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The enlightenment ideals upon which the United States of America was formed came from philosophies dating back to antiquity. What has become known as the "American Experiment" – a constitutional republic whose principles are based on liberty and justice for all – has been tested since inception, both domestically and internationally, through protest, civil strife, and armed conflict. From the time this continent was called British America until now, our citizens have endured war over ninety percent of the time. Since 1776 only 21 years of our history are recorded as 'peacetime'.
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Oceanside, CA – May was a good month for big shows. The 22 exhibitions in the Trade Show Executive (TSE) Dashboard of Monthly Trade Show Metrics produced some solid percentage gains over May 2012, and it was quality growth centered on key major shows.
The number of exhibiting companies rose 2.9% in May compared to the same month a year earlier. The news was even better in the other metrics. Net square feet (nsf) of exhibit space climbed 3.3% and attendance jumped a solid 5% from 2012, one of the largest month-over-month increases in a year in which growth in the 2% to 3% range has been the rule.
Ten of the 22 Dashboard shows reported gains or held steady in all three metrics. Twelve shows, however, declined in at least one of the three metrics, with medical shows in particular taking a beating. Six medical shows faced declines, ranging from (1.4)% to a stinging (21.1)%. Some shows in retail, hospitality and energy also dropped significantly.
Seven of TSE's Dashboard shows in May were large enough to be ranked on the TSE Gold 100 list of the largest U.S. trade shows. Of the 22, a dozen were 100,000 nsf or larger. There were also eight shows on the TSE Fastest 50 roster of shows with the most robust growth.
For the Dashboard statistical analysis, TSE used adjusted figures, which excluded outliers. Four of the 22 shows were considered outliers and excluded because their gains or losses were dramatically atypical, with growth or contraction exceeding 25% in at least one of the Dashboard metrics.
As a result of subtracting the outliers from the totals, we calculated an adjusted total of 4,098,071 nsf of exhibit space, 13,220 exhibiting companies, and an attendance of 386,061 in the May Dashboard. The average show in May was 204,904 nsf, and drew 630 exhibiting companies and 19,303 attendees.
AISTech - The Iron & Steel Technology Conference & Exposition thrived in Pittsburgh, the steel industry's U.S. mecca. Exhibit space climbed 18.6% over last year's show in Atlanta, but attendance growth was the real star, up 89.3% to 8,270. A large menu of technical presentations helped lure a bigger crowd.
The American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting may have been down by three exhibitors compared to 2012, but attendance was up an amazing 25.5% to 13,949 in San Francisco. Sessions targeted issues related to diverse populations and also featured a special track on addiction.
Battcon International Stationary Battery Conference, organized in Orlando by Albercorp, a manufacturer of batteries, was a fairly small show at 25,000 nsf. But it grew a whopping 42.9% in nsf from last year and was coupled with a 7.1% increase in exhibiting companies.
GLM's International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City marked its silver anniversary with double-digit increases in exhibit space (13.8%) and attendance (12.3%), and an exhibitor count that was higher by a respectable 6.5%. "The extent of the show's global reach was stellar," said Alexandra Cabat, sales manager. "There were 230 first-timers on the show floor, plus an entirely new category of exhibitors: the fabricators." The increased presence of production-oriented exhibitors also included a demonstration area where attendees could see machinery and technology in action. Manufacturers were brought together with up-and-coming designers at the ICFF Studio, which provided GLM with another sponsorship offering.
The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) reported a growth rate of 17.2% in attendance, from 89,400 to 104,800, which was the second largest attendance in show history (See additional impressive gains under "Booming Big Shows" below).
The largest show on the Dashboard was RECon, The Global Retail Real Estate Convention, which also reported one of the larger increases in floor space among the May shows surveyed. The show ranked as the 8th largest show in the nation in the most recent TSE Gold 100 ranking. The International Council of Shopping Centers said its exhibit space expanded 7.2% this year and covered 793,200 nsf in three halls at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The number of attendees also increased 1.5% but the exhibitor count was off (4.4)% at 1,061. The growth of the show appeared to be tied to bullishness in the retail industry. Analysis presented at the show indicated major malls were enjoying enough of a rebound in business to attract big-ticket investors back into the shopping-center market.
RECon was not the only large, established show to win rave reviews in the Dashboard. Two other perennial Gold 100 events were also booming this Spring.
The OTC spanned a record-breaking 654,585 nsf of exhibit space, which was up 2.2% from 2012's floor. International companies made up 39% of the 2,728 exhibitors who set up shop inside and outside Reliant Park. Attendance participation — 104,800 delegates — was at a 30-year high.
The high price of oil has been justifying exploration in challenging waters, and that requires the cutting-edge gear on display at the OTC, which made the most recent rankings in the TSE Gold 100 (#19 in the rankings) and the TSE Fastest 50 (#43 in attendance growth). "Technology is at the heart of the offshore industry and it was all here on display at the OTC 2013," said OTC Chairman Steve Balint.
The National Restaurant Association (NRA) reworked its marketing campaign for the NRA Restaurant Hotel-Motel Show to focus on individual business issues affecting the restaurant business, including healthcare reform, sustainability and nutrition for children. The strategy raised the visibility of the education component at a time when the still shaky economy might make restaurateurs a little leery about capital investments.
The icing on the cake was a 1.7% increase in attendance, which topped 62,000, and a 6.7% increase in exhibit space to 579,330 nsf.
Las Vegas was as busy as ever in May and earned the top spot among Dashboard host cities. Five Dashboard shows totaling 1,826,286 nsf took place there during the month of May, including three Gold 100 events.
Chicago hosted the second-highest total of net square footage with two Dashboard shows — NRA Restaurant Hotel-Motel Show and the American Wind Energy Association's AWEA WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition — together totaling 746,930 nsf. Houston held the No. 3 spot by virtue of the OTC and its 654,585 nsf.
The Clean Show and Infocomm are also on the schedule along with the United States Bowling Congress Bowl Expo in Las Vegas.


Happy Friday to you all! It's been a really rough week here in Massachusetts. I have been running around all week trying to get more "stuff" outta my house, putting up two large lot auctions on eBay for a Stampers Dream Lot and Scrapbooking Dream Lot and trying to keep up with DD's mood swings. Arghh can we just say I am in desperate need of a vacation?
I love this box. It fits up to four cards nicely on each side (for pictures sake I only put one on each side). I made it to give to my mom for Valentine's Day.
I filled it with monogrammed note cards for her, using papers to match the box. I could even see giving a box like this with notes and a monogrammed candle in the center of the box for a birthday present. Also, next time I think I may use a scallop edge punch on the box top, like my threading water punch to give it a little extra flair.
For the cards inside I used SU Pink Pirouette CS for the card base and SU Chocolate Chip and Purely Pomegranate CS and Berry Bliss DSP for the accents. I used the Martha Stewart Monogram Set for the monograms.
For this box I used SU Chocolate Chip CS, SU Berry Bliss DSP, a 1/2" organdy ribbon and for the top of the box, I had some teardrop pearls from Michaels jewelry section that I threaded onto an eye pin.
Oh wow! How cool! You did a great job! TFS!!
Very Cute Box, I might have to give it a try!
wow!!! What a beautiful box, love the colors.
what a great box. love the paper!
WOW!!! I am so THRILLED that you found this! AND....I am going to have to CASE yours, because it is FANTASTIC!!!!
Great box! I have this paper and did not think it would look that great on a card. It is absolutely perfect for this. Thanks for sharing!
i looooove this!!!!! great idea, and I love that you used up your SU DP...I can't seem to use mine! I want to cry just thinking about cutting it up!
That box is beautiful!!! I wanna make one too now! TFS!
Beautiful! I love the colors and the pearls!
I absolutely adore this box and will be trying it out over the weekend tfs!!!
Gorgeous box! love the cards....excellent job!!!
Beautiful! What a wonderful gift.
What a great idea! Love the colors!!
What a neat presentation for your gift cards.
Great box, love the dp!
this is beautiful! Love the colors you used!
This is really cute! I might have to try something like this! Great job.


