the farm team manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan in 2008. He returned to American baseball in 2011, becoming the hitting coach for Asheville Tourists (Low-A). After managing the Modesto Nuts from 2012-2013, Sakata rejoined the San Jose Giants in 2014 and was succeeded  on January 10, 2015 by Russ Morman taking over as manager beginning the 2015 season. In 2020, Sakata was named the new manager of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. Sakata has returned to the San José Giants for the 2021 season.

Sakata was selected by CNN Sports Illustrated as one of the 50 greatest sports figures in Hawaii's history and is a member of the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame located in the Bishop Museum. Sakata is also a member of Gonzaga University's Sports Hall of Fame.  In 2018 he was inducted to the California League Hall of Fame for his success as a manager.

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Download "Habitability Outside the Solar System. A discussion of Bennett & Shostak Chapter 11 HNRS 228 Dr. H. Geller"
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Which of the following correctly describes the meaning of albedo?
Galaxies and Stars. 3. Base your answer to the following question on The reaction below represents an energy-producing process.
Extrasolar Planets = Exoplanets III.
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Why is it hard to detect planets around other stars?
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Characterizing Stars 1 Guiding Questions 1. How far away are the stars? 2. What evidence do astronomers have that the Sun is a typical star? 3. What is meant by a first-magnitude or second magnitude star?
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Q: How should I charge storage fees? What are the best practices of charging storage frees from user? Will I have to charge the storage fees every time they insert the data?
Can I charge storage fees without making a function [payable]?

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What are the best practices of charging storage frees from user?

There is a Standard designed for this use case:

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*Storage Management (NEP-145)

You can use the interface of this standard in rust from this implementation in near-sdk-rs.
In particular one useful example, is the implementation of this trait for FungibleToken. This functions are exposed using this macro.

Will I have to charge the storage fees every time they insert the data?

If it is clear what is the amount of data a single user requires, they only need to call storage_deposit once, with the required deposit. Optionally they can call storage_withdraw / storage_unregister to get a refund and remove their data.

Can I charge storage fees without making a function [payable]?

No. But if you follow previous standard, only storage_deposit needs to be #[payable] and not other functions in your contract.


In Northern California, when the fires tear across the land, the sun sometimes turns pink, even hours before sunset. It gives you this sorrowful feeling that colossal suffering is happening not so far away. It reminds me of when I lived in the Midwest - when the the eerie yellow-green light would fall onto the streets just before a tornado would touch down. Pink sunlight in the middle of the day is surreal - and you always view it with smoke-filled lungs.
When I heard that the fire nearby was the worst one since 1933, I couldn't help but think of the turnings of time, the patterns of generations, and how much of what we have experienced through history as Gen X, is connected to the Lost Generation - like earlier this year when the unbelievable flu season we endured was compared to that of 1918. When you are traveling in open spaces in California and you look out at the fields under the power lines where the green vegetables quietly grow, it's like you can still feel the sorrow and exhaustion of the migrant workers who came to California during the Great Depression.
Many of us are rolling up our sleeves organizing help in small local ways, because that's what Gen X does, and we are bringing our resources together. People across the state are offering whatever resources they have - land for displaced horses to graze, free housing, they are using airport space to reunite people with lost pets, good people in food trucks are giving out free tamales. Goodwill is handing out clothes, blankets and other necessities. Sometimes what people need most is a toothbrush. Sometimes what they need most is a hug. There are countless ways to help people in both parts of CA, whatever nonprofit you trust, if you want to donate, they are most likely helping out.
In the midst of all the great suffering and tremendous loss that has gone on under this sun, there are heroes emerging every moment - paramedics, fire fighters, people who are reuniting lost loved ones with each other and lost animals to their families, and girl scouts stacking canned soup into boxes that will be driven north.
Sometimes we don't even realize the resources we have, and in a flash of genius we are able to offer something no one else can. Sometimes we pray and we don't even realize we are praying. Sometimes we give because we remember a time in our lives when our suffering was similar to the people we see suffering at this moment.
In this moment, there may be a way for you to give in a way that no one else can.


