When I first started researching this "gig economy" thing I was constantly coming across articles about the flexibility and freedom it offered making much of it seem so sunshine and rosy primarily due to the constant referencing of what I've come to call the Uber Et Al's which is primarily the On Demand Economy which can be more succinctly classified using a JP Morgan Chase study called "Paychecks, Paydays, and the Online Platform Economy" (February 2016) where it distinguishes these various On Demand Gig Economy elements into the Labor Platforms and the Capital Platforms. This Platform Economy doesn't include traditional freelancers so it's still not a complete picture of the entirety of the Gig Economy. The majority of these articles I originally read made this whole thing sound wonderful but from my discerning eye I was sniffing marketing or at the very least a lack of understanding depending on the intention of the writer. The more I looked into it the more I discovered that they are not as wonderful as they appear especially in the level of income they generate if you are accustomed to making more than the average $15/hr many of the Uber Et Al's yield. This is primarily because getting started in the larger income arenas of the Gig Economy such as freelancing takes time to build what Seth calls "Trusted Connections"; these don't happen overnight so are you prepared for the interim? Do you have an Unemployment Contingency Plan? The Big Picture aka serious income generation is more in alignment with conclusions from the excellent report by the McKinsey Global Institute called "Independent Work: Choice, Necessity, and the Gig Economy" (October 2016) where it delineates the type of people involved with the Gig Economy into four categories; Free Agents, Casual Earners, Reluctants, and Financially Strapped. It is from this that I now refer to myself as "The Reluctant Gigger". This does include freelancers which appear to be where the better income generation is overall. This is expected where labor won't generate as much income as specifically honed skills especially when they come with some tenure. Seth's wisdom addresses this where he discusses the difference between the Average Freelancer and the Quality Freelancer where the averages ones are more often engaged in some element of the race to the bottom in contrast to the quality ones which are in the race for the top.
The point is that not everyone entering into this arena are doing it only because they are seeking the glories of the "freedom and the flexibility" regardless of percentage of total income. Many people, myself included, dream of being independently employed, answering only to ourselves, working the hours we establish instead of those often excessive corporate workweeks of way beyond the "traditional" 40 hours without all of the corporate politics etcetera yet it's that "Real Job" or "Permanent Employment" resulting in that "Steady and Dependable Paycheck" that we've been conditioned to adhere to as a form of being a "responsible adult" that keeps us going instead of voluntarily pursuing it. We admire those who have it at a distance yet cower in fear of the reality of having to always "hunt down" that next bank deposit, all of which is also mirrored in the wisdom of Mr. Godin.
Some are seeking it because they have no choice such as long term positions being eliminated resulting in immense re-employment difficulties in conjunction with depleted cash reserves essentially "shoving" them into the Gig Economy whether or not they've heard of it and whether or not they like it as a desperate attempt to maintain some element of their current lifestyle. Or finding work that pays the same but now you're a contractor which then can mean when that gig is up you end up "on the bench" seeking out that next contract or at any time it can suddenly end leaving you hanging yet again. There's also the alternative of keeping to that "Permanent Job" mentality and taking new roles with pay cuts that are sometimes severe and lowering their lifestyles accordingly without ever realizing there are more alternative sources of part time income generation than previously available thanks to the continuing development of the Gig Economy; if you don't' think outside of this shrinking box it will stifle you. The other side of this is you still have your "permanent job" but now need to replace degrading income generation from things like corporate re-organizations that result in wage reductions or lack of yearly merit raises where little by little your money spends less as the cost of living continues to rise with much of it due to this whole "race to the bottom" phenomenon in some form.
I keep reading about how executives are finding ways to more often incorporate contingent workers (contractors) into their corporate work structure all in an effort to rein in costs aka increased profits while maintaining that aspect of "in house" transactions as identified by Coase. Of course there is always the "on call" contingent worker aka the freelancer who may establish a relationship with a company yet never truly be "in house" as they are more of an "On Demand" labor that's only called upon when needed.
From what I've said so far over the course of this subject matter it would appear that Corporate America is at the very least obtusely supplying Giggers for the Gig Economy yet according to the statistics in the aforementioned McKinsey Report, their global survey isn't showing that or at least not yet. Per this survey of over 6 countries; "10 to 15 percent of the working-age population relies on independent work for their primary income" which is contrasted by "another 10 to 15 percent of the working-age population engages in independent work for supplemental income". This equates to 20% to 30% of the working age population deriving some aspect of their income from independent work. Extrapolating that to population, this "adds up to an independent workforce of up to 162 million people in the United States and Europe combined".
When you look around your life, what is the percentage of people you know that are W2's versus 1099's? The result nowadays is the largest majority is the former as far as the main form of income generation is concerned as supported by the previous stats. Yet every day of every week of each of the oncoming years this will be slowly changing like a canvas being painted using Pointillism where each day is another dot juxtaposed to the next until little by little the real picture begins to form. When the race to the bottom is the source of each of these points fueled by the incessant corporate addiction to infinite profits with the old adage of the rich get richer, which one of those four types will end up dominating that picture which is now a contrast of voluntary versus involuntary? Have you thought about this? Many around me have not. I can tell by the way they talk about their jobs and the future. I can tell by the way they react when the word "Gig Economy" comes into the conversation as most react just like recent surveys, that if they've heard of it, then to them it's just a "buzz word" having no clue what it is other than recent Uber Et Al's news which has no immediate impact on most of their lives. Yet from what I've experienced over the past year is that this is an oncoming and unstoppable storm the arrival of which I will be monitoring and reporting on as The Reluctant Gigger Weather Report. It will arrive in an eventual greater magnitude than many nowadays could ever imagine and for those unprepared it will leave a wake of devastation not unlike recent hurricane activities in Texas and Florida. It may sound dramatic and even over the top as you look around because today the weather is clear, the sun is shining and all is well while many have a regularly scheduled deposit in their bank account yet ask yourself what would happen if the quest for infinite profits in conjunction with the race to the bottom continues unabated for the next 10-20 years? Just how far down can the price of goods be driven down in contrast to depleting wages and/or opportunities to drive income generation? Seth said in the aforementioned television appearance, "Here's the thing. The recession is a forever recession. There's a cyclical recession that comes and goes but there's this other thing and it's the end of the Industrial Age. It lasted 80 years…and it ended. And so 2012 is not going to be more of the same, it's going to be worse than the same in that the Industrial Age is going away and a new thing is going to take its place." This begs the question of if the quest for infinite profits will bring such a perpetual race to the bottom, will it result in a permanently depressed economy where "permanent jobs" are still around but few and far between and thus going full circle to the days prior to the Industrial Revolution where almost everyone was a contingent worker of some form and those with the lowest level of talent will scrape by for a living and those with the higher levels of talent will get by but the days of easy living will be a thing of the past? How will this impact the Goods and Services so many enjoy today not to mention those that supply them? This begs the larger question of if humanity will do what's best for itself which then has to remove that "psychopathic" element of profiteering driving prices in that race to the bottom in order for all to win; will Prosperity be for a select few or for the good of all? Who gets to make these decisions and will your voice be included? Until then, there will be those who continue to plod along with their heads down doing their version of the Daily Grind adhering to the old adage of a "Real Job" with permanence and steady paycheck as they continue to pretend that nothing is changing continuing to live their lives as The Pretender.
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Władysław Bentkowski (ur. 24 września 1817 w Warszawie, zm. 2 października 1887 w Poznaniu) – uczestnik obu polskich powstań narodowych w XIX wieku i rewolucji na Węgrzech w roku 1848–1849, dziennikarz i polityk Poznańskiego, oficer pruski, członek Zarządu Centralnego Towarzystwa Gospodarczego dla Wielkiego Księstwa Poznańskiego w 1873 roku.

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Był drugim z kolei synem profesora Feliksa Bentkowskiego i Emilii z Zejdlerów, młodszym bratem Alfreda Bentkowskiego. Rodzice zapisali go do Liceum Warszawskiego, gdzie już uczęszczał Alfred. Po wybuchu Powstania Listopadowego chciał wstąpić do wojska, ale nie przyjęto go ze względu na młody wiek (akceptowano chłopców, którzy ukończyli 15 lat, a on miał ich 13), więc działał jako rodzaj ochotnika, uciekł z domu na pole bitwy grochowskiej, a później bronił szańców na Woli w czasie szturmu Paskiewicza na stolicę.

