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Now millennials are killing diamonds, so the industry is Instagramming
Marketing on Instagram
September 12, 2017 by Shareen Pathak
Pesky millennials have made swift work of everything from banks and cereal to golf and beer. Precious gemstones are next on the kill list — and the industry is fighting back by going, naturally, to Instagram.
The Diamond Producers Association, an alliance of the world's biggest mining companies, has made pop-culture, not old-timey, references to engagement or marriage, the cornerstone of its Instagram marketing. "Love and commitment are just as relevant today, but we are putting a wider lens on diamond purchase drivers," said chief marketing officer Deborah Marquardt — which is why the organization has taken the pop culture tack.
For example, when Taylor Swift released the music video for her new song, "Look What You Made Me Do," Marquardt's preteen daughter pointed out a shot in it featured Swift wearing a ton of jewelry, "bathing" in precious gemstones.
Marquardt decided to take a closer look. She found out that Swift was in put in a bathtub of real jewelry by Hollywood favorite Neil Lane — and it was all diamonds. The DPA took a quick screenshot and posted it on Instagram; now, it's one of the organization's biggest hits on that platform, with almost 1,000 likes and comments.
#FBF: It turns out the bathtub full of bling in @TaylorSwift's new #LookWhatYouMadeMeDo music video was authentic, chock full of @NeilLaneJewelry jewelry — not that we expected Tay to bathe in anything *but* real diamonds. #FancyFriday #RealisRare (via @elleusa)
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"We have to ensure a long sustainable future for the diamond industry," said Marquardt, "and re-engage with consumers under 40, who have essentially not been exposed to category marketing of diamonds in the past decade." Millennials are an important cohort to attract for the organization: They are in the life stages most associated with diamond purchases like engagement and marriage. While other gemstones and lab-grown diamonds are edging into diamond sales a bit, younger customers make up 41 percent of diamond purchases.
In recognition of this, the DPA launched late last year the first-ever category campaign in the last decade. Called "Real is Rare," the campaign aims to expand diamonds beyond the engagement-ring realm and into millennials' lives as modern jewelry pieces.
Instagram has become a big part of this endeavor. Since January, the organization has experienced a 54 percent increase in followers, to 8,000, and an 87 percent increase in likes and comments.
The idea is to make diamonds feel "approachable," hence the Swift photo, another popular photo of a diamond ring in the shape of a wolf and one of fashion icon Iris Apfel in large, diamond-studded glasses. "Instagram is interesting when you have the world's most beautiful product, that people want to have conversations about," said Marquardt. "We looked at Instagram as a way to harness that enthusiasm."
Honeymoon essentials: A chic pair of flats, roomy tote, passport, and your diamonds, of course. #WeddingWednesday #RealisRare (via @ohreverie ft. @ringconcierge )
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The DPA itself doesn't have to worry about conversions because it doesn't sell the diamonds, so it can focus on finding and focusing on pop-culture moments featuring diamonds. For example, it posted a picture of a diamond necklace with a dragon head on the day of the season finale of "Game of Thrones," hashtagging it #khaleesi and #got. It is also tapping into what Marquardt calls the "diamond stars" on social media — influencers like Katerina Perez, the "jewelry insider" with almost 200,000 Instagram followers or Los Angeles-based celeb favorite Shay Fine Jewelry — and reposting their photos.
Because the DPA's budget does not go to social, it has to make do with organic. That means essentially re-creating, where necessary, shots of diamonds "in the wild" — a hand adorned with rings clutching a passport or someone with a tattoo of a diamond. Marquardt focuses on either pop-culture moments or super unique pieces. "There are specific themes," she said, "and we have to earn our way into conversations already happening."
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Vanda will be remembered for her playful spirit, warm embraces, and Italian aphorisms such as "La vita è già amara" ("Life is already bitter") when asked if she wanted sugar in her coffee and "Ci fai, o ci sei" (roughly translated, "Can you really be that ignorant?") when angered by blustering politicians. Vanda would have been the first to admit that after spending more than two-thirds of her life in the U.S., she could hold her own in the English language but managed at best a tenuous hold on the American accent. Her mispronunciations and malapropisms were legend: "clutch" for crotch, "forket" for fork, and "strimp" for shrimp.
Vanda was born in Rome in 1932 to Arnaldo Fanelli, a trucking company owner, and his wife, the former Norina Prosperi. During World War II, Vanda's parents sent her to a convent school near their home village of Polverina, in the region of Le Marche east of the capital. There, she discovered a passion for fresh peaches, hid less appetizing comestibles in her pockets for disposal after mealtime, and developed an expertise in disobeying nuns.
Vanda recalled postwar Rome, where she spent her teen years, as a mecca of mischief and misadventure. When her mother gave her money to take the streetcar to school, she and her friends walked and saved their lire for fresh doughnuts instead. Later, she would sneak out to the tea rooms on Via Veneto for afternoon dancing — something her mother would have found scandalous. She frequently avoided dishwashing duty by claiming that she didn't know how. "Why don't you show me, and then I'll learn," she told her sister Adriana countless times.
In 1953, a group of American medical students moved into the apartment below Vanda's family home on Corso Trieste. After spotting the mysterious strangers on the balcony, Vanda wanted nothing more than to shout down to them but was uncharacteristically shy. One afternoon when she had the good fortune to encounter them in the elevator, she plucked up the courage to invite the Americans to a party.
Among them was Joseph Lucas, a good-looking and bespectacled graduate of Villanova University who had grown up in Schenectady, N.Y. The two took a liking to each other, but Joe, always cautious, quickly announced that he wasn't interested in getting married. Vanda responded, "Don't worry. I'm just looking for a boy to take me out and have fun." Have fun they did, zipping around Rome on Joe's Vespa scooter and frequenting a pizzeria on Sant'Ignazio Square. Two years after they met, they exchanged vows in the third chapel on the left in St. Peter's Basilica. It was 7 am on Monday, Nov. 14, 1955. Vanda wore a black suit and fainted.
In 1957, as Joe was wrapping up his medical degree, he dispatched his bride to Schenectady to live with his mother for a few months. For the adventurous young Romana, the experience was nothing like the slow wade into American culture she had hoped for; it was a plunge, and it was bracing, leaving Vanda to wonder what exactly she had gotten herself into.
Upon Joe's arrival back in New York, he was offered an internship at a local hospital and the newlyweds moved out of his family home. Joe completed his residency at the University of Nebraska in Omaha, where the couple's first daughter, Elizabeth, was born, in 1959. In 1961, the new family moved to West Hartford, Conn., where daughters Monique and Jacqueline were born.
When she wasn't impeccably dressing her children, imbuing them with the confidence and wisdom that were her hallmark, or traveling to Italy to see her sisters, brother, and parents, Vanda served as manager of Joe's growing medical practice. There, she helped her husband care for many of the Italian and Portuguese families of Hartford's West Side.
Seeking a calm, quiet place for retirement, Vanda and Joe began visiting the Vineyard in the late 1980s. After falling in love with the wooded lanes and wide beaches, they bought their home on Tea Lane in 1990 and moved there full-time in 1998. When Joe fell ill with Parkinson's disease a decade ago, Vanda took the lead in caring for him, devoting her life for several years solely to keeping him healthy.
When Joe died in 2006, Vanda's big heart suffered the first of its two deepest scars, but she grew to embrace her solitude on Tea Lane, spending long nights reading about politics, history, and England's monarchs. She ultimately rebuilt her life around her children and grandchildren, showering them with laughter, love, and life lessons. "When you are visiting Italy, enjoy looking at the boys, but don't listen to anything they say," she cautioned the girls. She would instruct her children to give the grandchildren two kisses. "I will give them back to you when I see you," she said.
In 2011, Vanda suffered another heartbreak when her youngest daughter, Jacqueline, died of pancreatic cancer. This year, Vanda had just begun to recover from that blow, taking two trips to Italy to see her family and revisit the haunts of her youth, including the pizzeria at Sant'Ignazio she and Joe loved. Her generous heart kept beating until two hours into her wedding anniversary. In Rome, it was almost exactly the time she and Joe had exchanged vows 58 years earlier. Her surviving children surmise that Joe, who always bought her a rose for each year to celebrate their union, greeted her with 58 stems.
A memorial service for Vanda will be held on Nov. 30 at Our Lady Star of the Sea in Oak Bluffs. Vanda is survived by her sister, Franca Zolla, of Rome; daughters Elizabeth Randall of Chilmark and Monique Conroy of Easthampton; granddaughters Kristina Conroy of Middlebury, Vt., and Esmé and Adriana Rocks of Berlin, Germany; grandsons Andrew Randall of Chilmark and Kevin Conroy of Middlebury; sons-in-law Mark Conroy of Easthampton and David Rocks of Berlin; and her beloved black-and-white cat, Rowena.


