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Is Being a Scientist All About the Science? Actually, It Is
Can a girl wear her Manolo Blahnik heels in the field? Is being a scientist like, really a fun job, and can you meet good-looking guys?
Dartmouth IGERT students Chelsea Vario (left) and Steph Gregory do field work in the Kangerlussuaq area of Greenland. (Photo by Chelsea Vario)
These are among the weightier questions alluded to in a one-minute video called Science: It's a Girl Thing! Showing scenes of sexy babes in short skirts and spike heels interspersed with scenes of a James Bond-look-alike "real scientist," the video was posted on a European Commission website this summer, met with a collective icy stare, and quickly taken down.
The unfortunate video was part of a well-intentioned E.C. campaign to interest girls and young women in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and was posted on an otherwise commendable website. However, as one commentator noted in the New Statesman, "this kind of campaign insults women who are interested in science already and can more than hold their own with the boys."
But who says a bad idea can't lead to a good one? Science in Greenland: It's a Girl Thing, a video created by a group of Dartmouth women graduate students who did field work in Greenland this past summer, is, well, a bit more to the point.
The new video, says Dartmouth President Carol L. Folt, is everything the first one could have been.
"Science in Greenland is lots of fun," says Folt, an environmental scientist who is The Dartmouth Professor of Biological Sciences. "It focuses on the talent and commitment of Dartmouth's scientists, and communicates a passion for scientific research to girls and young women who are considering a career in science."
As the students, all Cohort 3 fellows in the IGERT program in polar environmental change, explain on their blog, "The discussion in Greenland amongst Cohort 3 about the video and the role of women in science inspired us to make our own version of Science: It's a Girl Thing!"
The result is a one-minute, 35-second video showing stunning scenes of Greenland and a group of serious scientists hard at work. It is both a tongue-in-cheek response to the European Commission video and a lively and compelling look at scientists working in the field. It should do very well what the E.C. video was meant to do: interest more young people in getting involved in the sciences.
Says IGERT fellow Lee Corbett: "We discussed our reactions to it and thought about what it means to us to be women working in science, and in particular what it means to us to be working in Greenland, and we wanted to make a more faithful portrayal of that."
Of course, there are a few light-hearted moments. Scientists have a sense of humor, after all, and they clearly enjoy what they do.
"If you want to get young women interested in science, show them science," says Ross Virginia, the Myers Family Professor of Environmental Science and director of the IGERT program. "They're in these amazing field environments, doing the work together, collaborating. That's what attracts these women to science, and they want to share that."
The video was shot by Courtney Hammond '11, an IGERT research assistant and videographer; Julia Bradley-Cook, a PhD student and IGERT researcher who works in Greenland every summer, helped create the video. The Greenland Field Seminar is one of the defining pieces of IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship), a program of the Dickey Center's Institute of Arctic Studies.
"We're really proud and excited that we can go to these amazing places," says Corbett, "and we're proud that we can show what we do, and that we can share that with other women who are interested in pursuing a career in science."
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Do I Really Save Energy By Turning the Thermostat Down at Night?
Alexis Abramson, the dean of the Thayer School of Engineering and a professor of engineering, answers a question on many minds these cold winter nights. She tells the Granite Geek, "There's no doubt."


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The No. 1 LEGO videogame franchise triumphantly returns with a fun-filled, humorous journey based on the blockbuster Star Wars film. In LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, players relive the epic action from the blockbuster film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, retold through the clever and witty LEGO lens. The game will also feature exclusive playable content that bridges the story gap between Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens also introduces Multi-Builds and Blaster Battles to the LEGO videogame universe. With Multi-Builds, use available LEGO bricks to open up new paths, then break them apart and re-build them again to open up another! And another! During Blaster Battles, use your surroundings as cover to stand against the First Order.

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Nyaung Shwe () ist eine Stadt nördlich des Inle-Sees im Shan-Staat in Myanmar.

Beschreibung
Nyaung Shwe liegt ca. 15 km südlich von Shwe-nyaung an einem Kanal, der zum Inle-See führt, und ist das touristische Tor zum Inle-See. Dazu gehören neben Hotels und Restaurants auch Bootsanlegestellen und die Möglichkeit, Boote zu mieten. Erreichbar ist Nyaung Shwe über den westlich von Shwe-nyaung gelegenen Flughafen in Heho.

Geschichtliches
Nyaung Shwe war jahrhundertelang Sitz eines Shan-Fürsten.
Der letzte Shan-Fürst Sao Shwe Thaike wurde nach der Unabhängigkeit Burmas 1948 der erste Präsident des Landes.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Shwe-Yan-Pyay-Kloster nördlich der Stadt.

Galerie

Literatur
 Andrea Markand, Markus Markand, Martin H. Petrich, Volker Klinkmüller: Myanmar. (Birma) (= Stefan Loose Travelhandbücher.). 2. vollständig überarbeitete Auflage. DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6147-5, S. 358.
 Martin Schacht: Gebrauchsanweisung für Burma - Myanmar. Piper, München 2013, ISBN 978-3-492-27628-3.

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The Passenger, The Driver and The Vehicle – Who Is Incharge?
It's a powerful illustration here. We are the passenger of consciousness. What it means here is we have no choice on how Life flow and play through us. All we can do is becoming conscious of each flow. Remember that the good and bad is how our mind labels it. The is a reason for the label and judgement but do not settle for just this or that.
Carrying The Vehicle? Credit to the artist.
A passenger needs a driver. Our driver is the magnetic monopole that resides in our G Center (sternum area – Gate 2-the direction of Self). Magnetic monopole drives us along our specific geometry; not others. Each geometry will cross path with the others. If we live correctly through strategy and authority, we have the awareness to discern who are the right people that cross path our geometry. The rest is just background and stages.
The car you see is our unconscious body; our vehicle. To live in the 3D dimension is to agree to the law of matter, which the body comes as a package. In 3D dimension, time and direction are part of the law. The body gives us the capacity to move in space within this dimension. So every single decision we made, we are moving from one point to another. Even at the cellular level, every decision we made, the cells, the electricity, the electromagnetic, the fluid in our body moves. Imagine when we choose to be with people we shouldn't be or choose to be in a wrong environment..the whole effects of the direction itself could result in disaster.
The body (the vehicle) is always ready and are doing its job based on what is given through genetic imprint during our birth. Magnetic monopole knows because there is a force pull it along the geometry. So what causes us all the chaos in life?
The personality, the unconscious mind that creates the Not-Self in us. The mind thinks it can control the life and when it lost the control, it blames, it project faults on others and so on. Human Design original context is written to make us aware of our Not Self and the mind doesn't like that. The mind doesn't want us to know that it cannot govern our life and body. The mind is designed to inspire and to be concepts for others. Never to use on ourselves.
Let go the need to control the body and surrender as a passenger. Instead of trying to be the driver that doesn't know how or where to drive, be a conscious passenger who learns to enjoy every ride. The magic of surrendering only can be seen when the passenger is relaxed and let go the need to control.
If you desire to change the world, begin with yourself. An awaken manifestor could change the collective from anger to peace. An awaken generator and MG could change the consciousness field into satisfaction. Imagine, would people begin war if they feel satisfied with Life? An awaken projector and reflector could change the entire collective energy especially in guiding the energy. Follow your strategy and authority and see how it can transform your life, spirituality and mind. Let go the need to make decisions with the mind and it will release the burden that our brain feel.
And remember that the mind can do so much (no doubt) but everything is manifesting through our body until we leave this dimension of matter.
So yeah, we stuck in this no-choice body, no-choice genetic rules, no-choice because all are governed by laws of the universe. What do we do?


