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So you are sick with Omicron. When do you need a COVID-19 booster injection?
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In a matter of weeks, hundreds of thousands of Canadians may have been infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
An unprecedented increase in cases has led to the cancellation of surgeries, a shortage of staff in the health care system and a record increase in hospitalizations – many less serious diseases, including those fully vaccinated against COVID-19 between
If you're one of those who is now getting an increased number of infections after vaccination, the question may arise as to when to get an amplifier – or whether you need it at all.
"People still need to get stronger," Dr. Linora Sakinger, an infectious disease specialist and associate professor at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, told the News. "I think the hardest, when is the best time to increase strength?"
Regional guidelines for this time vary across the country, from Quebec's offer to wait until your symptoms disappear, to the recommendation of Ontario's best doctor to hold it for 30 days.
There are no magic numbers, but the science of how our immune system works means that you can expect to use a booster for weeks or even months after an Omicron infection.
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Do not inject when you are sick
In general, if you're sick, you can't get any kind of vaccine, said Alison Kelvin, a virologist and vaccine researcher at the University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Organization in Saskatoon.
"Whatever your body is fighting, your immunity will be focused on that pathogen," he explained.
However, your body may not respond as effectively to a dose of vaccine designed to trigger your immunity, mimicking a threat like a coronavirus. "So, in general, we have to wait a while after infection to get any vaccine," Kelvin said.
According to him, the ideal time to take an invigorating shot is when your immunity has calmed down.
Kelvin likened what happens in your body to the process of hiring people: You want highly qualified candidates for a specific position, which in this case means fighting coronavirus.
"Let's say you're posting a job and a lot of people are responding to that job. It's when you are first vaccinated or you're infected and your immunity starts to attract all of that. Immune cells," he said.
It's a busy time, but the bulk of these immune cells – or job applicants, let's say – will eventually run out. That's when you want to have another power to restart your immune system or, like Kelvin, another chance to regroup with the most suitable applicants for the job.
"So you want to wait until the symptoms go away and it will be helpful to wait an extra month or a few weeks after your first infection because you will benefit more from this exacerbation," he said.
There is no need to rush to take a booster after an infection
Other immunologists agreed that there was no urgent need for a booster after infection.
"I think it's better to wait a few months before boosting, because then boosting will be more effective," said Dr. Jamie Scott, a molecular immunologist and honorary professor at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC. 'is a mystery because memory cells develop more fully and antibody levels decrease.
Dipta Bhattacharya, a professor of immunobiology at the University of Arizona in Tucson, said, "I don't think it makes sense to get an amplifier soon after you've recovered from an omicron infection."
Preliminary data Infections with this option also protect against infection with the Delta variant, which was once dominant, he said, which reduces the likelihood of instantly infecting any version of your virus.
And as Bhattacharya points out, not rushing and getting an amplifier as soon as you recover is consistent with Canada's unconventional vaccination approach during the pandemic – dose separation.
Canada is famous for its dose range
Prior to the shipment of vaccines, the National Immunization Advisory Committee of Canada made bold recommendations to delay the second dose by four months, far beyond the production guidelines.
Although the move was controversial at the time, vaccine experts told the News that it had been based on vaccine science for decades and can actually provide more protection rather than following a strict schedule of clinical trials.
"One of the things Canada has taught us is that separating them from each other – separating the exposure time – makes a big difference in the quality and size of the antibodies you get," Bhattacharya said.
The next step in protecting people from Omicron and future options may require the development of vaccines tailored to these threats.
"The amplifiers we have now are compatible with a strain that has already passed and will probably never be seen again," he said. "So I hope we have better options along the way."
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A Brooklyn homeless shelter resident who allegedly beat up a woman and stole her purse in front of her young son on a Woodhaven street has been locked up on high bail, prosecutors announced on Wednesday.
Derrick Chirse, 57, faces counts of second-degree robbery, second- and third-degree assault, fifth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child. He was held on $100,000 bail and due to return to court on Oct. 19.
If convicted, Chirse faces up to 15 years in prison, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said.
According to the charges, at around 2 p.m. on Oct. 1, the 35-year-old mom was walking down 84th Street near the Woodhaven/Ozone Park border with her 4-year-old son when she was approached by Chirse. Chirse allegedly asked the mother for her purse, and when she refused, he proceeded to punch her multiple times in the head and chest area.
Law enforcement sources said that the victim briefly lost consciousness, and Chirse forcibly took her purse before fleeing on 84th Street. The young mother was taken to a local hospital, where she was treated for bruising and swelling to the left side of her face and tenderness to her chest and torso.


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Peter Tokofsky was recently the Director of Academic and Public Programs at the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. Previously, Tokofsky was senior public programs specialist at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and associate adjunct professor of Germanic languages at the University of California, Los Angeles. In addition to research on art environments and self-taught artists, his teaching and publications addressed German and American cultural history, especially seasonal festivals; forms of collective memory; and museum practice. Tokofsky also served as director of the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles and has been an independent curator of exhibitions, including Kim Fahey: Anarchitect at UCLA.

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There is no doubt in the fact that there is a huge demand for cryptocurrencies on the market. This market has experienced a huge growth in 2017 and more and more people became interested in purchasing cryptocurrencies. Well, of course, this has put a lot of pressure on numerous exchanges from around the world.
So, there is no wonder that several cryptocurrency exchanges have announced that they are making massive recruitments. For instance, Bitstamp announced this week that it is going to recruit no less than 100 new call center staff to be able to keep up with the high number of clients.
The high demand on the cryptocurrency market first started at the end of last year when bitcoin and several cryptocurrencies experienced huge price growths. The market started to be attractive for a series of investors, who seem to have not lost their faith in cryptocurrencies, despite the fact that several digital currencies, including bitcoin, have also experienced some massive price falls.
In the same blogpost, Bitstamp's CEO, Nejc Kodrič, said that because of the growth of the market, his company was also in the situation of having to answer questions such as what cryptocurrencies are to people who are very new to the industry. He also revealed that given this whole situation, the company has decided to invest in personnel.
The fact that cryptocurrency exchanges have been invaded by a high demand is not something new. In fact, some exchanges have been unable to cope with this demand at the level that they have been forced to temporarily shut down their platforms. Some of these exchanges then announced plans to improve their technology with the purpose to avoid similar situations in the future.


