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Joe Foster – The Founder of Reebok shares his incredible story
byAnthony Fox•October 29, 2020
The United Kingdom has always been a champion of the entrepreneur – a nation proud to boast fervent discovery and growth. Giant corporations of the old and modern alike have emerged from its shores – conquering markets around the world with their innovative spirit.
Nevertheless, amongst the pantheon of the greatest are few that have shaped the contemporary world as much as Joe Foster's company; Reebok. Foster takes us through his journey from humble beginnings to a revolution in the way we look at and use shoes for daily life and athletic-pursuits alike.
DDW was honoured to interview the great entrepreneur and discuss the path to success and his recently released biography "Shoe Maker" on the birth of one of the world's greatest brands.
You are one of the most successful British entrepreneurs in contemporary history. Could you tell us how you got started and about your journey?
We need to start with my grandfather, also called Joe Foster back in 1895. He was a keen runner and a member of Bolton Primrose Harriers. Not a good runner from all accounts, but having learned cobbling skills from his grandfather Sam, he set about making himself a pair of 'pumps' with spikes in the bottom. An idea that was to transform his chosen sport of Athletics.
The fact is his 'pumps' moved him up more than a few places in running events
got a lot of attention. The attention was followed by requests – if not demands –
from his club mates. And that demand was to grow throughout the North West of the UK. It grew alongside his cobbling business, until eventually taking over as J W Foster (athletic shoes).
Further, Alf Shrubb's 3 world records in one race in 1904 at Ibrox Park Glasgow had a big impact in influencing athlete's to wear Foster's pumps. There is no doubt that Joe understood the influence of having winners wear his shoes.
In the 1920's the influence of Liddell, Abrahams and Lord Burlegh had on other athletes is immeasurable. They were the athletes that the film 'Chariots of Fire' immortalised Unfortunately, we don't have any figures from the 1920 Olympic Games, but do have an old letterhead from the 1920's, on which is printed 'Official Makers to the Olympic Teams in Antwerp in 1920' That does indicate that Joe had some arrangement with the Olympic organisation.
The original pumps that started it all
The letterhead also lists 96 Football and Rugby teams supplied by Foster's., including Man U, Man C, Liverpool, Everton and Arsenal. Only Chelsea and Tottenham are missing, although I do remember in my days working at Fosters in the1950's, addressing a package to Tottenham Hotspur.
We also have it in print that Joe was supplying most teams competing in the 1924 Olympics, including the German and USA teams.
Unfortunately, Joe died in 1933 leaving his business, now called J W Foster & Sons in the hands of his sons Jim and Bill – father and uncle. Regrettably they were not good business partners, which was alright for production, but it left the business without direction and planning for the future.
I have no idea what caused their feud, but until her death grandma Maria kept a lid on it. But, after her death there were many heated moments, ending in days of not speaking – just avoiding each other as much as possible.
My brother Jeff joined J W Foster & Sons in 1948 and I followed in 1952. However, we were both called to do National Service in 1953, returning to the family company in 1955 Jeff was in Germany and saw Adidas and Puma in their own market.
Joe and his brother Jeff in the early days
On Jeff's return he was enthusiastic about what Fosters should be doing. But, as with my efforts, it fell on the deaf ears of our feuding father and uncle. Although we didn't leave until late 1958, the writing was already on the wall in 1956.
Both Jeff and I decided we needed to learn more about shoemaking and signed on at college for evening classes. But bringing this extra knowledge to Fosters couldn't bring father and uncle Bill together. We even tried to get our father to help set up a separate company, but the answer was 'Bill won't live much longer and when I die it will be yours'. Our reply – 'We don't want to see you die and when you do it will be too late – there will be no business'.
We had no choice but to leave Fosters and begin our own story, which did not go down well with my Father.
We have to ask – although Reebok is one of the world's most recognised brand names, few know what means. Could you tell us a bit about the story behind name, its origin and the iconic stripes in the logo?
It's 1958 and our new company, then called Mercury Sports Footwear, is about to take
off, but 18 months into our new venture we are advised by our accountants to register our name to protect it for the future. To do this I visit a Patent Agent in Manchester.
Original ad for Reebok running shoes
Shortly after my visit, he informs me 'Mercury' is already registered for footwear, by Lotus and Delta who offered it to us for £1,000 (a sum of money we simply did not have). Following this – our Patent Agent advises a change of name, but to bring him at least 10 options to check. That in itself is a challenge. With our wives, Jeff and I start the process and end up with lots of animals and bird names, including one I found in an American Websters dictionary I had won as a prize when I was 8.
Reebok – "a light brown South African Gazelle" (The English spelling is Rhebok). Collectively we decide that's the one we all like and as it turns out – it is the only one that was not registered. A short time later, Adidas decided our two stripes with a T bar was infringing their three stripe design and threatened to sue.
We were flattered that Adidas would consider us a threat and set about redesigning our side support into an arrow or wing shape, now called the 'Vector', influenced by the British Airways tail fin logo. This also led to me to thinking about a new logo, which I designed using the arrow shape to form a star, which is now known as the 'Starcrest'.
The shoe business has evolved enormously since you began in this industry. What were the key innovations that got us to the modern sneaker business and do you think of the industry today?
The running shoe market in the UK was comparatively small and I knew we needed to break into the US market to take advantage of the massive boom in road running being driven by Runners World magazine.
Runners World had an annual 'shoe edition', which gave 'star' ratings to shoes. I knew if we could produce a shoe to get the top 5 star rating, that would be the key. We had produced our 'Aztec' road shoe as part of our 'Gold Range' in 1978 for the Edmonton Commonwealth games, with Runners World in mind. I had been attending the NSGA show in Chicago since 1968, with limited success in finding a US distributor, but now in 1979, I had the key – a potential 5 star shoe.
Paul Fireman with Joe Foster
It got a lot of attention, but we had to wait from February till August for the Runner World rating edition. We got the 5 stars for Aztec and for our other two shoes, a spike we called Inca and a road racing shoe called Midas. That opened the door and introduced Paul Fireman to the brand and the setting up of Reebok USA.
What do you make of 'fashion sneakers' like Kanye West's Yeezy's and the whole 'sneaker head' trend?
We need to go back a long way to see the origins of sports influence on street fashion, from replica team shirts, to training shoes. The trend has continued as has the influence of social media, so now we have the new fashion icons putting their name on sneakers all driven by sport.
You were one of the few brands that championed women athletes from very early on, can you tell us how that came about and how that has impacted the brand?
Some two years after finding the key to the US market with our 'Aztec' road shoe, the Reebok 'tech' rep for California Angel Martinez asked his wife Frankie what was so good about these 'Aerobic' classes that she and her girls friends were finding such fun.
It was simply exercise to music, focusing on women, right there in Los Angeles. Angel, decided to take a look and joined Frankie at one of her classes, where he was to observe most of the women were exercising barefoot. Freestyle was born, which was a shoe with a glove leather upper and a cushion sole. The women loved it so much that, even with some early upper failures, it became an icon.
Jane Fonda was inspired to wear it when doing her videos and Cybil Shepherd wore orange high tops at the Emmy awards. It was a sports shoe specially made for women and suddenly demand drove Reebok's revenues from 30 million dollars to 900 million dollars in 4/5 years, overtaking the revenue of Nike and Adidas to make Reebok the number 1 sports brand.
What would you say was the key to Reebok's company culture?
The brand enjoyed such a rapid success once we had achieved the US market breakthrough in 1980, which was to be sustained through to the mid 90's, that a culture of success developed, as like minded people were drawn to the company.
What advice would you give others entering the sneaker or shoe business today? Are there some key mistakes or pitfalls you experienced that you would warn against? Some key learnings?
The sports shoes business has changed incredibly since Jeff and I decided to set up Reebok, but I'm sure the problems we faced are similar, if not the same, that exist today. Anyone starting a sports shoe company today would, like we did, find it difficult.
As a small start up it is necessary to find a niche and have a lot of luck. Reebok arrived at the time when sport was growing and that growth has continued. Back in 1958 the shoes were worn for performance only, which over the years started to be worn on the street. Now sports shoes have become fashion, so you need to know where your company would be focused. We made mistakes, or were they simply problems, so looking back its hard to say if they could have been avoided, but it's how you respond that counts.
How do you know where to find opportunity in an ever more crowded marketplace? Did you ever have run-ins with Nike's Phil Knight or Adidas' Adolf Dassler?
There will always be opportunity – you find it under the mushroom, but first you have to find the mushroom. I never had any contact with Phil Knight, but I did meet Jeff Johnson and exchanged some exciting experiences. As for Adidas, they did threaten to sue over our side striping, which they claimed was an infringement of their three stripes – so we changed.
What was it like selling the business to competitor Adidas after growing it from scratch? Was this a difficult transition or decision?
I had sold Reebok and retired 15 years before Reebok was sold to adidas. My decision was to allow the brand to follow the money, which was necessary to take advantage of the US opportunity. Difficult yes, but it achieved the desired result.
Is there any other advice that you would like to impart on entrepreneurs today?
You must love your brand with a passion, but be prepared to share the journey to achieve your dream.
How can our readers buy your book?
The book is available globally from Amazon and all leading bookshops. However, signed and dedicated books can only be obtained from our website JW Foster Heritage