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VIDEO: Here's What The 2016 Song Of The Summer Will Be
Ralphie Aversa	— 08/07/2016 — Leave a comment
So what will the Song Of The Summer be in 2016? Funny you ask, I chatted about that Thursday on the PIX 11 Morning News!
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AUDIO: Here's How Justin Timberlake Keeps His Music From Leaking
Justin Timberlake made his fans wait almost seven years between the release of his third and fourth albums. In 2013, he dropped part one and two of "The 20/20 Experience" before embarking on both a solo world tour and a co-headlining stadium jaunt throughout North America with Jay Z.
He also became a father, as his wife Jessica Biel gave birth to son Silas last April.
So after a two-part album, a massive tour and a child, it was reasonable to expect that we wouldn't be hearing from Timberlake any time soon, especially given his previous hiatus.
But who says the music industry has to be reasonable?
Timberlake returned to the radio airwaves last Friday with the release of "Can't Stop This Feeling!" – an up-tempo, feel-good jam that has "song of the summer" written all over it. The song was literally written by JT along with super-producers Max Martin and Shellback. It serves as the first single from the upcoming soundtrack to the movie, "Trolls." Timberlake is a voice in the animated film and also takes on the roll of the movie soundtrack's executive producer. Other stars lending their voice to the film (along with their face to the song's music video) include Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden and the duo Icona Pop.
As for Timberlake's fifth studio album, the pop star has confirmed that it is in the works. An industry source said to possibly look for something in the release-heavy fourth quarter of this year. It seems that this time around, the LP is far from a covert-operation: JT has posted photos on his Instagram depicting him in the studio with both Timbaland and Pharrell, two producers he has history with. Timberlake has also been seen on Instagram with members of Little Big Town and on stage at the CMA Awards with breakout star Chris Stapleton.
"Uh, well… take your hard drive with you," was Justin's response on my radio show in September of 2013 when I asked him how he prevented "The 20/20 Experience" from leaking. "Can't Stop The Feeling!" found its way on to music blogs less than an hour before the originally scheduled iTunes release.
"That's a good question," he continued before joking, "I don't know how. I mean, we just threaten people!"
Timberlake's name and reputation alone command respect, and that was none-the-more evident in the reverence that radio stations exhibited when promoting and then playing the song. "Can't Stop" debuted on mainstream pop radio at an astounding 24. At adult pop radio, the song starts off at 19, a personal-high for Timberlake.
If early numbers are any indication, the song will serve as both a solid lead-in for the film, due in theatres November 4, and Timberlake's TBA LP.
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MEDIA MONDAY: TheKnockturnal.com's Shaina Moskowitz On Tribeca Film Festival
A friend of the show, TheKnockturnal.com Editor Shaina Moskowitz called in on this "Media Monday" to talk about her coverage of the Tribeca Film Festival, including an after-party with Jason Bateman that she invited yours truly to and a hilarious exchange she had with a one Justin Timberlake!
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LIFE AND STYLE WEEKLY: News On Avril Lavigne, Pitbull, Justin Timberlake
Life & Style Weekly reports that Avril Lavigne has been talking with her ex, Brody Jenner. Senior News Editor Jordi Lippe also chatted about Pitbull and Justin Timberlake on "Ralphie Tonight."
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LIFE AND STYLE WEEKLY: News On Justin Timberlake And Nick Cannon
Life & Style Weekly reports that Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel may be expecting. Senior Reporter Andrew Nodell also talked about Nick Cannon on "Ralphie Tonight."
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LIFE AND STYLE WEEKLY: Mini-N'Sync Reunion, Miley Moving, Bono Guitar Fetches $1 Mil
Life & Style Weekly reports that former N'Sync band-mates Justin Timberlake and Chris Kirkpatrick recently linked back up during JT's tour stop in Boston. Senior News Editor Jordi Lippe also talked about Miley Cyrus and U2's Bono on "Ralphie Tonight."
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VIDEO: The Best Celebrity Instagram Photos Of The Week : PIX 11 Morning News : 01/10/14
I joined the PIX 11 Morning News to chat about the best celebrity Instagram photos from the past week. Highlighted pics included celebrities like Justin Timberlake, Jessica Alba, and Neil Patrick Harris.
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INTERVIEW: One Direction's Niall Horan On Being Nominated With Taylor Swift And Justin Timberlake
One Direction's Niall Horan talked with me on the red carpet of the American Music Awards to talk about the band's new album Midnight Memories and their night ahead at the AMAs. The quintet performed "Story Of My Life" and took home an AMA. Horan also spoke about the group's nomination for Best Album Pop or Rock with Justin Timberlake and Taylor Swift.
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DAILY DOWNLOAD: Justin Timberlake – 'TKO'
Justin Timberlake will release the second half of songs he wrote over a year ago with Timbaland on September 30. It all happened during a whirlwind month when over 20 songs were worked on within a 30 day period. The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2 will actually feature 11 songs instead of 10 as on the first installment, because Timberlake simply wanted to release more of the music they created. On Friday, the second single from part two, "TKO," hit iTunes.
"Tim and I went in (to the studio) over a year ago with Rob Knox, Jerome Harmon… a bunch of great producers," said Timberlake via telephone on "The Ralphie Show" earlier this month. "I just told them, I said, 'Look, I don't have any expectations for this music even coming out. Let's just write a bunch of music and have fun doing it and keep it to ourselves."
Timberlake teased in an open letter to fans that the album only marks the second of four quarters in the process of his new journey. Outside of the LP, the only other known item on Timberlake's agenda is his upcoming solo arena concert.
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INTERVIEW: Justin Timberlake Says It Took 'NSYNC '10 Minutes' To Start Re-learning Dance Moves
Justin Timberlake is set to release The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2 on September 30. The album is the second installment of a group of songs that the superstar created over a year ago. At the time, there was a chance that the material would never see the light of day.
"Tim and I went in (to the studio) over a year ago with Rob Knox, Jerome Harmon… a bunch of great producers," said Timberlake via telephone on "The Ralphie Show," referring to producer Timbaland. "I just told them, I said, 'Look, I don't have any expectations for this music even coming out. Let's just write a bunch of music and have fun doing it and keep it to ourselves."
Joking that the group prevented leaks by simply taking their hard drives or threatening people, Timberlake and company went to work. They produced 30 songs in 20 days without even a murmur that something was brewing. The result is The 20/20 Experience, and an experience in creating music that pushed Timberlake in to a new mindset.
"I actually think taking such a conscious break from FutureSex/LoveSounds up until last year… you recharge your brain in a way where you come in with all of these ideas for songs," he reflected of the process. "I think that's why we ended up with so much material."
Originally The 20/20 Experience was to consist of 10 tracks on each of the proper, standard releases with bonus material on deluxe editions. The second LP now includes 11 songs on the final track listing because Timberlake simply wanted to share what he created. With the album and supporting solo tour on the horizon, the singer agreed that this entire year back in music has reinvigorated his interest and desire to write, record, release, and tour behind albums.
"I would go even further to say yunno, it's always been my first love," Timberlake noted. "I feel like now we have something to say, and that's why we decided this was the year to do it."
Timberlake also had a thing or two to say a few weeks ago during his performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. During his 15 minute medley, the singer replaced a line in "Sexy Back" with the adlib, "I still run this bitch!"
"Um, yeah… we get amped up some times," Timberlake said of the comment. "That's all I can say."
When asked about watching performances from Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Robin Thicke, and Kanye West before taking the stage and making the comment, he elaborated.
"I think all of those people you mentioned, on stage and off, we're different versions of ourselves," Timberlake explained. "It's meant to be taken with a grain of salt but if there was ever a time I guess I could proclaim that, it would be when you're mentioned in the shadow of Michael Jackson."
Following the performance, which also included a brief reunion of 'NSYNC, Jimmy Fallon presented Timberlake with the "Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award." The "Suit and Tie" singer took home four Moonman awards in all.
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Oblężenie Potidai – nieudana próba opanowania miasta Potidaja w 479 p.n.e. przez perski oddział Artabazosa w czasie II wojny perskiej.

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Artabazos wraz z 60-tysięczną armią towarzyszył Kserksesowi I w drodze do Hellespontu. Po wykonaniu tego zadania zawrócił do Tesalii, gdzie przebywały siły Mardoniusza. W drodze powrotnej zdecydował się jednak zająć Potidaję, której mieszkańcy zbuntowali się przeciwko władzy Persów. Miasto było położone w strategicznym punkcie: w najwęższym miejscu łączącym Półwysep Chalcydycki z Półwyspem Kasandra, na południe od Salonik. Część sił wydzielił jednak do oblężenia, leżącego ok. 16 km na północ Olintu, który dość szybko zajęto. Ocalałych mieszkańców utopiono na okolicznych bagnach, a pozostałości miasta oddano Chalkidyjczykom.