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Q: basic MVC pattern and GUI I wanted to ask for a tip. How would you struct your application if you had a JFrame with many JPanels which have like ten JTextFields Labels, and an Edit Button.
Would you put all the code in the JFrame or would you extend from JPanel and include all of them in the JFrame?
What about the buttons? I want to use the MVC pattern, how would you handle the actionlisteners? Are each of them an own controller or would you use only one controller for all of them?

A: I think it's first of all a question of style and personal preference. It also depends on what your application should do and how.
If your JPanels all are very similar in a certain way it would probably make sense to extend from JPanel. For example if every panel had 10 Buttons where Button 1 does always action xyz() for its corresponding model-object (especially when this object is the same for all buttons of  1 JPanel) and Button 2 does abc() ...
If the JPanels are not strongly correlated in such a way I would place my code rather in the JFrame or in a third Object which sets the whole GUI up from outside.
It's similar with the actionlisteners. If you have very few actions I would probably go for just one controller-object for ease of use (not many files). If you have a lot of different actions I would group similar actions into one controller-object per group of actions.
That said it probably is best to start with a simple approach (YAGNI) where you do everything from the JFrame / third object and have one actionlistener and then refactor when you feel that splitting things up gives you a cleaner or more flexible design.


Some guys prepare for the garage sales even since winter. As soon as the temperatures rise and snow melts, they are already ready to display the merchandise. But even if you put weeks of effort into it, it does not mean that you will earn more than a pittance. You must consider several aspects if you want to have a fruitful garage sale. Do you know why garage sales are a big business today and how can you profit from that?
They say that one man's trash is another man's treasure. When they look into their garage, many guys don't see beyond the dust and broken stuff. But the truth is that their possessions can turn into a fortune for the seller. No wonder why statistics show that garage sales generate approximately $4.2 million in weekly revenue. Therefore, more and more people get into the business and hope they will become a millionaire by just buying and flipping old items.
Sell like a pro! Gather all the goods that you no longer want and make sure that you have enough stuff to make people get off their cars. Start collecting weeks ahead, dedicate a spare room for the goods and check each corner of your house to get the things you want to sell. When you arrange the items, be certain they will catch the eye. As for the price, it shouldn't be too high, nor too low. Although bargaining is a proud tradition of many owners, you should negotiate or offer bargains only to those who ask for it or purchase more than one item.
Why should you profit from this popular business?
Nowadays, we all love a good garage sale. When we hear that there's a new one in the neighborhood, we count the money from our pocket and hope it will be enough for what we are about to buy. The truth is that the business became so popular because the prices are really low, especially when you consider the quality of the items sold. Then, women can enjoy shopping without guilt. Who would feel wasteful to pay $1 for a $25 Target shirt?
When you want to remodel your home, it's a good idea to plan a yard sale. It's the perfect opportunity to get rid of what you no longer want and get the money for the furnishings you will use to obtain a new design. And who knows, maybe you will find a cute dining set at another garage sale!
Instead of paying a fortune for kids' clothes, you should take a tour around your neighborhood and get perfectly good stuff for only $1 or $2. It will help you save for important investments, such as the retirement account and your child's college. So, take a better look in that yard, and you can find a treasure in a box!
Garage sales are indeed a big business today. You should profit from that and redecorate your house, get decorations for your yard, and even change your wardrobe. If you buy and flip goods like a pro, you can make a significant profit. Check the signs that announce a new garage sale and get ready to scroll through their stuff!


Hi, please advise me how to send email to admin, where the email address is not from site setting but from the selectbox in form.
Also you can find more information on how email processing works here http://doc.ionizecms.com/en/tags-reference/form-tags scroll further down.
Make sure you name the input for your selectbox as email.
Hi otemu, thanks for the advice. I use the first method and modify the MY_Email library. In the form I have also email field for the user and the selectbox.