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The creation of decent jobs outside of agriculture is one of the largest challenges that confront the policy makers trying to achieve 'faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth'. The Indian economy has been growing at unprecedented rates, but it has been characterized by jobless growth and informatization of job opportunities in the organized sector. The paper attempts to evaluate the employment intensity of output growth through an examination of employment elasticity, and the potential for employment generation and decent work during the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17).
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Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:53 pm Post subject: P0300/301/302/303 ... Solenoid ?
As I dont drive the car that much and only goes out of the garage a couple of times a week it has not affected me that much but I am scratching my head trying to find out what might be. Worth noting that I also notice that it only does it during start up when completely cold and after not using it for 4-5 days. During the day if I use it then park it for 2-3h and use it again its fine and does not give any problems.
1. Do you agree with diagnosis ?
2. How much a specialist would charge for replacing it if I dont find time to do it myself ?
4. Anything else ??? Advice ?
The fault codes are for a misfire on cyl 1,2 and 3 and a code saying general misfires .
Basically Bank 1 is misfiring at times .. to be an entire bank it narrows down the possible faults and yes i agree the high lift valve solinoid is the one i would be thinking of .
You could swop them side to side but this will damage the seals and if the good one is rusty you might not get a good seal again so this is not a route i take.
To change .. well its about a 30 min job with 30 mins of testing .. a tester and a road test .. part it self .. i belive its about £150 .
So at a garage if you just told them to replace it say £235 + vat.
A normal diagnosis of this type of fault may easily cost 2-3 hours labor ..
My way of thinking .. its very hard to prove this is faulty , its the most obvious and a replacement is a fairly cheap way of moving forward .
Agree diagnosis is very likely waste of time and the result will not change.
Any of those steps that need to be more careful I assume 4-6 are the ones to be more careful. Any tricks/tips that need to be aware off ?
You only need to replace bank 1 , the other side is fine as you have no codes even relating to it .
It might need a bit of effort to pull it out once the cover is off and again it needs a good shove to get the new one in .. i sometimes use a lever bar and apply a small amount of pressure to make sure its fully home .
The solenoid is the one in the middle of the cam cover and not the one at the end .. that's the variocam solenoid .
This is actually diagnosis to be honest .. if we cant prove something then we have to replace with a known good as Porsche would say .
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:36 pm Post subject: Re: P0300/301/302/303 ... Solenoid ?
Hiya Theo. Funnily enough Tim (TMin) posted last week, also for the first time in 3 years.
I'm not sure where your right hand is but it's making me smile.
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 11:12 am Post subject: Re: P0300/301/302/303 ... Solenoid ?
Quick update.... Ordered the part from design911 that was delivered on Tuesday. Only found time to replace the Solenoid yesterday on Friday.
Was extra careful and followed the advice of DeMort so I took my time. A bit of a challenge to remove the one screw of the shield but when you figure how to position the tool then is easy . Same applies to the Solenoid.... I dont have the most extensive set of tools but enough to enable me to complete the job. From start to finish including having a coffee in between and checking about 10 times that I didn't miss anything job was done in 1.5h.
Started the car which sounded fine with no issues and checked for leaks in case I did something wrong.. Then took the car for a 7m run without any issues. I did a total of 30 miles yesterday with no issues. This morning took it out again and didn't get any lights/warnings etc nor any errors on the ODBD tester.
Clean car with no oil leaks and what looks like intact old type coils fitted .. that would indicate its been looked after .. again the heat shields normally rot out and yours appear to be fine .
I do love a photo of an engine .. tells me a lot about a car and i just like looking at them .. i must be weird lol .