Początkowo, siły Artabazosa próbowały zająć Potidaję poprzez nakłonienie do zdrady sprzymierzonego z mieszkańcami wodza Skionajów – Timoksejnosa, ale podstęp ten się wydał. W tej sytuacji przystąpiono do oblężenia. Po upływie trzech miesięcy, miasto wciąż pozostawało niezdobyte, wiążąc w tym regionie znaczne siły Persów. Generał zdecydował się więc na wykorzystanie sił natury. W czasie wyjątkowo silnego odpływu, nakazał podległym mu ludziom atak na miasto od strony morza. Persom nie udało się jednak zakończyć przegrupowanie przed nadejściem – również wyjątkowo silnego – przypływu. Większość żołnierzy potopiła się, a pozostałych zmusili do odwrotu Potydejczycy, którzy dokonali niespodziewanego wypadu zza murów na swoich statkach.

Artabazos z resztkami sił musiał wycofać się do Tesalii.

Gwałtowne podniesienie poziomu wody w czasie oblężenia mogło być spowodowane pierwszym tsunami odnotowanym w czasach historycznych.

Bibliografia

 Smid T.C., Tsunamis' in Greek Literature [w:] Tegoż, Greece & Rome, vol. 17, No. 1, Cambridge 1970, s. 101-104.

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Ever since you were young, you had always dreamed of recording in a studio and today your dream is coming true: you won a 4 hour recording session from a local record label! As you clutch your guitar and walk through the doors, you notice the chic industrial decor of the recording studio. With exposed ceiling beams and piping, and graphite colored walls, you are definitely impressed. But what impresses you most of all is the Sierra Rustic Versailles pattern travertine mosaic tile. The cream and grey base of the tile is accented with rust and mocha colored clouds, brightening the room with every square foot. You look up and realize that you're standing at the entrance of the recording room; you look down at the Sierra Rustic Versailles pattern travertine, smile and walk in ready to take on the world.
Sierra Rustic, Chisled, Versailles Pattern travertine is perfect for floors and walls in any indoor and outdoor area. It is also wonderful for kitchen backsplashes and shower / bathroom walls.


This paper describes an innovative, interdisciplinary, project-based freshman course at North- western University — Engineering Design and Communication (EDC). The course fully integrates engineering design with freshman communication and is taught collaboratively by faculty from Engineering and from Arts and Sciences. Working on real projects for real clients, students acquire skills in communication, design, and teamwork and also come to see design and communication as complementary parts of the same iterative and creative problem-solving enterprise. We argue that this interdisciplinary approach improves the teaching of both communication and design and provides students with an exceptionally solid foundation for their future engineering courses and careers.


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For more than three decades, First Asia Venture Capital Inc. (FAVC) has built trust in the business community and created value through its various investments. This 2018, the company celebrates its 35th anniversary.
At present, the company is involved in freight forwarding (AFreight Asia Pacific Ltd. and AsiaFreight Logistics), real estate and asset management (Asset Growth Inc.), educational publishing (Diwa Learning Systems Inc.), electronics assembly for export (Fastech Microelectronics Inc.), education (FAITH Colleges), industrial ecozone development (Hermosa Ecozone Development Corporation), hotel and international hospitality management (Lima Park Hotel), aviation (Omni Aviation Corporation), security services (IXL Lima Security Group), construction (Agile Construction and Development Inc.), and laundry and dry cleaning services (Suds). It also supports the Philippine startup community through the innovation and startup hub, Brainsparks. In addition, the company also invests in education development initiatives through the Bato Balani Foundation Inc.
Established by Saturnino G. Belen 35 years ago, Team First Asia has become a diverse group of around 2,000 employees who are competent, committed to excellence, and consistent in what they do. Today, Mr. Belen serves as FAVC's chairman, while Brian L. Belen, PhD has been the president since 2015.
As FAVC marks its 35th year, it will be celebrating alongside the anniversary activities of some of its portfolio companies. These include a fellowship golf tournament for electronics companies on June 4, a concert to celebrate 25 years of AFreight's Singapore branch, an appreciation dinner for partners and suppliers on September 20, and a national gathering of teachers around the country. The celebration will also be an important part of this year's FAVC Network Games scheduled on November 10 and 17, and the Year-End Company Get-Together in December.


Imagine yourself 20 years from now. You have achieved success and are being honored with a painted portrait that will be hung in public. How would you pose? How would you be dressed? What expression would you be wearing and what would you do with your hands? What kind of setting would you choose? What objects would be near you? Remember, people's ideas of you will be forever based on this: who do you want to be?


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Kerewan är en ort i Gambia. Den ligger i regionen Upper River, i den östra delen av landet,  km öster om huvudstaden Banjul. Kerewan ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare var  vid folkräkningen 2013.

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Garry Sobers has declared that Shane Warne was overrated and he believes Subhash Gupte, who played for India during the 1950s, was a better legspinner than Warne. Sobers made the assessment in a new book titled In a League of Their Own: 100 Cricket Legends Select Their World XI, where he also delivered a jab at Geoff Boycott's batting style.
"Someone who is called great from today's game is Shane Warne, but I have got my reservations about Shane," Sobers wrote in the book's foreword. "I think he is a great bowler, but I'm not sure how well he compares with spinners overall. I think people get carried away with this man's ability as he hardly ever bowled a good googly.
"To me, Shane Warne is a great turner of the ball. I like his aggressive attitude, I love the way he attacks batsmen and I give him 100% for that as not enough spinners bowl with that approach, but in my estimation Subhash Gupte was a better legspinner."
Sobers and Warne were both selected among the five Wisden cricketers of the century in 2000, along with Don Bradman, Jack Hobbs and Viv Richards. Gupte played 36 Tests from 1951 to 1961 and finished with 149 wickets at 29.55; he only once dismissed Sobers in the five Tests in which they met.
Sobers also aired his thoughts on the batting of Boycott, who along with Ken Barrington was the batsman Sobers dismissed the most times in Test cricket. Boycott only ever made ten ducks in Test cricket and three of those came against the bowling of Sobers.
"Geoffrey was a great player in his own style," Sobers wrote. "He played within his limitations and didn't take too many chances with good balls or even half-good balls. Great players have to take good balls and turn them in to bad balls, but Geoff never seemed to be able to do that."


Taking into account the restraints imposed by the economic and financial environment at the national level, it is necessary to promote a rational use of resources, prioritizing the main action lines in the energy efficiency and renewable energies production areas thus guaranteeing the pursuit of a national sustainable strategy for these two areas that is aligned with the evolution of the economic and technological setting that shall mark the next decade.
The energy efficiency actions to be implemented shall cover all sectors of economy but priority shall be given to the most important energy consumption sectors with special emphasis on companies and transports.
On the other hand, investment on the implementation of smart systems since they allow obtaining a more adequate balance between supply and demand of energy to the grid, with consequent efficiency gains and the resulting economic and environmental advantages for the national electric system.
In Madeira, there are also investments foreseen for the use of hydroelectric energy.
Support to Energy Services Companies in AC projects.
Use of more efficient equipments allowing to reduce final energy consumption (e.g. efficient lighting; efficient windows, efficient insulation, residential thermal solar systems).
Pilot project of smart grids as fulfilment of Directives 2006/32/EC and 2009/72/EC covering cities.
Support the implementation of energy efficiency measures and public transport consumptions rationalisation.
Measures and actions to promote electric mobility on a national level.
Measures and actions of national promotion of electric mobility.


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Marisol was of great assistant during the start-up period of our business in Miami. Additionally she performs accounting/bookkeeping services and has assisted with logistics in regards to International Trade issues.


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Sartell Police Chief Jim Hughes is set to retire later this year after 32 years with the department.
Hughes informed Sartell City Council of his decision at Monday night's meeting. He plans to retire March 31.
Hughes started out as a patrol officer in Kasson, Minnesota an was later an interim Chief for the City of Claremont. He started with the Sartell Police department in 1991, holding positions such as field training officer, sergeant and lieutenant. He was served as chief for the last 19 years.
"My favorite part of being with the Sartell Police Department is that we've remained committed to our community via outreach programs and the interactions we have with residents on a daily basis," Hughes said in a release from the city. "I wish people knew all of the 'extras' officers do like shoveling walkways, getting a front door donated for someone in need, stopping for a quick snowball fight with youth, and many other things that go unseen. Officers aren't looking for gratitude, it's just the type of officers we have working at Sartell PD and I am so proud of that."
In the release, City Council and City staff thanked Hughes for his "32 years of dedication to the Sartell Community."
The Sartell City Council will discuss next steps in finding a new Police Chief in the coming weeks.