Regional distributor Aptec picked up the HP ProCurve Middle East distributor of the year award for the second year running at the annual HP Achievement Awards for Middle East channel partners held last week.
Regional distributor Aptec picked up the HP ProCurve Middle East distributor of the year award for the second year running at the annual HP Achievement Awards for Middle East channel partners held last week. "We are very delighted to receive this prestigious award again in 2005," said Bahaa Salah, general manager and regional sales director at Aptec. "Aptec is looking forward to future development in terms of business and relationship with the HP ProCurve Team and we thank them for their excellent support and partnership." Ivan Kraemer, regional sales and marketing director for the Middle East, Africa and Mediterranean at HP ProCurve networking business, commented: "Aptec Gulf's clear strategy, innovative effort, focused planning and excellent performance on the HP ProCurve business got rewarded for the second time with the Channel Development Partner Award for ProCurve Networking this year. We are very happy about Aptec's commitment and keen interest to develop the ProCurve business in the Middle East." Ilyas Mohammed, Business Unit Manager at Aptec Gulf, said: "It is a proud moment for us to be at the top once again. It has proven that with the right partnership, commitment and support we can achieve outstanding results." "The fact that Aptec and ProCurve had made hand-in-hand investments into people and knowledge brought us where we are today. We have added the Levant Region into our ProCurve distribution contract, which gave us an excellent economy of scale to build on, to cover the entire Middle East region," added Mohammed. "I thank the ProCurve Team for their contribution and trust in us. Aptec's dedicated ProCurve team is geared up and well prepared to achieve further heights in the region," Mohammed concluded.