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The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) is leading the province with its Rapid Access Clinic, an innovative new central intake and assessment model for treating people with hip, knee and spine conditions, says Caroline Fanti, the program director.
"This is the most modern arthroplastic program in the world, it really is," says Dr. Dave Puskas, one of the northwestern Ontario clinic's four orthopedic surgeons, and the co-founder of the program with Fanti.
Patients are referred by their family doctor to the clinic, which then acts as a one-stop shop for consultations with orthopedic specialists and ultimately surgery if required.
Once enrolled in the program, the patient is assessed and then agrees to be cared for by the next available doctor from a pool of orthopedic surgeons, who also take turns working in Dryden, Fort Frances and Kenora.
Putting aside the natural competitive instinct between surgeons was key to developing the program, said Puskas.
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The program has cut the wait time for a consultation from nine months to just two to four weeks, with 90 per cent of surgeries being completed in less than six months, as opposed to two years.
We are at a turning point in the Cambie Case – the Plaintiffs (Cambie) will complete their part of the case by the end of this month. Starting in November, the other parties, including our intervenor group, will have their say. The Defense will start their case in January 2019.
Brian Day, CEO and President of Cambie Surgeries Inc., started this Charter Challenge back in 2006 after he learned his clinics were going to be audited by the BC Government. The audit was triggered by dozens of complaints by patients who complained they had been illegally overbilled at Cambie's clinics.
Finally, last week, Brian Day took the stand and was cross-examined about his affidavits, his public statements and his business practices. His time on the stand was both confusing and illuminating at the same time, with Day contradicting himself repeatedly throughout the three days. For a more detailed description of his cross-examination, click here.
Now, our lawyers are working with our two key experts before they take the stand to be cross-examined by Cambie's lawyers: on November 26, Dr. Marie-Claude Premont (an expert on the impacts of the Chaoulli decision in Quebec) and on December 3, Dr. David Himmelstein (an expert on the relationship and links between the US and Canadian health care systems).
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Extra-billing is a key focus of the Cambie case – Brian Day is trying to make it possible for doctors to extra-bill (to charge patients unlimited amounts for any procedure).
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Wye Oak Share "Holy Holy (Demo)"
Earlier this summer, Wye Oak (Andy Stack and Jenn Wasner) announced Civilian + Cut All the Wires: 2009–2011. The 10-year anniversary double LP reissue, to be released October 22nd on Merge Records, looks back into the band's pivotal release Civilian and also includes a lost album of unreleased tracks and demos from the era of its creation. Wye Oak have shared "Holy Holy (Demo)," the studio version.
The band also recently released "Electricity," a never-before-heard song that was completed during the recording of Civilian and unearthed for the forthcoming release. The Civilian + Cut All the Wires: 2009–2011 deluxe double-LP is pressed on green swirl vinyl housed in a gatefold jacket that features each album's cover when flipped. Pre-order your copy today.
Wye Oak has always existed, and likely always will, at an intersection, as a paradox. Gentle and jagged, fierce and vulnerable—even the clinical sheen of the word "civilian" feels at odds with a record whose content is almost violently human. As Wasner wrote in a short note that accompanied promotional mailings of the record to press in 2011: "These are songs about aloneness (the positive kind), loneliness (the horrible kind), moving on, and letting go (of people, places, and things)."
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Planet Coaster: Console Edition is Out Now from Frontier Developments
Frontier Developments plc (AIM: FDEV) invites players everywhere to join the ride as it releases Planet Coaster: Console Edition on current and next-generation platforms. Available from today, Frontier's first ever next-gen title brings its irrepressible magic to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation®4. PlayStation®5 will be available from November 12 in the US, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, and November 19 in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world. As a bonus, the pre-order incentive has been extended until November 24, so there's still time for players to get the fantastically whimsical coaster, Oswald's Magnificent Machine.
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Planet Coaster: Console Edition retails for a suggested retail price of $49.99 for the standard version and $59.99 for the Deluxe Edition across all consoles.
Planet Coaster: Console Edition will be available for Xbox Game Pass subscribers to download and play through Game Pass from launch. Xbox Game Pass subscribers will continue to be able to access Planet Coaster: Console Edition as long as their Game Pass subscription is maintained.
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This blog details a research project I undertook from May – July 2010 in Namibia. I took an iPad with me while traveling to Namibia to do research on the use of mobile phones by students in Namibia. At the time of my trip, the iPad had just been released in the US and was not available internationally. The goal was to put the iPad in different contexts and see the reactions and discussions it would generate.
I blogged about the experience and you can read about it at this blog here – http://www.personal.psu.edu/tia103/blogs/the_ipad_in_various_contexts/.