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Junior Matt Wildman preps bikes before they're distributed to residence halls. Bikes are now available for rent at front desks.
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Bikes at Taylor have endured many hardships in the past, but The UpCycle Project hopes to save them through the return of the Taylor Taxi program.
Through Taylor Taxi, bikes are now available across campus for students to rent for a 30-hour period. This is part of Professor of Geology and Environmental Science Mike Guebert's long-term efforts to make Taylor a certified bike-friendly campus.
If anyone is in need of a bike, students can now go to their residence hall's front desk during the operating hours of 2 p.m. to 12 a.m., pay a dollar and leave their name. They then will be given a lock and operation of the bike until 12 a.m. the following day.
Junior Matt Wildman is the newest student hire of the program after responding to an ad in the student announcements. His sister was on campus when the Taylor Taxi program existed, the previous bike-sharing service. When the opportunity presented itself for Wildman to join, he jumped at the opportunity.
"I saw an email in the student announcements of Dr. Guebert who was looking for student workers to work on bikes," Wildman said. "It was perfect."
Taylor Taxi started in 2015 through a group project in the Environmental Science Society and Sustainability class. The program placed 40 bikes across campus with free for student use. However, because students did not have any financial obligation to care for them, many ended up in trees and lakes, and others were never seen again. At the end of the year, only half were in working condition.
In the following years, the bikes were available under lock and key for two weeks at a time. The problem was the program was not sustainable, as revenue was needed in order to maintain the bikes. For the last two years, they were available for $20 a semester.
This year, Guebert is hoping that easily accessible bikes for short periods of time will encourage students to ride a bike instead of driving.
Geubert and Director of Residence Life Scott Barrett, who has helped residents halls reestablish the program personally participate in this by riding their own bikes to work each day.
"If you think about it in terms of sustainability, we're thinking of people, planet and profit," Guebert said. "It's an advantage to people for their health and your well being, your social engagement."
The Taylor Taxi program is a way for students to practice sustainability and to help contribute to its continued success.
Freshman Josiah Gritter strongly encourages students to get this program off the ground by helping in any way they can.
"If you have bikes that you're not using or you're getting rid of, or you know someone with free bikes, we will gladly take bikes to implement so that there's more," Gritter said.
Guebert wants to encourage students at Taylor to consider the amount they drive and their carbon footprint as a whole. He is currently working with students to work toward making Taylor's campus certifiably bike-friendly.
This may be a long process, but there are existing steps on campus to work towards this. Student usage of the Taylor Taxi program is the first step.
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Why our times desperately need the economics of optimism
October 15, 2018 economic history, Economics, politicsAyn Rand, Beveridge Report, Billionaires, Catholicism, economics of pessimism, J.M.Keynes, Marie Le Pen, Michael Polanyi, National Rally France, Original Sin, Theresa May, Thomas Malthus, Trickle Down Theoryangrytunbridgewells
Economics can be categorised and divided in a number of ways, but one the most fundamental divisions in economics is between that of the economics of optimism and that pessimism. Quite simply the first tells you how to do things and the second why should not attempt to do things. The former is the economics of change, the latter is the economics of no change. Usually the first is associated with left of centre politics and the latter with right of centre politics. Possibly the best example of the latter is the current policy of austerity practised by the Conservative government. They can say no too many desirable things such as more spending of health care on the grounds that there is no extra money to finance such spending. In the words of the Prime Minister Mrs May, there is no 'money tree'. They prioritise sound finance over other social goods. In contrast the social democrats or socialists would ask the question, how can we raise more money to finance increased spending on health.
Usually the economics of pessimism holds sway in economics, so I will explain that first. One of the earliest exponents of this school was the clergyman Thomas Malthus. The originator of the theory of diminishing returns. He stated quite simply that there was a finite quantity of productive resources and if the population increased indefinitely the same quantity of wealth would be divided between more and more people and so each successive generation would have less than the previous. There was he believed a saviour which prevented the mass impoverishment of all, a natural system of checks and balances that kept the population numbers in check. These were disease, famine and war.
Today's economists of pessimism believe that there is a similar limit on to the good things in life and for the sake of the well being of society the poor must be denied a fair share of these good thins. There is just not enough to go around. Far better that wealth is restricted to the deserving few, the wealth creators, without whom we would all go hungry. These are the billionaires that the popular right wing novelist Ayn Rand lauds in her books. Wealth is the just reward for their zeal and enterprise. She does not deny that the masses deserve some share of the wealth. However all they are entitled to are the 'crumbs' that fall from the rich man's table. What these economists call the trickle down theory.
In the simple story told by Ayn Rand, if the super rich were prevented from enjoying their obscene wealth, they would cease in their work of wealth creation. In one of her books she describes how the billionaires disappear from society and go into hiding. Without their enterprise societies collapse and thousands of the poor starve to death. Only when the billionaires cease their strike do things return to normal and the surviving poor are now able to benefit from that minimal income that the generous billionaires think they deserve.
There is interestingly another strand to this economics of pessimism, traditional Catholicism of the Catholic ultras. This although a Christian philosophy of life and economics, is in practical terms is little different from that of Ayn Rand. Mankind they believe is corrupted by original sin and human society is but a corruption construction made by sinful man. Any attempt to reform or improve this damned and corrupt society is doomed to failure. Only God has the power and knowledge to create the good society, or heaven on earth. Any attempts to redistribute are income doomed to failure by the very nature of this dysfunctional society. They are likely to have the unintended consequence of making things worse for all as increased taxes to will add to the costs of production so making businesses inefficient so reducing output making all poorer. All that is permissible is individual acts of kindness or charity. In a corrupted society inequality is inevitable, as are the vast inequalities of wealth and income. Changing or improving a society of people damned with original sin is impossible and should not be attempted.
Although the economics of pessimism has usually been the dominant mode of economics, there was a brief period during the 1950s and 60s, when the reverse is true. Usually this philosophy is associated with J.M.Keynes, but there were others such as Michael Polanyi. Briefly economic practice was directed to making and preserving the good society or the welfare state. Economic policy making was intended to five combat what William Beveridge defined as the "Giant Evils" in society: squalor, ignorance, want, idleness, and disease. Perhaps for the first time in its history the economy was directed in a manner which benefited the majority of people rather than the lucky minority.
Then when the economic crisis of the 1970s hit the Western economies it was easy for the economists of pessimism, to demonstrate that the crisis was caused by the profligate spending urged on governments by the economists of optimism. Since then the pessimists have prevailed.
Now when faced with a crisis in Western economies, economies that fail to generate sufficient employment and income to meet the needs of their people, government policy can be summed up as either 'can't do' or 'won't do'. As the governments have shown little interest in the welfare of their peoples, populist movements have developed. Movements that threaten governments with their ideology of economic pessimism. European right wing populist movements with the exception of the British, are threatening to intervene in the economy to protect and maximise the welfare of the people. If governments persist with their policies of 'can't and won't do', they will be replaced by those that can. What the populists of both the right and the left espouse is an economics of optimism or more simply the economics of 'can do'. While some doubts must be expressed about the politics of the populists, what they do believe is that governments need an activist economic strategy. If the National Rally of Marie Le Pen ever attain power they will find that they need to intervene in business to protect the welfare of the people of France. Employment protection measures will be re-introduced, employers will find it impossible to pay less than a living wage. Taxes will be increased on business to finance health and social care. Policies that are normally associated with the left. Societies may become less free and more intolerant but people will accept that if it means a better standard of living. What is forgotten is that the popularity of Hitler in Germany came improving the material well being of the German people. In return they tolerated the cruelties and barbarism of the Nazis.