When: Saturday, April 2, 2011; 10 a.m. – 2 p. m.
Where: Dozens of locations in the Bay Area and nationwide. I will bake for the San Jose event at Roy's Station (197 Jackson Street).
How: Want to help? We'll need bakers, artists, volunteers, and lots and lots of customers. If you live in the South Bay, please send offers of help to Paige Bayer at sanjosebakesale@gmail.com . If you live somewhere else, check out the national event page to learn more about a bake sale in your area.
Why: So we can donate BIG BUCKS to Peace Winds Japan.
What a great thing to do. I wish you all a great sale for Japan!
If I was in the area I would be helping out in a heart beat.
I hope it raises tonnes of money.


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June 5, 2014 June 6, 2014 by Ray Schaub
Case Study: John Howard Swain
John Howard Swain
I'm happy to report that I've been busy launching two new content marketing campaigns. One of them is for Intentional Shift, a group of women led by Brenda Michaels who co-wrote a book called The Gift of Cancer with Marsha Mercant about Brenda's physical and spiritual recovery from a life-threatening encounter with the C-word. The other is for Richard W. Butler, who specializes in retirement income for couples in Biddeford, Maine. Intentional Shift's campaign is up and running. I encourage you to check out their website, Facebook, Twitter and email to see a new content marketing campaign in action. Richard's Facebook, Twitter and email accounts are active and his website will launch soon.
Although it's exciting to see these new foals come to their feet, I wanted to show you a campaign that's been up and running for about two years. It belongs to my dear friend, John Howard Swain, and it's proof that even the smallest of businesses can benefit from a content marketing campaign.
John is an acting teacher in New York City. He does what he does out of a love of the craft and a sincere desire to give back to the community that gave so much to him. He's a veteran of the entertainment industry. I know. I first met him like a gamillion years ago when I was a young actor in Pensacola, FL. Flash forward to just a few years ago and we appeared on Broadway together – the corner of 95th Street and Broadway on Mahattan's Upper West Side, to be exact – out of the clear blue. We had a lot of catching up to do. During one of several lunches and coffees over the next few months, John shared with me his frustration at keeping his acting classes full. While he had a very strong following among his alumni, he was having trouble attracting new blood. He disclosed that he had hundreds of email addresses from current and former students that he wasn't leveraging at all. I suggested that he write a blog and tie that in to a Facebook page, a Twitter account and, of course, an email campaign.
He already had his domain name, johnhowardswain.com, registered but it was pointing to an almost blank page on GoDaddy.com. As soon as I looked at it, I said, "What we have here is a billboard in the desert." What he needed was traffic. I outlined for him the three-legged stool of my simple content strategy: blog, social networks and email. I discussed with him the optional, but powerful, fourth leg of an event, which resonated loudly with John. "That's perfect," he said. "I've been considering conducting free audition workshops as a way of attracting new students." I replied, "You're right. That is perfect." We got started crafting his campaign.
The Blog: WordPress.com
I steered John towards WordPress.com for three reasons: 1) it's the most widely used blogging site in the world, 2) it's hosted, which greatly reduces the maintenance and SEO headache, and 3) it's subscriber-based, which means that John's pages and posts will be proactively presented to a wide audience without his having to do practically anything at all. John currently has 171 followers through WordPress alone. While that may not sound like a lot compared to other sites, almost all of these people are actively seeking information about their acting careers and most of these people had never heard of John or his film acting class before. That's exactly who we are trying to attract.
Additionally, John uses the blog to promote his semi-monthly casting workshops, which are by invitation only to his blog followers as well as current and former students. This gives actors who are local to New York City an added incentive to follow him – and it works. Every single time John posts a new article, he attracts new followers. Given that he's only trying to fill about twenty seats per class, this is a very efficient campaign.
Social Networks: Facebook and Twitter
John has a Facebook page and a Twitter account which are pressed into service also. His Facebook page has 493 followers at this writing and Twitter 109, all grown organically. In other words, these are all people who actively sought John out through his blog or other sources. He didn't spend any advertising dollars to garner them. Primarily, he uses these accounts to publicize the blog and the workshops, even posting pictures after the events.
Email Campaign: Constant Contact