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Indiana: the Hoosier state. Known for basketball, cornfields, and winding country roads. On the surface, we look like a charming fly over state with deep family roots and good ol' boy morals. The darker truth is that Indiana is not performing well in mental health. In fact, it performs pretty below average in accessible mental health care and frighteningly low on nationwide rankings. As we have pointed out before, 56% of adults in Indiana suffer from a mental illness and never receive help. Much of this is because mental illness is a lifelong journey that is widely misunderstood and stigmatized beyond belief. That particular statistic can also be attributed to the fact that mental health care in Indiana is seemingly inaccessible. Mental health care providers are aiming to change the stigmas and accessibility of care in Indiana.
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12 percent of our adolescents experience a major depressive episode.
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Suffice it to say that in Indiana, had our children and teens been shown what access to proper mental health care is, perhaps our adults and seniors would not be suffering later in life at such an alarming rate. The cycle continues as these adults do not then receive treatment and therefore their children do not either. Mental health care facilities have recognized this gap in accessible care and are ready to disrupt that cycle and improve the overall health of Hoosiers statewide6. We owe it to ourselves and our fellow Indiana residents to stand up for our mental health, seek help, get better, and remove the stigma surrounding mental health care in Indiana.
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New Music Friday – 9/25/2020
Irontom, Sizzy Rocket, Katelyn Tarver and More!
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Every Friday is special, but here at ONErpm we've been looking forward to this one all summer. It's hard to overstate just how stacked our releases are this week, so let's just dive right in.
On top of the crop is IRONTOM's new album Cult Following, led off by "American Gothic" which has quickly landed itself on every major Alt Rock playlist in the world. If you take your guitar riffs extra crunchy, your bass loaded down with fuzz and the heaviest crashing drum fills in the world, you're going to be moshing to this one from the first note on.
Keeping up the loudness is Sizzy Rocket's new full-length album, ANARCHY. It's got everything fans have grown to know and love from the queer icon / demi-god: from raucous party anthems like "That Bitch" to reflective post-punk ditties like "Cocaine By The Pool," where "the only drug I want to do is you." From heartfelt love ballads like "Rollerskating" to headbanging tracks built to be blared like "Queen of the World" – this record is going to be a seminal piece of art for years to come.
In the alternative space from the other side of the pond is the new bop from Only The Poets, whose "Speak Out" is full of playful lyricism like: "go sit on your high horse, I hope you smack your head on the ceiling."
If you like your thrashing tracks to feature big horns, Brass Against has you set with their latest Rage Against The Machine cover, "Take the Power Back" – a booming and timely anthem calling for power to the people.
Continuing in the alternative-fusion world is Veridia's "Light It Up" with its heavy reverberating drums and electronic synths that give it the textures of a drop-laden dubstep track.
Slowing it down, we've got a new ethereal pop ballad from Katelyn Tarver, one of the world's foremost experts in catching you right in the feels on every word she writes. "Side of My Heart" is all about the confusing middle ground between love and hate, and it's guaranteed to resonate for just about anyone that's ever been through a tough relationship.
Continuing in that dreamy space, we've got the latest from KAYE, whose "Earthrise" sees the insightful singer-songwriter narrating to us from an almost Dr. Manhattan -esque detached perspective.
The latest out of Nigeria is a big one from Runtown. "Kini Issue" is a smooth as-can-be R&B ballad, replete with mellow sax that's guaranteed to be spinning in bedrooms around the world tonight.
For our Spanish-language followers, we've got a new one from Katie Angel, whose "Fin del Mundo" is an aptly-timed number from the beauty-vlogger-turned-pop-star. Don't miss this one on our ¡MUCHO POWER! playlist alongside Ivy Queen and El Chulo.
Lastly, our independent R&B star, Dylan Reese is making a serious play for the mainstream with his latest track, "See Thru," featuring the inimitable Twista.


More fun with provincial government wordsmiths.
They issued a certificate that "gives them the confidence to conclude" that there "likely" won't be any environmental damage?
Wow. Talk about holding industry's feet to the fire.


Changes to Italian Immigration and Citizenship rules (Decreto Salvini) came into force on October 5th 2018 with Decreto Legge 113/2018.
Article 14 of this new law changes the current rules on applications for Italian citizenship. These new rules affect a number of our clients, in particular British citizens hoping to obtain Italian citizenship before the UK leaves the EU in order to safeguard the rights associated with European citizenship. The main changes are the increase in time in which the Home office must make a decision and the increase in the application fee. Although amendments were also proposed to recognise the same rights to women ancestors to have passed Italian citizenship to their descendants, this was removed from the draft and has not been included in the definitive text. It is expected that this will be included in future legislation.
We have prepared an English translation of Article 14 which deals with changes to the rules on applications for Italian citizenship on the grounds of marriage (Art. 5 of the 1992 law) or on grounds of residence in Italy (Art. 9 of the 1992 law).
ADDED TEXT "Art. 10-bis: 1. Italian citizenship which has been acquired pursuant to Arts. 4 para 2, Art. 5 and Art. 9, is revoked when the foreigner or stateless person to whom it was granted is convicted definitively for any of the criminal offences provided for by article 407, paragraph 2, letter a), n. 4), of the code of criminal procedure, as well as for the crimes referred to in articles 270-ter and 270-quinquies.2, of the Italian criminal code.
The revocation of citizenship is adopted within three years of the conviction of one of the offences mentioned above by decree of the President of the Republic, on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior.
2. The provisions referred to in paragraph 1, lett. b) e) and d) apply to the conferment procedures of citizenship in progress at the date of entry into force of this decree.
3. To Article 1, para 1 of the Law of 12th January 1991 n. 13 the letter aa) is substituted by the letter "aa) Concession and revocation of Italian citizenship".


Alejandro Tapia y Rivera (1826–1882) was a Puerto Rican poet, dramaturg, essayist and writer. Tapia is widely considered to the father of Puerto Rican literature and one who has contributed the most to the cultural advancement of Puerto Rico's literature. In addition to his writing, he was also an abolitionist and a women's rights advocate. In many ways, the writings of Don Alejandro Tapia y Rivera mark the beginning of Puerto Rican literature. Tapia's work constitutes the beginnings of a unique Puerto Rican identity, which remains as contested as its nationhood.
One of Tapia's most important works was his play, La Cuarterona, the tragic love story of Carlos, a young Cuban who falls in love with Julia, a childhood friend. However, racial, class, and status divisions keep them apart—he is from a white land-owning family and she is the daughter of a slave.
This translation of La Cuarterona is long overdue. Theater was the genre Tapia most cultivated, yet until now none of his plays (and only two of his other works) has been translated into English. The translation of such important works is pivotal because it facilitates communication across cultures and cultivates interest in the traditions of others. Translations of foundational national classics like this play may be as much a celebration, preservation, and promotion of Puerto Rican literature as any performance, re-edition, or publication of Tapia's work. This work thus provides a new window into the literary contribution of Don Alejandro Tapia y Rivera and the cultural heritage of Puerto Rico.
This first translation with a critical introduction and an exhaustive bibliography on Tapia, is a useful contribution to the study of drama, African slavery and its abolition, Hispanic literature and culture, Puerto Rican studies, women's studies, colonial and post-colonial studies, human rights, and the history of the Atlantic World.


