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Martech companies are dropping venture capitalists – here's why
The Promotion Fix
By Samuel Scott-17 September 2018 11:53am
The Promotion Fix is an exclusive biweekly column for The Drum from Samuel Scott, a global keynote marketing speaker who is a former journalist, newspaper editor, and director of marketing and communications in the high-tech industry. Follow him @samueljscott.
San Francisco was a city that we built on rock 'n' roll, but venture capital funds eventually took over. That may soon change due to growing economic and social trends in the martech and investment worlds.
Social media sharing platform Buffer recently spent $3.3m to buy out the company's venture capitalists. Video software company Wistia turned down an offer to sell and instead took on $17.3m in debt to buy out investors. Audience intelligence platform SparkToro raised $1.3m from 35 individuals rather than going down the traditional VC route.
While it is impossible to know the exact percentage of martech and other companies that have eschewed VC funds, many are now using alternative funding methods, according to industry observers, activists and company executives.
"My impression from data people have shown me over the years is that probably around half of the companies on my martech landscape haven't received funding from institutional investors. Instead, they're funded by the founders, angels, or customers," marketing technologist Scott Brinker said. (His Martech Landscape currently lists more than 6,000 vendors.)
There are also recent examples from consumer brands. Watch brand MVMT was bought by Movado last month for $200m. The founders and employees owned all of the company's shares at the time. Deodorant brand Native was acquired by Procter & Gamble in 2017 for $100m. The chief executive had owned 90% of the company by not going the VC route.
Mattress brand Tuft & Needle was funded with only $6,000 from the founder and a $500,000 loan and is reportedly in acquisition talks with Serta Simmons in a deal that may be worth $400m to $500m.
How VC funding really works
To understand the big picture, it is first important to know the realities of the VC world.
Take people with money such as corporate pension fund managers, wealthy families, and university endowment administrators. They could simply do nothing and invest in a low-fee index fund that tracks the US S&P 500 or UK FTSE 100 and grow their savings at a long-term market average of 10% to 12% per year.
But like everyone else, these limited partners – as they are known – want to make more. So they hear sales pitches for anything from corporate bonds to real estate to VC funds. Venture capitalists who receive funding from the limited partners must then decide on which high-tech companies to place their bets.
A typical VC fund lasts for seven to 10 years, meaning that it must at least triple in value within a decade to beat the annual market average. If a VC fund receives $100m from the limited partners, it needs to invest in enough successful startups to grow to at least $300m before time runs out.
"The goal is to improve upon the rate of return that would have been achieved through putting the money into public stocks, bonds or other investment vehicles. The target is 12% annual growth," Rand Fishkin, the co-founder and former chief executive of Moz who founded SparkToro, wrote in a memoir after leaving the SEO software platform. "Beating the market is hard. Like, really, really hard. Only about 5% of venture investment firms actually succeed at it."
PitchBook, which researches private and VC markets, shared a new report with me comparing VC returns to the S&P 500 through 2015.
(The company's numbers above compare the compounded annual S&P 500 growth rate to the "vintage" year when a VC fund held its final close or began making investments. The S&P 500 numbers are not those of the index's individual annual returns.)
VC funds beat the S&P 500 in nine of the 15 years above. However, most of the VC industry's gains came from a small number of funds.
"The S&P 500 has posted gains each year since 2009, including three years with returns more than 20%, which has made it difficult for private equity and VC funds to keep pace," PitchBook senior strategist James Gelfer said in reference to the index's individual annual returns. "VC fund performance data shows only top VC funds tend to outperform [the market]."
Gil Ben-Artzy, a partner at the Silicon Valley VC firm UpWest Labs, gave a presentation at Google's Tel Aviv office in 2016 noting that 2% of VC funds are responsible for 95% of the industry's returns and only 5% triple their value and beat the market.
In an interview, Ben-Artzy dismissed the idea that the low performance level means that venture capitalists in general are overrated.
"Succeeding in venture capital is hard," he said. "Given that VCs invest in startups that the vast majority of which will fail, it's not easy identifying the ones that will become marquee companies. Though not many VCs succeed, the risk-reward equation and the fact that only a few will succeed is understood by institutional investors, most of which include venture capital only as a small percent in their portfolios."
The reality for employees and marketing campaigns
While venture capital firms have surprisingly low rates of return, more martech and other companies are also choosing not to work with VCs at all.
"Buying out our main Series A investors puts Buffer truly on a path of sustainable, long-term growth," Buffer co-founder and chief executive Joel Gascoigne said. "The main benefit is being able to take Buffer in the direction we wish and to be creative as a company. Without VC investors with specific timeframes for a return, we can be on less of a singular and binary path."
"Often times, the VC path means a lot of sacrifices for several years. Founders might push their teams and hope it'll work out, but it's not guaranteed. Now, we can focus on work being truly fulfilling along the journey. We can do profit sharing with the team so that people can benefit our success without it being tied to a liquidity event."
The benefits extend further down the organisational chart. In typical VC-funded companies, the investors receive most of the money from any exit rather than the founders and workers who, well, do the work. (For the details on how venture capital affects employees, I will refer you to this prior column.)
Further, VCs know finance, and many startup founders are software engineers – and both typically understand and value only immediate metrics. They need to show fast results. Concepts such as brand building are foreign to them.
The VC model condenses a company's entire life cycle into an artificial 10-year lifespan with the goal of a quick exit. In marketing terms, this means being low-rent media companies that distribute cheap "content" to generate clicks to a website, tracking and targeting people with direct response, and maximizing lead conversions through bait-and-switch tactics.
For VC-funded startups, it is sacrilegious to think about sacrificing one sale today for five sales tomorrow by allocating 60% of resources to brand building and 40% to activation for the greatest long-term success. When this mentality travels down the food chain from the VCs to the founders and to the staff, marketers focus only on immediate conversion rates even though digital metrics have significant faults.
Overall, VCs prefer to invest in digital B2B companies, which is why the digital and B2B marketing worlds focus on short-term tactics. But is that truly effective?
Andrew Chen, a general partner at the VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, recently wrote that the "growth hacker is the new VP marketing". But the biggest VC-funded companies that focus on "growth" at the expense of real marketing lose tens of millions of dollars every year.
"I believe we're at a point in time where a lot is being questioned," Gascoigne said. "The concept of 'growth at all costs' is being questioned in a fundamental way, and I believe the purely growth-driven approach is becoming less effective over time. In its wake are these non-traditional paths that involve doing right by your team, paying people well, and doing good in the world."
When VCs claim to be experts and dictate long-term strategy, marketers should ask for their funds' average annual returns. If they do not beat 12%, we can ignore their thoughts. And that is 95% of them. I will wager that few VCs have any traditional marketing training or education.
"I have to explain all the time to tech founders and players in the startup ecosystem that marketing is not an add-on at a later date. Marketing is something you design into the product from the ground up," advertising legend Cindy Gallop, now the founder and chief executive of the sex-positive startup Make Love Not Porn, said. (The company received $2m in funding from an anonymous investor.)
"That's why every tech startup needs marketing insight and thinking on the founding team, and every VC fund needs marketing insight and thinking within its own walls."
Unicorns, donkeys, and zebras
Today, relations between men and women and pushes for increased diversity are receiving much attention in the public and private sectors. Those issues may change the financial world as well.