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Summary | Understanding the mechanisms of SGLT2 inhibition in heart failure and diabetes
Vienna, Austria - May 28, 2018
Professor Sattar continued by diving deeper into one of the latest developments in the diabetes field; what is known about the effects and mechanism of SGLT2 inhibition. The EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial compared two doses of the SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin with placebo, in patients with diabetes and high CV risk. 99% Of participants had existing CV disease. Average age was 63 years old, average HbA1c was 8.1%, and about a quarter of participants had eGFR <60 ml/min/1.73 m2. About 7000 patients were followed over a median observation time of 3.1 years.
It was anticipated that empagliflozin would mostly benefit myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke risk, as it modulates several factors related to CV risk, including glucose and insulin lowering. It was already known that empagliflozin reduces albuminuria, and affects some lipid factors, as well as weight and blood pressure.5 When the first results were presented, however, non-fatal MI and stroke were not significantly affected by treatment with empagliflozin as compared with placebo, with a point-estimate above 1 for stroke, and below 1 for MI. The three-point MACE (major adverse CV events) endpoint was significantly reduced by 14% with empagliflozin vs. placebo (HR: 0.86, 0.74-0.99, P=0.0382), which was mostly driven by a reduction in CV death (HR: 0.62, 95%CI: 0.49-0.77, P=<0.0001). It was also striking that the Kaplan-Meier event curves separated early after start of treatment. In addition, empagliflozin showed a reduction of hospitalization for HF as compared with placebo, by 35% (HR: 0.65, 95%CI: 0.50-0.85, P=0.0017). Furthermore, empagliflozin also reduced all-cause death by 32% in the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial.5
The CANVAS program compared another SGLT2 inhibitor, canagliflozin, with placebo.6 The pooled CANVAS program also demonstrated a 14% reduction in MACE (CV death, nonfatal MI and non-fatal stroke) after treatment with canagliflozin (HR: 0.86, 95%CI: 0.75-0.97). Again, non-fatal MI and stroke were not significantly reduced. Like empagliflozin, treatment with canagliflozin also showed a significant reduction in HF hospitalization or CV death (HR: 0.78, 95%CI: 0.67-0.91), but less effect on CV death only (HR: 0.87, 95%CI: 0.72-1.06).6 When combining the findings of both SGLT2 inhibitors, a class effect of a benefit on HF hospitalization emerges, and in addition to that, empagliflozin may give mortality reduction.
When speculating on the mechanism of action of SGLT2 inhibition, atherothrombosis does not seem relevant because the benefits occurred too fast, and no benefit on MI and stroke was seen. Thus, it may be a vascular or renal effect, or altered cardiac metabolism. Additionally, the ketone hypothesis has been proposed.7 It is good to remember how these drugs work. SGLT2 inhibitors lead to reduction of sugar reabsorption in the proximal tubule. In diabetes patients, SGLT2 is upregulated, so that 90% of the sugar is reabsorbed early on in the proximal tubule. SGLT2 inhibitors suppress this mechanism, leading to reduced reabsorption of glucose into the bloodstream and consequently loss of sugar in the urine. This glucosuria also leads to loss of calories and water, which lowers blood pressure.
As the name suggests, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors also affect sodium levels. Normally, SGLT2 upregulation leads to sodium reabsorption and diabetes patients will likely be sodium overloaded and water overloaded. As a consequence of increased sodium reabsorption in the proximal tubule, less sodium reaches the macula densa in the kidney. This feeds back to lead to afferent arterial vasodilation, with consequently increased pressure in the kidney through elevated glomerular filtration rate (GFR). SGLT2 inhibition causes sodium to no longer be reabsorbed, and as sodium reaches the macula densa in high concentration, the feedback mechanism leads to arterial vasoconstriction. Consequently, the pressure on the kidneys is normalized. It is thought that this destresses the nephron. Moreover, salt is excreted via the urine7 and albuminuria is reduced. It is suggested that altogether, SGLT2 inhibition results in protection of the kidney.7
These effects of SGLT2 inhibition are also seen with RAAS blockade. Although these effects arise through different mechanisms, combining the two drug classes may have additive benefits. Concerning the proposed reno-protective effects, in EMPA-REG OUTCOME, in comparison with placebo, treatment with empagliflozin indeed reduced the progression to a decline in eGFR greater than 40%, a meaningful eGFR decline (HR: 0.55, 95%CI: 0.40-0.75, P=0.0001).
The ketone hypothesis postulates a switch in cardiac use of ketones instead of glucose, with ketones being a more energy-efficient fuel for the failing heart. Normally in diabetes, a switch takes place in cardiac use from free fatty acids to glucose, which impairs cardiac function. Interestingly, SGLT2 inhibitors have been demonstrated to increase ketone synthesis, which may be beneficial for the heart.10 However, it should be noted that not all researchers in this field are convinced that the ketone hypothesis is relevant to the effects of SGLT2 inhibition.11 Research is ongoing to shed more light on the relevance of the ketone hypothesis.
With regard to the altered hemodynamics induced by SGLT2 inhibiting treatment, Sattar and colleagues developed an early hypothesis, by postulating that SGLT2 inhibition leads to glucose and sodium reduction in the blood, by reducing reabsorption of both factors in the kidneys. This lowers nephron hyperfiltration and in turn reduces generalized decongestion and intravascular volume, which destresses the heart. Cardiac afterload and preload are decreased. And because the heart is stressed less, fewer HF hospitalizations are seen. Also fatal arrhythmias occur less often.12 Sattar recommends to read the review article by Butler et al.13, which elaborates on the volume effects and this hypothesis, in addition to the metabolic effects of SGLT2 inhibition.
The volume effects of SGLT2 inhibition go beyond what is seen with diuretics. Loop diuretics and thiazides for instance only cause natriuresis, and vaptans only aquaresis. SGLT2 inhibition on the other hand affects both glucose and sodium, without causing a change in osmolality, serum potassium, and uric acid and sugar levels go down. This may reflect a more pathophysiologically targeted pathway in diabetes than diuretics. Still, these mechanisms should be explored further.