Lotta Wennäkoski emerged as a composer while studying at the Sibelius Academy, mainly with Eero Hämeenniemi, in the 1990s. She completed her composition diploma in 2000. Her teachers at the Sibelius Academy also included Kaija Saariaho and Paavo Heininen, and she also studied with the completely different Louis Andriessen in the Netherlands.
Wennäkoski's early output focuses on small ensembles, but more recently orchestral works have emerged as her principal genre. She has also written a few vocal works and cross-discipline works but does not see herself as a particularly pluralist creative artist. Some of her works show her desire to address important contemporary issues: for instance, her monodrama Lelele (2010-2011) is about human trafficking and forced prostitution.


There's a whole bundle of original Juice Creative digital artwork on display at the Pedestrian Gallery in Rutland Street, Leicester. The pictures are part of the Designers and Makers exhibition, which runs throughout the Christmas period from 28 November to 23 December 2013.
The pictures are taken from our brand new illustrated charity book: The Unsung Hero of Christmas. They show exactly what Santa's elves get up to at the North Pole as they make ready for the festive season! You can buy The Unsung Hero of Christmas either from our website or from the Rainbows Hospice online store. Wherever you buy your copy, rest assured that ALL money received goes directly to Rainbows.
As if that weren't enough, we're also selling limited edition prints of the digital artwork from the book! Each picture is a high quality digital print measuring 420x840mm, rolled and ready for you to mount in a frame of your choice. There are five full-colour pictures to choose from: Professor Tom, Rubadub Robin, Runabout Reis, Gasmask Graham or Mistletoe Mike. To view them all – and choose the one you want – visit our exclusive online order page. Don't forget, just as with the book, all the money you send us goes straight to Rainbows.
Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People covers the whole of the East Midlands, and is based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK. Children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions come to the hospice for specialist respite stays, symptom management, palliative and end-of-life care. Their families are also supported and helped by Rainbows on their difficult journey. Care is provided by a professional team of highly respected nurses, carers and therapists together with a large support team, under the direction of a team of doctors providing specialist paediatric, palliative care for children in the hospice and in the community. Rainbows strives to help families escape from a hospital environment, focusing instead on a home from home atmosphere.


Content marketing is an effective strategy to help you increase leads and conversions for your business. Through content marketing, you have the opportunity to connect with prospects when they are trying to solve problems and answer their questions.
Success in landscaping begins with a proactive approach to gaining visibility and garnering more buzz than your competitors. In the landscaping world, this means concerted effort to spread the word about your products, expertise, and services. If you are looking to grow your customer base and increase your revenues, you cannot wait for someone to discover you.
Landscaping is undoubtedly one of the most service-oriented businesses in horticulture. Many owners wear assorted hats: owner, designer, and marketer for their landscape company. When you wear the marketing hat, you have a demanding role of promoting your landscape service, while still keeping track of the day to day business of your landscape company. It's important to stop and put on the marketing hat and think about your marketing stragety and how best to promote your business. One way is through content marketing.
Blogs are now staples of most online marketing strategies. Most sites these days have some form of a blog that allows for periodic contribution of content as news, opinions, education or updates. Let's assume for a second that you regularly publish to your blog like any bona fide business owner focused on online marketing would do. How is that working out for you? You might begin to wonder why no one is reading your posts and starting to get discouraged about investing more time in the art of blogging.


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Baum L. Frank download all books 5 books
Baum L. Frank
Genre: Children
The story of Dorothy and her dog, Toto, who are swept off the Kansas plains by a huge cyclone, and find themselves in the land of Oz.
The Tin Woodman of Oz
Dorothy tries to rescue the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow from the giantess who has changed them into a tin owl and a teddy bear and is using them for playthings.
Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Draw close to the fire, all you who believe in the spirit of Christmas, whether you call it Santa Claus, or simply good will to men; and listen to the story of Nicholas the Wandering Orphan who became Nicholas the Wood-carver, a lover of little children. Follow him through his first years as a lonely little boy, who had the knack of carving playthings for children; then as a young man, busy over the little toys; then as a prosperous, fat, rosy old man, who overcomes all sorts of difficulties in order to attain his ambition, a toy for every child in the village. Learn how he started to drive a beautiful sleigh drawn by prancing reindeer; why he first came down a chimney; how he filled the first stocking; where the first Christmas tree was decorated; and finally how he came to be known as "Saint Nicholas" and "Santa Claus."
The Last Egyptian
Genre: Adventures
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Tip and his creation, Jack Pumpkin, run away to Oz, where they save the city after it is captured by girls.


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The Legend of 'Himself'
Foreword by
Jim Dreaper
In 1964 Arkle's win in the Cheltenham Gold Cup marked the start of an incredible campaign by Ireland's most legendary racehorse. Fifty years on from his incredible wins, Anne Holland looks at Arkle's career, which has never been surpassed.
Horse Racing Book of the Year - 2014
Category Biography/Memoir, Sport
In 1964, Arkle's first-place finish in the Cheltenham Gold Cup was the first big win by Ireland's most celebrated racehorse: the horse by which all others are measured. Fifty years on from the start of his incredible career - which included wins in the Cheltenham Gold Cup (three times), Irish Grand National, Hennessy Gold Cup, King George VI Chase and Punchestown Gold Cup - Anne Holland looks at Arkle's life and legend through the eyes of those who knew him best.
She describes Arkle's career, his incredible wins, and the people involved with him, interviewing many of his connections, including Jim Dreaper, Paddy Woods, Tom Taaffe, sculptor Emma McDermott, the Baker family and others. Arkle was a star - the story goes that he received items of fan mail addressed to 'Himself, Ireland' - and this is a well-researched and intimate portrait of a legendary horse.
Shortlisted for Horse Racing Book of the Year 2014, British Sports Book Awards
Anne Holland was a successful amateur rider who once rode at Aintree on Grand National day. She has written many books on horse-racing including Steeplechasing: A Celebration, The Grand National: The Irish At Aintree and All in the Blood.
a wonderful reminder
The Irish Echo
The Irish Field readers will enjoy [Anne Holland's] book on the mighty Arkle
The Irish Field
retelling of the story is timely
[the] author has uncovered quite a few new anecdotes
Ireland's Own
an enjoyable and engaging read
Holland pulls off with aplomb the difficult task of writing about an animal without lapsing into anthropomorphic sentimentality. Throughout her book, Arkle remains a horse – but what a horse!
just how special Arkle was is spelled out in glorious detail
Westmeath Examiner
it wasn't just racing fans that loved Arkle – and it won't be just racing fans that will enjoy this book
very entertaining … terrific book
The Pat Kenny Show
the memories evoked by Holland in this excellent new work on Arkle's illustrious career are such that the mind's eye sees them afresh in glorious Technicolor
Kingsley Klarion
Holland is to be congratulated on unearthing a trove of anecdotes and opinions which lend the book a real vitality. Jim Dreaper, son of Arkle's trainer Tom, has written the foreword and acknowledges that much of the information she has unearthed is new to him
It was pleasing to read that Arkle, and Pat Taaffe, are to be immortalised in bronze in Ashbourne, Co Meath, by sculptress Emma MacDermott. I hope the statue will be as fitting a tribute to a true equine superstar as Holland's book deserves to be