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The Future of Batman in Gaming – The Bat Needs a Break
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I recently finished the main story of Batman: Arkham Origins, and I can say that despite its criticisms, it is a very solid Batman game, with an engaging story and the Rocksteady-developed gameplay that I first fell in love with in 2009's Batman: Arkham Asylum. Origins has its issues though, and they are primarily centered on the game's story, which while engaging is horribly misshapen (the big reveal, which was unfortunately spoiled for me beforehand, came much earlier in the story than I expected). However, these issues are nothing compared to what they represent: the challenges the franchise faces going forward and where the Batman character has been oriented in the wake Batman: Arkham Origin's release.
What attracted me most to Batman: Arkham Origin's story was its lineup, which included a combination of A-listers and lesser-known villains from Batman's gallery of rogues. Herein is where one of the biggest challenges lies: if there is another solo Batman game, the developers will have to double, triple, and even quadruple-dip some of the villains. This does not preclude Rocksteady (or whomever develops the next Batman game) from utilizing these villains in a completely different story, but it does not eliminate the fact that we have seen these people before. And despite how strong a new story may be, the paradigms of these villains and how they interact with Batman has already been explored; the Joker is a nihilist, Bane wants to break him, Killer Croc is a jobber, etc. No matter which route the developers go, it will be very hard to tread new ground.
So what is the alternative? Does the next game scrape the bottom of the barrel even further? Maybe. The problems with that choice is that despite how strong the appearances of Firefly and Deathstroke were in Origins for example, they were matched in dullness by the Electrocutioner and Copperhead's appearances. The latter of which was advertised with a very promising trailer. What goes for Batman's main villains goes double for the C, D, E, Z-listers, etc. that could pop up in a potential sequel. What you can do story-wise in a single cutscene with Batman and the Joker or Scarecrow is just not possible with villains much lower on the totem pole.
When it comes to a character like Batman, an exceptional story will not hold it up solely. The gameplay needs to be up to par as well, especially considering how much that gameplay is emulated by other studios. By that same token however, a Batman title is not held up by its gameplay alone. You see the problem here? The gameplay sequences involving the aforementioned Deathstroke and Firefly in Batman: Arkham Origins for example, were challenging and engaging. However this was not matched by their roles in the story, which were minimal and even forgettable.
Other assassins such as Anarky and Lady Shiva were not even deemed worthy enough to appear in the main story, and were relegated to side quests. What we subsequently got was an overemphasis on Bane, and having dealt with him in two games prior, this became tired very, very quickly. Further inclusion of Batman's rogues in a fourth game could feel tired and repetitive. Even if the quality is there, it diminishes with each appearance.
Batman solo titles, in lieu of completely shaking things up, need to be given a break. If the next direction does not include continuing the story in the wake of the Joker's death in 2011's Batman: Arkham City or the addition of Damian Wayne, the Court of Owls, or Hush as the primary villain, then the franchise should be considered on a hiatus. If there is a sequel, it needs to be viewed as a huge leap forward, not a simple progression of the franchise. Even then, I would still be apprehensive. Though at the same time this all feels moot, with the Batman/Superman film a mere two years away, there is more than enough time to develop a new Batman title to cash in on the hype of the film. Especially when there are no real fundamental changes that need to be made to the gameplay.
Still, there are advantages to giving Batman a rest. The Arkham games have paved the way for many superhero titles to come forward. Superman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Teen Titans, etc., they can all benefit from the gameplay and story design that Warner Bros. and Rocksteady has employed in the recent Batman titles. Furthermore, the quality of these games has ensured my confidence in the developer's abilities to truthfully and cleverly adapt comic book characters and their stories for the gaming medium.
Batman has indeed had a strong run in games these past five years, but with the release of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, now might be a good time to tap another character to carry the torch into the new generation of gaming (or bring on the Justice League!).
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Neither Washington Nor Brussels
We have to accept that there's no going back from Brexit, while resisting Theresa May's vision of a Britain founded on tax cuts and xenophobia.
A Remain rally in London in June 2016. Sam Greenhalgh / Flickr
The British Parliament voted last week to trigger Article 50 — the first step on the road towards withdrawal from the European Union. This move has predictably been greeted with fury by many of those who voted against Brexit in last year's referendum. Less predictably, perhaps, much of that fury has been directed towards the Labour Party and its leader Jeremy Corbyn, rather than towards the political actors which are actually responsible for taking Britain out of the European Union.
This is ostensibly because Corbyn directed Labour MPs to vote in favor of triggering Article 50, thus signaling Labour's willingness to accept the result of the referendum, while bringing forward amendments that would have constrained Britain's Conservative government in the negotiations to come. However, discussion of Parliamentary tactics has usually been a proxy for a much wider debate about the correct approach to Brexit. More often than not, Corbyn and Labour are being condemned for things which they have not done, or which they cannot (and should not) do.
The British left badly needs to find its bearings in a complex and confusing environment dominated by the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump. There are no perfect choices available; every potential course of action has its dangers and drawbacks. But Labour's current approach — accepting that Britain will leave the European Union, while pledging to resist Theresa May's vision of a "bargain-basement Britain" founded on tax cuts and xenophobia — is far better than the proposed alternatives.
Blocking Brexit: Bad in Principle
Votes cast in Parliament should always be part of a wider political strategy. Many of Corbyn's critics believe that the wider strategy should simply be to stop Brexit from happening. When Britain's Supreme Court ruled that MPs would have to be consulted on the process of leaving the European Union, they saw it as a heaven-sent opportunity to halt that process altogether. Corbyn's unwillingness to do so was, from their perspective, a gross betrayal. In reality, the supposed "opportunity" to stop Brexit is more like a mirage. Chasing after that mirage can only end in disaster for the British left.
Trying to overturn the result of last year's referendum is a dubious idea in any case. Various arguments have been put forward for doing so. The turnout wasn't high enough; the majority wasn't big enough; the Leave campaign based their pitch on lies; the referendum wasn't binding on Parliament in any case; MPs should exercise their judgement and think of the national interest — that's a fair summary of the talking points that have been swirling around.
In fact, the turnout was reasonably high: at 72 percent, it was higher than any national election since 1992, and three million votes higher than in the previous year's general election. The 52:48 margin of victory for the Leave camp wasn't huge, but it was clear enough; crucially, there had been no requirement for a quorum or a supermajority imposed when the referendum was called, so demanding one afterwards smacks of special pleading.
It's well worth stressing the narrow margin between Leave and Remain when Britain's right-wing press talk as if there was an overwhelming mandate for Brexit. The fears of the 48 percent who voted to stay in the European Union should not be dismissed in a cavalier fashion. But nor can they reasonably expect to be given priority over those who voted Leave.
The argument that the referendum was not binding is legally correct and politically useless. Nobody thought they were voting in a glorified opinion poll last June; everyone understood that it was a straight choice between staying in the European Union and getting out. There were plenty of lies told by the politicians who spearheaded the Leave campaign, but ruling a referendum invalid on that basis is a very dubious idea (how many elections and referendums, in Britain and elsewhere, would have to be struck out on the same grounds?).
Those who insist that MPs should overturn the referendum result often fall back on an elitist, Burkean view of political representation, according to which MPs should ignore public opinion when it conflicts with their understanding of the national interest. This is awkwardly combined with the idea that MPs should also be accountable to their constituents, so long as their constituents voted Remain (since about two-thirds of Westminster constituencies voted Leave, applying this principle consistently would ensure a big majority for Brexit in Parliament).
The idea seems to be that MPs should act either as delegates with a binding mandate or as Burkean representatives, depending on what would help the anti-Brexit cause.
Blocking Brexit: Worse in Practice
Let's say you find all of these arguments against setting the referendum result aside unconvincing and think Brexit should be stopped anyway. In practice, there would be no better way of ensuring that the most destructive and reactionary version of Brexit will be put into effect.
There are two possible ways of stopping the process in its tracks: one would be to vote it down in Parliament, the other would be to call a second referendum. Before discussing either, we should remind ourselves of one crucial fact: there is no evidence of large-scale disillusionment among those who voted for Brexit last June.
At most, there have been marginal shifts between Leave and Remain blocs picked up in the opinion polls. Anti-Brexit liberals have insisted repeatedly that the tide of public opinion is turning in their favor and that a clear majority would vote for Remain if the referendum was held again tomorrow; they have clutched at every piece of evidence that seems to back up this claim.
But the overall picture doesn't suggest anything of the sort. As one leading pollster reported:
I was asked again and again to share how my polling and focus group insight revealed voters' deep disappointment: how leavers, who were now obviously regretting their folly, would vote differently given the chance. The evidence did not support this at all.
There is no groundswell of public opinion demanding that MPs overturn the result, or call a new referendum; in fact, there is more evidence of Remain voters accepting the outcome than there is of Leave voters moving in the opposite direction. This may change in the future, but as things stand, eight months after the referendum, we can find little evidence of the much-vaunted "Bregret."
What would happen if MPs voted to halt Brexit altogether anyway? This could only work, even in the short run, if the Conservative Party was willing to go along with it. Both Labour and the Tories would be storing up grave problems for themselves at the next general election, allowing the UK Independence Party (UKIP) to pose as the only champion of democracy, "the voice of the 52 percent," etc.
But in any case, the Conservatives have no intention of playing along: despite harboring a clear pro-Remain majority in their parliamentary party before the referendum, including the current Tory leader Theresa May, they have rallied behind May's pledge to respect the referendum result and translate it into reality.
That leaves Labour and the other opposition parties with very little ammunition to fire. If every last one of their MPs had voted against triggering Article 50 in Parliament, the Tories would still have had a comfortable majority of their own (not to mention support from the pro-Brexit Democratic Unionist Party, with another eight MPs). Just one Tory MP, Ken Clarke, signaled his intention to vote against Article 50, and did so last week. Supposedly "liberal" Conservatives were not even prepared to vote in favor of a Labour amendment that would have guaranteed the rights of EU citizens currently resident in Britain.
If the opposition parties had voted as a bloc against Article 50, and somehow persuaded enough Tory MPs to defect, would that have been the end of Brexit? Not a chance. Theresa May would have used it as an opportunity to call a snap election, running on a pro-Brexit, British nationalist platform, accusing the other parties of showing contempt for democracy and denying the right of the British people to make decisions about the future of their country. And she would have done very well with that message.
Under the British electoral system, the Conservatives don't need to win 52 percent of the vote, or anything close to that amount; 40 percent or thereabouts would do very nicely and give them a comfortable majority of seats. They would then have a free hand to implement Brexit in the manner of their choosing, and a mandate in their back pocket to justify every step they took.
A second referendum would be a slightly more plausible way of reversing the outcome, but still offers a very uncertain prospect for those who want to keep Britain in the European Union. In Ireland, we had the opportunity to vote on two EU treaties no less than four times, after rejecting Nice and Lisbon at the first opportunity; people grumbled at being told to vote again, but the pressure from European governments to fall into line won out in the end.
I would not count on the same thing happening if Britain was asked to vote on Brexit a second time. The Irish protest votes against Nice and Lisbon came before the Great Recession and were much softer than the Leave vote in Britain. Calling a second referendum might just as well provoke a hardening of pro-Brexit sentiment. And if there was anything less than an overwhelming majority for Remain, what would stop the Brexit partisans from demanding a third go?
Labour's Approach
Many of those demanding that Labour vote against Article 50 are understandably horrified by the vision of post-Brexit Britain set out by Theresa May and her Tory colleagues since the referendum was held. May has opted decisively for a so-called "hard Brexit," giving immigration control priority over membership of the European single market, and good relations with Donald Trump priority over a semblance of national dignity. But there is a way of challenging May's toxic blueprint that does not require outright opposition to Brexit in any shape or form.
While people knew full well that they were voting to leave the European Union last June, there was no clarity from the leading figures in the Leave camp about what that would entail (in particular, politicians like the current Tory foreign minister Boris Johnson denied that it would mean leaving the single market).
The 52 percent who supported Brexit weren't all signing up to a hard-right, xenophobic agenda, even if the effect of their vote has been to strengthen that agenda: they included about one-third of Labour and Scottish National Party (SNP) supporters, and one-third of black and Asian voters (in a marked contrast to the vote for Donald Trump, who was supported by less than 10 percent of African-Americans).
There was a strong xenophobic and reactionary current in the Leave vote, but also a more politically ambiguous desire to give two fingers to Britain's ruling elite. The most sensible course for the British left is to try and build bridges between those who opposed Brexit and those who voted for it without embracing the full platform of UKIP, the Tory right, and the Daily Mail.
This appears to be the approach that the Labour leadership has decided upon: they have stated clearly that they will respect the result of the referendum and not attempt to block Article 50 altogether, while opposing the particular form of Brexit that May's government intends to carry out. Political commentators have presented this as a necessity dictated by pragmatic considerations: two-thirds of Labour supporters voted Remain, especially in the major cities, but the rest backed Leave, as did many of the voters the party needs to win over if it is going to make electoral gains, and the majority of current Labour MPs represent Leave-voting constituencies.
This is all perfectly true, but there is also a wider logic behind what Labour is doing. "Stop Brexit" is not a tenable position, for all of the reasons given above; "Stop Theresa May's version of Brexit" is much more likely to gain traction. Whatever judgement we may pass on the parliamentary tactics used to advance this strategy, about which there can be reasonable disagreement, in terms of the overall picture it seems the only realistic course to follow.
Rival Strategies
It's useful to compare Labour's approach with the positions of its two main rivals on the opposition benches, the SNP and the Liberal Democrats. The SNP was the only party at Westminster to vote against holding a referendum on Britain's EU membership in the first place, so its MPs cannot be accused of hypocrisy in voting against the outcome of that referendum last week. The SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has a semi-plausible route towards blocking Brexit: a majority of Scottish voters supported Remain, and the country already has its own devolved institutions.
Sturgeon can demand that Scotland be excluded from any "hard Brexit" deal; failing that, she can push for Scottish independence in order to keep the country in the European Union (indeed, the SNP appears to see Brexit as a golden opportunity to reopen the question of independence after its defeat in the 2014 referendum). Everything the SNP does at Westminster fits into that overall strategy.
But Remain voters in England and Wales can draw little comfort from this. The SNP in no position to shield them from the worst excesses of Tory rule; in fact, its approach to Brexit implicitly relies upon things getting much worse in the rest of the United Kingdom, so that a majority of Scots will be ready to take the risk of voting for independence.
The Liberal Democrats deserve only contempt for their posturing over Brexit. Their leader Tim Farron understands the political logic as well as anyone; he knows perfectly well that if Article 50 had been voted down at Westminster, May would have called a snap election, won a big majority of seats, and proceeded to impose the hardest of Brexits. Farron and his colleagues have no interest in preventing this outcome. Their only priority is to win support from the minority of Remain voters who want the referendum result to be ignored.
The party was almost wiped out at the 2015 election, after five years of propping up the Tories while living standards fell for all but the richest people in Britain; now, the Lib Dems see Brexit as an opportunity to launder their reputation and airbrush the memory of their stint in government from the history books. They would be quite happy to see the most damaging and dysfunctional version of Brexit put into effect if it meant their share of seats at Westminster rose into double figures.
With liberal media outlets like the Guardian holding them up as the champions of public decency, these snake-oil merchants may well gain some votes on the back of their stance, but left-leaning Remain voters should know that they are being led up the garden path (Farron has said that he would repeat the coalition with the Tories if the chance arose).
Corbyn's Critics
There have been some unlikely defenders of Corbyn's position on Article 50, from Labour MPs who usually carp at his every word, to the arch-Blairite commentator John Rentoul, who believes that a leader from the party's right wing would be taking much the same approach.
More typical has been the brazen hypocrisy of pundits like the Guardian's Polly Toynbee. Toynbee has denounced Corbyn and accused him of supporting a "hard Brexit," having previously attacked him for his pro-immigration stance — "a jaw-dropping kamikaze mission" — and his reluctance to call for "reasonable controls" (since restrictions are already in place for non-EU immigrants, the "reasonable controls" Toynbee had in mind would certainly require Britain to leave the single market — otherwise known as a hard Brexit).