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That early morning nip in the air and fresh breezes made us realise that the season of good cheer is round the corner. And our serendipitous thoughts went out to that Christmas Tree coming up in the centre of Galle Face Green which was felled by an administrative fiat probably on the instigations of those advocating austerity. Miraculously there was the Second Coming and after Resurrection, the tree is sprouting towards heaven to be the Tallest Christmas Tree in the World.
There are those scoffing at this attempt to make Sri Lanka the Greatest for X' mas trees. If Donald Trump wants to 'Make America Great' why can't we 'Lankaputrians' (like Lilliputians) be 'The Greatest' in Christmas Trees?
A BJB (Bambalapitiya Junction Balavegaya) of Mettananda vintage commenting on the Galle Face X'Mas tree said that in accordance with the principle of constitutional equity they would have to have the biggest Kadju Puhulang tree on earth when the Sinhala New Year comes along in April.
To 'Hang all the Royalists on the Kadju Puhulang Tree', as the Thomians used to sing on those happy days in March? We asked and realised that it was a stupid question. There were too many Royalists with Yahapalanaya and even among the JO (kers) to do anything of the kind.
An attempt was made to hoist Poor Arjuna on the Christmas tree by those austerity warriors at the start but when he revealed that no public expenses were being incurred – the sponsorship was the private sources – the firing on him ceased. He is from Ananda whose products have nothing to do with Christmas trees or hanging anyone from Kadju Puhulang trees.
The season's thoughts go out to the needy and we reflected on poor Basil R who had been given court permission to seek medical treatment in the United States. Now why should Basil seek treatment in faraway America when he and fellow thinkers are convinced that our GMOA types are the best doctors in the world?
Prof. Carlo Fonseka recently wrote to the newspapers a glowing account of the treatment he had received at the National Hospital by his former students and declared that that the treatment accorded to him could not have been any better anywhere else. So why was Basil R seeking treatment in America? Could these American doctors outperform our GMOA types whose expertise extends beyond medicine even to international trade agreements?
But Basil is an American. As an American citizen he is probably entitled to Obamacare or any other health scheme. He doesn't have to pay.
However an opinion has been voiced that President elect Donald Trump had wanted Basil's advice on matters political such as an alternate party to the Republican Party whose leaders called Trump dirty names during the election campaign. Trump may have been apprised of Basil's superhuman efforts of not only trying to cripple a well-established party but also form the new 'potty' party led by G. L. Peiris. But will Basil come back home after he is cured? Will Americans keep him back to save their allies in Yahapalanaya from defeat at the next elections? Poor Basil has a number of on-going cases against him such as misuse of funds allocated for poverty alleviation on election propaganda for his brother and was even accused of possessing property worth millions which he disclaimed to be the owner.
Our thoughts go out not only to Basil but also to his near and dear who are being victims of witch hunting by the FCID and associated sources. Basil and the other Rs have been in and out of FCID, CID and Bribery Commission offices throughout 2016. These onetime immortals and angels complain of witch hunting of FCID and other Kattadiyas of related institutions but this is child's play compared with the man hunting of journalists by those in White Vans.
We wish media establishments and organisations were as alert as those of today when journalists like Lasantha Wickrematunge and Siva Ram were hunted down. The hue and cry raised last week for the alleged assault of a Hambantota correspondent of two media organisations by a naval officer may be justified but we wish they were as strident and vociferous as in those hey days of the R's.
Finally our thoughts go out to those intrepid warriors who gathered at the National Anti-Corruption Conference recently. The organisers we thought had made a glaring omission by not inviting those leading members of the Opposition, some of whom have been in the limelight the whole year on allegations of corruption. Some leading lights with clenched fists placed across their hearts taking the anti-corruption oath were funny but if we had the Opposition members – particularly some famed for their breast beating to demonstrate sincerity – it would have been hilarious. That would have even outdone the picture Sri Lankan hypocrisy at its best – those TV scenes where the country's most outstanding rogues, criminals and killers dressed in spotless white repeating the Panchaseela before revered monks.
Nonetheless we hope that on that day of joy to thousands of Christians, they and those of other faiths too will gather around the Tallest Christmas Tree in the World for celebrations.
A notable thing about Christmas Trees is the presents that hang on them. What will this tree have for revelers? We suggest some of those duty free cars of parliamentarians will be on show for a lottery conducted on the spot.
Adjoining erected sheds for the carnival atmosphere highlights biggest damage to this tree as they are not colorfully erected in straight line.


Protecting natural resources and the environment of the South Pacific Region is what the Noumea Convention is all about.
The point was highlighted at the Tanoa Tusitala Hotel yesterday during the 14th Meeting of Noumea Convention. It was organized by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
Director-General, Leota Kosi Latu, said the Noumea Convention is a regional convention that includes 12 member countries of the Pacific and it has been around since 1986.
According to the SPREP website, the Noumea Convention provides a legal instrument to ensure that environmental management and sustainable development of natural resources is implemented throughout the Pacific.
"Normally, the convention focuses on marine resources and talking about oceans," Leota said. "But as you understand that any problem that relates to the oceans, we need to look at the land, as well.
Leota said they will be looking at how to address issues on the agenda in the context of today.
"We will also be looking at the decisions of some of the forum leaders that we met last week.
"As you are aware, the theme of that leaders meeting was on the Blue Pacific; it focuses on oceans and as I said, there are opportunities which address issues, but you can't isolate land from ocean.
"So we will be looking at some of the more emerging issues of climate change, that have been around for some time; there's the issue of seabed mining, the issue of oceans and certification, and marine debris -- these are key issues that face us as a region.
This Convention has been around for some time and it has its challenges.
"One of the main challenges for the Noumea Convention parties is the fact that they've been able to undertake certain targeted initiatives on a very small shoe string budget.
"It's always a challenge and it's not just something that relates to the Noumea Convention.
Only nine Pacific island countries were present in the Forum as the other three members are on their way.


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The global financial crisis has been the prompt for a complete rethink of financial stability and policies for achieving it. Over the course of the better part of a decade, a deep and wide-ranging international regulatory reform effort has been under way, as great as any since the Great Depression. We provide an overview of the state of progress of these reforms, and assess whether they have achieved their objectives and where gaps remain. We find that additional insights gained since the start of the reforms paint an ambiguous picture on whether the current level of bank capital should be higher or lower. Additionally, we present new evidence that a combination of different regulatory metrics can achieve better outcomes in terms of financial stability than reliance on individual constraints in isolation. We discuss in depth several recurring themes of the regulatory framework, such as the appropriate degree of discretion versus rules, the setting of macroprudential objectives, and the choice of policy instruments. We conclude with suggestions for future research and policy, including on models of financial stability, market-based finance, the political economy of financial regulation, and the contribution of the financial system to the economy and to society.


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Channel Swimming Relay Aborted Four Miles from France
It was the oldest group to ever attempt to complete a relay swim across the 23 mile-wide, rough and cold English Channel between England and France. All five in our team members were over the age of seventy, with the average age being 74. I was the oldest on the team, at age 77. A better qualified team of septuagenarians could not have been found. Our team captain was Michael Reid, MBE, who is president of the Channel Swimming Association and holds the record for the most solo swims - 33! The other three swimmers were all British Long Distance Swimming Association champions, two of whom had just returned from Montreal, Canada, having competed in the World's Masters, where they each won an event. These are truly dedicated swimmers. I have also attempted five solos on the English Channel, and have succeeded twice, as well as two previously successful relay swims, and coached a third from the University of St. Augustine. I am also currently serving as Vice President of the Channel Swimming Association.
We started out the swim in fair weather, which promised to be moderate. It was not to happen. As Michael exited the pilot boat and swam to the beach to begin the swim, he raised his arms to signal his re-entry into the water and the start, we were all very optimistic. At the end of each hour, the next swimmer would drop into the water and pass by the current swimmer who would then exit. No passing a baton in this relay. I was the final swimmer in the set of five, anchoring the group, and then we would cycle through again. We each swam well, and while two of us experienced cramps, they were managed in the water by the swimmer without assistance, as the rules dictate. By mid Channel, the winds were at twenty knots (22 miles per hour) and the waves were building, especially when the tide went against the westerly wind. With three hours to go, the winds had reached a steady 25 knots and were gusting to 30 knots as night was falling, but still we were all swimming well. And then the weather took a turn. I completed my second one-hour swim and Michael followed. On board we were hanging on for life - seriously - the boat was being thrown all over the place. Two decks chairs, where we rested, broke completely. It began to rain and there was no shelter for us swimmers, as the temperature dropped to 45 degrees - we could not stay dry. I crouched on my hands and knees, bracing myself against the dingy and hanging on. I actually felt better in the water than on deck.
France was only three to four miles off, with a landing on the Cape Gris Nez. The nearest point was out of the question, as it was far too dangerous for a swimmer to attempt a landing on the rocks in such a storm. The distance to the nearest beach was some hours away and the weather still was building. The decision was made, and agreed to by all, that it was unsafe in these conditions to complete the relay. Had it been a solo, and if that swimmer had been in mid-life, then he/she may have pushed on. But discretion became the best part of valor, and we headed for home disappointed at the failure, but enriched by the adventure.
I went to Dover beach Sunday morning to meet with those training for their upcoming swims, surrounded by family and supporters. I found myself greeted by applause for our effort. Small, yes, but significant compensation - the approval of one's peers.
Now I prepare to come home, hike a little with Catherine on the Appalachian Trail, and be at the boat yard as Kiwi Spirit is re-launched for the upcoming solo - circa November 8th.