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An Introduction to Harmonic Analysis
$62.99 (P)
Part of Cambridge Mathematical Library
Author: Yitzhak Katznelson, Stanford University, California
Date Published: January 2004
$ 62.99 (P)
Awarded the American Mathematical Society Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition, this Introduction, first published in 1968, has firmly established itself as a classic text. Yitzhak Katznelson demonstrates the central ideas of harmonic analysis and provides a stock of examples to foster a clear understanding of the theory. This new edition has been revised to include several new sections and a new appendix.
The book received the AMS Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
Classic text, a favorite of students and experts alike
Demonstrates the central ideas of harmonic analysis in a concrete setting, and provides a stock of examples to foster a clear understanding of the theory
"Katznelson's An Introduction to Harmonic Analysis is, of course, a classic...So the first thing to say is 'thank you,' to Cambridge for doing this new edition, and to Prof. Katznelson for undertaking the task of updating his book...It is an ambitious book, moving all the way from Fourier series to Banach algebras and analysis on locally compact abelian groups. It is densely but clearly written, with the occasional flash of wit."
MAA Reviews, Fernando Q. Gouvea
1. Fourier series on T
2. The convergence of Fourier series
3. The conjugate function
4. Interpolation of linear operators
5. Lacunary series and quasi-analytic classes
6. Fourier transforms on the line
7. Fourier analysis on locally compact Abelian groups
8. Commutative Banach algebras
A. Vector-valued functions
B. Probabilistic methods.
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Yitzhak Katznelson, Stanford University, California
Yitzhak Katznelson received his Ph.D. from the University of Paris. He is currently a Professor of mathematics at Stanford University, and has also taught at University of C alifornia, Berkeley, Hebrew University andYale University. His mathematical interests include harmonic analysis, ergodic theory, and differentiable dyamics
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Call them vision boards, treasure maps, mindmaps, hope boards, bucket boards, whatever you like – essentially they all have the same purpose – to remind you to get motivated and start achieving what you really want in life. Ok, let's not get too profound – there's enough of that D & M stuff going around on social media to drive you bananas.
Let's keep it short and sweet. If you're asking 'What's a vision board?' Then you may not have one of those wonderful colourful boards where you've stuck up pictures from magazines, newspapers, articles and other glossies. If you have, great! Good on you! I'm all for it. It works for me. The more I see it, the more I want it, the more I'm determined to get it.
Imagine if you applied that principle to your speaking skills? Just imagine you took photos or images of people that you really admire as great speakers and presenters and put them on a vision board. What do they mean to you? What is it about their presentations that inspires you and makes you want to be so much more of a presenter than you already are? It may be that they're a fashionista or have superb dress sense, it may be that they stand in a certain way, have a great voice etc. Then, easy peasy… find images that represent those exact same things, and image of someone standing the way you would like to, an image of someone with a great voice, a piccie of someone who looks brilliant, even in a singlet.
Spread the inspiration around and keep it around you. The more you see it, the more you're likely to act upon it.
Remember, your vision board, doesn't have to be a board as such. It could be a poster collage, a photo album, a journal, a book with lots of blank pages ready to be filled, a group of sketches……. whatever works for you. Just remember to keep looking at it.


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America's Fastest Growing Form of Transit: The Intercity Bus
By Jonna McKone January 18, 2011
The Megabus intercity bus service has expanded internationally. Photo by Andrew Harvey-Adams.
For the third year in a row, "intercity bus service was the fastest growing mode of intercity transportation, outpacing air and rail transportation," says a report released by DePaul University, called "The Intercity Bus: America's Fastest Growing Transportation Mode," by Joseph P. Schwieterman and Lauren Fischer.
The trend is a reversal of the decline of intercity bus operations from 1960 to 2006, which Schwieterman and Fischer attribute to the expansion and improvement of the interstate highway system, increased automobile ownership and the decay of downtown districts.
The newer successful services have, in some cases, utilized the model of "Chinatown Operators" that previously dominated the intercity market. For the past few years, a new breed of "curbside operators" have gained in popularity, expanding operations by six percent in 2010. Such "curbside operators" like Boltbus, Megabus and RedCoach do not utilize traditional bus stations, making their services more flexible. In the fourth quarter of this year, compared to the same time last year, these operators expanded service by 33 percent. (Megabus reported ridership growth of 48 percent in 2009 and 2010.)
From the report, "The Intercity Bus: America's Fastest Growing Transportation Mode."
Bus Branding
As we wrote about on TheCityFix, such operators are embracing new designs, offering services like free wireless Internet and cheap same-day fares, and utilizing cohesive and appealing marketing and branding efforts. The buses also are operating at service locations that meet the needs of riders.
The data further substantiates a number of headlines that have reported how such services are not only on the rise but "out-competing and out-edging other services by being more responsive to changing city dynamics and commuter needs."
Another important piece of the trend is that these curbside operations either originate or depart in large cities with dense urban centers supported by rapid transit systems. Most routes tend to be in the Midwest and Northeast, though recently RedCoach began operations in Florida.
Reducing Emissions
The report's conclusion on emissions reductions factors in how the low cost of travel is stimulating new demand in intercity travel. So, quantifying the net savings by evaluating how passengers would have traveled had curbside bus service not been available, the report finds that intercity buses are reducing fuel consumption by about 11 million gallons per year (about 125,000 tons of carbon,) which is equivalent to removing nearly 24,000 vehicles from the road.
Such buses "achieve an estimated 196 passenger-miles per gallon of fuel burned, making them about four times as fuel efficient as commercial airplanes and private automobiles, after adjusting the latter for the fact that many car trips involve multiple occupants." When passengers ride these intercity buses, it's equivalent to reducing about 2.41 gallons of fuel per person.
Our analysis quantifies the net savings in fuel by evaluating how passengers would have traveled
had curbside bus service not been available
Changing Behaviors
The report also figures that the rise of rebranded and convenient set of travel services encourages "transit lifestyles:"
Arguably, there has been no comparable phenomenon that has reinvigorated intercity travel from departure points in the downtowns of major cities in the United States since the growth of rail-passenger travel during World War II.
Given the success of these systems, Schwieterman and Fischer anticipate that new services will emerge in places like California, Florida and Texas. "We suspect it is only a matter of time before curbside operators launch service in routes that neither originate nor terminate in cities without dense downtown districts supported by rapid transit."
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In graph theory, a Hamiltonian path is a path that visits each vertex exactly once.
A Hamiltonian cycle (also called Hamiltonian circuit, vertex tour or graph cycle) is a cycle that visits each vertex exactly once.
A graph that contains a Hamiltonian cycle is called a Hamiltonian graph. Any Hamiltonian cycle can be converted to a Hamiltonian path by removing one of its edges, but a Hamiltonian path can be extended to Hamiltonian cycle only if its endpoints are adjacent.
Similar notions may be defined for directed graphss, where edges (arcs) of a path or a cycle are required to point in the same direction, i.e., connected tail-to-head.
The Hamiltonian cycle or Hamiltonian circuit problem in graph theory is to find a Hamiltonian cycle in a given graph.
The Hamiltonian path problem is to find a Hamiltonian path in a given graph.
There is a simple relation between the two problems. The Hamiltonian cycle problem for graph G is equivalent to the Hamiltonian path problem in a graph H obtained from G by adding a new vertex and connecting it to all vertices of G.
Both problems are NP-complete. However, certain classes of graphs always contain Hamiltonian paths. For example, it is known that every tournament has an odd number of Hamiltonian paths.
The Hamiltonian cycle problem is a special case of the traveling salesman problem, obtained by setting the distance between two cities to unity if they are adjacent and infinity otherwise.
Hamiltonian paths and cycles are named after William Rowan Hamilton who invented the icosian game, now also known as Hamilton's puzzle, which involves finding a Hamiltonian cycle in the edge graph of the dodecahedron. Hamilton solved this problem using the icosian calculus, an algebraic structure based on roots of unity with many similarities to the quaternions (also invented by Hamilton). Unfortunately, this solution does not generalize to arbitrary graphs.
Weisstein, Eric W., Hamiltonian Circuit. Wolfram Research, 2003.