Tellingly, there was no outrage from this quarter when Sadiq Khan — the Labour mayor of London and a declared opponent of Corbyn — lavished praise on the Tories for their approach to Brexit, claiming there was "no evidence" that May's government wanted to erode workers' rights, and suggesting that current levels of employment protection would prove to be "a floor and not a ceiling" after Britain left the European Union. This gift to May from Khan, a clear attack on his own party's position, was gratefully accepted by the prime minister, who had cited it in the House of Commons within twenty-four hours.
Corbyn's critics have resurrected the canard which underpinned the failed leadership heave of last summer. Back then, Corbyn was accused of sabotaging the Remain campaign and secretly desiring a victory for the Leave side. This argument didn't hold up well under scrutiny: 63 percent of Labour supporters voted for Remain, compared with 64 percent of SNP supporters, and the only evidence of "sabotage" turned out to be Corbyn's refusal to say that immigration was a bad thing, to share a platform with Tory politicians on the campaign trail, or to speak about the alleged benefits of the TTIP treaty. Now, Corbyn is accused of foisting his own Euroskeptic viewpoint on the Labour Party, as if there was no other conceivable logic behind Labour's stance.
When these arguments are not simply deployed in bad faith — a case of "any stick will do" — they betray a complete lack of imagination or understanding on the part of those making them.
They simply cannot believe that a long-standing critic of the European Union would be anything other than a keen supporter of Brexit when the opportunity arose. In fact, many socialists who had always been sharply critical of the European Union called for a Remain vote in the referendum, without being subject to the same pressures as Corbyn, who had to speak for the Labour Party as a whole and could not simply give his own personal view.
The majority, like Corbyn and the Another Europe Is Possible campaign, put across a "Remain and Reform" line: the European Union was badly flawed, but it was better to stay and try to change it from within. A more radical minority argued that while the European Union could not be reformed, the nature of the Leave campaign meant that a vote for Brexit at this time would strengthen the Right.
As Paul Mason argued shortly before the poll: "Even for those who support the left-wing case for Brexit, it is sensible to argue: not now. The time to confront Europe over a left-wing agenda is when you have a Labour government, and the European Union is resisting it." (Mason's view was essentially my own.)
This was a perfectly honorable and consistent position to hold and argue for — far more so than the self-satisfied "Europhilia" of Britain's liberal commentariat, which celebrates a Platonic ideal of the European Union while turning a blind eye to its actual record. Far from being the polar opposite of UKIP's "Little Englander" xenophobia, this faux-cosmopolitanism is its mirror image, reading European politics purely through the prism of British debates. Anyone who can discuss the question of Europe without mentioning the fate of Greece still has a few things to learn about internationalism.
There have been frequent complaints that Corbyn and Labour failed to make "a positive case for the European Union," from people who have never asked themselves whether such a case exists. Support for certain aspects of European integration — such as the right to work and travel freely in European Union member-states currently enjoyed by all of their citizens — can and should be separated from support for the European Union project as a whole.
Born-again Europhiles
If the attacks on Corbyn over Brexit and Article 50 had merely come from the likes of Polly Toynbee, they could be shrugged off easily enough. But some of the anger has spilled over from liberal circles into a section of Labour's left-wing base. The Canary, a widely read political website which is usually pro-Corbyn, attacked his line on Article 50 in an editorial that cited Tim Farron and the right-wing Labour MPs Chris Leslie and Ben Bradshaw approvingly.
It's true that the Canary has always been a rather breathless publication with a taste for clickbait sensationalism, which has only prospered to any extent due to the lack of more serious left-wing media outlets. But any impressionistic survey of social media would find the same views being expressed by people who are well disposed towards Corbyn in general.
In part this reflects genuine confusion about Labour's position, which should have been communicated more clearly to supporters. The Labour leadership must also take some responsibility for the muddle over its line on free movement for European Union citizens.
A speech by Corbyn in early January was flagged up in the media as heralding a major shift in policy, but only served to muddy the waters: the party leader stated that Labour was "not wedded" to free movement in principle, but would not rule it out either, and refused to say that current levels of immigration were too high and would have to come down. This rhetorical fudge managed to annoy some of Corbyn's strongest supporters, without offering any satisfaction to those right-wing Labour MPs who want full-scale capitulation to UKIP.
There is something more to the anger over Article 50 than confusion, though. Stephen Bush of the New Statesmen recently suggested that Brexit has inspired a surge of Europhilia among Labour's activist base:
For the last twenty years, the Labour membership has been overwhelmingly pro-European, but only in the same sense that Britain is overwhelmingly a Christian country. Most might like the idea, some might even attend church at Christmas, but very few were genuinely devout . . . But the Labour grassroots is undergoing something of a religious revival as far as pro-Europeanism is concerned. I'm reliably informed that more than 7,000 people have quit the Labour Party in the last week over the party's Article 50 stance. For many inside and outside Labour, supporting a Remain vote has become a proxy not just for how you feel about the European Union but a wide swathe of issues: pro- or anti- immigration, for or against social liberalism, and so on.
However deep-rooted or shallow this phenomenon may be, Bush hasn't conjured it out of thin air. In a way this lurch into pro-Europeanism is an understandable reaction to the boorish triumphalism of right-wing Brexiteers: newspapers like the Mail and the Express have been in a xenophobic frenzy since last year's referendum, ever eager to sniff out traitors and enemies of the people. It also clearly owes something to popular revulsion at the sight of Donald Trump taking power in Washington — not to mention Theresa May's eagerness to align herself with a far-right, white-nationalist regime in the hope of getting a few crumbs from the Trumpite table.
But ultimately this mood is based on an illusion. The European Union is not a bastion of liberal values. Nor is it a safe harbor in the geopolitical storm. The economic agenda promoted by the European Commission and the European Central Bank since the Great Recession began — and now formally locked into European treaties — has done as much as anything to promote far-right advance in recent years.
If Greece now has an openly neo-Nazi party that can poll circa 10 percent of the vote, we can thank the troika for that; if Golden Dawn has thus far been unable to push beyond that level, we can thank the Greek left-wing and antifascist movements. In France and the Netherlands, Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders are soaring in the polls (and would still be soaring whether or not Brexit had happened).
The same forces that lay behind the Brexit vote and the victory of Trump are at work in continental Europe, and the European Union will be helpless to contain them if they reach a critical mass. To adapt an old left-wing slogan, "neither Washington nor Brussels" should be the maxim of the hour. If our goal is to halt the rise of far-right nationalism, we can only rely on ourselves.
Daniel Finn is deputy editor of the New Left Review . He is author of One Man's Terrorist: A Political History of the IRA .
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Gymnastics Unlimited's USAG Level 8 team competed in their State Championships at Rutgers University. The meet took place across March 15th-17th.
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Elder law encompasses a broad range of issues affecting older people. A major concern in this area is the vulnerability of older people to financial exploitation and abuse. Alex frequently acts for family members in obtaining orders for the appointment of property managers and welfare guardians for vulnerable older people.
Understanding what can be done about elder abuse
What are some of the signs of elder financial abuse?
Older people are vulnerable to financial exploitation by a 'friend', 'carer' or other family member, particularly where mental competence is declining. Signs of financial abuse listed below use the example of a 'friend' but can just as easily apply to a 'carer' or other family member. They include:
a 'friend' making him or herself indispensable to the older person including taking responsibility for 'looking after' the older person's finances and using credit cards or cheque-books
rifts or divisions opening up between the older person and what were previously long-standing, close relationships between the older person and friends and family resulting in increased dependence on the 'friend'
the older person visiting a new solicitor at the suggestion of the 'friend' for the purposes of having an enduring powers of attorney and/or will signed which favours the 'friend'
'gifts' or loans by the older person to the 'friend'
irregular withdrawals or significant changes in banking transactions.
I am concerned about my elderly mother being financially exploited. What can I do about it?
Get some advice from a lawyer specialising in elder law about the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 (PPPR Act) which specifically targets situations where (older) adults are facing increased difficulty managing their financial affairs, typically because of the early stages of dementia or Alzheimer's disease. Under the PPPR Act a family member who is concerned about an older person being financially exploited can apply to the Family Court for the appointment of a property manager to manage the older person's property.
Who can the Court appoint under the PPPR Act to be a property manager?
Often the family member who is applying to the Court for the appointment of a property manager can be the property manager if the Court decides to appoint one.
Where possible the Court will appoint someone who is responsible and who the Court feels the older person would have wanted to have appointed. This might be an honest and reliable friend or family member or, depending upon the circumstances, the older person's solicitor or accountant.
How does the Family Court decide whether to appoint a property manager under the PPPR Act?
Before a Family Court Judge can appoint a property manager to look after the property and finances of any person the Judge needs to be satisfied that the older person, either totally or partly, does not have the competence to manage his or her own financial affairs.
That means that the older person doesn't have to be totally incompetent in making financial decisions. So, for example, the person may be able to make day-to-day financial decisions about what to buy from the supermarket but not have the competence to make more complex decisions about how to invest a large sum of money or whether and how the family home should be transferred to a trust.
The fact that the older person doesn't have to be totally incompetent to make financial decisions before an order for the appointment of a property manager can be made fits with the fact that dementia and Alzheimer's disease are progressive, starting with things like:
some memory loss, confusion
personality or mood changes
loss of interest in hobbies and other previously enjoyable activites
difficulty finding the right words
and progressing to total mental incompetence.
Importantly, if the Court decides that an older person partly lacks competence to make financial decisions the Court can take into account whether the person is, or is likely to be, vulnerable to undue influence in making financial decisions.
What is undue influence?
Undue influence is a legal term that, once established, usually means that transactions which happen in an undue influence situation can be set aside. It is based on the principle that a transaction which has been obtained by unacceptable means should not be allowed to stand. Importantly, a person can fully understand and 'agree' to the transaction but still be subject to undue influence.
Undue influence involves a relationship where the 'influencer' has a relationship of influence over a the older person and uses that relationship to influence or coerce a transaction typically involving the transfer of property belonging to the older person to the 'influencer'. Conduct amounting to undue influence often happens when the influencer and older person are alone and in circumstances where the older person does not have access to independent advice.
For information on undue influence in relation to wills see my questions and answers on my wills and undue influence page
What sort of evidence does the Court need to see before appointing a property manager under the PPPR Act?
As an experienced elder law lawyer will tell you, typically, any assessment by the Court of competence in the context of whether a property manager should be appointed under the PPPR Act will involve two sources of evidence. The first is medical evidence. The second is evidence of actual irregularities in relation to the management of the property of the older person (money going missing, large 'gifts' of money and other signs of financial exploitation).
Medical evidence usually begins with GP's records. Note here that often patients report concerns about memory loss and other early signs of dementia to their GP which they may not tell family members about. Typically the GP will conduct a mini-mental state test. The GP will use the results of the test to assess whether to refer the patient to Older Persons Services.
Commonly in applications under the PPPR Act for the appointment of a property manager expert medical evidence from a psycho-geriatrician (a psychiatrist specialising in the mental health of older persons) is involved. The psychiatrist will review the medical notes of the older person's GP and meet face-to-face with the older person to provide a report which can be used to support the application. An experienced elder law lawyer will be able to arrange for a psychiatric report to be provided, usually before the application for the appointment of a property manager is filed.
What can I do if the person who I suspect of financially exploiting my mother holds an enduring power of attorney in relation to my mother's property?
Under the PPPR Act the Court can revoke the appointment of a person appointed as a property attorney under an enduring power of attorney where the attorney has mishandled or misused the older person's property. For example, where the attorney has charged exorbitant fees or taken the older person's car for his or her own personal use or helped him or herself to the older person's property on the excuse that the older person has no continuing need to retain ownership of them.
The Court can also revoke the appointment of a person as property attorney under an enduring power of attorney if the older person did not have sufficient mental competence to understand the implications, nature and extent of the power she was giving to the attorney.
At the same time as the Court revokes an enduring power of attorney in relation to property under the PPPR Act it can also appoint a property manager.
What can I do if the property attorney of an older person is him or herself mentally incapable of looking after the older person's property?
Likewise, in this situation the Court can revoke the enduring power of attorney and appoint a property manager in place of the EPOA holder.
What can I do if my mother has signed a will in favour of the person who I suspect is financially exploiting her?
Once a property manager for the older person's property is appointed under the PPPR Act she or he can apply to the Court authorising the manager to prepare and sign a new will if the older person's latest will favouring the 'exploiter' was signed when the older person was unable to manage her or his financial affairs. Here the terms of any previous will signed by the older person when she or he was mentally competent would be important because the Court will often authorise the signing of a new will by the property manager on behalf of the older person in similar terms.
What are the steps involved steps involved in applying to the Family Court for the appointment of a property manager under the PPPR Act?
Depending upon the circumstances, the first step that an experienced elder law lawyer would take in preparing an application for the appointment of a property manager would be to seek disclosure of:
GP's medical records;
copies of wills, EPOAs and deeds of trust from the older person's solicitor;
a statement of the older person's assets and liabilities from any existing holder of an enduring power of attorney for the property of the older person.
Often this information isn't available for reasons of privacy. An experienced elder law lawyer should be able to assist you with finding ways around that problem.
The next step would be to file an application with the Family Court supported by affidavit evidence usually from concerned family members, friends and a psychiatrist who has assessed the older person's competence. Copies of those documents need to be given to other close family members so they can decide whether to support or oppose the application.
Once the application is filed the Court appoints a lawyer to represent the older person (known as counsel for the subject person). Counsel for the subject person is chosen from a list of qualified barristers who regularly act in that capacity. The lawyer's paramount concern is protection of the welfare and interests of the older person. Currently lawyers for the subject person are paid according to a scale of remuneration which is considerably lower than what the lawyer would usually charge. Those scale costs can be met from government sources but are typically ultimately paid, in circumstances where the subject person has assets, from those assets.
After appointment, counsel for the subject person would arrange to meet with older person; speak to any family members involved with the proceeding and then report back to the Court on his or her initial views on the best way forward.
Counsel for the older person also has the authority to request the older person's existing medical notes and to make recommendations to the Court about whether any further medical assessment is needed.
The vast majority of applications under the PPPR Act for the appointment of a property manager are resolved by agreement between the family members having an interest in the case. Often agreement is assisted by the views of the lawyer for the older person and the involvement of experienced elder law lawyers in the case. However for those cases that are not resolved by agreement they progress to a formal hearing where the persons involved give evidence and the Family Court Judge decides the outcome.
Is there anything that can be done under the PPPR Act to retrieve an older person's property transferred in an elder abuse situation?
If by the time a property manager is appointed the older person has already 'gifted' or transferred property to a 'friend' or family member who is taking unfair advantage of an older person who has declining mental competence the property manager can apply to the court to retrospectively decide if, at the time the 'gift' or transaction was made, the older person was sufficiently competent to decide to make the 'gift' or 'transaction'. Where that happens the property manager has the power to apply to the court to set aside the 'gift' or transaction.
Alex McDonald, Elder Law Barrister, Auckland
P:+64 9 361 5665
E:alex@amcdonald.co.nz
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59-67 High Street, Auckland	POSTAL
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Copyright © 2022 Alex McDonald Barrister. All rights reserved.