Po upadku powstania Bentkowski ukończył Liceum, czy też raczej stworzone po jego likwidacji I Gimnazjum Gubernialne, i zapisał się w 1837 roku na studia prawa i historii na uniwersytet w Królewcu, gdzie odniósł sukces swą napisaną po łacinie rozprawą o wadliwości sejmów za panowania Jagiellonów (Vicissistudines comitiorum sub Iagellonica stirpe habitorum, 1839), za którą otrzymał złoty medal wyróżniający. Wkrótce jednak przerwał studia ze względów zdrowotnych i powrócił do Warszawy, gdzie aplikował w prokuraturze, co mu nie odpowiadało. W roku 1840 udał się do Włoch aby ratować zagrożone płuca, a po powrocie do Polski w r. 1842 zajął się administracją zakupionego przez ojca folwarku w miejscowości Przylaskowo pod Grójcem, co mu też nie odpowiadało. W roku 1843 wyemigrował do zaboru pruskiego i wstąpił do stacjonującej w Poznaniu 5. brygady artylerii pruskiej. W roku 1845 został podporucznikiem, a w 1847, po ukończeniu dwuletniej szkoły artylerii w Berlinie, porucznikiem i otrzymał przydział do garnizonu w mieście Schweidnitz, obecnej Świdnicy.

Po antypruskich zamieszkach w Wielkopolsce roku 1848, surowo stłumionych przez władze, Bentkowski uznał, że nie może jako Polak dalej służyć w pruskim wojsku i wystąpił o abszyt, którego mu po wielu szykanach udzielono. Powrócił do Poznania i działał przez jakiś czas jako publicysta w tamtejszej "Gazecie Polskiej", ale w maju roku 1849 poczuł znowu powołanie żołnierskie i udał się na Węgry, gdzie w stopniu kapitana walczył w Legionie Polskim m.in. w bitwie pod Temesvárem. Za swoją służbę został odznaczony węgierskim powstańczym Orderem Zasługi Wojskowej III klasy. Po upadku powstania węgierskiego powrócił przez Konstantynopol i Marsylię do Poznania, gdzie znowu działał jako publicysta w różnych czasopismach i jako jeden z redaktorów Encyklopedii Orgelbranda. W roku 1852 zaczął karierę polityczną jako poseł do sejmu pruskiego w Berlinie, którym był przez 11 lat.

Był jednym z autorów haseł do 28 tomowej Encyklopedii Powszechnej Orgelbranda z lat 1859–1868. Jego nazwisko wymienione jest w I tomie z 1859 roku na liście twórców zawartości tej encyklopedii.

Po wybuchu Powstania Styczniowego Bentkowski zrzekł się mandatu poselskiego, opuścił Poznańskie i przyłączył się do powstania, w którym pełnił funkcję szefa sztabu Mariana Langiewicza. Po klęsce oddziału Langiewicza schronił się w Krakowie. Do Poznania wrócił w roku 1865, został aresztowany i skazany na rok twierdzy, który odsiedział w Magdeburgu. Po odbyciu kary osiedlił się już na stałe w Poznaniu, gdzie pracował jako kasjer w banku "Tellus".

W roku 1868 otrzymał po śmierci Hipolita Cegielskiego zarząd jego majątku i opiekę prawną nad jego dziećmi, zadania, z których wywiązał się znakomicie – powiększył i fabrykę, i majątek Cegielskich. Działał jednocześnie w Poznańskim Towarzystwie Przyjaciół Nauk.

Rodziny nie stworzył i zmarł w Poznaniu, gdzie też został pochowany.

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Bibliografia
  Reprint: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Kraków 1989, .
 Stanisław Szenic, Cmentarz Powązkowski 1851-1890, Warszawa 1982
 Władysław Bentkowski, Notatki osobiste Władysława Bentkowskiego z roku 1863, Kraków 1916

Linki zewnętrzne
 Publikacje Władysława Bentkowskiego w bibliotece Polona

Absolwenci Liceum Warszawskiego
Członkowie Centralnego Towarzystwa Gospodarczego dla Wielkiego Księstwa Poznańskiego
Członkowie Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk
Ludzie urodzeni w Warszawie (Królestwo Kongresowe)
Obrońcy Warszawy (1831)
Oficerowie Legionu Polskiego na Węgrzech
Polacy – oficerowie armii pruskiej
Polacy – więźniowie polityczni w zaborze pruskim
Polacy odznaczeni Orderem Zasługi Wojskowej (Węgry)
Polscy autorzy pamiętników i dzienników
Polscy encyklopedyści
Polscy posłowie do pruskiego Landtagu w Berlinie
Urodzeni w 1817
Więźniowie Twierdzy Magdeburg
Zmarli w 1887
Żołnierze powstania listopadowego
Żołnierze powstania styczniowego

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The horns of a dilemma... and wings and talons in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Disney sequel explores the space between good and evil. Travel and accommodation provided by Disney.
Published: 6:31 PM PDT October 15, 2019
Updated: 1:15 PM PST January 14, 2020
LOS ANGELES — Royals don't usually invite evil fairies to the castle for dinner. But in "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil," Queen Ingrith and King John think it's a good idea.
"It was magnificent the first time I saw her in person. And it was also the first time my character meets her in person. Imagine that walking into your dining room. I hadn't seen her fully until that moment," says Michelle Pfeiffer who plays Queen Ingrith.
Angelina Jolie returns for the Disney sequel at Maleficent. "I love the costume and I love wearing it. And I love the horns and the cape." She calls the character her alter-ego. "You look at somebody dressed in that and you know you share the same spirit of a bit of wild, abandon, a bit of wickedness. We're like a tribe."
We uncovered a bit of an on-set secret during interviews at The Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills. With all the wings and talons and horns, the prop department came up with a safety solution for Maleficent's horns. "They worked out a way of doing Angie's that they made hers magnetic. So they could pop off yeah. Because on the first one, she was like walking into doors and the whole thing would fall backward," says Sam Riley, who plays a crow named Diaval.
And those wings! Princess Aurora (Elle Fanning) says she had to watch her step. "The wings are CG-ed. So you have to imagine the wings are there. A lotta times I would be standing too close to her. So they're like, 'Oh move over. The wings are gonna be put in there.'"
But Riley says much of the set is not virtual, like The Moors, the forest kingdom where the fairies reside. "There was new grass every day. Flowers. Running water." Harris Dickinson is Prince Phillip. He says set-builders make acting in the space much more dynamic. "They built a town as well. I remember riding in on my horse seeing this town they created. So you don't have to go too far you know?"
Fanning tells us she feels the weight of living up to many-a-young girl's princess dreams. "I know that was me growing up. I was that girl. I dressed up as all the princesses." As for her prince, the film is a dream come true for him too. "I got to do a lot of cool things on this that my 10-year-old self would've been like yaaaah!"
Pfeiffer's queen is calculating, conniving and intense. We ask if her real-life kids would recognize some of the looks she uses in the film. "I hope not. Maybe one or two times. I'm sure a few people in my life have seen those looks. But maybe not my kids. I hope not."
Jolie says this version delves into uncharted territory. "Who exactly is Maleficent? And where did she come from? And now we meet her kind. It was a very cool day on set the first time I came in, and I wasn't the only one with horns." Good and evil are turned on their collective ears (and horns), perhaps inviting the viewer to switch allegiance to a so-called villain.
As Maleficent opines as she approaches the kingdom of Ulstead for dinner, "Humans are hilarious." And, she later posits, maybe scarier than winged, taloned, horned creatures with pointy teeth and magical powers.
"Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" is rated PG and it is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD.
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"Falun Dafa is Good" sign held by Falun Gong practitioner at Grand Canyon to counteract the lies of the Chinese Communist Party against 100 million people practicing Falun Gong. Picture taken on June 8, 2014. (Cat Rooney/Epoch Times)
Falun Gong
First Amendment at the Grand Canyon (Photo Essay)
By Cat Rooney, Epoch Times
June 17, 2014 Updated: June 17, 2014
GRAND CANYON, Ariz.–Falun Dafa practitioners set up a display this month hoping to tell Chinese and other tourists about a situation they said the Chinese communist regime is concealing.
"We are trying to raise awareness because the Chinese don't get any truth inside their country because their media is all propaganda, propagandized," said Mel Etherton, one of the display's organizers. Banners at the canyon said "Falun Gong is Good" and "Stop the Killing of Falun Gong for Organs."
The group chose the canyon for its fame. "The Grand Canyon is a popular destination for Chinese tourists," said Fen Ho, an Arizona Falun Gong practitioner. In China, students are taught about "the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, and the Grand Canyon is one of them."
"It is very important that they know what is going on inside their own country and the crimes that are being committed, so that they can then change their heart and maybe do something about it," Etherton said.
"In particular, we wanted to raise awareness not only to the Chinese but to Americans and persons from around the world about the organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners that is going on [as part of the persecution in China], one of the worst crimes that is happening on our planet today." According to the Falun Dafa Information Center website, "Falun Gong is a traditional Chinese spiritual discipline that is Buddhist in nature.
Tiananmen Square Anniversary
According to Canadian human rights activists David Matas and David Kilgour, the Chinese communist regime sponsors organ harvesting from unwilling political prisoners, especially Falun Gong practitioners. Their book, "Bloody Harvest", details what they learned over yearslong investigations.
Etherton got a First Amendment permit to have the display. All National Parks set aside areas for people to exercise their First Amendment rights of freedom of speech, press, religion, and assembly. The display coincided with June 4, the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing. That event is censored in China.
She said she felt that the awareness efforts were very successful. "We've really touched a lot of people, a lot of people have stopped and asked questions, and were surprised and didn't know this was going on. Many people even thanked us for coming. I feel we've been pretty effective for our first try here at the canyon."