In the tech world, a "unicorn" is a private company that has a minimum valuation of $1bn. Larry Kim, the founder of the online advertising software platform WordStream, frequently writes about "unicorn marketing" and warns against being a "donkey".
But Mara Zepeda, the founder and chief executive of community building and engagement platform Switchboard, would prefer that companies be "zebras" instead.
"'Zebra' is shorthand for a forward-thinking, long-game economy that promotes distributive business models that balance profit and purpose, champion democracy, and put a premium on sharing power and resources," she said. "Companies that create a more just and responsible society will hear, help, and heal the customers and communities they serve."
Zepeda is the cofounder of Zebras Unite, a partnership with the California not-for-profit think tank Institute for the Future that works with investors, policymakers, and entrepreneurs to encourage the creation of "zebra" companies that integrate profitability and what they describe as "socio-economic equity".
"Many founders, especially women and people of colour, aren't interested in building companies that exit and make a few shareholders wealthy," she added, citing the Alternative Capital Summit in Denver later this month. "They are looking to entrepreneurship for freedom, flexibility, to build generational wealth, and improve their communities. These motivations and desired outcomes are fundamentally at odds with VC mandates and culture."
Institute for the Future executive director Marina Gorbis echoed similar thoughts.
"There are many people with great ideas who don't fit traditional venture profiles and who do not get access to capital to start and grow their ventures," she said. "We are losing out on tremendous growth opportunities by not leveling the field for these people. We need to find ways to give them access to capital. We need more 'zebras' and fewer 'unicorns.'"
VCs and analysts respond
However, the trend is not so simple. Specifically within the marketing technology world, one prominent analyst thinks that martech companies are not avoiding VC firms. Rather, he said, it is the other way around.
"I'm not sure it's martech companies avoiding traditional venture capital so much as it is venture capitalists avoiding martech," Forrester Research vice-president of emerging technology research Carlton Doty said. "I predict that VC and private equity investments in martech and adtech will essentially dry up in 2019. Funding across these categories peaked two to three years ago and has been in decline since then.
"Of all the technology categories I track, martech has shown the slowest overall growth since 2012 at a compound annual growth rate of just 19%. This is in stark contrast to CAGRs of 100% or more in markets like transportation tech, augmented and virtual reality, and AI. As big brands like P&G redirect their ad spend [and] advertising practices in general adapt to GDPR, the irrational exuberance we've seen in martech and adtech in years past will soon flatline. VC firms will redirect their attention to more favorable tech markets."
GDPR, I predict, will indeed wreak havoc on the martech and adtech worlds. After all, we have not yet seen EU enforcement. The privacy-focused web browser Brave filed GDPR-based complaints to regulators in Britain and Ireland last week, and others will surely submit more complaints in the future.
"GDPR will do three things," Johnny Ryan, the chief policy and industry relations officer at Brave, said. "First, it will put a premium on clean, ethical adtech. Second, non-personal data will become the adtech norm. Third, it will expose adtech, and those who use its services, to enormous legal risk."
Regardless of the future relations between martech companies and the VC world, Ben-Artzy pointed out that venture capital firms provide sudden inflows of millions of dollars that allow businesses in any industry to move quickly.
"Those founders that do raise funding from VCs are potentially able to get to product-market fit faster due to the ability to spend on faster iterations," he said. "They are able to pursue deep tech ventures that take longer to materialize, invest in faster growth, and potentially outrun the competition. However, this often comes with the expectation of continued growth 'at all costs,' and, at some point, founders do not have full control of their startup strategic decisions."
(For this column, National Venture Capital Association spokesperson Devin Miller did not respond to requests for comment.)
"Though entrepreneurs deserve all the plaudits, the VC community fueled some of the most meaningful companies in the world today, including Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and many others," Ben-Artzy added. "VCs serve an important role in driving innovation, with the understanding that only a small percentage of the funds will succeed in the long term."
They're rebuilding this city
Regardless of the future relationships between martech companies and venture capitalists, the additional social undertones of the burgeoning anti-VC movement cannot be ignored.
"White, male VCs don't want to fund anyone other than white men," Gallop said. "White men get hired, promoted, and funded on potential. White women get hired, promoted, and funded on proof, and not even then. Black women don't get funded."
San Francisco may never be built on rock 'n' roll again. But if activists such as Gallop and Zepeda have their way, the city's financial giants and the martech companies they fund will be rebuilt with equality and diversity.
"We need to build our own financial ecosystem because the white male one isn't working for us," Gallop added. "So, we're going to invent and fund our own hi-tech startups, fundraising processes, and VC funds to overtake and explode the closed loop of white guys talking to white guys about other white guys."
The Promotion Fix is an exclusive biweekly column for The Drum contributed by global marketing keynote speaker and workshop facilitator Samuel Scott, a former journalist, consultant and director of marketing in the high-tech industry. Follow him on Twitter. Scott is based out of Tel Aviv, Israel.
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 What is the Church of Christ?
What is the distinctive plea of the church of Christ?
It is primarily a plea for religious unity based upon the Bible. In a divided religious world it is believed that the Bible is the only possible common denominator upon which most, if not all, of the God-fearing people of the land can unite. This is an appeal to go back to the Bible. It is a plea to speak where the Bible speaks and to remain silent where the Bible is silent in all matters that pertain to religion. It further emphasizes that in everything religious there must be a "Thus says the Lord" for all that is done. The objective is religious unity of all believers in Christ. The basis is the New Testament. The method is the restoration of New Testament Christianity.
The Historical background of the Restoration Movement
One of the earliest advocates of the return to New Testament Christianity, as a means of achieving unity of all believers in Christ, was James O'Kelly of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1793 he withdrew from the Baltimore conference of his church and called upon others to join him in taking the Bible as the only creed. His influence was largely felt in Virginia and North Carolina where history records that some seven thousand communicants followed his leadership toward a return to primitive New Testament Christianity.
In 1802 a similar movement among the Baptists in New England was led by Abner Jones and Elias Smith. They were concerned about "denominational names and creeds" and decided to wear only the name Christian, taking the Bible as their only guide. In 1804, in the western frontier state of Kentucky, Barton W. Stone and several other Presbyterian preachers took similar action declaring that they would take the Bible as the "only sure guide to heaven." Thomas Campbell, and his illustrious son, Alexander Campbell, took similar steps in the year 1809 in what is now the state of West Virginia. They contended that nothing should be bound upon Christians as a matter of doctrine which is not as old as the New Testament. Although these four movements were completely independent in their beginnings eventually they became one strong restoration movement because of their common purpose and plea. These men did not advocate the starting of a new church, but rather a return to Christ's church as described in the Bible.
Members of the church of Christ do not conceive of themselves as a new church started near the beginning of the 19th century. Rather, the whole movement is designed to reproduce in contemporary times the church originally established on Pentecost, A.D. 30. The strength of the appeal lies in the restoration of Christ's original church.
How many churches of Christ are there?