Thinking ourselves into poverty
October 22, 2014 Economics, Philosophy, Politics#austerity, #economicsodpessimism, Aristotle, Aristotle's mean, Economic Determinism, economics of pessimism, Hegel, human sacrifice, Mayan Culture, phenomenology, unemploymentangrytunbridgewells
If there were two words that I could use to describe the current state of economic thinking, they would be pessimism and helplessness. All economists can offer is an indefinite period of continuing misery, which they call austerity and that this misery is unavoidable and necessary given the conditions that prevail in the world economy. The Europeans in particular must suffer for indulging in a frivolous life style in which they squandered money on welfare, education and health services, money which would have been better spent on investing in industry. Now it's payback time. What Europeans did not realise that there is an economic Darwinism, that governs the world economy. Those nations that are uncompetitive fall by the wayside and must suffer the consequences of which the main one is a dramatic fall in living standards. Europe having become uncompetitive through increasing its labour costs by taxing employers to pay for welfare spending etc. must now pay the price. The price is increased unemployment, poorer working conditions and lower pay and only then will Europe become competitive in the world economy.
What economists never say is that they are advocating for Europe a return to what used to be called the 'second world' standards. In the initial period after the Second World War there was a category of development status between first and third world, it was the second world. Second world economies were those of Eastern Europe where the standard of living was modest, people were poor but not in want, that is they were fed, housed and clothed but lived a life devoid of luxuries such as car ownership. Labour was cheap in these countries and businesses would never lose out to foreign rivals because of high costs.
The best way of understanding contemporary economics is by way of metaphor, contemporary economists can be compared to high priests in the blood stained Aztec, Mayan and Inca cultures. Then the people believed that the natural catastrophes that they suffered were the actions of malevolent Gods, who punished the people for offending them. Only the priests understood how to manage these supernatural malevolent forces which was through human sacrifice. The priests decided when sacrifice was necessary and how many should perish. The Mayan had one cruel ritual in which two teams of young men played a form of hand ball, in which the losing team were beheaded. This ritual blood letting would appease the Gods and stop them inflicting suffering on the Mayan people as a whole. Today rather than priests it is the economists who understand and manage the malevolent forces that threaten our well being. Only they have the knowledge necessary to appease the angry Gods of the free market and that is yet another form of human sacrifice. Fortunately the sacrifices to be made are of income not life. People must be prepared to accept drastic cuts in their standard of living for the betterment of all. In a world beyond human control the only way to control or assuage those violent forces that threaten human well being is to appease the Gods of nature or market through human sacrifice.
There is a crude economic determinism that governs economic thinking. People are pawns in the game of competing market forces, if those forces turn against a people they must expect to suffer. Economists can read the runes and advise that sacrifices have to be made to avoid the direst of economic consequences. Any reading of an economics textbook demonstrates the view that the economy is a force outside or beyond human control, and that human life must be managed according to its dictates. There are the laws of supply which demonstrate that if prices are too high (incomes) demand will fall and products will remain unsold (unemployment). Only when prices (wages) are cut will demand rise (employment levels increase). This even has a name it's called Say's Law.
One example is the economic austerity that is deemed necessary to reduce the out of control government deficit. It makes sense that if we reduce our spending our debts are reduced and as government debt total is about 80% of GDP, obviously we the British must cut our spending until the debt is back under control. Actually this is nonsense economists are lying. They are well aware of the much greater national debt and that is the one run up by the banks which totals about 400% of GDP. If the UK GDP was £1.5 trillion government debt would total £1.2 trillion while bank debt would total £6 trillion. Economists rarely mention the latter, it is deemed irrelevant relevant to their analysis. What matters is not the truth but what authoritative voices say is the truth. Economists as with the ruling caste of priests in Mayan culture could manipulate data to further their interests. If there was a bad harvest the solution was not to arrange a fairer distribution of food, but to appease the Gods by increasing the number of human sacrifices. Economists as with the Mayan priests practice a philosophy of non answers, ritual substitutes for action. Enforcing a policy of austerity on the majority benefits the economists and the financial elite of which they are members, as it is a ritualised substitute for taking sanction action against the real debt, bank debt. Cutting bank debt would mean reducing the cash balances of the banks and as the largest depositors are the rich they would suffer disproportionately.
Rather than seeing us as the victims of economic forces beyond our control, the economy should be seen as a human creation subject to human control. The economy is a organised set of human relationships designed by people to achieve particular ends. If it is a human creation, it is infinitely malleable and it can be designed to serve a variety of ends. Either the economy is designed to benefit a privileged elite or to benefit the majority. There are
There are other ways of understanding of economics other than accepted Neo-Liberal model. To outline the alternative I want to borrow from the writings of the 19th philosopher Hegel on phenomenology. He believes what we experience as reality, is reality as perceived through our conscious mind a reconstruction of reality, nothing more. We live in the world of our imagination. Hegel's theory of phenomenology is fraught with difficulty when applied to the natural world, as our perceptions of cold and heat are not subjective. However it does offer insights into understanding society, something not visible but understood through our consciousness. Is it not true that we know the social world subjectively? It is a projection of our minds, yet it is also a imagining rooted in the common reality of our culture. If we admit that any individuals understanding of society is subjective, the apparent realism of free market economics with their laws of supply and demand disappears, it becomes just one of many understanding of social reality. Admittedly an understanding that one of the most authoritative groups in society that the interlocking elites of economists, financiers, traders and economists. There can therefore be other equally valid understandings of the economy. Why should the understanding of Andy Haldane (Senior Bank of England economist) be privileged over the understanding of a joiner, engineer or doctor. This economists understanding of the economy is but one of the valid views, there is no reason why the joiner should not have an equally valid of the economy. What I have in mind is the ends or purposes of an economy, rather than the techniques of economic management, in which Andy Haldane will be superior. Ends do inform technique so the separation is not complete. The joiner would see making people unemployed in large numbers as an invalid technique of economic management.
Rather than there being one authoritative understanding of economics there needs to be an acceptance of their being a number of equally valid interpretations. In a free society there would be representatives of different economic understandings participating in the political debate that decides economic policy making; instead of as in the UK where only representatives of the Neo-Liberal economic tendency are heard in the political debate. Holders of dissenting views are not usually imprisoned in the UK, the exception being is if their campaigning is perceived to be too,effective. Yesterday representatives of Occupy London and Jenny Jones London Green Party Assembly member were arrested for demonstrating in Parliament Square and intimidating the MP's going about their business. Other ways are usually found to exclude or marginalise holders of dissenting views.
In a democracy the economic understanding of the economist or financier would be challenged by the holder of an alternative view. The financier would want freedom from regulation which which restrict their entrepreneurial activities arguing that by so doing the society as a whole would benefit from their wealth creating activities. This would be opposed by a trade unionist who would argue that the removal of restrictions on the entrepreneur would harm the community. They may want to use low cost methods of manufacture that are dangerous and pose a threat to the health of the workers. They may want freedom to employ labour as and when they need them, but the trade unionist would point out that this would be extremely harmful to the individual worker who would be denied a regular wage with which to support their family. The needs of people cannot be switched on and off to suit the whims of an employer. While neither side would ever accept the standpoint of the other a compromise could be achieved whereby the excesses of each could be curbed. A process not too similar Aristotle's mean, whereby he saw virtue situated between two extremes. Courage was the virtue equidistant between foolhardiness and fear. Courage has elements of both, the courageous person knows fear but has the ability to overcome those fears. Perhaps the ideal state is one that practises Aristotle's mean, all be it an economic mean.