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Electorates
World Data - Page 16
This dataset contains the annually released regional council Māori constituency boundaries for 2020 as defined by the regional councils and/or Local Government Commission, and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). This clipped version has been created for map creation/cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries. This version contains 20 categories.
This version contains 5 Māori constituencies, excluding area outside constituency.Māori constituencies are established under the Local Electoral Act 2001 and result from the division of a region for electoral purposes.Māori constituencies are divisions of regional council areas. They are created, based on population, to be the voting areas within councils. Māori constituencies are defined at meshblock level.If a regional council decides to have a Māori constituency, the constituencies within the council are known as general constituencies and Māori constituencies.
This dataset is the definitive set of annually released regional council Māori constituency boundaries for 2022 as defined by the regional councils and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). This version contains 5 Māori Constituencies, excluding area outside constituency and contains 20 categories.
Māori constituencies are established under the Local Electoral Act 2001 and result from the division of a region for electoral purposes. Māori constituencies are divisions of regional council areas. They are created, based on population, to be the voting areas within councils. Māori constituencies are defined at meshblock level. If a regional council decides to have a Māori constituency, the constituencies within the council are known as general constituencies and Māori constituencies.
This dataset is the definitive set of annually released regional council Māori constituency boundaries for 2022 as defined by the regional councils and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). This clipped version has been created for map creation/cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries. This version contains 5 Māori Constituencies, excluding area outside constituency and contains 20 features.
Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007
This dataset is the definitive set of regional council Māori constituency boundaries for 2023 as defined by the regional councils and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). This version contains 11 Māori constituencies (excluding Area Outside Māori Constituency).
Māori constituencies are established under the Local Electoral Act 2001 and result from the division of a region for electoral purposes.
Māori constituencies are divisions of regional council areas. They are created, based on population, to be the voting areas within councils. Māori constituencies are defined at meshblock level, and do not coincide with the statistical area 1 (SA1) or statistical area 2 (SA2) geographies.
If a regional council decides to have a Māori constituency, the constituencies within the council are known as general constituencies and Māori constituencies.
Classifications exist annually from 2005 to 2023.
The boundaries of Māori constituencies may be reviewed before each three-yearly local government election. Regional councils must review their representation arrangements at least once everysix years. The provisions for such reviews are contained in the Local Government Act 2002.
Māori constituencies are numbered based on their corresponding regional council. Each Māori constituency has a unique four-digit code. The first two digits represent the regional council that the Māori constituency lies within. The last two digits are sequential and represent the number of Māori constituencies within a regional council. For example, the Waikato Regional Council (03) contains two Māori constituencies which are coded 0301 and 0302.
This dataset is the definitive set of regional council Māori constituency boundaries for 2023 as defined by the regional councils and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ. This version contains 11 Māori constituencies (excluding Area Outside Māori Constituency), clipped to the coastline. This clipped version has been created for cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries.
Māori constituencies are divisions of regional council areas. They are created, based on population, to be the voting areas within councils. Māori constituencies are defined at meshblock level, and do not coincide with the statistical area 1 (SA1) or statistical area 2 (SA2) geographies.If a regional council decides to have a Māori constituency, the constituencies within the council are known as general constituencies and Māori constituencies.
Māori Constituency 2023 Provisional
This dataset is the provisional 2023 dataset for Māori constituency. The final 2023 layer is scheduled to be published on 8 December 2022 as part of the annual boundary release.
The intention of providing this provisional dataset is to make available the boundaries that will be used for the local body elections being held in October 2022.
This dataset is the provisional set of regional council Māori constituency boundaries for 2023 as defined by the regional councils and Local Government Commission but maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). This version contains 11 Māori constituencies (excluding Area Outside Māori Constituency).
In the provisional 2023 classification six regional councils have Māori constituencies.
MCON2023_PROV
Māori Electoral District 2002
Māori Electoral District 2002 is the definitive set of 2002 Māori electoral district boundaries as defined by the Representation Commission. Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and Stats NZ are the custodians. These boundaries comprise the Māori electoral districts as constituted under the Electoral Act 1993. Māori electoral districts extend to the 12-mile limit and are defined at meshblock level. The number of Māori electoral districts, and Māori electoral populations for each electorate, are calculated using formula in the Electoral Act 1993. The Representation Commission is convened by the Surveyor-General every five years following a Census of Population and Dwellings, and Māori Electoral Option. Its role is to re-draw electoral boundaries to make sure each electorate has about the same number of people. When setting the boundaries, the Representation Commission also considers existing boundaries, community of interest (including iwi affiliations), the infrastructure that links communities (such as main roads), topographical features, and any projected variation in the population of those districts during their existence. Māori Electoral District is a flat classification with 7 categories These boundaries were used for the 2002 and 2005 New Zealand general elections.
This layer has been generalised, i.e. simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.