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Why Leeds needs to become 'a great place to die', according to a doctor
The number of deaths in the city is expected to rise dramatically over the next two decades
Richard Beecham, Local Democracy Reporter
The number of deaths in Leeds is going to increase over the coming years (Image: Getty)
Leeds needs to become "a great place to die", as the expected number of annual deaths in the city is expected to rocket by a quarter over the next decade.
That's according Dr Mike Stockton, a leading Leeds clinician in palliative care, who claims more needs to be done to help people reaching the end of their lives die "good deaths" among loved ones and not in hospital.
Dr Stockton was speaking to the Leeds Health and Wellbeing Board yesterday afternoon, when he said with such a high number of people born between 1945 and 1965, known as "baby boomers", the number of deaths in Leeds is expected to increase over the next 20 years.
He said: "Death is an inevitable part of our existence, and an important stage of our lives.
"A good death varies from person to person and culture to culture, but on the whole people wish to feel comfortable, be free from pain, be safe and secure and surrounded by the ones that they love.
"Many people do not get access to the right care are the right time before they die. More than half of the complaints to the health service ombudsman are about people at the end of their lives and half of those are upheld.
Many people want to die at home, rather than in a hospital (Image: Getty)
'Leeds is a great place to live and a great place to grow old and, ironically, we would like to make that a great place to die'
"It's a phase where there is a risk of getting it wrong, and we only have one chance to get it right.
"Focusing on improving care for people at the end of life has a broader positive effect on adjacent services. It's good for the system and for the city of Leeds.
"Leeds is a great place to live and a great place to grow old and, ironically, we would like to make that a great place to die.
"The majority of the population want to be at home and receiving care during their deaths, but half of deaths take place in hospital."
He said there were 6,850 deaths per year in Leeds, and that there was an 11 per cent reduction in the number of people dying in hospital over the past decade.
But he warned that the annual number of deaths was expected to rise by 25 percent by 2040, and that capacity needed to increase to keep people out of hospital at the end of their lives.
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He added: "This is mainly due to the post World War II baby boomer demographic – there will be a greater number of people dying in our society – 50 percent [of deaths] will be in the over 85s group.
"Across the UK It's predicted that the most predominant cycle of dying is likely to be care homes.
"If there is no change in the current community capacity, the trend of people dying out of hospital will start to reverse and people will go back into hospital.
"We want to change society's culture around dying – we need to have challenging conversations about the end of life. Talking about dying empowers you to take control of your life."
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Richard Christian Matheson and Thomas E. Szollosi penned the first episode up this week, There's Always a Catch, which had an original airdate of 15 November, 1983.
When B.A. (Mr. T) is injured, stepping on a nail, the rest of the team, as they attempt to elude Decker (Lance LeGault), who only seems to be a half-step behind them the entire episode, deliver him to the hospital, in the small town of Lobster Bay.
While there Hannibal (George Peppard) overhears the troubles of Shana Mayer (Tracy Scoggins), while she waits for her injured brother. It seems a man named Garber (John Quade) and his goons are intimidating the local fishermen, bullying them out of half their profits, and not exactly being environmentally friendly in their own lobster catching.
So with a hint of environmentalism, Hannibal offers the service of the team, and they set off to save the day, apparently free of charge this time around, simply because they don't like Garber. But Garber may barter a deal with Decker, and cause some problems for our heroes… When they're captured, it's up to Murdock (Dwight Schultz) and Amy (Melinda Culea) to figure out a way to rescue them.
There are some really fun moments in this one, we learn that Murdock doesn't like to use microwaves because of the space hamsters in his blood (yup, I just wrote that) and Face (Dirk Benedict) has an alter-ego, the Magnificent Templeton, a magician, who he uses to con a young woman out of some SCUBA gear for their plan to beat Garber once and for all.
Water, Water Everywhere could have dealt with some really good issues, but gets weighed down in the formula, which, already, is starting to get a little tiresome on the show. Penned by Sidney Ellis and Jo Swerling Jr. this episode had an original airdate of 22 November, 1983.
Three vets, each one of them handicapped by the war in some way, have come together to work on, and open a little hotel in a tiny little town (a very recognizable standings set), but the local baddie, Frank Gaines (Alan Fudge) wants them out so he can claim the land they are on, and get at the spring water underneath it.
In fact, he's quite willing to go about this as violently he can, and is also willing to let the whole town dry out if he doesn't get his way.
When the three vets end up in the local VA hospital, Murdock convinces them to give the A-Team a chance to take care of the problem for them, and after some encouragement, agree.
The boys come into town, and start causing problems for Gaines right off the bat, and of course, fisticuffs, and plans ensue including the typical creation of a weapon/tank of some sort that despite its violent actions, doesn't cause a lot of damage to life or limb.
I think I would have been more interested in this one, if it had focused on the Team interacting and dealing with the vets, these three guys could have been them. It could have forced them to confront a lot of the things they'd pushed down, or tried to forget about the war… but alas, it's not that kind of show.
Until next time, remember, if you can find them, maybe you can hire… The A-Team!


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Arijit Singh's Bengali single 'Eka Ekela Mon' becomes the only Indian song to feature on US Secretary's Spotify playlist
From radio to making playlists on apps, music technology has seen huge growth and people have been linked with it in all of its stages. Nowadays, people can easily share each other's playlists with a single click, and it creates a network that connects them with music. It also becomes interesting to find and listen to playlists made by different individuals. Recently, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shared his Spotify playlist named 'Secretary's 2021 Playlist: On the road' on Twitter, and guess what, a Bengali song by Arijit Singh features on it.
Titled, 'Eka Ekela Mon – Lofi', it's the only Indian song to feature on the playlist of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. US Embassy of India retweeted the Secretary's tweet mentioning the song.
Arijit Singh's 'Eka Ekela Mon – Lofi' has been released by SVF Music. The song became a sensation when it was first released seven years ago and last year the Lofi version of the song also gathered a huge amount of love from the audience.
For Mahendra Soni, co-founder and director of SVF, it's a moment of pride. He is doubly happy that Bengali music is enjoyed by people across the globe. He also congratulates the music streaming apps for this rare feat.
"We are extremely happy that our song 'Eka Ekela Mon – Lofi' has been featured in Blinken's playlist. Huge credit goes to the music streaming apps that are available in the market. It has taken the whole music industry to another level and so nowadays music can easily reach any corner of the world. The US Secretary's playlist has some unique songs from different regions with 'Eka Ekela Mon – Lofi' being the only Indian song in it," said Soni.
The US Secretary's exceptional playlist has 36 songs of different genres from different countries. It resembles the Secretary's significant tweet caption which says "Music brings people together; it transcends borders and everything else that might divide us." His caption and the songs in his playlist define that music is beyond boundaries and people enjoy music by keeping aside all factors that divide humans.
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Roccabianca (Rocabiànca in dialetto parmigiano) è un comune italiano di  abitanti della provincia di Parma in Emilia-Romagna, nella bassa parmense.