We set up a Constant Contact account for John because I haven't experienced any better platform for small business owners, as much for the features and ease-of-use as for customer service. The small owner/operator who is running a DIY campaign will be pleasantly surprised at the amount of information and support available to them through Constant Contact. As a disclaimer, I'll tell you that I'm a Constant Contact Business Partner (as in "Reseller"). However, that said, while I've used others which have been just as good at crafting and sending emails, at some point I often hit a wall in which I'm able to show the customer that Constant Contact would be better. If for no other reason than it has so much more than email.
In John's case, we use several of their products besides Email Campaigns. We use their Event Management tool for signing up and managing attendees for the workshops, and we always follow up with them afterwards using Constant Contact's Survey product. While I do wish there was even more integration between these different modules, it's nice to have all these tools in one kit. John leverages them to the max.
Event: The Workshop
This is the optional, but oh-so-powerful, fourth leg in my simple content marketing model. Several weeks in advance John publicizes the next workshop to his blog readers, encouraging them to sign up to follow the blog as that's the pool from which the invitations will be sent. And it works! We always see a spike in followers when that announcement gets posted. John even sets a countdown timer to the next workshop on his home page, helping to create urgency.
At a pre-announced time and date, the invitations go out through Constant Contact that include a button to register for the event, which takes the user to the Constant Contact event page. The workshop usually fills up within an hour or two with the maximum 25-30 registrants. John follows that up with a confirmation email as well as an informational email with a list of do's and don't's for the event (i.e., "Do bring a monologue, Don't bring a friend," etc.). At the event, John takes candid pictures of the participants which he posts to his Facebook account and in a recap post on his blog. After the event, he immediately sends out a brief survey that asks them to rate their experience. The questions include one or two subtle calls-to-action for people considering taking his class.
John is using content marketing in the most efficient way possible, by applying a classic marketing pipeline model, which you can read more about here. When he posts a blog article, it goes out to all the people in the WordPress.com universe, many of whom might be interested in taking a film acting class. In other words, the "suspect" list. When someone signs up to follow the blog they become a "lead". Those who attend the workshops convert from "lead" to "prospect". Many of those prospects convert to customers. As a result, John's classes are consistently full these days.
Other business models that this can work well for include professionals such as doctors, lawyers, accountants and anyone in the financial planning field, such as Richard W. Butler. It can work especially well for anyone whose customer base can become a community of like-minded people, such as is the mission at Intentional Shift. If you'd like to know if it can work for you, feel free to contact me.
Posted in Case StudiesTagged blogging, Constant Contact, content marketing, Email Marketing, Facebook, ray schaub, simply social, social media, strategy, Twitter, WordPress
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Vote for left-wing candidates in 2020
However, I believe left-wing candidates and a left-wing direction overall are the best courses of action for both winning the election and taking action to improve the country, not the center-left that seems poised to yet again direct the party.
by Chance Page, Staff Writer
As the 2020 election nears, the United States enters a crossroads.
Since President Donald Trump took office, his administration has conducted itself in a way that harms all Americans, especially those from marginalized groups.
The U.S. government has rolled back environmental regulations, from overturning American involvement in the Paris Climate Agreement to supporting the return of asbestos use.
Trump ended efforts to keep tabs on white supremacist groups just as their rise became meteoric, with a shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue and the recent bevy of death threats directed at Ilhan Omar (likely sparked by Trump and other Republicans disingenuously taking her comments out of context and accusing her of downplaying 9/11) serving as two examples of white supremacy run amok.
Instead, the Trump administration has chosen to target marginalized groups, including interning immigrants from the southern border in concentration camps, initially defending the separation of children and allegedly seeking to restart the child separation policy in recent weeks.
The administration has also banned immigration from several Muslim-majority countries and sought to target trans people by removing them from the military and setting up a policy to list birth gender on birth certificates.
There are numerous other harms the Trump administration has committed: sabotaging the deal that would prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons, boosting private schools at the expense of public schools, gutting the Affordable Care Act and providing massive tax cuts for the rich.
I list all of the above in order to say this: I am aware of the stakes of this election.
I am aware of how important the election is and that compromising my ideals might be necessary in order to support candidates that will defeat Trump and the Republican Party.