I was very happy to see so many viewers that had the same feeling as I did about the Eleventh Hour. Initially I posted a note on Twitter for all EH lovers to protest CBS' cancellation of the show. I've seen their fall line up and evidently in spite of all the correspondence that has been sent and the opinions that have been posted, CBS still does not have EH on it's fall schedule.
I think there are shows that have outlived their time and these are the ones that should be cancelled. If we continue to watch them and keep the rating up, they will never be cancelled. Survivor is top on my list followed by Cold Case, Big Bang and How I met Your Mother. I could go on, however, I would like to point out that CBS made the same mistake with JAG. Viewers were able to get that show back on the air and it was sucessful for many seasons.
They even brought back the "New adventures of Old Christine", which in my opinion could have stayed on the shelf. I don't think CBS gave EH a chance to be successful just as it doomed "The Unit" and "Without a Trace", by continuely changing thier time slots. Some of you may like the shows that I have mentioned and you should continue to watch them . However, If you are watching them out of hahbit and the show no longer interests you, please stop watching.
Also, I hope we all make use of the addresses for CBS and other networks that have been provided. while all the high tech stuff is great, I think spending .42 for a low tech stamp and inundating these stations with letters can be just as powerful. Thanks for reading (listening).
I certainly know, most of us here will be waiting and watching CBS's new Fall shows sink like rocks! I have not watched one second of CBS since The Dark Day in May.
It's great to have you as a part of this fight to bring back out favorite show!
Believe me, you're in good company. Eleventh Hour was the only series I was watching on the 'Evil Eye' after the original CSI took a nosedive with Sara's departure and Warrick's death. After suffering through this exact same problem (one promising season followed by a cancellation) with Moonlight last year, and I've given up on the network. If they can't listen to their fans, they don't deserve to have them.
The Creative Curses for Use Against CBS thread. Enjoy!!
love11rufus wrote: I was very happy to see so many viewers that had the same feeling as I did about the Eleventh Hour.
Yes, you have indeed come to the right place! Welcome!!
love11rufus wrote: Initially I posted a note on Twitter for all EH lovers to protest CBS' cancellation of the show. I've seen their fall line up and evidently in spite of all the correspondence that has been sent and the opinions that have been posted, CBS still does not have EH on it's fall schedule.
We had a "Renewal Campaign" going on with daily correspondence as well as sending CBS watches set on "11" letting them know how much we loved the show and wanted it renewed. We all know the result.
love11rufus wrote: I think there are shows that have outlived their time and these are the ones that should be cancelled. If we continue to watch them and keep the rating up, they will never be cancelled. Survivor is top on my list followed by Cold Case, Big Bang and How I met Your Mother. I could go on, however, I would like to point out that CBS made the same mistake with JAG. Viewers were able to get that show back on the air and it was sucessful for many seasons.
I think you will find that many of us have stopped watching CBS since May 19th, the day we all 'found out for sure'. But I am glad you brought this up and hope that it will convince any and all of our fellow members to stay away from CBS. As much as possible. I, for one, will no longer watch them at all.
Also, thanks for bringing up JAG. I know many of us are aware, but it is such a positive thing to know and realize, as we go about our activities with this Campaign.
love11rufus wrote: Also, I hope we all make use of the addresses for CBS and other networks that have been provided. while all the high tech stuff is great, I think spending .42 for a low tech stamp and inundating these stations with letters can be just as powerful. Thanks for reading (listening).
I agree! We need to send the letters out via 'snail mail' as much as we can.
Thank you for all your thoughts; they are appreciated and understood. Please share them as often as you can.
Boycotting doesn't do anything anyway... so, yeah, I'm not giving up TBBT and Criminal Minds, ESPECIALLY since I'm Canadian. I mean, really, the only people who can make a statement by boycotting the networks are the Neilsen families, amirite? And as a Canadian, I count even less than a non-Neilsen American.
Just my two cents. And I hate boycotting in general, so, yeah.
PS: wrong category, moving it to The Show now.
I saw the "locked thread".
I knew as our hard-working moderator you would move the well intended posts to keep everything organized. But, please don't forget these people are here to help us bring back EH. We appreciate everyone and what they have to say and all the effort they bring to the Campaign!
I'm the one that called Nikki in on the redundant threads. It's much easier and less headache-inducing to navigate an organized, streamlined forum than one with posts coming out of it's ASCII. Keeping the forums organized and minimally cluttered will provide a more comfortable and welcoming environment in the long run. We've got plenty of categories and places to post, and we're always interested in what our members, new or old, have to say.
I noticed the un-needed new threads right away. I have moderated forums myself.
I am just concerned that the tone seemed a tad hostile toward new posters.
She's tired. Poor little computer-scientist isn't used to exercise, Can we cut her a little slack just this once?
Haha, 'sokay. I actually meant to lock the eleventh hour thread ages ago - I just forgot since it got buried and stuff. But, well, necroposting, yay. So I just locked it now so that I would remember (what? It's a redundant topic anyway!)... whiiiich I shoulda explained in the post. Sorry. Will go do that.
And, yes, I was snappy and I am still snappy so I'm just going to shut up now and say sorry, but I just don't have it in me to be super nice and forgiving at the moment.
Perhaps if you considered starting a 'Forum Etiquette' thread up top along with the Rules?
I'm sorry to inform everyone, but it will be too hard for me to stop watching CBS entirely. The Late Late Show is the only show that I will ever watch on CBS again. I usually do not get home in time to watch Conan, and I refuse to waste another minute of time watching Jimmy Fallon's disatrous attempt to convince people that he can entertain. I almost feel that watching Craig Ferguson is a betrayal to this cause, but every time he makes a crack at CBS, which is usually on a nightly basis, I can feel somewhat better about watching the guy. It is a short boring story, but he is technically the reason I started watching the Eleventh Hour remake to begin with. My loyalty is to Ferguson, not CBS. He has genuinely earned it, and I am sticking with him...for now. You can believe that I will go to extremes to avoid all sponsors of the Late Late Show though.
BTW, don't worry I am not part of the Nielsen system. CBS gets nothing from moi.
? wrote: I'm sorry to inform everyone, but it will be too hard for me to stop watching CBS entirely. The Late Late Show is the only show that I will ever watch on CBS again. I usually do not get home in time to watch Conan, and I refuse to waste another minute of time watching Jimmy Fallon's disatrous attempt to convince people that he can entertain. I almost feel that watching Craig Ferguson is a betrayal to this cause, but every time he makes a crack at CBS, which is usually on a nightly basis, I can feel somewhat better about watching the guy. It is a short boring story, but he is technically the reason I started watching the Eleventh Hour remake to begin with. My loyalty is to Ferguson, not CBS. He has genuinely earned it, and I am sticking with him...for now. You can believe that I will go to extremes to avoid all sponsors of the Late Late Show though.
Salty, I think you are ok there. As long as we all agree to try our best to "dislike CBS in the most extreme way", we are all of the same mindset!
And I know that each and every one of us is not gonna being "helping" CBS in any way. The "Evil Eye" has its reckoning coming. You watch your guy and I can only hope that his jokes against CBS get worse and more numerous!
I think *everyone's* jokes about CBS will be getting more numerous before long .
And is anyone here actually Nielsen??
So, yes, half of us are non-American.
Just because it's interesting and I love the feature, Traffic on FF.net informs me that Minutes in Hours has had visitors from, among others, Croatia, Peru, Finland, Panama, Cyprus, and the Czech Revar.
I wonder if EH is actually broadcast/viewable in all of the above areas?
Peru and Panama and the rest of the Latin American countries are able to watch EH on WB. They showed a mini-marathon last Saturday (they only showed Subway, Olfactus and Medea, which I watched by the way).
Once I read at the tv.com forums someone from Turkey was able to watch the show, but I'm not sure how many European countries watch it aside from Spain and The UK.
I won't download any show from CBS ever again.
Hey, I get CBS and I'm in Canadia! But lots of people in Europe will torrent American tv and stuff, so it doesn't surprise me that people from strange countries are reading EH fic.
Of course it has nothing to do with my writing, . Just that they've torrented the show and like it.
Nikki... that was me fishing for compliments. You weren't supposed to agree, .