Whilst I would be the first to agree that pensions need to be reviewed and refined in order that they can be fit for purpose for the next generation, do we really need to have the constant bickering that goes on in the pensions press at the moment.
A quick scan of the usual journals will reveal passionate arguments for and against collective defined schemes; a general consensus against small pots and for aggregator pots, but the pensions minister staunchly insists that small pots will be the way forward; a delay in the introduction of any control over charges for DC schemes – could it be that no one can agree what they should be apart from the fact that there should be some control; a survey stating that the annuity market is simply not fit for purpose and then yet another debate on how this could be improved; auto enrolment and what the true opt out rate is and, I could go on but do not have the energy to do so.
It is very hard to accept that the industry in which I work is a mess, but it is and unless there is a concerted effort by us all it will not get any better. We really need to stop arguing amongst ourselves, get a working party together, and agree a way forward and then all buy into that. The good old general public are at best sceptical about whether to trust in pensions and at worst downright untrusting. Our continued debates do nothing to improve this image and we really all need to put our collective energies into agreeing what to do rather than arguing what not to do.


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I just got the September issue of the Nogaku Times in the mail and saw an article on the first page reporting Yokomichi Mario's death. Prof. Yokomichi was one of the greatest Noh scholars of the modern times. He contributed to Noh theatre research with studies such as The Life Structure of the Noh, later translated by Frank Hoff and Willi Flindt (1973), possibly the first study on the dramaturgical structure of Noh plays available in English, offering insights on Noh performance that mere translations could not provide. He was also famous for having created the 'retro-translation' of Yeats's At the Hawk's Well, a dance play the Irish poet wrote under inspired by the Noh Yōrō, which Yokomichi re-wrote as the Noh play later known as Takahime ('The Hawk Princess').
Yokomichi Mario died at the age of 95. Last year he received a special honour for his achievements in the field of Noh research from the Ministry of Education.


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To create an show events in google calendar direct from your page.
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At this time in history, we have created a situation on this Planet that is untenable. A culture that is unsustainable. This situation has been created through actions and legal systems that have been constructed and implemented by the Governments of the world. Yet these governments are, and always have been, populated by Public Trustees. Therefore the remedy to our current crisis, lies not in the hands of Government, but in the hands of the people.
This stark reality has lead to the creation of the Full Circle Project.
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Cara Delevingne Insists Bisexuality Isn't A 'Phase': 'I Am Who I Am'
Daniel Welsh— The Huffington Post UK
17/07/2015 06:20am BST | Updated July 17, 2015
Cara Delevingne has hit back at suggestions that her interest in women might be a "phase".
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Until recently, Cara had never spoken openly about her sexual orientation, despite having been romantically linked to stars like Harry Styles and Michelle Rodriguez in the past.
Last month, she discussed her relationship with St Vincent singer Annie Clarke in an interview with Vogue for the first time, but the article was met with a backlash, as the journalist behind the piece, Rob Haskell, appeared to suggest that bisexuality might a passing phase for the model and actress.
He wrote: "Her parents seem to think girls are just a phase for Cara, and they may be correct.
"When I suggest to Cara that to trust a man, she might have to revise an old and stubborn idea of hers - that women are perennially troubled and therefore only women will accept her - her smile says she concedes the point."
These comments sparked over 12,000 people to sign a petition that Vogue apologise to bisexual people for the remarks, with Cara now addressing the controversy for the first time.
Speaking to the New York Times, Cara claimed she didn't think there was anything "malicious" meant by the comments, but did insist: "My sexuality is not a phase. I am who I am."
Annie and Cara were first thought to be dating back in March, when an onlooker saw them looking very cosy at a Brit Awards after-party, while photos emerged of them days later, strolling through New York together.
In her New York Times interview, Cara also spoke about her desire to progress in the acting world, with her latest role in a film adaptation of John Green's 'Paper Towns', adding that she hoped her modelling career wouldn't hold her back.
She explained: "People can put you in whatever box: model, whatever.
"But if I just keep going and actually do it well, which I hope I can, then I hope people will give me more movies - and I'll win an Oscar!"
'Paper Town' hits UK cinemas next month.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) — Richard Liu, the founder of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, has weighed in on an ongoing debate about the Chinese tech industry's gruelling overtime work culture, lamenting that years of growth had increased the number of "slackers" in his firm who are not his "brothers."
Liu, who started the company that would become JD.com in 1998, in the note spoke about how in the firm's earliest days he would set his alarm clock to wake him up every two hours to ensure he could offer his customers 24-hour service — a step he said was crucial to JD's success.
Tech website The Information reported this week that JD.com could cut up to eight per cent of its workforce. JD, which had more than 178,000 full-time employees at the end of last year, said the figure was incorrect.
"Change — while uncomfortable for some — can be encouraging for most, who are dedicated to our shared future."
JD, which is backed by Walmart, Alphabet's Google and China's Tencent Holdings, in February posted its lowest quarterly revenue growth rate since its 2015 initial public offering.
Alibaba Group founder and billionaire Jack Ma also weighed in on Friday, telling the company's employees in a speech that the opportunity to work such hours was a "blessing."