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Kelis Gives Birth to Baby Girl
By Jennifer Drysdale 8:49 AM PDT, September 13, 2020
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Kelis is a mom of three! The GRAMMY-nominated artist and chef has welcomed her third child, she revealed on Instagram over the weekend.
The "Milkshake" singer gave birth to a baby girl "a week ago," she shared on Friday. Kelis and her husband, Mike Mora, are already parents to 4-year-old son Shepherd, while she's also mom to 11-year-old son Knight, whom she shares with ex-husband Nas.
"Hey, so I've been kind of MIA, very MIA, but for a really good reason cause I just had my baby!" Kelis said. "It was intense. I've been doing a lot of thinking and I'm generally a really private person, with my personal life, but I wanted to kind of bring my fam in, bring you guys in, to sort of talk about all of these women's things we go through that no one really tells us about."
"I had a girl by the way -- so I'm very excited about that -- it's my first girl!" she continued. "I wanted to bring you into my process. I can't work out for the next six weeks and if I don't want to resort to wearing spandex for the rest of my life… I want to show you how I plan on getting back into my high-waisted jeans -- with just food. No exercise."
"I went from 236, my baby girl was a big baby, so I've got about 50 to 60 pounds left to lose to get back into my high-waisted jeans," Kelis added.
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Kelis shared the first glimpse of her baby girl on Saturday, posting a photo of herself holding her daughter's hand. "She's just the sweetest little thing," she wrote.
The singer announced her pregnancy in August, alongside a message to fellow Black mothers and moms-to-be.
"As a Black mother, there are so many things to consider during this time in your life, especially during the crazy times that we live in -- from what we eat, to how we live and love," she said.
"This is the time we must take for ourselves without apologies, especially when we still live in a country where Black women historically have had the highest maternal mortality rates," Kelis continued, adding that self-care "has become paramount" in her pregnancy journey, and encouraging other expectant moms to find support from a team that can relate to what "will make you feel most comfortable."
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fracture toughness test might look like.
This is a compact tensile specimen.
It's not really compact in the sense that we need to be compact.
your material has a fairly good amount of ductility.
the specimen usually in fatigue.
that load is correlated to a measure of fracture toughness.
And so we'll just use that as an example.
And this is a standard test.
To measure the crack growth and you typically put a clip gauge on here.
Say you get load displacement information from this sort of test.
That isn't going to work for high-throughput.
we're going to purposely use a sharp indenter to create a stress concentration.
will form in the body where tensile stresses naturally will form.
when you're indenting a brittle material with a sharp indenter.
the plastic zone size around the indenter increases in a certain regions.
that's shown and you create what's known as median cracks.
and these are called lateral cracks.
you get cracks formed there, those are radial cracks.
the radial cracks link up to form this median radial cracks.
but there'll be cracks along the surface that you do see.
And the length of the cracks relates to the fracture toughness of the material.
In fact, if the materials not brittle the cracks won't form.
There's really two types of indenters that are often used in this.
One is a vickers type indenter.
is based on the length of the radial surface cracks that form.
The crack length, turns out, varies as a function of load.
your crack length also grows in size.
generally, you get the same measure of fracture toughness.
the hardness, the load applied and the size of the cracks.
a little bit more comprehensive form shown at the bottom was developed.
I show this scaling factors that are typically used.
Berkovich Indenter this Indenters are commonly use in nanoindentation.
You lose symmetry and you only have three corners.
So this modifies that equation, but just slightly.
It actually depends on the number of radial cracks that form.
And in fact, it basically just affects the scaling factor in front.
radial cracks to two radial cracks, that ratio is 1.073.
that relates those properties to the cracks that measure.
Now you have to measure all these different things.
But this can be done.
I mean, and this is just an application, example application.
And so you start out with a diamond indenter, we use a particular instrument.
There's a few out there.
You apply the load and you perform in-situ imagine.
No cracks are observed if you don't load it high enough.
once you go above that threshold the cracks appear.
And then once you've continuously increased the load your cracks will grow.
Now what you typically do to get the E and H.
because once there is a crack that changes your modulus hardness measurements.
So you get that information from the same instrument.
then you plug that into one of these factor toughness relationships.
it was relatively independent on load up to 40 millinewtons.
there's cracks coming from the corners that are measured.
And the way to do it is using indentation methods but using sharpened indenters.
measurement, and possibility of automation.
But we should point out there's still some limitations.
when the materials is relatively brittle.
going to form in the indent and you're not going to get any additional information.
we have one of our samples, material libraries, with a gradient.
go to this fracture mechanics protocol.
where cracks form at the indents and there's other regions where they don't.
conditions, those microstructures are more brittle than other parts on that sample.
We'll turn our attention to chemical properties.