Planning a trip to New York City? Below you will find a handful of the top attractions, places to see, and which neighborhoods in New York to visit during your vacation.
The financial district or better known as Wall Street encompasses the entire southern tip of Manhattan and is considered the economic capital of the country.
You should take a trip to Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan for a stroll through flower gardens and waterfront landscape. Catch a ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island to learn about immigration to the United States through NYC.
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See what all the excitement is about at the headquarters of the New York Stock exchange. Stop by the impressive federal Hall building and be sure not to miss 40 Wall Street.
Little Italy and Chinatown are two distinct neighborhoods that represent two different cultures with an emphasis on one common thing. That thing being delicious, ethnic food.
Be sure to stop by Mott and Grand Streets for exotic food stands busy markets and little shops. If you want a little cultural perspective and for a better understanding of Chinatown, the world's largest Chinatown outside of Asia, visit the Museum of Chinese in America.
Check out the boutique shopping scene in NoLlta (North of Little Italy). Then head to grab some delicious Italian cultured food at any of the popular restaurants along Mulberry Street. Then poke around the specialty shops to see all the imported Italian treats.
After you've shopped and tasted your way through the North of Little Italy, head to the Italian American Museum for a cultural account of Italian immigration to the United States.


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Michael Chabon And Ayelet Waldman Sign Deal With CBS, Will Not Showrun 'Star Trek: Picard' Season 2
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Michael Chabon and his wife Ayelet Waldman have signed a multi-year production deal with CBS TV Studios. Their first project for CBS is a series adaptation of Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, which will be produced by Paramount Television and air on Showtime. Alex Kurtzman and Akiva Goldsman will serve as executive producers on the project.
The literary spouses had previously entered the world of television with their Netflix limited series Unbelievable, which was just nominated for four Golden Globes.
Changing role for Picard
Chabon will step down from his showrunning duties on Star Trek: Picard, which has completed production of its first season and is expected to return for a second. Chabon will stay with the series until he transitions to full-time show running of Kavalier and Clay when it ramps up in 2020. Deadline reports that he will remain creatively involved with the show as an executive producer.
Michael Chabon and Alex Kurtzman have a meeting during the production of Star Trek: Picard season one in May 2019.
Star Trek: Picard will be released in January 2020. It will be available on CBS All Access in the USA. CTV Sci-Fi Channel (formerly called Space) and CraveTV in Canada, and on Amazon Prime Video for the rest of the world.
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This is not good news. Michael Chabon seemed to be really putting his imprimatur on PICARD.
While I don't disagree…CBS must have been really impressed with the work on Picard.
And there are plenty of great Show Runners out there I'm sure that will be ready for season two.
We have only seen a few trailers for Picard. I think its a bit premature to judge if this was good news or not. I do agree, that it PROBABLY isn't good news based on the other writers. But since we haven't seen the show yet we really have no idea.
Jefferies Tuber
He already mapped out several seasons, as described in a previous interview. Keep your shirt on.
'Drew
My shirt is going to be off should Season 1 prove to be phenomenal. Why? Because I know how this goes. New runner comes in and throws out all the old work because they have their own ideas.
That is hopefully where Patrick Stewart's influence should kick in to stop erratic on the fly story decisions being made.
alphantrion
I think they should just get Jonathan Frakes for the new showrunner position. Experienced with Trek and a good friend of Mr Stewart. I think it might be a good, new experience for him.
alastair87
Perhaps, though I'm not sure Patrick Stewart's creative decisions regarding Star Trek have held quite the same merit as his acting ability. He is supposedly one of those behind the drive to make Picard more of an action figure in the films rather than the figure he was on The Next Generation.
what the hell? so if someone is too good they graduate from trek and move on up i guess
Nothing different than what happened to TOS for its entire run, including its best (i.e. first) season. With all due respect, fans need to stop thinking they have an ownership stake of this franchise and those who are lucky enough to work in it. Chabon is a literary treasure, and if one season of Trek was what he wanted to do, it was lucky to have him that long.
Gary 8.5
I totally agree with you Michael. I intend to watch both shows.
With all due respect, fans need to stop thinking they have an ownership stake of this franchise and those who are lucky enough to work in it.
That's quite the…antagonistic statement. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect that — if you accept the position of showrunner to a new television series — that you stay more than one year. And Star Trek is of course a valuable franchise for CBS, and valuable franchises need to be curated well.
"Antagonistic"? What part of "with all due respect" did you not get?
And no, there is no "reasonable expectation" associated with the job tenure of a television show runner, inside the Trek franchise or out of it. You stay as long as you care to, then move on. If Chabon gives us an outstanding season of Trek (still an unknown, in spite of his literary cred), that's exactly one more season than he owed us. Any further obligation is between him and CBS, not him and the fans; the days of indentured servitude are long over.
Obviously no one is arguing that CBS could legally force him to stay on the job, assuming his employment relationship is the typical at-will relationship. (If he has an employment contract, which is of course unusual in the US, things might be different; they're potentially enforceable, depending on a lot of variables. But this is veering off into arcane legalistic territory.)
My broader point is that it's eminently reasonable for an employer to hire someone for a job and expect they stay longer than a year. If I hire an employee who then job-hopped away after an extremely short tenure, I'm justified in noting that if the employee asks for a reference. Surely no one can reasonably dispute this point.
And in this particular case, a longer tenure not only in the interests of fans, but I would argue in the interests of stockholders as well. CBS obviously can disagree; they seem to be calculating that Chabon can be more valuable working on KAVALIER AND CLAY than PICARD. I argue that CBS is making a mistake, and the move risks harming shareholder value by damaging a franchise they're investing in. Star Trek (and TNG in particular) is a known quantity with a rapid fan base. KAVALIER AND CLAY could be a hit, but it could be a flop.
I admit my opinion is potentially biased by my view of Picard as my favorite Trek character, of course.
Finally, a more interesting philosophical question — obviously apart from the business merits of the decision — is whether artists/content creators have any kind of moral responsibility to consumers of art. That's an old argument, possibly as old as civilization itself, and not one we'll settle here. That said, I certainly don't see your stance ("no responsibility whatsoever") as self-evident.
That is why I think your argument, when phrased as "fans NEED to stop thinking they have a stake in the franchise" is antagonistic. (Perhaps "presumptuous" would have been a better choice of word.) Why do they "need" to do this? What's the moral principle you're appealing to when you say artists have no obligations to consumers of art? If you don't defend this stance at all, but simply deliver it as an edict, you come across as Zeus delivering a message from high on Mount Olympus.
Piller wasn't even sure he'd come back for s4 on TNG, and that indecision fed into how he wrote Riker in BOBWpt1. Given the perennially high turnover on writers and producers, expecting anyone to stick around for any stretch of time isn't all that reasonable an expectation, unless they are vested, like, say, JMS with B5, or (I'd hazard a guess) Favreau with THE MANDALORIAN.
I imagine, especially if Chabon and Stewart sketched out the future seasons of the show, that CBS saw profit potential in "Kavalier and Clay." And that would override any expectations on the part of the fans.
You have someone like Michael Chabon, you don't keep him working on a show he's outlined when you have a capable staff to carry out the projected work.
"With all due respect" is not often taken seriously, similar to how people read "I'm not a ______, but…"
dennycranium
Agree with @MichaelHall. Also, CBS wouldn't be loyal to any showrunner they didn't like or agree with. Ask Bryan Fuller or his first two replacements. It's show business,people. The Rolling Stones started out as a (good) cover band and went on to write their own anthems. Don't begrudge Chabon his chance to move on from the Trek sandbox to his own….
Pick Hard
This is the norm on pretty much every TV show, ever.
Hauke Fischer
I'm currently reading Kavalier and Clay. It is his baby and Magnum Opus. As much as he loves Star Trek, Chabon was never going to pass on the chance to bring THIS to the screen (and I'm THRILLED seeing it is being made, the book is amazing!).
It was Chabon's story treatment that got Stewart to come back, and I think we will all be very happy about that
Haute Fisher, I also can understand that Chabon would leap at the opportunity to bring his own novels to streaming, and, now that he's demonstrated he can be a showrunner, ViacomCBS would offer that rather than have him go elsewhere.
It just seems unfortunate given that Chabon was only established as showrunner midway through the development of season one of Picard, that he wouldn't do a second. One wonders though if there wasn't a longer term game in making Chabon showrunner of Picard, in terms of the requirements of the guild hierarchy. It may not have been possible to sign a deal with him as a showrunner without the previous credit.
I note as a correction that it was Kirsten Beyer and Kurtzman who had the pen in writing the concept by all reports. Chabon was reported as joining the project later when the writers room was set up.
It would be very cool to see a screen adaptation of "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" as well!
J_Randomuser
That's a real bummer. It would be really nice if Trek could manage to NOT play musical chairs with their showrunners.
TOS changed showrunners (though the term didn't exist at the time) and did pretty well up through its third season. TNG didn't manage to find its groove until it changed showrunners in its third season. You just never know with these things.
I understand your point, but I'll counter with pointing towards DISCO's history with it's three showrunners in two seasons. THAT is why I'm concerned.
You may not like DSC, but I thought it overall improved in its second year, so by my lights the change in showrunners didn't hurt it at all.
I like DSC quite bit, with second season very much an improvement over first. But it was still uneven in spots because 2nd season ended up saddled with some baggage from first. My only point is that it can cause chaos at times.
This is my view as well. And remember it changed showrunners three times, no? From Fuller to Harberts and Berg to Kurtzman?
TOS didn't have season long arcs. It was all the time standalone episodes. TNG was also more like TOS than DIS in this regard. If plot planning and gradual character development over a whole season or even the whole series is required to make it good, changing the people behind the scenes all the time often ends up badly. A good example is DIS for it. No clear plan and concept it sight there.
Exactly. Do we think BREAKING BAD would be what it is without Vince Gilligan overseeing the show since its beginning?
And frankly, Kurtzman seems to be treating the franchise in a very schizophrenic way. We're getting things like a Section 31 show, pointless cartoons to appeal to the kiddies, Discovery abandoning its premise entirely in favor of a leap into the future, etc.