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Mazda: Volume shouldn't come first
Alborz Fallah
CEO says the focus should be on the customer experience, rather than topping the sales charts.
Mazda says that despite being one of the smallest independent automotive brands in the world, the company cannot put volume ambitions as its first priority, with the recently-appointed global CEO admitting that such a goal would create the wrong culture internally.
Speaking to the Australian media at the Los Angeles motor show last week, the president and CEO of Mazda, Akira Marumoto, said that in order for Mazda it survive it needs to be unique and put customer relationships above all else.
"When I assumed the presidency in June I sent out a message to all employees," Marumoto said.
"Mazda global share is two per cent, it's a small player, although in Australia it's much higher, in order to survive as such a smaller player in such tough competition in the future, we really need some really strong point and uniqueness, which makes us stand out as like a shiny brand."
According to Marumoto, the internal culture of the company is to make decisions quickly and act on changing trends to be able to better respond to customer demands. Furthermore, it has to share a great of platforms and engineering requirements across its many models to reduce cost. Nonetheless, the customer experience is the first priority.
"In Australia we are good at customer experience, the bond and connection between customer and dealer is the most important point. So, vehicles will be sold in various sales channels and modes in the future, however people to people, that relationship is important, we should be a people-oriented business."
As for volume, Marumoto admits that giving his team a volume goal would set them on the wrong direction.
"Volume shouldn't come first. What is most important is business quality, sincere handling of customers not the sales front and in terms of management we should reduce incentives and rely on trust for relationship with customers," he said.
"If we prepare enough product line-up and global dealers become like Australian Mazda dealers, then at the end automatically the sales volume will grow. If I give sales volume target to sales and marketing people they regard that as first priority and I don't like it.
Whilst Australian market remains a beacon of success for Mazda globally, there are other elements of the company's operations that Marumoto would like to seem implemented globally.
"The good points of Australia should be learnt and spread globally and likewise Japan has some good points that should be spread, so the best practises of each country should be spread. Probably because we are a small player, we can do it.
In Australia, Mazda doesn't follow many other manufacturers by providing huge volume based dealer incentives, allowing the dealers to better sell the vehicles at a profit as stock becomes available rather than pre-registering vehicles to meet targets. Whilst this may see volume drop with a declining market (as we have seen with Mazda sales recently), it also helps maintain better resale for vehicles as most have been bought for similar prices without much downward pressure.
Though many car company CEO's have stated that volume isn't their first priority, what do you think of Mazda's approach to our market?
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TVU Networks Secures New Round of Investment Funding
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 10:39 am
TVU Networks has secured a new round of investment funding. SoftBank Ventures Korea (SBVK) has joined TVU's initial investors Altos Ventures and New Atlantic Ventures in providing a new round of funding that will enable TVU to accelerate its industry-leading innovation in IP-based video transmission, management and distribution solutions; further its market leadership in North America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa; and expand its global market presence in Europe and Latin America.
"SBVK is always looking to partner with innovative technology companies with demonstrated global reach, solid market momentum in its products, and strong underlying financials. TVU Networks perfectly fits this profile and is an ideal addition to the SBVK portfolio. Specifically, TVU's innovations in mobile video solutions have made a significant impact on how news is covered by major news organizations and TV stations throughout the world," said Greg Moon, CEO and president, SBVK. "TVU has demonstrated the ability to achieve its technology leadership position with only a minimal amount of capital due to its in-depth understanding of the broadcast industry and expertise in video compression, Internet, and wireless communication technology. We look forward to partnering with TVU to drive the company's continued technological innovation and global growth."
"SoftBank is a recognized technology leader in global telecommunications infrastructure, which is a key element in our solutions. Our partnership with SBVK will not only provide financial assets, but will also include access to a deep network of global telecommunications expertise and partnerships. We are thrilled to partner with SBVK to continue to advance TVU's rapid growth and success, and look forward to a strong continued relationship with Altos Ventures and New Atlantic Ventures," said Paul Shen, CEO, TVU Networks. "TVU has led the movement to IP-based video in the broadcast industry. We are committed to delivering further innovation for the broadcast industry and to bring our video solutions to industries beyond broadcast such as law enforcement agencies around the globe."
Over the past three years, TVU Networks has been a field-tested leader in the evolution of mobile newsgathering tools. The company introduced the world's first HD newsgathering backpack, the TVUPack TM8100, in early 2010. The next year, TVU introduced TVU Anywhere, the world's first fully-integrated newsgathering app for mobile devices. TVU has been at the forefront of developing smaller, ultra-lightweight 3G/4G mobile uplink solutions with the introduction of the TVUPack Mini and the TVUPack Mini SE. The company most recently introduced TVUPack TM8200, the world's first modular cellular uplink solution, and the smallest, lightest and most powerful uplink backpack available on the market.
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If mechanics worked like doctors
Posted byadmin	 July 18, 2011 1 Comment on If mechanics worked like doctors
So it takes three weeks to get a mechanic to check out your car, during which time you're rescheduled four times.
"But I have to get to work, and the electrical system is totally malfunctioning! I don't know why and I'm afraid it might catch on fire or something!" you tell the barely-apologetic receptionist, who tells you that if your car isn't working at all, you can go to an emergency mechanic's shop, where they'll tear out all of the wiring in your dashboard and hook your starter subsystem directly to the battery. "You won't be able to use your lights or your signals or, of course, your radio or dashboard electronics at all," the receptionist tells you, "and you might not be able to replace your wiring the way it was, but that's the best I can tell you. Do you still want me to schedule that appointment?"
And here you are, three weeks later. You arrive five minutes early for your appointment with the mechanic, and the receptionist — maybe the same one, you can't be sure — hands you a clipboard with a form full of questions about your car, your car's history, your car's previous owners…it's a lot of information, but it's reassuring: somebody's going to take all of this into account. It won't be like those other times you went to the mechanic.
You return the clipboard to the receptionist. A half-hour of reading articles in Redbook about how to figure out what season you are later, another receptionist pops her head out from behind the garage bay door. "Can you park your car in the garage for me?" she asks, and vanishes. You duly retrieve your car and park it in the garage. "Wait here," she says, "the mechanic will be by in a minute."
It's not a minute. It's not ten minutes. It's fully forty-five minutes later when the mechanic finally comes into the garage, moving fast, looking at the clipboard with your information. "Hi," he says, and shakes your hand. He seems to deliberately make eye contact with you, as if it's something they taught him in mechanic school. But he only holds it a second, and then returns to your clipboard.
"So what seems to be the problem here?" he says. Hesitantly, you start telling him. "About a month ago, my car started making weird noises when it started."
"Then the lights, you know, the dashboard lights and the headlights started dimming–"
"I checked the battery–"
You wait a second, a bit nonplussed. He hasn't looked at you the whole time and doesn't particularly seem to be paying attention.
"I checked the battery, and it's fine, so I didn't know…."
"Uh huh," says the mechanic. "Well, from what it says here, it looks like you have a blown alternator."
"No, but I actually replaced the alternator six months ago–"
"Uh huh. Well, it's probably still the alternator. Just to be sure, though, I'm going to need to run a complete set of diagnostics on your car, just the standard stuff: full engine check, transmission check, electrical check of course, and then we're going to go ahead and put it in a wind tunnel to make sure it meets manufacturer aerodynamic specifications–"
"Do we really need to do all that? I mean, couldn't you just look at the alternator, if you think that's what it is?" You're a bit nervous. You don't actually have comprehensive insurance, just collision.
He smiles, a touch patronizingly. "We want to get a good, complete picture of where your car's at, mmokay? Otherwise, we might miss something."
"So how much will all of that cost?" you ask.
He shrugs. "I have no idea," he says. "It depends on a lot of factors, you'd have to ask my receptionist."
"You don't know how much it costs to run these tests?"
"Nope. That's not really my department. But once we've run them, we can figure out exactly what's wrong with your car and how we're going to fix it, okay?"
He's walking towards the garage door. He's actually just walking away from you towards the garage door. "My assistant will be by to get you all checked out," he says over his shoulder, and then he's gone, leaving you staggering against the side of your poor, damaged car.
Another half-hour later, the assistant shows up. Or rather, pops his head in the door. "Follow me," he says, and you do, to a small room with an aging computer on a desk. He sits behind the desk. "Do you have comprehensive insurance?" he asks. You tell him quietly that you don't. He sighs. "Okay, so you're paying the full amount." He consults your clipboard, upon which the mechanic has apparently left some notes. He types for a few moments and then his printer spits out a small pile of papers, which he hands to you.
You pick them up.
You read down until you see the total for the battery of tests the mechanic has ordered for your car, the battery of tests you're fairly sure you don't need.
You suddenly feel dizzy. It's more than you paid for the car in the first place…and you bought the car new.
"There's also the cost of your consultation with the mechanic, which you can see here," the assistant says, turning over the paper in your hand.
You look at him in abject horror, willing him to open his mouth and justify this incredibly ridiculous expense, which — if your dazed calculations are correct — suggests that the mechanic is charging roughly $400 per minute of his time.
He doesn't. He just nods again. "Of course, that includes the cost of the mechanic's assistant looking at your car while it was in the garage, before the mechanic showed up, and opening the hood."
"Did they do anything to it?"
"Oh, no. We're not qualified to do anything, we're not actual mechanics. He just made sure it wasn't actually on fire."
"I could have told you that!"
"Yes, but you're not a mechanic, are you?" He smiles, and it's clear that he's apprenticing to the mechanic in Advanced Condescension.
He hands you another, worryingly large stack of paperwork.
"Now, we can set you up on a payment plan…."
You nod, resigned, and sign away most of what you'd planned on earning for the next six months.