In a recent paper, Sattar and McGuire rethink how diabetes and obesity may lead to CV disease. 14 Not only by accelerating atherogenesis through the usual risk factors. It may have been overlooked that both diabetes and obesity, particularly when they interact, also lead to fluid overload and sodium and glucose overload. SGLT2 inhibitors may predominantly target this pathway, thereby addressing volume excess and the hemodynamic and glomerular stress directly.14 Ongoing trials my confirm this hypothesis.
4. Zinman B et al., N Engl J Med 2015;373:2117–28
5. Inzucchi SE et al., Diab Vasc Dis Res 2015;12:90-100
6. Neal B et al., N Engl J Med. 2017;377(7):644-657
7. Sattar N et al., Diabetologia. 2016;59(7):1333-1339
8. Cherney DZ et al., Circulation. 2014;129(5):587-97
9. Wanner Ch et al., N Engl J Med. 2016;375(18):1801-2
10. Rosenstock J et al., Diabetes Care. 2015 Sep;38(9):1638-42
11. Lopaschuk GD et al., Cell Metab. 2016;24(2):200-2
12. Sattar N et al., Diabetologia. 2016;59(7):1333-1339
13. Butler J et al., Eur J Heart Fail. 2017;19(11):1390-1400
14. Sattar N et al., Circulation. 2018;138(1):7-9
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PRESENT: Mr W Harvie (in the chair); Councillors Swift (Vice-Chair), Armitage, Davison, England and Whiteley.
Councillors J Kitwood and R Nixon and Mr D Cuckson.
251 MINUTES – Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting of this committee held on 27 January 2011, having been printed and circulated amongst the members, be taken as read and correctly recorded and be signed by the chair subject to their correction by the addition of Mr D Cuckson to the list of members present.
252 (13) COMPLAINTS/CODE OF CONDUCT UPDATE – The Monitoring Officer submitted an update on progress with complaints received and updated the report orally.
253 (14) LOCALISM BILL – Further to Minute 249, The Monitoring Officer submitted a report setting out the provisions in the Localism Bill that related to standards and members conduct.
The Localism Bill was currently passing through Parliament and the report outlined its main effects, which included the removal of the requirement for councils to have standards committees and to adopt the model code conduct.
The Bill was likely to be enacted in late 2011. The present conduct regime (a model code governing local authority members' conduct and enforced through local authority standards committees, regulated in turn by Standards for England), would continue to function in the normal manner, considering, investigating and determining allegations of misconduct, until a fixed date ("the appointed day"), probably two months after the Bill received Royal Assent.
This meant that, until the appointed day, an allegation of misconduct could be made but that after the appointed day no further allegations of misconduct could be made under the Standards for England regime. It also meant that at the appointed day, allegations would be in the process of investigation and, further, that appeals against sanctions would be pending. Transitional measures were to be put in place to address this.
The terms of office of North Lincolnshire Council members on the Standards Committee ran until the Annual Meeting, those of the Independent members and town/parish representatives until September 2011.
A legally constituted Standards Committee would be required until all complaints made under the current regime had been dealt with. It was therefore suggested that the terms of office of the independent and parish members be extended until any outstanding complaints had been dealt with.
Recommended to Council – (a) That the current position be noted, and (b) that the terms of office of the independent and parish members be extended until such time as any outstanding complaints have been dealt with.
254 PUBLICATION OF MEMBERS' REGISTER OF INTERESTS ON WEBSITE – Further to Minute 250, the Service Director Legal and Democratic reported on progress made towards publication of the Register of Members' Interests for North Lincolnshire Council and parish and town councils in its area on the North Lincolnshire Council website. It was noted that all members elected in May would need to register all interests (including any existing members that were re-elected) and that it would not be practicable to publish the existing register prior to that.


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Q: How to implement a multi-step form in Django admin My task is to give the opportunity to fill out the form in several steps, processing the result of each step.
I found an example of what I need, but this example of 2009
I know about wizard form, but I do not understand how to implement it in Dango admin.
I tried to do this:
def get_urls(self):
    urls = super(MyCustomAdmin, self).get_urls()
    my_urls = [
        url(r'^my_view/$', Wizard.as_view([Form1, Form2]))
    ]
    return my_urls + urls

But got an error:

AttributeError at /admin/сustom/custommodel/my_view/
'NoneType' object has no attribute 'rsplit'

Perhaps Wizard form are not the best option. But I do not know how to implement the task set otherwise

A: I have the same requirement, and I m looking into https://django-formtools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wizard.html
It was last updated in February 2017, so it is possibly up to date?

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The headline announcement from the first pack for Warhammer 40,000 Conquest is that this pack will contain Ragnar Blackmane, legendary hero from the Space Wolves as the commander card and that this his will be the first pack in the Warlord Cycle.
Each pack will contain 17 different cards, with three copies of each card. You'll also get a new commander in every pack along with their 8 card retinue. Every pack will include a new warlord and each cycle will include a warlord for each faction. It looks like Fantasy Flight Games are mining the Warhammer 40,000 lore for characters so hopefully we'll see plenty of familiar faces. You'll also notice from the cards that have been displayed so far that we're looking at completely new artwork, there does appear to be any recycled art from older games, which is always a good thing.
We're also being told that each warpack will contain "a full playset of each unit, attachment, event, and support card within." This statement clearly outlines the type of cards you'll be building your deck with but the words "full playset" have me intrigued. Is this going to be a traditional way of building a deck where you can put whatever combination of cards you wish or are we looking at a similar approach to Star Wars where cards have to be used in groups?
Conquest is going to be a day one purchase for me; the combination of Fantasy Flight Games pedigree, Eric M Lang on the design team and 40k looks like a sure thing.