Un tempo chiamata Arzenoldo (o Arsinoldo o Rezinoldo), deve probabilmente il nome attuale al fatto di essere stata nel XV secolo residenza di Bianca Pellegrini, amata da Pier Maria II de' Rossi, che vi fece costruire la rocca a lei dedicata; secondo un'altra interpretazione il nome deriverebbe invece dalla colorazione bianca della rocca, in origine completamente intonacata.

Storia
I primi documenti che attestano l'esistenza di nuclei abitati all'interno dell'attuale comune di Roccabianca risalgono all'894, quando il re d'Italia Arnolfo di Carinzia decretò l'appartenenza delle terre di Fossa e Stagno al vescovo di Parma Guibodo che nel suo testamento li lasciò ai canonici del Capitolo della Cattedrale di Parma; un diploma dell'imperatore del Sacro Romano Impero Enrico IV di Franconia risalente al 1058 menziona inoltre i borghi di Stagno e Tolarolo, all'epoca appartenenti alla famiglia Borgi o Da Borgo di Cremona.

Il nucleo originario dell'odierna Roccabianca, allora detta Rezinoldo (o Arzenoldo), fu probabilmente nominato per la prima volta in un diploma del 1189 emanato dall'imperatore Federico Barbarossa, che investì del feudo il marchese Oberto Pallavicino.

Verso la fine del XIV secolo i Rossi, signori della vicina San Secondo, indirizzarono le proprie mire sul territorio di Rezinoldo: nel 1375 Rolando Rossi acquistò da Cabrino da Borgo tutte le sue terre. Contemporaneamente i Pallavicino comprarono i possedimenti di Rodoldengo da Borgo. Nel 1375 il Re dei Romani Venceslao di Lussemburgo confermò a Niccolò Pallavicino i diritti su Ragazzola, mentre nel 1416 l'imperatore Sigismondo di Lussemburgo attestò l'appartenenza di Rezinoldo ai fratelli Giacomo e Pier Maria I de' Rossi. Gli scontri tra le due importanti famiglie si inasprirono, sfociando nella conquista da parte dei Pallavicino dei feudi di Zibello, di Ragazzola e di Rezinoldo, che diedero alle fiamme.

Per risolvere la contesa fra i Rossi e i Pallavicino, nel 1449 il duca di Milano Francesco Sforza insignì ufficialmente del feudo i primi; l'anno seguente Pier Maria II de' Rossi diede inizio ai lavori di costruzione della possente rocca, che fu completata nel 1465; il conte donò nel 1467 il castello all'amante Bianca Pellegrini.

Verso il 1480 il clima favorevole a Pier Maria Rossi mutò radicalmente, soprattutto in seguito alla presa del potere nel ducato di Milano da parte di Ludovico il Moro, che si alleò coi Pallavicino e i Sanvitale; in vista degli scontri, gli abitanti di Stagno e Tolarolo abbandonarono e distrussero le proprie abitazioni e trovarono rifugio nella rocca, rinforzata dal conte sansecondino. Ciò tuttavia non fu sufficiente, poiché durante la guerra dei Rossi il castello fu attaccato e dopo venti giorni di assedio cadde nelle mani di Gianfrancesco I Pallavicino, i cui discendenti vi rimasero fino al 1523, nonostante le rivendicazioni da parte di Troilo I de' Rossi.

Nel 1524, in seguito all'accusa d'omicidio che colpì Rolando Pallavicino, Roccabianca fu assegnata a suo genero Ludovico Rangoni di Modena; il possesso del feudo fu al centro di altre contese fra i Rangoni, i Pallavicino e i Rossi, che si conclusero soltanto nel 1630, con la cessione da parte dei Rangoni del marchesato di Zibello ai Pallavicino e il riconoscimento della loro autorità su Roccabianca.

Nel 1762 i conti si estinsero e la Camera ducale di Parma incamerò il feudo che assegnò nel 1786 ai Pallavicino del ramo di Zibello. Alla morte dell'ultimo erede, Alessandro, nel 1831, Roccabianca entrò a tutti gli effetti nel ducato di Parma e Piacenza, di cui seguì le sorti.

Monumenti e luoghi d'interesse

Rocca dei Rossi

Edificata tra il 1450 e il 1465 per volere di Pier Maria II de' Rossi, che ne fece dono alla sua amante Bianca Pellegrini, cadde nelle mani dei Pallavicino in seguito alla guerra dei Rossi del 1483; successivamente appartenne dal 1524 al 1762 ai Rangoni, che fecero decorare con affreschi alcune sale del piano terreno; passata di mano più volte, fu acquistata nel 1968 dalla famiglia Scaltriti, che ne decise l'apertura al pubblico nel 2003.

Chiesa dei Santi Bartolomeo e Michele

Innalzata su un impianto tardo-romanico tra il 1576 e il 1577 per volere di Giulio Rangoni, fu ricostruita in stile barocco verso la fine del XVII secolo e decorata internamente con stucchi in stile rococò nel 1723.

Teatro Arena del Sole

Inaugurato quale arena all'aperto nel 1946, fu successivamente coperto e trasformato in cinema; adibito intorno al 1980 a magazzino di mobili e quindi a palestra, fu chiuso nel 1995; acquistato nel 2006 dal Comune di Roccabianca, fu completamente ristrutturato e riaperto al pubblico; al suo interno sono conservate nove statue di Ettore Ximenes sopravvissute alla distruzione del monumento a Giuseppe Verdi di Parma.

Società

Evoluzione demografica

Economia

Artigianato
Per quanto riguarda l'artigianato, Roccabianca è rinomata soprattutto per i laboratori di intrecciatori di vimini e di giunchi.

Infrastrutture e trasporti

Roccabianca è interessata dal percorso della strada provinciale 10.

Dal 1893 la località iniziò ad essere servita dalla tranvia Parma-San Secondo-Busseto dalla quale in località Mano si diramava la linea a trazione ippica per Roccabianca. Entrambe le linee furono soppresse nel 1939.

La mobilità urbana e suburbana è garantita da autocorse in servizio pubblico svolte dalla società TEP.

Amministrazione
Di seguito è presentata una tabella relativa alle amministrazioni che si sono succedute in questo comune.