"Okay, I've scheduled you for an appointment next week to bring your car in and do these tests," he says. You look up in astonishment.
"You're not doing them today?" you ask. He laughs, genuinely amused. "Oh, God, no," he says. "Our testing facility is backlogged. But we'll get you in there."
"And how long after that 'till the test results come back?" you ask through numb lips. He shrugs. "I really couldn't tell you," he says. "Not even ballpark?" you ask. He shrugs again. "Probably three weeks," he says, "if you're lucky."
"But I'm afraid my car is going to catch on fire or something, or just break, and I need it to go to work!"
He shrugs a third time. "If it's really that serious, you can take it to the emergency mechanic."
"Can they fix it?" You're hoping he's going to tell you something different from the receptionist did on the phone, but again, he just shrugs.
"Probably not. They're not really trained to do diagnostics. They'll probably just tear out all the wiring and hook it–"
"Straight to my battery, right." He shrugs again. This guy is a master of shrugging. "That's just the way it works," he says.
He leads you out the door, to where your car is now sitting, forlorn, in the parking lot. You thank him — for what, you're not entirely sure — and get in, turn the engine. It makes the funny noise and you want to turn to the mechanic's assistant and shout Here! That's the noise! Did you hear that?
But he's long gone, and so you pull away, watching the lights of your dashboard instruments pulse rhythmically as you putter towards work.
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Hail, Coens! – The Indie Brothers' Top 10 Films
Alex Flood
News broke today (August 18) that a spin-off to the cult 1998 comedy The Big Lebowski is currently being worked on. But it won't be another movie from the masterful Coen brothers as they're reportedly not involved. Over 32 years Joel has either directed – or co-directed with his brother Ethan – a whopping 17 films. 17! From horror-thriller Blood Simple to neo-Western True Grit to screwball comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou? there's not a bad one in the bunch. So it's a tough ask to whittle down their stellar canon to just ten gleaming cinematic moments. But we're nothing if not committed and someone's got to do it. So without further ado, here are the ten best Coen Brothers films.
10. Raising Arizona
Slap bang in the middle of Nicolas Cage's 'experimental' phase – see David Lynch's completely mental Wild At Heart – is this unhinged black comedy about stealing babies. An infertile couple, H.I, (Cage) and Ed (Holly Hunter) – yup, that's right – are desperate for children, so they figure kidnapping is a perfectly viable option and head straight out to nab a wealthy furniture store owner's little nipper. Safe to say, things don't go to plan and recently released ex-con Hi ends up back on the run from the law. There's a lot of fun to be had with the Coen's zany second feature, but it just doesn't have the coherency of their later output and only just sneaks into this top ten. Still, "Son, you've got a panty on your head," remains one of the brothers' funniest lines to date.
9. True Grit
Often harshly treated by critics, the Coens' 2010 remake of John Wayne classic True Grit is much better than people often give it credit for. Boasting one of Jeff Bridges' finest recent performances (even if he is tricky to understand), the ten-time Oscar-nominated Western is probably the least Coen-esque entry on this list. But boy is it thrilling. Barely a moment passes without some scrawny gunslinger firing up his pistol. And the resulting shootouts would make even Clint Eastwood proud. It would be higher up if it weren't for Hailee Steinfeld. Her dire portrayal of whiney farm girl Mattie Ross might just be the most irritating in cinematic history.
8. Miller's Crossing
For their third outing, the Brothers Coen abandoned the absurdist shtick of Raising Arizona and went full on serious. Miller's Crossing, about a senior mobster caught between rival gangs, did a lot better with critics than audiences, so reactions oscillate wildly. However, John Turturro's crafty turn as a broker marked for 'wacking' is inspired, and the slow-building tension will have you gasping for air by the blood-soaked finale.
7. The Man Who Wasn't There
A bit of a wildcard on this rundown, the totally black-and-white 2001 effort from Joel and Ethan isn't for everyone. But if you're a fan of moody, thoughtful talkies with the odd sudden splurge of the red stuff, then you've come to the right place. Billy Bob Thornton excels as a practically mute barber beaten down by his two-timing wife and there's even a bit part role for old Tony Soprano. Its critics called it 'The Film That Wasn't There', but sometimes the best movies are the ones that don't jump up and smack you on the nose.
6. Burn After Reading
Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand. With a cast as starry as that it's hard to go wrong. But how wrong it went, for the characters that is. It's one disaster after another in this batty comedy about two gym trainers drawn into an ill-managed CIA investigation. But there's no stroking of A-list egos here. Anyone can be offed at any time, regardless of whether your name's Pitt, Clooney or even Krapotkin (it wouldn't be a spy movie without the Russians now would it?) Oddly, it's the lesser-known JK Simmons who ends up stealing the show, with a nutty comic act that's barely on screen for five minutes.
5. Barton Fink
Joel and Ethan's fourth project was so dominant in 1991 that it caused Cannes Film Festival to change its entry rules. Not a bad effort for a duo deemed to be in terminal decline after two poorly received pictures. Equally steeped in psychological terror as it is physical comedy or industry satire, Barton Fink is the captivating story of a Hollywood writer fighting to retain honor amidst the corrupt indulgence of his debauched colleagues. Instantly unlikable as ever is John Turturro in his most famous Coens role. While pinging his braces as he goes is walking sweat-ball John Goodman – who plays a plucky insurance salesman with a hidden dark side.
4. Fargo
Oh boy, here we go. This was the biggest darn tootin' film of the brothers' career at the time, sweeping up two Oscars and a Bafta. No Country For Old Men would eventually bag more awards, but there's a special place in the heart of every Coens nerd for pregnant Minnesota cop Marge Gunderson. Previously criticised for being too precise in their movie-making, Joel and Ethan froze the naysayers in their tracks with this wildly unpredictable tale of small-town violence in the frosty north. Downright hilarious and savagely gripping, its fans are fiercely loyal, just like the funny-talking characters.
3. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
There's always one miserable fucker who pipes up when conversation turns to George Clooney's madcap trek across the deep South. "It's stupid", they say, "Comedy for morons!" Well there's a reason they're in the corner on their own, it's because they don't know how to have a good time. And that's exactly what O Brother is – a mighty fine good time. Gleefully trite in its mannerisms, the Coens' eighth follows the adventures of three escaped convicts in 1930s rural Mississippi. Frankly ridiculous in some of its sequences – the musical Klu Klux Klan set piece springs to mind – O Brother holds together thanks only to its whippet smart script, replete with some of the brothers' funniest gags. So tell 'that guy' to shut up and go buy the popcorn.
2. The Big Lebowski
Constantly cited as the ultimate 'stoner comedy', The Dude's effortless tranquility has won over a whole generation of sofa surfers. It may appear straightforward in its plot lines, but that's half the charm of an actually complex story. Jeff Bridges is an inspired casting as the main protagonist – an LA slacker caught in a web of big city businessmen and scheming porn stars. There's even a bizarre cameo from Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers fame – he plays a psycho German musician who for some reason pretends to have kidnapped the real Big Lebowski's girlfriend. Originally a total flop, The Big Lebowski has now become the most loved Coens film of all. And why not, man?
1. No Country For Old Men
Swerving from viciously sinister mystery to spellbinding psycho-thriller, No Country is less about words (there are few) and more about the Coens' awesome sense of spectacle. Essentially a western set on the streets of 1980's Texas, the Minnesota natives' Cormac McCarthy-adaptation is all gorgeous wide shots and sudden, sweaty close-ups. In this quadruple Oscar-winning epic the camera is king. There's really no other choice as number one. From Josh Brolin's out-of-his-skin performance as a Vietnam vet on the run with two million in drug money to Tommy Lee Jones return to form as an aging southern sheriff the acting is faultless. The final star on the banner is the sort of deliciously malevolent villain that Javier Bardem was born to play. 11 out of ten.
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In primitive societies teeth were extracted with a chisel-shaped piece of wood held against the tooth and pounded with a mallet. Early Chinese tooth-pullers used their fingers. These oriental dentists developed the necessary strength in their fingers for this task by spending hours pulling nails out of planks.
Around 300 A.D. the ancient Greeks used double-lever forceps to pull teeth while the Romans used forceps of various designs. These designs included a thin-root forceps and pliers to remove small pieces of tooth. Abulcasis (963-1013), an Arab surgeon from Spain, illustrated a number of dental extraction devices in his eleventh-century Treatise on Medicine and Surgery. These tools included elevator chairs, forceps, and lancets for loosening the gum.
In fourteenth-century England barber-surgeons regularly extracted teeth. Their familiar red-and-white barber poles were sometimes adorned with teeth they had pulled. Those poles were combination shop signs/advertisements used to indicate that they would also bleed the sick. In 1481 Johann Schrenk of Germany used and described a form of forceps called a pelican. A similar device was illustrated by famed French surgeon Guy de Chauliac (circa 1300-1370).
Renowned French surgeon Ambroise Paré (1510-1590) used a three-instrument approach to tooth extraction. This included a root-exposer to loosen the gum, a pusher to ease the tooth out of its socket, and a pelican to lift the tooth out. In the late 1500s Fabricius (1537-1619) described nine different pairs of forceps. Most were named for the mouth or beak of the animal or bird they resembled. In 1525 Thomaseus devised a heavy-toothed forceps.
Acupuncture is used as an anesthetic during a tooth extraction procedure.
In the 1600s Dutch surgeon Anton Nuck advocated anatomical dental forceps. These were designed to fit the shape of the teeth they were to extract. Cyrus Fay, an American dentist practicing in London, built the first anatomical forceps in 1822. In 1841 John Tomes (1815-1895) of London also designed anatomically based forceps. Tomes's instruments were made by French toolmaker Evrard (1800-1882).
A patient has a tooth pulled. In the mid-184os Americans Horace Wells and W.T.G. Morton used the first general anesthesia for tooth extraction—a mixture of nitrous oxide, or "laughing gas," and ether.
key and the new vertical tooth-extracting devices which pulled the tooth straight out.
An improved elevator chair introduced by French dentist Lecluse in 1750 was still widely used well into the twentieth century. J. J. J. Serre of Vienna designed a screw for removing root remnants in 1790. Serre's tool (with certain modifications) continued in use into the 1900s. In the mid-1840s Americans Horace Wells and W. T. G. Morton used the first general anesthesia for tooth extraction— nitrous oxide ("laughing gas") and ether.
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I had 4 molars exrtacted along with 4 pre molars so that's 8 in one sitting. I was completely unconscious under the influence of intervaneous anhestisia and didn't feel a thing. My after math doesn't hurt at all and the blood you have to deal with when you get home is annoying. But after a couple of hours, you really don't feel any pain of you take pain killers. It's hard to eat food tough!
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Who is behind machete killings in Zimbabwe's goldfields?