Because churches of Christ do not have a central headquarters that compiles statistics, exact numbers are difficult to gather. The most recent dependable estimate lists more than 15,000 individual churches of Christ. The "Christian Herald," a general religious publication which presents statistics concerning all the churches, estimates that the total membership of the churches of Christ is now 2,000,000. Membership of the church is heaviest in the southern states of the United States, particularly Tennessee and Texas, though congregations exist in each of the fifty states and in more than eighty foreign countries.
How are the churches organizationally connected?
Following the plan of organization found in the New Testament, churches of Christ are autonomous. Their common faith in the Bible and adherence to its teachings are the chief ties which bind them together. There is no central headquarters of the church, and no organization superior to the elders of each local congregation. Congregations do cooperate voluntarily in supporting the orphans and the aged, in preaching the gospel in new fields, and in other similar works.
Members of the church of Christ conduct forty colleges and secondary schools, as well as seventy-five orphanages and homes for the aged. There are approximately 40 magazines and other periodicals published by individual members of the church. There are no conventions, annual meetings, or official publications. The "tie that binds" is a common loyalty to the principles of the restoration of New Testament Christianity.
How are the churches of Christ governed?
In each congregation, which has existed long enough to become fully organized, there is a plurality of elders or presbyters who serve as the governing body. These men are selected by the local congregations on the basis of qualifications set down in the scriptures (1 Timothy 3:1-8). Serving under the elders are deacons, teachers, and evangelists or ministers. The latter do not have the authority equal to or superior to the elders. The elders are shepherds or overseers who serve under the headship of Christ according to the New Testament, which is a kind of constitution. There is no earthly authority superior to the elders of the local church.
What does the church of Christ believe about the Bible?
The original autographs of the sixty six books which make up the Bible are considered to have been divinely inspired, by which it is meant that they are infallible and authoritative. Reference to the scriptures is made in settling every religious question. A pronouncement from the scripture is considered the final word. The basic textbook of the church and the basis for all preaching is the Bible.
Do members of the churches of Christ believe in the virgin birth?
Yes. The statement in Isaiah 7:14 is taken as a prophecy of the virgin birth of Christ. New Testament passages such as Matthew 1:20, 25, are accepted at face value as declarations of the virgin birth. Christ is accepted as the only begotten Son of God, uniting in his person perfect divinity and perfect manhood.
Does the church of Christ believe in predestination?
Only in the sense that God predestines the righteous to be eternally saved and the unrighteous to be eternally lost. The statement of the apostle Peter, "I new realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right," (Acts 10:34-35) is taken as evidence that God did not predestine individuals to be eternally saved or lost, but that each man determines his own destiny.
Why does the church of Christ baptize only by immersion?
The word, baptize, comes from the Greek word "baptize" and literally means, "to dip, to immerse, to plunge." In addition to the literal meaning of the word, immersion is practiced because it was the practice of the church in apostolic times. Still further, only immersion conforms to the description of baptisms as given by the apostle Paul in Romans 6:3-5 where he speaks of it as a burial and resurrection.
Is infant baptism practiced?
No. Only those who are able to express a faith of their own are candidates for baptism. It is pointed out that the examples given in the New Testament are always of those who have heard the gospel preached and have believed it. Faith must always precede baptism, so only those old enough to understand and believe the gospel are considered fit subjects for baptism.
Do ministers of the church hear confession?
No. Ministers or evangelists of the church have no special prerogatives. They do not wear the title of Reverend or Father, but are addressed simply by the term Brother as are all other men of the church. Along with elders and others they do counsel and advise those seeking help.
Are prayers addressed to the saints?
No. God the Father is considered the only one to whom the prayers may be addressed. It is further understood that Christ stands in a mediatorial position between God and man (Hebrews 7:25). All prayers are therefore offered through Christ, or in the name of Christ (John 16:23-26).
How often is the Lord's Supper observed?
It is expected that every member of the church will assemble for worship on each Lord's day. A central part of the worship is the eating of the Lord's supper (Acts 20:7). Unless providentially hindered, each member considers this weekly appointment as binding. In many instances, as in the case of illness, the Lord's supper is carried to those who are hindered from attending the worship.
What kind of music is used in the worship?
As a result of the distinctive plea of the church - a return to New Testament Faith and practice - a' cappella singing is the only music used in the worship. This singing, unaccompanied by mechanical instruments of music, conforms to the music used in the apostolic church and for several centuries thereafter (Ephesians 5:19). It is felt that there is no authority for engaging in acts of worship not found in the New Testament. This principle eliminates the use of instrumental music, along with the use of candles, incense, and other similar elements.
Does the church of Christ believe in heaven and hell?
Yes. The statement of Christ in Matthew 25, and elsewhere, are taken at face value. It is believed that after death each man must come before God in judgment and that he will be judged according to the deeds done while he lived (Hebrews 9:27). After judgment is pronounced he will spend eternity either in heaven or hell.
Does the church of Christ believe in purgatory?
No. The absence of any reference in the scriptures to the temporary place of punishment from which the soul will eventually be released into heaven prevents the acceptance of the doctrine of purgatory.
By what means does the church secure financial support?
Each first day of the week the members of the church "set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income" (1 Corinthians 16:2). The amount of any individual gift is generally known only to the one who gave it and to the Lord. This free-will offering is the only call which the church makes. NO assessments or other levies are made. No money-making activities, such as bazaars or suppers, are engaged in.
Does the church of Christ have a creed?
No. At least, there is no creed in the usual sense of the word. The belief of the church is stated fully and completely in the Bible. There is no other manual or discipline to which the members of the church of Christ give their allegiance. The Bible is considered as the only infallible guide to heaven.
How does one become a member of the church of Christ?
In the salvation of man's soul there are 2 necessary parts: God's part and man's part. God's part is the big part, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works so that no one can boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9). The love which God felt for man led him to send Christ into the world to redeem man. The life and teaching of Jesus, the sacrifice on the cross, and the proclaiming of the gospel to men constitute God's part in salvation.
Though God's part is the big part, man's part is also necessary if man is to reach heaven. Man must comply with the conditions of pardon which the Lord has announced. Man's part can be clearly set forth in the following steps:
Hear the Gospel. "How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?" (Romans 10:14)
Believe. "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." (Hebrews 11:6)
Repent of past sins. "In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent." (Acts 17:30)
Confess Jesus as Lord. "As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, 'Look, here is water. Why shouldn't I be baptized?' Philip said, 'If you believe with all your heart, you may.' The eunuch answered, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.' And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him." (Acts 8:36-38)
Be baptized for the forgiveness of sins. "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." (Acts 2:38)
Live a Christian life. "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." (1 Peter 2:9)
OPEN INVITATION
Now that you are aware of a church in the 21st century which is built according to the blue prints of Christ's original church, why not become a member of it? In becoming a member of it, you will be called upon to do nothing which you cannot read in the New Testament. You will then live and worship just as the apostle-guided Christians of the first century did.
Not only is this return to New Testament Christianity a wonderful basis upon which all believers in Christ can unite, it is absolutely solid ground. Come with us as we go back to the Bible, back to Christ and his church!