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Bibliografia

Voci correlate
 Rocca dei Rossi (Roccabianca)
 Pallavicino
 Rossi di Parma
 Rangoni
 Giovannino Guareschi

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As a professional, attaining leadership skills is important—and not just for management roles. People often mistakenly equate leadership with management, but there are fundamental differences between the two; they are separate and distinct skill sets. Management involves a focus on executing functions, whereas leadership is about motivating people. In fact, you don't have to have the title of manager or have direct reports to be a leader. You can demonstrate leadership skills in any role.
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"Managers support an organization by executing tasks, functions, and activities that align with the organizational strategy," says Mary Ludden, assistant teaching professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Planning and Projects at Northeastern University.
Management skills are critical to the success of any enterprise, she adds. "Management skills allow an individual to become highly attuned to achieving an established set of targets while supporting their teams," Ludden says. "Many time managers operate in highly complex environments, with significant responsibilities, and constantly motivate their teams to achieve outstanding performance results. That is no easy task."
In contrast, Ludden says, "Leaders serve as the cheerleaders-in-chief for their teams, but there's a lot more to it than that. Leadership establishes the mission, vision, and strategy of the organization. More importantly, leadership offers ongoing clarity to their teams to ensure that the objectives that align with the strategy are transparent." Many professionals who possess strong leadership skills are also managers, but they don't necessarily have to be, she adds.
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The man who killed a Turangi service station attendant 34 years ago has been labelled as a callous and brutal killer and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Menzies Hallett was found guilty at a trial that could only happen after a law change allowed his former wife to give evidence against the 72-year-old, who had confessed to her hours after the killing.
In May this year, a jury found him guilty of murdering Rodney Tahu on 16 August 1979.
The 31-year-old was shot in the shoulder after he refused to serve Hallett oil in the early hours of that morning because the service station had closed. Then, as he lay on the ground of the forecourt, Hallett stood over Mr Tahu and shot him in the head. He later died in hospital.
On Friday at the Rotorua High Court, Justice Duffy told Hallett that his attempt to try for the partial defence of provocation demonstrated his lack of remorse and insight into his offending, and was scathing of his actions.
"What occurred on the morning of 16 August 1979 was a callous, brutal, senseless and cowardly killing of a helpless, wounded man. A man who was a complete stranger to you and who had done nothing to harm you."
Justice Duffy said she was unable to impose a non-parole period, because the offending took place under an old law, but said Hallett would not be eligible for parole for 10 years under the Parole Act.
Crown prosecutor Fletcher Pilditch told the court that Hallett fired three shots at Rodney Tahu at the service station. The first missed, but the second hit him in the shoulder and Hallett then stood over him and fired the third shot. Mr Pilditch described it as an execution.
Mr Tahu's family packed the public gallery to see someone be held accountable for the loss of a much-loved husband, father and brother. His sister, Linda Rarere, spoke on behalf of the family and told of the shock of losing a family member in such a senseless and heartless way.
"It is a horror each one of us has lived and replayed over and over and over again. Our brother paid with his life and suffered the full brunt of the accused's brutal actions. For us, there was no relief in sight - until now."
Ms Rarere said Mr Tahu was the rock and glue that held the family together and they have endured the loss knowing that the person who killed her brother was living as a free man.
Defence lawyer Paul Mabey, QC, said that because of Menzies Hallett's age and health, the reality is that he can expect to die in jail.


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Der gusseiserne Kran auf der Kraneninsel am Wilhelmskanal in Heilbronn ist ein technikgeschichtliches Kulturdenkmal.

Geschichte
Nach dem Neckarprivileg von 1333 entwickelte sich Heilbronn zu einem bedeutenden Umschlagplatz für Waren aller Art, die auf dem Neckar transportiert wurden, zumal die Neckarschifffahrt in Heilbronn durch Mühlen und Wehre unterbrochen war und alle die Stadt auf dem Wasserweg passierenden Waren umgeladen und wegen des Stapelrechts auch dort zum Verkauf angeboten werden mussten. Das Umladen der Waren mit einem bereits 1513 erwähnten Drehkran, dem Alten Krahnen, war gebührenpflichtig und eine der wichtigsten Einnahmequellen der Stadt.

Nachdem Heilbronn nach dem Reichsdeputationshauptschluss zu Württemberg gekommen war, verlor die Stadt ihr Stapelrecht und wurde bis 1821 der Wilhelmskanal gebaut, der eine durchgängige Neckarschifffahrt ermöglichte. Gleichwohl blieb Heilbronn eine Handelsstadt und nicht zuletzt wegen des 1848 unmittelbar am Wilhelmskanals erbauten Alten Bahnhofs und des benachbarten Zollamtes auch ein wichtiger Verkehrsknotenpunkt und Warenumschlagplatz. Die Verladung von Waren im Bereich des Heilbronner Hafens war also weiterhin eine wichtige Aufgabe, wozu am Lauer an der Ostseite des Wilhelmskanals neue Kränen aufgestellt wurden, die den Alten Krahnen rasch ersetzten. Zunächst kamen hölzerne Handkränen mit gusseisernem Getriebe zum Einsatz, ab 1829 auch solche, die ganz aus Eisen gefertigt waren. Auch im 1855 erbauten und 1862 erweiterten Winterhafen wurden Kräne aufgestellt, die anfangs mit Handkraft, später mit Dampfkraft und dann mit Elektrizität betrieben wurden. Im 1935 fertiggestellten und heute noch bestehenden Kanalhafen, der den Wilhelmskanal als Hauptschifffahrtslinie abgelöst hat, kamen schließlich modernere und größere Kranenanlagen zum Einsatz.

Der heute am Ostufer des Wilhelmskanals befindliche Handkran befand sich im 19. Jahrhundert ursprünglich beim Zollamt am Westufer, hat die Zerstörung der Stadt im Zweiten Weltkrieg überdauert und wurde 1959 an seinen heutigen Standort versetzt. Der Kran wurde bei den Schmelzwerken Wasseralfingen (später Schwäbische Hüttenwerke) gefertigt. Originalpläne des Bautyps sind keine mehr vorhanden. 1995 wurde der Kran deswegen mit Unterstützung der Firma Wolffkran ingenieurmäßig untersucht und vermessen. Der Maschinenbaustudent Peter Biba hat den Kran zum Gegenstand seiner Diplomarbeit an der Fachhochschule Heilbronn gemacht und 24 Gesamt- und Einzelzeichnungen angefertigt.

Literatur
 Willi Zimmermann: Der Heilbronner "Alte Krahnen", in: Historischer Verein Heilbronn. 30 Veröffentlichung, Heilbronn 1983, S. 89–103.
 Peter Biba: Der gußeiserne Kran am Zollamt Heilbronn (Diplomarbeit an der FH Heilbronn), Heilbronn 1995.
 Karl Walter: Der gusseiserne Kran am Wilhelmskanal, in: Stadtarchiv Heilbronn (Hrsg.): heilbronnica. Beiträge zur Stadtgeschichte, Heilbronn 2000, S. 59–67.
 Julius Fekete: Kunst- und Kulturdenkmale im Stadt- und Landkreis Heilbronn. Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1662-2, S. 45, Abb. S. 46.
 Julius Fekete, Simon Haag, Adelheid Hanke, Daniela Neumann: Denkmaltopographie Baden-Württemberg. Band 1.5: Stadtkreis Heilbronn, Ostfildern (Theiss) 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1988-3, S. 112.