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The subject progressively grew to become an educational area in its own right, with each philosophical and empirical branches. Then, thanks to authorities laws, ethics have been incorporated into companies, reflected at present in company social accountability methods and codes of conduct. Business ethics is not solely a firmly established academic field, it's something companies realize they need to manage and internalize. Business ethics have been studied since the 1960s, and yet we discover ourselves still battling ethical and moral issues today. Many individuals are extremely cynical in relation to making a choice between doing the best thing and preserving a job.
The concept of business ethics began in the 1960s as firms became more aware of a rising shopper-based society that confirmed considerations concerning the environment, social causes, and corporate responsibility. The increased focus on so-referred to as social points was an indicator of the last decade. Ethical practices can transcend simply making sure your corporation doesn't have a unfavorable influence on individuals and the surroundings. This stage of Business Ethics is essentially the most commendable and must be one thing all companies attempt for in this day and age, so that higher standards may be achieved for all sooner or later.
It is thus partially conservative and partially radical, and at different intervals in different societies one or the other of those aspects is dominant. In the United States in the 1860s, the American Civil War was partly a response to the moral condemnation of the institution of slavery as present within the Southern states of the Union. By analogy, business ethics as an educational area is the systematic examine of the morality current in business—the business practices, the values, the presuppositions and so forth truly present. It is partially conservative and partially radical or critical.
Popular tendencies on social media and the instant gratification that's received from participating in such quickly distort individuals's ideas and decisions. Here are a number of examples of business ethics at work as companies try and balance advertising and social duty. For instance, Company XYZ sells cereals with all-natural elements. The advertising department needs to make use of the all-natural components as a selling point, however it must mood enthusiasm for the product versus the laws that govern labeling practices.
In 1989 it changed its annual assembly to precede the Academy of Management annual meeting, although it nonetheless had classes along side the American Philosophical Association. The SBE continues to be the dominant educational venue for business ethics. In 1991 it started the Business Ethics Quarterly with Patricia Werhane as Editor. As an academic area, ethics may be thought of as the research of morality. Each society has a morality—a set of practices that it considers right or mistaken, values that it champions, and guidelines that it enforces.
If a country is heavily plagued with poverty, massive companies continuously develop, however smaller companies start to wither and are then forced to adapt and scavenge for any method of survival. As a outcome, the management of the company is often tempted to take part in unethical methods to acquire new business opportunities. Additionally, Social Media is arguably essentially the most influential factor in ethics. The quick access to so much info and the opinions of tens of millions extremely affect people's behaviors. The desire to evolve with what is portrayed because the norm often manipulates our concept of what is morally and ethically sound.
The Society for Business Ethics (SBE) was founded in 1980, 9 primarily by those in the philosophy stream. The Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management, which turned the main group for these on the descriptive facet of business ethics, had existed since 1976. The SBE met initially at the side of the American Philosophical Association.
Business Ethics – Moral Reasoning
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However, the social accountability movement is but one side of the overall discipline of business ethics. The ethics of an organization and its people are closely influenced by the state of their country.
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WESCO Discusses Plans After Anixter Merger
"We've made substantial progress over the past several weeks," WESCO President, Chairman and CEO John Engel told reporters as he discussed the upcoming merger with Anixter during a conference call on March 3, 2020. Engel said Anixter's stockholder meeting on the merger is scheduled for April 9th, and everything is still on schedule to complete the transaction during the second or third quarter of this year.
Engel and Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer Dave Schulz explained to reporters the current status of the merger, but also talked about how the combined company will operate in the future. At closing, the two will have a combined revenue of more than $17 billion, making them the largest electrical distributor in North America. Engel also pointed out that when the deal is done, they will have nearly 19,000 employees, and he expects they will generate $600 million in free cash flow, which Engel says will allow the company to continue to invest in itself. As of today, both companies are moving forward on the integration plan, and while all of the final details have not yet been worked out, Engel expects the synergies will result in about $200 million in cost savings over the next three years.
Schulz told reporters about 20% of those savings will come from supply chain efficiencies, and 45% will be in corporate overhead and administrative costs. Schulz did point out that about two-thirds of WESCO and Anixter locations are within 20 miles of each other, and after the merger, the company will create a coordinated supply chain that will include "line card reviews and harmonizing rebate programs". Other cost synergies will include operating expenses from duplicate management functions and company costs like listing and agency fees and insurance. Schulz described the situation as "a significant opportunity to accelerate growth", adding, "Our top focus is executing flawlessly on day one, deliver value, and build a world-class company."
When asked about concerns related to a dip in the economy, Engel pointed out that both WESCO and Anixter are well-established companies that have been through downturns in the economy. "Both companies have been well established and we have both experiences a series of economic cycles," Engel said. "Given the fundamentally strong cash flows, we think that underpins the strength of a wide array of economic scenarios. Both companies know how to operate through the cycle. As we bring these together, we provide a powerful combination." Engel also pointed out that in the unlikely event of a strong economic downturn, this merger makes even more sense.
Engel said his team has been through a number of discussions with both customers and supply chain patterns as the merger moves forward. "The customer discussions we have had have been wide ranging. Across the board with the customer discussions I have been very pleased. In terms of our top supplier partners, I have spoken to virtually all of them. I would say that across the board, very strong support for the power of this combination," Engel reported.
Schulz and Engel were asked about the coronavirus and if it is having any impact on business and the merger, and Schulz told reporters there is no impact right now. "We've been closely monitoring the situation. We have not had any issues servicing our customers and fulfilling orders. We feel we are in a good position right now, but it is something we continue to monitor."
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Clash of Media Titans
One wonders why the Mail & Guardian's Chris Roper felt the need to save the skin of his own "reporters", that of one Craig McKune, by repeating a journalistic fabrication?
In a piece of rhetoric without any substance, Roper repeats McKune's allegation that Dr Iqbel Surve, the new head of Independent Media South Africa "accused the M&G of being funded by the CIA".
Both Roper and McKune should know the difference between an allegation and a question mark, but then, since they are not exactly journalism school graduates, they may have missed courses on syntax and spelling.
In a rather candid interview, Surve called the shots, referring to McKune's work, as absolute BS and challenging the media house to come clean about its ownership structure, which it subsequently did.
That an editor would take offense so easily speaks miles about the conceit of white South African journalists who believe they have the right to attack their opponents who do not have an equal right to a defense.
While I agree with the sentiment regarding the use of the problematic W. A. R word, (whose phoney war is this?) I most certainly do not accept either of journalism's mother grundies, Roper nor McKune and their campaign against the use of colourful language, such as that used by Surve.
Sorry Chris, we have not entered the era of the rogue media owner, rather, thanks to social media, we just left it.
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The Obama Contradiction
SPEAKING in front of the U.N. general assembly, 26 September 2012, U.S President Barack Obama called on world leaders to confront the forces of intolerance and extremism within their own countries and permit more freedom at home. The blatant deception in these remarks is so startling that when I heard it on the radio in my car; I had to dig out my sunglasses to avoid causing an accident.
Over the past two weeks U.S. embassies, predominantly in the Arab world, have been bombed or attacked in a somewhat knee-jerk reaction to the airing of a U.S. produced anti-Islamic film. Obama's statement is a clear condemnation of the acts committed by terrorists who often obliterate the lives of the innocent in religious defiance of anything that is seen as a threat or menace to the Islamic world.
Condemnation rightfully so, yet there is something quite contradictory in the utterances by the leader of the "free world." As the saying goes "all's fair in love and war," yet little over the better part of a decade has been fair in this much loved game of war.
Terrorism, especially in its 21st century U.S portrayal, takes the shape of fundamental extremism. As Communism ground to a halt, the American economy required a new source of capital flow. War, real or perceived, is vital for its economy to stay afloat.