Cyril Zenda
environment, gold mine, human rights, Zimbabwe
Ngoni Tinarwo (41), a resident of Zimbabwe's mining town of Kwekwe counts himself very lucky. On August 29 last year, a gang of well-known people (that he alleges was sent by his opponents in the gold mining sector) attacked him in broad daylight near his family home. He fought off the attackers until he managed to reach safety, but not before the machetes had dealt serious injuries on his shoulder, knee and back. Two days later, the attackers daringly stormed Kwekwe General Hospital, where he had been admitted, intending to finish him off.
Thankfully, the hospital staff, which has become accustomed to such cases, acted swiftly by transferring him to another city. As he recovered and adjusted to a new painful life with disability, he knew that the people who had tried to kill him outside his home and in hospital could come for him again.
While Tinarwo counts himself lucky, hundreds of others cannot say the same; many have been killed in cold blood in Zimbabwe's brutal war raging within the country's goldfields. Gangs of artisanal miners are fighting for control of both the mining claims and trade of the precious metal.
Reports from security agencies and human rights organisations are showing a worrying increase in violent killings within goldfields where tens of thousands of impoverished citizens eke out a living through artisanal gold mining activities.
Coordinated killings are increasing. The Kwekwe Central constituency legislator, Masango Matambanadzo, says the violence is so intense that in some cases between three and five people are killed daily in these machete attacks.
In early November, Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), a NGO reported that 105 people had been killed in the mining town of Kadoma in three months from August to October this year, while hundreds of others were severely injured in these machete attacks.
In its report titled "Who will protect citizens from their 'supposed' protectors?" the organisation said the majority of the machete hit squads, infamously known as MaShurugwi and Al-Shabaab, come from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province of Midlands.
"Mining gangs are fighting a brutal war against each other and citizens are often caught in the crossfire or in some instances targeted by these gangs," the ZPP report said. "Between the months of August and October a total of 105 murder cases have been recorded in mining areas surrounding Kadoma while 221 cases of assault have been recorded."
ZPP expressed concern that the artisanal miners who are involved in machete wars are never arrested as their supposed patrons, who are suspected to be senior politicians, protect them.
"These figures (of murder cases and injuries from machete attacks) indicate that there is a marked increase in lawlessness in the area and innocent citizens are also suffering at the hands of mining gangs. This is further exacerbated by the fact that the gangs seem to be enjoying impunity as most of them continue without being arrested," said the report.
Four years ago, the government of Zimbabwe decided to decriminalise artisanal gold mining. The move, which has severe effects on the environment, sought to help the country to earn more from gold exports. So far all indications are that this move, which was also informed by political considerations, is bearing fruit as the country which produced about 30 tonnes of gold last year from a paltry three tonnes a few years ago, is now targeting tripling the output to over 100 tonnes in the next four years. The bulk of this gold comes from these artisanal miners.
However this increase in the national gold output has its true cost hidden in the lives lost through this nationwide spike in cases of machete attacks.
Police always say they do their best to arrest all criminal elements, but once the cases get into the judiciary system, the suspects are either discharged on technicalities or set free on bail something that results in the impression that nothing is being done about these cases.
Even the army has voiced concern over the machete attacks that it says are now a serious threat to peace and stability in the country.
President Mnangagwa recently pledged to stump out these machete wars, saying they were soiling his administration's image.
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Hundreds have been killed in cold blood in Zimbabwe's brutal war that is raging within the country's goldfield where gangs of artisanal miners are fighting for control of both the mining claims and trade of the precious metal.
Reports from security agencies and human rights organizations are showing a worrying increase in violent killings within goldfields
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Barry's Bootcamp in Clarendon to Open Next Saturday
Vernon Miles Today at 10:00am
Barry's Bootcamp (photo courtesy Barry's Bootcamp)
Barry's Clarendon — the first Virginia studio for international fitness chain Barry's Bootcamp — is getting ready to open its location at 2825 Wilson Blvd next week.
The gym will open on Saturday, Jan. 25, according to a press release.
Barry's describes itself as a "boutique lifestyle brand" with an "immersive and transformative full-body workout experience." The L.A. Times once described the gym, which was founded in Los Angeles in 1998, as "one of the toughest workouts" in the city.
The Clarendon location, a 5,695 square foot space next to the Chase bank, is the second location in the D.C. area after one in Dupont Circle. While there's no shortage of gyms around Arlington, Barry's Clarendon will help fill the void left when Washington Sports Club closed last year nearby.
The location will have 23 treadmills and a capacity for 50 people to work out at one time, according to the press release. The location will also sell clothing like workout clothes and athleisure wear, along with smoothies and snacks.
Classes at the gym are $34 per session, though other types of packages and memberships are also available.
Quick-Service Lebanese Eatery LEBTAV Opens in Ballston
Vernon Miles January 13, 2020 at 10:00am
LEBTAV in Ballston
A quick-service variant of the local Lebanese Taverna franchise, called LEBTAV, is now open in Ballston.
The new restaurant is at the corner of Wilson Blvd and N. Quincy Street in what was once Taylor Gourmet.
LEBTAV doesn't have all the same full-service items as the two other Lebanese Taverna locations in Arlington, in Westover (5900 Washington Blvd) and Pentagon Row (1101 S. Joyce Street). The location offers sandwiches, like shawarma and falafel, and rice bowls for around $10.
The hours are not posted online, but other LEBTAV locations are open from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. The new option will be a homegrown addition to the increasingly crowded Ballston lunch scene, which includes a CAVA restaurant down the street that has similar offerings and is frequently packed.
Other LEBTAV locations include Rockville, Silver Spring, and Farragut Square.
UPDATED: Cyclist Struck Near Clarendon
ARLnow.com December 20, 2019 at 10:40am
Cyclist struck near Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
(Updated at 4:05 p.m.) A cyclist was struck by a driver at the intersection of Wilson Blvd and 10th Street N., near Clarendon., Friday morning.
Initial reports suggest the cyclist had severe injuries, including head trauma. The crash was first radioed in around 10:30 a.m. by a police officer who was on a traffic stop nearby.
The bicycle could be seen under a black Jeep on the west side of the intersection, in front of the Speedway gas station. A bike rack with a PeopleForBikes sticker could be seen on the back of the Jeep.
The victim was rushed via ambulance to a local trauma center.
"The cyclist was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries," Arlington County Police spokeswoman Ashley Savage confirmed. "The driver of the striking vehicle remained on scene. The investigation is ongoing."
The intersection was partially closed by police but reopened as of 11:30 a.m., after detectives documented the scene.
Police said later Friday afternoon that the driver will face a traffic charge in the crash.
"[The driver] was cited with failure to yield," said Savage. "The cyclist's injuries are considered non-life threatening."
It appears a Jeep hit a cyclist outside the Speedway at Wilson & 237. cc: @ARLnowDOTcom pic.twitter.com/NPhGxxClkN
— Matthew Hurtt (@matthewhurtt) December 20, 2019
INCIDENT: Traffic Collision
LOCATION: Wilson Blvd/10th St N
IMPACT: WB Wilson at 10th is closed. Seek alternate routes. pic.twitter.com/QA7eupRtgS
— Arlington Alert (@arlingtonalert) December 20, 2019
Blümen Cafe Closes, New Cafe Coming Soon
Kalina Newman December 16, 2019 at 1:45pm
Blumen Cafe in 2016
An independent coffee shop in Clarendon has shuttered its doors, with plans in the works to rebrand under new ownership.
Blümen Cafe, located roughly between Clarendon and Courthouse at 2607 Wilson Blvd, closed earlier this month. The cafe first opened in 2016, in the former CD Cellar space, and served teas, coffees and pastries, with an international flair.
Reached via the cafe's original phone number last week, Blümen Cafe owner Andira Jabbar said the cafe would be reopening soon under new ownership, with a new name, menu, and look.
The new owner, contacted by ARLnow, declined to comment on what would be replacing Blümen Cafe. He said that he was "excited" for what's to come and that he's looking to open "before the new year."
Crews Repaving Clarendon Circle this Week
Airey November 6, 2019 at 10:00am
Crews working on repaving Clarendon Circle (Staff photo by Airey)
Rendering of new Clarendon Circle design (Image via Arlington County)
A rendering of improvements at the intersection of Wilson and Clarendon Boulevards (via Arlington County)
Crews have finished repaving some section of Clarendon Circle (Staff photo by Airey)
Map of new Clarendon Circle design (Image via Arlington County)
Washington Blvd near the "Clarendon Circle" intersection in December 2018 (Staff photo by Alex Koma)
(Updated at 10:10 a.m.) The reconfiguration of Clarendon's worst intersection is one step closer to finishing as crews begin paving.
Working began repaving the roads that together form the notoriously dangerous "Clarendon Circle" — a.k.a. the intersection of Wilson, Clarendon, and Washington Blvds — this past weekend.
The paving work will continue for the rest of this week from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is expected to close some traffic lanes and cause temporary detours, the county's Department of Environmental Services warns on its webpage for the project.
"Increased traffic congestion is expected, and drivers are encouraged to seek alternate routes and avoid Clarendon Circle during this work if possible," DES said on its website.
On Monday, for instance, through traffic on Wilson Blvd was blocked and redirected to Washington Blvd. On Tuesday, steam and a burning rubber smell clouded the intersection as crews directed traffic around a cluster of paving equipment.
Work on the project is expected to wrap up by Veterans Day, this coming Monday.
The county has long aimed to redesign the intersection to be safer for pedestrians and cyclists and less confusing for motorists, with a goal of reducing crashes. The project design selected will realign Wilson and Washington Blvd, shorten crosswalks, and widen sidewalks.
Construction kicked off last year after the Arlington County Board awarded a $2.5 million contract to Ardent Construction Company.
Since then, the county has made several changes to the tricky nexus of roads, including cutting off N. Irving Street and banning left turns onto Wilson from Washington — though many drivers at least initially ignored the ban.
Image 1-5 via Arlington County
ARLnow.com November 4, 2019 at 6:00am
School Shuffle Blowback Starts — "Alicia Rich, president of Key's PTA, said she has been fielding texts and messages over WhatsApp from parents and staff members worried about the prospect of moving. 'This issue is so huge for us,' Rich said.
School system officials said they 'urgently need' the Key building as a neighborhood school because of the lack of space for students." [Washington Post]