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Lifestyle / Chat
The Sunday Post a century of informing and entertaining
by Reporter
October 5, 2014, 8:00 am Updated: December 7, 2015, 9:06 pm
Not only was The Sunday Post our fans' favourite read last weekend, it was also their favourite TV show.
Hundreds of thousands tuned into the prime time programme, A Century Of Scottish Sundays, on BBC Scotland last Sunday evening which celebrated our centenary.
If you missed it don't forget you can catch up on BBC iPlayer.
And we are continuing to mark the historic moment with a super 96-page supplement, free today and packed full of features, photos and comic strips recalling the key events of the past 100 years.
Lots of readers got in touch to wish us a happy birthday after watching the documentary, including Kathryn Mclauchlan, who commented: "I just wanted to say a big 100th happy birthday to The Sunday Post. It is a brilliant paper. Thank you for hours of enjoyment."
The programme brought back lots of memories for Lovina Roe, who used to work for the newspaper.
She recalled: "During the mid-1960s I was Priscilla a very young Woman's Page editor.
"I was glad of my anonymity because the very few people who knew what I really did other than 'working for DC Thomson' had to be almost threatened into silence in case they let the cat out of the bag.
"That would have been the end of my life as a 'normal' person, because so many people wanted to be mentioned in the most popular newspaper in Scotland.
"I remember a time when, following a page I wrote about a knitting pattern, the engineers hauled responses in sacks up to my desk for about a week!"
And in a true case of Sunday Post serendipity, editor Donald Martin realised as he was watching A Century Of Scottish Sundays that one of the contributors to the show, Ewan McGowan, is also his postman.
Ewan, from Dundee, was interviewed as one of our loyal readers.
The 51-year-old commented: "I've been doing the same route for 13 years now and I like to have a chat with people. I knew Donald was involved in newspapers but didn't know anything more than that.
"But when he and his wife watched the documentary they recognised me and realised I delivered their mail every day!"
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Public Service College officially launched
By News Source Guyana on November 23, 2016
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon told the young cadets that they were the faces that would represent the improvements that are being made in the public sector at today's launch of the Bertram Collins College of the Public Service held at the Department of Public Service, Durban Street and Vlissengen Road, Georgetown.
More than 60 young people will benefit from training at the newly launched Bertram Collins College of the Public Service as part of efforts to improve the public service sector.
"You are the ones that we are relying on to make the face of the public service different than it was many, many years ago," Minister Harmon told the 17 to 21- year old cadets at the launch.
The college is part of President David Granger's commitment to build capacity and improve the efficiency of the public service. The realisation of the college "is a testimony to the importance which his Excellency, the President pays to training of our public service," Minister Harmon said.
The one-year cadet programme is designed to ensure that entry level public servants have the "expert knowledge and a high level of intelligence that is needed to carry out their functions," Senior Executive Director of the college, Retired Colonel Lawrence Paul said.
Cadets will receive formal and informal training in 17 areas in preparation for public service. Paul said there will also be visits and attachments to public institutions as part of the training.
"The visits and attachments are meant to better prepare the cadets to take up their assigned roles in public service and widen their understanding of the structure and function of public institutions, but more importantly they should be able to understand how Guyana works and should better appreciate why they should dispense their duties with integrity, impartiality and objectivity," the Ret'd Colonel added.
The college will also seek to become the transformative institution that can bring about fundamental improvement in the performance and behaviour of public servants, Paul added.
The physical college will eventually be established at the Guyana Sugar Corporation's (GuySuCo) headquarters in Ogle, East Coast Demerara. Paul noted that construction works are still on-going.
Meanwhile, Guyana has been collaborating with the Canadian and several Caribbean governments to standardise "high level management" Public Service training across the Caribbean Region, the Minster of State pointed out.
"When our Public Service heads of departments and the Permanent Secretaries, when they retire, they can also find work all across the region because they have similar training," Minister Harmon explained.
The Department of Public Service's training division has been continuously training public servants at all levels as part of improving the image and efficiency of the public service sector. (GINA)
Public Service College graduates encouraged to be the change Guyana needs
Government announces new appointments for former Ministers
Public Servants Staff College to become operational in September
Harmon warns against practice to sending public servants to Hinterland as punishment
New Ombudsman, Justice Winston Patterson, sworn in to office
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Helping refugee households to help themselves
Promoting the Self-Reliance Index in order to better channel resources and enhance refugee self-reliance
Simar Singh, Senior Programs Officer Self-Reliance Initiative
Website: www.refugeeselfreliance.org
Twitter: @RefugeeSRI
Introduction to the project
Begun in 2017, the Self-Reliance Index will be launched for broad use in March 2020. It is expected to evolve and improve as its use expands.
The purpose of the Self-Reliance Index (SRI) is to establish whether our programs contribute to greater self-reliance and a better quality of life for refugee households.
Refugee livelihoods are monitored to capture changes in income, assets and savings. To achieve this, broader aspects of social circumstances may need to be considered, such as housing, food security, health, safety and community connections.
The SRI measures the household according to 12 criteria considered critical for self-reliance. It is mainly intended to support those providing services to refugees in countries of first asylum, focusing on the 97 per cent globally that do not benefit from resettlement or repatriation each year.
The tool was developed over two years and involved 45 experts from 19 contributing partners representing NGOs, UNHCR, research bodies, foundations, and government agencies. It is in the final stages of testing and its launch is planned for March 2020.
Project aims
The Self-Reliance Index will support Objective 2 of the Global Compact – to enhance refugee self-reliance -- by promoting the measurement of self-reliance, accumulating evidence for effective programming and through enabling the humanitarian community and donors to channel resources to best effect. It will also help to monitor global progress against Objective 2 over time.
Resources used
Financial resources: support provided by: IKEA Foundation, G. Barrie Landry, Landry Family Foundation, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, ELMA Relief Foundation, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Imago Dei Fund, Alchemy Foundation and other major donors.
Asylum Access
Danish Refugee Council
HIAS
IKEA Foundation
JIPS
Mercy Corps
Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford
Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat
Samuel Hall
Solutions Alliance
Trickle Up
US DOS/PRM
WANA Institute
Work on the SRI began in March 2017 and the development of the tool has taken longer than expected. Challenges encountered included balancing disparate input from numerous contributors and minimizing the bias of assessors. The SRI has undergone several revisions following field testing in Kenya, Jordan and Mexico. Those tests highlighted the need for simplicity and clarity to make the tool universal, reliable and valid.
How the challenges are being addressed
The challenges were overcome by several rounds of testing, the engagement of academic advisers in developing surveys, and input from partners. Special thanks to the field-testing organizations Asylum Access, Danish Refugee Council, IRC, Mercy Corps and RefugePoint.
Version 2.0 of the SRI will be launched in March 2020 for broad use. It currently uses CommCare as the mobile data gathering platform. A mechanism for aggregating, analysing and reporting on global SRI data is being designed. The hope is that the data will eventually prove useful in broadly guiding policy, programming and funding.
Global / Multiple Regions
Arrangements for burden- & responsibility-sharing
Flyer explaining the Self-Reliance Index
Webpage for requesting Self-Reliance Index