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A huge congratulations to Lisa Higham who was the lucky winner in the Primrose Festival prize draw.
This is the first time that the Primrose 'Antique Blueberry' has come out top in our annual Primrose Festival!
Lisa (pictured here) was awared her gardening hamper worth £50 on Friday 15th March 2019.


The online writing community for ex-pats that I belong to, Writers Abroad, published the first issue of its new literary magazine on 1st September. It's packed full of interesting stuff and it's absolutely free.
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Obama: 'Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me'
In unscheduled and unusually personal remarks, President Barack Obama tried Friday to explain why African-Americans were upset about last week's acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin while lowering expectations for federal charges in the case.
"Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago," Obama told White House reporters in a surprise appearance at the daily briefing.
His remarks, which lasted about 20 minutes, escalated a nationwide debate on the verdict that has prompted protests, including some that turned violent.
A Florida jury acquitted Zimmerman last Saturday in Martin's February 26, 2012, shooting death, inciting anger among many who considered the incident racially motivated murder.
Obama issued a written statement on Sunday, noting that the jury had spoken and urging calm and reflection. Despite some calls for him to speak about the case, the nation's first African-American president had made no further public comment until Friday.
Speaking without a teleprompter, Obama noted a history of racial disparity in law as well as more nuanced social prejudice that contribute to "a lot of pain" in the African-American community over the verdict.
"There are very few African-American men in this country who have not had the experience of being followed when they are shopping at a department store. That includes me," the president said.
"There are probably very few African-American men who have not had the experience of walking across the street and hearing the locks click on the doors of cars. That happens to me – at least before I was a senator," he continued.
"There are very few African-Americans who have not had the experience of getting on an elevator and a woman clutching her purse nervously and holding her breath until she had the chance to get off. That happens often," he said.
Saying he didn't intend to exaggerate those experiences, Obama added that they "inform how the African-American community interprets what happened one night in Florida."
"The African-American community is also knowledgeable that there is a history of racial disparities in the application of our criminal laws, everything from the death penalty to enforcement of our drug laws," he said. "And that ends up having an impact in terms of how people interpret
the case."
African-Americans feel the context of the Martin killing is little known or denied, "and that all contributes, I think, to a sense that if a white male teen was involved in the same kind of scenario that, from top to bottom, both the outcome and the aftermath might have been
different," Obama said.
These cases usually matter for states
At the same time, Obama responded to calls by civil rights groups for federal hate crimes charges to be filed against Zimmerman by saying the Florida legal process had reached a verdict.
"Once the jury's spoken, that's how our system works," the president said, later adding that while Attorney General Eric Holder was looking further at the case, those calling for federal charges must "have some clear expectations here."
In America, law enforcement and the criminal code are "traditionally done at the state and local levels, not at the federal level," he said.
On Saturday, "Justice for Trayvon" vigils are scheduled outside federal buildings across the country by Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network.
Sharpton called Obama's remarks Friday "significant and much needed," saying in a statement that the president "set a tone for both direct action and needed dialogue."
Martin's parents said they were "deeply honored and moved" that Obama spoke publicly about their son, saying the president's comments "give us great strength at this time."
"Trayvon's life was cut short, but we hope that his legacy will make our communities a better place for generations to come," said the statement by Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton. "We applaud the president's call to action to bring communities together to encourage an open and difficult dialogue."
However, some conservative commentators criticized Obama for what they called divisiveness by speaking as an African American instead of representing the entire country. Todd Starnes, a Fox News Radio anchor, tweeted "race-baiter in chief."
Zimmerman's defense team cited Obama's courage in addressing the case and its racial context, but said the facts showed their client acted in self-defense and the jury reached the proper verdict.
"While we acknowledge the racial context of the case, we hope that the president was not suggesting that this case fits a pattern of racial disparity, because we strongly contend that it does not," the lawyers said in a statement.
A White House official told CNN Chief White House correspondent Jessica Yellin that Obama decided Thursday night to make his public remarks after watching the reaction to the Zimmerman verdict over the past week.
The official, who spoke on condition of not being identified, said Obama talked to friends and family members about the verdict, and told his senior staff he wanted to speak publicly about it. His staff recommended that he make the remarks in the White House briefing room, as opposed to an interview.
In his remarks, Obama said demonstrations and other responses to the Zimmerman verdict must be non-violent or they will dishonor what happened to Martin and his family.
He outlined possible future steps, calling for the Justice Department, state governors and city mayors to work with law enforcement agencies "about training at the state and local levels in order to reduce the kind of mistrust in the system that sometimes currently exists."
For example, he noted that racial profiling legislation he pushed as a state senator in Illinois helped police departments think about the issue and act more professionally, which helped build trust with communities they serve.
Stand your ground laws
Obama also called for reconsideration of "stand your ground" self-defense laws in Florida and other states, that he said "may encourage the kinds of altercations and confrontations and tragedies that we saw in the Florida case, rather than diffuse potential altercations."
Sharpton and other civil rights leaders call for abolishing the "stand your ground" laws.
"If we're sending a message as a society in our communities that someone who is armed potentially has the right to use those firearms, even if there's a way for them to exit from a situation, is that really going to be contributing to the kind of peace and security and order that we'd like to see?" Obama asked.
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O night, be long—long as an endless year!
Descend, thick darkness, black and full of fear!
My love is here at least—a guest concealed!
So I might ever clasp him to my breast.
From: Boyajian, Zabelle C., Armenian Poetry & Legends, 2009, Abela Publishing: London, p. 14.
When they come back, the few that will come back.
You've had, old chap. It must have been top-hole.
What shall I say? That it's been damnable?
That all the time my soul was never my own?
That we've slaved hard at endless make-believe?
Among pretences that have ceased to deceive.
From: Hibberd, Dominic and Onions, John (eds.), The Winter of the World: Poems of the Great War, 2013, Hachette: London, p. [unnumbered].
While Death through the long sap creeps.
Say, what will the silence be?
I know that no flower, no flint was in vain on the path I trod.
From: Burr, Amelia Josephine, Life and Living. A Book of Verse, 1916, George H. Doran Company: New York, pp. 15-16.
That barren symbol of a foe's defeat.
A witless struggle for a worthless prize!
Heedless, have set the circling world aflame?
From: Noakes, Vivian (ed.), Voices of Silence: The Alternative Book of First World War Poetry, 2006, Sutton Publishing: Stroud, Gloucestershire, p. [unnumbered].
Who lovers fain would be!