The big counterpoint to this — exhibit A if you want to make the "trust in Kurtzman" argument — was PICARD. It hasn't premiered yet, of course, but every frame in those previews seemed to me to be pitch-perfect. And while producing a TV show is a team effort, the PICARD production seemed to be exceptionally well-crafted and well-led. The high quality of "Calypso" also buttresses this expectation.
The departure of the showrunner *does* jeopardize this.
We'll see. Good leadership transitions *do* happen. Presumably Patrick Stewart will continue to act as a kind of de-facto co-showrunner. But leadership transitions anywhere need to be handled very, very deftly. That's particularly true in show business, where a leadership change can produce a harring creative disjunction, especially in a serialized format. The track record for third-generation Trek (the awful STID, Discovery's showrunner revolving door) does not bode well.
There's a point to the kids cartoons. CBS has been aching for the kind of toy sales they haven't seen since the Playmates days.
And I suppose also to hook the next generation while they're young and graduate them to the grownup shows as they age.
Your comment is very strange. You claim that Kurtzman is treating the franchise in a schizophrenic way, but how? Because he's looking to expand and do different things as literally all competing franchises have done? I'm sorry but if anything Kurtzman is seeing the wisdom of Star Trek trying to do different things rather than getting complacent on one stale objective, which is one of the reasons why Trek started to die out in the 2000s in the first place. Kurtzman is making sure that all their live action shows, while Star Trek, are also distinctive. He's looking to do animated shows because they are NOT pointless. Do you know how Star Wars built up a younger audience before they even came back with more movies? It was cartoons. There's a generation of kids who got into Star Wars by ways of The Clone Wars animated series, just as much as another group through Rebels. Star Wars always knew to target the younger audience to continuously replenish their fan base and Kurtzman would be smart to take note of that and develop that for Star Trek, not to mention before his death, even Roddenberry himself had wanted to do more animation. And quite frankly, Discovery going into the future is not even abandoning its premise. The show was originally conceptualized to be an anthology show dealing with different crews in different time periods every season, what they've done now is simply modify that original concept to one crew traveling to different time periods. If Trek is meant to be bold then why not change and put their characters in new settings. The show is actually quite brave for doing something new in the middle of a show's run which no other Trek show has done.
Interesting…and a bit disappointing.
I wonder, are TV seasons becoming the new movies? By that I mean, are showrunners becoming more like movie directors? They do an individual short run of episodes season (like an extended movie) then move on to the next project.
I think you may have a point here. I think TV has definitely started to transition from standalone episodic format to standalone serial arc format where every year the show changes drastically from the previous year with a new showrunner. I also think there is a tendency of one upmanship here as the new showrunner almost always tries to one up the previous showrunner and try to put their own stamp on the shows. This can lead to all the inconsistencies and writing problems in the shows.
I don't know about the one upmanship, but I do think there's some kind of gradual merging going on with movies and TV. An interesting time ahead, to say the least.
Actually, the novel's title is "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay." And it's a wonder and joy to read, even for those like me with little interest in its subject matter: the creation (and near-destruction) of the American comics industry.
Agreed. I read it in college and that was my introduction to Chabon. I've read most of his stuff since. "Yiddish Policemen's Union" being my personal favorite.
Yep, that one could have won the Pulitzer as well. I'm Jewish myself, and yet the diaspora culture he portrays in his alt-universe Sitka, Alaska, is as alien (and yet familiar) to me as any I've read in fiction.
Interesting book to turn into a series. I will be watching.
MysticalDigtial
I see this as Chabon: "Hmm, keep working on Star Trek, or have the chance to showrun a show based on my own work."
I do not blame him at all, having creative control over an adaption of your previous work is a dream job.
Right…the last thing you want to see happen is a great book like Kavalier and Clay go into someone else's hands, if you have the ability to do it yourself.
Yeah I completely understand Chabon's reasoning for going to do K&C. It's his Magnum Opus. And I'm sure if the timing wasn't critical he'd have stayed on Picard.
I can't wait the see the new show K&C is an amazing read.
Legate Damar
I'm almost done reading Kavalier and Clay. I look forward to seeing it on TV.
This is cool for Mr. Chabon! Give Kirsten Beyer the keys to Picard, I feel like she's earned it by now. Now I need to read this book I've been hearing such great things about! Between this and the upcoming Stand adaptation, CBSAA is becoming a really cool platform for shows.
Give Kirsten Beyer the keys to Picard
This might work.
Already jumping ship? Woow..
This isn't a case of jumping ship. Actually read the article before replying to it.
Actually it kinda is. He's jumping one ship onto what he thinks is a better or more desirable ship. There may or may not be anything wrong with the ship he is jumping from. But he IS jumping ship.
Denny C
A true jump would be leaving CBS for another company. CBS is letting him write his own ticket to keep him in-house.
I think the writer was saying jumping ship in regards to Star Trek. The article above also says his new show is meant for Showtime. So even though both are part of ViacomCBS he's jumping ship on CBSAA as well.
Trek in a Cafe
Maybe he started something great and they will find other talented writers to create where he left off.
Cool, now bring back Moore and Behr, along with Braga and Coto.
Moore and Braga have shows on the air that they are working on, so they might not have the time but I wouldn't be opposed to Behr or Coto (or his brother) for the job.
Tiger2
I would happily take all those back as well! But I have faith the first season of Picard will bring back the old Trek spirit.
Bring back old Trek? I wouldn't count on it. Sir Patrick was very vocal about not rehashing or repeating things he'd done before. I've a friend who works on Picard. He couldn't say much but he said it has a Trek feel while being different at the same time. I'm looking forward to seeing how Picard has evolved.
Yeah I seen the trailers I know its different lol. And as I SAID, I'm talking about the SPIRIT of Star Trek that I want to see, not just everyone being on a starship again! Your friend said what I'm saying:
"He couldn't say much but he said it has a Trek feel while being different at the same time."
That's literally what I want and why I love DS9 so much. It kept the spirit of Trek while being something radically different than TNG and TOS. That's exactly what I'm hoping for with Picard.
Kurtzman could do worse than get Coto back. Perhaps he could run a Pike centered show? ;)
I think he might have been overwhelmed with the workload as he said in a couple of interviews that it's a crazy pace and he is writing like he newer wrote b4 :)
But he's not quitting TV though. He's just moving from one show to another. I don't think that's the reason. Others said it, this is producing his own work (and he probably makes more money on top of it since it's based off his own story), so I can't blame him. Picard and working on Star Trek is probably exciting but its still all based on things other people created decades ago.
DIGINON
This is just a wild guess but coming up with something new (Picard) might be more work than adapting his own work for streaming.
There is no proof it has anything to do with that though. EVERYONE who worked on Star Trek from TNG on were producing new things for it. When Chabon wrote his novel, he was producing something new. The guy just now has a chance to turn his work into a mainstream show and MAYBE become Star Trek in its own right, especially if the book is as good as so many people say it is.
I remember arguing a few months ago here that most people don't know who Michael Chabon is because most people have never read or heard of his books (and I include myself in that, never ever heard his name before until the Calypso short). But once you turn a literary work into a TV show or a film that can literally change over night. That basically what happened to George RR Martin when GOT hit HBO and for the millions who never heard of the books before then. Who wouldn't want that opportunity with their own original work? I'm guessing that's what every writer dreams of, not just to write but to be famous for their own creations.
The original commenter suggested it might have been the workload on Picard. His new show may indeed involve less work (we will never know) but I agree that it's probably more the chance to adapt his own creation to the screen than workload that made him move.
Yes and as I said its nothing but an ASSUMPTION. You can believe that but I don't and in fact think the idea is silly. And no one has suggested it has anything to do with him leaving the show other than just getting a chance to adapt his own work.
We obviously agree on this, so I get you're not making that argument but if this was a real issue I doubt CBS would be offering him to show run another show if the workload was so bad for him on Picard. His own story or not, they would just put someone in who they knew could handle the job. In fact I'm guessing the opposite of that and why he's now running his own show and not just a producer or writer on it.
VZX
If the Picard show is a hit with fans and critics, I do not think it will change much when Chabon steps down. The report states he will still be an executive producer, so he will still be involved. Other that TOS, which Star Trek series was a hit out of the gate? They all took their time to hit their stride, some more than others. If Picard show is like TOS in that it is perfect right away, it would be illogical to change that.
Well, besides taking the chance to do a new (maybe bigger) project, there is something like loyalty. Maybe Star Trek was his foot into the door – fine. Take the new project. But dont abandon those brought you there. I doubt he can write real Trek if his heart is set like this.
He didn't abandon those who brought him in. CBS offered him an opportunity to produce his own work – – for CBS. They all work for CBS, not Star Trek.
He doesn't owe Star Trek anything. Star Trek is a business.
DeanH
Not much to say since we have not seen any episodes of Picard yet! It would be nice for him to stay from a consistency standpoint but talented people will always have choices and this was chance to work with his wife on his own project, so you certainly can't fault the guy. Hopefully not any kind of warning flag that he didn't like the direction of the show but that is just negative speculation. Just 43 more days to the premiere of Star Trek – Picard!!
I wonder if there is a chance they could get Jonathan Frakes as the new showrunner? I know he doesn't have any experience in this part of the business, but he has the necessary background and the respect from Trek community. I think it might be a good choice. He could still direct episodes even when he is the showrunner. However, I have a feeling that he enjoys the directing part of the business more than the other parts that involve perhaps dealing with lot more people and studio people on a day to day basis. In any case, this would be an inspired choice.
Michael K
That's too bad, but this is also a big opportunity for him to create something of his own instead of moonlighting on somebody else's creation. It doesn't signal anything beyond a talented creator taking on a huge opportunity and moving on. Star Trek has usually thrived in change, and suffered in stagnation. I'm not bothered by changes in the writing room, this is nothing new for Star Trek. For all we know, Season 1 will be weaker than Season 2, we haven't seen either yet.
tacotuesday
So, Discovery and Picard are just going to constantly change showrunners? Yikes.
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