Exceptional examples of American prosperity under war are littered throughout the annuals of time; none more so than U.S. involvement in the second world war. However, events that took place during the presidency of Ronald Reagan set the wheels in motion for the political trend that is evident today. During his tenure in office, Latin American countries became the new "promised land" for a large number of American based transnational companies. Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador at one point or another fell prey to the neoliberal doctrine practised so vociferously in the best interests of American prosperity. In the name of democracy, global peace and poverty alleviation the U.S. unleashed a terror similar to that of the Spanish conquistadors. Instead of blankets covered in smallpox, they received democracy in return for exploitation. So called evil empires, run by dictators that did not have the best interests of its nations population at heart needed to be removed.
When, in 2003, George W. Bush invaded Iraq and Afghanistan, the intentions were not so clear. The logic behind the story goes, dislodge a disingenuous, tyrannical and populist movement and liberate the masses under the sacred banner of democracy. The actual intentions were three fold. One: money follows blood. The longer and more violent a war, the more arms manufacturers stand to benefit as does the economy. Two: oil. With vast, oil rich resources, anyone with the ability to manipulate Iraq's oil supply – especially in an era when non renewable energy resources are on the decline – essentially develops or reaffirms global hegemony. Third and finally: an enlarged Middle Eastern sphere of influence. With Israel as it's only ally in the region the U.S. has managed to distance Iranian influence from an increasingly nuclear Pakistan by strategically placing itself in Iraq. It also shields Israel from threatening, but often not unprovoked hostilities from Iran.
When Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th American president back in 2008, he did so off the back of an election campaign promising change. His perestroika of change went along the lines of promising to forbid companies in bankruptcy from giving executives bonuses, to enact windfall profits tax for oil companies, and, in consultation with the Iraqi government, to end the war safely and responsibly within 16 months of taking office, among a multitude of other promises. None of these so called promises of change have been enacted. In fact, since taking office, Obama picked up the baton where his republican predecessor George W. Bush left off. To quote from his address to the U.N, it makes sense that he has spent more money on the war in Iraq than Bush.
"Make no mistake: A nuclear-armed Iran is not a challenge that can be contained, it would threaten the elimination of Israel, the security of Gulf nations and the stability of the global economy."
When the U.S. invades nations under the guise of liberators, it is akin to the kind of atrocities committed by extremist Islamic sects, only the implications of such acts are more clandestine in nature. The 9/11 attacks claimed the lives of nearly 3000 people. The war in Iraq has claimed the lives of some 114 732 people, with this number still rising.
"People need to confront the forces of intolerance and extremism within their own countries and permit more freedom at home."
If the U.S. was serious about this claim, it would be more tolerant of nations that do not, by general consensus, wish to live under U.S. imposed democracy. Some nations do not want to adopt free-market economic principles. These are not wrong choices, yet they differ from those that are championed by the "liberators" of the world and must therefore be tyrannical, despotic and deplorable.
For real change, change that the world can believe in, Obama should – by way of introspection, take his message to heart. As dangerous as a person with C4 explosives strapped to their body may be, so too is a nation famous for its veiled neo-colonial ambitions. Terrorism by another name is still as dangerous. Come willingly or there will be hell to pay!
Warren Gwilt is an independent political analyst and social activist based in Johannesburg. He has a BA Journalism degree from the University of Johannesburg.
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South Africa's media freedom under scrutiny
TWO issues impacting on the constitutional guarantee of press freedom have emerged over the past weeks. The first relates to the ability of the media to report about and to access information held by the state, and the second involves the right of the public to demand fairness and accuracy in reporting, and when such conflicts emerge, to have a redress of grievances. While reporting about the proposed Protection of Information Bill has been on the whole good, and Medialternatives supports the stance taken by SANEF — the act severely limits press freedom and should be opposed — the shake-up of the Press Ombudsman framework by a draconian "media tribunal" in which ordinary citizens as well as government departments may ostensibly seek redress of grievances, has failed to establish the role of the public sphere in the mediation of a "marketplace of ideas".
It does not help the debate to see two sectors pitted against each other. On the one hand government bureaucrats who wish to see the press in some form of subservient role instead of a vibrant and independent "fourth estate" while claiming they have the best interests of the public at heart. On the other hand, the press barons who similarly wish to see press freedom as freedom only for those who own the presses.
The debate about information access and the ill-considered media tribunal comes at a time when the mainstream press is increasingly irrelevant to the new social discourse which has emerged as a result of the Internet.
In today's interconnected world, the idea of the fourth estate may seem a little antiquated. For starters, we no longer rely on print media for information. Electronic media has surpassed print media in ways that could never have been predicted. Not only do we have a multitude of radio and television channels, but the written word has been liberated by social networking sites, blogging platforms, and a plethora of new ways of exchanging media.
It would seem trite then that our government has only now woken up to the fact that yes, there have been abuses committed in the name of press freedom, while seemingly championing a cause which will essentially restrict what may or may not be reported about? Surely a reactionary and Orwellian move which ignores the newly empowered public sphere, while quixotically introducing restrictive measures such as an apartheid-era "media tribunal" to regulate the press, which no longer exists in the way it once did?.
Since we no longer operate in an environment in which the fourth estate exists as an entirely separate entity to the public sphere, (the analogy taken from revolutionary France really no longer applies in an online world, since we are the media) we need to ask questions such as — how will this regulatory witch-hunt effect online media? What precedents will be set and will they be good or bad ones? Can we escape the manufacture of consent, creation of propaganda, and dictates of large media cartels at the same time that we move towards an open society?
Will closing ranks around a few bills that essentially limit constitutional guarantees, result in regressive legislation? And how can we best create a more tolerant, open society, that essentially regulates itself by guaranteeing basic freedoms? In fact is there even a need for a media tribunal in the first place when we have a legal system? Wouldn't any tribunal merely reproduce the problems in the legal system and shouldn't government be doing more to provide access to justice and civil liberties instead of tinkering with a new, untested animal which may have all sorts of negative social impacts?
These are the questions which Medialternatives wishes to pose in the coming months as the debate about South African press freedom and government regulation heats up.
NOTE: Read Prof John Higgins' excellent piece on Censorship and Karl Marx published by Business Day.
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SA media corruption under the spotlight
THE Ashley Smith saga is just the tip of the iceberg. What with an Independent News Media director being rapped over the knuckles by the Canadian legislature for bribery and corruption (should former politicians be allowed to own a stake in the media?) and former apartheid cronies acting with impunity despite being on the payroll of the past government and the Naspers Group, one would think television news media would be having a field day. Unfortunately this story does not appear to be getting much coverage despite the consequences.
Government hawks and spooks smell blood and are moving in to restrain South Africa's corrupt print media. Let's face it, if we can't trust Newspaper Hse to look after its own, then who can we trust? Well, how about the increasingly vociferous and loud fourth media? Yes, that 's right, us bloggers. The Internet is the reason why any of this information is getting exposed in the first place. Government should therefore be thanking us for a job well done. As for the proposed launch of an ANC daily, I smell another Information Scandal. If you were old enough to remember the era when B J Vorster tried to buy the Washington Star then you probably also remember Muldergate and the battle to free the press from government subservience. South Africa needs a broader more inclusive media, not self-serving bureaucrats posing as journalists.
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Amagama closes chapter in blogging infamy
THE South African blogging platform which stripped the Creative Commons license from its users material and rebranded itself without bothering to consult or engage on the issue of copyright, has finally closed. The Mail and Guardian announced the closure of their blogging platform Amagama in a letter posted to remaining online users yesterday. This comes after a three year storm over the launch of the platform in which work published under the Creative Commons was hijacked from users accounts at the M&G Blogmark and moved without consultation.
Admittedly Amagama/Blogmark made history. In exchange for a free account (and ample writing space), users parted with their creativity, prose, opinion and banter. The M&G Blogmark had attracted some of South Africa's liveliest and fresh online writing talent and even the likes of seasoned comedian and playwrite Ian Fraser. Unfortunately what had first appeared to be a welcoming, homespun and open space, where one could express ones deeper fears and anxieties, safe from editorial censorship, quickly turned nasty. M&G staff, unable to resist, began to interfere in the blogging process.