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The outer belt "fingers" are raked 20 degrees rearward to bite more positively into the snow. They are also staggered by one inch for better traction, and they're angled so they push the snow toward the center of the track. This gives the track something to bite instead of allowing the snow to escape, which helps to provide better floatation. The lug pattern repeats every 6 pitches.
When these two features (Attack 20 interior lugs with Fingers on the exterior) are placed together on a track, it seems to give the track great deep powder as well as hard snow performance. Our test riders were most impressed with this pattern during our multiple test sessions with Arctic Cat engineers in Idaho and Colorado. There might be a compromise here, but not very much. The sleds fitted with this track get up on the powder snow quickly, yet would bite very aggressively into hard snow conditions. We really think they have something here, but would still like to ride it in even broader conditions to really know for sure.
This new track also uses Camoplast's "Single Ply" technology to make it lighter weight and easier to turn, but it is about the same weight as the Camoplast Challenger that was on the 2008 models. Since riding this new track, every time we get on a 2007 or 2008 M-Series machine we wish they all had this new track installed.


Patty Simon has been making art all of her life. Simon's work spans drawing, painting, collage, mixed media, book arts, sculpture, video, textile work, and installations. She has been featured in numerous Boston Globe articles, as well as other media venues. In 2011 she founded the "You Are Loved – Pass It On" Project which aims to spread love around the world, one simple gesture at a time. She holds a BFA from Oklahoma State University and was a commercial artist with her own business for over ten years.
© Patty M Simon 2015. All Rights Reserved.


MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE: The Evolution of a Land Grant Philosophy, 1855-1925.
Photos, 11.5 x 8.5, green (of course) cloth, 547pp with index, covers lightly worn, ex-lib with usual markings, hinges loose, else a nice, bright copy in dust jacket (attached to edges of covers by cello tape). FIRST ED. Before it became Michigan State University.


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Historia de Amour is Yolandita Monge's twelfth (12th) studio album and second with CBS Records (now Sony Music Latin). It follows the same formula of her previous release and includes the hits "Serás Mío", "Perdóname Otra Vez", "Que Te Hice", and "Sí".   Monge won the Buga Festival in Colombia for composing and performing the song "Sí".

The album was re-issued on CD format in 1992 and it is currently out of print in all media formats. Several hits songs appear in various compilations of the singer available as digital downloads at iTunes and Amazon.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Vocals: Yolandita Monge
String Arrangements & Orchestral Direction: Héctor Garrido
Artistic Repertoire Coordinator: Sergio Rozenblat
Sound Engineers: Jack Sherdel, Eddie Trabanco, Steve Bravin
Mixing Engineer: Jack Sherdel

Photography: Lee Marshall
Make-up: Jane Pittman

Notes

Track listing and credits from album cover.
Released in Cassette Format on 1986 (DKC-10467).
Released in CD Format (Serie De Oro) on 1992 (CDB-80743).

References

Yolandita Monge albums
1981 albums


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Ariana Grande speechless after meeting Jim Carrey
Ariana Grande was left speechless after meeting Jim Carrey.
The 'Thank U, Next' hitmaker counts the comedic actor as one of her idols and got the chance to meet him when she filmed a guest appearance on the upcoming second season of 'Kidding'.
And after taking to Instagram on Wednesday (31.07.19) to share a picture of herself with the 57-year-old star, Ariana admitted words "can't cover" how happy she feels.
She wrote alongside the snap: "there aren't words. I've been staring at my screen and no words do this moment justice. thankful for the most special experience of my life. nothing is crazier than getting to work with and spend time with someone whom you've idolized and adored since before you could speak. actually, what's even crazier is discovering that person to be more special and warm and generous in person than you ever could've imagined. I get to make a tiny appearance on the hilarious and deeply moving show Kidding next season. this was a DREAM of an experience. thank you thank you thank you, Jim, and thank you, Dave, for having me. I have so much more to say but words actually can't …. cover it. "
Ariana, 26, has spoken of her love for the 'Mask' star in the past and even admitted her first AOL Instant Messenger name was jimcarreyfan42.
Back in June, she got a tattoo of a famous quote inspired by 'The Truman Show', which stars the Hollywood A-Lister.
The pair have met once before, and also shared an exchange on Twitter in April when Jim reached out to her after she praised him for his candid comments on depression.
Ariana posted images of his comments, and Jim wrote: ".@ArianaGrande I read your lovely mention of me and things I've said about depression. A brilliant teacher and friend, Jeff Foster were OG on the "Deep Rest" concept. I admire your openness. I wish you freedom and peace. I feel blessed to have such a gifted admirer. Happy Easter! (sic)"
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My mother is from Sweden and I went to high school there. When I was little I was the hostess at my families Scandinavian restaurant in Ririe, Idaho, USA. Where my families restaurant won a distinction award. My mother always raised us to celebrate our Swedish culture and traditions. We, therefore, celebrated Midsummer, Sankta Lucia and went to Sons of Norway.
I taught ESL and technical English Instruction in Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi-ken Japan. I learned to write over 200 Kanji. Sounds impressive but doesn't even qualify me for kindergarten in Japan. I speak Swedish, some Japanese and bits and pieces of various language. As I always think it is polite to ask a Frenchmen (if you are in France) "Do you speak English?" in French if you are in France. I try to be respectful of the country and culture I am visiting. I also think it is polite to at least say please and thank you in the language of the country you are in. Therefore I can say please and thank you in over 10 languages probably more.
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Walking from the village, you reach it from above or from the panoramic road, even on foot in a few minutes, it is the enchanting bay that opens just below the imposing Savoy Tower. Small but to be discovered, ideal for long swims and sea walks, perfect for children to fully enjoy the sea.
A short walk from the marina, you begin to see the beach, the sea is just around the corner. We call it informally "Gli scoglietti", (the little rocks) where children have always played and made their first dives, it is where you go to contemplate a sunset or watch the boats and the ferry cross the sea. A place of the heart.
There are two ways to reach the same destination, the beach and its salt lake, behind it you can see seagulls and maybe even a pink flamingo. Pearl white sand, transparent sea, sand dunes and pines, the sea breeze and the scents of the Mediterranean scrub.
It seems never-ending, it takes you up to the old tuna fishing spot, you shift your gaze and it offers a continuous change of scenery between stretches of white sand, tuff and granite rock, sand dunes, juniper trees and crystal clear waters that invite you to dive in. A paradise for everyone, nature lovers, sports enthusiasts, families and children.