A frequent argument made by supporters of Hillary Clinton in the last Democratic primary or supporters of candidates such as Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke and Joe Biden in this primary is that while left-wing candidates and policies are nice in theory, they are incapable of winning elections, as centrist voters might recoil in horror at a leftist/socialist candidate and flip their vote Republican.
Certainly, this is not without merit — Cold War propaganda and right-wing fearmongering have made any form of leftism or socialism difficult to gain traction, although recently, the number of people who hold this stigma has shrunk.
But in making this argument, it ignores the other side of the argument: by choosing center-left candidates with an inconsistent history of defending minority groups, many voters within the Democratic party (or the left-wing sphere in general) might not turn out at all.
This caused trouble for Clinton, as she faced reduced turnout, perhaps in part due to this history in her career as a First Lady and Senator: she coined the phrase "superpredators," used to depict largely-black criminal youth, while advocating for the crime bill signed by her husband that led to skyrocketing imprisonment rates; she supported harsh immigration measures such as the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act, which greatly expanded deportation; and she was largely opposed to gay marriage until after it became politically convenient and popular to do so.
In the same vein, current candidates might face this conundrum. Kamala Harris might be haunted by her history as Attorney General of California; while she hardly started mass incarceration that discriminated along class and ethnic lines, she nonetheless served as head of the department responsible for making sure thousands were put in jail for drug-related crimes.
Choosing leftist candidates comes with its share of problems electorally, but so does choosing centrists; attempting to choose solely, or primarily, by perceived chances in an election is a fool's errand, and instead, we should choose based primarily on a candidate's proposals for what to do for the country.
The center-left pushed for the environmentally and socially devastating Keystone XL pipeline, which would run through native land and put the surrounding area at risk from oil spills.
The center-left allowed the child separation policies to continue for decades until it was recently criticized, often fought against LGBTQ rights, furthered mass incarceration and generally stood on the sidelines, or even joined in on the attack against marginalized people, until it became politically convenient to fight to protect them.
Electing a center-left president would be an improvement on the Trump administration, but electing a leftist candidate like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren is required for achieving lasting and significant change.
Climate change is perhaps the nation's most pressing issue. The EPA infamously issued a proclamation that the world had until 2030 to take sufficient action against carbon emissions to avoid disastrous consequences in the following decades.
The restoration of Obama-era policies is a step in the right direction, to be sure. But in order to keep this planet habitable for its people, the Green New Deal (and more) must be implemented, and only the left-wing that has advocated for it can be trusted to implement it.
Another pressing issue is healthcare, as Republicans finally managed to neuter the Affordable Care Act last year, after much effort.
Restoring the ACA is the first step in providing sufficient care, but in order to avoid needless deaths from poor healthcare, and join the modern world in avoiding placing the burden of healthcare on its people, a single-payer system like Medicare for all must be implemented.
This is a trend that continues in immigration, LGBTQ+ rights, bloated military spending and so on.
Restoring the Democratic status quo is not enough; we must take further steps in order to improve the conditions of marginalized people, fight climate change, and overall improve the nation substantially.
It is not enough to reject conservative policies and return to the Obama-era status quo, which did not do nearly enough in many areas, we must take the most significant steps, within reason, to improve our communities, our nation and our world.
Chance Page is a senior studying journalism.
One Response to "Vote for left-wing candidates in 2020"
Juan on May 8th, 2019 11:59 am
Definitely voting Republican in 2020. I voted democratic last election but after seeing what Trump has done, I flipped. Our budget each year is automatically already 60% set to go to social programs while only 14% goes to the military. Do you really think a weak U.S. military is going to be enough to curve China, Russia, North Korea or Iran when they are at a time of military build up? You have to ask yourself why are these communist, and in the case of Iran, authoritarian countries doing this for? Russia already annexed Crimea and these countries could follow suit if the U.S. were not here to flex our muscle and protect the weak countries. Left wing candidates are out of their minds and focusing on frivolous issues i'm sorry but that is the truth.
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