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Tanishq ad backlash strips India's veneer of pluralism, propped up by television, film programming of decades past
Much has been written about how the controversy over the Tanishq advertisement is emblematic of who we've become as a nation: insular, intolerant, indecent, incapable of seeing a world without our bigotry-tinted binary lenses. How the India of the past was so much more accepting and pluralistic than the India we've become.
For generations we've had nicknames, phrases, statements that have been bandied about — "Marry anyone, except a Muslim", "Give her water in the plastic tumbler, she's not Brahmin" — until they're normalised to the point where most people don't think of them as offensive, even as they pay lip service to "unity, equality, secularity".
So, what exactly has the Tanishq controversy unveiled that wasn't already in practice in India?
The Tanishq advertisement has been released in the India of 2020 — a very different India from that of the 1970s and '80s.
The India of the '70s was reeling from a war, and then recovering from an Emergency. The India of the '80s — the golden era of Doordarshan that championed national integration — was putting itself together after Congress-fuelled communal riots legitimised violence amongst communities.
Pre-liberalisation India was showcased in the films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Manmohan Desai and their ilk, even as the likes of Shyam Benegal and Ketan Mehta presented an India — and those Indians — not considered glamorous enough for (and therefore invisibilised by) mainstream Hindi cinema.
On Doordarshan, famous Indians across religions and cultural backgrounds sang the same tune of unity in diversity, in the 'Baje Sargam' and 'Mile Sur Mera Tumhara' videos. From Akbar in Amar, Akbar, Anthony to Kadarbhai in Nukkad, filmmakers and television directors in the '70-80s, created memorable Muslim characters, who introduced tehzeeb and adaah to our lexicon.
It wasn't that we didn't caricaturise non-Hindi speaking communities and religions in our cinema, serials and commercials: Tamilians were painted purple with foreheads screaming out their naamams, and spoke heavily accented Hindi; the Christians were crucifix-sporting, sleeveless-wearing secretaries or priests who spoke with an "foreign" accent, and if they were from Goa, then they were just drunks; the Muslims all wore their topis and their burqas and ridas, prayed frequently and embraced each other when they met. If at all they were the bad guys, they would mostly be sidekicks to the main Hindu antagonist. The tawaaif (courtesan) danced away her pathos, "vamps" gyrated. Sikhs were frequently truck drivers or bumbling simpletons, just as Tun Tun was the fat, funny one.
Despite the typecasting, the earnestness to recreate a society as close to what one experiences and desires, could not be faulted. Art imitated life. And life, to a large extent, had the same political correctness of art in public. The Tun Tun body shaming notwithstanding.
Doordarshan in the '80s created pure, joyful, simple content through shows like Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, Mungerilal ki Haseen Sapne, Nukkad, Karamchand, Wagle ki Duniya. While also catering to the rural milieu through shows like Hum Log and Buniyaad, DD recognised the potential of dramas and sitcoms among an audience thirsty for both light-hearted and realistic entertainment.
The stories may have been simple or even superficial, but feathers weren't ruffled on screen despite communal skirmishes off it. India was still a new nation, Indira was dead and there was a life to live. The joie de vivre despite the daily middle class struggles was so refreshing that no matter what happened in our personal lives, on-screen we wished to be represented as united. For most of us, we didn't know any other way. We took pride in our unique brand of hypocritical secularism; it wasn't something to be offended by. Our Constitution was sacrosanct, and its tenets of cohabitation were not to be ridiculed. And religion, despite being the tinderbox it has always been, was not to be messed with: You do your thing and I'll do mine.
This inherent predisposition to peaceful coexistence fuelled a lot of the creativity of the '80s where reflecting on the India of the day meant showcasing it warts et al, yet with much nuance and finesse. It was also the last decade where both Hindi television and cinema (Bollywood and art house) put out some of their most beautiful, albeit kosher original content.
The India of the '90s set the template for the India of today.
It also validated communal, vitriolic speech that one was hitherto careful about not making public. As riots tore the social fabric of this country, and changed Bombay to Mumbai, this new brand of religious intimidation masquerading as nationalistic virility started to take shape. Against the backdrop of a newly opened market and liberalisation, stood the modern Indian espousing the very same regressive religious propaganda that the British had pioneered successfully.
Bollywood reflected the shallowness of the times with formulaic films; largely those fantasy ones of the Rahuls and Rajs who lived in houses the size of Rashtrapati Bhavan. The entire decade was a long reel for the tourism and marriage industries, as most of the blockbuster films showcased an India that was unfamiliar to us, oftentimes devoid of substance. An escapist India, if you will, to contrast the unease of the times. As the Bollywood plot grew more far-fetched, the reality that we no longer need to quietly tolerate those different from us, gathered more steam. The politicians of the day exploited communal differences for their own benefit, and gave people a platform to voice their bile without having to resort to thought or reason.
The '90s also gave us cricket broadcasting and related marketing strategies that specifically targeted the subcontinent. After Bollywood, cricket is a big unifier in this country and the ad agencies of the time harnessed this collective patriotism through some of the most memorable ad campaigns. So even as social and communal unrest simmered, brands recognised that the average Indian still aspired for peace and unity. Our inherent decency stopped most of us from indulging in behaviour that we knew to be appalling.
If Bollywood was woefully unreal, Hindi cable television gave a platform to more realistic drama like Tara, Banegi Apni Baat, Shanti, Hasratein, Sailab, and more. Films from many other industries like those in the South states, as well as the Marathi and Bengali ones, still took up more relevant social topics and deftly tackled them. They did not find mass appeal each time, but they unfailingly addressed matters that concerned us, even as Bollywood looked the other way. So, when Mani Ratnam made Roja and then Bombay in Tamil, the response locally was diametrically different from the responses to the dubbed Hindi versions, which took the "ban it, apologise" route.
Twenty-five years on, not much has changed, right?
Exhausted by the riots-blasts-riots-blasts India of the day and yearning to just live their lives without the embarrassing compulsions of religious politics, the Noughts were to Bollywood what the '80s and '90s were to Hindi television: A refreshing new space where all ideas were welcomed.
The late '90s and early 2000s saw the growth of mobile phone users in India, but content for mobiles was still a decade away. Mobile data hadn't caught our interest until the mid to late '00s while Facebook was picking up from Orkut in India and Twitter was still finding its wings in 2007.
Meanwhile, the advent of Lagaan, Dil Chahta Hai, Maqbool, Harishchandrachi Factory among others, gave birth to the new, young storyteller who was yearning to break the formulaic filmmaking of the previous decade. If the '90s were dotted with protests over obscenity (think: the Milind Soman-Madhu Sapre ad for Tuff shoes, the Marc Robinson-Pooja Bedi KS commercial, or the backlash to the word 'sexy' in the lyrics to the Karisma Kapoor song from Khuddar) then the Noughts legitimised vulgarity by giving them the wonderful sobriquet "item numbers". Gratuitous semi nudity notwithstanding, new and real cinema was starting to find a dedicated viewership. The moviegoer was being offered a range of genres and concepts that were far removed from the hero-driven, pelvic thrust plots of the '90s.
By this point, DD programming was redundant, cable television options were plentiful and there was content for every kind of viewer. It was also the decade of the saas-bahu serials where tradition-based chauvinism slowly but surely stamped out the modern voice. Modern and educated women in hideous saris, constantly having to toe the mother-in-law's idea of what an ideal Bharatiya nari should be, and by extension, the seemingly Hindu idea of propriety: television picked up what Bollywood discarded. The writing was on the wall. Only, we didn't see it.
This past decade is of particular interest, and can perhaps be seen as pre and post-2014.
Broadly speaking, some of the finest Bollywood films were made in this decade, including character- and plot-, not actor-driven stories like Barfi, Newton, Piku, Delhi Belly, Highway, Haider, Rockstar, Badlapur, Shanghai, The Lunchbox, Udaan etc.
Post-2014, stories with high decibel patriotism, period films that skewed Mughal history to suit the Hindutva narrative became more common. Chest thumping Indian war films that attacked Pakistan were more frequently made because by this point, the notion of the Muslim terrorist was well engraved. Not without reason, either.
Hindi television became a cacophony of reality programming and talent shows, in addition to the saas bahu fare. Those looking for meaningful content found the internet was slowly but surely becoming a good bet. Television viewing underwent a sea change with the emergence of online streaming platforms. A discerning audience was being tapped that wanted good stories for binge-watching. The acclaim for Mirzapur, Paatal Lok, Sacred Games etc. highlights the importance of good content — and how the internet is the medium to both market and host such material.
Concurrently, the second decade of the millennium saw long-simmering issues come to a boiling point. As every mobile phone user already had access to Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp, this gave political propaganda the oxygen it needed to create a minimal input, maximum output model of social disturbance. Discontentment over constantly having to defend one's faith, over socio-economic discrepancies and a growing disdain for political politeness had set the stage for high octane communal agendas that remain the mainstay of politics today.
Now people who wouldn't otherwise write a letter to an editor, found it easy to issue rape threats to the writers of news articles. The internet offered the perfect anonymity they need to unleash their inner demons. Where even a normal love story between a Hindu and a Muslim could be trolled as "Love Jihad".
What about the internet has allowed more and more people to bully and intimidate?
Some of the most despicable nonsense has come from people with access to education, modern life, the works. So the roots must lie in our inherent casteism, bigotry and disdain for the "other".
The outrage culture that drove MF Husain away, led to the banning of Salman Rushdie and Rohinton Mistry's books or Deepa Mehta's Fire, or any opinion that didn't align with ours, has been rampant since the '90s. Mobs have blackened faces of people, catcalled women in skirts, vandalised museums and stores…all as government after government has watched and then looked away. Nobody has seriously put mechanisms in place to bring to book rioters, vandalisers, etc.
Why then does it shock us in 2020 when the Tata Group-run Tanishq puts out an ad on national integration and feels forced to withdraw it? Despite all its funding to the party at the Centre and its donation to the PM Cares Fund, the Tatas cannot battle the virus called Online Trolls. The trolls and bigots who have always been amongst us.
So, what exactly has the Tanishq controversy unveiled that wasn't already in practice in India? It has reminded us, rather rudely, that that ship of decency — however thin its veneer — has sailed. Love has never been a successful business or political model in India. The Tanishq ad backlash has reminded us that it'll be a long, long way until we can change that.
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Studio Munge | Westlight Wins Best of Canada!
Canadian Interiors' Best of Canada Design Competition is the country's only design competition to focus on interior design projects and products without regard to size, budget or location… And as evidenced by the comments of past winner John Tong of +tongtong in Canadian Interiors' previous issue's retrospective, it "reveals the Canadian design industry as a tour de force on the international stage". Ultimately, a total of 30 winners were chosen, which include four Products and 26 Projects representing a cross Canada spectrum as well as international locales such as the United States and China.
Westlight, the 22nd-floor rooftop bar and lounge atop the William Vale Hotel in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, boasts an impressive view across the East River of the Manhattan skyline. The entry builds a sense of suspense and arrival by funneling guests through a two-tone, boldly patterned narrow corridor. A dropped eye-of-needle grid with globe lights poking through makes the tall ceiling appear lower, which makes the big room feel more intimate, while concealing the utilitarian-looking electrical conduits and sprinkler pipes overhead. The wide-ranging materials palette includes black iron, natural stone, leather, velvet and a Mexican mission tile floor. Upholstery panels on the columns provide sound-absorbing soft surfaces that are, no doubt, sorely needed in the glam beau-monde establishment.
Read about all the Best of Canada winner's in David Lasker's article for Canadian Interiors.