Arlington Office Market Improving — Arlington County landing Amazon HQ2, a selection announced one year ago this month, has helped move its office market in the right direction after years of struggles. The office vacancy rate in National Landing, the newly branded area comprising the Crystal City and Pentagon City neighborhoods, dropped from 19.6% in Q3 2018 to 16% as of Sept. 30, the lowest level since 2012, according to JLL." [Bisnow]
Chamber Supports Keeping Dillon Rule — "Facing a possible Democratic majority in the General Assembly, @ArlVAChamber is standing firm in its support of the Dillon Rule. Why? A Dem majority could allow localities like Arlington to raise the minimum wage." [Twitter, InsideNova]
Storms Don't Deter Trick or Treaters — From a family that tracks the number of trick or treaters visiting their Arlington home: "Despite threatening weather and a tornado watch issued by the National Weather Service… 2019 was our second best year ever with 161 visitors, 13 goblins behind the all-time high of 174 visitors in 2016." [Facebook]
ACPD Helps With Snakes, Too — "Sgt. Morrison proves he's a jack of all trades! Yesterday he responded to a citizen assist call and helped safely relocate this snake." [Twitter]
Opera Fans Plan Outreach Effort — "Reports of the demise of a certain musical genre are not just premature. They are just plain wrong, supporters say. 'Clearly, opera is not a dying art – the music is still transcendent,' said Paul Dolinsky, a board member of Opera Nova, which on Oct. 27 held its annual fund-raising brunch at Washington Golf & Country Club." [InsideNova]
Local Teen Is Runner Up in Entrepreneurship Competition — "Ela Gokcigdem has good news to share about her ePearl noise-cancelling wireless earbuds. They were a big hit in the Big Apple… The 17-year-old senior at Wakefield High School in Arlington participated in the NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge. More than two dozen competitors from around the country pitched their products to a panel of judges." [WJLA]
Nearby: Road Closure Planned in Seven Corners — "The Wilson Boulevard (Route 613) bridge over Route 50 (Arlington Boulevard) will be closed from 9 p.m. Monday night, Nov. 4 to 5 a.m. Tuesday morning, Nov. 5 for bridge deck work, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. Eastbound Wilson Boulevard traffic will be detoured via Route 7, Patrick Henry Drive, Route 50 and the westbound Route 50 service road back to Wilson Boulevard." [VDOT]
New Japanese Restaurant To Join Gong Cha Tea Shop In Rosslyn
Kalina Newman October 21, 2019 at 1:30pm
Space at 1650 Wilson Blvd (Staff photo by Kalina Newman)
A new Japanese restaurant is coming to Rosslyn in conjunction with the upcoming Gong Cha Tea Shop.
Permits have been filed for Toryumon Japanese House at 1650 Wilson Blvd, across from the new Arlington Public Schools facility The Heights.
The Japanese restaurant already has a location in D.C. at 1901 Pennsylvania Avenue. Its menu features a wide variety of traditional and speciality sushi rolls, along with ramen and hibachi.
Additional permits at the same address have been filed for national bubble tea chain Gong Cha Tea Shop.
A spokesman from Gong Cha confirmed the location with ARLnow and said it would open by December, though no construction activity was evident as of this morning.
Toryumon Japanese House could not be reached for comment.
The ground floor of 1650 Wilson Blvd was formerly home to Ray's Hell Burger.
UPDATED: Wilson Blvd Partially Closed in Ballston Due to Utility Work
ARLnow.com October 21, 2019 at 10:35am
Work on a utility vault on Wilson Blvd in Ballston
(Updated at 1:50 p.m.) Three out of four lanes of Wilson Blvd in Ballston were blocked by utility work Monday morning.
The work, at the intersection of Wilson and N. Randolph Street, near the mall, was to replace a blown electrical transformer in a utility vault that's in the middle of the westbound lanes of Wilson. Crews from Dominion Energy were on scene, along with a large, mobile crane.
We're told the transformer went out Sunday, knocking out power to an adjacent apartment building.
All westbound lanes of Wilson Blvd were blocked approaching Ballston Quarter mall, while only one eastbound lane was closed. The lane closures caused minor backups during this morning's rush hour.
Residents in the area have been complaining for years about excessive noise caused by vehicles — particularly trucks — driving over the utility vaults.
"The plates have been there for years, but starting in October 2018, they began making absurdly loud noises whenever cars/buses/trucks drive over them," one tipster said in July. "Dozens of complaints have been filed on the county's 'reporting tool' website… The result of the noise is that local residents at Ava Ballston Square, Origin Ballston, and other apartments are disturbed through the day and awakened at night."
Today's work is not expected to alleviate the noise issue. A Dominion spokeswoman noted that the vault itself is maintained by the owner of the nearby building, not the utility company.
"The grates are not ours and the work has nothing to do with replacing them," a Dominion spokeswoman told ARLnow. "The grates top our underground vaults containing our transformers that serve the buildings along the street… Normally, you will see our transformers sitting at ground level or up high on a utility pole. The developer wanted them underground."
As of 1:30 p.m., all lanes had reportedly reopened.
Ballston Quarter Pedestrian Bridge Completion Delayed Again
Kalina Newman September 20, 2019 at 9:05am
The Ballston pedestrian bridge as of September 19 (Staff Photo by Kalina)
Construction on the Ballston Quarter pedestrian bridge in mid-March (Image via Arlington County)
Completion of the Ballston Quarter pedestrian bridge over Wilson Blvd could be delayed by another three months.
The Arlington County Board is set to discuss extending the completion deadline of the under-construction bridge from September 1 to December 1 at its meeting tomorrow (Saturday). The delay is at the request of the mall's owner, which is building the bridge as a condition of Ballston Quarter's recent renovations.
The company cited "difficulties associated with the complexity, constructibility issues of the design, field modifications, and the current status of construction" as reasons for the extension, according to as staff report to the Board.
This will be the second time the bridge project has been delayed. Originally, the walkway was scheduled to open last fall so it would be ready for the first shops to open at Ballston Quarter. Then the deadline was pushed to September of this year.
A spokeswoman for mall operator Brookfield Properties told ARLnow they are "on track for a November opening" for the bridge, pointing interested locals to a blog with periodic bridge construction updates.
It's been more than two years since the original Wilson Blvd bridge was torn down. Once the new walkway is completed, it will link the mall to the Ballston Metro station.
Gong Cha to Bubble Up in Rosslyn Across from New School
A new bubble tea joint is coming to Rosslyn.
Permits have been filed for a Gong Cha Tea Shop at 1650 Wilson Blvd, across from the new Arlington Public Schools facility The Heights.
There is a Gong Cha international franchise with locations throughout D.C. and Maryland with a Fairfax location in Annandale (4230 Annandale Road) that opened earlier this year.
The chain offers bubble tea — a tea-based drink with pearls of tapioca balls — at a variety of sweetnesses. It also offers egg waffle dishes with ice cream.
There was no evidence of construction activity at 1650 Wilson Blvd and Gong Cha could not be reached to learn when the shop will be opening.
Hat tip to Chris Slatt
'Barry's Bootcamp' Coming to Clarendon by Year's End
Vernon Miles August 27, 2019 at 11:00am
Exterior of planned Barry's Bootcamp location in Clarendon
Interior of 2825 Wilson Blvd
L.A.-based gym Barry's Bootcamp — famed for its difficulty — is coming to Clarendon.
Construction permits were filed earlier this year for a 5,695 square foot space at 2825 Wilson Blvd in Clarendon, next to the Chase Bank.
The international gym franchise has one location in D.C., in Dupont Circle, and staff there said the Clarendon location is expected to open by the end of the year — most likely in December.
The layout of the new gym will be similar to the D.C. location, we're told. There's no word yet on promotions or other pre-opening deals, the company usually offers them to first-time members.
There's no shortage of new gyms coming to Arlington, but the gym is opening near where Washington Sports Club closed in June.
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Ibiza and Mallorca Rocks with HAIM and THE 1975 announced as opening acts for Summer 2014
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THE TWO BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH ACTS OF THE YEAR KICK OFF SUMMER PLAYING LIVE UNDER THE BALEARIC STARS IN 2014
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It may be cold outside but the heat is on at Rocks HQ as excitement builds for what's going to be the strongest Rocks line up ever. Taking the hugely coveted opening party slot in 2014 is the hottest new band in the world right now, HAIM, whilst week two will welcome the biggest British breakthrough band of the year, The 1975. Two weeks, two debut Balearic shows from two No.1 international artists.
Hailing from the San Fernando Valley, California, HAIM follow in the footsteps of huge international artists Biffy Clyro, Ed Sheeran and Jake Bugg by headlining the Rocks opening parties and kicking off summer 2014 off in super hot style. Sisterly love abounds when HAIM take to the stage; winners of BBC's Sound of 2013, they stole the show on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury this year before being hand-picked to support Mumford and Sons on their worldwide, sold out tour. HAIM's debut album 'Days Are Gone' received critical adoration, monster sales and a UK No.1 and they just claimed a career milestone with a stunning performance on Saturday Night Live, further propelling the sisters to global superstardom as they embark on their own world tour. Rocks will proudly bring HAIM to Mallorca Rocks (03/06) and Ibiza Rocks (04/06) for their debut live shows under the sweet Balearic stars.
HAIM said: "Ibiza and Mallorca Rocks are going to be insane. We literally cannot wait to get there. Book your flights NOW."
Week two will see another brilliant breakthrough band take to the famous poolside Rocks stage. Like HAIM, The 1975's (self-titled) platinum debut topped the UK album charts and cemented their status as the home-grown success story of the year. With a run of sold out headline shows including 3 consecutive gigs at Brixton Academy and a special show just announced at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall, the Manchester indie-pop quartet are in huge demand. The 1975 will headline Mallorca Rocks (10/06) and Ibiza Rocks (11/06), bringing with them their infectious set list of hits including 'Chocolate', 'The City' and 'Sex.' Clearly looking forward to it already, frontman Matt Healy said "Looking forward to Ibiza and Mallorca Rocks...we're going to go f*cking bananas!"
Shane Murray, Promoter, said: "What a way to kick off next summer poolside at Ibiza and Mallorca Rocks. It's a real coup to confirm Haim and The 1975 so early. They are two of the biggest breakthrough acts of the year and se the bar pretty high for the rest of the 16-week season. On top of this we're about to launch Ibiza Rocks the Snow in Meribel next week so all in all it's a really exciting time for the brand."
The Ibiza Rocks brand consistently boasts a bill crammed with the biggest international artists, best breakthrough talent and cutting edge DJ's. Summer 2014 will see the celebration of Ibiza Rocks 9th Birthday and Mallorca Rocks 4th Birthday during the 16 weeklong season of spectacular outdoor gigs. More Rocks headline acts and W.A.R! line up announcements will follow in the New Year.
Offering a choice of quality accommodation options at exceptional value, Mallorca Rocks every Tuesday from 03 June – 16 September and Ibiza Rocks every Wednesday from 04 June to 17 September.
Tickets and hotel packages available now at www.ibizarocks.com and www.mallorcarocks.com Gig Tickets priced at €40 EUR plus booking fee.
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Q: My return is not stopping execution I have a return, however you can see the line "this will not print" which shouldn't be reached after the return happens gets called.
What's going on?