Feb. 7, 2019 / PRZen / CUMBERLAND, Wis. -- Earthquake, manufacturer of outdoor power equipment for the rural, residential and light commercial markets since 1960, announced the re-introduction of the Victory Rear Tine Tiller. The Victory delivers the power of larger tillers in a more compact and controllable size. New for 2019, the Victory is now available to distributors and retailers with a Kohler 196cc engine.
"The Victory is both innovative and proven," said Noah Marach, project manager, Earthquake, the lawn and garden division of Ardisam, Inc. "With the optional Kohler engine, the Victory offers a great value in the rear tine rototiller category, which makes it a profitable addition to wholesalers' and retailers' product lineups."
The Earthquake Victory provides a unique combination: the power and performance of larger tillers in a more compact and controllable size. With no compromise in comparison to bigger, more cumbersome machines, the Victory has a full 16-inch tilling width and a tilling depth of up to 10 inches. The 196cc Kohler engine delivers exceptional power to the Victory's rear-mounted, counter-rotating (CRT) tines.
The outdoor power equipment industry is offering fewer models of tillers in 2019. Compounding the problem, the U.S tariffs on steel and Chinese goods are increasing manufacturers' costs and exerting upward price pressure. Wholesalers, farm/ranch supply stores, lawn and garden retailers, home centers, and hardware stores all face uncertainties about product availability and price points. The Victory is an affordable addition to their tiller lineups for 2019.
Earthquake will exhibit the Victory Rear Tine Tiller as part of its full line of outdoor power equipment at the National Hardware Show, May 7-9, 2019 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nev. Earthquake will be at booth #11047.
Earthquake, the lawn and garden division of Ardisam, started in 1960 in a small metal fabricating shop in the town of Cumberland, Wisconsin. Earthquake is an authentic brand of purpose-built outdoor power equipment for the rural, residential and light commercial markets. Earthquake builds power tools for gardeners to get big jobs done easier and faster, and for landscapers who need premium performance at a sensible price. Power up with Earthquake Ground Breaking Outdoor Power Equipment at www.getearthquake.com.