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Stray dog poisoning video sparks Lebanon outcry
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Video shows dogs lying on their sides near a bowl of food shaking uncontrollably and frothing at mouth
Published: December 30, 2017 16:10 AFP
Beirut: Video footage of stray dogs apparently being poisoned by municipal staff has sparked a public outcry in Lebanon, with politicians rushing to post pictures of themselves with their pets.
The video, shot in the south Beirut suburb of Ghobeiry, shows the dogs lying on their sides near a bowl of food shaking uncontrollably and frothing at the mouth.
A municipal employee is then seen picking up their bodies and throwing them on the back of a pickup.
Welfare organisation Animals Lebanon, which posted the video, said it was seeking action from the government.
"This sickening level of abuse, torture, suffering and complete disregard for life and law is absolutely shocking," it said.
"We are communicating now with the minister of interior (Nohad Machnouk) to condemn such action and officially notify all municipalities that this is illegal and unacceptable."
Ghobeiry municipality said that it had suspended several staff members and opened a disciplinary investigation but denied any responsibility.
"This is an isolated villainous and reprehensible act carried out on the personal initiative of a number of health department staff," it said.
But the interior minister, who is responsible for overseeing local government, said that he had ordered an inquiry into the actions of the municipality.
President Michel Aoun posted a photograph of himself with his pet dog and a reminder that, under new legislation he signed into law in August, any action that causes suffering to animals is punishable by a fine of up to $13,000 (Dh47,710).
"Stray dogs may pose danger to people in several ways but the methods to resolve these cases are also numerous," he said.
"These methods are definitely not what we have witnessed on television and social media channels especially after the new animal protection law was signed earlier this year."
The leader of Lebanon's Druze community, Walid Jumblatt, posted a photograph of himself with his dog Oscar, describing the killing of strays as a "crime".
"If there is one creature to remind us of our humanity and to teach us faithfulness, love, loyalty and tenderness, it's the dog," the veteran lawmaker tweeted.
It is not the first time this year that there has been an outcry over the treatment of animals in Lebanon.
In January, the culling of hundreds of seagulls deemed a threat to flights at Beirut airport drew a torrent of criticism when activists posted pictures of the dead birds strewn on the ground after being shot by hunters.
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Shark-dragging video could spur action from Florida lawmakers
Posted By Jim Turner, the News Service of Florida on Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 12:19 PM
As state investigators seek more evidence from the public about a growing number of videos that showcase abuse of sharks, legislation may be filed that seeks to better define state wildlife laws.
"It is unfortunate that it takes events like this to bring to light other cruel animal abuses that occur on our waters," state Rep. Alex Miller, R-Sarasota, posted on Facebook last week in reaction to a video that showed a shark being dragged behind a boat at a high speed through Tampa-area waters.
The video has spurred social-media outrage and the circulation online of other videos and photos believed to be related to the people in the shark-dragging episode.
"If current law does not find this to be a prosecutable crime, I will present a bill this session that brings more clarity," Miller said in the post.
Miller's Facebook post came before the Manatee County State Attorney's Office and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Division of Law Enforcement announced Friday they hope for a "swift and lawful resolution" to the incident that sparked the online outrage.
Also, Gov. Rick Scott called on state wildlife officials to review fishing regulations after watching what he called a "disturbing video" showing a "hateful act."
"The brutality and disrespect shown to this animal is sickening and I am sure that you share my outrage over these individuals' heinous actions," Scott wrote to Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Chairman Brian Yablonski on July 28.
Yablonski responded that the commission will move forward to strengthen regulations where needed.
Among the other pictures and videos that have been circulated is a video showing a man firing two shots into a hammerhead shark that had been reeled to the side of a boat.
Hammerheads are among a number of shark species it is illegal to harvest in state waters.
The shark in the initial video may be a blacktip or spinner shark, which can both be caught. The blacktip is among 12 species in which the state has no size limits. Spinner sharks must be at least 54 inches to be pulled in.
In their joint statement, the FWC and the State Attorney's Office asked for public "understanding and patience."
"These investigations are complex, and both the FWC and the State Attorney's Office appreciate the public's understanding and patience," the statement said. "We take these incidents seriously, and this investigation is moving forward."
Miller said she expects that, "In the age of social media more and more of these incidents will come to light."
She noted that current law appears "pretty vague and doesn't address mistreatment of sharks, although it does include a list of sharks that aren't allowed to be harvested."
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'He's a really good coach who will improve us as a team massively. The club has shown really great ambition in luring him here,' said the England defender.
'He breeds confidence into players, he's helping to bring the younger players through, does a lot of work on the training pitch and his man management is really top. He's made a really big impact.
'Over the last four games, we've started to pick up results we've warranted.
'We're scoring the first goal in a lot of games which is really important so we can kick on and get a second and third.
Rodgers has won four of his five games since replacing Claude Puel after a last-minute defeat by Watford in his opening match.
'I think they'll be very hard to beat. They don't concede many goals and don't lose by many goals,' said the 26-year-old.
'They'll probably sit back in a low block and try hitting us on the counter attack.
'They're a good team, with a great manager and have had a good season. It'll be a tough game, but one that we're looking forward to.
'We've got to take each game as it comes. We've had a nice little run of fixtures and the boys have capitalised on them really well, winning four games on the bounce is a great achievement.