Ian Fraser was kicked off the platform for making weird comments about the President. A book review of A Secret Burden, which I had written to demonstrate the problem of embedded journalism during the Border War was deleted without my permission and access to the rest of my material was suddenly blocked without notice
I complained to M&G editor Ferial Hafagee and there was an exchange of emails on the subject. It eventually came down to my characterisation of a military journalist who cannot be named, as a spy working for people who cannot be mentioned. Hafagee refused to concede that this person was South Africa's first official embedded journalist and that the review had any merit. The seized material was not returned and is still in the M&G possession.
Then without any warning, the M&G blogmark rebranded itself and moved over to the new Amagama platform causing a flurry of debate and users to leave in droves. The rest of my work, still under lock and key, was simply repackaged and press-ganged into service without any consultation, no compensation or recognition of the Creative Commons license scheme under which the original work had been released, and so a new regime came into force.
Henceforth, the M&G would act like our online masters. Alienating a creative work from its original license is probably the greatest sin one can commit in today's electronic age. Nevertheless handshakes were given all round, deals with Media24 were signed. Spin-doctors began congratulating themselves. All work posted online would now be exclusively under South Africa's Copyright Act, a real chestnut of a law which still gives publishers exclusive use over any material submitted for publication.
After some six months in which I was effectively banned, I yet again requested the material to be returned. Vince Maher, the brains behind the Amagama launch made a number of promises. None of which were kept. I stood by and watched as my material ratcheted up clicks which were aggregated by the site and sold to its advertisers. We had all been nothing more than Guinea Pigs for an experiment in corporate capitalism. With still no sign of any resolution to the dispute I got legal opinion from an attorney at Mallenicks. It came down to "my rights under the Creative Commons vs their rights under the Terms and Conditions," which as it turned out, like so many EULAs, could be changed and reinterpreted at any time.
Still feeling aggrieved by the lack of respect shown towards the subject matter, I consulted with a number of the key minds in electronic activism around the world, including Gwen Hinze of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Eventually my course was decided after I wrote to Joichi Ito of Creative Commons explaining my situation. Ito had been a long-time associate with a diverse range of net-heads whom I had grown to love and know through my association with the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (WELL) in San Francisco.*
The most cost-effective remedy for enforcement of the Creative Commons in South Africa, short of sending ninjas and spambots, appeared to be simply to issue a take-down notice, which could be made by filling in the correct forms and issuing a request via ISPA. The result was the ceremonious take-down of my own material. After having had my book review seized and presumably deleted, then being banned and having my remaining work hijacked for some 12-months, I was now compelling management to delete all the remaining material (which had been initially blocked) in a very public manner. Despite the negative publicity, the company continues to act as if nothing has happened.
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INM board mischief, mere window-dressing?
Deposed Ivan Fallon
IT'S amazing what difference a week can make in the lives of today's corporate executives. Take the changing fortune of deposed INM board member Ivan "The Terrible" Fallon, or the fate of media tycoon, Tony O'Reilly, replaced by son Gavin?
After the INM night of the long knives, with one other O'Reilly clan member already tipped to walk the plank, Gavin appears to be the only O'Reilly member with any staying power on the slimmed down board, and one could be forgiven for enjoying a bit of schadenfreude as this palace putsch plays itself out.
The move, labelled as a form of weightwatchers for executives in the media world, will apparently address "trenchant attacks" by dissident shareholder and telecoms billionaire Denis O'Brien who last year commissioned a report which claimed the INM board had too many members allied to O'Reilly.
Tony O'Reilly, a controversial figure has been embroiled in a bitter war of words with O'Brien, said he will retire as chief executive and as a director of the board on 7 May – his 73rd birthday
O'Reilly is still the largest individual shareholder in INM after the Bank of Ireland, with 28.5%, and has been the strategic driving force behind the company for the past 36 years.
His son Gavin, who is currently chief operating officer, will maintain his reign on power, by becoming chief executive-designate with immediate effect and will thus succeed his father in May.
O'Reilly is apparently eager to bury the hatchet with arch-rival O'Brien who will be given three seats on a slimmed down board of directors.
However, such moves have not quelled criticism of the inclusion of Canadian Brian Mulroney, a long-time O'Reilly supporter at the centre of a storm surrounding a bribery and corruption scandal, who is the subject of an international inquiry into financial dealings whilst in office, where he was once the progressive conservative party Prime Minister before stepping down. Mulroney is also accused of taking bribes from German arms-dealer Karlheinz Schrieber, and more recently, of encouraging sponsor-representation at board-room level in INM's many overseas operations.
South African media analysts have entertained the public with rumours that INM could be selling off its local operation, but there is very little chance that O'Brian will be giving up his stake in the market. Rather, we are likely to see a complete meltdown before anything happens as the group fails to heed warnings by the public to come clean on the Mulroney scandal.
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We know nothing – SA Media
SOUTH AFRICA'S news media knows absolutely nothing about the bribery and corruption scandal involving Brian Mulroney and Karlheinz Schrieber. The shenanigans of the Independent News and Media director has dominated overseas headlines and has been part of a three year investigation on Fifth Estate, Canada's version of Third Degree – but local news media, many of whom are employed by Mulroney, can't be bothered to familiarise themselves with the facts, and see the subject as taboo.
"I can't comment, I'm uncomfortable with this, there are some things I don't want to know" said Franz Anton Kruger of the Wits School of Journalism.
Patrick Conroy of eTV news express complete cluelessness: "I don't know!" When asked if he didn't know because he was not party to the facts or didn't know because he didn't want to know the truth, he was even more vague, "No comment", he blurted before putting down the phone. Several print media journos, all expressed utter ignorance of the case and it would appear local media is in the process of denying the inevitable – an INM head has been caught red-handed taking kickbacks from business and the arms industry.
Mulroney is the disgraced former progressive conservative party Canadian PM, now the subject of a public inquiry held before Canada's privy council. The Oliphant Commission was appointed late last year and is about to embark on a series of public hearings that look set to rock international media, even though its current terms of reference are also the subject of serious debate. According to the Canadian Press, the price tag for the inquiry will set Canadian taxpayers back by $ 14 Million.
Mulroney is a non-executive director of Independent PLC the parent company of Independent News and Media PTY LTD which prints such titles as Cape Times, Star and Argus and owns some 137 newspapers worldwide. He also sits on the local international advisory board which sets newsroom policy for the media group and recently attended a function of the World Association of Newspapers at Cape Town castle where he could be seen hobknobbing with industry bigwigs and corporate tycoons who have literally bought the local press, lock stock and barrel, turning SA media into unaccountable, personal fiefdoms in the process.
I asked Kruger, the author of a book on Media Ethics, whether or not he knew of any colleagues taking bribes, or if he had received any cash in exchange for favours from people like Karl-Heinz Schrieber?
"I really don't know, I can't comment" said Kruger
When will South Africa's media know anything? Probably never, judging by the lack of concern for what is surely the hottest corruption scandal involving print media this century.
Commission of Inquiry into Certain Allegations Respecting Business and Financial Dealings Between Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney\
Mulroney-Schreiber inquiry to cost $14M: report
Mulroney the Unauthorized Chapter
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Using the power of data analytics the HR department can evaluate the performance of a team. But before collecting the data it is important to understand and define "effective performance". The workforce of the company can be categorized in three types: executives, employees, and leaders ( CEOs, CMOs, CFOs, other Cs). It is interesting to note that the definition of effective performance is not the same for these three types. The expectations vary for executives, employees, and leaders due to their work load, work profile, and responsibilities in the company.
Understanding All the team members should be on the same page while beginning with a project. This happens with clear understanding of the expectations and goal of the project.
Power Power of each team member should be seen directly in the final work. Individual employee must feel the team is incomplete without their input.
Group composition, group structuring, and ecology of the group must not be ignored either. Group composition has the maximum impact on the dynamics and performance of a team. Several research suggests managers to use an optimal blend of employee characteristics to devise an ideal team for maximum productivity.