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Atiku Shares His Thoughts On Battling Corruption & Ensuring Accountability (#Time2Atikulate series)
CKN NIGERIA Published: October 06, 2018
Atiku Abubakar has described corruption and lack of public sector accountability as a huge scourge in Nigeria.
The PDP presidential front runner said "in our fight against corruption our target will be to beat Botswana which is rated as the most transparent country in Africa. Corruption stunts growth, hobbles development, promotes nepotism, despises merit, enthrones mediocrity, undermines democracy and good governance, subverts formal processes, reduces accountability and fair representation in policy making, undermines the rule of law, results in the unequal provision of services, erodes the institutional capacity and effective functioning of the machinery of government."
The former Vice President said all these must stop because "as President, I promise a dogged commitment to using all legitimate means to ensure that corruption in both public and private sectors is eradicated. A robust, professional and independent anti-corruption agency is mandatory because in spite of the efforts undertaken since 1999, including the creation of new anti-corruption agencies like the EFCC, ICPC, Code of Conduct Bureau, corruption remains endemic in the Nigerian public and private sectors.
Continuing he said "Leadership must be accountable, impunity must be deterred, the rule of law must be respected and transparency must be entrenched. We will stop treating symptoms and focus on the root cause(s) of corruption."
CKN NIGERIA


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Thorn Hill Industrial Park
RIDC Thorn Hill, home to over 100 companies, continues to shape the 79-North corridor
Located in Marshall and Cranberry Townships along the border of Allegheny and Butler counties, this 925-acre park totals 3 million square feet of industrial space. More than 100 companies occupy the park, including Mitsubishi Electric, Eaton, and rue21. The United States Post Office has a bulk mail facility on 75 acres of the park, and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has had its headquarters at the park since 1973.
RIDC owns one building in Thorn Hill Industrial Park—the multi-tenant Thorn Hill Corporate Center with Verizon as an anchor tenant, along with over 50 acres for future development in this park and the nearby Innovation Ridge at Thorn Hill.
In July 2019, RIDC sold the Commonwealth Manor I & II buildings to Elmhurst Group. Commonwealth Manor I, a 45,900 square foot building, was built in 1977, and Commonwealth Manor II, 60,300 square feet, was built in 1987. The cost of construction and improvements for both buildings over the years has totaled $9.13 million.
RIDC President Donald Smith said: "Our goal at Thorn Hill Industrial Park was to build a great industrial park and then catalyze its growth with spec buildings. With that mission accomplished, this sale allows us to redeploy funds into new economic development projects to grow the region's economy."
Tenants at Commonwealth Manor I included Kadmon Pharmaceuticals (formerly 3 Rivers Pharmaceuticals), and at Commonwealth Manor II, Zambelli Fireworks, ECM Pharmaceuticals, Dyson, Microbac, and RDS (Retail Data Systems). They remained in place after the sale as Elmhurst marketed remaining space to new tenants.
RIDC Senior Vice President of Development Tim White said: "RIDC's long-term partnership with Allegheny County and patient investments to redevelop Thorn Hill Industrial Park, formerly the site of the Thorn Hill Home for Waverly Boys, has helped bring jobs and the pharma and tech companies that are driving the economy of northern Allegheny County."
In continuation of RIDC's successful joint venture with Elmhurst Group, who partnered with us to develop the now fully leased Commons, as well as the recently completed 60,000 square-foot Heights at Thorn Hill flex building, either a three story 75,000 square foot office building or another flex building will be built next.
RIDC O'Hara
Park West Industrial Park
Keystone Commons
City Center of Duquesne
Industrial Center of McKeesport
Pittsburgh Technology Center
Neshannock Business Park
Lawrenceville Technology Center
RIDC Mill 19
RIDC Innovation Ridge
RIDC Westmoreland
Beaver Industrial Manor
Park Properties
Corporate Center


This plaintiff, a 62-old-woman from California, had used talcum powder manufactured by the defendant for years for feminine hygiene purposes. She used the baby powder for around 40 years and only stopped when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer three years ago. The cancer is already in a very advanced stage. She has undergone surgery and extensive cancer treatments, but as her lawyers argued to the jury, she will likely be dead within two years.
One of the issues other plaintiffs have been having is that there are some experts who are questioning whether there is a definitive causal link between the use of talcum-based baby powder and ovarian cancer. The company claims it has scientists who dispute the causality and used some of these experts as witnesses during trial. The company says it will appeal the verdict based upon conversations with their scientists who have assured them the company's baby powder products are safe.
As our Boston products liability attorneys can explain, when such a large verdict is awarded, defendants will often file an appeal. This can delay the payout and can, in some cases, reduce the amount of the verdict. However, in many of these cases, the defendant will agree to settle the case while the appeal is pending, so they do not have worry about the verdict being affirmed on appeal. The plaintiff will typically agree to a lesser amount, but one that will still substantially compensate them for their loss in connection with the defendant's defective product.
In the two previous lawsuits in which jurors found for plaintiffs and against the company, the awards were in the respective amounts of $72 million and $55 million. While two high profile lawsuits were recently dismissed, these three major losses for the company as well as around 2,000 pending lawsuits across the country show how widespread the effects of this defective product have become.
It should also be noted that the companies have spent a lot of money and effort in the past to disprove the dangerousness of other defective products, even though there is no longer any question of their being dangerous. For example, those in the asbestos industry fought for decades to show that asbestos was completely safe, even though they were aware that it was a toxic substance that was killing thousands of people each year.
Another thing to keep in mind is that the cases that are in court now can have a significant effect on those cases that will be filed in the future. For this reason, if you believe you have a case, you should contact an experienced products liability attorney as soon as possible to see if you have a valid claim.