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#include <pluginlib/class_list_macros.h>
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#include <std_msgs/String.h>
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namespace apollo {
namespace drivers {
namespace gnss {

class TFBroadcasterNodelet : public nodelet::Nodelet {
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Home » Car Reviews » 2022 Peugeot 2008 to be launched in January – Landtrek pick-up coming in Q3, e-2008 EV in Q4 – paultan.org
2022 Peugeot 2008 to be launched in January – Landtrek pick-up coming in Q3, e-2008 EV in Q4 – paultan.org
Having launched its first Peugeot vehicles last month, the facelifted 3008 and 5008, new distributor Bermaz is now gearing up for a busy new year for the brand. According to an RHB Investment Bank analyst report, the company is set to introduce the new 2008 as soon as next month, with another two slated for later in 2022.
The B-segment crossover has already entered CKD local assembly at the Stellantis plant in Gurun, Kedah (formerly owned by Naza), with its first market being neighbouring Thailand. The car will likely share the same specifications across the region, powered by a 130 PS/230 Nm 1.2 litre PureTech turbocharged three-cylinder engine mated to a six-speed automatic gearbox.
As per Thailand, the car should be offered in Allure trim with full-LED headlights with "triple claw" daytime running lights, 17-inch Salamanca two-tone alloy wheels and keyless entry. Inside, there's push-button start, single-zone automatic climate control, leather upholstery, a ten-inch digital instrument display, a seven-inch infotainment touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, six speakers and a reverse camera.
The new 2008 will also be the first Peugeot offered in Malaysia since the 2015 308 to come with autonomous emergency braking, adding to the usual six airbags, stability control, lane keeping assist and blind spot monitoring. Traffic sign recognition and automatic high beam are also fitted.
While the 2008 is an natural addition to Peugeot's local lineup, you may be surprised to know that the French brand is also looking to take on the Toyota Hilux over here. The vehicle tasked with this enormous undertaking is the Landtrek, which is slated to arrive in the third quarter. We actually saw spyshots of this pick-up last year, so this news has been a long time coming.
Eagle-eyed readers will know that this not-so-Gallic truck is actually a rebadged version of the Changan Kaicheng F70, sharing much of the components barring the Peugeot-specific front end. It will almost certainly come with the sole available turbodiesel engine – a 150 hp/350 Nm 1.9 litre VGT mill – with the choice of a six-speed Getrag manual gearbox and a Punch automatic and either rear- or all-wheel drive.
Following shortly after it will be the e-2008, the electric version of the aforementioned 2008. Part of Bermaz's electric vehicle offensive (which also includes the Mazda MX-30 and Kia EV6), the car ditches the petrol engine in favour of a 130 hp/260 Nm motor, juiced by a 50 kWh lithium-ion battery. Range is quoted at 310 km on the WLTP cycle, although that has recently been bumped up to 345 km thanks to a few hardware changes aimed at improving efficiency.
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The Northern Office Launches New Website for AURA Hotels and Resorts
The Northern Office announced the launch of Asia's Unique Resort Alliance Hotels & Resorts (AURA) corporate website.
Angeles City, Philippines, May 11, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Philippine based Sales and Marketing Consultancy firm, The Northern Office announced today the launch of the new corporate website for Asia's leading hotel and resorts Consultancy and Management provider, Asia's Unique Resort Alliance Hotels & Resorts (AURA). The new website can be found at www.aurahotelsandresorts.com.
The newly developed website aims to serve as a resource center for information related to Hotels, Resorts, Restaurants managed by AURA and give highlights on AURA's years of excellence on Consultancy and Management Services.
John Joe Morgan, COO of The Northern Office commented:
"We are happy to announce the launch of the new AURA website. The new website is clean and professional looking like how we and the AURA wanted it. The TNO team did a really great job. We are confident that aside from improving the client's online presence, it also opens an opportunity to promote their business success and in the hotel and resort management services sector."
"As a firm that specializes in professional marketing strategy, website development and content development, we have created AURA's website based on their marketing needs that is expected to help increase its market awareness and achieve its business goals."
With its dynamic web development and content marketing team, The Northern Office made a user-friendly website that can serve as a good platform for target hospitality sector developers and owners to get information on the specialties and professional services that AURA have on their table.
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Asia's Unique Resort Alliance (AURA) Hotels & Resorts provides Specialist Consultancy and Management Services for Hotels, Resorts, Restaurants and the Hospitality Sector in general. AURA offers a team of experienced, talented, and highly capable professionals who, through a coordinated, multi-disciplinary approach, are able to conceptualize, define, create, pre-open, review and operate any leisure property.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics maker Panasonic forecast Friday it would log a record net loss of 780 billion yen ($10.2 billion) for the year through March, nearly twice its previous estimate, amid weak TV and mobile phone sales and restructuring costs.
Panasonic also blamed production disruptions from flooding in Thailand and declining sales of digital products.
The revised net loss figure is far larger than the company's previous worst loss of 427.7 billion yen logged for the fiscal year through March 2002, when it was still Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
For the October-December quarter, Panasonic reported a net loss of 197.6 billion yen ($2.6 billion). A year earlier, it had reported a net profit of 40 billion yen for the same quarter.
The yen's strength against the dollar and euro, which erodes foreign earned income when repatriated to Japan, also hurt income. Osaka-based Panasonic gets just under half its sales from outside the country.
Panasonic is in the middle of streamlining its businesses and cutting jobs after acquiring Sanyo Electronics Co. Some Panasonic and Sanyo products, including refrigerators and washing machines, overlap. Panasonic has said it hopes to focus on relatively new areas such as solar panels and expensive gadgets.
The larger projected annual net loss was linked largely to restructuring costs, from early retirement packages to impairment losses of fixed assets, it said in a presentation.
Quarterly sales declined 14 percent to 1.96 trillion yen.
Last month, Moody's Investors Service lowered its credit rating for Panasonic Corp. one notch, from A2 to A1, saying the company's financial strength has deteriorated since it acquired the remaining stakes in Sanyo Electric Co. and Panasonic Electric Works Co.


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