Here's the entire procedure, it's a rough copy at the moment...:
private void greedySearch (String lookForNode)
{
    // Note: Available vars
    // reqStartNode
    // reqEndNode

    // Search through entire tree looking for...
    System.out.println("Searching through entire tree looking for "+lookForNode);
    for (int i = 0; i < treeList.size(); i++) {

        Data currentNode = treeList.get(i);

        // ... reqStartNode
        if (currentNode.getNodeName().equals(lookForNode))
        {
            System.out.println("Found matching node. currentNode.getNodeName=" + currentNode.getNodeName()+" lookForNode="+lookForNode);

            // Check to see if there's any children?
            if (currentNode.childrenList.size() > 0)
            {
                // Find smallest child by node
                double smallestHeuristic = currentNode.childrenList.get(0).getHeuristic();
                String smallestNode = currentNode.childrenList.get(0).getNodeName();
                for (int ii = 1; ii < currentNode.childrenList.size(); ii++)
                {
                    if (currentNode.childrenList.get(ii).getHeuristic() < smallestHeuristic)
                    {
                        smallestHeuristic = currentNode.childrenList.get(ii).getHeuristic();
                        smallestNode = currentNode.childrenList.get(ii).getNodeName();
                    }
                }

                // Check to see if smallest child by node is reqEndNode
                if (smallestNode == reqEndNode)
                {
                    System.out.println("FOUND GOAL "+smallestNode);

                    // Quit because we found the answer
                    return;
                }
                // Expand that node
                else
                {
                    greedySearch (smallestNode);
                }
            }
            // No children, we've reached the end
            else
            {
                System.out.println("We've reached the end at "+currentNode.getNodeName());

                // Quit because we've reached no further children to expand
                return;
            }
            System.out.println("This will not print");
        }
        else
        {
            System.out.println("Skipped node "+currentNode.getNodeName());
        }
    }

    System.out.println("FINISHED SEARCH");

}

Edit:
The correct solution I realised was doing a return after I call the recursive procedure like so:
greedySearch (smallestNode);
// Quit because we are now going recursive, our job here is done
return;

My ouput is now:

Searching through entire tree looking for S
Skipped node A
Skipped node B
Skipped node C
Skipped node D
Skipped node E
Skipped node F
Skipped node G
Skipped node G
Found matching node. currentNode.getNodeName=S lookForNode=S
Searching through entire tree looking for A
Found matching node. currentNode.getNodeName=A lookForNode=A
Searching through entire tree looking for B
Skipped node A
Found matching node. currentNode.getNodeName=B lookForNode=B
Searching through entire tree looking for C
Skipped node A
Skipped node B
Found matching node. currentNode.getNodeName=C lookForNode=C
We've reached the end at C

A: Nothing strange is going on. I can see at least one code path for which this can happen.
In a nested call, this is executed:
        else
        {
            System.out.println("We've reached the end at "+currentNode.getNodeName());

            // Quit because we've reached no further children to expand
            return;
        }

Then returning to the outer call:
            else
            {
                greedySearch (smallestNode); // Resuming from here...
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // ...all this is skipped (because we are in the else block
            // of an if that was true)...
        }
        // ...and this is printed.
        System.out.println("This will not print");
    }

In other words, while those two lines you're looking at are, indeed, mutually exclusive during one call of your recursive method, they are not mutually exclusive between two nested calls. And the messages they print can appear in a sequence, as is the case in your output.


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[Editor's note: Patient advocate Lisa Minkove passed away on April 10, 2018. Lisa's tireless dedication to the CLL community and her positive outlook inspired many. If you would like to make a donation in her name, Lisa's family asks that you please donate to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS).]
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