At Healthier Weight patient safety is our first priority. We are committed to applying the highest standards of care, in support of this we have established a robust clinical governance structure. The basis of this structure is a clinical governance committee that meets regularly to review patient outcomes and ensure that we are constantly reviewing our care pathways in light of the latest data and best practice.
Our governance committee brings together experienced medical professionals from all of the areas of expertise that are required to deliver a safe and effective weight loss service to patients. In addition to attending Clinical Governance meetings, they contribute to the development and management of patient care policies and processes in their areas of expertise.


Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It's because they're out there chasing the bad guys and saving your butts!
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Perfect for fans of Aaron Blabey's Bad Guys and Dav Pilkey's Dog Man books, the Real Pigeons series is a hilariously silly and highly visual introduction to the joys of reading and crime-fighting for readers 6+.
In Real Pigeons Fight Crime, Rock and his mystery-solving friends will tackle their first caseload: Why have all the breadcrumbs disappeared? Who on earth is kidnapping bats? And can the pigeons avert a dinner disaster??


Kinnaber is a Four Star B&B situated in the beautiful village of Edzell at the foothills of the Grampian Mountains. The guest accommodation comprises 2 twin bedded rooms, both with ensuite facilities, and a single room with its own private facilities. Guests are also welcome to make use of the garden and summerhouse. If you enjoy attention to detail, coupled with warm hospitality and delicious Scottish breakfasts, then Kinnaber is a must. Arrive as a guest, leave as a friend.
It is an ideal location for outdoor pursuits – hill walking, shooting and fishing. Edzell Golf Club, a mere chip and a putt away, is a very popular with many golfers. It has been described as a "hidden gem". If staying with us there is a 10% green fee discount. We are well situated for many prestigious courses such as Carnoustie, Gleneagles, St Andrews and Trump International north of Aberdeen. There are also many castles in the area such as Glamis, Balmoral, Dunnotter and Edzell itself.
There are a variety of good eating places close by. On our doorstep is the recently refurbished Glenesk Hotel and within a 30 minute drive The But'n'Ben in Authmithie and The Drovers at Memus.
Edzell is ideally situated, halfway between Dundee and Aberdeen. Montrose railway station, about 11 miles away, has connections to Aberdeen to the north and Edinburgh to the south.