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The End of the Band As We Know It…
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When R.E.M. released its underrated masterpiece, New Adventures in Hi-Fi, 20 years ago today, it felt like the end for the band.
Recorded on the road during the band's ill-fated "Monster" tour, New Adventures in Hi-Fi was a sprawling, ambitious album that caught the band at the peak of its creativity. The record also closed out R.E.M.'s initial five-album deal with Warner Bros., which saw the band become global superstars on the strength of a string of best-selling, and highly acclaimed albums.
Perhaps that was one reason why it felt like New Adventures in Hi-Fi was it for R.E.M. With the expiry of its contract, the band was looking at an uncertain future. While R.E.M. would have plenty of suitors and lots of big-money offers, it was perfectly valid to ask whether, after recording 10 excellent and influential albums, the band was a spent force.
To make matters worse, the band was coming off an exhausting, traumatic tour, during which drummer Bill Berry suffered an aneurysm on stage in Lausanne, bassist/keyboardist Mike Mills had surgery to remove an intestinal tumor and singer Michael Stipe had emergency hernia surgery. R.E.M. probably could have (and should have) taken an extended hiatus after that tour. Instead, the band went back to work.
Indeed, life on the road provides the central theme for the otherwise diverse and polythematic album. The band waxes poetic about loneliness and isolation — emotions exacerbated by life on the road. "Just arrived Singapore, San Sebastian, Spain, 26-hour trip/ Salt Lake City, come in spring over the salt flats," Michael Stipe intones on the opening line of "Departure." "Low Desert," meanwhile, sounds like it could have been written about the band's trials and tribulations during the "Monster" tour. "All the ashtrays, cities and the freeway drives/ Broken casino and waterslides/ Eighteen-wheeler, payback dice/ Gravity flows on the power line/ Jet stream cuts the desert sky/ This is a land could eat a man alive/ Say you'll leave it all behind." Meanwhile, a song like the gorgeous "Be Mine" takes on new meaning when examined through the lens of the lonely road lifestyle. No wonder they rarely toured after 1989. Even the album cover looks depressing.
Another reason why this record felt like the end for R.E.M. was because the boys from Athens, GA, just seem to be sick of their fame. "This is not my dream sister/ It is cold in heaven and I'm not sprouting wings/ I'm drowning…me," Stipe sings on "Undertow." On "Bittersweet Me," the band lives up to the song title: "I'd sooner chew my leg off/ Than be trapped in this/ How easy you think of all of this as bittersweet me." "The Wake Up Bomb," shows off the band's cynical side. "My head's on fire and high esteem/ Get drunk and sing along to Queen/ Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene/ Carry my dead, bored, been there, done that, anything," Stipe sings bitterly. In fact, the band's decision to release the hauntingly gorgeous, but unconventional "E-Bow the Letter," as the lead single smacked of a band that didn't care what the consequences were anymore.
Despite all of their trials and tribulations, the recording process for this album actually a fairly happy experience for the members of R.E.M. "We got into the studio feeling very happy and relieved that everyone was okay, especially Bill," Mills said. "It brought us all much closer and made us realize how important we are to each other. Once we'd been through a crisis like that, making a record was a piece of cake."
Plus, the band felt like it still had something to prove. "I do think that we touch on a wider range of music than just about anyone right now," guitarist Peter Buck told dotmusic at the time. "The Beatles used to do it, Led Zeppelin used to do it and I don't think we get enough credit for doing it."
As a result, New Adventures in Hi-Fi is the band's attempt to demonstrate its versatility by creating a diverse, multifarious record along the lines of The White Album or Physical Graffiti. In doing so, the album ends up being a good synthesis of the initial Warner Bros. era. Uptempo rock songs such as "The Wake Up Bomb," "Undertow," "Departure," and "So Fast, So Numb" recall Monster or Green, while melancholic, introspective and acoustic-driven numbers like "New Test Leper,"
"How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us," "E-Bow the Letter," "Be Mine" and "Electrolyte" sound more like the songs on Automatic or Out of Time. The record even foreshadows the band's next record, 1998's Up, as "Leave" is built around electronic loops and effects.
Ultimately, New Adventures did, indeed, represent the end for R.E.M., but not because the band decided to fold. In fact, a couple of weeks before New Adventures came out, the band signed a new contract with Warner Bros. worth an astonishing $80 million. Obviously, that figure was slightly misleading. The band was only, really, guaranteed $10 million and the rest of the money came in the form of cash advances and an increased royalty rate. Still, the contract served as physical confirmation of R.E.M.'s pre-eminent status as, arguably, the biggest and best rock band in the world. And it represented a bold belief from both the band and its label that R.E.M.'s best days were still ahead.
Instead, it was the departure of an important band member that marked the end of R.E.M.'s time on top. Long dissatisfied with being in the public eye, Berry reevaluated his life after his health scare during the "Monster" tour and decided to leave the band. At first glance, the band's decision to carry on as a trio seemed like no big deal. After all, Berry was just the drummer, and how often do you notice them? However, what we learned was that Berry had been a vital part of the band and one of its better songwriters. Once he left, the group was still able to function, but its days as a top band were over. The fact that R.E.M. stuck around for another 15 years and released five uneven albums probably says more about the power of contract law than anything else.
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MONTGOMERY, Alabama --- Twenty-nine private schools have now signed up to accept scholarships and transferring students under the Alabama Accountability Act.
The number of participating schools is up from only seven late last month.
The list of schools can be found here.
The Alabama Accountability Act, approved by the Legislature this year, allows families of students at public schools designated as failing to receive a tax credit to help pay tuition at a private school. The tax credits have been estimated at $3,500 a year.
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Global automotive pedestrian protection systems market to register a double-digit CAGR over 2018-202...
Global automotive pedestrian protection systems market to register a double-digit CAGR over 2018-2024, rising number of pedestrian fatalities to stimulate the industry growth
The growing frequency of accidents involving automobiles has propelled the automotive pedestrian protection systems market, which registered a valuation of about USD 1.5 billion in 2017. Driven by the pressure to curb the intensity of collisions, automakers have been developing systems to not only help a driver avoid smashing into a pedestrian but also to minimize the damage cause to the pedestrian and the vehicle after a collision.
U.S. Automotive Pedestrian Protection System Market, By Product, 2017 & 2024 (USD Million)
The global automotive pedestrian protection systems industry has been able to capitalize on the advancing electronic control unit (ECU) technologies as well as accurate sensors, special cameras and innovative safety features. The rising disposable income of the working-class population has encouraged OEMs to incorporate safety systems into these vehicles, which generally come optional at additional costs, proliferating the automotive pedestrian protection systems market.
Apart from automakers and their technology partners seeking to develop systems that make driving easier, governments around the world had also raised initial concerns regarding occurrence of pedestrian fatalities. Local authorities in the U.S. recently unveiled data which indicated the death of pedestrians has been rising nationwide, and the popularity of vehicles such as SUVs have influenced the rate of accidents. According to the data, the fatality of SUV-pedestrian collisions went up by 81% from 2009 to 2016 as compared to 46% for all vehicles, while for passenger cars the rate increased by 41% and 32% for trucks. The automotive pedestrian protection systems market has subsequently seen tremendous demand over the period, especially in passenger cars as the segment still accounted for the highest number of pedestrian deaths in the U.S.
Automobile manufacturers have been deploying different protection techniques like crumple zones, deformable components for reducing the impact of collision on the pedestrian, defining the basic options in the automotive pedestrian protection systems industry. Various New Car Assessment Programmes (NCAP) across regions are responsible for the testing of safety systems, which involves intense and detailed tests. The Europe NCAP is considered to be the most stringent one, and the presence of major industry players such as BMW, Audi, Bosch, Continental and Mercedes has extremely benefited the Europe automotive pedestrian protection systems market. The Euro NCAP has significantly raised the standards for consumer protection tests and legal requirements, instigating the development of reliable pedestrian detection systems.
The electronic protection system provided by Bosch, for instance, delivers an effective method to reduce the impact of a collision on the pedestrian and engine components, representing the advancement of the automotive pedestrian protection systems industry. The system comprises peripheral sensors, located in the front part of a vehicle, and an airbag control unit for launching the airbags in the vehicle's A pillars. On impact, actuators are triggered which can lift the engine hood within milliseconds and the pedestrian is allowed to collide against a more effective crumple zone, minimizing injury risks. As such, Bosch's electronic protection system is cost-effective, active impact protection that also fulfills all the legal requirements associated with the automotive pedestrian protection systems market in Europe.
It was estimated that in 2016, nearly 448 pedestrians were killed in road accidents in Great Britain, which made up 25% of all road deaths in the country. Similar rise in pedestrian fatality rates in all European countries have made it mandatory for American car manufactures to integrate safety features into vehicles sold in Europe, transforming the regional automotive pedestrian protection system market dynamics. Tesla has been one such company and its Model S exported to Europe and Australia has a pyrotechnically-assisted protection system that is aimed at reducing head injuries for pedestrians and cyclists. Following the trend, the system also involves front bumper sensors that can detect impact with a pedestrian when the Model S is travelling at 19 to 53km/h speeds, post which the rear portion of the hood is raised by about 80mm.
Although minimizing the physical damage cause to pedestrians is important, it is even better to avoid collisions, on the grounds of which systems are integrated within modern cars that continuously monitor road activity using sensors and inform a driver of any collision possibilities. Highlighting the current requirement of the automotive pedestrian protection systems industry, some cars are equipped with two different systems with daytime and nighttime sensing capabilities. In such systems, the pedestrian warning systems employ a standard camera during the day to detect pedestrian movement and also apply brakes to avoid collisions, whereas the night system utilizes infrared cameras for the purpose.
Anticipated to record a 10.5% CAGR over 2018 to 2024, the global automotive pedestrian protection systems market outlook is slated to witness a transformative change owing to increased production of electric vehicles and influx of smart ECU technologies. Driven by the robust rise in accidental collisions, the overall automotive pedestrian protection system industry size is expected to be pegged at USD 3 billion by 2024.
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Het land van Léon (Bretons: Bro Leon) was tot 1790 een zelfstandig gebied in Bretagne. Het was eeuwenlang het gebied van de bisschop van Saint-Pol-de-Léon. Pol Aurélien zou in de 6e eeuw de eerste bisschop geweest zijn. Twaalf jaar na de Franse Revolutie, in 1802, werd ook het bisdom zelf opgeheven en samengevoegd met het bisdom Quimper.

Tegenwoordig bestrijkt het land van Léon 112 gemeenten op ruim 2000 km² en 400.000 inwoners.

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