The Two Step Plan: Impose Our Will On Congress By Firing Them. Then Do What's Necessary To Kick Out The Corporate Lobbyists.
The Kick Them All Out Project is a simple two-step plan to SERIOUSLY begin the process of ending corporate special interest corruption in our government and election process.
Step 1: Right now, most of our representatives in Congress think everything is fine exactly the way it is. They pay lip service to the corruption, but most are completely complicit in the corruption. So the first order of business needs to be doing what we have to in order to fill the Congress with people that actually have an interest in cleaning up all the corruption.
We can do this by simply firing every single incumbent in a landslide election. If you're a staunch Republican, vote for any other Republican other than the incumbent. If you're a staunch Democrat, vote for any other democrat than the incumbent. If you don't belong to any party, just vote for anybody other than the incumbents. (If this way of dealing with the problem makes you uncomfortable, please see the FAQ section that addresses most all the fears and objections people have raised).
By doing this simple task, in a totally committed way, we can impose our undeniable will over our representatives and establish once and for all, we control their jobs, not special interest groups or the political parties they control. If we do this just once, we will prove we are willing and capable of doing it, which will give new meaning to "the will of the people."
Until we do this, nobody is going to pay any attention to us. Once we have their attention, we can demand they do what's necessary to start the process of closing the legal loopholes corporations have used to take over our government and elections. Once we have their attention, we can set the mandate to accomplish Step 2 within their first year in office. If they don't, we let them all know they are going to ALL be fired in the next election. We do this until we get Step 2 accomplished.
Step Two: Creating the legal framework necessary to revoke the human rights protections corporations have been claiming by distorting the meaning and intent of the 14th Amendment. This one legal contrivance lies at the heart of why corporate special interests are allowed to directly interfere in government and elections. By closing this tiny loophole, we can literally defang corporate power over our lives and our government and shift the balance of power back to our side of the equation.
The good news is it's very, very simple. All we need to do is submit an amendment to the Constitution that clarifies the true intent and meaning of the 14th Amendment.
We are not talking about creating a whole new amendment. All we need is an amendment that clarifies an existing amendment. Then, all we need to do is put enough pressure on our representative and DEMAND they pass it and put the required pressure on our state representatives to ratify it. This Amendment is literally the key to the REAL beginning of the end of corporate control over our government, elections and our lives.
Below is an example of the kind of simple resolution that will be required to add the necessary amendment to the Constitution. The following amendment will close the legal doors on the largest problem facing this nation - corporate interference and control of our government and bureaucracies. I can't emphasize strongly enough the importance of getting an amendment like this ratified. It is the ONLY thing that will allow us to legally get corporate control out of our government and a political process.
Amending the constitution is a Constitutional process. It was established to ensure the Constitution remains relevant to the circumstance and needs of the times. And the time for this kind of amendment is way past due! If you want to end the primary source of all major corruption, WE MUST DEMAND THIS AMENDMENT BE ADDED TO THE CONSTITUTION as quickly as possible. The bottom line is we cannot get corporate money and their lobbyists out of the system until we close this loophole. It's absolutely essential.
So the big question is, do you want business-as-usual to change in government or not? If you do, these are the first "specific" steps we must take.
An Amendment to the Constitution that will clearly define the true intent of the 14th Amendment so it's meaning will no longer be ambiguous and to specifically ensure that it can no longer be exploited to provide the unintended and inappropriate benefits of human rights protections for corporations.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that will clarify the true meaning and intent of the 14th Amendment so that the ambiguous language can no longer be exploited to provide the unintended benefits of human rights protections for corporations.
`Section 1. The words "All Persons" written in the 14th Amendment refers specifically to "natural persons," individual, living, breathing, human beings, regardless of gender, race, color, or religious beliefs, that are legal United States citizens.
`Section 2. After the date of the ratification of this article, the words All Persons" written in the 14th Amendment will no longer pertain to or include the legal fiction of "corporate personhood." Further, after the date of the ratification of this article, all human rights protections previously claimed by artificial corporate entities shall be permanently unrecognized and revoked.
`Section 3. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.'.
Getting this amendment on the books is essential if you really want to end the reign of corporate colonialism that is swallowing up this world. We can throw a major wrench into the global machine with this one simple piece of legislation. Our country still is the beacon to the rest of world. If we turn things around here, the rest of the world will follow. If we don't, the rest of the world is doomed.
Once this amendment is in place, we can than move to take the machine apart, starting with the global elite's primary source of power, their total control of our currency and credit system through their private central bank, the Federal Reserve, and abolish the insane "fractional reserve banking scheme" that allows these people to claim they have money they don't actually have. They just get to say they do. If a banker has $1000 on hand, they get to say they have $10,000 and lend out $9,000 and charge you interest on it by simply making journal entries. This is where most all the inflation comes from and why those with the most wealth and power have it. If you did that with your checking account, how long would you stay out of jail? Well, these s.o.b.s get away with it on a massive scale every day of the week for centuries.
Once we remove their access to, literally unlimited wealth, we can then truly start to create the kind of world WE want to create. And when the rest of the world sees what we have done here, they will do the same in their countries and all the central banks can be eliminated and the people that have orchestrated all the massive frauds that are enslaving this world can be thrown in jail where they belong. These people are the scourge of the earth. We MUST take away their control of our country and our monetary system NOW, before it's too late. We no longer have the luxury of time.
FAQ - Isn't it difficult to amend the Constitution?
Why is step 2 even necessary? IMO it is divisive and distracting. Our representatives have been insanely corrupt for decades, but Citizens United only came along in 2010. Citizens United was all about a Hillary Clinton smear DVD. What's wrong with advertising your DVD? How does Citizens United change the corrupt DNC and RNC?


Will Captain marvel get a buff when the movie comes out like venom and Carnage did?
That's what I expect but I would still love a little update to Captain marvel. Some power gain or armor break would be nice for example.
They usually buff champs by class. First science and then cosmic. It's unlikely they buff her, especially over releasing an MCU version like they did for Thor, IMIW, CAIW, and Spiderman.


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This Algorithm Can Help Docs Better ID Pain in Black Patients
By Bapu Jena, MD, PhD
Bapu Jena is an associate professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School, a physician in the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and a member of the 2021 Tradeoffs Research Council. His research interests include the economics of physician behavior and the physician workforce.
Pain is largely subjective, making its diagnosis and treatment especially vulnerable to bias, disparities and inconsistencies. Underserved populations and particularly people of color have historically reported higher levels of pain for the same medical condition, and these higher levels of pain often remain even after researchers account for objective differences in severity of the disease. Sometimes, the presumption is that these racial differences in reported pain stem from external factors, like stress or socioeconomic conditions, rather than true differences in disease severity.
A recent study published in Nature Medicine sought to examine whether these pain disparities were in fact more physical, and not just environmental. Researchers Emma Pierson, David Cutler, Jure Leskovec, Sendhil Mullainathan and Ziad Obermeyer looked in particular at osteoarthritis of the knee, a condition that Black patients are more likely to report causes severe pain than white patients, even when X-rays appear similar to radiologists. The authors applied a machine learning algorithm to X-ray images of the knee to identify which imaging features predict self-reported pain by patients. This algorithm, they found, was far more accurate at predicting pain levels in Black patients than current assessments by radiologists.
Current measures of disease severity account for 9% of racial disparities in pain, whereas predictions from the researchers' algorithm accounted for 43%. In other words, this algorithm was able to identify physical predictors of pain in X-rays of Black patients that radiologists regularly miss. (While the differences were most pronounced across racial lines, the new algorithm also reduced disparities across income and education gaps.)
One possible explanation suggested by the authors is that the current standard radiologists use to read knee X-rays of people with osteoarthritis was developed more than 60 years ago using white British populations. The new algorithm, on the other hand, was "taught" using a much more diverse patient population. This has not always been the case for health care algorithms, several of which have been shown to exacerbate racial disparities.
These findings imply that racial disparities in pain may arise, in large part, from clinical factors within the knee that are theoretically observable in radiographic images but go unnoticed by human eyes. The authors hypothesize that radiologists' failure to see these physical explanations for pain in Black patients (as well as lower income and less educated patients) could make these patients less likely to receive joint replacement surgery and more likely to receive opioid prescriptions for their "unexplainable" pain. External factors, such as stress and other non-medical conditions, may still play an important role in how pain is perceived by individuals, but this research suggests that those factors may have received outsized interest historically.


I was thrilled to be one of 144 artists selected from nearly 500 national applicants for Oklahoma City's Festival of the Arts in late April. Here are some of the more than 40 paintings that I showed. Many sold; remaining paintings available here.