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Q: Relacionar tablas y mostrar resultados Es demasiado fácil de responder, ya que simplemente voy a preguntar cómo debería escribir la consulta que presentaré a continuación. Les explico de qué va.
Tengo tablas relacionadas, pero el problema es que no sé cómo mostrar el resultado correspondiente.
Ejemplo de lo que me sucede: tabla "productos" (relacionada con "marcas") producto:cámara marca:2(2=id que contiene la tabla "marcas" = nombre de la marca correspondiente al id).
O sea, en vez de mostrarme el nombre de la marca, solo me muestra el id.
Les dejo mi código.
ajax.js
$(obtener_registros());

function obtener_registros(alumnos)
{
    $.ajax({
        url : 'buscando.php',
        type : 'POST',
        dataType : 'html',
        data : { alumnos: alumnos },
        })

    .done(function(resultado){
        $("#tabla_resultado").html(resultado);
    })
}

$(document).on('keyup', '#busqueda', function()
{
    var valorBusqueda=$(this).val();
    if (valorBusqueda!="")
    {
        obtener_registros(valorBusqueda);
    }
    else
        {
            obtener_registros();
        }
});

buscando.php
$tabla="";
$query="SELECT * FROM productos ORDER BY id";

///////// LO QUE OCURRE AL TECLEAR SOBRE EL INPUT DE BUSQUEDA ////////////
if(isset($_POST['alumnos']))
{
    $q=$conexion->real_escape_string($_POST['alumnos']);
    $query="SELECT id, descri, precio, marca, catego, pais, imagen FROM productos
    WHERE marca LIKE '%".$q."%' OR catego LIKE '%".$q."%' OR pais LIKE '%".$q."%'";
}

$buscarAlumnos=$conexion->query($query);
if ($buscarAlumnos->num_rows > 0)
{
    $tabla.=
    '

                               id
                           descri
                           precio
                           marca
                           catego
                           pais
                           imagen

';

    while($filaAlumnos= $buscarAlumnos->fetch_assoc())
    {
        $tabla.=
        '

            '.$filaAlumnos['id'].'
            '.utf8_encode($filaAlumnos['descri']).'
            '.$filaAlumnos['precio'].'
            '.$filaAlumnos['marca'].'
            '.$filaAlumnos['catego'].'
            '.$filaAlumnos['pais'].'
            '.$filaAlumnos['imagen'].'

        ';
    }

    $tabla.='
';

tablas
Productos
CREATE TABLE `productos` (
    `id` INT(3) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    `descri` VARCHAR(316) NOT NULL COLLATE 'utf8_spanish_ci',
    `precio` VARCHAR(6) NOT NULL COLLATE 'utf8_spanish_ci',
    `marca` INT(3) NOT NULL,
    `catego` INT(3) NOT NULL,
    `pais` VARCHAR(5) NOT NULL COLLATE 'utf8_spanish_ci',
    `imagen` VARCHAR(200) NOT NULL COLLATE 'utf8_spanish_ci',
    PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
    INDEX `marca` (`marca`),
    INDEX `catego` (`catego`),
    CONSTRAINT `FK_productos_categorias` FOREIGN KEY (`catego`) REFERENCES `categorias` (`id`),
    CONSTRAINT `FK_productos_marcas` FOREIGN KEY (`marca`) REFERENCES `marcas` (`id`)
)
COLLATE='utf8_spanish_ci'
ENGINE=InnoDB
AUTO_INCREMENT=5;

tabla marcas (la tabla categoria es igual a marcas solo que en nombre tiene "nombre_c" en vez de "nombre_m")
CREATE TABLE `marcas` (
    `id` INT(3) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    `nombre_m` VARCHAR(7) NOT NULL COLLATE 'utf8_spanish_ci',
    PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
)
COLLATE='utf8_spanish_ci'
ENGINE=InnoDB
AUTO_INCREMENT=6;

ACTUAL COMPLETO
<?php

$conexion = new mysqli("localhost","root","","minos");

//////////////// VALORES INICIALES ///////////////////////

$tabla="";
$query="SELECT * FROM productos ORDER BY id";

///////// LO QUE OCURRE AL TECLEAR SOBRE EL INPUT DE BUSQUEDA ////////////
if(isset($_POST['alumnos']))
{
    $q=$conexion->real_escape_string($_POST['alumnos']);
    $query=" SELECT
            p.id,
            p.descri,
            p.precio,
            m.nombre_m,
            c.nombre_c,
            p.pais,
            p.imagen
        FROM productos p
        INNER JOIN marcas m     ON p.marca  = m.id
        INNER JOIN categorias c ON p.catego = c.id
        WHERE   p.marca LIKE '%".$q."%'
                OR p.catego LIKE '%".$q."%'
                OR p.pais LIKE '%".$q."%'
        ";
}

$buscarAlumnos=$conexion->query($query);
if ($buscarAlumnos->num_rows > 0)
{
    $tabla.=
    '

                               id
                           descri
                           precio
                           marca
                           catego
                           pais
                           imagen

';

    while($filaAlumnos= $buscarAlumnos->fetch_assoc())
    {
        $tabla.=
        '

            '.$filaAlumnos['id'].'
            '.utf8_encode($filaAlumnos['descri']).'
            '.$filaAlumnos['precio'].'
            '.$filaAlumnos['nombre_m'].'
            '.$filaAlumnos['nombre_c'].'
            '.$filaAlumnos['pais'].'
            '.$filaAlumnos['imagen'].'

        ';
    }

    $tabla.='
';
} else
    {
        $tabla="No se encontraron coincidencias con sus criterios de búsqueda.";
    }

echo $tabla;
?>

A: Te falta hacer el JOIN entre productos y marcas y en consecuencia incluir la columna de marcas que te interesa.
Por ejemplo (me permito identarla para más claridad):
$query="
        SELECT
            p.id,
            p.descri,
            p.precio,
            m.nombre_m,
            p.catego,
            p.pais,
            p.imagen
        FROM productos p
        INNER JOIN marcas m ON p.marca = m.id
        WHERE   p.marca LIKE '%".$q."%'
                OR p.catego LIKE '%".$q."%'
                OR p.pais LIKE '%".$q."%'
        ";

O sea, tienes que seleccionar la columna nombre_m de marcas. He usado alias cortos para cada tabla por simplicidad.
Luego en la lectura de datos:
while($filaAlumnos= $buscarAlumnos->fetch_assoc())
{
    $tabla.=
    '

        '.$filaAlumnos['id'].'
        '.utf8_encode($filaAlumnos['descri']).'
        '.$filaAlumnos['precio'].'
        '.$filaAlumnos['nombre_m'].'
        '.$filaAlumnos['catego'].'
        '.$filaAlumnos['pais'].'
        '.$filaAlumnos['imagen'].'

    ';
}

Y, si quieres incluir la tabla categorias en el JOIN, sería algo así:
$query="
        SELECT
            p.id,
            p.descri,
            p.precio,
            m.nombre_m,
            c.nombre_c,
            p.pais,
            p.imagen
        FROM productos p
        INNER JOIN marcas m     ON p.marca  = m.id
        INNER JOIN categorias c ON p.catego = c.id
        WHERE   p.marca LIKE '%".$q."%'
                OR p.catego LIKE '%".$q."%'
                OR p.pais LIKE '%".$q."%'
        ";

Y dentro del while lo mismo, buscar la columna nombre_c:
while($filaAlumnos= $buscarAlumnos->fetch_assoc())
{
    $tabla.=
    '

        '.$filaAlumnos['id'].'
        '.utf8_encode($filaAlumnos['descri']).'
        '.$filaAlumnos['precio'].'
        '.$filaAlumnos['nombre_m'].'
        '.$filaAlumnos['nombre_c'].'
        '.$filaAlumnos['pais'].'
        '.$filaAlumnos['imagen'].'

    ';
}

Nota sobre la seguridad
Tu consulta es altamente vulnerable a ataques de Inyección SQL.
  Considera usar consultas preparadas para prevenir ese grave
  riesgo.

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