Tonight is a rehearsal night, which means I didn't have much time to make anything complicated, so I made Lemon Snowball Cookies.
I stumbled across this recipe a few weeks ago, in King Arthur Flour's social media feed, and have been looking forward to trying them ever since. They have some similarities to Mexican Wedding Cakes, but these don't have crushed nuts. They go together pretty quickly – just cream the butter and zest a lemon, and add in powdered sugar and a couple of other ingredients. Once out of the oven, they cool for a few minutes, and then get rolled in powdered sugar.
The recipe calls for the addition of lemon powder to the powdered sugar coating, but I don't have any, or know what it is, and since the primary goal is to use up actual lemons, not lemon substitutes, I just ignored that bit.
They are delicate, and a little bit crumbly, and there's a light lemon flavor that gives just a hint of brightness without being overwhelming. Over all, they are a perfectly acceptable cookie. Will I make them again though? Eh, probably not.


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Graduate Students or Employees? NLRB to Weigh In (Again)
Jeffrey Berman, Bryan Bienias, Mary Kay Klimesh
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Last week the National Labor Relations Board decided to reconsider whether graduate teaching assistants at private universities should be treated as employees under the National Labor Relations Act. The case, The New School, Case No. 02-RC-143009, involves a UAW petition to organize graduate students at New York's New School and marks the Obama Board's latest attempt to re-visit, and likely reverse, its decision in Brown University, 342 NLRB 483 (2004). In Brown, the Board held that graduate students performing teaching and research services are not "employees" within the meaning of Section 2(3) of the Act because their relationship with the university was primarily educational.
Roughly two years ago, many anticipated the Board would use graduate students union campaigns at New York University and the Polytechnic Institute of New York University as a platform for reversing Brown. However, the cases became moot when the schools and the unions reached voluntary election agreements in November 2013 (For more information, click here).
This recent decision comes on the heels of the Board's August 2015 denial of jurisdiction over a union's drive to organize football players at Northwestern University, where it noted that "the scholarship players bear little resemblance to the graduate student assistants or student janitors and cafeteria workers whose employee status the board has considered in other cases." Northwestern Univ., 362 NLRB No. 167, slip op. at 3-4 (2015).
Board Member Miscimarra dissented from the Board's decision to use the New School as a vehicle for revisiting the graduate student issue, noting that Brown is consistent with more than 40 years of Board law holding that "graduate student assistants are not statutory employees, except for a brief four-year period" where the Board considered graduate students to be employees under the Act.
The Board will likely invite amicus briefing on both sides of the issue in the New School case. Should the Board reverse its decision in Brown, the nation's private colleges and universities can expect a dramatic increase in the efforts of unions to represent their graduate students involved in teaching and research.
We will keep you posted as this issue develops.
Are Graduate-Students Assistants Employees Under The NLRA? The Answer Of The Obama Board Will Not Be The Final Word
Back to School: NLRB Takes Aim at Colleges and Universities
NLRB, Social Media, and Employee Handbooks
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The links listed below are for the child's subject-based classes. All subjects and teachers are listed alphabetically.
In order to access the links, parents need to be signed into a google account. If they do not have their own account, it is recommended that they log into their student's google account to register. If they are still having trouble accessing the page, they can contact the guidance office for assistance.
When parents click on the links, it will bring them to a page that says "Next available appointment slot February 13th." They need to click that link to see the open appointments for that teacher.
It may also be easier for them to click "day" at the top right of the calendar to see the appointment slots expanded (just as an easier way to view).
They do not need to write anything in "where."
In "description," they should include their child's name.
When parents save the appointment slot, it will disappear from the parent view and will not be able to be double-booked.
Teachers will get a notification email that the time slot has been taken and who signed up for it.


B&W movie photo with Janet Leigh + autograph display.
Signed Benham British Film Year Alfred Hitchcock commemorative "Psycho" First Day Cover / FDC.
Stamped Alfred Hitchcock Exhibition Sir Alfred Hitchcock Hotel Leytonstone E11 8-10-85.
Five x MGM Publicity photo stills from Alfred Hitchcock's 1948 film "Rope" starring James Stewart, Farley Granger and John Dall.
Three x MGM Publicity photo stills from Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 film "The Man Who Knew Too Much" starring James Stewart and Doris Day.
Signed B&W promotional portrait photo card - dated 1/1/1948.
Signed B&W promotional portrait photo card.
Gwenn won the 1947 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role of Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street.
Pre-signed autograph B&W promotional portrait photo card + Compliments slip.
Signed B&W promotional portrait photo card + hand-written note on reverse "Sorry it's an old photograph JV"